The Cannon Fodder and Villain’s Happy Ending

Chapter 381

Old Madam Qin was flustered as she hesitantly mumbled, “A’zhun, this isn’t right? Ning’er and the marquis family have already separated…besides Ning’er has made this contribution with great difficulty.”

Yesterday, Qin Zening triumphantly returned to the capital. After the palace banquet, he came to the Marquis’s Mansion to greet Old Madam Qin, the latter immediately notice that her eldest grandson has gotten black and thin…

Old Madam Qin once stayed in Minzhou for a few years and knew how fierce the bandits were. Others only see Qin Zening making great achievements with ease but she knows that this military achievement was the exchange of his life, only he knows the hardship involved.

Meanwhile, Qin Zhun was still talking unrelentingly with full emotion. He would sometimes talk about the passing of the late marquis, he then said he had not been able to support his family in recent years, he would then say once again that Qin Zening was still young…

Under Qin Zhun’s expectant gaze, Old Madam Qin said wearily, “A’zhun, this matter… I have to think about it, you should go back first.”

Qin Zhun was not discouraged, after all, just like how mothers know their children, children know their mothers’ best too. He knew that his mother was soft-hearted, and always sympathetic to the weak, in short, she was easier to manipulate.

“Mother, then you have a good rest.” Qin Zhun politely got up and bowed.

When he reached the curtain door, he paused and whispered, “I am really ashamed to face father like this…I still remember when I was in Minzhou, father often said that he was not ashamed of himself, but was ashamed to face his ancestors…”

After saying this, Qin Zhun continued walking, and only the rattling sound of the curtain could be heard as it slightly sways mid-air.

Old Madam Qin stared at the swaying curtain, her eyes in a trance.

As his spouse, Old Madam Qin certainly knew the late marquis’ thoughts. Those days, the late marquis was deprived of his title by the previous emperor for protecting the now emperor, who was the crown prince back then, putting the Qin family in exile but he had no regrets.

Later, when the Qin family was pardoned and the title was returned, the late marquis personally enshrined the sacred edict in the ancestral hall and knelt for a day and a night…

The past flashed rapidly in Old Madam Qin’s mind as her heart sank.

Today’s weather was a bit gloomy as the autumn wind blowing in through the window gap, has a tinge of coldness, while the shadows of mottled trees cast in the room was swaying with the wind.

“Rustle, rustle, rustle….”

Old Madam Qin was stayed alone in the east sub-room for nearly all morning and in the afternoon, she personally went to the Qin mansion in Hulu Lane.

Usually, on weekdays, Qin Zening was on duty but he was home today after the emperor give him three days off to rest before reporting to Shenshun Camp.

So as soon as Old Madam Qin arrived, Qin Zening and Qin Jiu immediately came to the main hall to pay their respects.

“Grandmother, A’yu is still in class with his master, I’ll ask him to come over after his class….”

Old Madam Qin interrupted Qin Zening, “You don’t need to call A’yu.”

Qin Zening and Qin Jiu exchange a tacit look of understanding, yesterday the three of them had just greeted Old Madam Qin, and at that time the latter’s expression was like the usual. Today, however, she suddenly pays them a visit, there should be something urgent. They usually go to the Marquis’s Mansion every few days to pay her respects, and if she was not in a hurry to say something she could just wait for them at that time.

Just what was so urgent that she needed to visit them?

Qin Jiu and Qin Zening both had the same question inside their heads, but neither the brother nor the sister directly asked.

Old Madam Qin was sitting on the upper chair with a heavy heart as she drank her tea absent-mindedly. The hall was quiet.

After sitting for a while, Old Madam Qin put down her teacup, looked at Qin Zening, and asked, “Ning’er, has your second uncle been here?”

Qin Zening’s eyebrows twitched, remembering Qin Zhun who stopped him yesterday outside the Huagai Hall and said a lot of nonsense.

Not waiting for Qin Zening to answer her, Old Madam Qin continued, “Your second uncle has recently encountered a little trouble…”

Old Madam paused for a moment and told Qin Zening with a complicated expression. “If he comes to your door and asks for help, you must not be soft-hearted and agree.”

Qin Jiu: “?”

Qin Jiu looked at Qin Zening again, and seeing that he seemed to be in deep thought, she blinked curiously, thinking: Did something happen that she didn’t know about?

Old Madam Qin wearily sighed and continued to ramble, “Ning’er, your merit is something you exchange your life with. If something happens to your parents or your brother it is understandable to exchange your merit for their crime, but your second uncle is already separated from you, and your siblings, that also means that you are now two families.”

“Ai, since your second uncle inherited the family title and family business, he should have been able to take charge of the family, so how can he commit a crime, and then expect his nephew who has already separated from the family to step in. This person, there is no reason for him to take advantage of all the benefits!”

Old Madam Qin knew her second son, and she was disappointed with him.

Back then, the late Marquis was once deprived of his title, but he earned it back on his own. However, this second son, who did not learn from his father’s strengths, was only interested in others helping him solve his problems.

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