The Cannon Fodder and Villain’s Happy Ending

Chapter 387

Qin Zeyu was very proud to receive the admiring look on his sister’s eyes, and eagerly poured tea for her, feeling that he was really a good younger brother.

Just as Qin Jiu and the others guessed, Madam Su completely ignored Qin Zening’s advice. After leaving the Qin mansion, she immediately went to the clan to file a complaint, and so that same day, the clan head and a few of the clan elders also came to find Qin Zening. But after talking and reasoning with the clan head and elders, they all concluded not to care about this matter.

After Madam Su learned about it, she became furious and smashed everything she could in her room, cursing the siblings of the Qin family again.

Madam Su had no choice but to return to her mother’s mansion again, however, Madam Su’s family stated that there was no way for them to help her husband without money and dismissed Madam Su.

Disappointed, Madam Su racked her brain thinking about all the relatives, friends, and old acquittances that she could think of but none come to mind. Left with no choice, she decided to go to the second prince’s mansion to ask Qin Xin for help and blame Qin Jiu and Qin Zening at the same time.

“Those siblings in the eldest house are heartless. Seeing someone in need but refusing to help!”

“Xin’er, the marquis treats you well, you must try to help the marquis!”

Madam Su humbled herself as she looked at Qin Xin pleadingly. In just a few days, the pampered Madam Su lost a lot of weight, aged several years, and looked haggard.

Qin Xin helplessly sighed, “Mother, you also know that I can’t make the decision if the second prince is not here.”

Truth was, Qin Xin was more anxious than Madam Su.

Qin Xin knew that Gu Jing had been treating her lukewarm since the last incident in Jingzhao Hall, and even if he covers it up by staying in her room every day, her life seems to be even more difficult.

Sooner or later, Gu Jing would establish the main consort and she heard that it was likely to be the daughter of Princess Yongle, Fang Hanjun. They were just waiting for her to finish her filial piety.

Fang Hanjun came from a noble background and was the granddaughter of Empress Dowager Liu, not to mention, the emperor’s biological niece. When she marries the second prince, Qin Xin would have no place in the Second Prince’s Mansion.

Therefore, for Qin Xin, the only person she could rely on was Qin Zhun. With Qin Zhun, she could still stand firm.

She actually didn’t know what went wrong, it seemed that from the moment Qin Jiu returned to the capital, her fate was completely out of track.

Meanwhile, as soon as Madam Su heard Qin Xin she couldn’t make the decision, she got angry and blamed Qin Xin. “Qin Xin, do you have no conscience!”

“If you hadn’t repeatedly asked the Marquis for silver, how would the Marquis have ended up in this situation today!”

“Do you think that if the marquis is punished, you will remain unscratched?”

The more Madam Su talk the angrier she was and her voice got sharper and louder, as if venting all the setbacks she had encountered in the past few days on Qin Xin.

Looking at the cursing Madam Su, Qin Xin didn’t get angry instead she made her servant serve tea and said in an amicable voice, “Mother, calm down, this daughter is not trying to make excuses. You should drink some tea first to calm down the heat.”

Madam Su was not easily fooled by Qin Xin, sneering she said, “Okay tell me,”

Qin Xin gave her maidservant a wink, and Shuxiang immediately went out to guard the door for them.

Qin Xin said, “Mother, you also know that I am only a concubine now, the Second Prince is not here, so I have no place to give orders. Even if I write to the Second Prince now, the Second Prince is still in Jinzhou, by the time he receives the letter, it will be too late.”

Madam Su: “…”

Madam Su remained silent. She knew that Qin Xin’s words were true, the second prince was far away in Jinzhou, and distant water cannot save the nearby fire.

Qin Xin frowned as she let out a long sigh. “This matter, the eldest house just stood by and watched. Father might really suffer… it’s fine to be dismissed, I’m just afraid…”

Madam Su’s eyes widened, and her heart sank.

What Qin Xin means was, besides being dismissed, it was also possible to seize the title of the Qin family?

Madam Su felt her throat rugged as she said. “No, the emperor is someone who remembers old friendships.” That’s right, the late marquis was as kind to the emperor, so it was impossible for the emperor to not care about the late marquis and his descendants.

“Yes, the emperor has always been magnanimous.” Qin Xin nodded as if thinking of something, and continued, “I heard from the second prince that the former left minister of the Ministry of Justice, Yang Tianyu was also corrupt and received bribes, but ‘died a violent death’, the emperor thought that since he was still at least an elder for three dynasties he did not pursue the matter.”

Madam Su frowned upon hearing this, she also knew about Tang Tianyu’s violent death two years ago, so it turned out that there was this kind of inside story.

Qin Xin was still talking with deep emotion, “It’s a pity that his eldest son who just placed second on the imperial exam has to observe mourning for his father. However, the second prince said that stopping his exam for mourning is also a good thing since the Yang family can also start all over again.”

Mourning? Madam Su’s heart jumped and beats faster, her hand holding the teacup paused mid-air and looked at Qin Xin again.

“If only the second prince is here, I am a woman who stays at home, and my vision is not always as broad as that of a man. Second Prince must know how to help father.” Qin Xin frowned, looking worried and hopeless.

However, Madam Su was not listening anymore. Her eyes were getting darker as if she remembered something.

There were precedents in this dynasty. If an official commits a crime and their parents pass away, they could propose to resign from their position as long as the crime was not heinous, and the emperor would pardon them, though this was tantamount that his official career would be cut off.

This was set by Emperor Xuanzong back then, the said emperor was fatuous in his later years, and only doted on his royal concubine Wang Gufei. He even conferred his concubine’s father the title of marquis and lavished rewarded him.

Because of this, Wang Guifei’s father and brother were arrogant and domineering in the capital, causing a murder case, killing an official. This incident caused a sensation in the capital, at that time, Spring Festival was approaching, and those officials ran to the palace gate in indignation to sit in protest. In order to protect the father and brother of Wang Guifei, Emperor Xuanzong used the excuse that Wang Guifei’s grandmother had gone west without waiting for the court to open, and sent them to the Wang family’s hometown to mourn.

This case was also unresolved.

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