Splendid Abandoned Wife

Chapter 206 Despair (two updates in one)

Aunt Xiu no longer had any affection for Qiu Yiran very early. She only regarded the Hou Mansion as a place where she could work hard to create a good life for her mother and daughter, just like the former Zhenbei General Mansion.During those ten years or so, especially after her mother's death, hadn't she, an orphan, still prospered and been more comfortable than ordinary young ladies?

Who would have thought that when she was in high spirits, something like a thunderbolt would suddenly happen to her. This was tragic enough. Qiu Yiran, who had no sense of responsibility, could not wait to accuse her and abuse her.

trouble marker?I bother!Aunt Xiu's lowered eyes flashed with deep hatred and disdain. Who is the broom star?If I hadn't been blindly infatuated with this ruthless embroidered pillow, how could I have been kicked out by Yin Zhiruo?These six months in the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion have been the hardest and most tiring days since she became sensible.Speaking of which, Qiu Yiran is her broom star, right?
But what can be done now?Even if she is forced to die, even if she is despairing of Qiu Yiran, she cannot fall out with Qiu Yiran. Her Niuniu is the daughter of the Qiu family, and Qiu Yiran is Niuniu's biggest supporter. This can never be changed. fact.

Seeing her lowering her head and saying nothing, Qiu Yiran snorted in disgust: "Don't even think about letting the entire Hou Mansion bear the burden of the evil you have done. Once the Hou Mansion is over, you and Niuniu will not end well either!" Cong Zui The Xiangfang was sealed, and he scolded everything that could and should be scolded. He came here today just to give a warning, to threaten?Coercion?There is nothing wrong. If this bitch and Niu Ruxia hadn't created the Butterfly Seven Fragrance, how could the Hou Mansion have faced such a big crisis?If you don't do it right, you will lose your title.

Aunt Xiu's voice was as cold as her heart: "Don't worry, Sir, Ruxia and I recommended the recipe for the Mixed Butterflies and Seven Fragrances to Mrs. Tai, and it was I who encouraged Mrs. Tai to open the incense shop. Together with you and other people in the Hou Mansion, It has nothing to do with me. I only want one thing. If anything happens to me, please ask me to take more care of you."

Qiu Yiran pursed her lips with satisfaction: "Niuniu is my eldest daughter, so of course I won't treat her badly." Although a concubine can't be so pampered, she won't treat her badly. How much can a girl eat?When they grow up, they can be used for marriage, which will help the Qiu family.Speaking of which, Niu Niu's appearance is very good, combining all the advantages of him and Aunt Xiu.

Aunt Xiu snorted secretly. She was not that ignorant and could be coaxed. How could a concubine live a good life without her own mother?What's more, in a run-down prince's mansion like the Qiu family?Even if the Qiu family can escape this catastrophe, it has completely declined. Now even Mrs. Qiu's private house has to be handed over, and the Hou family can really only rely on the Xu family's dowry.

"Master, can I see Ruxia?" Aunt Xiu asked. No matter when she didn't fight for it, there would be no hope at all. "No matter how humble I am, I am still my concubine, or a good concubine. If I am a concubine, It is always good for me and the Marquis to be able to alleviate the crime." She has been released from slavery and is no longer a concubine raised by a maid.

For the same concubine, there is a big difference between a good concubine and a bad concubine.For example, according to Da Ying law, a good concubine has a household registration and is recorded in the official population register in the family list of the marquis, while a bad concubine is a slave and is recorded in the slave register.A bad concubine can be bought, sold, given away, expelled from the house, or even killed at will. Just like disposing of private property, others cannot hold them accountable. However, to expel a good concubine, a concubine release letter is required, and the effect is similar to a divorce letter or a divorce letter to dissolve the relationship between husband and wife.

"Reduce the crime?" Qiu Yiran snorted contemptuously, "You want to put all the blame on Ruxia and the Niu family? I'm afraid it's not that easy. Although Niu Ruxia is crazy, she is deeply loved by Mrs. Ning." He I heard that Mr. Ning was trying to find a way to help Ruxia escape punishment on the grounds that she was sick, and used Niu Jiabao to blackmail Niu San and his wife into taking the blame for Ruxia.

Crazy?Aunt Xiu sneered, how could someone like Ru Xia be really crazy?However, based on what she had thought before, Ruxia was pretending to be crazy just to avoid being a concubine to Mrs. Ning. After entering the Ning Mansion, she knew that she could not escape, so she should have "recovered" slowly. Why are she still pretending to be crazy and acting like a fool?Are you really being driven crazy?Also, how could Mr. Ning dote on a crazy woman?Too strange!

"When someone from the capital confirms the toxicity of the Seven Fragrant Butterflies, they will interrogate you, and then you can meet." Qiu Yiran looked at the stunned Aunt Xiu and said, fearing that he himself would not be able to escape being questioned by then. Trial, that's why I came to threaten Aunt Xiu and let her know what to do and not to say.

Aunt Xiu frowned and raised her head: "Sir, Midie Qixiang is Jiaoyan Qixiang. Ruxia stole it from Yin Zhiruo. We didn't make it ourselves." She originally wanted to collude with Ruxia before going to court. But now it seems that there is no chance, so we can only discuss it with Qiu Yiran and report it first.

Qiu Yiran snorted coldly: "Are you smart? People don't think that what you say is what you say?" In order to block Yin Zhiruo's mouth and avoid affecting the reputation of Qingyuan Hou Mansion and Luxiangfang, the origin of Mi Die Qixiang was earlier It's spread all over the place, now that there's something wrong with Midie Qixiang, is it going to be completely overturned?You have to have someone believe it.It's good to be able to confuse right and wrong, but this plan is too bad. Not only can it not confuse right and wrong, I'm afraid it will also make their Qingyuan Marquis Mansion more and more black.

Aunt Xiu smiled (although it was uglier than crying): "Liu Yun, who prepared the beautiful seven fragrances, has long been unaware of life and death, so it would be best for her to bear this responsibility. Although stealing secret recipes and lying is ugly, it is better than making poisonous balm. Besides, it was Ruxia who stole the secret recipe, I just helped her lie and cover it up."

Qiu Yiran's eyes lit up and her eyebrows shrugged, obviously listening.

Aunt Xiu continued: "The real culprit is no longer there, but the secret recipe came from Yin Zhiruo. Regardless of whether Yin Zhiruo knew that the formula was poisonous or not, she must bear part of the responsibility, right? She is a rich owner."

Qiu Yiran's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, right?The profits made by the Xiangfang in the past few months and Mrs. Qiutai's private property are quite considerable for their family, but they are not enough for those wealthy families. What's more, there are so many victims, will it be enough to compensate one or two households?If the court decides that they must pay some amount for compensation, they won't be able to get much money even if they sell the entire Marquis Mansion. It will really become a joke by then.

"Furthermore," Aunt Xiu knew that she had impressed Qiu Yiran, "as long as Yin Zhiruo is brought in, how can Prince Jing, Magistrate Lin, and Tie Muyuan not be afraid of each other? Especially Tie Muyuan, who has a crush on Sister Yin Zhiruo. My brothers are really good. Didn't I say that he can speak well in front of the emperor?" Since they are all involved in this case, they can't just drag her, Ruxia, and the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion, right?

"I think it's okay," Mrs. Ji, who came to talk to Qiu Yiran, said as she walked in. "Your Aunt Fang is here too. She can prove that Liu Yun did indeed give the secret recipe of Jiaoyan Qixiang to Yin Zhiruo." Ye Shi only has two demands. One is not to admit that he knows about Jiaoyan Qixiang's cold poison, and the other is that Yin Zhiqing does not come forward. Zhiqing cannot be involved in this matter.

Mrs. Ye was very sure that after her mother and daughter arrived in Luo City, apart from talking to Mr. Ji, they never talked about the topic of Jiaoyan Qixiang. The matter of Han Du was definitely not leaked from her side, so she would never admit it. Eavesdropping.Of course, it is impossible for Ms. Ji to admit what she said to Ms. Ye. Otherwise, wouldn't it be equivalent to admitting that she still didn't stop it even after knowing that Mi Die Qixiang was poisonous?
Since Aunt Xiu entered the house, this was the first time that Ji agreed with her opinion, and it was also the first time that she formally gave Aunt Xiu a promise: if this time, as Aunt Xiu said, she could successfully draw Yin Zhiruo into the relationship with the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion "Share the joys and sorrows together", no matter whether Aunt Xiu can escape the blame and return to the Hou Mansion safely, Ji will take Niu Niu with her and raise her. With Ji as her grandmother to protect her, the servants will not dare to look down on her and flatter her, even in the future. The head mistress, Mrs. Xu, also didn't treat Niu Niu harshly.

At this time, Mrs. Ji and Aunt Xiu all decided that as long as Yin Zhiruo was dragged into the water, the Hou Mansion would not be hurt. At most, it would return to the situation before the opening of Luxiangfang. As for the private property of the Taifu, they would not have it. Out of reach.

What the Qiu family didn't expect was that most of the fire of hope they had finally ignited was extinguished in less than a day. Many people were rumored that in order to help the Yamen solve the case, Miss Yin had people send Liu's former A bottle of Jiaoyan Qixiang was sent to the prefect's Yamen, so that people from the capital could check the difference between Midie Qixiang and Jiaoyan Qixiang, and how the cold poison was produced.

It is said that Mrs. Liu once gave the secret recipe of Jiaoyan Qixiang to Miss Yin, but Miss Yin and her mother, Princess Qianxin, did not like Jiaoyan Qixiang. They had heard the stories of the Liu family’s ancestors and felt that the Liu family’s legend The fragrance of your home is unlucky.

Since Miss Yin didn't want the secret recipe and couldn't refuse, she simply asked her personal maid Ru Xia to cook it immediately. When Ru Xia cooked the secret recipe, not only Miss Yin and several personal maids were there, but also Xu Xia from the capital was present. The three daughters of the family are the master and two servants.

After hearing these rumors outside the house, Aunt Xiu was stunned, as if a basin of cold water was poured from her head in the dead of winter, her heart felt cold.She was always smart and quick to react, and she understood as soon as she heard that Yin Zhiruo had taken the lead and killed the butterfly Qixiang, not Jiaoyan Qixiang. It had nothing to do with Liu Yun's secret recipe, but was copied by Ru Xia and her.

There is the story she made up before, Xu Qianran can confirm Yin Zhiruo's words, and the beautiful Qixiang provided by Yin Zhiruo...

Aunt Xiu sighed desperately, her plan failed again.Why?Since arriving in Luozhou, she couldn't see through Yin Zhiruo at all, but Yin Zhiruo broke her plans time and time again.Every time she wants to plot against Yin Zhiruo, she is strangled in the cradle as soon as the idea arises. Is it really God who is protecting Yin Zhiruo?Or as Ji said, Yin Zhiruo was as shrewd and cunning as Princess Qianxin, but she was just hiding her clumsiness before.Hidden clumsiness?Can't even see her, the personal maid who has been with her day and night for more than ten years?
Qiu Yiran refused to give up: "Since Liu Yun wants to harm Princess Qianxin and Yin Zhiruo, won't there be any problem with the Jiaoyan Qixiang given to them?" As long as the box of Jiaoyan Qixiang that Yin Zhiruo handed over is the same as Xia Zangqi's The formula of Jiaoyan Qixiang is the same, so they still have a chance.

Aunt Xiu shook her head: "No, when Liu Yun sent Yin Zhiruo's beautiful face Qixiang, she had not yet hooked up with the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and she still wanted to stay with the general in Zhenbei. Concubine, it’s too late to fawn over Princess Qianxin and Yin Zhiruo, so how dare you add cold poison to the incense? The General’s Mansion always has imperial doctors who come to the house to check the pulses of several masters.”

However, Aunt Xiu was very confused. Those two boxes of Yin Zhiruo's Qixiang Beauty had never been used. Didn't she ask Rudong to give them to Yin Zhiqing the night before her wedding?Why is it still in Yin Zhiruo's hands?She was very unhappy at the time, thinking that giving it to Yin Zhiqing would be cheaper than giving it to the other maids, especially since she had hinted to Yin Zhiruo several times that she liked the fragrance of Jiaoyan Qixiang.

Could it be that Rudong, that dead girl, was reluctant to give it to Yin Zhiqing and hid it secretly?So how dare you bring it out to Yin Zhiruo now? Aren't you afraid that Yin Zhiruo will suspect that she is acting secretly?Why are the two idiots, the master and the servant, who were equally ignorant, now so incomprehensible and do not play their cards according to the rules?

"Then what should I do? What do you think I should do? How could I believe you, a bitch again?" Staring at the confusion and despair on Aunt Xiu's face, Qiu Yiran flew into a rage, rushed forward and kicked Aunt Xiu in the chest.

After repeated setbacks this year, he has become increasingly unable to control his emotions. How can he still look like a gentle and handsome Marquis with his ferocious face?
People are like this, it's okay if they don't have hope in the first place. When they are aroused to have hope, and then they are disappointed, they feel as if they have been framed and become angry and angry.

Poor Aunt Xiu seemed to have been suddenly drained of energy and energy, her eyes were as dull as the eyes of a dead fish. At this moment, she only had four words in her mind: God has no mercy on me!

In the days that followed, Aunt Xiu couldn't cheer up anymore and paid no attention to anyone. Anyway, Qiu Yiran had already asked the wet nurse to take Niuniu away in order to blackmail her. She couldn't see it, so she just stayed alone in a daze, and no one knew. What is she thinking.

The victims of the Midie Qixiang case were either rich or noble, and three or four of them were the female dependents of prominent families and officials in the capital. The imperial court had to respond quickly, and soon sent a special mission of seven or eight people. Assisted Magistrate Lin in investigating the case.In addition to three imperial doctors who came to diagnose and treat the victimized woman, the team also included an imperial physician who was proficient in pharmacology and Xiang Junran, the eldest son of the Xiang family, the No. [-] emperor in the incense making industry.

It is said that Master Xiang started to smell and learn incense at the age of three, and could make incense at the age of six. Before he was 15 years old, he created the incense "Qinxiang" that is now the incense shop of Xiangjia Incense Shop. In addition, it was only supplied to the royal family. The tribute "Peony You" is also original to Master Xiang.Therefore, when it comes to incense and incense making, the 20-year-old Mr. Xiang is absolutely the authority. He will not give in to the seniors of various incense-making families, including his father, Mr. Xiang.Therefore, the emperor temporarily sent him to Luozhou, who had just arrived in Beijing to discuss matters less than two days ago.

　Stick it on first and catch the bugs tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)