Chapter 193: A Broke Family

Qin Jingshu's head was about to explode at this time.

She managed to maintain a good situation, but was held back by her second brother again and again.

She was only six years old, and it was already difficult for her to think of these words. Why was her second brother always so unscrupulous? Qin Jingshu couldn't help but feel tired.

However, despite her efforts, someone still came over to ask: "Master, Miss, Madam, I called this slave over to ask, why did it take so long?"

Qin Jingshu's heart skipped a beat when she saw the old nanny beside her mother. She couldn't understand why she was obviously a serious young lady from Duke Xian's palace, but she still felt scared when she saw the maid beside her mother.

"It will be taken care of here soon. Please let mother wait for a moment." Qin Jingshu said softly.

The old grandma nodded slightly, looked Qin Jingshu up and down with a stern look, and said, "Miss, Madam has high hopes for you. I hope you will know what you should and shouldn't do."

Under the curtain, Qin Jingshu bit her lower lip so hard that it almost bled, and she didn't even know it.

Qin Er saw that the old mama was about to leave, and he directly raised his voice and said: "Mom, go back to mother to get a few hundred taels of silver. I have caused trouble here."

Qin Jingshu looked at Qin Er's confident appearance. Her brother seemed to have confidence that she had never had before.

When the old woman heard this, she responded and turned around to leave. Not long after, she came back with a dozen banknotes in her hand.

From beginning to end, no one had any doubts about Qin Er.

Qin Jingshu wanted to stop him, but according to the rules of the Qin family, her daughter's family could not refute what the boy said outside. She tried to find every opportunity to soften her brother's words, which was the limit. Now she could only watch everything develop in a worse direction.

Qin Er threw out a dozen banknotes and said: "This much money is enough for you to treat me many times. Sister, it doesn't matter if you are a new Jinshi. You are just a group of low-income people who extort money."

After that, he completely put the matter aside and walked back.

Banknotes were flying everywhere and scattered on the ground, but no one on either side of the road dared to pick them up.

Niu Niu knelt down, gathered all the banknotes in one place, and then handed them to Qin Jingshu.

Qin Jingshu didn't answer.

Niuniu stuffed it directly into the hands of the maid beside her.

"What our family wants is not money, but justice." Niu Niu said loudly.

"Hey, this little girl has some integrity!"

"What's the use of integrity? If you don't want a dozen silver notes, you don't want them. It looks like at least three hundred taels. This little girl is really stupid."

Listening to the whispers of the people around her, Niuniu had no intention of changing her mind at all. She just said: "Miss, my father and godfather are not in need of medical expenses from your family, but the coachman's uncle is seriously injured. His family He has five children and the whole family relies on him to make money.”

Qin Jingshu prided herself on her status. She would apologize to scholars and officials, but she would never apologize to the coachman. She asked the maid to take a handful of silver and hand it to the coachman.

The coachman huddled in the corner, covering his face with bloodstains. He watched the big shots arguing and never expected that he would get compensation. He was a coachman. He casually talked about the situation at home on the road, but he didn't expect Niu Niu. I actually remember them all.

The coachman looked at the large amount of money handed to him at this time. With money, he could heal his facial injuries without burdening his family. As for apologizing, that was definitely not something a low-class person like him should worry about.

Even he didn't dare to take more. He only took two taels of silver. If he took too much, he was afraid of being resented by Duke Xian.

Gu Mingda looked at this scene, and after a moment's thought, he understood what the coachman was thinking, and said, "Take them all. It's not easy for you to make a living, and you deserve this."

The driver was stunned for a moment.

Qin Jingshu also said: "Since it's for you, you can just take it. We have no shortage of this little silver in the Xianguo Palace."

After the coachman took the money, he immediately knelt down and thanked Qin Jingshu profusely: "Thank you for your kindness. With this money, I can go back and buy a few acres of land, and my sons at home will not have to worry about being married." Wife."

To the common people who were watching, the idea of ​​being promoted to a scholar or a government official was all illusory, and the money they got was real. At this time, they envied the coachman to the extreme. Although his face was bloody, he took dozens of dollars. Two silver coins.

"The coachman is a coachman, but this family didn't take anything. Isn't it a huge loss?" Some people felt unfair for the Gu family.

The Gu family didn't care about the apology money. Mrs. Gu in the carriage held up the curtain and said, "Second brother, I'm tired and want to go to the city to rest early."

Gu Mingda responded quickly. He was helped up by a servant of the Sun family on the side. Then he glanced at Qin Jingshu and said, "My mother is old and is in a hurry to go to the city. Miss, please go back."

Qin Jingshu stood there, too ashamed to find a crack in the ground to get in, but her brother could hide, but she couldn't. She could only salute Gu Mingda and Sun Jiaxing again and said: "Brother is rude, please two Please forgive me."

After saying this, the little girl couldn't stand the pointing fingers of the people around her anymore, so she turned around and ran away.

"Brother Gu, don't worry, Duke Xian will come to apologize sooner or later." Sun Jiaxing consoled him.

Gu Mingda didn't expect to provoke such a behemoth as soon as he entered Beijing. He couldn't do it just by letting the playboy do what he did without protecting his family.

"Brother Sun, what is the current situation of Duke Xian's palace in Beijing?" Gu Mingda asked.

Sun Jiaxing said: "The old Duke Xian had great military exploits, but the current Duke Xian did not inherit his father's business and is now working in the Ministry of Rites."

Gu Mingda immediately understood that the current Duke Xian had no real power.

Sun Jiaxing continued: "The father-in-law of the Duke Xian is Chen Ge Lao, and the cousin of the second wife of the Duke Xian is the current head of the harem: Concubine Li."

Gu Mingda knew that these two people should be the biggest backers of the Duke Xian's mansion now.

After such a commotion, the team in front finally loosened up, and the Gu family finally entered the capital and went directly to the house that Manager Luo had lent them to live in.

Everyone was exhausted physically and mentally, but Old Lady Gu dragged her tired body and held Zhang Yunniang tightly: "The family is not short of money now. You are the wife of a juren. Go back and buy a few maids to serve you, so that you will not lose your dignity when you interact with others."

Zhang Yunniang felt that this was unnecessary.

"Mother, there are so few chores at home, why can't I do them myself? We used to live like this." Zhang Yunniang said gently.

"Before, our family was poor, so we had to live frugally. Now our whole family has moved to Beijing, and the second son may become an official in the future. You should also act like an official's wife. Our Niuniu is also a future official's daughter, and we can't let people call us a poor family anymore." Old Lady Gu was obviously irritated by Qin Er's words today.

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