Qin made up her mind and walked out angrily. Qin Wanru hurriedly called her: "Aunt, wait for me. I will go with you."
"You still have the nerve to go out?" Qin said coldly, "You stay here and don't go anywhere without my order. Wait until I deal with that girl, then I'll talk about your business."
"But aunt, that girl is too cunning. I'm worried that you will fall into her trap again." Qin Wanru said worriedly.
"You underestimate me too much. If I can't even take care of a little girl, then these twenty years of being a marquis's wife would have been in vain." Qin sneered and walked away.
She had already made up her mind. She would have someone tie the girl up and take her to Yixin Courtyard, close the door, and beat her to death on the spot. No matter who came, she would not open the door until she was dead.
In short, no matter what the consequences are, you have to kill him first.
When they got out of the door, Yunyan was waiting in the corridor. Qin took out her token and handed it to her, and ordered with a stern face: "Take the guards and take Xiu'er to Yixin Courtyard immediately. If anyone dares to stop us, tie them up together."
Yun Yan's heart trembled, realizing that the lady was going to kill him. He did not dare to delay and took the sign and left in a hurry.
After completing the task assigned by Xie Nanjia, Luliu returned to Yilan Courtyard and saw Xie Nanjia dressed neatly and got out of bed, sitting in front of the mirror and tying her hair. She walked over and asked her, "Why are you up? Wouldn't it be better to just take a nap?"
"Now is not the time to sleep." Xie Nanjia said without turning her head, "You are back just in time. Hurry up and inform Feng Lun to go to the general's mansion and ask Master Nanfeng to come and save me."
Lvliu was startled and quickly turned her shoulder to ask, "What's wrong with you? What happened?"
Xie Nanjia said, "The aunt and niece won't just sit there and wait for death. If I'm right, they will attack me soon. So, while there's still some time, go and call for help."
Lvliu immediately became nervous and asked in confusion: "Why do you want to find Master Nanfeng? Wouldn't it be more convenient to find the Second Master?"
"Isn't the Second Young Master accompanying the Eldest Young Master Zhou at the old lady's place? This concerns the Fourth Young Lady's lifelong event, so it's better not to let the Eldest Young Master Zhou know about the dirty deeds in the mansion." Xie Nanjia said.
Human life is at stake, yet she still has time to worry about these things, she is really bold. Lvliu was quite helpless, knowing that her decision could not be changed, so she had to hurry to inform Feng Lun.
After leaving the courtyard, Lvliu suddenly thought, she didn't mention the second young master, so how did Xiu'er know that the second young master accompanied the eldest young master Zhou to see the old lady
She is truly amazing.
As soon as Lvliu left, Yunyan rushed into Yilan Courtyard with several guards in a menacing manner.
"What are you doing? Who let you in?" Zhen'er heard the noise and ran out to see what was happening, shouting in fright.
Xie Nanjia also heard the noise, and hurriedly stood up, opened the window and looked into the courtyard, and saw Yun Yan holding up a sign and saying, "Madam ordered me to take Xiu'er to Yixin Courtyard for questioning. Call her out quickly."
"Ask, what do you want to ask?" Zhen'er glanced nervously towards Xie Nanjia's room.
Xie Nanjia quickly stepped aside.
"This is not your business, call the person out quickly." Yun Yan urged.
Zhen'er knew that the person who came had ill intentions, so she hesitated and did not move.
"Are you going or not? If not, I'll force my way in!" Yun Yan shouted.
"What's the matter?" The door of the main room opened and Zhao Lanzhi came out with the support of Su He.
Yun Yan didn't take her seriously at all, and didn't even bother to show her courtesy. She said arrogantly, "Fourth Miss, Madam ordered me to take Xiu'er to Yixin Courtyard. Please hand the person over quickly!"
"Are you ordering me?" Zhao Lanzhi covered her hand warmer and glanced at her indifferently.
Yun Yan was startled and suddenly realized that the Fourth Young Miss was a little different from usual.
"What do you mean, Fourth Miss? I am here to arrest someone on Madam's orders."
"Madam asked you to come and fetch someone, but did she tell you that you don't have to be polite when you meet the master?" Zhao Lanzhi questioned, "Is your arrogant and unreasonable attitude also in accordance with Madam's order?"
Yun Yan was shocked by her transformation. She didn't understand why this cowardly and incompetent fourth young lady, who was bullied by everyone, suddenly became so tough after falling into trouble, as if she was possessed by a ghost.
"Fourth Miss, don't blame me for not reminding you. When I came here, Madam told me that anyone who dared to stop us from doing our job would be tied up and handed over to Madam for punishment. If Fourth Miss doesn't want to get into trouble, it's better for her not to get involved."
She waved the sign in her hand at Zhao Lanzhi, thinking that this would scare her away. However, Zhao Lanzhi was not moved at all. Instead, she turned around and ordered Su He, "Go, slap her in the face and let her know what the difference between the superior and the inferior is!"
Su He was stunned for a moment, her blood boiling with excitement. She rolled up her sleeves and rushed to Yun Yan, gritted her teeth and slapped her with all her strength.
Yunyan was caught off guard and received a solid slap. Half of her face was numb and her ears were buzzing. It took her a long time to recover. She yelled at Suhe, "Bitch, how dare you hit me!"
"I'm going to hit you!" Su He slapped him, feeling so good in her heart that she raised her hand and slapped him again as if she was addicted.
The guards behind were also confused. When they reacted, they immediately stepped forward to take Su He down.
"Stop! I want to see who dares to touch her!" Zhao Lanzhi strode over and protected Su He behind her.
The guards were startled and stopped their actions hesitantly.
The leading guard clasped his fists and said, "Fourth Miss, we are also following orders. If you do this again, we will not be polite."
"How can you be so rude?" Zhao Lanzhi frowned and said righteously, "Although I am a concubine's daughter, I am also the Marquis's biological daughter. I want to see what you servants dare to do to me!"
“…” The guards looked at each other, at a loss as to what to do.
Indeed, no matter how unfavored the Fourth Young Miss was, she still had the Marquis' blood flowing in her body, which was not something that servants like them could compare to. Even though the Madam had said that anyone who dared to stop her would be taken away, the Fourth Young Miss taught Yun Yan a lesson because of her arrogance and disrespect, not because she was trying to stop them from doing their job. They didn't know whether they should take the person away or not.
Seeing Zhao Lanzhi's desperate attitude, Yun Yan was quite helpless. In order not to delay Madam's business, she could only endure it for the time being and politely apologized to the Fourth Miss: "Fourth Miss, it is my fault. I was in a hurry to bring people back to report to Madam, and I bumped into you, please forgive me."
Zhao Lanzhi appeared very tough on the surface, but in fact her hands and feet were shaking. Yun Yan had already apologized to her, and she could not take advantage of the situation anymore. If she still did not release the person, the guards might really use force.
Xie Nanjia was silently watching the movements outside in the room. Zhao Lanzhi's transformation shocked and relieved her. Since time was almost up, she opened the door and walked out.
"Madam really thinks highly of me. She asked me to ask a question, but she actually made such a big scene." She walked over with a faint smile, stood in front of Yunyan, stared at Yunyan's red cheeks and smiled, "Sister Yunyan, please come in!"
Yun Yan was furious at her mocking look, but she couldn't do anything to her. She turned around angrily and walked outside.
The guards pushed Xie Nanjia and motioned for her to follow.
"Xiu'er..." Zhao Lanzhi called out worriedly.
Xie Nanjia turned around and calmly comforted her: "Miss, don't worry, I will be back soon."
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Qin had arranged everything in Yixin Courtyard, just waiting for Xiu'er to come in to start the execution. However, after waiting for two cups of tea, Yunyan still hadn't returned with anyone.
After waiting for so long, he became impatient and angry, so he sent a little girl to find out what was going on.
As soon as the little girl walked out of the courtyard, she saw Yun Yan and his group walking towards this side, so she turned back to tell Qin that they had returned.
Qin immediately told Madam Cao to go outside and make preparations.
Madam Cao took the order and left, while Madam Qin got up and went to the back, asking someone to close the door to prevent any noise outside from coming in.
There was no need to trouble her, the mistress of the house, to beat a little girl to death. Besides, she didn't want to see Xiu'er again, lest her sharp words shake her determination.
She leaned on the couch and closed her eyes. Thinking that she could finally live a peaceful and comfortable life from now on, she couldn't help but regret that she was too indecisive and didn't kill that dead girl earlier.
If she had taken action ten days or half a month earlier, the ghost incident and the fourth girl's falling into the water would not have happened. In this case, her Lan Ya and Young Master Zhou would still have a chance.
Fortunately, she had just asked Chang Fu to send Young Master Zhou away, otherwise, the fourth girl might really have blamed Young Master Zhou for this.
Of course, she couldn't give the fourth girl such an opportunity. Even if Lan Ya couldn't marry the eldest master Zhou, the fourth girl would never succeed, because she would never allow any concubine's daughter to marry better than her daughter.
Now, Master Zhou is gone, Xiu'er is dead, and how can the cowardly and incompetent Fourth Girl stir up any trouble
After solving these annoying things, she went to discuss with her son and asked him to take a few days off to accompany Wanru. As long as the couple spent more time together, why would they worry about not being able to conceive
Thinking of this, she finally felt relieved. She pricked up her ears and listened to the noise outside, wanting to hear how far the situation was going and whether Xiu'er was dead.
She didn't know if the doors and windows were closed too tightly, or if the nanny had blocked Xiu'er's mouth in advance, but she couldn't hear any sound at all. She was about to get up and go out to take a look when she suddenly heard a loud "bang" outside.
Qin was startled, and hurriedly covered her chest and walked around the screen to the front. Just as she got to the front, Yun Yan opened the door and ran in, shouting in panic: "Madam, it's bad, Master Nanfeng is here!"
Qin's heart skipped a beat. The ferocious look of Xie Nanfeng appeared before her eyes. Her legs softened and she asked in a trembling voice, "Why is he here? Where is Xiu'er? Is she dead?"
“No.” Yun Yan shook her head. “She insisted on leaving some last words, and asked the maids to wait until she finished speaking before taking any action. But before she could finish speaking, Master Nanfeng arrived.”
"..." Qin choked up a mouthful of blood and nearly passed out from anger.
The damn girl was clearly stalling for time. Those idiots actually believed that she had some last words. They are so stupid.
"Madam, please go and take a look!" Yun Yan said as he supported her.
Qin had no choice but to go out. As soon as she reached the door, she saw Xie Nanfeng and Xiu'er standing opposite each other. Xie Nanfeng was taking off his silver fox fur cloak and putting it on Xiu'er.
The servants were all hiding in fear, and the gate in the distance had been kicked into pieces and fell to the ground.
This brat is really too arrogant. Qin was furious. She walked over with a cold face and asked in a deep voice, "Xie Nanfeng, what do you think of Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion? Is this a place for you to act wildly?"
Xie Nanfeng turned to look at her after hearing this, raised his eyebrows, and said with disdain: "I just lied, what can you do to me?"
"You..." Qin was so angry that she fell backwards, "Why are you so arrogant?"
Xie Nanfeng said: "You killed my sister."
Qin's breath was choked, and he subconsciously glanced at Xie Nanjia, unsure if Xie Nanjia had said anything to him.
Xie Nanjia brushed off her clothes, smiled at her as if nothing had happened, took Xie Nanfeng's sleeve and said, "Master Nanfeng, let's go!"
"Just leaving like that? I haven't let you vent your anger yet!" Xie Nanfeng was very reluctant.
"It's okay, there's a lot of time left!" Xie Nanjia said meaningfully.
Zhou Yuncheng hadn't left yet, and she didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so as not to leave a bad impression on Zhou Yuncheng.
Seeing that she didn't want to pursue the matter, Xie Nanfeng nodded and walked away with her leisurely.
Qin watched the two people walk away leisurely as if they were strolling in a garden. She felt unprecedented humiliation and her internal organs ached with anger.
Why, why should she be so aggrieved, why can't she do anything to a maid, why can anyone step on her head and bully her, why
Looking around the capital, which wealthy family doesn't have a few innocent victims? Why is it that other mistresses have blood on their hands but still live a carefree life, while she lives a life more miserable than a servant
Damn girl, don't think that I can't do anything to you just because you hook up with so many men. Let's wait and see. If I don't send you to see the King of Hell within three days, I will have lived half my life in vain!
"Go find Chang Fu and ask him to find out who sent the letter to Xie Nanfeng. Also ask him to notify Feng Qi to come and see me." She angrily ordered Yun Yan.
Yun Yan was shocked that the lady was going to use the secret guards. It seemed that she was completely enraged this time.
"Yes!" she answered and hurried to find Chang Fu.
At this time, Xie Nanjia was walking towards Yilan Courtyard under the escort of Xie Nanfeng.
"Where did Feng Lun find you? How did you get here so quickly?" Xie Nanjia asked.
She estimated the time and thought that Xie Nanfeng would take at least another cup of tea to arrive, but she didn't expect him to come so soon.
"I met you at the street corner." Xie Nanfeng said, "I was going to come look for you anyway."
"What do you want me to do?" Xie Nanjia asked curiously.
Xie Nanfeng glanced at her and said vaguely: "My mother is going to Fanyin Temple to burn incense tomorrow, and I want you to go with her."
Xie Nanjia looked at his evasive words and felt that he was not telling the truth, so she asked tentatively, "There are so many people in the general's mansion, why did she want me to accompany her?"
"Because you are more interesting, you can entertain her." Xie Nanfeng said with a smile, "and she wants to pray to the Buddha for an immortal lock for the young master, so she can ask you to bring it back when the time comes, so that she doesn't have to ask someone to go to the Marquis' Mansion specially."
Xie Nanjia still didn't believe it, but seeing that he was trying so hard to lie, she thought it was inconvenient for him to tell the real reason, so she stopped asking and asked him instead: "Why didn't you all go to the welcoming banquet for Jinping County Master?"
Xie Nanfeng's smile dimmed, and he looked up at the sky: "Mother is afraid that the scene will bring back memories, so she doesn't want to go."
Xie Nanjia was stunned for a moment, thinking about her mother's sad look, her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.
"In that case, I'll go back and tell Miss Four that you can pick me up tomorrow morning." She said, wishing she could see her mother right now.
Seeing that she readily agreed, Xie Nanfeng was very happy: "Then it's settled. I'll come early tomorrow morning."
(End of this chapter)