Spring House Inner Wind Cloud 029 Stirring Up the Muddy Water

  "The box of fragrant powder that Second Miss gave me has been lost. I and Xin Yue, Yan Cui searched the house for a long time but couldn't find it."

  Chen Huan and Qin Yu entered the room and saw Xin Yue, Qian Yu and Qin Wan rummaging through the whole house.

  Qin Wan saw them return and hastily said, "How can this be good? What if Second Sister finds out, wouldn't it make Second Uncle's family think we don't treasure the things they gave us?"

  Originally, it was because of this that Elder Sister's face turned pale. Xing Huan pulled her hand to comfort her, "Elder Sister, don't worry, at worst I'll ask Big Uncle to go to Shengjing and find another box for you. Don't spread the word about this matter."

  Qin Wan finally let out a breath of relief, "Alright, look at me getting anxious and forgetting my manners. Xinyue and Qianyu, quietly search again." The two maidservants responded accordingly.

  "Xiang Xing sister, your hairpin is so beautiful." Yunque saw Xiang Xing holding a copper basin in the courtyard and was about to enter the house.

  "Ah, Mother went out to the street today and bought it for me." Xiang Yu's rosy face smiled coyly, her hand brushed against her temples, and she tightened the coral hairpin with a tender red color. She twisted her slender waist and took Yun Que and two little maidservants to the public kitchen to pick up food.

  Yun Xiang smiled and brought in a copper basin, "Young master and young lady, hurry up and wipe your faces."

  Qin Yu and Chen Huan glanced at each other quickly through the window flowers, seeing Xiang Li's hairpin.

  Chen Huan accepted the warm towel handed over by Yun Shang and carefully wiped his face. Qin Yu also silently accepted the towel.

  Yun Xiang finally left with the copper basin, and Qin Yu's face turned dark. "How can such a person stay by your side? If I leave, what if something goes wrong?"

  "Now we don't have solid evidence and can't say anything." Chen Huan said in a low voice.

  "What's wrong?" Qin Wan asked in confusion.

  "The hairpin on her head was bought by Lü Dao." Qin Yu hummed and sat in the chair.

  Qin Wan let out a cry, in the mansion, private relationships between male and female servants were allowed, but all marriages among the servants had to be arranged by their masters. How could Lv Dao, who already had a wife, dare to flirt with Miss's maid, which was a heinous crime?

  "Qian Yu, Xin Yue and Yan Cui, you three must be extra careful." Qin Wan's eyebrows furrowed slightly. She and Chen Huan were both unmarried ladies, and they feared that the maids would do something improper to tarnish their reputations, which would directly affect their future marriages.

  Three maidservants nodded solemnly.

  As night fell, Chen Huan sat on the bed, holding a book and reading. Yun Shang made the candle flame on the bedside lamp brighter, "Miss, it's so late and you're still reading? You also went out today and got tired, why not go to sleep earlier?"

  Chen Huan looked up at her, "How long has Yun Shuang been in the mansion?"

  With a respectful bow, she said softly, "I entered the mansion at the age of ten, but I've been doing rough work in the outer courtyard all along, so Miss hasn't seen me before."

  She smiled and tilted her head, "Then you definitely don't know about Aunt Xu's situation."

  Yun Piao nodded her head, "Yes, at that time Xu Niang had been dead for fifteen years. I was still young and didn't understand things."

  "What? Didn't Auntie Xu leave the Qin Manor? How did she die?" Chen Huan asked in shock.

  Yun Piao's face changed slightly, and she hastily said, "It's been spread around the mansion like this, that after she left the mansion, there was no news of her, everyone thought she was dead."

  "Oh, I was just curious, I've never seen Auntie Xu before." Chen Huan patted her chest, like a startled little kid.

  "Aunt Xü is said to be exceptionally kind and extremely good to her servants." Yún Shang tucked the bedding at the foot of the bed.

  Chen Huan nodded, "En, I've heard my mother say that. I heard that Aunt Xu has been living here since she was a child, so the ones serving her should be old people from the Qin Manor?"

  "Yes, her personal maid Ling'er was originally a maid by Madame Yan's side."

  "Where is Ling'er now?"

  "She... was said to have been beaten to death, and Madame Lü had almost everyone around Xu Niang beaten up on the grounds of failing to protect her master." Yun Shang pulled back the bed curtains, "Does Miss want to sleep?"

  He nodded drowsily and lazily yawned, "I'm really sleepy."

  For the past two days, the mansion has been abuzz with news that the eldest branch is investigating who knew about Qin An's couple returning to the mansion. Qin Zhongju sat in Lv Shi's room, furrowing his brow.

  Lü's fingers moved over the Buddhist rosary in his hand, his eyes narrowed as he said calmly, "What can they find out? Lü Dao is our own man, and he'll reveal what benefits him."

  "I heard that Zhang Fang is offering a reward of 2 taels of silver to anyone who can tell them, and some people might wag their tongues for the sake of getting the silver."

  Lü slapped the jade Buddha beads on the table, "You're so spineless! Even if someone says that the news has leaked out, what does it have to do with us? Even if someone is a traitor, as long as we find County Master and tell him that the informant colluded with bandits to murder for wealth, isn't that settled?"

  Qin Zhongju hurriedly nodded his head, "Right, right, Mother is always thinking ahead."

  Lü lazily leaned against the soft cushion, "If all else fails, just get rid of him."

  Qin Zhong's face turned stern, and he said with difficulty, "It's hard to find someone as skilled as you in Yuhang. Next time if we need to use..."

  "I said it from the beginning that you should find someone from outside, people from Yuhang are always a hidden danger. Hurry up and find some more people, they will be useful in the future."

  "Yes, Mother."

  For several days, Shen Huan and Qin Wan, Qin Yu three people turned around everywhere. Fortunately, the tea business is a technical job, so the tea mountain and Yan's teahouse were not replaced by many people from Lü's family. The silver earned from the tea garden and teahouse was intercepted by Lü's family in the government office, and the workers and partners were not clear about the situation of the master, Shen Huan and others took over without any major problems. Now that Qin Yu is personally taking charge, Lu Zhuang is also very familiar with the tea industry, and he quickly settled the matters of the teahouse and garden. Now it's just the right time for spring tea to be harvested, and it's a bumper year, so the tea garden is busy.

  Zhou's teahouse has been around for over a decade, and Qin Yu heard Shen Huan's words and personally invited the old shopkeeper back. The tea comes from Yan's Tea Garden, so there's no shortage of tea to sell.

  Chen Huan let Lu Zhuanggui spread the word, to always follow their elderly people to find children with spiritual energy who are willing to work hard. Now everyone is busy sending messages to the countryside, hoping that their own family members can follow Qin Fu's main house and mix up a good future.

  The most difficult thing is the silk shop, which was not the profession of the Zhou or Yan families. The business of this silk shop was average before, and it's not easy to make a big change all at once. Zhou Zhengyu suggested selling more than 160 old materials in the shop at half price to attract some popularity, and also trying to introduce ten varieties of satin from Shengjing, while increasing a batch of local commonly used plain silk fabrics for matching sales, first pulling the business on track, and then thinking about how to break through.

  There are too many things, and Xie Huan can't even think about it carefully, so let's just say that Lu Zhuang and Zhou Zhengyu will talk to Jing Shang again.

  On this day, Chen Huan was with Qin Yu and Qin Wan in the east wing of the front yard looking at account books when a soft voice came from outside, "Third Master is here."

  "Are Yu'er and the others all here?"

  "They're all chatting in the east wing." Shallow Jade called out towards the east house, "Master, Third Master has arrived."

  Chen Huan closed the account book, Qin Yu came out to welcome him, and said with surprise, "Third Uncle, why did you come in person? If there's anything, just let the servant say a word, and I'll go over."

  Digression

  No matter win or lose, Duodu will never give up writing. This article is not a naked run, and there are many drafts stored. As long as someone reads it carefully, just leave a comment for Duodu, and that's enough. Rest assured.