Marrying into a poor family

As soon as the first lunar month passed, Qin Xiang sent someone to Xie's house to deliver a message to visit Qin Yan.

As a result, I was sent back without even submitting the post.

The person who submitted the post reported with some grievance: "The concierge of Xie's family said that the old lady of Xie's family drank too much during the Chinese New Year, and later she caught a cold. She asked a doctor to get medicine and she felt better. She has been resting since then, saying. No guests at all."

Qin Xiang frowned and waved people off.

Then he walked to the desk and asked Qinggu to polish the ink, write a line of words with his pen, then sealed the paper and handed it to Qinggu: "Give this letter to Li Siniang and ask her to go to Xie's house in person. Hand it over to Mrs. Xie’s family.”

Qinggu took the letter and asked hesitantly: "We sent someone to deliver the post before, but the Xie family's concierge didn't even go in to report it. Is it useful for Si Niang to go there?"

"Of course she has a way, I trust her." Qin Xiang's trust in Li Siniang is unquestionable, both in terms of loyalty and ability.

After listening to Qinggu's words, Li Siniang took the letter and said to Xiaolong: "Go to the stable and tell me that I want to go out and ask them to prepare a carriage and wait outside the west corner gate."

Xiaolong left in response, and Qinggu also said: "I'm going back first, my wife cannot be short of people."

Li Siniang thought for a while and asked, "Can Qing Qian get started?"

"She doesn't have any problems with ordinary things. It's just that my wife is used to telling me to do things. Maybe she's not very familiar with her yet."

"You should be more careful. My wife is very wary. It is not easy to accept someone wholeheartedly."

"I know, Si Niang, don't worry about me." Qinggu tilted his head, showed a slightly naughty smile, then turned around and left.

Li Siniang looked at Qing Gu's back in a daze. In the blink of an eye, the little girl she was protecting had become a girl who could take charge of her own business.

Li Siniang came back from Xie's house soon and went to report to Qin Xiang immediately.

Qin Xiang was inspecting the spices, carefully comparing the color, aroma, taste and shape, and then drawing pictures and writing on paper the comparison of the habits of this spice and similar fragrances.

Li Siniang stood aside and watched for a while without disturbing Qin Xiang.

After a while, Qin Xiang put down her pen, stood up and washed her hands. Li Siniang hurriedly followed her and handed over a clean handkerchief. After Qin Xiang wiped her hands clean, she took some balm from the balm Li Siniang opened and wiped her hands.

"What did the eldest lady of the Xie family say?" Qin Xiang asked Li Siniang, but she walked towards the Kang.

Li Siniang followed over and poured tea for Qin Xiang. Seeing Qin Xiang pointing to the edge of the kang on the other side, she sat half-assed next to it and turned to Qin Xiang and talked about her visit to Xie's house in detail.

"The concierge of the Xie family seems to be a little hostile to our people. When he heard that the Xiao family members frowned and chased us away, he said that the old lady didn't want to see guests without even waiting for me to say anything."

Qin Xiang was a little confused: "The Xie family's attitude was pretty good when they came to visit us for the first time. Could it be that something happened in the meantime?"

"Later, when I told them that I met their eldest lady, the concierge was still a little stunned. I said that I had an important letter to present to the eldest lady. If they didn't report it, if something happened in the future, it would be their responsibility. The concierge just went to report it."

"Later, Mother Jiao came out and said that the eldest lady was busy and asked me to give the letter to her."

Naturally, Li Siniang would not give it to her, saying that she had received orders from her own wife and had to give it to the eldest lady. Seeing that Jiao's mother was impatient, Li Siniang said again that if she was not allowed to see the eldest wife, she would take the letter away.

Seeing her attitude, Mother Jiao stopped insisting and took Li Siniang to see Mrs. Xie's family.

"After I met the eldest wife of the Xie family, I gave the letter to Mother Jiao."

Li Siniang smiled and said: "The eldest lady of the Xie family immediately opened the envelope, and her face changed drastically after just one glance. She looked at me as if she wanted to eat people, and asked us what we wanted to do? I said our wife just wanted to see each other from time to time. When I saw the old lady of the Xie family, I didn't expect that the eldest lady of the Xie family immediately agreed and said that we can come to the door at any time."

Qin Xiang was not surprised by such a result. After all, she was controlling the fate of the eldest wife of the Xie family.

Li Siniang glanced at Qin Xiang's expression and saw that she seemed to be in a good mood, so she asked tentatively: "Madam, what is the matter in your letter? I saw the sudden change in Mrs. Xie's face. Even Mother Jiao was very surprised."

Qin Xiang thought for a while and then said to Li Siniang: "I will only tell you this matter. I hope you won't tell anyone else."

"Yes!" Li Siniang understood that the reason why Qin Xiang told her was that there was something important that needed her to do.

"The eldest wife of the Xie family has been in charge of the family for many years, and the eldest son of the Xie family also relied on his father's relationship to become an official in the court. The second master of the Xie family also found an official position to dawdle around. The third master of the Xie family was a commoner and was in charge of the family's shop and farm. Earn money for the Xie family."

"The Xie family seems to be full of flowers and flourishing, but in fact, it has been empty for a long time." Qin Xiang talked about the Xie family, detailing their treasures, and Li Siniang was a little confused.

Qin Xiang continued: "The Xie family is the head of the eldest family. The eldest wife of the Xie family is in charge of all the affairs of the family, and all expenses have to go through her hands. The second eldest brother is dissatisfied, but he is the second son after all, so he can't say anything more. Can create some difficulties for the big house from time to time."

"But the real trouble is the third brother. Because the third brother is a concubine, his abilities do not belong to any of the legitimate sons. Especially the second master of the second brother. Not only is he not talented, but he is good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Especially, he likes to listen to operas , raised a troupe outside, and spent the money mercilessly. If the eldest wife couldn't get the money, he would go to the third master, making the third house miserable. "

Li Siniang didn't quite understand. She just asked what was written in the letter, but the wife talked about the Xie family's situation in detail.

Qin Xiang took a sip of tea and continued talking, looking out the window with a somewhat erratic tone: "The conflicts in the Xie family are not a big problem, but as the saying goes, a thousand-mile embankment is destroyed by an ant nest. If things go on like this, this family will be destroyed." It’s not far from falling apart.”

"And the letter I wrote to Mrs. Xie only has one sentence." Qin Xiang looked away and became serious: "The eldest young master of the Xie family is selling his official position."

Li Siniang's face changed drastically and she almost stood up from the kang.

It's not that Li Siniang thinks this matter is serious enough to scare even an outsider like her, but that this matter concerns the entire lifeline of the Xie family, and for my wife to write such a blatant letter to threaten others, this is not to tell the Xie family openly: I know your reasons. Moreover, it is almost a declaration of war!

"Madam, why are we enemies of the Xie family?" Li Siniang always spoke more directly to Qin Xiang than others, and she also knew that Qin Xiang liked this.

"Because, I want others to know that we are at odds with the Xie family. If, if one day, the Xie family collapses, we will not be implicated." Qin Xiang's words did not sound good, but they made sense.

Although Li Siniang didn't know why Qin Xiang was so sure that the Xie family was going to be in trouble and would involve the Xiao family, who were not even in-laws, she trusted Qin Xiang unconditionally.

This kind of trust was engraved from the moment she looked back and saw Qin Xi when she was paraded on the street.

"Madam, what do you need me to do?" Li Siniang was silent for a few moments, then raised her head and asked Qin Xiang.

Qin Xiang was very satisfied with Li Siniang's intelligence and nodded with a smile: "I do have something to trouble you with. If you don't want to, you can refuse, and I won't blame you."