Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 414

"Madam, Yao Zhu'er had nowhere to go, so I brought her back. Now she's waiting in the carriage. I wonder how you plan to accommodate her?"

Qin Sui listened to Sun Jifei's words, pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Uncle Sun, do you know where the Yao family moved to?"

Sun Jifei nodded and briefly repeated what his neighbor Mrs. Qu had said.

"Well, please, Uncle Sun, please make another trip to take Yao Zhuer to the Yao family."

"This..." Sun Jifei hesitated a little. This was a very rare thing. He seldom hesitated about Qin Sui's orders. But he nodded in agreement immediately.

Then Qin Sui slowly said, "The Yao family is not a kind family. Even if Yao Zhuer stays, she will suffer. However, she must go this time. If she decides to stay, you don't need to say anything, just come back. If she asks you to take her away, you can bring her back!"

There was a hint of surprise in Sun Jifei's eyes, but he quickly understood what Qin Sui meant. She wanted Yao Zhuer to realize that she had no way out and could only rely on the Xiao family.

Sun Jifei went out and drove away in the carriage. Yao Zhuer sat motionless in the carriage waiting for a long time. Because of Sun Jifei's instructions when he left, she didn't dare to lift the curtain to look. But now Sun Jifei didn't say anything, and the carriage moved forward again.

"Brother Sun, where are we going?"

Yao Zhuer raised her voice tentatively through the curtain of the carriage. Her fate was just like her body now, swaying in the cramped carriage, filled with uncertainty and fear.

Yao Zhuer used the word "we", and the moment she said it she couldn't help biting her lip, feeling a little embarrassed.

Sun Jifei's voice came: "I'll take you to meet your parents."

"." Yao Zhuer was stunned for a moment, then rushed to the door, lifted the door curtain and looked at Sun Jifei's straight back: "Really, are you really going to see my father and mother?"

Sun Jifei just nodded without saying anything.

Yao Zhuer looked at Sun Jifei for a while, and seeing that he really had no intention of talking anymore, she let down the heavy door curtain, tilted her head back, and looked up, but she couldn't help but keep her tears from rolling down.

She thought that her father, mother and brother must have left because they had no choice, and they did not abandon her without caring about her.

Li Siniang walked in and saw Qin Shi was developing a new fragrance. Two of the spices were sent by the young prince. They were spices presented by the foreign delegations they had received before. Not to mention that Qin Shi couldn't buy them, even their local merchants couldn't buy them.

As a thank you, the young prince got some from the palace and gave them all to Qin Su.

"Madam, what is the function of this incense?" Li Siniang put down the tray in her hand, bent down and asked curiously.

"It helps you sleep, calms your mind, and reduces fear and panic. It can be used while you sleep, meditate, or drink tea."

Li Siniang didn't understand these things, but she knew that there were many incenses that could help with sleep and calm the mind, and the effects were very good. She didn't know why Qin Sui kept doing this?
Qin Cui put down the spices in her hand, stood up, twisted her waist and arms, walked to the side and sat down, picked up the tea brought by Li Siniang and took a sip.

"I'll arrange a room for you later. A girl will be staying here in a couple of days."

Because Li Siniang brought Bao'er with her, she had a separate courtyard near the corner gate, which was convenient for Bao'er to go in and out. Now, after hearing what Qin Sui said, she thought for a while and said, "Why don't you live in my courtyard? There are two rooms in the courtyard. One is for the little maid, and the other is just right for her. The little maid can keep an eye on her, and she won't live in the backyard, which will cause gossip in the future."

It's not appropriate to live in the front yard, which is full of guards and servants. The back yard is also inconvenient, and I'm afraid people will say that it's for Xiao Chenyu's concubine. Thinking of this, it's best to live with Li Siniang, not to mention that there is a little maid to look after her.

Qin Sui smiled and said, "I always trust you when you do things."

Afterwards, she told the story of Yao Zhuer again, and Li Siniang was even more willing to have Yao Zhuer live with her.

"If I had not intervened in Qin Yan's marriage, it would be Qin Yan who fell into this situation today, and it would also bring certain crises to our family." Qin Cui said lightly, her eyes fixed on the leisurely white clouds outside the window. She had a sense of strangeness, as if she was thousands of miles away from the person, and a strong sense of sadness and misery.

"Qin Yan escaped from the predicament, which led to Yao Zhuer's current fate. This can be regarded as the result of my intervention. Therefore, I can't just stand by and watch."

Li Siniang walked to Qin Su's side, squatted down, raised her head and looked at Qin Su, and placed her hands on the back of Qin Su's hands: "When Madam saw me at the beginning, she didn't intervene in my cause and effect, but still took the trouble to save me and my Baoer."

Qin Cui turned her gaze back and lowered her eyes to look into Li Siniang's eyes.

Her eyes were calm and peaceful, filled with admiration, respect, approval and joy: "Madam, your eyes cannot tolerate the weak's requests for help, and your heart cannot bear the pain and suffering. So, in fact, you have a heart of a bodhisattva, but you don't even know it!"

Qin Sui was stunned. After a long while, she touched her face and said jokingly, "I'm so good? How come I don't know it myself?"

Li Siniang smiled and stood up, sitting aside, and said gently: "No matter what the reason is, what Madam wants to do must be good and reasonable. So, you don't need to find reasons, just do it, just give orders!"

"Oh, by the way, how is Baoer doing in school recently? Is anyone still bullying him?" Qin Cui changed the subject.

"No one bullies him now. Every time the Second Master takes a day off, he spends an hour going to the academy to play chess with the teacher. Now the teacher is very kind to our Baoer, and those naughty kids don't dare to bully Baoer anymore."

When talking about children, Li Siniang's face was full of satisfied smiles, which also infected Qin Sui.

Afterwards, Qin Cui packed the newly made incense and asked Li Siniang to deliver it to Huo Jianguang personally.

Li Siniang took the order and went to the General's Mansion, where she handed the gift directly to Huo Jianguang.

Huo Jianguang opened the wooden box and saw the incense sticks inside. A fragrance lingered in his nose, instantly clearing up Huo Jianguang's dizzy head.

"Did your wife make this herself?" Huo Jianguang had seen countless good things in his life, but none of them moved him as much as the box of incense in front of him.

"Yes, the spices here were brought by the young prince from the palace. They are said to be valuable in foreign lands and are usually only used by the royal family. This fragrance is also a soothing fragrance that our wife has researched for several days and nights. The wife said that this fragrance is very suitable for the general's body."

A month ago, Qin Cui sent someone to inquire about Huo Jianguang's condition and said that she could prepare a calming incense for him.

Huo Jianguang didn't mind telling Qin Shi about his illness, but he didn't expect Qin Shi to make some amazing calming incense. You know, the calming incense he is using now was given by the emperor and the empress dowager in the palace, and it was nothing special to him.

Many people speculated that Huo Jianguang probably killed too many people and therefore couldn't sleep well, so his body seemed hollowed out. He looked so old and must not live long.