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Chapter 148 Traces
Speaking of her daughter, Qin Guiqiong said worriedly, "I'm not worried about anything else, but I'm still worried about her marriage."
Neither of the two sisters married well, but the Qin family was actually considered a well-known family in the capital. Back then, Old Madam Qin had been the wet nurse of the late queen, and because of this favor, the Qin family was quite proud for some time.
Unfortunately, the late queen passed away early and left no children, so the relationship ended early.
Although others respect the Qin family to some extent, the Qin family does not have real power.
Later, her elder sister married Shen Jingchuan as a concubine, and she married into the Lou family as the main wife. Originally, she was considered to have married into a wealthy family, and her marriage was better than that of her elder sister.
Unfortunately, her husband offended a powerful official and was demoted, but her elder sister outlived the mistress and became the main wife.
Qin Guiqiong felt uncomfortable when she thought of all this, but there was nothing she could do. Now her family relied more on the status of her sister and brother-in-law, and the rest depended on the relationship between her mother and the queen in her early years.
Qin Xuerong patted her sister's hand and said, "Don't worry, I've also been keeping an eye on Yulan's marriage. But if she wants to marry someone higher up, it's better for her to wait for Yujie to get married first..."
Qin Guiqiong knew what she meant. Although her daughter was one year older than Shen Jingyu, she was not as famous in the capital as Shen Jingyu, and she was not as virtuous and virtuous.
But she knew better that both her mother and her elder sister hoped that the Qin family would have a queen in the future.
Before, my mother was just the wet nurse of the late queen, and the Qin family was able to rise to prominence and reap many benefits.
It is conceivable that if the Qin family could produce a queen, how glorious the future of the Qin family would be!
But Qin Guiqiong knew that her daughter probably had no chance.
When she married Lou Chang'an, he was still a fourth-rank official, but unexpectedly, within a few years, he was demoted to the sixth-rank Zhaowu Cavalry Captain.
This status was not enough, and Lou Yulan's appearance could only be described as elegant and gentle. Marrying the prince of the emperor? That was just a foolish dream!
Therefore, the most promising person in the Qin family is Shen Jingyu, but Shen Jingyu's identity is indeed a bit poor.
After all, the Shen family is not a family of nobles, and the Qin family is even less so. Fortunately, Shen Jingchuan is now the Minister of Revenue at a young age, and Shen Jingyu herself is even more ambitious. Not only is she beautiful, but she is also talented and famous.
Therefore, when it comes to that position in the future, only Shen Jingyu has a chance to fight for it.
She had a good relationship with Qin Xuerong since childhood, so if Shen Jingyu could marry into the royal family, Yulan's value would naturally increase, and she would have more choices.
"I do want to, but my mother-in-law is pushing me too hard. That old woman is always sarcastic and dislikes me." Qin Guiqiong lowered her eyes and spoke slowly.
Back then, she had used some tricks to marry Lou Changan as his principal wife. She thought she had found a perfect husband, but she didn't expect that he would have a bad career!
Unfortunately, there was a powerful mother-in-law in the family who disliked her to begin with, and because of this incident, she regarded her as a jinx. She was always sarcastic and mocking towards her and never had a good face for her.
If she hadn't gotten pregnant and given birth to a son, she wouldn't know how miserable her life would be now.
Upon hearing this, Qin Xuerong frowned and said, "I'll give her a warning when I get a chance, but don't think of going too far with you."
Qin Guiqiong smiled and said, "That's not necessary. The old woman is half buried in the earth. She has not been able to gain any benefits from me in the past two years. She is often so angry that she almost died."
Qin Xuerong said gently: "You are a resourceful person. If this is successful, I will thank you very much."
Upon hearing this, Qin Guiqiong's smile became more genuine: "You and I are sisters, why are you talking about this?"
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After seeing Qin Guiqiong off, Qin Xuerong felt much better.
She asked someone to count out 50,000 taels of silver and sent it to Shen Jingchuan's study. Although she took 20,000 taels from the Qin family, she still felt the pain.
Shen Jingchuan accepted the banknote directly. Obviously, he had no intention of telling Qin Xuerong about his plan.
In other words, he was determined to teach Qin Xuerong a lesson.
Here, Qin Xuerong was busy taking care of her children, while there, Shen Jingchuan was busy "resolving the grievances" with the Chai family.
Shen Shuyi stopped going to school and his days became free.
That day, she was lying in a rocking chair in the yard reading a book when Yuping suddenly brought her a message.
"Miss, Jiang Li sent a message saying that he found the whereabouts of Mr. Lian Cheng. He is now in the capital, living in a three-story house in South Lane, but he usually doesn't see guests."
Upon hearing this, Shen Shuyi immediately perked up and sat up and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, he found the person by following the clues from Song Tingshan. Jiang Li said that Mr. Song often visited Mr. Lian Cheng's residence these days, but Mr. Lian Cheng did not see him. He usually sent a little boy to deal with him."
Shen Shuyi said in a gentle voice: "Let Jiang Li find a painter to draw a portrait of Mr. Zhang Liancheng for me. The more like he is, the better."
Yuping didn't know what Shen Shuyi was planning to do, but she thought it was right to listen to the young lady.
After Yuping left, Shen Shuyi was in a good mood.
In this life, Liancheng was found much earlier than in the previous life. If she remembered correctly, it was Xiao Tingshan who found the ghost doctor Liancheng first in the previous life.
However, he was unable to convince him to treat him.
Later, he annoyed people, so Liancheng gave him a dose of medicine that made him suffer a lot, and he disappeared without a trace.
It was several years later that I found Liancheng again.
At that time, she had already married Xiao Tingshan. Seeing that he was in poor health, she became more and more anxious. Wen Renzong then proposed to make a fake corpse and pretend to be Liancheng's daughter in order to do a favor to Liancheng and gain the trust of others.
She rejected the proposal at that time. On the one hand, she visited him every day, and on the other hand, she sent more people to search for Lian Qiao's whereabouts.
In the end, it was discovered that Lian Qiao had already died in a miserable way.
Liancheng was heartbroken when he saw his daughter's bones, and he was even more furious when he learned that she had been insulted to death.
She promised to help him track down the murderer and avenge him, and with her sincerity for several days, she finally won Liancheng's approval and he began to treat Xiao Tingshan.
In this life, without her help, she wants to see how Xiao Tingshan can convince Liancheng!
He will just drag his sickly body until he dies.
Jiang Li acted quickly. On the second day after receiving the news from Shen Shuyi, he had someone send Lian Cheng's portrait over.
Shen Shuyi placed the portrait on the table and slowly spread it out.
The portrait showed a young man in his thirties. He had a decent appearance, but his hair was disheveled and his clothes had several patches on them, making him look sloppy.
A few strands of hair hung down in front of his forehead. Although he was not very old, his hair was already a little gray. He had a gourd-shaped wine jug hanging on his waist and was wearing a pair of cloth shoes with holes in them.