usatvline Chapter 381
Chapter 381
Chapter 381
Old Madam Qin was flustered as she hesitantly mumbled, “A’zhun, this isn’t right? Ning’er and the marquis family have already separated...besides Ning’er has made this contribution with great difficulty.”
Yesterday, Qin Zening triumphantly returned to the capital. After the palace banquet, he came to the Marquis’s Mansion to greet Old Madam Qin, the latter immediately notice that her eldest grandson has gotten black and thin...
Old Madam Qin once stayed in Minzhou for a few years and knew how fierce the bandits were. Others only see Qin Zening making great achievements with ease but she knows that this military achievement was the exchange of his life, only he knows the hardship involved.
Meanwhile, Qin Zhun was still talking unrelentingly with full emotion. He would sometimes talk about the passing of the late marquis, he then said he had not been able to support his family in recent years, he would then say once again that Qin Zening was still young...
Under Qin Zhun’s expectant gaze, Old Madam Qin said wearily, “A’zhun, this matter... I have to think about it, you should go back first.”
Qin Zhun was not discouraged, after all, just like how mothers know their children, children know their mothers’ best too. He knew that his mother was soft-hearted, and always sympathetic to the weak, in short, she was easier to manipulate.
“Mother, then you have a good rest.” Qin Zhun politely got up and bowed.
When he reached the curtain door, he paused and whispered, “I am really ashamed to face father like this...I still remember when I was in Minzhou, father often said that he was not ashamed of himself, but was ashamed to face his ancestors...”
After saying this, Qin Zhun continued walking, and only the rattling sound of the curtain could be heard as it slightly sways mid-air.
Old Madam Qin stared at the swaying curtain, her eyes in a trance.
As his spouse, Old Madam Qin certainly knew the late marquis’ thoughts. Those days, the late marquis was deprived of his title by the previous emperor for protecting the now emperor, who was the crown prince back then, putting the Qin family in exile but he had no regrets.
Old Madam Qin was sitting on the upper chair with a heavy heart as she drank her tea absent-mindedly. The hall was quiet.
After sitting for a while, Old Madam Qin put down her teacup, looked at Qin Zening, and asked, “Ning’er, has your second uncle been here?”
Qin Zening’s eyebrows twitched, remembering Qin Zhun who stopped him yesterday outside the Huagai Hall and said a lot of nonsense.
Not waiting for Qin Zening to answer her, Old Madam Qin continued, “Your second uncle has recently encountered a little trouble...”
Old Madam paused for a moment and told Qin Zening with a complicated expression. “If he comes to your door and asks for help, you must not be soft-hearted and agree.”
Qin Jiu: “?”
Qin Jiu looked at Qin Zening again, and seeing that he seemed to be in deep thought, she blinked curiously, thinking: Did something happen that she didn’t know about?
Old Madam Qin wearily sighed and continued to ramble, “Ning’er, your merit is something you exchange your life with. If something happens to your parents or your brother it is understandable to exchange your merit for their crime, but your second uncle is already separated from you, and your siblings, that also means that you are now two families.”
“Ai, since your second uncle inherited the family title and family business, he should have been able to take charge of the family, so how can he commit a crime, and then expect his nephew who has already separated from the family to step in. This person, there is no reason for him to take advantage of all the benefits!”
Old Madam Qin knew her second son, and she was disappointed with him.
Back then, the late Marquis was once deprived of his title, but he earned it back on his own. However, this second son, who did not learn from his father’s strengths, was only interested in others helping him solve his problems.
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