Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

The moon-viewing event ended smoothly without any disturbances or setbacks.

On August 16, the emperor returned to the capital with his officials in a large procession. The noise was so loud that the area around the South Gate was completely closed. When the people saw this, they thought the emperor had returned victoriously.

The emperor's carriage went straight to the palace, and all the officials entered the city, naturally returning to their homes and looking for their mothers.

As soon as he arrived at the Xu residence, Xu Yixing was pulled to the study by his father, who anxiously asked him about what had happened in the previous two days. One can imagine how uncomfortable he had been during those two days.

"Father, I know what you want to ask. To make a long story short, my daughter was kidnapped by Fan Shi, who was with the Fourth Prince, and then stuffed into the Second Prince's bedroom. Later, thanks to the Seventh Prince who discovered something was wrong and took me away in time to Madam Jing, a tragedy was avoided."

There was not a trace of truth in Xu Yixing's words, but she concealed the fact that she hired someone to kidnap herself and the Seventh Prince's analysis of the incident. She also did not want to interfere with her father's thoughts.

Father Xu pondered for a moment and understood the general idea: "So, the Second Prince is really trying to make things difficult for my family? Humph! I was wondering why everyone said today that the Second Prince brought back a concubine. It turns out that this is a cover-up for this matter!"

After Father Xu finished speaking, he thought about it again, and his expression became a little strange: "Yan'er, this is not right. How could the Second Prince be so courageous?"

"My daughter also finds it strange. Perhaps there is something else going on. We should think about it carefully..."

"Let's take a long-term view? Can we take a long-term view on this matter? Since you were rescued by the Seventh Prince, there is no evidence. Who else can point the finger at this matter!"

Xu Yixing didn't understand why his father was so indignant. According to you, I should lie on the second prince's bed as a living evidence, and then let the emperor kill all the people who knew about it before I would be successful?

"father?"

Father Xu seemed to realize his loss of composure and calmed down: "Yan'er, I didn't say that you and the Seventh Prince did something wrong. This is the only way to preserve your reputation and your marriage with him.

Dad is just too angry. The Second Prince has been making things difficult for us since we got engaged. It was the same with the token last time, and it is the same this time. Dad is really worried about whether the Seventh Prince has the ability to protect you and our family. "

It turned out that it was to preserve the family's reputation. Xu Yixing smiled bitterly. In his father's mind, the Xu family was indeed more important.

"But the engagement has been made now. Even if Dad has something wrong, it's hard to change it." It was you who took the initiative at the beginning. You were so happy to see Madam Jing coming to propose marriage. Now you think the royal family is not good enough. It's too late!

"Ah! That's right. At the beginning, Dad was determined to find you a good family, so that our family would be proud. Now it seems that it was not well thought out. It would be better for you to marry into an ordinary official family and live a stable life."

Well, that's what a father should say.

"Okay Yan'er, since this matter has passed, our family and you should just treat it as if it never happened. It is only right for you to marry him peacefully and expect rewards in the future."

"Yes. Dad, I heard that my family gave the kidnappers 10,000 taels of silver?"

"Yes, they put on a complete show and even took this into consideration. But don't worry, I have marked those banknotes. If anyone uses them, we will be able to catch them!"

"What's the point of catching them? Can we still deal with the Second Prince's people?"

"Hahahaha, you don't know, I went to the government to report the loss of the money after I handed it over. I'm not talking about kidnapping, it's just a simple theft. We can't let them get too proud!"

"Dad is wise." Xu Yixing took note silently, knowing in his heart that he could not touch the ten thousand taels of silver, at least not before the case was closed.

After saying goodbye to her father, Xu Yixing returned to her own yard. Although she had only been out for two days, adding up all these things, she felt like she had been out for a month.

Now, there is less than a month left before I get married. Since I have decided to put some things aside for the time being, I must deal with my personal belongings, post-marital security, and matters related to my parents' home as soon as possible.

"Ouch! I'm so tired! I can't rest at all!" Xu Yixing sat down at the table, took a long sigh, and began to issue his own tasks.

"Siqin, take the two pieces of satin awarded by the Queen yesterday and send them to Gu. This time, Dad used her illness as a cover-up, causing her to be unable to attend the moon-viewing party. We can't be too sorry about it."

Siqin pursed her lips, obviously not wanting to go.

"I didn't send her something to please her or seek reconciliation. She did nothing wrong this time, so I have to give her some balance. Go now!"

Siqin bowed and took Sihua away with her. She didn't want to go to Gu's alone.

"Si Wen, I know that my sister left five thousand taels of silver with you and Si Wu. Is it still there?"

Si Wen's eyes widened in surprise. She had never told the Second Miss about this matter. She didn't intend to embezzle the money, and she had not touched it.

"I still have my share, but I don't know whether Siwu's was given to Uncle Sun or she kept it for herself."

"Si Wu will never leave his grandson to You." Having money around is much better than having a concubine in name only.

“But I didn’t have the time to ask when she died. If it wasn’t among the properties that were confiscated from the Sun Mansion, I’m afraid she had somewhere to hide it.

Go tell Yingyi to ask them to look for me, for example, to see if there are any relatives of Siwu. If they can be found, I will give them to you to keep.”

"Is this for you? Second Miss doesn't blame me for concealing this matter before?"

"Haha, I know you are not hiding it sincerely, otherwise if you had five thousand taels, you could ask dad to let you go, and you would be living a better life than now.

From now on, you and Siqin will both work for me. She has the five thousand taels I gave her, but you two will have different responsibilities. I hope you can do for me what Nanny Bai did before."

The Second Miss had said this last time in the mountains, but up to now, Si Wen had only passed on messages a few times and had not done anything substantial.

Seeing that she was a little stunned, Xu Yixing explained: "My father gave me a lot of dowry when I got married. You have to take care of those shops for me. Do you understand?"

"But I don't know the art of business, Miss, please find someone else!"

"If you don't understand, go and learn. You've already been out of the house once. If I don't take you away this time, how will you survive in the Xu family?"

When Si Wen heard the Second Miss's serious words, he felt overwhelmed and almost cried.