The food from the restaurant outside was delivered into the house, and Qin Shu ate with a few others.

There were no servants in the house, and it was dirty and messy everywhere.

Li Youlin returned to his own residence in Jinzhou City, while Nanny Liu and Nanny Chun stayed with Qin Shu and simply rested in the inner room of the front yard.

After quickly going over the things that needed to be dealt with tomorrow in her mind, Qin Shu soon fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Qin Shu had just gotten up and washed up when she heard a commotion outside the door.

She hurried out to take a look, and saw Manager Chang and several managers and maids from the farm, chatting and laughing in the yard.

Seeing Qin Shu coming out, they all stepped forward to greet her, "Hello, Miss."

Qin Shu was surprised and asked, "Manager Chang? Managers, what are you doing?"

Manager Chang said, "The carriage outside contains this year's harvest from the farm. Several managers have delivered it."

Qin Shu was overjoyed. When she went out, she saw a long line of carriages stretching as far as the eye could see.

Each carriage was filled with grain, vegetables, charcoal, various meats, live poultry and mountain products.

The arrival of these things is truly a timely relief for the Qin family!

Manager Chang replied, "The young lady dismissed all the servants in the mansion some time ago. There is no one available in the mansion, so I brought some maids and servants from the farm here. At least they can be used for a while."

He pointed to the back and said, "There are a few new truckloads of ice cubes in the back. I think the ice in the kitchen has almost melted in the past few days. Today is a good time to clean up and put the things into the warehouse while we have more people."

Qin Shu quickly bowed to Manager Chang and said, "Thank you, managers. I'll have someone order some wine and food right away. I'd like to invite everyone to have a drink today."

Manager Chang asked people to drive the carriage along the alley between the east and west mansions to the back kitchen to unload the goods.

Qin Shu stood outside the small corner door in the southwest of the East Palace. She noticed with her sharp eyes that the small corner door of the West Palace was quietly opened a crack, and a pair of cunning eyes were looking out through the crack.

She snorted and said deliberately, "Manager Chang, in previous years, my mother would send one gift each to the clan and the Jishan Hall in the city for the festival gifts sent by the farm. This year, I don't want to bother two people with one thing, so I'll trouble Manager Chang to make the trip for me."

Manager Chang quickly responded loudly, "Okay, once everything is packed up, I will divide the portions and send them to these two places."

The small corner door of the West Mansion was opened with a "bang". Liu Yinghua stood at the door with a haughty look on her face and said loudly, "Manager Chang, the things sent from the manor should also be given to our West Mansion, right? Several manors were transferred to our master's name some time ago."

Manager Chang smiled and said, "Let the Second Madam know that these harvests are from the farm that the First Madam brought as a dowry. The harvests from the farm in the West Mansion are not within my responsibility, so I can't interfere. The Second Madam will have to send someone to ask what's going on."

Before he could finish his words, he heard someone shouting at the gate of the West Palace: "Is this Qin Jingchang's residence?"

A hint of fear flashed across Liu Yinghua's face, and she replied repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I'm coming right away!"

Qin Jingchang was arrested and taken to the government office, and all the servants in the mansion were slacking off.

Liu Yinghua trotted over and opened the door, but before the door was opened, a group of yamen runners rushed in.

The leader asked loudly: "Which one is Qin Antai?"

Liu Yinghua's heart was pounding, and she hurriedly asked with a smile, "Sir, may I ask what you want from my son?"

The leading soldier shook the chains in his hand and said, "We have reported Qin Antai for having sex with a maid while he was mourning his step-parents. He should be arrested according to the law!"

Liu Yinghua was stunned for a moment.

When the soldiers put the panicked Qin Antai in shackles and tied him up with iron chains and led him out, Liu Yinghua finally reacted and rushed over crying loudly, "Sir, Sir, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here. My son, my son..."

The soldier saw her crying so hard that he couldn't bear it and said, "The victim's parents have come to court. The girl was Qingyue, a second-class maid in the courtyard of Mrs. Qin in the East Palace, right?"

Liu Yinghua’s wailing voice suddenly stopped: Qingyue?

She asked in a daze: "But, isn't Qingyue dead?"

The leader was stunned: Huh? There is actually someone here who knows the truth?

The elder brother waved his hand and said, "It seems that she is also involved in this case. Put her in shackles and take her away together!"

Liu Yinghua was immediately frightened and burst into tears, "Why can't you arrest me? I don't know, I don't know anything..."

But it is already late.

When Qin Anwen heard the noise and ran over from the backyard, the officers and soldiers had already pushed and shoved Liu Yinghua and Qin Antai out of the mansion.

Qin Anwen, who is not even ten years old this year, doesn't know what to do in the face of this sudden change.

In the past, when his parents were not at home, he could go to his uncle's house.

But now my uncle and aunt are gone. My eldest brother said that my eldest sister caused my father to go to jail and that she is the enemy of their family.

Since he is your enemy, he probably won't care about these trivial matters.

Qin Anwen stood blankly on the street for a moment, then quickly ran back home and closed the door tightly.

The servants in the mansion also gathered together, whispering for a while, and then suddenly dispersed.

Qin Anwen watched someone run to the backyard and take out a thick stack of paper.

Then everyone was given a piece of paper, and they rummaged through the rooms and yards of the mansion. Each of them held a bundle, opened the door, and fled.

Qin Anwen knew that they had found their respective indentures.

He also knew that they had taken away all the valuable things left in his house.

But my father was in prison, my eldest brother escaped, and my mother and second brother were taken away by the officials.

He was the only master left in the mansion, and he was still young, so he didn't dare to resist, fearing that the servants would beat him up...

Clearly, before yesterday, he was still the young master who was held in the palm of his hand.

Live a life of luxury and peace.

The only trouble was that his mother forced him to drink milk every day.

He doesn't like drinking cow's milk because it smells too stinky.

But how could it become like this in just one day and one night?

Liu Yinghua also didn't understand this question.

She and Qin Antai were taken into the governor's office and taken directly to the lobby.

Kneeling in the lobby were a ragged couple, and the husband, Qin Jingchang, who seemed to have aged ten years after not seeing him for a night.

When Liu Yinghua saw Qin Jingchang's disheveled hair and gloomy face, her heart ached and she couldn't help but cry.

She rushed over and cried out loudly, "Master..."

There was a loud bang of the gavel, and the bailiffs on both sides pounded their sticks in a fierce manner.

Liu Yinghua was so scared that she knelt down quickly.

Sitting in the hall was their relative-in-law Cheng Mao, and sitting at the next table was Ji Wei, who had just arrived in Jinzhou City yesterday.

In addition to the recorder, there was also an elder from the Qin clan in the hall.

Cheng Mao waited until everyone in the hall quieted down before asking, "Qin Antai, someone has accused you of having sex in the mourning hall when your stepparents had just passed away. Do you plead guilty?"

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