I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

"I'm sorry, but I can't forgive someone with a vicious mind who wants to kill me."

Qiao Linqi expressed his opinion and stopped looking at Qiao Linqin. He also didn't understand why his second sister had to get involved.

What is filial piety?

There is a saying that a loving mother makes her children filial, and only when the elders are loving can the children and grandchildren be filial. People like the grandmother of the Qiao family, who are full of calculations, are not worthy of the word "kind".

The atmosphere was a bit tense, so Qiao Linshu quickly changed the subject. "Hey, I heard there's a written test at Tianqi Academy today. Lin Qi, you're so knowledgeable, why don't you give it a try? Maybe you can shine."

"Me? Don't embarrass yourself. I've only studied for a few years. How can I be a match for those people? They are all going to take the imperial examinations. They must be more knowledgeable than me."

Qiao Linshu sighed, what a pity.

Qiao Linqin was upset by Qiao Linxi and returned to the Qiao residence with a gloomy face. As soon as she got back to the residence, she went straight to the courtyard of Old Lady Qiao.

When she saw Qiao Linqin coming in with a red and swollen face and a dark complexion, Old Lady Qiao knew that things were not done properly.

That’s right. How could it be possible that Qiao Linqin could convince someone with such strong opinions as Qiao Linxi in just a few words?

"Grandma, I am incompetent and failed to persuade you to release Sister Wan'er."

Old Madam Qiao gave a very forced smile, raised her hand and touched Qiao Linqin's head, and said gently: "It's okay, your sister Wan'er made a mistake, she should be taught a lesson. But she has been raised by me for more than 20 years, and now she is suffering in prison. Grandma's heart aches as if a piece of flesh has been lost. Now that grandma is old, I'm afraid she won't be able to accompany you for much longer. You still have to count on your sister in the future, don't have a rift with your sister because of sister Wan'er."

"Don't worry, grandma. I will try my best to find a way to get Sister Wan'er out. You, I hope you will live a long life and watch us grow up. Don't let your imagination run wild."

"How can it be that easy?" Mrs. Qiao said, her eyes reddened and tears welled up in her eyes. That was the treasure in her hand that she had cherished for more than 20 years, how could she not feel heartbroken?

"Grandma, this is something that can be done with just a word from my elder sister. I'll ask my elder sister again, and she will definitely agree."

Old Mrs. Qiao actually had no hope. After hearing what Qiao Linqin said, she just kept praising Qiao Linqin for being sensible.

After talking for a while, Mrs. Qiao asked Qiao Linqin to go downstairs to rest. She closed her eyes and rested.

A maid stayed behind, she followed Qiao Linqin to the princess's mansion. Qiao Linqin didn't notice that the maid stayed behind, she was still thinking about what to do to make Qiao Linxi give in.

"Old lady..."

When Old Lady Qiao saw the maid, she knew she had something to say, so she motioned for her to continue.

"I and the Second Miss arrived at the Princess's residence. At first, the Second Miss and her friends had a pleasant chat with the Princess. But when the Second Miss asked the Princess to tell the people in the government office to release Miss Wan'er, the Princess turned hostile. And... and she seemed to deny that you were her grandmother in her words."

"She doesn't recognize me as her grandmother?"

Old Mrs. Qiao was stunned for a moment, then she thought of something and sighed, "Yeah, how could she recognize me? She has been in the capital for so long, but she has never called me grandma."

The maid continued, "From the princess' tone, it seems that she doesn't recognize the Second Young Lady and her family. At that time, she said, 'Do you know who your mother is?' She didn't say 'we', and she also said that the Second Young Lady and you are the closest relatives. But what surprised me was that the Second Young Lady and her family didn't refute it. I thought there must be some reason behind this."

Old Mrs. Qiao was stunned when she heard this. Why would Qiao Linxi say that?

But if Qiao Linxi was not her granddaughter, why would she pretend to be her?

If she really wasn't her granddaughter, and wasn't from the Qiao family, then...

Mrs. Qiao soon figured it out and had a plan in mind, but she pretended to be unhappy and symbolically reprimanded the maid a few words, and also told her not to say such things to others, lest outsiders spread the rumor that Qiao Linxi did not recognize her closest relatives after becoming a princess.

But there is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. The news spread quickly. The Qiao family had few masters but many servants, and the maids and servants would get together to chat when they had nothing to do, and the news spread outside the house. It was several days later that Qiao Linxi heard about it.

But that’s a story for later, so let’s not talk about it for now.

After the dozen or so children were "divided up" by the other three branches of the Qiao family, each family took them to recognize their relatives.

The second master Qiao Qinghua was so happy looking at his five new grandchildren that he couldn't stop smiling.

After the family recognition banquet, he planned to take his children to visit the relatives' families. The first place to go was the second old lady's family.

The second old lady was also born into a noble family and was a hereditary earl. Now the earl is her own brother.

Although the second old lady did not have any affection for Qiao Linshan's four siblings, she did not reject them. After they entered the mansion, she really treated them as her own grandchildren, and bought all kinds of necessary items for the children according to the rules of the aristocratic family. She also gave them a list.

This made the twin sisters of Anxi very happy. They covered their mouths and secretly asked Qiao Linshan if this was true. They actually still had monthly silver.

"The monthly silver is equivalent to your private money. Your daily food, clothing and expenses will be paid by Zhonggong. You can save some for yourselves, and you can buy something you like when you go out for fun."

Seeing that the second old lady was so kind to her five siblings, Qiao Linshan finally felt relieved.

Seeing her brothers and sisters so happy, she also smiled and bravely walked forward to massage the second old lady's shoulders.

"Thank you, grandma. Actually, Ping'an and his family have money. But since this is love from grandma, they are naturally happier."

The second old lady didn't answer, Qiao Linshan continued: "In Lanqing City, Sister Lin Xi is very kind to all of us brothers and sisters. She will take out a portion of the store's turnover every month to share with our brothers and sisters."

"You still have a shop?" The second old lady was surprised. She had never heard Old Lady Qiao mention it.

"Well, Sister Lin Xi is a very capable person. She not only opened a restaurant, but also a college. As we walked along the way, we could see branches of the restaurant opened by Sister Lin Xi in some towns. Sister Lin Xi turned this into a chain store."

"Do you admire your eldest sister?"

"Yeah." Qiao Linshan nodded: "I also want to be as good as Sister Lin Xi, but my brain is not as flexible as hers. I can only manage a small shop and check the accounts in the shop. I can't do anything else."

"You can also check the accounts?" The second old lady was more and more surprised. After just three days of getting along, she realized that these children were really well raised. They didn't look like country kids at all.

Even though his manners of speaking are not as good as those of the children of the aristocratic families in the capital, but if he is carefully educated for a period of time, he will definitely be better than them.

Thinking of this, the second old lady patted Qiao Linshan's hand and said, "Good children, you have suffered."

Qiao Linshan smiled: "Grandma, we are not suffering. The reason we experienced those hardships is because we want to be in front of grandma. Now that we have a grandma who loves us, all the sufferings are not worth mentioning."