Chapter 373: Matters concerning offspring

After Li Lanchun's ridicule, Mrs. Jiang was so angry that she could no longer maintain her dignity. Her face turned livid and she was about to leave in anger. The Duke's wife, as the host, symbolically advised her a few words, but Mrs. Jiang, who always had a good face, could not stand it and left early without attending the banquet.

According to the Duke's wife's idea, the Lu family also sent invitations to the Wang family for their full moon celebration this time, but no one from the Wang family came. Now Madam Jiang, who wanted to disrupt the situation, has left again, so everyone enjoyed the banquet in harmony.

After the banquet, after seeing off the guests, Qin Xiaoning and Li Lanchun walked back together.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin Xiaoning mentioned what happened to Fuling at Zhilan Residence last night: "I heard that the girl made the sister-in-law angry. I have seen the maid before. She looked honest and decent, but I never thought she was restless."

Li Lanchun was indeed mad with anger last night, but she was a person with a quick temper, so her temper came and went quickly. Now that Qin Xiaoning mentioned it again, she had already calmed down.

"In the final analysis, it's all my fault. I haven't been able to give birth to a son for so many years. Those bastards are just trying to take advantage of the opportunity and come up with evil ideas."

Li Lanchun sighed heavily, her tone revealing an irritation and sadness that she couldn't conceal.

Qin Xiaoning took her arm and walked forward, comforting Li Lanchun in a gentle voice: "Sister-in-law is still young, there is still hope for offspring. Everything is subject to fate. Maybe if you don't pay special attention to this matter, you may get what you want."

Li Lanchun was amused when he heard this, and patted Qin Xiaoning's hand: "I am the most carefree person, but offspring is a big deal. Your eldest brother is about to be forty, and I haven't given birth to a son yet. In two years, I can't be so restrained anymore."

"I really have to arrange to find him a concubine."

"Hey--"

Li Lanchun sighed heavily, her voice choking with sobs: "I am a rough person. I have lived with him for so many years. We are in love and respect each other. I feel bad when I think that he will have a child with someone else in the future."

"So, when I see a woman with ulterior motives trying to take advantage of him, I get so angry that I jump up and down."

Qin Xiaoning walked back with Li Lanchun, quietly listening to her talk about her inner distress, and gently comforted her: "Sister-in-law, you are worrying too much. Although the family rules stipulate that sons over 40 without children must take concubines, you and big brother have always been in love, and big brother is the most clear-headed person. He may not be able to accept another woman in his heart."

Li Lanchun nodded when she heard this: "I know that my husband is a humble gentleman."

The two sisters-in-law talked all the way. When Li Lanchun returned to Zhilanju, as soon as she entered the house, Aunt Fu came to greet her: "Grandma, you are back. I will personally interrogate Fuling in the afternoon."

Before Aunt Fu could finish, Li Lanchun was stunned: "Fuling? Didn't I ask the housekeeper to drive her back to the farm?"

"We haven't investigated the matter thoroughly yet, and we let her go like this. Isn't that a bargain for her?" Aunt Fu snorted coldly, and then continued: "You don't know, I interrogated her today, guess what, oh my, she actually used the little princess' instructions."

Li Lanchun was stunned when she heard this: "What did Ah Ning instruct her to do?"

"Let that little maid seduce the son-in-law." Aunt Fu looked angry and said, "Grandma, can you please be more careful?"

Li Lanchun smiled disdainfully: "What's the connection? I told you that this matter has nothing to do with Ning, but you insist on making a fuss about it."

Aunt Fu frowned and said, "That little bitch admitted it herself, how could it be false?"

Upon hearing this, Li Lanchun slammed the table in anger and said, "What a shameless little girl! She caused trouble. I have done my best by not selling her out. How dare she make random accusations here?" Without waiting for Aunt Fu to say anything, she stretched her neck and ordered the little maid outside, "Go and bring Fuling to me."

The little maid took the order and left. After a while, she came back and reported to Li Lanchun, "Grandma, the prince has taken Fuling away."

Li Lanchun and Nanny Fu were both stunned when they heard this.

"What does my second brother want her to do?"

The little maid replied, "I don't know either. I just heard that Fuling, her mother, and Lai Mama, who was just driven out of Qingsong Garden, were all tied up and taken away by the prince. The servant downstairs was just talking about it. There were cries of beatings from the backyard. It's most likely the prince was beating someone."

Li Lanchun sighed slightly upon hearing this: "I originally wanted to leave this ignorant little hoof a chance to live, huh! Now that my second brother has made a move, just wait and see, everything will be ruined."

The full moon banquet was quite successful. After all the trouble, Qin Xiaoning slept soundly that night and woke up early in the morning.

As soon as she got up, Songzhi came in and said, "Just now, the great madam sent someone to tell you that after breakfast, you are invited to the meeting room to look at the account book together."

The little maid was dressed brightly today and had a happy look on her face.

Qin Xiaoning smiled and said, "I told you, sister-in-law is not such a fool. She won't have any misunderstandings because of Fuling's matter."

"That's right." Songzhi said crisply, "Grandma is really a wise person."

"You look a little strange today." Qin Xiaoning wondered, "What good news makes you so happy?"

Songzhi smiled and said perfunctorily: "Grandma didn't misunderstand you because of Fuling's matter. You are going to learn to manage the family again. There are so many happy events. Naturally, I am happy."

Qin Xiaoning didn't think much about what the maid said. After breakfast, the master and servant left the house. The servants who were busy in the yard were surprisingly respectful when they saw Qin Xiaoning. A woman who was cleaning the house was talking to someone, and when she saw Qin Xiaoning suddenly come out, she was so scared that she dropped the basin in her hand.

The servant's abnormal behavior made Qin Xiaoning suspicious.

After leaving the yard, Qin Xiaoning couldn't help but ask Song Zhi: "What happened to these people?"

Songzhi smiled and said, "You are the master. There is nothing wrong with them being a little afraid of you."

"There must be something fishy going on when things are out of the ordinary." Qin Xiaoning glanced at Song Zhi: "Could it be that the housekeeper has set rules for them behind their backs?"

"Is that so?" Songzhi said casually, "These people flatter the powerful and look down on the weak. They often neglect you. It's time to deal with them."

Qin Xiaoning, with her painted soul, came to the conference room with Song Zhi. As soon as they entered the room, they were pulled over by Li Lanchun.

"Oh my, I heard that my second brother ordered Fu Ling to be beaten to death yesterday. Lai Mama and Wang Po were also beaten to a pulp and thrown to the farm."

Qin Xiaoning was stunned when she heard this: "When did this happen?"