Qiao Yin waited at home for a long time, until it was time to light the lamp, and finally heard Qiao Mo's voice, and hurriedly put on her clothes to see someone.
"Brother, are you injured?"
Qiao Mo waved his hand, his face full of amusement.
"No, what can happen to me? There is no way those few wine bags and rice bags can withstand my fists."
"What's going on? Why did you hit someone? What did the Yamen say?" Qiao Yin asked worriedly.
Qiao Mo originally wanted to hide it, but Xie Yuan specifically told him to let Qiao Yin know everything so that he could have a way to deal with it in the future.
Qiao Mo thought about it. The Lu family had made such a dirty trick this time, so Qiao Yin had to be on guard.
Qiao Mo only erased the unpleasant words those people said, and told Qiao Yin the rest in detail.
"The governor bullied the weak and was afraid of the strong, and was about to hit me. Fortunately, Xie Yu'an came at this time. Didn't you see that when Xie Yu'an went to that station, he really had the momentum of one man being able to control thousands of people. He was still showing off his power before. See Xie Yuan is like a mouse, all of them are scared."
"Xie Yu'an figured out the whole story on the spot, gave you justice, and asked the Lu family to pay compensation of one hundred thousand taels."
Qiao Yin exclaimed: "One hundred thousand taels?"
One mouthful is one hundred thousand taels, he is truly worthy of being the young master of the Xie family!
Thinking about it, Xie Yu'an's money didn't come from the strong wind. He destroyed a garden for no reason, so he should be compensated!
"Is it more than 100,000 taels? Xie Yu'an said it was less, not counting your reputational damage." Qiao Mo curled his lips and said indignantly: "What Lu Jinzhi did this time is really not human affairs! He just did it if he didn't want to lose face. He slams the basin on your head, that's despicable and shameless, I'll have to beat him up next time I see him!"
Qiao Yin was silent, and after a while he persuaded: "Forget it, dad hasn't come back yet, let's not cause trouble. Anyway, I won't have anything to do with him in the future. From now on, we will keep the same."
Qiao Mo thought about it and thought it made sense. Qiao Yin had already suffered a bad reputation due to Lu Jinzhi. It was best not to have any more entanglements at the moment, so as not to make a fuss about it again. Qiao Yin would always suffer the loss.
"Okay, okay, he's lucky, the matter is over like this." Qiao Mo waved his hand.
"By the way, Xie Yu'an asked me to bring you something before he left, saying that he will come to see you at three o'clock tomorrow."
Qiao Mo scratched his head and asked curiously: "Xie Yu'an is also weird. He comes as soon as he comes. Why does he have to specify a certain time?"
Qiao Mo didn't understand, but Qiao Yin understood it immediately, and it felt like a layer of honey had melted in her heart, which was sweet.
Did he remember everything she said?
…
Qiao Yin has generously turned the page, but the Duke's Mansion has not finished yet.
Lu Yizhi brought back the judgment and IOU from the government office and handed them into the hands of Lu Guogong. Lu Guogong looked shocked after reading them.
"Then when did Qiao Yin hook up with Xie Yu'an?"
Lu Yizhi frowned slightly: "The man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried. Qiao Yin and Xie Yu'an are not breaking the rules when they are together. What my father said is a bit too much."
Lu Guogong frowned and looked at Lu Yizhi with sharp eyes, anger already on his face.
Lu Yizhi turned a blind eye and continued: "Xie Yu'an has guessed that the Duke's government is deliberately disturbing the audience and asked his son to bring back a message. Xie Yu'an said that you should not have any ideas about the Qiao family."
Lu Guogong's expression suddenly became solemn, and he did not care about pursuing Lu Yizhi's attitude in speaking. All his thoughts were on Xie Yu'an.
The Qiao family had always been under their control, but now Xie Yuan suddenly appeared.
Obviously, Xie Yu'an also took a fancy to the power of the Qiao family and wanted to win the Qiao family into the prince's camp.
"Do we want to give these one hundred thousand taels?" Lu Yizhi asked.
"Of course not. Let that Xie Yuan take our money to please Qiao Yin and treat us like fools?" Lu Guogong felt very angry just thinking about it.
"But, if we don't give it, and Xie Yu'an brings this matter to the Prime Minister's Mansion, what about the marriage between the second brother and the eldest daughter of the Yan family?" Lu Yizhi reminded.
Lu Guogong's face froze, as if the food was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't swallow it or spit it out.
For a long time, he didn't come up with a better countermeasure, so he had to reluctantly say: "Go and prepare the banknotes. This matter started from your Yueji Pavilion, and it is entirely your responsibility. Find a way to collect it from Yueji Pavilion." If you pay one hundred thousand taels, don’t even think about using the public money!”
Lu Yizhi was stunned: "Father, this..."
"What, you don't accept it?"
Lu Yizhi opened his mouth but was interrupted by Lu Guogong. Lu Yizhi shook his head and said, "My son doesn't dare. My son wants to ask, should I tell my second brother about this?"
"You don't need to worry about this. Just do your own thing. Collect the money and send it to the Xie Mansion immediately, and the matter will be settled." Lu Guogong said impatiently.
"Yes, son, step back."
Lu Yizhi bowed and retreated. As soon as he left the room, the humility on his face disappeared, replaced by an ice-like indifference.
…
When Lu Jinzhi came back from the palace, he was called to the study by Duke Lu.
Duke Lu Guo asked in a deep voice: "What did the imperial concubine say when she summoned you to the palace?"
Lu Jinzhi did not notice that Lu Guogong looked abnormal, and said truthfully: "My aunt said that we will go to the Autumn Hunting in a few days, so let my son behave well. If nothing happens, I will ask Your Majesty to grant a marriage to Yan Ruyu and me on the Autumn Hunting. "
When Lu Jinzhi said this, there was no joy on his face. What came to his mind was not Yan Ruyu, but Qiao Yin's face.
He didn't know what was wrong, but from the moment Lu Guifei mentioned the words of marriage, Qiao Yin's face flashed in front of his eyes unconsciously.
If he really got married to Yan Ruyu, wouldn't Qiao Yin's anger never go away?
"In this case, then you should stop entangled with Qiao Yin and concentrate on preparing for your marriage to the Yan family." Lu Guogong pronounced his verdict.
Lu Jinzhi suddenly raised his head, "Why? Could it be that Qiao Zhendong was defeated?"
Lu Guogong said: "Xie Yu'an also has a crush on Qiao Yin. Whether the Qiao family can succeed or not has not yet been determined. We cannot offend the entire Prime Minister's Office for one Qiao Yin."
"Just because Xie Yu'an wants to compete with me for Qiao Yin, I can't let..."
"Jinzhi!"
Lu Jinzhi was so excited that Duke Lu stopped him in a deep voice and looked at him coldly, as if he wanted to see through him.
Lu Jinzhi met his father's gaze and lowered his head timidly.
"I'm not looking for Qiao Yin, but what if Qiao Yin comes to find me?"
"That's better. If she comes to pester you, just do it like before. Don't take her seriously and let her pursue you. In short, you are not allowed to condescend to find her to cater to her. Does she understand?"
Lu Jinzhi looked at his father blankly.
Does this really work?
Qiao Yin hasn't come to him for a long time. If she comes to him, he wants to have a good talk with her.
Xie Yuan is just using her, and she will not have good results if she follows him.
