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Chapter 167 Old Gossip
[Host, the tyrant has gone to the palace to see the imperial physician.]

After the system finished speaking, it thought Qin Su would laugh at or despise the tyrant, but Qin Su didn't say anything and just listened quietly as it relayed the message.

After a long while, until the system finished relaying the message, Qin Su finally spoke her first words: "No one can stay still once they have something they care about."

System: emmmm...

The system guessed the meaning of these words, but Qin Su did not explain. She simply smiled at Aunt Linghu in front of her and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Aunt. When Brother Xie arrives, please pass on my message to him."

After saying that, he refused the children's offer to escort him and left by pushing open the door.

Outside the alley, the tyrant's carriage was waiting.

The journey that had been "reported" was over, but Qin Su, being a dutiful daughter, did not intend to go straight back.

She thought for a moment and said to the driver, "Could you please stop at the clinic ahead? I need to get some calming medicine for my mother."

The driver naturally obeyed.

The carriage moved smoothly forward, and Qin Su gradually sketched out a plan in her mind:

Since the tyrant has started to actively seek help from the outside world (although the helper is not her), it is still a good thing. At least he has finally developed a will to survive and has begun to pay attention to his own body.

In this situation, she wouldn't rush to interrupt him; she could give him some space to process things on his own.

As for the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician... no matter how good it is, she will not let him take it.
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[Host, the female supporting character suspects your relationship with the tyrant and specifically sent someone to monitor you. However, after receiving this information, she didn't tell her scumbag father at all, and even had Zhang Miaoyun help you cover it up. Why is that?]

Shouldn't the female supporting character and the female lead be natural enemies? When did the female supporting character become so kind as to help the host?

Qin Su almost laughed: "You think she's helping me?"

System: [In a way, yes...]

Qin Su changed her posture and said slowly, "If you see the tyrant as a blond guy, and your 'sister' knows that you were seduced by a blond guy and eloped, but she doesn't tell your parents and instead deliberately hides it for you, do you still think she's doing it for your own good?"

system:! ! !
It was indeed confused, only thinking that the female supporting character hadn't disturbed or affected the host's relationship with the tyrant, but it didn't consider this aspect at all.

"She's really... a piece of trash!" the system said disdainfully.

Qin Su didn't refute it; what did it matter whether it was a thing or not?
She didn't care much about Qin Qionghua's methods, after all, her plans also needed actors to drive them forward.

Why should she refuse someone who's pursuing her?
Meanwhile, outside Chongxian Lane, someone had been waiting all morning, wiping the sweat from their forehead, their eyes filled with obvious annoyance and dissatisfaction.

The young lady sent her to keep watch, but who knows when Miss Sangsang will be back?

It's been a whole morning and there's still no sign of her. Maybe she really did elope with a man and won't be coming back.

Rather than letting him stand guard like this, not knowing when the time will come, it would be better to just tell the master and let him bring people to catch them in the act.

He became increasingly agitated, but dared not disobey Qin Qionghua's request. He wiped his sweat and prepared to go have lunch before returning.

Although the young lady said she would give a reward, this...

His eyes widened suddenly as he stared at the unfamiliar carriage slowly approaching in the distance, and he subconsciously shrank his body into the wall.

For some reason, he had a gut feeling that the person who came was the one he had been waiting for...
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Qin Su got off the carriage and went to knock on the door herself.

Footsteps soon came from behind the door.

"Who is it? Why are you knocking for no reason? You...Miss, you're back?"

Spring Breeze's words of disdain came to an abrupt end, turning into an undisguised delight.

Her disdain wasn't genuine; it was tinged with a bit of guilt. After all, her young mistress had been abducted, and if the Prime Minister's residence suddenly came to demand her return, where would she conjure up a Miss Sangsang from?

"Yes, I had some free time today and came back to visit my mother."

As Qin Su spoke, she was about to go inside.

Spring Breeze was indeed pleased and urged her to come in quickly, but then her peripheral vision caught her suddenly and she froze.

Qin Su asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing. Please come in, Miss. Madam will be very happy to know you're back."

As Chunfeng spoke, she closed the door, blocking Qin Su's view as she tried to look back.

Not far away, the servant who was overly excited and thought his mission was about to be completed was dragged out by the guards, his mouth was covered and he was taken away.

The whole process was so smooth and skillful that it was heartbreaking, and Miss Sangsang didn't notice anything at all.

Qin Su naturally knew; with the system monitoring her, how could she not know that someone was following her?

However, she pretended not to know.

Psychotherapy requires the patient's cooperation, but it's clear that neither the tyrant nor the prince personality seems to have a strong desire to merge... or rather, they both want to kill each other, but neither trusts her.

That's a real shame.

Qin Su attributed this to the fact that the resources were not enough.
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Qin Su sat in Aunt Xu's room and pretended to be friendly with her. With Chunfeng not around, the mother and daughter's relationship was very cold.

Qin Su was a child who had been genuinely loved by her mother, so she really didn't have a good impression of her mother, Aunt Xu, who was mean and selfish.

Aunt Xu was a little different. She used to see her daughter every day, but she didn't have any feelings for her.

I haven't seen him for the past few days, and suddenly I've started to miss him.

She had a lot to say to Qin Su, but looking at the girl's overly indifferent expression, she hesitated and didn't dare to speak.

Qin Su was still thinking about how to escalate her treatment plan.

Basically, Qin Sangsang has done everything she could as a "dating tool".

And just as she had hoped, the tyrant fell in love with her and became possessive of her.

But... that still wasn't enough to make him do what she wanted.

She still hasn't found that opportunity that will make a man decide to believe in her.

Money, power, women...

Humans are bound to have desires; no one can become a saint.

Qin Su looked up at the woman on the bed who was smiling ingratiatingly at her, yet also seemed a little nervous. She suddenly asked, "Mother, what made you decide to seduce Father?"

The girl's voice was as sweet and pleasant as ever, but her words were so harsh, hurtful, and merciless.

Aunt Xu froze, the color draining from her face. Combined with her frail body, she looked like she was about to collapse, a truly pitiful sight.

If it were the old Qin Sangsang who dared to speak to her like that, Aunt Xu would have slapped her long ago.

But now...

She shifted uncomfortably, lowering her eyes and clutching the blanket beneath her: "The day before your father and grandfather came, I had a fight with Chunhua next door..."

"Oh?"

Qin Su made a gesture of listening attentively, which meant she was being asked to continue.

Even though they hadn't seen each other for a long time, that oppressive smile still made Aunt Xu tremble.

“She’s about to marry into the county, and she’s mocking me, saying I’ll never be as good as her and will only ever be a silkworm farmer. I’m not having it, so I talked to Brother Da Niu about it.”

“I thought he would stand by my side, but he said… Chunhua is right, this is how our lives will be, raising children in the mulberry fields, and being silkworm farmers for the rest of our lives.”

There was something new in the woman's eyes that she hadn't shown before; it was probably a deep-seated obsession she had never revealed to others.

Qin Su looked away, not seeming to care much: "I see. Then I can understand Mother's behavior..."

Qin Su was both surprised and not entirely surprised. Nothing happens suddenly; there must be a cause and effect.

Perhaps Aunt Xu had long harbored resentment towards the man named "Da Niu" and towards her surroundings; the words from next door simply provided her with a reason to go all out.

Qin Su did not intend to expose her.

Aunt Xu originally thought she would keep these words buried in her heart forever and never say them, but after speaking to her daughter, she could no longer swallow them back.

She started speaking calmly, but then she started crying, and then she started cursing... It seemed that she was venting all the grievances, anger, bitterness and resentment she had accumulated over the years in this story.

Chunfeng stood at the door with a cup of tea, originally intending to come in and greet the young lady.

But to everyone's surprise, they heard Aunt Xu crying and cursing. After a pause, they silently withdrew.

Qin Su was a psychologist and had seen this kind of situation with her patients quite often. She patiently waited until Aunt Xu had cried enough and started repeating the same things over and over again, and then she knew that the useful information had come to an end.

She chose a suitable moment to speak: "I wonder how Father made up his mind to abandon Aunt Qiu and choose to marry my stepmother?"

Aunt Xu was wiping her nose and crying with a handkerchief. She was clearly stunned when she heard her daughter's words, and subconsciously replied, "I heard, I heard that it was the old lady who arranged for the master to marry this lady."

Qin Su: "Oh?"

Seeing that Qin Su was interested, and since Aunt Xu was also getting into the conversation, she began to tell her all sorts of gossip:
"I heard it from the old lady's maid. The master and Aunt Qiu were childhood sweethearts. Originally, it was agreed that the master would marry her after he passed the imperial examination. However, the madam suddenly changed her mind. She heard that the Zhang family of Qinghe is going to marry off their daughter, and they only care about character and talent, even if the person is from a poor family..."

Qin Su never expected that Aunt Xu was actually a hidden expert at gossiping.

As she recounted her story, she unexpectedly learned a lot of old gossip from the mansion, even about the nanny who served her stepmother.

"...Madam's first child was lost because of Aunt Qiu."

Aunt Xu pursed her lips in disgust: "But with the master protecting her, he killed a few servants. Plus, at that time, the madam didn't know that Aunt Qiu was the master's sweetheart and thought she was just a cousin who was staying there, so she didn't make things difficult for her."

Qin Su listened quietly, only occasionally asking a question. Aunt Xu thought she liked to hear these things, so she began to rack her brains and start talking.

Little did people know that while Qin Su appeared to be just observing, he was actually thinking about something else entirely.

There always needs to be a starting point.

For example, Aunt Xu was motivated by the stimulation from next door and her childhood sweetheart's lack of ambition, so she decided to "strive to be better" and went to climb into bed with him.

For example, Aunt Qiu, who had originally promised to marry someone else, suddenly entered the mansion because she accidentally bumped into her cousin, with whom she had sworn eternal love, carefully protecting his pregnant wife, which drove her mad...

Zhang suspected Aunt Qiu because she caught the two embracing...

"Similarly, if you want the tyrant to agree to treatment, you also need a suitable 'trigger.' If you really can't wait for it, you'll probably have to create it yourself..."

As Qin Su was lost in thought, a knock came from outside the door: "Miss, someone at the door is urging you to go back."

As soon as Chunfeng spoke, Aunt Xu hurriedly looked at Qin Su: "Sangsang, aren't you staying for dinner...?"

Qin Su smiled and stood up, feeling that today's trip had already been worthwhile: "Mother, please rest well, I'll come to see you in a couple of days..."

She paused, her eyes softening, and said, "This courtyard is too small. I'll get you a bigger one in a couple of days."

Aunt Xu, who was initially somewhat saddened: ? ? ?
"Spring Breeze isn't very attentive to serving one person; let's get two more maids and nannies."

Aunt Xu's eyes nearly popped out: ? ? ?

"Your mother has lost a lot of weight recently, and it seems the food isn't to her liking. What do you think about arranging for another cook to take care of you?"

Aunt Xu instantly forgot her melancholy mood from just now, and almost grabbed Qin Su's hand and shook it vigorously: Of course it's great!!!

"I'll listen to you, Mother will listen to you." She was so excited that her voice trembled slightly.

As for the sadness and heartbreak just now, what was that?
Do you miss those hard times?

She is not sick!

Of course, we should aspire to a better life!

Qin Su nodded: "Then I'll go first, Mother..."

"Go away, go away, your mother won't stop you."

Aunt Xu even felt a little nostalgic for her last days in the Prime Minister's mansion. Back then, she also had a cook...

However, when she thought of the cook from the Prime Minister's residence, she thought of Murong Jing. Those people were from the Duke of Jin's mansion, so naturally they didn't take them with them when they left.

“Sangsang…”

Just as Qin Su was about to take a step out, Aunt Xu suddenly called out to her.

"Hmm? Is there something else, Mother?"

"It's...it's not a big deal..." Aunt Xu started to laugh awkwardly again: "It's just...did you find these maids and cooks yourself?"

Qin Su smiled and said, "Of course not, Mother, don't worry, it won't be any worse than the ones in the manor."

After saying this, Qin Su turned and left without looking back.

Aunt Xu remained where she was, pondering her daughter's words:

"Don't worry," it won't be any worse than "the one in the government office"...

rest assured……

The mansion's...

Aunt Xu: !!!

Okay, okay, as long as the person hasn't been replaced.

She was terrified. She was so afraid that her daughter was so audacious that she would even dare to toy with the Crown Prince...
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"Miss, outside..."

"Spring Breeze, why did you choose to follow me back then?"

Spring Breeze's smile froze, of course, because of the Lord's order.

"Because, Miss, you are kind, considerate of your servants, and filial. I fell in love with you at first sight and want to stay by your side!"

Qin Su smiled and said, "Yes, don't worry, I'll get your indenture back."

Spring Breeze was momentarily bewildered, then revealed a look of delight: "Yes, this servant is willing to serve Miss to the death!"
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Qin Qionghua waited for a long time but the servant she had sent out did not return, and her brows furrowed deeply.

She regretted it somewhat; she shouldn't have only sent one person out of fear of the news leaking.

There have to be at least two people; if one hasn't come back, the other could at least come back and relay a message...

"Miss, no, something happened!"

The maid's voice interrupted her reverie. She looked up and saw Hongxing running in with a frown: "Aunt Qiu went to pray for Madam, but something unexpected happened, and she started bleeding..."

Good news: The voting results are in!
Bad news: This one didn't make the list.

I was so upset, but then I went out and had a bowl of mutton rice noodles and it all went away. Sigh, life is full of disappointments. If you're not as skilled as others, there's nothing to be sad about.