The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 781 One Good Thing After Another

“Good child, otherwise your Aunt Wan would be in danger,” Madam Lin said.

Then he gave Man'er a jade unicorn as a thank-you gift.

After releasing Man'er's hand, Madam Lin thanked Su Qing again and gave her a set of red gold jewelry.

“You are my daughter’s savior, and I want to thank you, but I don’t know how. Manager Tong just said that you should tell me what you want.” Madam Lin said to Su Qing.

Su Qing looked at Tong Huaqiong, and suddenly her eyes reddened.

Instead of asking the Lin family for any benefits, the employer gave her the opportunity.

The employer kept her wish in mind and was determined to fulfill it when the opportunity arose.

"Su Qing, tell me, it would be best if Madam Lin could help you," Tong Huaqiong urged.

Su Qing knelt down beside Madam Lin with a thud and said, "I want to overturn the verdict for my brother."

Mrs. Lin asked in confusion, "Your brother?"

"My brother's name is Su Zhen. He used to work in the Ministry of War."

Su Qing then tearfully recounted how her brother had been implicated in the shocking military spending corruption case from many years ago.

Her brother was just a minor official in the Ministry of War and never handled any money.

After the incident, I was implicated because I had no connections.

Su Qing and her brother had relied on each other since childhood. After the incident, in an attempt to prove her brother's innocence, her sister-in-law crashed into a pillar at the Dali Temple, dying along with her unborn child.

Later, the Su family's property was confiscated, Su Qing's brother was exiled, and Su Qing was sold into slavery.

She always wanted to overturn her brother's case.

But it would be incredibly difficult for her to achieve this on her own.

Tong Huaqiong knew about her situation and originally thought that she could rely on the mighty General or Lu Zhaoyang to help her overturn the case.

However, when the corruption case occurred, the mighty general was on the border, and Lu Zhaoyang is now in the Ministry of Revenue, so neither of them could intervene in the case back then.

The only person who can intervene in this case now is Madam Lin's nephew, who is also the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review whom Miss Lin has a crush on.

This Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, who came from the Dingxin Marquis's family, is backed by the Dingxin Marquis's family and his maternal grandfather's family, the Lechang Marquis's family. He is upright and fearless, and recently he has reopened the old case of military expenditure corruption.

Tong Huaqiong also learned the news from Huang Jingshan.

Thinking that Su Qing was determined to overturn her brother's case, she thought it was like someone had just offered her a pillow when she was sleepy, and quickly told Su Qing to take the opportunity to ask Madam Lin for a favor.

Su Qing cried as she spoke, raising her hand to swear, "Madam, my brother is absolutely innocent. I've heard that Lord Gao is not only upright but also shrewd. If my brother were truly corrupt, he wouldn't have escaped his notice. I don't ask Lord Gao to take care of my brother; I only ask that he look at my brother Su Zhen's case file from back then. With Lord Gao's discerning eyes, he will surely be able to prove my brother's innocence."

The "Master Gao" that Su Qing mentioned is Lin's nephew, the Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

The case involved so many people back then, and it would take a long time to retry them all.

Her brother, being an insignificant minor official, certainly wouldn't be given priority in the trial.

Su Qing only hoped that the Dali Temple could review her brother's case file as soon as possible.

She also hopes to reunite with her brother soon.

The older brother was proud and arrogant. When he learned in prison that his sister-in-law and unborn child had died, he would have committed suicide if it weren't for the thought of Su Qing.

He fell seriously ill before going to Lingnan, and Su Qing thought that her brother would die on the way before he could reach Lingnan.

After her brother was exiled, Su Qing was immediately sold off, and the siblings lost contact with each other.

After Su Qing arrived at Tong Huaqiong's side, Tong Huaqiong asked Old Master Lu, who had business in Lingnan, to inquire about the news.

This inquiry went on for several years. Just when Su Qing had given up hope, last month Old Master Lu wrote to Lu Zhaozhao, bringing news of Su Qing's brother. Su Qing's brother was still alive.

However, he fell seriously ill in Lingnan. The manager of the Lu family in Lingnan found a doctor to cure his illness and also gave him money to have someone take care of him.

Su Qing's brother was barely clinging to life, thinking that after he was exiled to Lingnan, his orphaned sister must have suffered endless torment and died. This time, he was seriously ill and wanted to die.

Upon learning that Su Qing was still alive, Su Qing's brother began to cooperate with the doctor and take medicine for treatment. When Grandpa Su wrote a letter to Lu Zhaozhao, Su Qing's brother's illness had improved significantly, and he also brought a letter to Su Qing.

After hearing about Su Qing's brother's plight, Madam Lin said to Su Qing, "Don't worry, I will instruct my nephew to retrieve your brother's case file. If your brother is innocent, we will definitely reunite him with you as soon as possible."

With Madam Lin's words as a guarantee, Su Qing knew that things had taken a turn for the better.

Su Qing kowtowed to express her gratitude and was helped up by Madam Lin.

Winter comes early to Shengjing.

It felt like just yesterday it was late autumn, but overnight all the leaves had fallen and the biting cold wind brought winter.

Tong Huaqiong's cotton cloth sold like hotcakes in Shengjing because of its high quality and low price.

Every day, when Jufulai presented Tong Huaqiong with a list of cotton fabric sales figures, she felt as if she were lying on a bed of silver, laughing with delight.

Shengjing truly deserves its title as the capital; it serves as a weathervane for the entire nation.

After cotton cloth became popular in Shengjing, the trend of wearing cotton clothes spread throughout the entire Dasheng.

Before the winter snow arrived, Gu Dashu and He Chao sent a caravan carrying cotton cloth and general merchandise to the border, where the Tong family's business had already grown to a considerable size.

Under the leadership of Song Qiaoniang and Gu Xiaoxue, the weaving workshops in Qinghewan produced sparks of spun fabric, and bolts of cotton cloth were sold from Qinghewan.

Since distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, Tong Huaqiong decided to open a weaving workshop in Shengjing at the same time.

There are more skilled women in Shengjing than in Qinghewan, and many people come to apply after hearing the news.

Meanwhile, at the pig farm managed by Tong Pandi, the first batch of castrated piglets were put into the pen.

Tong Pandi was worried about who to hire to castrate pigs after leaving Master Tan in Pingchuan County.

Tong Huaqiong said that even in Shengjing, under the emperor's nose, there was no way to not find a master who knew how to castrate pigs.

There were indeed no masters of pig castration in Shengjing, only masters of eunuch castration. I thought it would be easy to invite them to castrate pigs, but these masters were very high and mighty, saying that how could the knife used to castrate people be tainted with the smell of pigs? What if it got into the hands of a eunuch and he was rejected when he entered the palace to serve the nobles?

Tong Huaqiong was truly fed up with the hypocrisy of these masters and went to find His Highness the Crown Prince.

His Highness the Crown Prince sent the best craftsmen to castrate the piglets at the pig farm.

Thinking that she would monopolize the pork market in Shengjing in six months and that her business would grow even further, Tong Huaqiong was very excited.

Besides expanding their business, the Gu family has three other important things to do right now.

First, there are the preparations for Gu Taohua's wedding.

Originally, Su Chengmin wanted to marry Gu Taohua before the Lunar New Year, but Gu Taohua wanted to stay home and spend the Spring Festival before getting married in the spring.

After all, it was the first Spring Festival her whole family had come to Shengjing, and she wanted to spend it with her mother and family.

Besides, time is too tight before the New Year, and my older brother and Gu Xiaoxue can't come from home so quickly.

When she gets married, all the people she cares about must gather together to send her off.

The second thing is Lu Zhaozhao's health. Lu Zhaozhao is five months pregnant, and her due date is next March.

The third thing was Gu Jingzhe's upcoming imperial examination in the spring. Gu Jingzhe vowed to pass the exam and studied diligently day and night.

Tong Huaqiong calculated that three happy events would happen in her family next spring.

People say good things come in pairs, and in her family, good things happen one after another.