Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 37: Relieving Worry
The fifteen-year-old girl still has a childish face, but her eyes are firm and bright, making people subconsciously ignore her age.

"Heng'er." Lan's first reaction was disbelief, but her love for her daughter made her not want to give up even a little possibility. "You said you can relieve your second sister's worries. What is the method?"

She stared at the too-young girl and felt both ridiculous and pathetic.

"Why don't you do the opposite, Second Auntie?"

"What do you think of this?"

"Grandfather is unwilling to give up this marriage, so let Xiping Marquis Mansion give it up on its own initiative."

Lan was stunned: "Start from Xiping Marquis Mansion?"

Qiu Heng nodded: "Yes, let's start from Xiping Marquis's mansion. Second Auntie knows the scandal that Xiping Marquis' wife wants to cover up the most. She asked her to meet and hinted at it. I believe that Xiping Marquis' wife will not insist on my second sister."

Lan's eyes lit up.

That's true, her mind became dull because she was anxious.

Qiu Xuan was a little uneasy: "If the wife of Marquis Xiping knew that we knew about his family's scandal, would she bear a grudge against him?"

Qiu Heng looked at Qiu Xuan and said calmly, "Even if she holds a grudge, so what? Compared to my second sister's lifelong event, which one is more important?"

"Yes, since we can't have the best of both worlds, we'll have to choose the lesser of two evils." Lan made up his mind.

For the sake of her daughter, she even said in front of her parents-in-law that she was willing to be divorced. Was she still afraid that the wife of Marquis Xiping would hold a grudge against her?
After all, the Yongqing Marquis's Mansion is a noble family, and even though the Xiping Marquis's family status is higher, they cannot just call for war and killing.

Qiu Xuan covered her face and blamed herself: "It was me who caused trouble for my parents."

"Xuan'er, don't think too much. It's just bad luck that you were chosen by the wife of Marquis Xiping." Lan hugged her daughter and comforted her.

Qiu Heng shook her head gently: "Second sister, you are taking irrelevant responsibilities on yourself, which is both tiring and unnecessary. First, the wife of Marquis Xiping is not kind, and second, grandfather only cares about profit. It's all their fault."

Qiu Xuan was stunned.

Are you so confident that you say it's all someone else's fault?

Lan had been miserable until now, but she was actually amused by these words and curled her lips.

She looked deeply at the little girl in front of her, feeling both curious and shocked.

It should be said that these words touched her more deeply, and even turned from a slight ripple into a huge wave.

When I was a daughter, I was taught to be quiet, a wife to be gentle, a daughter-in-law to be respectful, and a mother to be loving. When was there a time when I could confidently say that it was all someone else's fault?

Qiu Heng's words touched Lan, making her act more decisively. She left home in a low-key manner that day and made an appointment to meet with the wife of Marquis Xiping.

It is unknown what the two talked about specifically, but the next day the nanny who went to deliver the letter to Marquis Xiping's mansion came back with a bitter face.

"Madam, the wife of the Marquis of Xiping said that things have not been going smoothly since the two families discussed the marriage. It may be that the two children are not compatible, so this marriage is cancelled."

The old lady was so angry that she fell backwards.

It was the Marquis of Xiping who came to propose marriage, and it was the Marquis of Xiping who were not happy about it. Is there something wrong with this family?

The only good thing was that she wasn't interested in this marriage anyway.

The old lady was so angry that she asked someone to call Yongqing Bo and told him the news that the marriage had failed.

"You raised a son like that and then cheated on him for marriage. You really can't deal with him. Uncle, you still treat him like a treasure."

Earl Yongqing looked gloomy and walked away with a dark face. After he went to the outer courtyard, his headache, which had not occurred for a long time, came back again.

"Hurry up and put on the calming aroma."

The head maid Jiangxiang silently added incense balls into the incense burner and kept silent.

The old lady told the second wife, Lan, the news of the failed marriage with great joy.

Of course, in order to save face for Earl Yongqing, the old lady didn't raise her lips too high.

"Daughter-in-law knows, thank you, old lady." Although she already knew the result, Mrs. Lan's eyes still turned red when she opened her mouth.

The old lady glanced at her unhappily and said, "You are a mother now. Tell the second girl as soon as possible to prevent her from having wild thoughts."

"Yes, my daughter-in-law will go right away." Lan left in a hurry, leaving the old lady in silence.

The eldest girl at that time... didn't have such good luck.

After hearing the news from Lan, Qiuxuan finally felt relieved and couldn't help crying into her mother's arms.

Lan gently patted her daughter's back, waiting for her to cry out all the shock and grievances, and then reminded her: "Go and thank your sixth sister, and thank her on your behalf as well."

"Ah."

Qiu Xuan went to Lengxiangju, bringing with her Lan and the thank-you gift she had prepared.

"These are a few handkerchiefs I embroidered when I was free. Sixth sister, please use them. Mother asked me to bring them to you..."

"Second aunt and second sister are too polite, I just said it casually."

It would be a pity to use the double-sided embroidered handkerchief casually. As for the pair of gold bracelets given by Lan, they were not a small gift.

Qiu Heng doesn't care about these things, but who wouldn't be happy to see someone give back?

"Sixth sister, how could you just say that casually? Apart from the suggestion that caused Xiping Marquis's Mansion to give up on its own initiative, I was able to know Zhao Si's private affairs thanks to you asking Lord Xue of the Imperial City Department to investigate..."

After getting rid of the trouble, Qiu Xuan finally had the mind to think about other things: "Sixth sister, are you familiar with Lord Xue? It's not easy to ask him for help, right?"

"During the Dragon Boat Festival, Princess Jiayi invited me to watch the dragon boat race. A playboy was looking for trouble with me, but Lord Xue caught him and gave him a lecture. That day, I went to Dafu Temple to burn incense and was arrested on my way back to the city. I also happened to meet Lord Xue. I saw that Lord Xue was a kind-hearted person, so I asked him to help investigate. Second sister, don't feel burdened. Well... let him take private work."

"Take private work?" Qiu Xuan was stunned.

Is that what she meant?

"Sixth sister, you are paying Mr. Xue to do something? How much does this cost?"

Lord Xue seems to be the head of the Imperial City Bureau?
For a moment, Qiu Xuan began to calculate whether the pocket money she had saved for more than ten years was enough to pay off the debt.

If it really doesn't work, I can ask my mother to pay for it. I can't let my sixth sister pay for it.

"Not much." Seeing Qiu Xuan's frightened look, Qiu Heng told the truth, "It only cost one or two taels of silver."

Qiu Xuan: “…”

She was silent for a while, looking at the childish girl.

Perhaps, Lord Xue was not taking private work, but was attracted to Sixth Sister... Otherwise, she really couldn't understand why he could hire an imperial envoy to do something for just one or two taels of silver.

Judging from the sixth sister’s appearance, it seems that she hasn’t figured it out yet.

Qiu Xuan was in a dilemma.

If I remind her, will it backfire and make Sixth Sister interested?
It's not that Lord Xue is a bad person, but in this world, if two people fall in love without the approval of their elders, there will often be no good results.

If I don't remind her, what if Sixth Sister suffers?

"It's just one ounce of silver, don't worry about it, second sister."

Shocked by the "one tael of silver" again, Qiu Xuan suddenly stopped worrying.

With just one tael of silver, Lord Xue can be ordered to do things, so the sixth sister should not be the one who suffers.

Sixth sister is the kind of person who would frankly say that it’s someone else’s fault.

Qiu Xuan hardly slept last night, thinking over and over again about what happened during the day. She had never heard a word so enlightening, which even shook the cognition she had formed since childhood.

"Second sister."

"Ok?"

"It will be fine in the future."

No matter what, it shouldn't be worse than the ending that was just mentioned on the old paper.

(End of this chapter)