Chapter 286 - Dashed Hopes
"I am not threatening you with death to cause you heartache, but for three years you will have to mourn for me, the matter of merit. You can put it aside for now. But the post of General cannot be left vacant for a day. Who do you think will take your place? When you return, will he still give it up to you?"
That's tough.
Really, what a way to burn both the jade and stone.(destroy indiscriminately )
Except that her death would only hold back three years of uncertainty.
An Zhongtao's general residence would not be given away.
An Zhongtao was so angry with her that his face turned white and he could barely speak.
An Qingran suddenly spoke up, "Old madam has forgotten one thing, my father held the position for three years, so did my uncle, he just came to the capital and is only a small fifth-ranking official, I really don't know if the fifth-ranking position will still exist after three years of holding the position. Your old man will have to think about it before he does."
The old Madam was so angry at her words that she couldn't think of any words to refute them.
An Zhongtao secretly admired his daughter's intelligence.
"Father, it is getting late now, we'd better let the old Madam think it over ...... herself," An Qing Ran hinted to her father to leave quickly, before she spilled her guts and they left first and the matter would be discussed in the long term.
Of course, she still has to take care of the aftermath, this matter can not be spread out to be real.
Father and daughter walked out of the courtyard, An Zhongtao sighed, "I was never expecting that things would be like this ......"
The corners of An Qing Ran's mouth went down, she didn't expect it either, she just got more and more alarmed the more she investigated, if it was possible, she really wished it had never happened, then her father wouldn't have been very upset.
An Zhongtao looked at the sky, the dark clouds had not yet dispersed, the lights were still on in the distance, and this night, many people were destined to stay awake.
"Father, It happened, let's just tackle it. That was forty years ago in the past and we have no power to undo anything ......"
"Yes, but daughter, how did you think of that? Father never thought of it in that direction, fortunately there is you ......" The appreciation in these words made An Qingran's heart warm up, her father rarely praised her, so his compliments were especially precious.
"It was just because of a hunch which didn't expect it to be true ...... It also reminded me of all these because Minchen was harmed by her at the time, but it was something I didn't want to be true."
An Zhongtao didn't want it either.
He just sighed, "It's already happened, you should go back and rest first, tonight, it's enough for you to suffer."
"Yes, Father also does not need to be too upset, things had happened, and there is only one way to deal with it ......"
"Yes, but how does Qing Ran think this matter should be handled?" An Zhongtao asked in a seemingly offhand manner.
An Qing Ran did not expect her father to consider her opinion, she held back her pride and spoke, "Our General's residence cannot be yielded, nor should the old Madam be allowed to stay here any longer, Have her sent out, without a trace, then just let her recapture in the rest of her life ......"
An Zhongtao nodded slightly, this coincided with his thoughts.It seemed that his daughter's heart was still blessed with a benevolent one. As for what the old Madam had just said, he felt that it was all jealous rhetoric on her part and did not care at all.
An Qingran finally returned to her courtyard, Rendong greeted her: "Miss, you've finally returned, the servant girl has followed your instructions and distributed all the silver, and the two grannies, Zhang and Huang, have also arranged for the carriage to be sent away, there are not too many people to see. Just the people sent by the Crown Prince, I have not seen any trace... ..."
"We don't need to worry about his people, this matter is finally finished ......," An Qingran sighed.
"Miss, the old Furen has admitted it?"
"It was all her doing, she couldn't deny it even if she wanted to. It's just that the result, as expected at the beginning, is also really sad ......".
"What was the final outcome? Is the old Furen still going to stay here?"
"It's not over yet, things really won't be over for a while, I wonder what other tricks she has up her sleeve, just that's all something the General should be thinking about ...... Right now, I just want to get a big sleep." An Qing Ran stretched out.
She had really slept a great deal, and it was almost noon when she woke up.
As soon as she woke up, Rendong came up to her and told her that Furen knew she had been worrying recently and had brought her tonic soup.
Looking at the bowl of ginseng and wolfberry soup, An Qing Ran's tiredness was swept away and her heart was filled with sunshine again; a child with a mother was so good.
It was only the thought of it that would make her heart ache for her father.
Beiyuan.
The old Madam was sitting in the house, Min'er and the other maids were kneeling all over the place, they slept heavily last night and didn't know what had happened, early this morning the old madam made all of them kneel there, they were still dizzy and still didn't look like they had woken up.
In fact, they didn't know that they had been drugged with incense last night.
Except for the old Madam, all the people had been put to sleep by the people sent by the Crown Prince, so no one noticed even after making so much noise.
The old Madam had not slept all night. Just overnight, it was as if she had aged ten years.
She sat there, grimacing.
Scissors in her hand, wondering what she was going to do.
They wouldn't be so relaxed if they knew she was going to seek death.
Fang Shi came in the morning and was startled when she entered: "Auntie, what's wrong? Did they make you angry?"
The old Madam looked at her, "You're here ......"
"Yes, it's a beautiful day and there's plenty of sunshine outside, but why is there so much water in my aunt's yard? Did it rain last night? Strange, but our yard is dry."
That was because of the cold foggy last night.
The old Madam bristled, "Nothing, are you up to something?"
"It's just to pay my respects to my aunt, I just came back from the front yard and saw them cleaning the yard and saying that they were preparing people to clean up the Bei Yuan, are they chasing us away?" Fang Shi was a little aggrieved at the thought of it.
It's not that she's overly concerned, is it? She lives in someone else's house, but whenever there's the slightest disturbance, she thinks about her own.
The old Madam's eyebrows furrowed at this, and her lips trembled as she did not speak.
When Fang Shi saw this, she thought she was probably right. "So, they are really kicking us out. If that's the case, then we should just go and stay at the inn, save ourselves the trouble of looking at people's faces."
"When will the results be released?" The old Madam finally spoke up, if Zhihua could get a good ranking in the exams, it would be a kind of boost for her.
It might also help Zhong Yuan in the future.
"We still have to wait for two more days, but Zhihua said that he is very sure about this exam." A smile appeared on Fang Shi's face, "But I didn't think that we had given our relatives trouble ......"
" You just stay here, they won't kick you out." The old Madam spoke up, "Besides, whether they pack up Bei Yuan or not has nothing to do with you, don't associate it with your own ......"
