businesswoman's wife

Su Jinyu got married, and the Wei family also sent congratulatory gifts. Early the next morning, Xu Xiuyi used the pretext of returning the gift to ask someone to prepare a carriage and go to the Wei residence.

A hundred-footed worm, dead but not stiff, even without the embroidery village's livelihood, relying on the wealth accumulated over the years, the Wei Palace is still as bright and beautiful as ever.

Xu Xiuyi was invited in. The aunt of the Wei family, Wei Shufen, entertained her. She had not seen her for a few days. She had improved a lot. Seeing Xu Xiuyi coming in as a gift, she was quite polite.

"Why did the third grandma still bring gifts?"

"My fourth brother got married yesterday, and your government gave such a big gift. This little gift of mine is not a respectful gift, but I hope to accept it."

Having said that, he sent a box, which contained a new batch of goods from Su Jiang's family's jewelry store, which was of great value.

Yu Shufen didn't shirk, she accepted the gift with a few polite words, and asked the servants to prepare tea.

The beautiful Biluochun, Xu Xiuyi took a sip and asked, "Is Miss Jinnian not here?"

"Niang Jin, when Xiu Zhuang collapsed, she also got idle and went touring the mountains and waters."

"Auntie is really cool."

"Haha, she's been tired for half her life, and she can't live happier for the rest of her life."

Xu Xiuyi nodded, that Yu Shufen is a very shrewd and intelligent person, Xu Xiuyi's tentative words came to her lips, she thought about it, but she still stopped, just said: "I'm here today, and I have one more thing to ask for."

Wei Shufen smiled and said, "Third grandma just talk."

"Probably Mrs. Wei, you have heard that I opened an embroidery shop. Originally, your embroidery shop was still there, so I didn't dare to grab the business. Now I am in urgent need of that batch of goods, so I can only do it myself. But it’s strange, all the silk and satin shops within a hundred miles are short of cloth and thread, I want to ask, does Mrs. Wei know which big boss has monopolized all the goods?”

Yu Shufen didn't change her face, and said, "I don't really know. When the Xiu Zhuang was still open, I planned to check it out, but now that the Xiu Zhuang has collapsed, I don't want to spend energy to check these things."

Xu Xiuyi smiled slightly.

"I heard that there is an An Ye outside the customs, and we also have silk and cloth exchanges in the customs. I need silk and satin urgently. Mrs. Wei, you have been running an embroidery shop for many years, but you know how to find that An Ye. I wonder if he will have another stock in his hand."

Yu Shufen's expression changed slightly, but she quickly smiled: "These are usually under the care of Jin Niang, I am only in charge of running the embroidery village, I don't know much, but I know that this An Ye is extremely mysterious, and not many people have seen him. The true face of Mount Lu."

"According to what Mrs. Wei saw, all the silk and satin in the area of ​​[-] miles were sold out. Could it be that Mr. An who has the financial strength? Although I guessed a lot, I always found it strange. In my opinion, It's not that An Ye wanted to do business in the capital, so he deliberately sent someone to buy all the silk fabrics, made Jinniang Embroidery Village like a desperate situation, and then put the Embroidery Village on fire, completely breaking the Jinniang Embroidery Village. make a living?"

"Oh, it's impossible."

Wei Shufen didn't even think about it, and answered very succinctly.

Xu Xiuyi felt a chill in her heart. If it was an ordinary person, the family's foundation would be destroyed. How could she not be held accountable? Even she found out that the fire was arson.

If Xu Xiuyi heard Su Jinyuan's words before, it means that the empress in the palace did it, so the Wei family did not dare to pursue it.

But last night Su Jinyuan also said that if the lady in the palace wanted to do something, she should have done it long ago, and now the family of Long En can still care about a clean embroidered woman who was just married to the emperor and was forgotten mother?

Both she and Su Jinyuan knew that this was definitely not what Concubine Shu did. Could the Wei family know better than them?

Therefore, the Wei family can not investigate the cause of the fire. In the end, there is only one person. The arsonist, the Wei family knows well, but they are unable to investigate or do not want to pursue it. More likely - this fire, the Wei family has long known that it will happen. .

Thinking that the batch of goods she ordered before should have been given to her at the usual speed, but the Wei family kept delaying and delaying, and when she said otherwise, give her the finished product first, and then talk about the rest, she simply came. a fire.

Coincidence, it shouldn't be so coincidental.

From outsiders' point of view, everything was aimed at Wei's family, but looking at it now, it seemed to be aimed at her Su family.

Qin Yan's words echoed in his ears again.

Just now, Xu Xiuyi deliberately guided Yu Shufen to make An Ye the target of arson, but Yu Shufen denied it without thinking, as if she wanted to cover up.

She already understands a smart person like Xu Xiuyi.

"Hehe, I'm just guessing. Originally, I wanted to report for you. I found some oil and firewood at the fire scene, but..."

"Don't, in this fire, we lost our money and money, and we don't want to pursue it anymore. Anyway, my family has a big business, and I won't be able to eat it all in a few lifetimes. The fire official said that it was a natural disaster, then it was a natural disaster.

Yu Shufen almost hurriedly interrupted Xu Xiuyi's words.

Xu Xiuyi's heart became colder.

"Hehe, Mrs. Wei, just don't worry, I can't even do my own housework well. How can I interfere with your family's affairs? Maybe it's a natural disaster. There are still some things in my shop. The day my embroidery shop opened, Wei The wife must appreciate it."

"sure."

"Mrs. Wei, I'm taking my leave."

"Walk slowly."

*

Coming out of Wei's house, Xu Xiuyi sent the carriage to Qin's mansion, Qin Yan was at home, and Qin Xu was also there, seeing Xu Xiuyi, the siblings had completely different attitudes, Qin Yan looked scornful, Qin Xu's eyes were full of excitement.

"Sister, why are you here?"

Qin Yan glared at him: "Go back to the study."

Qin Xu snorted coldly, "You can control me."

When she came up to pull Xu Xiuyi's hand and looked at Qin Yan's dark face, she knew that the relationship between the two siblings was probably not very good.

Xu Xiuyi was pulled by Qin Xu to go up the hall, Qin Yan followed him in, but still shouted to Qin Xu, "I will let you go down, if you don't obey, I will tell my father immediately that you want to go back outside the gate."

Qin Xu seemed to be stepped on a weakness, looked at Qin Yan angrily, but couldn't do anything, snorted angrily, and left angrily.

As soon as Qin Xu left, Qin Yan looked at Xu Xiuyi with a sneer: "If I guess right, you should come to see me, right? I'm in a good mood today. If you have any questions, I can tell you anything you want to know. , as long as you are not afraid of hearing something harsh and sad."

"Jinniang Embroidery Village is owned by An Chengshao, what evidence do you have?"

"I knew you would not believe me, just wait."

Qin Yan got up, Shaoqing came back, took a box in his hand, and threw it in front of Xu Xiuyi: "This is the proof."

Xu Xiuyi opened the box, her hands trembling uncontrollably, but she felt that there was a demon in the box, a demon enough to destroy her.

Qin Yan sneered: "Don't even have the courage to look at it."

Xu Xiuyi closed her eyes, calmed her mind, and opened the box. Inside was an account book. She opened it and read a few pages, her face turned pale.

The ledger is the profit and expenditure of Jinniang Embroidery Village over the past few years. The ledger has Wei Jinniang's seal on it, and on the night at the end of the month, another seal is stamped. The seal has four characters, from right to left, from top to bottom. Next, it was clearly An Cheng Shaoyin.

"I know you don't believe it, so I took the risk of stealing Cheng Shao's account book. Did you see that the real boss of Jinniang Xiu Zhuang is Cheng Shao?"

"What evidence do you have that he set the fire himself?"

"Evidence, look at the next one, it's Cheng Shao's account book in a silk and satin shop in Kyoto."

Xu Xiuyi calmed down. In fact, she already had half of it in her heart, didn't she?

From the attitude of the Wei family's intention to appease the arsonists, she already knew that the arsonists must be the ones the Wei family dared not or couldn't pursue, right?

The next account book is the account book of Huajuan Silk and Satin Village, the largest silk and satin factory in the city. The accounts for the past month show that Huajuan Silk and Satin Village purchased a large amount of silk thread and satin.

Therefore, the silk and satin village with a radius of [-] miles will be short of silk and short lines, right?

Looking at the last seal of the ledger, it was still An Cheng Shaoyin.

She sat there dumbfounded. She also knew how to read accounts, and knew that these two accounts were real and there was no possibility of fraud.

Therefore, all the facts prove that An Chengshao bought all the silk and satin by himself, causing the shortage of goods in Jinniang Embroidery Village.And then, that fire...

"Young Master Cheng has been playing with you from beginning to end, and he set the fire himself. If you still want evidence, then I can tell you clearly that what you and Jinniang embroidered in the village is a batch of embroidery. You and Yu Shufen said that the cloth bags with three characters of Baoningtang are to make your Baoningtang famous. If you buy medicines with enough money, you will give an embroidered bag produced by Jinniang Embroidery Village. The reputation of Niangxiu Village and Jinniangxiu Village are hard to come by. Even if you don’t need the medicinal materials, you will definitely be rushing for that bag. You told Yu Shufen that this is a chain effect of the brand, right?”

Brand Chain Effect——Wei Shufen explained this very modern term to her for a long time, but Qin Yan blurted it out word by word. She even knew her purpose and sales methods very well. These were just her and Wei Shufen. secrets between.

Xu Xiuyi's heart was so cold that she completely fell into the ice cellar.

Everything is explained, An Chengshao intends to deal with her, or against the Su family.

Before and after, An Chengshao directed and acted by himself. On the one hand, he used the silk and satin shop to buy silk and satin, which made Jinniang Xiuzhuan have a reason to delay again and again.

She just doesn't know, why?

"Why did he do this?"

"I don't know exactly why, but most likely he wants to bring down your Su family and monopolize the entire capital's pharmaceutical business. You should know that he doesn't care about anything, but is obsessed with making money and expanding his business. Although he is rich now Enemy country, but more ambitious, your Su Family Baoning Hall is famous in the capital, can he not?"

"I have one last question."

She raised her head, holding her last calm, not wanting to look too embarrassed.

"Just ask!"

Qin Yan sipped a grape with a contemptuous attitude: "Ask."

"Why did you kill yourself?"

Qin Yan frowned while eating grapes, then sneered: "Oh, because Cheng Shao doesn't like me, I'm not reconciled, but Xu Xiuyi, do you really think Cheng Shao loves you? It's a momentary novelty, you are a bit handsome, and you are also quite talented, but think about it carefully, if he really likes you, would he do anything to destroy your hard work? In order to get your Baoningtang business, even you You can hide it, you can lie, you can ignore your feelings, Xu Xiuyi, how are you better than me?"

After a while, the words stuck in Xu Xiuyi's heart.

Yes, Qin Yan is right, no matter why An Chengshao wants to deal with the Su family, but one thing is certain, between her and destroying the Su family, he chose to destroy the Su family.

I remember he once asked if Xiuyi could let go of the Su family.

She didn't feel relieved at first, thinking that he was afraid that she would suffer losses in business or work hard, but now, she finally understands.

Between her and the Su family, he also had a difficult time.

But in the end, he still chose to deal with the Su family desperately, to deal with—she.

She didn't know how she got out of the Qin Mansion, but she only knew that Qin Yan sent her to the door and sneered: "Even if he loves you, you can't become his whole world, and he will have no interest in your interests. Hesitant choice interests. Even if he promises you anything, he will only fulfill those promises on the basis that you can give up everything and follow him. He doesn't love me, but it doesn't hinder my understanding of him at all. "

I went home in a hurry, passed a day in a hurry, went into the night in a hurry to eat dinner, and went to bed in a hurry.

She originally believed Qin Yan's words only three points, but when she tested Yu Shufen and went to Qin Yan again, she already understood.

He wants to have both interests and love, but if he can't have both, he will protect the interests of the hesitant choice.

The only thing he was kind to her was that he tried to hide it from her, not letting her know the cruelty he had done to her.

Lying on the bed, with her hands on her lower abdomen, her lower abdomen felt a slight pain, as if the child knew how sad she was at the moment.

The whole child, although it was not at the right time, she was still happy, but now?

Interest, she, child, is 1 + 1 = 1, or, even if she and the child are added together, they are simply no match for his passion for wealth?

After a night like this, she slept and woke up countless times. She woke up in the morning with a sore waist and dizziness. She thought it was a pregnancy reaction and persisted.

The fourth grandmother of the Su family, Lu Yuer, came to look for her after breakfast, because this marriage was fulfilled by Xu Xiuyi, and the two were both young ladies of the official family, so they were very close to Xu Xiuyi and took Xu Xiuyi to go shopping.

Xu Xiuyi couldn't beat her, so she had to go to the street with her.

She knew in her heart that when Lu Yuer said she wanted to go shopping, she just wanted to show off on the street. She is 35 years old, has eaten a tender grass in her twenties, and is still a handsome young man. Not proud.

She was originally a person with inflated vanity, but this time she became Su Jinyu's wife, and her vanity was even more inflated to the point where she couldn't show off her unhappiness.

Wearing red and green, she was dressed in vulgar fashion. Xu Xiuyi wore a long pink dress and put on a little makeup, but her face was pale because of her discomfort. She still compared the morning glory on the side to a thousand miles away. .

Luckily, Lu Yu'er felt good about herself, and when she saw everyone whispering to her along the way, she felt that she was jealous of her, so she took Xu Xiuyi's hand and whispered: "Look at these people, they are all jealous of me, I Let me tell you about Xiuyi, Jinyu Huaxin will return to Huaxin, but the little brother is still very obedient to me. I lost my temper that day, and he was drunk to show me again. The next morning I was angry and wanted to come back. My mother's family, coaxed me for a long time, hehe."

Xu Xiuyi really wanted to say that it's time to coax you because Su Jinyu's pig brain is not completely pig, knowing that you will not let him go back to her parents' family, so she hurriedly apologized for the smiley face.

The raw rice was cooked, how dare Su Jinyu, a relative of the household department, dared to retreat, so he could only eat Huanglian dumbly.

Naturally, Xu Xiuyi was slandering, she really didn't know what to say, but added fuel to it: "Yu'er, you are good at tactics, my fourth master has always been reckless, it seems that meeting you means meeting your nemesis, woman, the greatest skill. It's just to be obedient to what your man is in charge of, cough, cough, cough..."

After she finished speaking, she coughed a few words, her body was hot and her head was dizzy. If it wasn't for Lu Yu'er and her arm in arm, she might have fallen.

Lu Yuer didn't seem to hear her coughing, dragged her to the side of the stall, saw a red and green hairband, happily let go of Xu Xiuyi's hand and gestured to her head, chatting with Xu Xiuyi as she gestured. Talk about how Su Jinyu coaxed her.

Xu Xiuyi only felt a buzzing sound in her ears, her head hurt and her body became hot. Then, Lu Yuer had a double image in front of her. Gradually, the double image began to turn black, and her eyelids sank. , leaning against the stall slanted down.

Only then did Lu Yuer realize that she was ill. Seeing that Xu Xiuyi's face was hot pink and her breathing was short of breath, Lu Yuer panicked and shouted, "Somebody, help, somebody, help."

Shaoqing, someone came out of the crowd, and Lu Yuer didn't have time to look carefully. When he saw someone coming out, he thought he was here to help, so he grabbed the corner of his clothes and said, "Young Master, save my third sister-in-law."

"What's up with her?"

Lu Yu'er looked up at the cold and temperatureless voice, only to feel that the person in front of her looked familiar, and she seemed to know each other. She's down, son, save her."

Su Jinyi was on his way to Bao Ningtang when he happened to meet Xu Xiuyi in a coma. Reputation must help.

So, he squatted down and wiped Xu Xiuyi's pulse, and he was shocked, but Shaoqing, with a wicked smile on his face, deliberately pretended to blurt out: "Why is this pregnant with a child? Wandering around, no, my third brother is long gone, then my third brother and sister..."

When he shouted like this, Lu Yuer remembered that at the wedding, she took off her hijab and saw the second master of the Su family standing behind the old lady of the Su family, not the one in front of her.

She was also shocked when she heard Su Jinyi's "unintentional words".

"Second master, don't read it wrong, how could the third sister-in-law, bah, bah, bah, you talk nonsense, everyone knows that you and the second sister-in-law are not on good terms."

Su Jinyi stood up and pretended to be angry: "Fourth younger brother and sister, how can I, Su Jinyi, be such a person? Forget it, my family shame cannot be exposed. When I talk nonsense, send her back to Baoningtang first."

Another of his angry "unintentional words", he said it was "when" he was talking nonsense, and when others heard it, it was naturally not as simple as nonsense.

Xu Xiuyi was hurriedly sent to Baoning Hall, and in just one afternoon, the news that the third grandma of the Su family was pregnant had already spread throughout the capital.

Everyone in the streets and alleys is guessing who the third grandma of the Su family is having a relationship with. Everyone knows that the third master of the Su family has long since passed away. If it is counted according to the days when the third master of the Su family is gone, the third grandma of the Su family was pregnant. is pregnant, and now the belly should also show.

But the third grandma of the Su family's stomach is still flat, and the child in her womb seems to be only about a month old, so everyone knows that this child is the wild seed that the third grandma of the Su family can't stand alone.

For a time, Xu Xiuyi's reputation was ruined all over the city, and everyone was criticized. There were even so-called moralists who said that Xu Xiuyi would be handed over to the management office to be drowned in a pig cage.

And Xu Xiuyi, since she woke up, has been lying in the hospital, Su Jinye is guarding her, her face is heavy.

"Xiuyi, tell eldest brother, who exactly does this child belong to?"

Xu Xiuyi closed her eyes and frowned deeply, thinking she could hide it for at least a few more months, and make plans slowly during the period, but she didn't expect...

She kept silent, but she still protected An Chengshao from the bottom of her heart, and wanted to bear this sin alone.

"Xiuyi, have you been forced? Tell eldest brother, you can't let your sister-in-law send you out to hide for a while, you don't know what the chaos is like outside, our Baoningtang dare not open the door today, those The vindicator rushed up to ask for it, saying that he was going to soak you in a pig cage."

Xu Xiuyi still closed her eyes, her face pale and weak: "Brother, let me be alone for a while."

"Hey, don't go back for now, I'll go home to check, if your mother finds out, maybe she will kill you, you are still weak and can't stand the toss, you live here, your second sister-in-law promised to take care of you , there are hawthorn balls on the bed, your sister-in-law said that you asked her for it many times, and also blamed me for being careless and not thinking that you were unhappy, I boiled plum porridge, and I went home and asked Jinyu to pack some things for you."

"Thank you bro."

"I know that you are also suffering. If you want, I will secretly send you out of the city with your sister-in-law. Xiuyi, you have a good rest."

"kindness."

As soon as Su Jinye went out, Su Jiang's family came in not long after. If it was based on the relationship between the swords and the sword in the past, she must be gloating now. Maybe Xu Xiuyi supported her during her most painful and difficult times. She also knows how bad a widow is. It's easy, although there is a bit of contempt in my heart, but also sympathy.

"Xiuyi, second sister-in-law give you something to eat."

"Second sister-in-law."

Sitting up, her face was even paler because of her illness, and Su Jiang hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

"Your second brother must have done it on purpose. For a shrewd person like him, he doesn't know what to say. I know him best. He knows that you are pregnant, and he deliberately blurted out in the public as if he was inadvertent. A scumbag, he can ignore anything for his own purpose, and now that Baoningtang is about to close, he is probably secretly happy to die."

When I used to love Su Jinyi, Su Jinyi said what she said.

Now that he hates Su Jinyi, Su Jiang gradually understands what kind of person Su Jinyi is.

Uncompromising means, cruel, vicious, even if Su Jiang's and Xu Xiuyi were not in harmony before, knowing that Xu Xiuyi was pregnant would not tell others with such great fanfare. After all, it is a life, not two.

According to the law, if the guards refused to let Xu Xiuyi go, Xu Xiuyi would definitely die.

Looking at Xu Xiuyi, the time of cardamom was the worst, and it was understandable that she couldn't stand her loneliness without her husband. Now, this is even her own life.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help sympathizing.

"Xiuyi, you still listen to the elder brother, go out and hide for a while."

Hide, where can you hide?

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