The daughter of the metaphysical fortune teller: she is the best at eating melons to prolong life

Chapter 103: Settling Accounts with the Second Wife

"Thank you, sir. We have found the person, but the examination is not over yet. In order not to affect other candidates, we can only deal with this matter after the examination is over."

Xie Changting's face was clouded with gloom. He could never imagine that it was Xie Yu who stole the assessment sticker and the banknotes.

In order to allow Xie Lan to study at Baihe Academy, he racked his brains to get this assessment card. He had originally made up his mind that no matter who stole the assessment card, he would find that person out and make her pay the price.

But when he found out it was Xie Yu, his anger was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head.

You can't write two characters for "Xie" with one stroke. After all, Xie Yu is a child of the Xie family. If word gets out that the girl from the Xie family stole her eldest sister's assessment post, it will not only ruin her own reputation.

The entire Xie family will be implicated by her.

The most important thing is that as the head of the Xie family, he did not teach his daughter well. If this gets out, his reputation as an official will be affected.

Now that the assessment test has begun, even if Xie Lan gets the assessment sticker back from Xie Yu, he will still miss the test.

He couldn't ruin his reputation as an official just for a scrapped assessment post.

The only solution for now is to suppress this matter.

Xie Changting quickly weighed the pros and cons and immediately bowed to the two masters.

"My two masters, I am truly sorry. I made a mistake. Xie Yu is my niece. She did not steal the exam paper. It was the servants in the mansion who made a mistake, which led to the misunderstanding."

The two teachers were not stupid and they could tell at a glance why Xie Changting changed his words.

They glanced at Xie Lan and saw that she looked indifferent but did not pursue the matter any further, so they did not know what to say.

Since the person involved denied that the examination ticket was stolen, their academy could not cancel the examination of Xie Yu.

When Xie Lan heard the teacher say Xie Yu's name, she guessed that her father would choose to give up the pursuit.

After all, in his heart, nothing is more important than his official reputation.

After listening to Xie Changting's words, Xie Lan turned around and left.

Tiechui followed behind, looking indignant, "Girl, is this the end of the matter?"

As soon as Xie Lan got on the carriage, he put away the grievance and resentment he had shown in front of Xie Changting.

At this moment, he was leaning against the wall of the car, slowly waving his folding fan, and after listening to Tiechui's words, he tutted his lips, pointed at his cheek and said, "Do you think your daughter looks like a generous person?"

Tiechui shook his head, "Not like that."

Xie Lan nodded, "That's right, your girl eats everything but won't suffer any loss."

Tiechui knew that Xie Lan was not the type to suffer a loss, but she thought that for the sake of Xie Changting's official reputation, Xie Lan would just let the matter go.

It was impossible to calculate, so Xie Lan went back home to settle the score with the second wife.

The first wife spent so much money to let Xie Lan study at the White Crane Academy, so the second and third wives were inevitably jealous. They didn't dare to express their dissatisfaction with Xie Changting openly, so they could only make a scene in front of the old lady.

At this moment, everyone gathered in the old lady's Mingsong Hall.

When she saw Xie Lan, Liu's eyes flickered and she lowered her head to drink tea as if nothing had happened.

"We have all the people here. Are you planning how to divide the family while my father and I are not here?"

The old lady was already upset by the people from the second and third rooms, and she became even more upset when she saw Xie Lan, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why are you dividing the family property so peacefully?

Aren't you supposed to take part in the White Crane Academy exam today? Why didn't you go?"

Xie Lan sneered, "Why didn't you take the test? Grandmother, you should ask my good second uncle and second aunt about this."

The old lady frowned in confusion, "What do you mean by that? Why are you asking your uncle and aunt?" "Oh, Lan girl, could it be that the teacher of the White Crane Academy thinks you are illiterate and a blockhead, and is afraid that if he accepts you, it will lower the level of other students in the academy, so he doesn't allow you to take the exam?

Second Aunt said that it would be a waste of money for you to go to school at such an old age. Why bother?"

Xie Lan glared at Peng coldly, and without even turning his head, he ordered, "Iron Hammer, slap him."

Before Peng could even say "how dare you" she was slapped in the face.

Xie Changting, who came back at the same time as Xie Lan, happened to see this scene.

If he had seen Xie Lan asking the maid to do it in the past, he would have definitely scolded her, but today he said nothing.

Husband and wife are one body. This slap not only hit Mrs. Peng, but also Xie Donghai's face.

Seeing that Xie Changting turned a blind eye to the beating of Mrs. Peng, Xie Donghai angrily questioned, "Brother, are you just going to watch your daughter disrespect her elders and beat them up?"

I thought Xie Changting would punish that damn girl, but Xie Changting just said coldly, "I also want to know why my second brother and his wife are dissatisfied with me as their eldest brother. Do they really want to divide the family?"

"Brother, what are you talking about? Have I ever been dissatisfied with you? Dividing the family is nonsense. Mother is still alive. Why should I divide the family?"

Xie Donghai was indeed very dissatisfied with Xie Changting. His ability was obviously not inferior to that of his eldest brother. But because he was the second son, he was suppressed by him in everything.

That would have been fine, but what made him most dissatisfied was that if most of the money left by the Su family had not been taken by Xie Changting for operations, but was used for him to bribe people, why would he have ended up being only a ninth-rank official in the Imperial Household Department?

Recently he was trying to move up a level, but that damn girl not only took away all the money in the treasury, but Xie Changting also sold off the valuable collections in the treasury so that she could study in Baihe Academy.

His plan failed again.

Xie Donghai was naturally dissatisfied that all the benefits were taken by the first wife. However, he still had to rely on Xie Changting, so he did not dare to express his dissatisfaction.

"Boss, what happened? What are you talking about for no reason?" The old lady wanted to tear Xie Lan, the troublemaker, to pieces. If it weren't for her, there would have been no conflict between the two brothers Xie Changting.

Xie Dahe also advised, "Brother, has something happened? If you have anything to say, just talk it out. Brothers shouldn't have conflicts."

Xie Changting's expression did not ease. He knew that his two younger brothers were dissatisfied with him. If it were usual, he would not want to care about it, but this time the actions of the second house ruined his plan.

"Second brother, you still want to play dumb? You and your wife conspired together to steal the three thousand taels of silver that I gave to Lan girl, and not only that, you even swapped her assessment sticker. Do you still have me as your big brother in your eyes?"

The old lady was stunned for a moment, "What did you say? The second son robbed Lan girl's banknotes?"

Xie Donghai cried out in anger, "Brother, are you crazy? Peng and I have been in the mansion the whole time. When did we steal the banknotes and replace Lan's exam ticket?"

Peng was already resentful for being slapped in public, and now she could no longer hold back her anger. "Why, your first wife got all the benefits, and now that the banknotes have been robbed, you want to throw dirty water on our second wife. Do you really think our second wife is easy to bully?"

Xie Lan slammed his palm on the table, his expression cold, "Xie Yu is now taking the test at the White Crane Academy. How dare Second Aunt say that it is your Second Branch that is being bullied?"

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