After Xie Jing was taken away, Xu Qing fainted immediately.
When Xu Qing woke up, she saw Xie Yanchuan sitting beside the bed with a solemn expression.
"Where's your father?" Xu Qing sat up at once, grabbed Xie Yanchuan's hand and asked.
Xie Yanchuan pursed his lips and replied, "He's already been taken away."
Hearing this, Xu Qing's body went limp and her hands slipped down.
So it wasn't a dream!
Xie Yanchuan frowned and asked, "Did Father really do such a thing with Uncle?"
Xu Qing closed her eyes in despair, and tears welled up from the corners of her eyes.
Seeing Xu Qing like this, Xie Yanchuan almost lost his balance and took several steps back.
How could this happen?!
Suddenly, Xu Qing opened her eyes abruptly, and there seemed to be a glimmer of hope in the depths of her eyes.
She said to Xie Yanchuan, "Yan'er, help me quickly to find your third uncle! Your father always said he was a resourceful man. He must have a way to rescue your father!"
Hearing this, Xie Yanchuan quickly helped Xu Qing up.
The mother and son immediately rushed towards the courtyard of the third branch.
Anyway, they had to rescue Xie Jing as soon as possible!
As soon as Xu Qing saw Xie Xiu, she knelt down all at once.
She cried out, "Third Master, please find a way to save my husband!"
Shen Tang watched the First Lady, who had always been haughty towards them, now groveling before them.
She couldn't help feeling delighted in her heart.
However, Shen Tang quickly put away the smug smile on her lips.
She immediately stepped forward to help Xu Qing up and said, "First Lady, how could this be appropriate!"
Then she turned to Xie Yanchuan beside her and scolded, "Yan'er, you should have stopped her!"
After Xu Qing sat down, she wiped the tears from her face. "Third Master, my husband always praised you for being resourceful. You must have a way to rescue him, right?"
There was full of expectation in Xu Qing's eyes.
She stared intently at Xie Xiu.
Xie Xiu pursed his lips, looking embarrassed. "This... It's not that I'm not willing to help, but this matter is really tricky!"
After hearing this, Xu Qing immediately grabbed Xie Xiu's robe and said, "Although you are not brothers from the same mother, you are still family! You can't just stand by and watch him die!"
Xie Xiu let out a long sigh and then said, "Well, Tang'er has a distant relative in her maternal family who has quite a lot of connections in the capital. We can only go and plead with them to see if they can rescue Elder Brother."
Hearing this, Xu Qing's eyes lit up and she thanked him repeatedly.
"However..." Xie Xiu paused for a moment and then continued, "After all, it's asking someone else to do a favor. It's inevitable that we need to grease some palms."
Xu Qing immediately understood what Xie Xiu meant and said, "Don't worry, Third Master. I'll go and get all the silver in the courtyard right away!"
After saying that, Xu Qing immediately led Xie Yanchuan back to raise the money.
After a while, Xu Qing came back with a lot of gold, silver notes, and many jewelry.
Before leaving, she also said earnestly to Xie Xiu, "If it's not enough, I still have my dowry! As long as my husband can be rescued, I'm willing to spend any amount of silver!"
After Xu Qing left.
Shen Tang looked at the piles of gold and silver treasures on the ground, and her eyes lit up.
They were all such good things!
Then she sneered at Xie Xiu and said, "She's really stupid. Xie Jing was thrown into prison precisely because of bribing officials, and now she still expects to get him out with money. It's really laughable."
Xie Xiu sneered contemptuously. "First lock these things in the private treasury. After a few days, we'll find an excuse to make her willingly hand over all her dowry to us."
Hearing this, Shen Tang covered her mouth and laughed.
Then she threw herself into Xie Xiu's arms and said coquettishly, "My husband is so wise!"
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On the other side, Ruan Jiu was in a hurry to prepare the clothes for her trip to the capital.
Just then, Su Wan and Shen Yu came together.
"Why are you here?" Ruan Jiu asked.
Su Wan glanced at Shen Yu and replied, "We just met at the door, so we came in together."
Shen Yu then said, "I've heard about what happened to the Xie family, so I came to ask if there's anything I can do to help."
After hearing this, Ruan Jiu paused in her movements and asked, "How did you know that something happened to the Xie family?"
Wasn't it said that they took the person away secretly?
"This matter has spread all over Qinzhou City." Su Wan immediately replied, "But Xie Jing is so bad. He deserves to be thrown into prison!"
Su Wan was indignant.
Xie Jing had repeatedly made things difficult for Ruan Jiu and even forced her out of the mansion. He was really hateful!
It had caused Jiang Jibai to be busy not only with the silk shop but also with the cloth-making business.
He didn't even have time to pay attention to her.
After hearing this, Ruan Jiu's eyes narrowed.
It must be Xie Xiu who spread the news!
In this way, he could take over the Xie family smoothly.
"Ruan Ruan, what are you packing your things for?" Su Wan looked at the packages and asked.
"Fourth Master and I are going to the capital." Ruan Jiu replied.
"Go to the capital? Could it be that you two are going to rescue that scoundrel Xie Jing?!" Su Wan exclaimed.
Ruan Jiu nodded.
"Why?" Su Wan was puzzled.
It was clearly Xie Jing who had caused them so much misery.
"Anyway, they are Fourth Master's elder brothers. We can't just stand by and watch them die." Ruan Jiu explained.
Although this was true, Su Wan still felt indignant.
Her small mouth was pouted high.
Ruan Jiu smiled, then took Su Wan's hand and said, "Wan Wan, after I leave, you and Jiang Jibai must help me guard the silk shop and the cloth-making business well."
After hearing this, Su Wan's eyes lit up.
Wouldn't that mean she could stick to Jiang Jibai openly?
Ruan Jiu seemed to think of something else and then said, "And Xie Yanchuan. His family has suddenly encountered such a disaster. I'm sure he must be very sad. Please help me keep an eye on him and don't let him do anything stupid."
Xie Yanchuan was not a bad person, but he was stupid.
After hearing this, Su Wan immediately agreed, "Leave it to me."
Shen Yu beside them said, "Miss Ruan, my Shen family has quite a lot of connections in the capital. If you need anything, just ask."
Ruan Jiu smiled and said, "Thank you."
But she didn't plan to ask Shen Yu for help. After all, the Shen family was having a hard time in the capital now.
Shen Yu nodded, then took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it over. "If you encounter any difficulties, just take this jade pendant to the Shen Mansion."
"Sir, this is your personal jade pendant!" Shen Yu's attendant beside him immediately advised, "This jade pendant can command all the commercial firms of the Shen family. You mustn't give it to an outsider!"
"Mind your own business!" Shen Yu immediately scolded.
Just then, Xie Jingchu suddenly appeared and pulled Ruan Jiu behind him.
He said coldly to Shen Yu, "Our A Jiu doesn't even care about this lousy jade pendant!"
Shen Yu explained, "Miss Ruan and I are business partners, and I get along so well with Brother Xie. I should do my part."
"We appreciate your kindness, but you can keep the jade pendant for yourself." How could he let A Jiu accept something from another man.
Seeing that Xie Jingchu was so determined, Shen Yu had no choice but to take back the jade pendant and hang it back on his waist.
After leaving Xie Jingchu's mansion, Shen Yu turned to the attendant beside him and said.
"Sikong, immediately send a message back to the capital to see if there's anyone in the court who can help?"
After hearing this, Sikong looked embarrassed. "If you contact the court officials privately, Master and Madam will be unhappy when they find out."
"Then don't let them know."