inspire-indiana Chapter 629 Something big happened again
Chapter 629 Something big happened again
Qin Wanning walked to his side, nodded, and her brows furrowed slightly.
He Yulin lowered his eyes and stared at her, trying to see something from her face. Qin Wanning raised her eyes and met his gaze, her eyes calm and composed.
After a moment of eye contact, He Yulin looked away, chuckled, and gently stroked Qin Wanning's lower abdomen, saying, "Our child looks like he's grown a bit more."
Qin Wan lowered her eyes, looked at the hand resting on her lower abdomen, and chuckled softly, "It is indeed a bit bigger than before, but I can't see any change when I look at it every day."
He Yulin said, "It doesn't matter whether you can see it or not, our child will come out to see his parents in five months anyway."
The question from earlier seemed to have never been asked, and the two tacitly refrained from bringing it up again.
He Yulin sat with Qin Wanning for a while longer. Before leaving, he held Qin Wanning's hand and instructed her, "A'Ning, Mother is emotionally unstable because of the rumors. Stay in the courtyard for the next two days and don't go anywhere. I will handle things."
Qin Wanning looked at him and nodded gently, "Yes, I know, go ahead."
*
Back at Maohua Courtyard, Jia Shi had been comforted by He Qianqian and was sitting on a chair in the hall, still sobbing.
Seeing He Yulin enter, He Qianqian asked, "Brother, have you found out if Qin Wanning did it? You should quickly make her come and apologize to Mother, and then go outside to clarify things."
"flourishing!"
This was the first time He Yulin had spoken to him so sternly since He Qianqian returned.
“A-Ning did not do this. I hope I will never hear such words again in the future.”
Seeing He Yulin's still angry face, He Qianqian immediately fell silent and dared not speak again. She just looked at him with red eyes, her eyes full of grievance.
Sobbing, Madam Jia said to He Yulin with a wronged expression, "Yulin, Qianqian is just worried about me. Why do you treat her like this? If you're unhappy, just come and scold your mother."
It is extremely unfilial for a son to scold his mother.
He Yulin clenched his fists, his eyes filled with pain as he looked at Jia Shi and asked, "Mother, are you trying to torture your son by saying this? When have I ever scolded you, Mother?"
Seeing He Yulin's eyes redden, Jia lowered her head and said nothing more.
He Yulin turned to leave and said coldly, "I will have someone clarify this matter. Mother and Qianqian are at home; they should not go out for the next few days."
*
Inside the Hibiscus Pavilion, Su Lingyue was reading in the flower hall when Cai Die rushed in and said, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"
"What's wrong?" Su Lingyue asked, putting down her book.
Panting, Cai Die told Su Lingyue all the rumors she had heard outside.
Su Lingyue frowned deeply.
Caiyi asked with a puzzled look, "It's really strange. Besides their own family, only the Prince and Princess, you and me, and Lin Chuan know about this. Who would spread this news?"
Cai Die wiped the sweat from her forehead, walked up to Cai Yi, and said innocently, "It wasn't me."
“Of course we know it wasn’t you.” Caiyi smiled and glanced at her, then looked at Su Lingyue and asked, “Miss, did their servants spread this rumor?”
The servants present at the time, I wonder if the He family had given proper instructions, or if any servant had a grudge against their master that could be spread?
Su Lingyue frowned, her eyes filled with worry, and said to Caiyi, "On the surface, this matter is aimed at the Jia family, but who do you think is most likely to do it?"
Without even thinking, Cai Die replied, "Of course it's Miss Qin! It was Jia Shi who harmed her!"
Caiyi stared at Caidie, her face full of shock.
Su Lingyue nodded, "Yes, on the surface, it seems like Wan Ning spread this information targeting the Jia family, but Wan Ning wouldn't do that. She's already pregnant, and spreading such things would damage the Jia family's reputation, and her child's reputation would also be affected in the future."
She spoke with conviction because she had always believed in Wan Ning from the bottom of her heart.
Cai Die and Cai Yi nodded in unison, "We also think Miss Qin wouldn't do that."
Su Lingyue was very worried about Qin Wanning, so she said to Caiyi, "Caiyi, go to the Qin residence for me and see how Wanning is doing. Also, ask He Yulin how he plans to handle this matter. Just say that I asked you to ask him."
"Understood, Your Highness."
Caiyi went out and returned in less than an hour.
She handed a letter from Qin Wanning to Su Lingyue and also relayed He Yulin's message.
"Young Master He said he would handle this matter and would not let anyone harm Wan Ning, so Your Highness can rest assured."
Su Lingyue opened Qin Wanning's letter with suspicion, and only felt relieved when she saw that Qin Wanning had said the same thing as He Yulin.
Cai Die took Su Lingyue's letter, glanced at it, and praised He Yulin with a smile, "This young master He is really good to Miss Qin. Miss Qin did not marry the wrong person."
Su Lingyue smiled and hummed in agreement, then continued flipping through the book in her hands.
She was happy as long as Wan Ning was doing well.
*
The next morning, at the South Gate of the capital, servants of the He family set up a stall and shouted loudly: "Madam He has specially set up a porridge stall to pray for the young mistress and the child in her womb. Anyone in a poor family can come and get porridge and steamed buns."
Although the porridge was thin, it was made entirely of golden millet, and the steamed buns were plump and white. Before long, people in need of relief from both inside and outside the city flocked to the porridge distribution site, spreading the message of the porridge distribution in the process.
After three days of distributing porridge, the rumors in the capital gradually subsided.
Others simply assumed it was someone spreading rumors.
At the same time, Grand Tutor He also woke up.
Fortunately, He Wen was by his side at the time and administered the medicine in time, so Grand Tutor He's health was not seriously affected.
Grand Tutor He instructed He Wen to bring He Yulin to the bedside. He looked at his grandson with a face full of satisfaction, his wrinkled eyes filled with undisguised admiration.
"Yulin, I heard about this from your father. You handled it very well, resolving the crisis for the He family in the most appropriate way. You truly deserve to be called a man of the He family."
He Yulin clasped his hands and bowed deeply to Grand Tutor He, saying, "It is all thanks to the excellent teachings of my grandfather and father."
Looking at his respectful and well-mannered grandson, Grand Tutor He nodded in satisfaction, and He Wen's eyes were also filled with pride.
In the future, Yu Lin will definitely be the most perfect successor of the He family, and may even do better than him.
After the matter was resolved, Grand Tutor He became worried about the two parties involved and asked He Yulin, "How are your mother and Wan Ning? Have they had any disagreements?"
He Yulin smiled calmly: "Grandfather, don't worry. I've already appeased Mother. Besides, Qianqian is with her. A-Ning is very understanding and hasn't taken this matter to heart."
"That's good."
Grand Tutor He sighed with satisfaction, saying that as long as they worked together, there was nothing they couldn't solve.
Turning to He Wen, he instructed him, "This matter is quite strange. Send someone to inquire about it and find out where these rumors came from. We must address the root cause to prevent similar incidents from happening again."
He Wen nodded, "Understood, Father."
Just then, Madam Xu hurried in. Remembering something, she deliberately slowed her pace at the door and said with a smile, "Yulin is here! Your second aunt has been looking for me for a long time."
"What's wrong, Second Aunt?"
"There's been a slight discrepancy in the amount of food distributed for the porridge. Come out and take a look."
He Yulin followed Xu out the door, and was about to ask about the grain accounts when Xu pulled He Yulin's hand and led him to a corner, whispering, "Yulin, something big has happened again!"
After the rumors, He Yulin's nerves relaxed a bit, but as soon as he heard that something big was going to happen, his heart tightened up again.
"What's wrong?" he asked hurriedly.
Madam Xu said anxiously, "People from the Jingzhao Prefecture have come and said they want to summon people from the prefecture for questioning. Someone has accused the He family of beating someone to death, and the people from the prefecture are waiting outside!"