Chapter 36: Insignificance
At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Liang Shilan's body, and Liang Shilan didn't want to figure out the meaning contained in that look, at this moment she only felt ashamed and indignant, and she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground immediately.
She wanted to leave in a low-key and reasonable manner, and even found a good reason for herself, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Tai would do such a desperate thing that she didn't even leave her a fig leaf, confusing her with those people who were greedy for life and afraid of death.
Zhao Hanqiu glanced at Liang Shilan contemptuously, and said to Qin Shu respectfully: "Mrs. Tai, since the day the concubine married into the Qin family, she has never thought of leaving, no matter what kind of difficulties she encounters, the concubine will live and die with the Qin family." ā
With Zhao Hanqiu taking the lead, others also expressed their loyalty and would never leave Yunyun.
Even Zhou Zhen'er expressed her determination under Wang Chuliu's prompting.
Xiao Ruxuan also bowed down and said, "The same goes for concubines." ā
After a pause, Xiao Ruxuan suddenly said: "Mrs. Tai, there is a sentence, the concubine doesn't know whether to say it or not. ā
Qin Shu was stunned when she heard this, and said with a smile: "It's okay for you to say it directly." ā
Xiao Ruxuan was silent for a while, then she straightened up and said respectfully: "Mrs. Tai, the concubine thinks that it is really inappropriate for you to let go of these people. ā
"Oh?" Qin Shu was not only not angry, but straightened up with interest, and with the corner of his eye, he glanced at some of the people whose faces had changed drastically, and asked angrily, "What's wrong?" ā
Liang Shilan raised her head suddenly, staring at Xiao Ruxuan in shock and horror, with a hint of hatred in her eyes.
Xiao Ruxuan's expression was calm and calm, and she said: "Our Qin Mansion treats these people well, and even, when they are poor, we give them a way to live, but at the critical time, they only think about escaping, and completely ignore the kindness of the Qin family to them. Mrs. Tai, you are kind-hearted and let them take away their belongings, but the concubine has no way to accept it at all. ā
Speaking of this, Xiao Ruxuan raised her head, looked at Qin Shu and said, "The concubine is a virtuous concubine personally chosen by you, and she was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by you to be in charge. The sage said, in his position, seek his government, exercise his power, and fulfill his duty. Therefore, when the concubine is in this position, she must be responsible for her own identity, and strictly perform her duties and exercise her own power, even if Mrs. Tai wants to blame the concubine, the concubine must do this, otherwise, the concubine would rather not be this virtuous concubine than be the person who is in charge of the feed. ā
As she spoke, she knelt down in the direction of Qin Shu.
It's not that she's coercing Mrs. Tai, but that's what she meant by herself.
At the beginning, when Mrs. Tai summoned her, she once asked her how to understand filial piety, she once said that filial piety should be built on the basis of respect, and filial piety is not blindly obedient, and when the elders are wrong, they should also be reminded to correct in time.
Now, she felt that Mrs. Tai had made a mistake, and she had the need and obligation to remind her.
Hearing Xiao Ruxuan's words, almost everyone was stunned and looked at her in disbelief, of course, there were malicious mockery, waiting to see her jokes.
Qin Shu stared at her with heavy eyes and said, "Oh? So what do you want to do? ā
Xiao Ruxuan had a cold face and said with a straight face: "The concubine thinks that these people should be directly executed." First, it was a betrayal of their escape; Second, they are afraid that after they go out, they will disturb the people's hearts. If the people knew that even the concubines and subordinates of the Generalissimo's Mansion had fled, what would they think? ā
Before the words fell, Liang Ershilan and those subordinates who planned to leave were all pale, staring at Xiao Ruxuan in shock and horror, and the subordinates were even more trembling, almost paralyzed by fright, regretting it in their hearts, while the others breathed a sigh of relief and secretly said that they were lucky.
Originally, they still regretted not proposing to leave, but now, only their hearts are full of happiness and awe.
Qin Shu was silent for a long time before he said coldly: "Do you know that you are disobeying me?" You know that I have given an order, but you still dare to say that, do you take me, a lady, in your eyes? ā
Actually, Qin Shu had already thought of what she said, but she also had a way to deal with it, and even the next step she planned was to appease the people, but she didn't have to say it.
Xiao Ruxuan's mention is also good, quite in line with her heart. Moreover, the results are excellent. In this way, it's like one person pretending to be blackface and one person pretending to be white, look at those people below, don't dare to be careful at all, and will only concentrate on doing things in the future, and never dare to make any moths again.
Moreover, Xiao Ruxuan's move was also a great risk. But she still did it, this heart is really rare, and it really responds to what she said at the beginning.
Although Qin Shu admired it in her heart, she would not immediately agree and obey her.
was swept away in public, she "should" be angry, no matter what Xiao Ruxuan's intentions were, she did this taboo, and she must not let it go lightly. Otherwise, she, the lady, would really lose her prestige.
"The concubine is guilty, but the concubine is definitely not intended to disobey Mrs. Tai, and there is no disrespect for Mrs. Tai." Xiao Ruxuan kowtowed, "But these words have to be said." ā
"Even if it costs you your life?" Qin Shu asked.
Xiao Ruxuan's body trembled, and she said categorically: "Yes!" Even if she loses the life of her concubine, the concubine has no regrets. ā
Qin Shu stared at her quietly, everyone in the courtyard held their breath, not daring to make a sound, after a while, Qin Shu seemed to be tired, and said lazily: "That's it, for your sake, for the sake of the Generalissimo's Mansion, I will spare you for this disobedience, don't take it as an example, get up!" ā
"Yes, Mrs. Xie's mercy." Xiao Ruxuan breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up.
Qin Shu snorted lightly, as if displeased, and said, "However, what you just said does have some truth. ā
"Mrs. Tai spares her life, Aunt Xiao spares her life!" As soon as they heard Qin Shu's words, those who originally had a trace of luck immediately knelt down, gave them a head with a bang, and said: "The villain is wrong, the villain is willing to stay in the Generalissimo's Mansion, and he doesn't dare to mention the matter of escaping anymore, and he asks Mrs. Tai to spare her life......"
Xiao Ruxuan was indifferent.
Liang Shilan's face was pale, her expression was stiff, and her whole person seemed to be frozen, without saying a word.
Qin Shu said coldly: "It's late! Is the Generalissimo's Mansion a place where you can stay and leave if you want? I really don't know what to say. However, what I said just now still counts, you can still leave, but you are not allowed to take away a stitch from the Generalissimo's Mansion, and I will expel you from the Qin family's sphere of influence as a punishment for you. ā
The Qin family's sphere of influence is already very large, including Lianghuai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, and it is not allowed to go to the south. They can only go north and enter the Great Zhou, oh no, it should be Dayan's territory now.
There and this side are simply two worlds, everywhere is catching strong men, both desolate and chaotic, the people are very bitter, Qin Shu just came from there, and he knows this clearly. Expelled from the Qin family's sphere of influence, that is, no longer under the invisible protection of the Qin family, and directly fell into dire straits.
These subordinates also know something about this, who doesn't know that the north is chaotic, and even some people still fled from the north, when they heard this, they were like a dead mother, crying out of breath, and the cry was full of remorse.
Xiao Ruxuan was about to speak again, but was interrupted by Qin Shu.
"You don't have to say any more, I've made up my mind." Qin Shu raised his hand and smiled, "It's not just them, it's the people who want to flee, I will also expel them, since they want to escape, then escape completely." ā
Do you want to live that kind of life of displacement and fear, or do you want to do your best to defend your stable and prosperous homeland, and let them choose for themselves?
"Come on, pull them down, and deport them overnight." Qin Shu commanded lightly.
Immediately, a guard stepped forward and pulled the almost paralyzed man down.
At this moment, the entire courtyard was silent, everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look at Qin Shu, and even wanted to work hard to lower their sense of existence, for fear that Mrs. Tai would also expel her. This also made them suddenly think of the benefits of the Qin family. I have to say that under the protection of the Qin family, the people are living very well, and even make them feel as if they are living in a prosperous age, and the generalissimo Qin cares about the people, which can be called a love for the people like a son, such a Qin family is worthy of the support of all of them.
If the Qin family falls, the good days will really be gone forever.
Thinking of what they had done during this time, I couldn't help but regret and hate in my heart, I couldn't help but slap myself twice, and I made up my mind that I would live and die with the Qin family no matter what, Mrs. Tai said that if I can defend it, I will definitely be able to keep it, and they must be full of confidence.
Qin Shu retracted her gaze, the corners of her lips curled slightly, and glanced at Xiao Ruxuan who was standing with her head down, she was really happy in her heart, and she also had considerable confidence to appease the people in the city.
Qin Shu coughed lightly, looked at Liang Shilan again, and suddenly shouted, "Liang'sā"
Liang Shilan suddenly came back to her senses and looked at Qin Shu, her face full of horror, as if she was afraid that Qin Shu would also expel her.
Seeing this, Qin Shu laughed and said, "Don't worry, you are the daughter of the Liang family, and your identity is different from those subordinates, I won't treat you like that." Go back to Liang's house. When the dust settles on the war, her letter of resignation will be delivered, and all agreements will be null and void.
Needless to say, the Liang family will understand and hope they don't regret it.
She didn't believe that this matter was Liang Shilan's idea alone, and the Liang family must have this intention, otherwise, Liang Shilan would not have the confidence to propose this kind of thing to her.
Of course, the Liang family may just want Liang Shilan to go back to live for a few days, or someone feels sorry for their daughter to take charge of their own accounts, no matter what the reason, it doesn't matter now. She didn't even bother to lecture her.
Liang Shilan is just an unimportant concubine in the Generalissimo's Mansion, even if she escapes, she can't shake anything, she is insignificant at all.