Chapter 62: Turn to Please
Ning Yunxi and Qiu Bi walked to one side, one after the other, and knelt down.
Qiu Bi felt aggrieved and distressed. She comforted Ning Yunxi softly, then lowered her head and carefully adjusted her skirt.
Ning Yunxi smiled back, as a sign of comfort.
Then he lowered his eyes, hiding the loneliness in his eyes.
In the previous life, when Ning Wanshan made a mistake, Ning Hanwang was also like this.
It seemed that except for her, all other daughters were the apple of his eye.
This is not something that I am used to, but there is still an indelible shadow in my heart.
Ning Yunxi felt a soreness in the tip of her nose, and then her vision blurred.
She immediately took a deep breath and held back the tears.
Thinking of this, Ran Ci came back.
She looked embarrassed and glanced at everyone. Finally, she walked to Ning Hanwang and said something in a low voice.
"Master, for some reason, there is no money left in the treasury..."
Ning Hanwang was shocked for a moment.
"what?"
He subconsciously suspected Ning Yunxi again, so he asked Yu Ranci.
"Have you lost the warehouse key?"
Ranci shook his head.
"I checked every few hours and nothing was missing."
"But I don't know where the key is from Madam."
Ning Hanwang tried hard to look serious, but a hint of panic could not help but appear in his eyes.
"Please come here, madam."
Ran Ci responded and left.
Ning Yunxi still heard the conversation and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, she informed them in advance, otherwise even the warehouse of Huichuntang would have been lost.
How strange.
Isn’t Ning Jiewei the daughter of Aunt Pan?
Tongrou County is a poor and impoverished place. Even if she is a person who likes to spend money, she has limited knowledge. How could she have such a big appetite right from the start?
It's very strange.
At this time, Qiu Zhi came back.
"Master, it's bad. The Ning residence in the suburbs of Beijing has also been sold by the fourth lady."
"As soon as I went to ask, a few people came with a contract, saying they were here to take over the house."
Ning Hanwang's expression suddenly turned into one of worry, but he was still harsh in his words.
"Impossible, Wei'er is not that kind of child."
"She must have been tricked."
As they were talking, Mu Rong arrived.
"master."
"I see that Ranci is very anxious, I wonder what happened?"
"What happened?"
Ning Hanwang did not answer immediately, but turned and smiled politely at Fan Fugui and Niu Zhuangshi.
"Please go to the next room and wait for a while. I will have someone deliver the silver to you once I have finished the work at hand."
As he spoke, he signaled to Ran Ci with his eyes.
Ran Ci understood and took them both away.
Ning Hanwang then asked.
"Have you lost your warehouse key?"
Mu Rong shook her head and answered without hesitation.
"No."
Ning Hanwang was puzzled and sighed deeply.
"Have you touched the money in the treasury in the past two days?"
Mu Rong hadn't yet grasped the situation and could only answer truthfully.
"Weier said she wanted to buy some clothes and jewelry, so I gave her the key and asked her to go to the storehouse to get the money."
"Only once."
Ning Hanwang began to feel restless.
"She went to the storeroom alone? Didn't you go with her?"
Mu Rong shook her head in shock.
"No."
"I thought that since the master trusts Wei'er, I trust her too."
"As the master said, she is indeed sensible."
"It's just a few sets of clothes and a few pieces of jewelry. It won't cost much. She can't empty the storehouse, right?"
At this point, she began to feel uneasy.
"Could it be that... Wei'er really emptied the warehouse?"
Ning Hanwang was completely anxious.
"She's only in her early twenties, after all, she's still young. How can you let her do whatever she wants and not go with her?"
"She not only emptied the warehouse, but also sold two houses."
"The buyer has already come to our door and wants to take the house away."
"If we can't come up with the money, won't we all end up on the streets and become homeless?"
Mu Rong was panicked for a moment, and her first reaction was to plead for her daughter.
"Master, calm down. Wei'er definitely didn't mean it."
"She had lived a hard life for too long, and now she has suddenly become rich, so she has these greedy actions."
"I believe that she will learn to be sensible slowly in the future."
"Please forgive me, sir!"
Ning Yunxi was shocked when she heard this.
Is this still the mother she is familiar with?
Ning Jiewei has done so much, and she is even more tolerant than her father?
Is this just pretentious acting? It doesn't look like it.
Is it...
Ning Hanwang felt helpless and let out long sighs.
"I don't mean to blame Wei'er."
"She has a hard life, it's all my fault. It's all my fault that I didn't take good care of her and forgot about her and her mother."
"I also believe that she will be sensible, but I don't know how to overcome the current situation?"
Mu Rong signaled with her eyes.
Ning Hanwang understood what he meant.
The couple looked at Ning Yunxi at the same time, tacitly understanding each other.
Feeling their burning gazes, Ning Yunxi felt a chill in her heart.
Mu Rong smiled and pretended to show concern.
"Yo?"
"Why is Xi'er kneeling?"
"What did I do wrong again?"
Ning Hanwang pretended to cough a few times to cooperate with the acting.
"I made a mistake in my thinking...I wrongly blamed her."
Mu Rong personally stepped forward, used both hands, and helped Ning Yunxi up.
He was even very diligent and helped Qiu Bi up.
"Why is the master always like this? Xier has always been sensible and well-behaved, how could she do something wrong?"
"Master, don't do this again."
"Be good, Xi'er. Mother loves you. Sit down quickly and don't get tired."
"Since your father made a mistake, just think of it as being filial and don't bother with him."
"By the way, you don't seem to go to Huichuntang often recently."
"Huichuntang, everything is okay?"
Ning Yunxi smiled respectfully and only used words of sarcasm.
"My aunt, the Imperial Concubine, has punished me to kneel in a side hall of the Zhaoyi Palace for many days. I am too busy to go to Huichun Hall."
"This is a serious matter. I almost lost my life. Doesn't mother know?"
Mu Rong smiled very awkwardly.
"I am deep in the back house, so I don't know much about the affairs in the palace. I just know what you said."
"Your aunt, the imperial concubine, is so inconsiderate. Why did she punish you to kneel for no reason?"
"Xi'er is magnanimous and will definitely not feel resentful, right?"
"How about this, after we resolve the current situation, mother will go back to the Mu Mansion and ask your grandfather to come to the palace in person and give her a lecture. Let's see if she dares to act recklessly in the future."
As she spoke, her attitude became more attentive.
"Be good, Xi'er, our family is having some troubles. Can you show some filial piety and help out, please?"
"You can't ask us to give up our dignity and borrow money from outsiders, right?"
"You should understand that the Ning clan must not lose face."
Ning Yunxi responded coldly.
"Mother, are you asking me to borrow some money or give you some?"
"If you are borrowing, please write a receipt. If you don't return it, I will report it to Yin Sitai. If you are giving it to me, I have two requests. Please agree to them, father and mother."
Ning Hanwang's eyes darkened.
Mu Rong's smile was also a little bit off.
"Why do you have to be so direct in your words?"
"As a family, what kind of IOU should we write?"
"What do you want? Just ask."