They say good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.

Before long, the news of the pawning of items in the Marquis' Mansion spread to all the mansions.

In the back garden of the prime minister's residence, Dong Qinshuang had a gloomy face. After the Peach Forest Meeting, she was confined to the mansion. Otherwise, she would have definitely dealt with Su Qingwan, that arrogant little bitch.

And there was that bitch Su Yunrou. When the people from the Imperial City Bureau came that day, the young ladies of the Su family didn't suffer much. They were all protected by Prince Rui.

"Miss, people outside are saying that the Su family of Chengping Marquis' Mansion is pawning things." After the maid who had inquired about the news came back, she hurriedly told Dong Qinshuang about it.

"Oh why?"

Dong Qinshuang asked curiously.

The Su family isn't so poor that they have to pawn their belongings.

"It is said that someone in their house was kidnapped and they need money to redeem him. Now they have no money, so naturally they can only pawn their things."

Dong Qinshuang was even more surprised!

Who dares to kidnap someone from the Marquis' Mansion? And how could such a big Marquis' Mansion not be able to pay? Unless they don't want to pay.

"Who was tied up?"

"I haven't been able to find out, but I heard that the maid of the third branch of the Su family had been to the pawnshop before. I think the kidnapped person should be related to the third branch of the Su family." The maid continued.

Hearing this, Dong Qinshuang couldn't help laughing. It was related to the third room. Could it be that that little bitch Su Qingwan was kidnapped?

"You can go and ask around. It doesn't matter if you spend some money. Find out who from the third room was kidnapped."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

But before the maid left the door, Dong Qinshuang's elder brother arrived at the back garden.

"Sister, don't go out too much these days." Dong Minde warned carefully.

Dong Qinshuang looked at her eldest brother, her eyes full of confusion, "Brother, you must have forgotten that I am still under house arrest. I can't go out even if I want to."

"Oh! Yes, I forgot about this. But it's better if you don't go out recently. I just heard in Zhuangyuan Building that the fourth daughter of the Su family was kidnapped, and now the Su family is trying every way to raise money."

Dong Qinshuang was delighted and asked hurriedly, "Brother, are you telling the truth? Is Su Qingwan really kidnapped?"

"Of course it's true. I heard that the news was spread by the servants of the Marquis' Mansion. Someone has already verified it with the pawnshop. It's true."

"Haha!" Dong Qinshuang couldn't help laughing.

Su Qingwan, you have come to this day. I would like to thank those heroes who helped me. I didn't even have to do anything, but you fell into the hands of thieves. You must have done a lot of evil things.

"What are you laughing at?" Dong Minde asked, "When Fourth Miss Su got into trouble, the first people outside suspected our Prime Minister's Mansion. When I came back, I heard someone saying that this might have been done by the Prime Minister."

Dong Qinshuang frowned, "Grandfather would never do such a thing."

"Of course I know this, but the problem is that those people outside are doubting us. Rumors can lead to bad consequences. If they continue to say this, my grandfather's reputation will probably become very bad." Dong Minde frowned and said.

"What should we do? Does grandpa know about this?" Dong Qinshuang asked.

"They probably don't know yet. Grandfather went to court and hasn't come back yet."

Now that His Majesty has formed a cabinet, it is obvious that he wants to divide the power in my grandfather's hands. It is the stage of bargaining. If my grandfather's reputation is tarnished, it will not be a good thing for the game.

Dong Qinshuang frowned. Those people outside were gossiping, and it was not easy to shut them up.

"Brother, why don't we kidnap a few more young ladies and select some women who have never been to the banquet on my pleasure boat." Dong Qinshuang suddenly said.

"what do you mean?"

"Anyway, there are many people kidnapped, and it's not just Su Qingwan who was kidnapped, so naturally people won't suspect our Xiangfu anymore. For this reason, a young lady from our Xiangfu will also be taken away." Dong Qinshuang said to her eldest brother.

Dong Minde just pondered for a moment. The method his sister mentioned could indeed muddy the water. In this way, who knows who did it.

"Okay, I'll arrange it. Who in our house do you think is suitable?" Dong Minde agreed to do so immediately.

Dong Qinshuang thought about it and said, "Let's take the dying person out for medical treatment and take her away directly. It's a good idea to not let her die in the mansion and affect my marriage with the prince."

Dong Minde nodded slightly. The person who was dying of illness in the prime minister's mansion was his third sister Dong Jialin, so it would be better to let her die outside.

The two siblings had already discussed everything. Dong Minde went to make arrangements. Dong Qinshuang called the guard and said, "Go and find out who kidnapped Su Qingwan and where she is being held. Once you find her, kill her directly."

"Yes!" The guard immediately took the order and went to do the job.

Dong Qinshuang felt as if Su Qingwan was already dead, and her mood instantly improved.

Just when all kinds of rumors were flying around in the capital, Su Qingwan was eating the lotus root and pork ribs soup that Shanhu had just made, enjoying the sunshine happily.

"Sister, eat!"

Ninth sister Su Lanbin scooped up the ribs from her bowl with a spoon and was about to put it into Su Qingwan's bowl.

"You feed me, what do you eat?" Su Qingwan teased the little girl. She had gained some weight now and looked even cuter and more well-behaved.

"I have one." Su Lanbin showed his small bowl to Su Qingwan. There was a piece of spare ribs in it, which was much smaller than the one he gave to Su Qingwan.

"Then let's all eat. Sister Shanhu has more. When we're done, we can go get another bowl."

"Uh-huh!"

Su Lanbin smiled, revealing a row of little white teeth, very cute.

Aunt Rong came in at this time. Seeing Su Lanbin was there too, she didn't say anything about what she had found out outside, but waited patiently for the two to finish eating.

Su Qingwan asked Su Lanbin to go to the kitchen to find Shanhu, and she looked at Aunt Rong, "Aunt Rong, what's going on?"

"Miss, it's very lively outside now. I went out for a walk and heard more than ten versions of the story. One said that the second master of the Marquis's Mansion owed gambling debts outside and couldn't pay the money, so he had to pawn his things. Another said that the eldest master rented a garden outside to keep a mistress, and now he wants to separate from the Marquis's Mansion..."

"Oh my! The funniest thing is that the old marquis is going to divorce Madam Kang and marry a young and beautiful woman."

Aunt Rong told a lot of rumors in one breath, which left Su Qingwan stunned.

She had to admit that she felt that the people of the capital were much more imaginative than those of the provincial capital, and that the stories were compiled in combination with the hobbies of several masters of the marquis's mansion, which made it even more difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.

"Is there any news from Jingzhao Yin?" Su Qingwan asked again.

Xiao Lin jumped down from the beam, which scared Aunt Rong.

"Why can't this child walk through the door normally? No matter how much I teach him, he just can't do it. It scares me to death." Aunt Rong really wanted to beat Xiao Lin up, but she couldn't bear to do it.

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