The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

"Uncle San! I didn't know the situation just now and I'm sorry for offending you. I won't dare to do it again. Please let me go this time!"

Xie Shaobai wanted to grab the corner of Xie Lin's robe, but Xie Lin took two steps back to avoid his hand.

"Third brother, the child has already realized his mistake, so just give him a light punishment." The old lady said.

Xie Shaobai looked at him hesitantly.

Before Xie Lin could speak, a woman's voice suddenly came from outside the main hall: "Mother is right, third brother, don't punish him too harshly, or you will lose family affection."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it was Concubine Xie, dressed in jewels and precious stones, who had returned home, followed by countless old women, maids, and eunuchs.

The old lady led everyone to stand up and bow to Noble Lady Xie.

Lady Xie stepped forward to support the old lady and said, "Mother, why must you be so polite to your daughter? It is really embarrassing for your daughter. It should be your daughter who pays respects to you."

The mother and daughter exchanged a few polite words.

Lady Xie looked at Xie Lin and said, "Did you hear what I just said, Third Brother? The Xie family can afford to lose several million taels of silver. What Second Brother and Big Nephew did cannot affect the foundation of the Xie family. Why should we be angry with them?

"In my opinion, since they are determined to do great things, the family should give them enough money to support them. Our Xie family is not like those small families. We cannot give them three or five million taels of silver to lose money. Losing money can teach us lessons and gain experience, so it is not a loss."

Xie Zhun and Xie Shaobai were moved to tears and nodded repeatedly.

Xie Lin stood there in a light blue brocade robe, neither humble nor arrogant, like a green pine or cypress, with a demeanor that showed he would not bow down to anything.

"If they want to do something big, according to the rules of the Xie family, they should inform me as the head of the family and give me enough reasons to convince me. If it is possible, I will naturally not stop them, but support them.

"But in the Osmanthus Flower case, Xie Shaobai poisoned me from the beginning, trying to hide it from me and do it directly. Later, I found out and punished him to live in a manor. He did not repent, but instead instigated my second brother to steal the Xie family's land deed and borrowed three million taels of silver from Liu's bank.

“Before the arrival of Noble Lady Xie, my Xie family took out three million taels of silver to repay the silver they owed.

"Everything that Xie Shaobai did was shameless and cruel. His intention was obvious - to replace me as the head of the family. Mr. Xie, shouldn't such a wicked person be severely punished to serve as a warning to others?"

Xie Lin's voice was not loud, even cold and silent, but he spoke the truth and every word he said was irrefutable.

Lady Xie felt a little embarrassed.

After a while, Xie Guiren said, "In that case, I will make the decision. I will punish them by sending them to the farm in the west of the city to take care of the hundred-acre osmanthus garden!"

After the blooming osmanthus flowers are sent away, a new batch of seedlings will be delivered and planted in advance.

"Your second brother and Shaobai have been pampered since childhood. This punishment is considered severe for them!"

Xie Lin asked: "Is Mr. Xie making the decision on behalf of me, the head of the Xie family?"

Concubine Xie frowned: "I am the emperor's concubine, can't I make a decision?"

"In your palace, of course. But this is the Xie Mansion. If a noble person comes today, he can interfere with the decision of me as the head of the family. If a more noble person comes tomorrow, will I have to change the decision again? There are so many people in the world who are more noble than me. Who should I listen to? Should the Xie family let others make decisions?"

These words were spoken with great severity, and it could be said that they gave no respect to Mr. Xie at all, but Xie Lin's expression was cold and calm, as if he was just stating the facts and was not intentionally targeting anyone.

Lady Xie's face turned blue, then white, and then white, then blue again.

There was a big age gap between her and Xie Lin, and they had very little time to spend together. However, this was not her first time spending time with Xie Lin, but Xie Lin still made her extremely angry.

Taking a deep breath, Xie Guiren asked, "Then what do you want? One of them is your second brother, and the other is your eldest nephew! Mother is already old, if you punish them severely, she won't be able to bear it. If anything happens to them, you, the third brother, will be a great disobedience to your parents!"

"Just as Lady Xie said, send them to the 100-acre osmanthus garden in the west of the city to take care of the 100 acres of osmanthus flowers."

Hearing this, Lady Xie snorted in her heart. In the end, she still had to listen to her. Why did she say such cold words before and make people unhappy?

Xie Zhun and Xie Shaobai also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

They were just punished to go to the Osmanthus Garden, which was not a severe punishment. They stayed in the house every day, ate well, drank well and slept well, and went home when the time came. Naturally, the people on the farm were responsible for taking care of the Osmanthus flowers.

Unexpectedly, Xie Lin changed the subject and continued, "I will have someone allocate 200,000 pots of osmanthus for them to take care of. By next autumn, when 100,000 pots of osmanthus are in bloom, they can go home. If there are less than 100,000 pots, they will continue to stay in the osmanthus garden until 100,000 pots are in bloom."

In this way, we can prevent the uncle and nephew Xie Zhun from living a life like parasites in the osmanthus garden, eating and doing nothing every day, and thinking that they have been punished if they can just get through the day.

How could it be so easy to make mistakes under his command?

Lady Xie opened her lips, but she really didn't know what to say. Her third brother was really too cruel.

"One hundred thousand pots, isn't that too many? They have never done that kind of delicate work, how can they do it?" The old lady felt distressed.

Xie Lin asked, "When they borrowed three million taels of silver to buy millions of pots of chrysanthemums, did they ever think that it was a huge sum of money and they couldn't afford it? Now that they are asked to take care of the osmanthus flowers, they say that the work is too delicate and they can't do it well?"

The old lady was furious: "Is this how you talk to me, your mother?"

Xie Lin said calmly: "If they don't know how to do it, they can learn."

He added, "Wangshan, send them to the Osmanthus Garden in the west of the city overnight."

The old lady was naturally heartbroken, and Concubine Xie had no choice but to comfort her.

After Xie Zhun and Xie Shaobai were sent away, the main hall finally quieted down. Xie Lin said, "The matter has been dealt with. Mother, I will take my leave. I will go to pay my respects to you on time tomorrow morning."

He bowed and saluted to Concubine Xie, preparing to leave.

"Third brother, please go to the study and wait for a moment. I have something to tell you."

Xie Lin was a little surprised. Lady Xie came here tonight... because of him?

He went to the study and waited for a while, and then Concubine Xie arrived. She came in alone, and the rest of the people were waiting outside the door, standing far away.

Xie Lin looked at the distance and made sure that the people guarding outside could not hear the voices in the study. Did Mr. Xie... do this on purpose?

"Third brother, the last time Rongrong came to Xie's house, she jumped off the city wall. I was very angry. Similarly, the emperor and the queen were also very angry. Rongrong is the princess of Daqi, and the child of the emperor and the queen."

Xie Lin listened quietly and did not respond immediately.

Lady Xie continued, "I came here tonight to tell you that I hope you can take good care of the Xie family and never appear in front of the emperor and the queen again.

"Firstly, you have had poor health since childhood. To the Emperor and the Empress, people like you are full of bad luck. Appearing in front of them will only make them unhappy.

“Secondly, if you appear in front of them, they will think of how Rongrong came to our Xie Mansion and almost jumped off the city wall and lost her life, and they will dislike you even more.

"So, from now on, you must avoid any place where the emperor and the queen appear. I am doing this for you and the entire Xie family. You have to listen."

Xie Lin was so perceptive that he could only discern one purpose from what Concubine Xie said: not to appear in front of the Emperor and the Empress.