Chapter 403

Chapter 403

Qin Jiu gently patted Old Madam Qin's hand with her other hand, looking calm.

No matter what, in the novel, Old Madam Qin was still good to the original owner, not like Qin Zhun, Qin Xin and Madam Su, and her repentance right now was also sincere.

Old Madam Qin was just a confused old madam.

After feeling that Qin Jiu had forgiven her, Old Madam Qin was mostly relieved and took two deep breaths to stabilize her emotions before saying. "Jiu'er, there is actually one more thing..."

Before finishing her sentence, she was interrupted by Qin Zeyu. "Big brother!"

Qin Zeyu stood up and waved happily at Qin Zening, who was walking towards them outside the pavilion.

Qin Zening strides over. He took a break today, wearing a lake-blue robe with a tunic flower embroidered on it, and was also wearing a rhinoceros horn belt as his waist tie, looking refreshed.

He went out early in the morning to drink and ride horses with Pei Qi and a few others, and when he returned to the mansion, he came over.

Old Madam Qin hurriedly called Qin Zening to sit down in the pavilion, "Ning'er, you've came back just in time."

Raising his eyebrows, Qin Zening put down the snack box he had brought with him, while Qin Zeyu could not wait to open the box himself, thinking that the snack came just right in time as he was hungry.

Qin Jiu looked at the greedy cat and couldn't help but remember the sentence: Half a big boy, eat me to death*, fortunately their family business was big enough!

(*a boy who can't work but can only eat has a particularly large appetite and can live his family poor)

Old Madam Qin's eyes darken. "Ning'er do you still remember when you grandfather and I planned to go back to Minzhou and move your parents' bones back to the capital?"

Qin Zening had most complicated expression as he nodded and said. "I remember."

After a pause, he continued. "Grandpa was on his way to Minzhou when he suddenly suffered from abdominal pains and he later passed away." His voice sounded rough.

Qin Zeyu was still young at the time and his memory of this was vague. He only faintly remembered that ten years ago, he went on a trip out of the capital with his grandparents, big brother, and Qin Xin, and then his grandfather passed away...at that time, everyone kept it from him. He was with his nanny as he watched one physician after another came and left with a heavy atmosphere and everyone looked mournful.

They did not let him see his grandfather's remains for fear of scaring him, so to him, it was as if his grandfather had just suddenly disappeared.

Recalling the past, Old Madam Qin's eyes reddened and filled with mist. "That day, when I was staying at the inn, I asked someone to make a bowl of sweet soup. That sweet soup was placed on the table and when I came back from changing my clothes, I just happened to see Qin Xin putting the lid back on the food box back...at that time I only thought Qin was curious what's inside."

Qin Xin was less than five years old innocent child, at that time.

"I personally delivered that sweet soup to your grandfather, your grandfather was busy at that time, so I put down the sweet soup and went back to the inn, shortly after resting, I heard that your grandfather was having severe abdominal pain ......"

"...."

The siblings were dumbfounded.

Qin Zeyu felt that Qin Xin had broken his bottom-line time and time again, and the little bit of family affection he had for Qin Xin had completely wipe out.

Of course, Qin Zening understood the underlying meaning of Old Madam Qin's words, which filled his heart with turmoil.

He was more churn than Qin Jiu and Qin Zeyu; his father left them early, so it was his grandfather who personally taught him. When he was in Minzhou, his grandfather personally taught him how to read, and when they returned to the capital, his grandfather supported him in learning martial arts, he also taught him the principles of life...

Qin Zening took a deep breath and said with great difficulty. "What does grandmother mean..."

"I don't have any evidence..." Old Madam Qin sighed, she was not sure, but because of Qin Zhun and Qin Xin's affairs these days, she did not get a good night's sleep.

"In the early hours of this morning, I dreamed of your grandfather. He scolded me for being an old fool ...... and just now when I heard that Qin Xin had come, I suddenly remembered this matter."

That distant memory was becoming clearer and clearer in her mind, she remembered that at that time, the small Qin Xin was putting the lid back on while playfully saying to her, "Grandmother, you're biased, Grandfather has sweet soup to drink, I want to drink it too!"

At that moment, how did she answer?

That's right, this was how she answered: "You child, why are you jealous of your grandfather..."

Old Madam Qin felt that several holes had poked her heart, and the cold wind whistled through her heart.

At that time, Qin Xin was just a little child who had only reached her waist. Was there really someone who was naturally cold blooded and ruthless?!

"Perhaps it is your grandfather's spirit in heaven." Saying that, Old Madam Qin raised her eyes to look at the blue sky outside the pavilion, looking old and sad as she was lost in deep longing and self-blame.

If her suspicions were correct, it was tantamount to her personally delivering the poisoned food box to the late marquis, with this thought Old Madam Qin tightly clutched the string of rosewood Buddha beads in her hand.

Qin Zening narrowed his eyes as it grows deeper and darker, he said. "She's afraid that grandfather will find out that she's an imposter...."

With Qin Xin's insidiousness, this was definitely possible!

"Grandma," Qin Zening said solemnly as she locked eyes with Old Madam Qin without blinking, "I will look into it."

It has been so many years since this incident happened, that it may not be possible to find out the truth, but Qin Zening still plans to try.

If Qin Xin had really done this, it would have been impossible for her to leave no traces. For example, she was not even five years old at that time, so where did the poison or medicine she gave to grandfather come from? Or, why did she specifically want to kill grandfather at that inn...

What else happened back then that he did not know about ......

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If I'm correct this should 4/8 sponsored chapter~❤️