The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!-Chapter 506: Compensation

Lady Wu nudged Jiang Zhongxing’s arm, "Look at your son!"

Jiang Zhongxing glanced sideways and chuckled, "Just like us when we were young."

Lady Wu rolled her eyes.

Jiang Zhongxing suddenly exclaimed, "Damn, I should’ve had those soldiers clean up before kicking them out."

Lady Wu immediately nodded in agreement.

Not long after, a carriage arrived at the door.

A middle-aged man stepped down from the carriage, came in, and knelt on the ground, "I am the steward for Liu Shoubi. By order of my master, I have come to compensate for the store’s losses."

With that, he took out a stack of silver notes and raised them high.

As the steward arrived, Liu Shoubi was at home beating his son, beating him as if to death.

The steward watched in terror, sensing Liu Shoubi seemed to want to die along with his son.

Indeed, the official position was gone, and likely questioning and incarceration awaited; dying would be simpler for both father and son.

Even so, Liu Shoubi had hurriedly sent him to pay the silver, fearing the Duke may not let their family off.

Lady Wu gestured to the maid to take it.

The maid took it, flipped through it, "Madam, it’s a total of thirty thousand taels."

Lady Wu said, "Give it to Jiao Jiao."

And impatiently waved her hand at the steward.

The steward kneeling on the ground quickly retreated.

Yun Jiao took this stack of silver notes; they were enough to cover her losses.

The lost herbs and such were probably only worth a few thousand taels of silver.

Yet, having received the silver, she couldn’t be happy.

A while later, another carriage stopped at the store’s door.

A white-haired old man was helped down from the carriage, and upon entering, knelt and kowtowed to Jiang Zhongxing and Lady Wu, "I am Qin Zhen, here to apologize on behalf of my unworthy descendants."

Inside the counter, Yun Jiao paused, "Elder Qin?"

Elder Qin turned and glanced at Yun Jiao, his face full of shame, "I failed to educate my descendants properly, Doctor Gu, I am truly sorry, deeply sorry."

With those words, Yun Jiao felt awkward and quickly stepped out from behind the counter.

Seeing Yun Jiao’s respectful attitude towards Elder Qin, Jiang Zhongxing raised his eyebrows slightly and waved his hand.

The nearby steward then helped Elder Qin up.

Elder Qin saw that the Duke didn’t want to acknowledge him, and turned shamefully to bow to Yun Jiao, "Doctor Gu, my apologies. It’s my fault for not educating my descendants properly."

"When Yan Er came to cause trouble earlier, I should have reprimanded her severely, but I merely wrote a letter to her father, asking him to teach her well."

"Who knew she would cause such a major issue again."

Yun Jiao could only say, "Elder Qin, there’s no need to blame yourself; this isn’t your fault."

Elder Qin wobbled to the edge of the counter, looked at the ruined herbs on the ground, and stamped his foot, "It’s truly unforgivable! Unforgivable!"

"These herbs could save many lives, utterly wasted like this."

Yun Jiao saw his words were genuinely heartfelt, without any pretense.

Elder Qin shook his head repeatedly, then fumbled three silver notes out of his sleeve and pressed them into Yun Jiao’s hands.

Yun Jiao quickly tried to push them back, but Elder Qin adamantly said, "This is to compensate your losses; you must accept them, or my conscience will not rest." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Yun Jiao knew his unrest was more about fearing the Duke would not spare them.

Unable to say more, she silently accepted the silver notes, while Elder Qin hesitated to speak several times, but ultimately said nothing. He bowed repeatedly before turning to leave.