Chapter 336: Gratitude and Resentment _2

Old man Qian was so frightened that he quickly covered his mouth and hurriedly said, "I'm not foolish, I won't take these matters outside to speak of them."

"You can't speak of them at home either; if our Qian family has any servants bought off by political enemies, they could just as easily spread these words outside," Qian Manjiang said.

Having said this, Qian Manjiang went off to entertain guests, leaving Qian Sigui to watch over Old man Qian. After the guests had been seen off, Qian Manjiang came back to reason with the elder, through both fright and examples, until Old man Qian was shaking in his boots and promised never to speak of the Royal Family's affairs again.

The next day, before dawn had even broken, Qian Manjiang sent Qian Yishan off to the Pan family, instructing him to go with Pan Yang to the Songpan Academy. Thereafter, he would live and study there, returning to the Qian home for one day only during his breaks.