Chapter 599 The Consequences of Pushing Too Hard
“Eldest Brother, I’m sorry that I’m going to see Imperial Grandmother!” Chu Liuchen raised his cold eyes, looked at Chu Liuyue, who looked amiable and said.
The coldness in Chu Liuyue’s crystal-like eyes made his smile look a little stiff.
“Go ahead, Third Brother!” Chu Liuyue gave way to him and said.
Chu Liuchen nodded. Xiao Xuanzi turned his wheelchair and pushed it to the Empress Dowager’s Palace of Benevolent Peace.
Watching Chu Liuchen going away, Chu Liuyue beca sullen despite the smile on his face. He walked out slowly with his hands clasped behind his back, thinking of a way to find out the cause of the incident.
He was very assured about Wen Xichi’s capability. With his intelligence, WenXichi was unlikely to make a trivial matter within the inner court so significant that it was even known to the officials in the imperial court. When several docunts were thrown on him, he stole a glance at them, only to find that they were all about the “bane”.
The officials in the imperial court were all convinced of the claim of describing Shao Wanru as a “bane”. It could be seen that their father must be suspicious of them.
He could be sure that soone, who was behind him and Wen Xichi, managed to make it significant in order to arouse his father’s suspicion of him, so he couldn’t act rashly at this mont.
He had intended to tell his father about his affection for the First Miss of Duke Xing’s Mansion, but now he decided to drop the idea. If his father associated Shao Yanru with it, he would probably get involved in it.
Therefore, during this period of ti, he had to distance himself from Shao Yanru so as not to get into trouble. anwhile, he had to tell Wen Xichi not to act rashly in the upcoming days.
He didn’t mind if others continued talking about the “bane”, as long as he and Wen Xichi didn’t get involved in it. He was assured that Wen Xichi would definitely wipe out the evidence of what he had done. Nevertheless, he couldn’t have much contact with Wen Xichi in private during this period of ti.
After figuring out his current situation, Chu Liuyue looked a little better!
He felt a little regretful that he had intervened in Shao Yanru’s affairs, which was just a battle in the backyard. Moreover, Duke Xing’s Mansion was not decent and tolerant enough indeed Shao Wanru was just a Miss returning to their mansion from outside. They just needed to prepare a set of dowry for her when she grew up and got married. Why were they so narrow-minded that they had to force her into a dead end?
At this mont, he disdained Shao Yanru in his heart and thought that Shao Yanru was not as perfect as he had imagined. If he really married her, could she really handle the affairs of his backyard well?
The rumors about the “bane” in the capital city ca aggressively and disappeared quickly within a day.
Mada Dong specially ca up the mountain in person to report it to Shao Wanru!
She said that the officers of the local authority had been trying to find out where the rumors co from, but they had no clue yet. No one knew where the rumors co from. It was said that a rchant from another place ca to the capital city and heard it while chatting with others. However, the rchant just stayed in the capital city for a short ti, and no one knew where he had gone after that.
As the rumors about the “bane” disappeared, the previous rumors intensified and were associated with the rumors about the “bane”. The public opinion directed the spearhead at Duke Xing’s Mansion, and people thought Duke Xing’s Mansion the cause of the series of things.
Of course, people only talked about these rumors in private now without daring to talk about them in public. Those, who had talked about the rumors about the “bane” fervently before, had already been arrested. At this ti, no one dared to spread the rumors, for fear that they would get into trouble. After all, Duke Xing held real power.
Apart from the news, Mada Dong brought the news of Fanglan Embroidery Shop, which was supposed to be rged with Butterfly Clothing Shop as a shareholder. However, after Shao Wanru cleverly negotiated with them, both of the two shops made a concession later and reached an agreent that either of the two shops could borrow a certain amount of money from the other shop when it was short of money. It could be considered a reciprocal partnership.
“Miss, Fanglan Embroidery Shop said that they wanted to borrow a large sum of money this ti. I can’t make the decision.” Mada Dong said while taking out a piece of paper from her bosom.
Butterfly Clothing Shop had always been stable in business with no shortage of funds despite its small scale. In recent years, Butterfly Clothing Shop had never borrowed money from Fanglan Embroidery Shop, while Fanglan Embroidery Shop borrowed money from Butterfly Clothing Shop from ti to ti for more than ten tis. When they wanted to borrow a large amount of money sotis, Mada Dong did not dare to make the decision and directly turned to Shao Wanru.
Fortunately, Fanglan Embroidery Shop kept its word and usually returned money soon.
“Have you checked their account book?” Shao Wanru glanced at the seal of Fanglan Embroidery Shop on the receipt and asked with composure. In the past three years, she had seen it more than ten tis and found it familiar now.
“I haven’t checked it yet. Miss, if you think it feasible, I’ll ask soone to check their account book!” Mada Dong reported.
Fanglan Embroidery Shop wouldn’t claim to be short of money with no evidence, so they would naturally show their account book to Mada Dong.
“Lend them money after checking the account book and finding nothing wrong as before!” Shao Wanru nodded and returned the receipt to Mada Dong.
“I got it!” Mada Dong said with a nod, put the receipt into her bosom, and then hesitated for a mont.
“Is there anything else?” Shao Wanru smiled slightly and asked softly.
“I... I seem to have seen an acquaintance a few days ago...” Mada Dong said hesitantly, “But I didn’t see her clearly at the mont and was not sure if it’s her.”
“Who?” Shao Wanru asked with a smile.
“It seed to be the personal old maid of the wife of the magistrate in Jiangzhou. When I was in Jiangzhou, I t her several tis, so I can recognize her.” Mada Dong said.
The personal old maid of Magistrate Qi’s wife? Since a personal old maid usually followed her master to serve her master, could it be that Magistrate Qi had co to the capital city?
“Go to inquire about Magistrate Qi!” Shao Wanru thought for a while and gave an order.
She didn’t know whether Magistrate Qi went to the capital in the last life. But what had happened in the last life might not happen in this life. Many things in this life had changed, and there were many things that even she didn’t know.
Qi Tianyu ca in a hurry that day and disappeared after setting her up. She had an intuition that Qi Tianyu would not leave so easily.
If he had let go of what had happened three years ago, he would not have done that on that day. Of course, in other words, he might be after sothing.
“Okay, I’ll inquire about it after going back!” Mada Dong said with a nod. After reporting so trivial things to Shao Wanru and chatting with her for a while, Mada Dong hurried down the mountain.
After sending Mada Dong to the gate of the courtyard, Yujie stopped and asked her to go out on her own. Seeing that Mada Dong had left, Yujie returned to the silence room.
“Miss, is the First Miss really not coming back?” Yujie brought a cup of tea for Shao Wanru, put it down, reached out to point at the main room, and said.
“She isn’t coming back!” Shao Wanru said with certainty. She didn’t expect that Shao Yanru would leave so decisively even before revealing many clues she had set as if she had nothing to do with any of them.
But it also showed Shao Yanru’s shrewdness. Shao Wanru felt that she had underestimated Shao Yanru!
Shao Wanru had thought that with so many clues in her hands, Shao Yanru would use them step by step. But now, Shao Yanru left decisively and only said that she went back to find out the truth and was too ashad to see Shao Wanru before that.
Her words imdiately left a good impression on others. Shao Yanru had cut off the connection with Shao Wanru before she was defeated, which made Shao Wanru consider Shao Yanru indeed a strong opponent of hers.
No wonder she died in Shao Yanru’s hands in the last life, while Shao Yanru seed to have nothing to do with it!
“The... the clothes...” Yujie said, reaching out to point to the corner, where there was a locked box, inside which the clothes were extrely fancy, gorgeous, splendid, and totally out of harmony with the Yuhui Nunnery.
It was a piece of clothes that was not supposed to show up here.
“Just leave them aside. Since she has left them there, she must be unwilling to let them go. She just doesn’t think it the right ti to take action now!” Shao Wanru said with a slight smile and cold eyes. Although Shao Yanru left decisively, she still intended to keep so unrevealed clues in her hands.
Such as the clothes and the silence room...
“If she still intends to use the clothes against you, she will definitely co up the mountain again. But you said that she’s not coming back. How does she intend to make use of the clothes?” Yujie asked in confusion.
People would consider that Shao Wanru claid to diate on the mountain but actually had no filial piety at all only if the clothes were found in Shao Wanru’s silence room. After Shao Wanru went down the mountain, no matter how gorgeous the clothes were, people would only consider Shao Wanru a little extravagant, which had little influence on Shao Wanru.
“So there should be soone coming up the mountain!” Shao Wanru said aningfully.
Since Shao Yanru had left the mountain, there should be soone coming up the mountain and the one should be an acquaintance of Shao Wanru’s. Otherwise, it was impossible for the one to enter her silence room.
She couldn’t figure out who Shao Yanru would send to the Yuhui Nunnery at the mont, but she was sure of one thing. Shao Yanru would never let go of the clues she had set for nothing.
Shao Yanru would send soone to co up the mountain, and the one should be an acquaintance of Shao Wanru’s and would not get Shao Yanru into trouble if sothing went wrong. Shao Wanru picked up the cup and took a sip with a faint sneer on her face. She suddenly figured out who the one was!
The one was really no match for Shao Yanru, but was the right person to deal with Shao Wanru!
It was just because of the one’s identity!
In fact, Shao Wanru could not stay in the Yuhui Nunnery any longer. Within the high wall lived the late emperor’s concubines, and a posthumous child of the late emperor had co out from there. It would not be peaceful anymore, and now it was just the beginning. She could not leave on her own, but now it was the best ti to take action. No matter what Shao Yanru intended to do, she would inevitably make trouble. Shao Wanru just needed to et trick with a trick!
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