Noble Lady

Chapter 181 The Proud One of Heaven

The girl has been in a very good mood these past two days, and everyone in Furongju has noticed it.

But I always feel that it is not just because of the snacks that Miss Du had someone send early yesterday morning; nor is it because of the bird's nest that the Marquis's wife had someone send early today, and it is certainly not because of the birthday party invitation that Miss Chen San from the Duke's Mansion had the housekeeper personally deliver.

"Girl, girl...girl!"

After calling her for the dozenth time, Yuzhu finally couldn't help but shout louder.

Xue Chenyu suddenly came back to his senses, with a mysterious smile on his lips, but he looked at Yuzhu with a bit of embarrassment.

It was as if she was recalling something that made her very satisfied, but was too embarrassed to talk about it when someone discovered her.

That day, he left after saying "I like you".

Two days passed and there was still no news.

Xue Chenyu's face darkened slightly. She didn't know if what he said that day was "I like you". She might have just misheard it because she was hard of hearing.

Well, now is not the time to think about this.

"What happened?" Xue Chenyu rubbed his red ears uncomfortably.

Yuzhu also pretended not to see it, "Miss, Madam Li just said that there is still no news about the group of beggars, but the insider who said Ji Minrou used the money from He's family account to buy private property has been sent to Liu."

"Very good." If this cannot be found out, then Liu will be ruined.

Yuzhu also said, "I wonder if the old lady will regret bringing such a selfish villain home once all the evidence is laid before her, pointing to Ji Minrou as the culprit."

"Maybe." Xue Chenyu snorted coldly, and held the teacup with extra strength.

Ji Minrou was her niece who had grown up under her care, and she longed to have her son marry her future daughter-in-law.

She was really looking forward to seeing what expression would appear on the face of the shrewd old lady Liu when she got all the evidence.

In the past two days, Liu has mobilized the entire mansion to check the accounts.

The old lady who had not taken care of the family for a long time regained power and still had the deterrent power over the servants in the mansion.

She first put Ji Minrou in solitary confinement, and then dug out all the accounts after Zhang's "illness" and checked them one by one.

She even asked Huang's mother to look after Ji Minrou personally, and said, "If I knew that you released her without permission, you wouldn't stay in the He family!"

Of course, Mrs. Huang would never take such a risk and lose her job.

She had taken advantage of Ji Minrou before because those matters were insignificant and she was just helping to cover up so that the old lady wouldn't find out about her secret meeting with the master. Even if she did find out, it would be a matter between them, a man and a woman. What did it have to do with her, a servant?

But now Ji Minrou has been taken into custody, and is also involved in a shoddy wedding banquet and a dowry of stones replaced with jade and jewelry. This is the top priority of the He family.

Her situation is too bad now, and Mother Huang doesn't dare to accept her benefits - if she gets involved with her again, she will have trouble getting rid of it.

So, Ji Minrou was like a bird trapped in a cage, unable to get out and unable to do anything.

Liu originally wanted to lock up He Minzhi as well, but since he was an official appointed by the court, she couldn't just lock him up privately; Liu also wanted to beat him up, but she was still worried that since he was an official appointed by the court, it would affect his future, which would affect her own imperial edict.

So after much thought, I decided to have him go to Ciwenyuan to observe the rules after finishing his shift every day.

Stand until late at night and then go back to rest.

After the second house handed over the wedding banquet items to Liu, they all played the role of quails, ignoring everything and living their own lives behind closed doors. They were already showing signs of cutting ties with the first house.

Xue Chenyu asked the petite Yumei to pass on a message to the second wife, "If you want to cut ties with the first wife, now might be the best opportunity."

Zhang is also a smart person and understands everything immediately.

He then wrote a letter and sent it out quickly, asking Mr. He to come home as soon as possible.

"Mother, after reading your letter, will Father come home?"

"I will." Zhang vowed.

Mr. He is only in the suburbs of Beijing, about a hundred or eighty miles away from Kyoto.

But as the chief official of a county, he is not allowed to leave his jurisdiction at will.

Moreover, the customs of the people in the suburbs of Beijing are very different from those in Kyoto. The people here are busy working to earn money to support their families, and the romantic affairs in Kyoto usually cannot be spread here.

When He Ruyi got married, although He Minzhi also sent him an invitation, Zhang had informed him in advance and asked him not to get involved.

Although he was away from home all year round and was not one to speak sweet words, he still listened to what Zhang said.

In the past, when Zhang was confused, they had many arguments. She even had a quarrel with him because of a maid who cleaned and did odd jobs in his Qingshui Yamen.

But now, Zhang is no longer confused, and she no longer takes him to the yamen to make trouble every now and then.

The two of them became much easier to talk to.

The most important thing is that Mr. He has wanted to divide the family business for a long time, but Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang refused to let him.

When Zhang told him in the letter that she wanted to discuss dividing the family property, he became more active.

But that's another story.

……

Xue Chenyu waited for two days, and finally, when the sun set and the night was quiet, she saw Situ Zhen coming late.

Two days later, the stars and the moon in the same position were much brighter.

She was still a little dazed when she stood on the attic of Mingyu Pavilion.

It's like returning to that night.

However, this trance was soon exposed by the moonlight.

Situ Zhen was wearing a dark blue robe with copper coin patterns today, which shimmered faintly in the moonlight. Summer clothes were much thinner than those in spring and autumn.

The black belt around his waist outlines his waist very well.

Broad shoulders and a narrow waist, below the waist are a pair of straight and slender legs.

This young man has an extremely handsome face, but also a figure that many men can't match.

He is truly a favored child of heaven.

"The prince came to see my daughter. Has he found that person?"

Situ Zhen opened his folding fan with a swish.

"This prince has come to see you because he has found the person." There was pride in his eyes and an indescribable charm when he spoke.

Xue Chenyu couldn't help but compare him with He Minzhi, and then he found that He Minzhi's pretty face and frail body had no advantages in front of him.

The only advantage of He Minzhi is that he was born into a scholarly family.

Unfortunately, the noble and elegant demeanor of a scholarly family was gradually destroyed by himself.

What's left now is a hypocritical villain with nothing but good looks and an empty shell.

In comparison, the Prince of Cheng was many times better than him in terms of family background, appearance and figure.

"This person's identity is not obvious. He is just a horse slave, but he has an incredible horse training skill. That day, he was hurriedly going to the horse farm outside the city..."