The streets were bustling when a carriage slowly came to a stop in front of the Wu family mansion.

The coachman jumped off the carriage, carried a stool from the back of the carriage, and placed it on the ground near the door.

Before long, four elegantly dressed women, each holding a white silk Suzhou embroidered fan, alighted from the carriage one by one.

Holding half a piece of hibiscus cake in her hand, Lu Qiqi, sitting in a private room of the teahouse, kept her eyes fixed on the gate of the Wu residence.

She was quite excited when she saw the carriage.

She grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and handed them to Nineteen behind her, saying, "Nineteen, look! The show is about to begin!"

Seeing her seemingly eager to stir things up, Song Yanqing smiled, took a sip of hot tea, and held up a cup.

The coachman drove the carriage away from the gate of the Wu residence.

Lu Qiqi then saw the four ladies downstairs, dressed in brightly colored clothes in red, yellow, blue, and green.

The key word is "eye-catching"!

Seeing the four ladies dressed like this, Lu Qiqi laughed and whispered to Song Yanqing, "I didn't expect An Jiu to have such thoughts. These ladies are dressed so conspicuously that people passing by on the street will turn around and take a look."

"An ordinary lady wouldn't dress like that. Was he worried Wu Guangping wouldn't know she was a plant?"

Song Yanqing simply smiled and didn't answer, silently refilling Lu Qiqi's teacup.

Instead, it was Nineteen, who was eating melon seeds behind Lu Qiqi, who stood up to speak for An Jiu, "That wasn't someone my Ninth Brother found. It must have been Tenth Brother who could have done this. He spends all his time in the new capital hanging out with the Lin family's young master and has already gone astray."

Lu Qiqi glanced back at Nineteen, then continued watching the show. "Dressing conspicuously has its advantages; it can immediately grab the attention of the surrounding people."

However, these four ladies cannot stay in the border town any longer. Once Wu Guangping realizes what's happening, he will certainly not let them go.

Song Yanqing said, "Don't worry about that. After this matter is over, I will have the Shadow Guards send them out of the border city overnight."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qiqi looked away and turned to Song Yanqing's face. The two exchanged a glance, each seeing themselves reflected in the other's eyes.

Suddenly, a wail came from downstairs.

"Oh my God!"

The deafening sound echoed through the street, and passersby stopped to watch the woman in red shouting.

"You die..."

Before the woman in red could finish speaking, she was interrupted by the woman in yellow, "My silver! That's the money my husband and I have worked so hard for most of our lives!"

Then the woman in blue joined in, saying, "You've deceived us so badly! We sisters trusted you so much and entrusted you with our money to do business together."

Now, when they send a visiting card to your residence, they feign illness and refuse to see you, keeping their doors tightly shut!

Seeing the three people around her working so hard, the lady in green was not to be outdone. After all, according to the usual division of labor, the silver from the master was obtained by shouting the loudest.

So she opened her legs to shoulder level, stood firmly, took a deep breath, and shouted, "You little hussy, I know you're home. Don't be a coward. Come out if you dare!"

They were so cocky when they were swindling us out of our money, but now that we're broke, they're cowering at home, too scared to go out!

Get out here right now!

These four women roared and cursed in the street, without naming names, but they stood in General Wu's mansion and started cursing.

This alone is enough to draw more and more people to the streets.

They even blocked the wide streets, making it impossible for even a horse to squeeze through.

Lu Qiqi was truly amazed this time. She put down the plum cake in her hand, looked downstairs, and asked with a smile, "Where did An Shi find these four women? Their voices are really loud. I even suspect that this is their profession."

Nineteen had finished cracking the melon seeds in his hand and was eating a sweet cake when he heard Lu Qiqi asking him a question. He explained, "I heard from Tenth Brother that these four people used to be old women who wailed for people's funerals. This is what they made a living."

Don't worry, village head. They can keep calling for half an hour without even drinking a drop of water.

This will definitely make General Wu feel bad.

Lu Qiqi wanted Wu Guangping to suffer. This was just the beginning. When the real creditors came knocking, he would have a real headache!

Although Wu Guangping was a great general, Lu Qiqi would not have made such a grand show of sending people to her door under normal circumstances.

Given Wu Guangping's ruthless methods, he would probably just throw the four women outside the door into a mass grave and let wild dogs carry them away.

The reason she dared to send someone to her door was that she was certain Wu Guangping could not hand over Aunt Ning, nor could she prove that Aunt Ning had not swindled the women of the border town out of their money.

Otherwise, in just half a day, An Jiu had spread the news of Aunt Ning's absconding with the money throughout the border town.

Wu Guangping was nowhere to be found, and no one was sent to handle the matter, so the news could only continue to spread.

Lu Qiqi said, "Have someone send water to the four ladies. They've worked so hard; they should take care of their voices."

After receiving the order, Shijiu left the private room and quickly returned, whispering in Lu Qiqi's ear, "Princess, I want to eat candied hawthorns."

Lu Qiqi's mouth hasn't stopped eating since she sat down. She's almost full, so the hawthorn can help with digestion.

She glanced back at Nineteen and said, "I'll take three, and you take two."

Nineteen was happy as long as there was food, regardless of how much he could eat. He smiled and said, "Okay."

At the main gate of the Wu residence, four wives stood in front of the gate and cursed for the time it takes to burn half an incense stick.

The surrounding residents' discussions grew increasingly heated.

Several men standing to the side huddled together, talking in hushed tones.

The man in gray said, "News just came from the teahouse today that a concubine in General Wu's mansion has swindled the dowries of many ladies in the border town."

It's only past noon, and the victims have already come to demand their money back. Don't you think this is true?

The man dressed in dark blue clothes said, "I think it's probably true. The Wu family is a general's mansion, and the Wu family is a high-ranking official personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor. How many heads do these wives have to be chopped off for slandering officials?"

The man in white said, "Let's wait and see if it's true or not."

With such a commotion outside, the people inside can't just stay hidden forever.

After all, the longer she doesn't come out, the more it confirms the chaos within Wu Guangping's household and that Aunt Ning has swindled money from him.

Wu Guangping cannot bear this charge.

As a concubine of the Wu family, Aunt Ning naturally relied on General Wu's power, and there was no way she could escape him.

Someone shouted, "The door is open!"

The crowd that had gathered in front of the Wu residence was so dense that they could hardly move, and all eyes were on the gate of the Wu residence.

The gates of the Wu residence slowly opened...

A door gap about half an arm's width wide.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a dark, indistinct head peeked out.

It's a servant from the Wu household!

Just when everyone was extremely disappointed, not only did the servant's head retract, but the gates of the Wu residence were also closed again.

The onlookers outside were speechless.

The four ladies, "..."