"No wonder the Gu family wanted to disrupt the goddess's sacrifice. So that's what they were up to. Are the Gu family so greedy for money that they're not afraid of retribution?!"

"Rich people really don't have a good conscience. If cursed worms were edible, I'd divorce my wife and send her back to her parents' home immediately!"

Because of Manager Qian's few words, everyone couldn't stop cursing and swearing, and their impression of the Gu family immediately changed dramatically.

In an instant, all the good deeds the Gu family had done over the years were forgotten and they were accused of being pretentious.

But some people are unwilling to believe in Manager Qian.

They said he must have had a falling out with Master Gu, which is why he deliberately said these things to tarnish Zui Shan Xuan's reputation.

Would I deliberately smear Zui Shan Xuan?

Manager Qian snorted coldly: "Young man, one should have a conscience. Master Gu has been kind to me, and I would never do anything to deliberately tarnish the reputation of Zui Shan Xuan."

This made sense at first glance, so the man asked Manager Qian for the reason.

"The reason I did this is because I always keep the four words 'moral bottom line' in my heart. Who in the world doesn't love money? I do too, but you can never earn all the money in the world. No matter how greedy I am, I can't bring myself to betray my conscience and make money off everyone's hard-earned money!"

Manager Qian appeared calm and composed, displaying an attitude of confronting the power of capital and speaking out for justice.

Even the old manager of Zui Shan Xuan couldn't stand it anymore; the Gu family's way of eating was truly unsightly.

"Let's report it to the authorities, otherwise..." someone in the crowd suggested.

"That's not appropriate."

The suggestion was immediately rejected, and another person spoke up: "The Gu family has a powerful backer, and Madam Gu is Princess Handan, a member of the royal family. We are just a bunch of commoners, like eggs hitting a rock, how can we possibly win?"

Yes... how could we possibly win?

The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

Suddenly, the man pointed to the carriage not far away and shouted, "It's the Third Prince! It's the Third Prince's carriage! We can ask the Third Prince to stand up for us!"

The third prince was ordered to assist the goddess in the sacrifice. To put it bluntly, in everyone's eyes, the third prince was the goddess's little follower.

To put it bluntly, the person everyone was looking for wasn't the Third Prince.

They simply wanted the Third Prince to relay the message to the Goddess, so that she could make the decision for them.

"Third Prince, Third Prince, this humble subject has an urgent matter to ask of you!"

The Third Prince's carriage was forced to stop, and the guard driving it immediately shouted angrily, "Whose carriage dares to stop you? Are you looking for death! Get out of the way!"

The roar was earth-shattering, and everyone rushed over in unison, then took two steps back in unison.

"Alright, I'm in a good mood today, so speak your mind." A calm voice came from inside the carriage.

It would be more convincing to talk to Manager Qian about this. Everyone looked around, but they couldn't find even a scrap of Manager Qian's clothes.

As the VIPs in the carriage grew increasingly impatient, the crowd began passing the buck and quickly choosing an unlucky person to take the fall...

No, let's choose a bold representative to speak.

"Third Prince, please allow this humble subject to explain in detail..."

The representative bowed and told the Third Prince about the sordid affairs of Zui Shan Xuan, adding his own embellishments and personal opinions.

"Smack—"

A loud noise suddenly came from the carriage.

Startled, the representative quickly said, "Third Prince, please calm down."

An angry voice rang out from inside the carriage: "This is outrageous! This is absolutely outrageous!"

The voice sounded... Representative was taken aback, thinking to himself, how strange, why does the Third Prince's voice turn into a woman's voice when he gets angry?

Just then, the carriage curtain was slowly lifted, and what came into view was a pale yellow ruffled skirt, adorned with pearls of varying sizes and a lustrous color.

This young lady must be extremely wealthy and powerful; her background is definitely not simple...

Once everyone realized what was happening, they quickly looked away, not daring to linger.

Shen Yu emerged from the carriage and bowed deeply to the furious crowd.

"First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone."

Feel sorry?

Shouldn't the apology be directed at the family members? What does this mean?

The group looked at each other, their faces full of confusion.

Shen Yu took a deep breath and gave a bitter smile: "Secondly, I hope everyone will not blame the Gu family. I can guarantee that this heinous act has absolutely nothing to do with Mr. Gu."

"How could it be unrelated?"

"That's right, that's right. Zui Shan Xuan is the property of the Gu family. It has nothing to do with the Gu family. How could it possibly have anything to do with us?"

"Please be patient, everyone, and let me explain the reason."

Having followed Marquis Anbo for many years, Shen Yu has seen a lot of the world and is able to remain calm in the face of so many people's doubts.

Seeing Shen Yu's expression, the speaker tentatively asked, "Miss, are you saying... could there be some hidden story behind this?"

Chen Yu nodded, then shook his head, looking hesitant and conflicted, as if he was reluctant to speak but had to reveal the truth.

She stood there, like a pure lotus struggling to grow in the wind and rain, and everyone felt a little sorry for her.

He remained silent for a long time.

She only spoke slowly after the children watching from afar finished eating a newly bought candied hawthorn.

"Actually, the culprit behind this is my sister... but everyone shouldn't blame her too much. I think she probably felt uneasy knowing that she had disturbed the goddess's sacrifice, so she had no other choice but to tell Master Gu such a foolish method."

Shen Yu had been in the Southern Frontier for some time now, and she was fully aware of all the commotion caused on the day of the goddess's sacrifice.

It can only be said that Shen Jiao, protected by a tyrant, was truly arrogant and excessively foolish.

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst into conversation.

"It was her? No way, she's so beautiful and pretty, she doesn't look like a bad person at all."

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