Chapter 103: Each Has His Own Thoughts (Two Chapters Combined into One)

Liangdi, Liangwang Mansion.

Zhao Yunnuan opened the secret letter sent from the capital, and a smile appeared on his face.

Master Nie Er is dead.

It’s a pity that the head cannot be sent to my mother.

......

Master Nie Er is far away in the capital. It is easy to kill him, but it is difficult to keep the Prince Liang's Mansion clean!

Zhao Yunnuan had already backed out, but it was Nie's attitude that day that made her determined to kill Nie Er.

Mr. Nie Er had close contacts with Eunuch Cui, and his two retainers were introduced by Eunuch Cui.

Eunuch Cui was sent by the higher-ups to monitor Zhao Tinghan. When Zhao Tinghan was still in the capital, in order to hide the truth from Eunuch Cui, he had to let Dengxin impersonate him.

When Zhao Tingxuan came to Beijing this time, Zhao Tinghan reminded him to be careful of Eunuch Cui.

Zhao Tingxuan did deliberately distance himself from Eunuch Cui and also reminded Master Nie Er. Unfortunately, Master Nie Er was not Zhao Tingxuan. Not only did he not listen, but he thought that Zhao Tingxuan was paranoid and short-sighted.

Zhao Tingxuan was a soft-hearted person. When Zhao Tinghan told him to be wary of Eunuch Cui, he became cautious. When Master Nie II said that Eunuch Cui was a good person, he felt that he was judging others by his own standards...

When Mr. Nie Er first arrived in the capital, he was completely clueless, but he was a dilettante and wanted to get into the circle of scholars.

The two hangers-on catered to his interests and introduced him to several well-known talented and romantic men.

These talented and romantic men have roughly the same hobbies. In addition to poetry, songs and beauties, they also love the carefree and elegant feeling of floating in the air and wanting to ride on the wind.

They all like to take Wu Shi San.

Master Nie Er had tried Wu Shi San once or twice when he was with them, but Wu Shi San was not only expensive but also difficult to buy, requiring a reliable acquaintance to introduce it.

Master Nie Er had only bought it once, and the price hurt him. Besides, he wasn't addicted, so he would try to get it if he could, and if he couldn't, he would just let it go. He never bought it with real money again.

On the day of the accident, he wanted to look for Liu Ruyan. Just as he walked out of the palace, a man came towards him. The man was dressed in gorgeous clothes and held an ivory folding fan in his hand.

Seeing Master Nie Er, the man opened his folding fan with a snap. Master Nie Er was immediately attracted by the fan. The big red seal on the fan was clearly from the hand of the painting saint of the previous dynasty.

I have heard for a long time that the Painting Saint only painted six fan paintings in his life, and all six of them were made into fans. Not long ago, one of them was sold at Xiebaolou in the capital. It was bought by a young man for a price of three thousand taels.

Now, the legendary fan-faced young master was standing before Second Master Nie: "Brother Nie, I haven't seen you since we last met at Baoyue Tower. You're still as charming as ever. Oh, you really miss me so much!"

Master Nie Er thought for a long time, but couldn't remember when he met such a person, but he was very happy in his heart because he saw admiration for himself in the eyes of the fan-faced young man.

After some mutual praise, the two have become good friends who appreciate each other.

Young Master Fan invited Master Nie Er to go to the fairyland together. Master Nie Er was overjoyed and followed Young Master Fan. The place they went to was not far from the palace, which was a private room in a restaurant.

Here, Master Nie Er finally drank the Wu Shi San that he had been longing for for a long time. Unfortunately, the Wu Shi San might not be pure enough and the effect was very slow. Master Nie Er waited for a long time but did not feel like he was going to heaven.

He also wanted to go find Liu Ruyan, and Young Master Fanmian wanted to pull him along to continue talking about poetry and philosophy. Master Nie Er was worried that Young Master Fanmian would ask him to pay the bill. He came here just to get a free meal and some free snacks, and now he had gotten both, so when would he leave if he didn't leave now?

But before he arrived at Liu Ruyan's brothel, the effect of the Wu Shi San took effect, as if it was timed perfectly.

When he was most excited, he rushed into Liu Ruyan's boudoir, and in a rage, Master Nie stabbed Zhu Yu in the butt with a knife!

As for Zhu Yu, he was forced into the role.

The person Zhao Yunnuan originally sent was Lu Sanlang, who pretended to be a wealthy businessman but actually had more than a dozen lives on his hands.

Na Lu Sanlang was Liu Ruyan's lover. He was generous and promised to redeem Liu Ruyan.

Although the people around Liu Ruyan are either rich or noble, she knows herself well. With her status, it's okay for her to play with those nobles, but it's wishful thinking to ask them to carry her into the mansion.

But it's different for a wealthy businessman like Lu Sanlang. If he says he can redeem himself, it's really possible.

Therefore, Liu Ruyan thought highly of Lu Sanlang.

Her bed had been booked for the evening, so she made an appointment with Lu Sanlang to meet during the day.

Lu Sanlang had a birthmark of a strange shape on his body. A man who escaped from his knife saw the birthmark and reported it to the authorities.

Therefore, Lu Sanlang hated having his body seen by others. Even when having sex with women, he had to blindfold them. If someone accidentally saw his body, he would raise his hand and kill them with a sword.

The fan-faced young man asked Master Nie Er to drink, just to delay until Lu Sanlang came to find Liu Ruyan.

Unfortunately, no matter how much I planned, I couldn't expect Zhu Yu to come.

Zhu Yu had been in Ding'an Mansion these days. When he returned to the capital, he didn't even go back to the Marquis' Mansion, but came to Liu Ruyan to vent his sexual desire.

When Liu Ruyan saw this little bully coming, she dared not disobey. She secretly sent someone to send a letter to Lu Sanlang, asking him not to come.

When Lu Sanlang heard that the person who stole his woman was Zhu Yu from the Baoqing Marquis Mansion, he swallowed his anger and returned the same way.

If he wasn't seriously ill, he wouldn't want to confront Zhu Yu head-on. What's more, Lu Sanlang was a man with secrets.

Although Zhu Yu was addicted to alcohol and sex, he was born into a military family after all, and he loved fighting. Although his martial arts skills were mediocre, Master Nie was just a useless scholar, and it was easy for Zhu Yu to deal with him.

Therefore, Master Nie died as expected in a brothel, but the person who killed him, or the person he wanted to kill, was Zhu Yu instead of Lu Sanlang.

If it was Lu Sanlang, the Prince Liang’s Mansion would not be in trouble.

But now it was replaced by Zhu Yu, and the Prince Liang's Mansion lost ten thousand taels of silver in vain.

Although Zhao Yunnuan blamed Zhao Tingxuan in her heart for being useless, she still felt sorry for him.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yunnuan went to Suining Palace.

"Mother, have you heard about Second Uncle Nie's suicide?"

She came unexpectedly and said this unexpectedly, and Nie was unable to react for a moment.

Zhao Yunnuan was not in a hurry and found a chair to sit down.

At this moment, Zhao Yunnuan thought of Zhao Shiqing. If her younger sister were here, she would definitely take out a handful of melon seeds and give her another handful.

It's another day of missing my little sister.

Zhao Shiqing, who was combing Xiao Yao's hair, sneezed several times, but when she turned around to comb Dapang's hair, she stopped sneezing.

Big Fatty winked at Little Demon and said rudely: [You are being despised. Xiao Qingqing loves me now. I am a heartthrob.]

The little demon was furious. He opened his bloody mouth, pounced on the fat man, and took a bite.

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At this time in Suining Palace, Zhao Yunnuan was still looking at Nie.

After a brief moment of shock, Nie finally reacted.

She pointed at Zhao Yunnuan's nose and shouted, "You're talking nonsense!"

Zhao Yunnuan said slowly, "Didn't your two good nephews write to announce the death? That shouldn't be the case. Why would they hide such a big thing from you?"

Was it because Second Uncle Nie took the banned drug Wu Shi San, became jealous of someone, ran to a brothel and killed someone with a knife, and then committed suicide?

They felt embarrassed, so they didn't tell you?"

Brothel, Five-Stone Powder, jealousy, murder with a knife, these words rushed into Nie's ears. Even though she was pampered and didn't know the difference between grains, she knew what these words meant.

It means that the Nie family has become a laughing stock, and that the Nie family’s century-old reputation has been tarnished!

"How could your uncle be such a person? He must have been framed. It must be you, right? It must be you! You have always looked down upon the Nie family. You even dared to hit your cousin. What else would you not dare to do? You unfilial daughter, I will beat you to death!"

Nie screamed and looked around for something handy. She wanted to beat this damn girl to death!

Nanny Zheng was so scared that she quickly moved the teacup in front of Nie aside, but she was overthinking it. Zhao Yunnuan was not Zhao Shiqing. Although Nie was shouting for killing, she was a little afraid of her daughter. She could throw the hot tea at Zhao Shiqing, but she didn't dare to really hit Zhao Yunnuan.

Zhao Shiqing turned around and left, but Zhao Yunnuan would make sure she never saw the sun outside again.

So, she didn't dare.

She yelled and screamed, venting enough, but she saw Zhao Yunnuan sitting there, looking at her with a smile.

At this moment, Nie's heart was in great fear. She suddenly confirmed that Nie Er was killed by Zhao Yunnuan, it must be!

Zhao Yunnuan doesn't have to do it herself. She just needs to give an order and someone will kill for her thousands of miles away.

Nie was filled with fear. She was worried that sooner or later, Zhao Yunnuan would kill her too!

It was clearly Zhao Yunnuan who killed her uncle, but as a mother, she could not speak out.

After all, Zhao Yunnuan had not yet married and was still a member of the Prince of Liang's Mansion. If she killed Nie Er, it would be equivalent to Nie Er's death at the hands of the Prince of Liang's Mansion.

The Nie family will not seek revenge on Zhao Yunnuan, but will ask her, a daughter of the Nie family, for an explanation.

Nie felt that she was really wronged. Once her family knew about this, she would be blamed for this unfilial daughter.

More importantly, this unfilial daughter would also implicate her younger brother. After all, Nie Er came to Beijing with Zhao Tingxuan, who had already been under house arrest by the emperor. If this matter were to spread, Zhao Tingxuan's life in the capital would become even more difficult.

Zhao Yunnuan watched coldly and saw that Nie's face was changing from gloomy to happy, but the eyes looking at her were full of blazing fire.

Zhao Yunnuan suddenly felt very bored, but also wanted to laugh at herself.

She stood up and said to Nie, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that the one stabbed by Second Uncle Nie is the prince of the Baoqing Marquisate. The old lady of the Baoqing Marquisate is the cousin of Concubine Li, and Concubine Li dotes on this grandson. After he was stabbed by Second Uncle Nie, he asked Axuan for 10,000 taels of silver as medical fees. You'd better send some money to Axuan, as he must be very short of money right now."

Except for Zhao Tinghan, everyone else in the palace had a fixed amount of silver to spend.

When Zhao Tingxuan came to Beijing, the Prince of Liang's Mansion gave him 20,000 taels of silver for emergency use. In addition, his monthly salary would be sent every three months as pocket money.

The Prince of Liang's Mansion in the capital also had working capital silver, but Zhao Tingxuan had no right to use it.

Therefore, the only things he could use were the 20,000 taels of emergency silver and his own monthly salary.

Now the emergency money has shrunk by half, and there is only 10,000 taels at most on hand. This amount seems like a lot, but if something really happens, it will not be enough.

Just look at Zhu Yu and you will know. He asked for ten thousand or twenty thousand taels of silver, which is only enough to stab him twice.

Now that Zhao Yunnuan said this, she was telling Nie that the palace treasury would not make up for the ten thousand taels of silver. If Nie felt sorry for her son, she could use her own private money to make up for it.

The Nie family definitely has ten thousand taels of silver and can afford it.

But Zhao Yunnuan waited for several days, but did not see Nie send silver to the capital.

However, Concubine Qiao sent someone to deliver another letter. Without asking, Zhao Yunnuan could guess that the content of the letter must be related to the death of Master Nie Er.

However, Zhao Yunnuan was unable to stop Nie and Concubine Qiao from communicating, because the person who delivered the letter was someone from the palace, and he would always bring back Nie's reply.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and even the Nie family knew about the death of the second master Nie.

Just as Nie guessed, when the elders of the Nie family learned that the second master Nie died in a brothel, they were ashamed and angry, and wished they didn't have this shameful descendant.

The second master's biological mother, the third old lady, felt that it was all Nie's fault. If it weren't for Nie, the second master Nie would not have gone to the capital, and if he hadn't gone to the capital, he would not have died in that place, so it was all Nie's fault!

There was a funeral in the family, and the Third Old Lady could not go out. Neither she nor her daughter-in-law, the Second Lady, could go far away. But this did not bother the Third Old Lady. She asked her son-in-law and granddaughter to go to Liangdi!

The third old lady’s granddaughter is named Fan Qiuyun, and she just came of age this year.

The third old lady's daughter had mentioned to her several times before that she wanted to marry Fan Qiuyun into the Prince Liang's Mansion.

But granddaughter Nie Rongrong is already sixteen years old, about the same age as Zhao Tingxuan.

On one side is the granddaughter-in-law, and on the other side is the biological granddaughter. Of course, the third old lady will choose the biological granddaughter.

No matter how good a granddaughter is, she is still a person from a different family and cannot compare to a biological granddaughter.

But now that Master Nie Er has passed away and Nie Rongrong has to observe a three-year mourning period, the third old lady began to have some ideas.

In the past, the Nie family was stubborn and refused to give in on Zhao Tingxuan's marriage, saying that a marriage could not be arranged without consulting his brothers and sisters. In fact, she just disliked the Nie family's status.

Although the third old lady was angry, she could only sulk, after all, Master Nie II was not an official.

But the situation is different now, Master Nie is dead.

Just as the third old lady had thought before, if it weren't for the Nie family, the second master Nie would not have gone to the capital, and of course he would not have died.

So Nie owed her something, and she had to agree to this marriage.

But now the third old lady’s target is no longer Zhao Tingxuan.

She is now targeting Zhao Tinghan.

Zhao Tinghan used to be a hostage in the capital and was a sickly person. Like everyone else, she believed that Zhao Tinghan would not live to inherit the throne and would definitely die in the capital.

But now Zhao Tinghan is not only still alive, but has also inherited the throne. On the contrary, Zhao Tingxuan, who was once favored, has gone to the capital in disgrace and become a hostage. Moreover, it was written in the court newspaper that Zhao Tingxuan was reprimanded by the emperor and was under house arrest.

Such a waste, it’s a good thing that I didn’t marry Nie Rongrong to him.

Now that Nie Rongrong has to observe mourning, the third old lady can no longer rely on her, so she turns her hopes to her granddaughter Fan Qiuyun.

The Fan family is really lucky, this is the Princess of Liang. Just based on the family background of the Fan family, they can produce a Princess of Liang, isn't it because of the Nie family?

In terms of nobility, the Fan family is not as good as the Nie family, but in terms of wealth, the Nie family is far inferior to the Fan family.

The Fan family is rich!

The third old lady has already made up her mind to make a fortune from the Fan family!

A princess is worth a lot of money.