Chapter 495 Keep the good stuff within the family

Lin Yuesha couldn't stand Qin Nanyan the most. Whether she was in love with Prince Luo or was after the position of Princess Luo, she had only ever been after Prince Luo. So why did Qin Nanyan always target women and treat everyone who came to Prince Luo's mansion as a hypothetical rival? She was the most incompetent person.

"You country bumpkin, what do you mean by that?"

The Prince of Luo was the dream of every young lady in the capital. Who wouldn't want to sit in that position, become a person of high status, and have their ancestral graves emitting auspicious smoke?

"You'd be better off focusing your energy on Prince Luo, instead of causing trouble for irrelevant people."

Last time, Qin Nanyan unintentionally provided Lin Yuesha with some information, and Lin Yuesha simply said, "If you can't handle Prince Luo, then try to handle the people around him, such as Lord Xu Da, the deputy commander of the Five Cities Garrison."

I heard that this "cousin" has always had a cold face and can't get anything out of him. Lin Yuesha got a benefit from it and wanted to help Xu Da.

After saying that, she got into the carriage and left the Prince Luo's residence.

The next day, Lin Yuesha went to the Wucheng Military Command again. The Prince of Luo promised her that as long as she helped with the case, he would let her buy Xu Da's neighbor's three-courtyard house for 30,000 taels of silver. She heard that Xu Da had the key and wanted to go and see it.

Lin Yuesha only has more motivation when there's a piece of fat meat in front of her.

On her second visit to the Five Cities Military Command, she noticed several carriages parked nearby.

Qin Nanyan stepped down from a carriage and, upon seeing Lin Yuesha, said knowingly, "I pondered what you said yesterday all night and found it to make some sense. I didn't expect you to be so clever, already finding a way to bribe Deputy Commander Xu."

Lin Yuesha looked down at the food box in her hand. It was a thank-you gift from Xu Da for speaking up for her yesterday, but Qin Nanyan had misunderstood it.

"In that case, I don't want to owe you any favors."

As Qin Nanyan spoke, she pulled a pearl hairpin from her hair and handed it to Lin Yuesha, saying, "Here, we'll each rely on our own abilities, but the Prince of Luo won't take a fancy to a country bumpkin."

"Who told you I came for the Prince of Luo? Can't I come for Lord Xu?"

Lin Yuesha readily accepted the hairpin and thanked Qin Nanyan, then ignored her completely.

It's the same gatekeeper from yesterday. I don't know what's been going on outside, but since early this morning, women have been coming to see Lord Xu one after another, making it impossible for the officials to concentrate on their work.

The young ladies didn't leave; they just waited in the carriage. Lord Xu is truly blessed with good fortune.

"Could you please send a message to my cousin, brother? I'll be waiting for him at the back door."

There were too many people at the front gate, so after some consideration, Lin Yuesha decided that the back gate was the safest option.

She waited at the back door for less than a quarter of an hour when Xu Da came out in a fit of rage. Upon seeing Lin Yuesha, he immediately began to complain, "I don't know which bastard gave Qin Nanyan this idea. She's so desperate to become the Princess Consort of Luo, trying to pull strings and curry favor with me. She's really cunning!"

Lin Yuesha twitched her lips. She wasn't a bastard, but a silent lamb.

"Cousin, the Prince hasn't summoned you yet, why are you here?"

Xu Da saw that Lin Yuesha was holding a food box and immediately understood what was going on, so he took it from her.

Yesterday, he brought cakes to their door, but they mistook them for gifts. He couldn't explain, so he left empty-handed after all that trouble.

"It's like this, Your Highness said you have the key to the neighboring courtyard, and I'd like to go take a look."

Lin Yuesha was determined to get the three-courtyard house. She first went to scout out the location, then allocated the rooms, and insisted on getting new furniture, especially beds. She threw away all the second-hand ones, whether to give them away or use them as firewood.

With her best friend Jiang Baozhu's arrival in Beijing drawing ever closer, Lin Yuesha wanted to get the new courtyard ready as soon as possible so she could move in with her family.

"That's all?"

Xu Da asked again, having been frightened by those cunning young ladies, repeatedly confirming, "You didn't come for Prince Luo?"

No.

Lin Yuesha was also stumped by Xu Da's question. She hadn't received any news from Luo Wang, and the fact that he hadn't contacted her meant that no arrangements had been made.

"Let's go then."

A group of people were waiting outside. Xu Da had a headache. He took Lin Yuesha and left through the back door, heading straight for the mansion.

As the Prince of Luo said, the residence is located behind the Five Cities Garrison, and there are patrols at night, so it is very safe.

Xu Da returned to the mansion first and asked the steward to take Lin Yuesha to see the residence.

The steward of the Xu residence was a man in his forties, refined and courteous, and very polite to Lin Yuesha and the others.

"Miss, may I ask whose family you belong to?"

Their young master holds an important position in the Five Cities Military Command at a young age. The Xu family is considered a prestigious family in the capital. The young master is still unmarried and inseparable from Prince Luo. His wife even suspects that the two have homosexual tendencies.

Otherwise, why wouldn't the Prince of Luo get married, and why wouldn't his own son get married either?

The young master finally brought back a young lady, and the steward, on the orders of the madam, came to test her, but he inexplicably found that the young lady looked somewhat familiar.

"It doesn't matter which family it belongs to, my family isn't in government."

Lin Yuesha smiled awkwardly. She had been quite lucky since arriving in the capital and had met some influential people. If it weren't for Prince Luo's guidance, she would never have been able to get such a three-courtyard house.

"Please forgive me for being nosy, but when I first saw you, I felt that your face looked familiar, as if I had seen you somewhere before."

The steward racked his brains for a while and found the answer to his doubts: this young lady looked too much like Lord Lin, the Prefect of the Capital.

Lin Yuesha: ...

If it weren't for the manager's suspicious expression, she would have thought that Xu Da had found out something and was deliberately testing her.

"But Lord Lin is a man, and I am a young lady. Do we really look that alike?"

Having been in the capital for several days, Lin Yuesha had not yet met her scumbag father. However, it was said that Lin Shusheng was quite good-looking; otherwise, he wouldn't have been chosen by the noblewoman Qin Shi despite his humble appearance.

"Yes, I didn't mean anything by it. I just thought you were Lord Lin's daughter."

The steward only wanted to test the waters a bit, so that if there was a suitable match, he could report back to his wife and propose marriage.

"hehe."

Lin Yuesha gave an awkward smile, changed the subject, and asked, "Uncle Xu, what do you think of this house?"

The layout of large mansions in the capital city is basically the same: after entering the courtyard, there is a garden behind, which connects to the hanging flower gate of the inner courtyard.

The person in charge had only moved away not long ago, but at this time of year the vegetation was lush and the weeds in the yard had grown very tall since no one had taken care of them.

However, the residence had been carefully maintained. Perhaps the official was quite old and had some knowledge of health preservation, as there were even a few wooden stakes in the back garden that could be used for exercise.

Unidentified birds fly in the garden, flowers and plants are everywhere, and there is a pavilion where you can enjoy the view.

“Of course it would be great. Our lady had also considered buying it and connecting the two courtyards to make them one. When the young master gets married, he can live in this three-courtyard house.”

The steward narrowed his eyes and began to set a trap again, "Our young master is also aware of this matter."

The implication is that once the two families are connected, they become one family, and the courtyard will not be sold. Even if it is sold, the profits will remain within the family.