Li Mama said, "Yes, the sixth young lady is very sensible. She even cried and took all the blame upon herself, saying that if she hadn't been afraid that the young master would want to make friends after returning to the capital, she would have given him all her savings at once, and things wouldn't have come to this. After hearing this, the young master left feeling guilty."

Madam Yun felt even more distressed. "Although Sixth Girl is good at earning money, it's all hard-earned money! No way, all that savings has been squandered by that spoiled brat. Make him pay it back! Make him return all the money Sixth Girl gave him!"

"Yes." Granny Li sighed inwardly and secretly lit a candle for Yun Tianbai.

Instead of getting a loan, he ended up with hundreds of thousands more in debt.

This young master, who grew up in the military camp, how come he's so short-sighted? No wonder Madam Wu snatched him away from Madam Shi so easily.

...

Half a month later, at Mulan Courtyard.

"What? He still won't see you?!" Shi Wenxia roared angrily, smashing the teacup in his hand for what seemed like the umpteenth time.

The maid Pei'er knelt on the ground, trembling, "Madam, the young master... he..."

He had been staying at Lanxiang Courtyard for half a month, but she didn't dare to say that half-sentence.

"Didn't you try your best to see her?!" Shi Wenxia suddenly kicked her, striking her in the heart.

Pei'er was kicked to the ground, a metallic taste rising in her throat, a trickle of blood flowing from her lips. She said aggrievedly, "Yes, this servant...cough...this servant said that Madam was unwell...but he..."

Shi Wenxia didn't want to listen anymore. She stood up angrily and paced back and forth in the room before finally making up her mind.

"Get up!" she snapped. "Help me change my clothes; I'm going out!"

Despite her aching body, Pei'er helped Shi Wenxia change clothes and wash up, and arranged for carriages and horses.

She gritted her teeth and suddenly made a decision.

Just before leaving, he threw a wad of paper at the side gate from behind Shi Wenxia.

A moment later, an old woman guarding the gate came out, picked up the crumpled paper, and quickly went to Xian Shi Ju.

Su Youran took the note from Su Yue and slowly opened it.

Su Yue pouted and said, "That old woman is really strange. Why would she send over a blank piece of paper?"

They even huddled together, deliberately making it seem mysterious.

Su Youran smiled, stood up and said, "Let's pack up and go on a picnic!"

Half an hour later, a carriage from the Yun family stopped at the entrance of Baifu Temple on the outskirts of the capital.

Shi Wenxia, ​​wearing a veil, walked gracefully up the mountain.

Fifteen minutes later, another inconspicuous carriage stopped at the entrance of Baifu Temple.

One boy jumped down first, followed by a taller, more handsome boy. "Young...Young Master, why don't we go to Guangxiao Temple, which we usually go to, to burn incense?"

It was Su Youran and Su Yue, both disguised as men.

She tapped Suyue with her folding fan, "Little Susu, stop talking so much, go and fetch the incense and candles!"

"Oh!" Su Yue's lips twitched. Little Su Su? Is that a name a servant could use?

Half an hour later, a veiled figure followed a young novice monk as they slowly emerged from the back of the small temple.

Then, a young boy quietly followed behind.

At one of the temple's side gates, Pei'er was crying bitterly.

She slowly pulled open her sleeves, revealing her hands and arms covered in wounds.

Not only were there bruises and pinch marks all over the surface, but there were also burns and needle pricks, which made Su Yue feel really sorry for the child.

"Sister Pei'er, you are a maid of the Duke's mansion, how could the eldest young mistress treat you like this?!"

“Sister Suyue, although I am a maid of the Duke’s mansion, I was assigned to the eldest young mistress by the old lady when I was bought. The first few years were fine; she was well-behaved. But ever since she married the young master, she beats and scolds me from time to time… I really can’t take it anymore! Sister Suyue! Please, please plead with the sixth young lady for me… please move me to another place!” Pei’er clutched her aching chest. “Just now she kicked me, and I even vomited blood… If this continues, I’ll definitely die!”

That's why she finally understood and made up her mind to surrender to the Sixth Miss, and sent her the message.

Su Yue felt a pang of heartache and wanted to hug her, but then remembered that she was dressed as a man and dared not reach out. Instead, she patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, our Duke's Mansion will never tolerate our master beating and scolding his servants like this! I will speak to my young lady!"

Shi Wenxia followed the young novice monk down the mountain from the back, and quickly arrived at a village at the foot of the mountain, where he met his younger brother Shi Xing, whom he had not seen for six or seven years.

Shi Xing didn't recognize her at first, but after he did, he hugged her and burst into tears, "Sister, sister... why did it take you so long to come see Xing'er... ahh..."

Shi Wenxia cried for a while before wiping away her tears and saying, "Sister... all these years, besides telling you to live well, how could I expose your identity?"

Shi Xing immediately shuddered; he knew he should have been dead six years ago.

Shi Wenxia straightened up and said, "Little brother, remember this, your name is no longer Shi Xing, it's Huang Xing!"

She gave her brother an unremarkable surname, hoping he would achieve great things despite his insignificance.

Huang Xing nodded, "Okay, sister, I'll remember!"

Shi Wenxia stroked the boy, who was slightly taller than her, and narrowed her eyes. "Little brother, I'm not here today just to see you. There's something very important for you to do."

Huang Xing hadn't quite caught on yet, and asked with great interest, "Sister, what's the matter?"

Shi Wenxia looked at his younger brother, who was growing more and more like his parents, and pulled him to sit down in a chair. "Brother, you must have been feeling really stifled all these years, trapped in this manor! Here's a packet of travel money for you."

As she spoke, she pulled a bag of silver from her sleeve; this was the last bit of money she had left.

Huang Xing was surprised. "Sister, why are you suddenly giving me travel expenses?"

"The thing I want you to do is go to Dingzhou..." she lowered her voice.

Unable to hear anything outside, Su Youran summoned her little notebook and activated her long-range hearing.

After listening for a moment, her eyes suddenly widened.

really!

In his previous life, Shi Xing became rich overnight; his path to wealth was indeed quite peculiar.

She never expected that he had risen to power by stepping on the blood of the Su family!

Shi Wenxia's plan was simple: first, find a way to locate the head of the Su family, and then repeatedly blackmail him to gradually transfer the Su family's wealth into his own pocket.

Huang Xing listened in astonishment and asked in shock, "Sister, what...what can I use to blackmail the head of the Su family?"

Shi Wenxia sighed bitterly, "It's such a pity about the Su family's foreign bloodline, which was exposed so early. And that useless Jiang Mingxin, a perfectly good general guarding the border, actually committed suicide out of fear of punishment!"

Shi Xing looked completely bewildered, indicating that he did not understand.