Chapter 23 After leaving the house, go to Xu's Bank

Even though there was no evidence, Xie Yao thought she had guessed right.

Calculating the time, if Aunt Sun is pregnant now, when she gives birth, it will be the time when she was promoted to a co-wife in her previous life.

Not only that, Xie Yao also speculated that Aunt Sun might have given birth to a son.

After his mother died in his previous life, Xie Yan was clearly the legitimate son, but was abandoned by Xie Ming'an. It took him a year to find the manor where Lu Shenyan hid her.

If the Xie family had a new legitimate son, then everything would be explained.

Xie Yao lightly swung the knife in her hand, her eyes stern.

She told Rendong her guess that Aunt Sun was pregnant.

Honeysuckle: "This... Second Miss only relied on a few medicine residues. You are not a fortune teller, how did you tell that? Otherwise, you can go to Aunt Sun's room tonight and bring back some leftover medicine. I will help you take a look."

Xie Yao shook her head and said that it was not necessary.

"I'm a fortune teller. If I say you're pregnant, you're pregnant."

She said this jokingly, and then asked, "How much silver do we have now?"

Rendong laid out the silver. "All I have left of the money I brought back to Beijing is one tael of silver and half a string of copper coins. Yesterday you stole three silver ingots from Sang Ruo. Add them all up, and you've got sixteen and a half taels."

It was also thanks to the Second Young Lady that she gave the reward money to the guards of King Jingbei, otherwise they would have been stretched to the limit.

"That's enough," Xie Yao estimated. "Where is Tongfu, the man who stole the charcoal brazier that day, now?"

Before this, Xie Zhi had asked Tongfu, a servant in her courtyard, to steal her charcoal brazier. When she caught him in the act, Aunt Sun beat him with twenty sticks and sold him.

Xie Yao specifically asked Rendong to pay attention to Tongfu's whereabouts and asked about his family background.

She still remembered the look Tongfu gave Aunt Sun before he was dragged away. It was not fear, but hatred.

Those who are good at war seek it from the situation, not from others, so they can choose people and take advantage of the situation.

Tongfu is the person she chose.

"I once brought him some medicine when no one was paying attention, and even slipped him half a string of copper coins. He said that the servants sold by the Bo Mansion were usually sent to the pawnshops on East Street, and some were sent to farms in the countryside to do odd jobs."

Xie Yao thought and said, "I'll leave the house tomorrow."

The next morning, she prepared to go out.

She put on the new clothes her mother made for her, combed her hair into a simple bun, and called Honeysuckle.

When she passed by Xu Susu's house, the door was closed. It seemed that her mother still didn't want to pay attention to her.

Xie Yao didn't care and greeted Sang Ruo with a smile.

Xie Yan was just on his way to school when he met her.

"Sister, do you want to go out and play?" Xie Yan asked excitedly.

Xie Yao nodded.

"Then I'll go out with you—"

At this time, a somewhat unfamiliar servant beside him advised: "Master, there are lessons at school today, and the uncle still needs to check."

Xie Yan remembered that he had promised Xie Yao yesterday that he would study hard in the future. He had just made that promise yesterday, and if he went out to play today, Xie Yao would definitely beat him up.

"Forget it, I don't really want to go out," he gave up and said, "There are coachmen at home. Where are you going, sister? Please use my carriage."

Xie Yao: "Prince Jingbei's Palace."

Xie Yan was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes, and said softly, "That's fine, go early and come back early."

He asked the servant to find the coachman and park his carriage at the door.

The new doorman stopped Xie Yao and said, "Master Bo said that the second young lady must learn the rules in the mansion and must not go out without permission."

Xie Yao held the knife and said, "Prince Jingbei sent me a gift earlier, and I want to go to the palace to express my gratitude in person. His Majesty also said that I can go to the palace to see the prince while I am waiting to get married. Do you listen to the uncle or the emperor?"

The doorman hesitated: "This is the Wenchang Marquis's residence after all. Second Miss, please don't embarrass me. I'm really afraid of angering the Marquis..."

Xie Yao smiled and asked, "So, you're planning to make me angry?"

The doorman swallowed, recalled the miserable state of the previous doorman, and quickly opened the door.

Ren Dong helped Xie Yao get on the carriage, but Xie Yao said, "Let's not go to the Jingbei Palace first, let's go to East Street."

"What is the Second Miss doing in East Street?" asked the driver.

Honeysuckle rolled her eyes and said coldly, "Second Miss is going to express her gratitude. Shouldn't she go to East Street to buy some return gifts?"

The driver wanted to say something, but Xie Yao's long sword wrapped in cloth strips had already stretched out from behind the curtain and was lying beside him.

She said calmly, "Do you know why I didn't kill the doorman today?"

The driver held his breath, his voice trembling: "No, I don't know..."

"Because he didn't ask me what I was going to do."

The driver immediately shut up, whipped up his horsewhip, and headed straight for East Street.

The carriage soon reached the street corner. Xie Yao jumped out and gave the driver a little money: "I will treat you to go to the teahouse in front and listen to the opera for a whole day. Then take me back home before sunset."

The driver trembled and refused: "I dare not."

Xie Yao: "Then I'd better chop you to death with one blow."

"Goodbye." The driver took the tip swiftly and disappeared in front of her in the blink of an eye.

Honeysuckle got off the carriage with the cloth in her arms and said thoughtfully, "Second Miss, should we hire another carriage to go to the yamen?"

Last night, the second young lady specifically asked her about Tongfu, and today they brought enough money. She guessed that the second young lady must be going to the pawnshop to buy someone.

Xie Yao narrowed her eyes and looked ahead.

East Street is the most prosperous street in the capital. During the day, various vendors shout on both sides of the street, and there are teahouses, restaurants and pawnshops inside. At night, before curfew, the street is also decorated with lights and is very lively.

These bustling pedestrians and vendors are all people from Dayan.

Once upon a time, she learned martial arts and joined the army, fighting on the battlefield, just to protect everything in front of her.

Seeing the people living and working in peace and contentment, Xie Yao realized that everything she had done in the past was meaningful, and she still wanted to ride her horse and gallop onto the battlefield.

Her blood was still boiling.

After calming down, Xie Yao walked into East Street and said, "Let's go to Xu's Bank first."

"What place is that? Aren't we going there to buy Tongfu?" asked Honeysuckle.

Xie Yao said, "The Xu family bank is my grandfather's family's property in the capital."

There are many pawnshops of all sizes on East Street. How can they find a servant who has been sold out? Even if they find one, they only have sixteen taels of silver. If they encounter a pawnshop that asks for a huge sum of money, will she turn around and pawn her knife?

Besides, what she wanted was not to buy a servant, but a loyal subordinate.

The two walked to the Xu's Bank, the innermost part of East Street. As soon as they entered, the shopkeeper came forward warmly and asked, "What can I do for you, ladies?"

Xie Yao bowed and said, "My mother, Xu, is Mr. Xu's only daughter. Xie Yao and my grandfather haven't seen each other for many years, so I came to visit him specially."

When the shopkeeper saw her holding a knife and heard her call herself Xie Yao, he was immediately convinced of her identity.

In the past few days, the second daughter of the Xie family returned to the capital, and His Majesty granted her a marriage with Prince Jingbei, which was the most exciting news in the capital.

"So you are the cousin of the Xie family. Nice to meet you! The old master is not in the capital right now, but the young master is in the backyard counting the accounts right now."