Chapter 146 A Shocking Case

Dongmai pulled Aunt Xin out of the house just in time.

Aunt Xin also brought two sweet potatoes that she had roasted herself.

When Dongmai saw Hua Wanli whispering to her young mistress, she knew that what was about to be said was not suitable for them to hear.

Will she be angry?

No, not at all.

As the young lady once said, sometimes knowing less is a form of self-protection.

Her job was simply to take good care of the young lady; as for everything else...

When a young lady feels she needs to know something, she will definitely let her know.

Aunt Xin also felt that it was better for her to leave.

She found it a little difficult to understand what the lady and Miss Wanli were saying.

It's easier to teach someone how to make tea or something else; it's better if she doesn't know.

Watching the two of them happily carrying roasted sweet potatoes hand in hand as they went out, Shangguan Jin invited Hua Wanli to sit down by the charcoal stove.

"So, the Crown Prince's people have already contacted you?" Shangguan Jin asked.

Hua Wanli took a roasted sweet potato that Aunt Xin hadn't taken from the charcoal stove and blew on it.

"They didn't come to us; they found a middleman. We don't know how the prince found out about it."

Anyway, I contacted that person.

However, my heartless father didn't even need to ask; the contact person rejected the offer.

"The Ruyi Alliance doesn't handle matters of the imperial court; the consequences would be endless," Hua Wanli said while munching on a roasted sweet potato.

"Really not going to accept? How much money will you offer?" Shen Qingyue asked curiously.

Hua Wanli freed one hand and held up two fingers to Chen Qingyue.

"Twenty thousand taels? That's actually quite a lot!"

"But this money is too hot to handle; it will definitely cause endless trouble in the future. It's the right thing to avoid such matters in the imperial court," Shen Qingyue said.

The seventh prince nodded in agreement.

Hua Wanli smiled, swallowed the roasted sweet potato in her mouth, and then spoke.

"It's not 20,000, it's 200,000 taels of silver. If that's not enough, we can add more."

"Two hundred thousand taels?" Shangguan Jin, Shen Qingyue, and the Seventh Prince all stared wide-eyed.

My goodness, two hundred thousand taels of silver! If this were piled up in the courtyard, it would be a huge mountain of silver!

Shangguan Jin thought back to when she first came here, she had to act in order to earn a salary of 1,500 taels of silver a year.

Two hundred thousand taels...

Tsk tsk tsk, she really is still poor; the Duke of Dingguo's mansion is truly just a facade...

The seventh prince was also speechless, his mouth agape.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver, how many things would that take to accomplish?

The imperial court needed to repair waterways, provide disaster relief, and prepare military supplies for the north and south...

The Crown Prince actually managed to easily produce 200,000 taels of silver to hire martial arts practitioners to kill a few people...

this......

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver, how long would it take Chunbuwan Teahouse to earn that much!"

"Even if Young Master Lian finds out, he should feel sorry for him!" Shen Qingyue said with a smile.

Hua Wanli nodded.

"That's right, my younger brother is heartbroken, but he just can't take money that he shouldn't take."

That silver might just be the silver that will kill you!

My younger brother is so heartbroken that he's already holed up in a teahouse and continued writing his storybook.

"I'm thinking about which bookstore I can sell the storybook to to make a lot of money!"

Shangguan Jin felt like laughing when she heard this.

These brother and sister are really interesting.

However, these two are not greedy for money and are suitable for becoming close friends.

"That's because you're good at making money, that's a good thing. Well, all this troublesome stuff has nothing to do with you now, who they go to has nothing to do with you."

"By the way, they don't know about you two and the Ruyi Alliance..." Shangguan Jin asked.

"Don't worry, no one knows. We're both perfectly safe."

"Everyone in the capital thinks my brother and I are just descendants of a wealthy merchant from Jiangnan, and they don't know anything else about us," Hua Wanli said with a smile.

Shangguan Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

She was also worried that if the Crown Prince's people found out that the person who rejected him was Chun Buwan's person, they would probably retaliate.

"Aunt, I definitely won't tell," the Seventh Prince quickly raised his hand to assure her.

“We didn’t expect you to say that either. Don’t worry! You’re one of us!” Shangguan Jin patted the Seventh Prince on the shoulder.

The Seventh Prince smiled, sat down next to Shangguan Jin, and began preparing to eat the roast meat again.

The group chatted for a while, covering a wide range of topics.

The more they talked, the more compatible they became.

Hua Wanli also thought that Shangguan Jin was incredibly good at chatting.

Every word and action resonated with her.

For example, Hua Wanli said that the head of some wealthy family in the capital had been cheating on his wife with another man.

The mistress of the house disciplined the concubine again, forcing her to kneel or reducing her treatment.

Shangguan Jin said that this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. Since it's the man who's cheating, then we should deal with the man!

Cut off those two ounces of meat, and they'll behave themselves, won't they?

Or rather, this kind of man is impossible to control; he'll only behave when he's buried.

Hua Wanli was deeply moved.

Yes, if we solve the fundamental problem of men, then all the problems will be solved.

I really don't know what those first wives are thinking, always thinking about disciplining their concubines.

"Exactly. If you have the ability, go deal with men. What kind of ability is it if you don't dare to deal with men?"

"As for me in the future..."

Hua Wanli didn't dare to continue speaking; she had almost forgotten that there was a prince in the room!

This will be a man someday!

The seventh prince didn't dare to speak, burying his head in eating the roasted meat, trying his best to minimize his presence.

Although he will grow up to be a great man, he certainly won't be like the others...

......

In the following days, Hua Wanli continued to set off every morning to the outskirts to tell Shangguan Jin and the others about the situation in the capital.

The supporters on the side of Duke Anguo are now showing signs of surpassing those on the side of the Crown Prince.

The two sides in the debate in the teahouse seemed even more passionate, each producing evidence they had heard about from who-knows-where.

Or perhaps the imperial family was already angry, and several more teacups were smashed in the Hall of Diligent Governance...

Of course, even Qianli wasn't staying cooped up in his room all the time anymore; he also joined the spectators.

I'll try to accumulate more material for my storytelling.

Shangguan Jin and the others listened with great interest.

It feels so good to be able to enjoy gossip without even leaving home.

Three days later, Shangguan Jin prepared snacks and tea early in the morning, eagerly waiting for Hua Wanli's carriage.

It was almost noon when Hua Wanli finally arrived.

"This is terrible! Something really serious has happened! A shocking case!"

"The capital is under martial law. I had to bribe my way out." Hua Wanli said these words as soon as she entered the door.

Shangguan Jin was stunned. A shocking case?

It must be about the Crown Prince's faction intercepting and killing the Imperial Textile Commissioner in Jiangning.

But wasn't this exactly what they expected?

Why is Hua Wanli so surprised!

"this......"

"It's more serious than we imagined! The imperial family is furious and has already sent someone to investigate this case!" Hua Wanli was still shocked.