Song Jiangmei frowned: "Really?"
She recounted the foul language she had overheard at the Floating Cloud Teahouse to Zhu Jiayu, and said angrily, "Even if you didn't do anything, you can't stop those cats who smell fish from causing trouble when they can't get the fish."
Zhu Jiayu raised her delicate eyebrows: "Do you know who's in that private room?"
Song Jiangmei nodded: "I immediately had someone investigate."
She turned her head and looked at Fuyao. Fuyao understood and took out a stack of letters she carried with her and presented them to her young mistress.
Song Jiangmei took the letter and handed it to Zhu Jiayu, saying, "The names and identities of everyone present are all in here. It's clear that none of them are clean, having sat and chatted with people like that. This letter lists some of the things they committed, not major ones, but if it's revealed, it'll be enough to give them a hard time. Use it as you see fit."
"The one who spoke was Gao Xun, who visited your residence today. I'm sure you already have a plan for how to deal with him, so I won't say more. If you need any help, just let me know."
Zhu Jiayu didn't stand on ceremony with her. She put away the letter and led her to the backyard to sit down. The two talked about what had happened to each other since they parted ways in Heling. In the evening, she invited Song Jiangmei to have dinner at the mansion before seeing her off.
The next day, Zhu Jiayu asked Lüzheng to invite the people who had been drinking and chatting with Gao Xun at Fuyun Teahouse the day before to the teahouse, in the private room where they had been having their lively discussion the day before.
When everyone arrived, they saw Zhu Jiayu standing gracefully by the window. They looked at each other, and for a moment no one spoke.
Zhu Jiayu slowly turned around. Today she was wearing a dark-colored, collared long gown embroidered with red peony scrolls, with a light red bodice underneath and a blue-green long skirt, which made her long eyebrows look even more delicate and her cherry lips look even more beautiful.
Her clear, bright eyes looked over, and everyone who had so much to say forgot what to say under her cold, piercing gaze.
Zhu Jiayu looked around at them, then looked at one of them and said, "You were all here yesterday, so I'm sure you don't feel like strangers now?"
Upon hearing this, everyone understood a bit more about why she had come to them today: Gao Xun's words from yesterday must have somehow reached her ears, so she had come to settle scores with them today.
But isn't Gao Xun the real culprit in this whole affair?
What do we need them for?
Just as they were feeling curious and puzzled, they suddenly heard Zhu Jiayu say, "Given the character of young masters like you, I suppose nothing I say will make a difference. Fortunately, I'm not one to talk much."
She placed the letters, which she had had copied, in front of everyone one by one, and slowly smiled, saying, "But I suppose this is enough to shut you all up."
The group unfolded the folded white paper in front of them, and after leisurely reading a couple of lines, their gazes began to become anxious.
The paper contained a list of things they had done over the years. Forcibly abducting women and forcing them into prostitution were considered minor offenses. There was even evidence of them seizing people's land and houses and disregarding the law to harm people's lives.
Over the years, enjoying the protection of their families, they had long since honed their shrewdness and knew that as long as they didn't run into a brick wall, they would be fine. So, while they might have been somewhat cautious at first, later they became too lazy to even bother with cover-ups. They never expected that after all these years, someone would be able to gather so much information that was detrimental to them.
"Don't even think about attacking me. I've already given orders that if anything happens to me, what you've seen today will appear in every bookstore, teahouse, tavern, and brothel in Yujing City within six hours. Wherever there's a well, people will know your true faces. Judging by this trend, it's not impossible that it will reach the Emperor's ears one day."
"So for the good of all of us, I think the best solution is for everyone to turn over a new leaf from today onwards and forget Gao Xun's delusional and unfounded words from yesterday. What do you all think?"
Her words were sincere, and her expression was even more sincere, but the smile in her eyes was light and airy, as if this matter was insignificant to her and not worth her serious attention.
These spoiled young masters had never seen anything like this before. They were usually ruthless, but today, with Zhu Jiayu holding their Achilles' heel, they were completely at a loss for what to do.
Faced with Zhu Jiayu's meticulous arrangements, they really had no choice but to accept them reluctantly.
But after they left the Floating Cloud Teahouse, they heard something even more outrageous!
Someone spread the rumor that the son of the deputy military commander surnamed Gao is a congenital eunuch! Even with medication, his manhood is useless! The Gao family line is about to end!
Although they didn't know where the news came from, they looked at each other and unanimously thought of the person they had seen in the teahouse earlier—although they had no concrete evidence, for some reason, they just felt that Zhu Jiayu was capable of doing this.
This was indeed an order given by Zhu Jiayu this morning.
Since Gao Xun dared to ruin her reputation behind her back, she dared to retaliate in kind.
Hearing many people around her discussing this, Zhu Jiayu thought to herself in a good mood that if Gao Xun wanted to dispel this rumor, he would probably have to take off his pants in front of the world to prove his innocence.
But if he dares to do that, his father will probably think he has gone mad and lock him at home from now on, forbidding him from going out and embarrassing himself again.
...
Gao Xun is currently throwing a tantrum in the mansion, and he looks almost like he's lost his mind.
The servants beside him kept giving him advice:
"Or would you like to spend the night with two maids in your household?"
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