"Is today the fifteenth?"
Yuan Bao'er's smile was full of meaning.
"Do you know that there is a family surnamed Yuan at the very end of Yong'an Lane on Changmen Street? The lady of that family is as beautiful as a painting, and her son and daughter are even more well-behaved and lovely, looking exactly like my father."
Upon hearing this, Madam Yuan's expression changed drastically!
The house in Yong'an Lane on Changmen Street was where the master settled her. She was always ashamed of being born a concubine and never went to that lane again after entering the mansion.
That house naturally fell into the master's hands.
"No...impossible!"
Madam Yuan couldn't believe it. She had schemed and plotted for the Yuan family, but her husband... he actually dared to keep a mistress outside the home, and even had a child with her.
How could he do this to her!
"Believe it or not, why don't you go and see for yourself? Today is the fifteenth, and the patriarch of that family is always there on the fifteenth of every month..."
Yuan Bao'er had a faint smile on her face.
"You wretch! What nonsense are you spouting! How could Father possibly..."
Young Master Yuan was furious. His eyes widened as he pointed angrily at Yuan Bao'er, his voice filled with disbelief and rage. However, despite his tough words, he couldn't help but feel uneasy inside. His father would go to Hanshan Temple in the suburbs every fifteenth of the month to add oil to his grandfather's lamp and chant sutras all night before returning home the next day.
This habit has continued for many years and has never changed.
His heart began to waver. Could it be that his father really had a mistress?
"oh……"
Yuan Bao'er smiled and looked at Yuan Laoda, "I almost forgot, you're not home on the fifteenth of every month, so of course you don't know anything. I did hear that... on the fifteenth of every month, your most favored concubine goes to the estate in the suburbs to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist prayers, hoping for your official career to go smoothly."
"I just don't know how she managed to beg. After all these years, you're still a commoner. Could it be that her heart wasn't sincere enough?"
"Shut up!"
Suddenly, Madam Yuan remembered something and hurriedly interrupted Yuan Bao'er, her face filled with horror, "No...no way!"
She couldn't stay still any longer.
They climbed into the carriage and headed straight for Changmen Street.
Young Master Yuan pointed at Yuan Bao'er, his expression extremely fierce, "Fine, fine, I misjudged you before, you just wait! Just you wait!"
Having said that, he hurried after Madam Yuan.
They saw the two run away in a disheveled state.
Yuan Bao'er smiled and took Jiao Jiao's arm. "Come on, come on, you can't go back on your word. I'm starving."
Jiang Jiaojiao was immediately at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
So the little crybaby revealed such a big secret because she was hungry and wanted to eat?
Jiang Jiaojiao looked at Xiao Shisan with sympathy. Poor Xiao Shisan, his road to winning back his wife was still long.
After the troublemaker left, the Fifth Prince, too ashamed to stay any longer, turned away with a gloomy face, disregarding even the most basic manners.
The ladies and young women watching were quite interested and enjoying themselves. Several carriages even followed Madam Yuan's direction, rushing to the forefront of the gossip.
Jiang Jiaojiao also liked to gossip, but she preferred to eat. So she happily hugged the little crybaby on her left, and on her right... cough cough cough, Li Yan was standing there, followed by the resentful Luo Twelve and the dumbfounded Luo Thirteen.
Jiang Jingtian and Jiang Lingtian accompanied Jin Yuwan to another carriage.
Luo Shier dragged Luo Shisan and squeezed into Jiang Jiaojiao's carriage, glaring at Li Yan, "What are you doing following us here for our sisters' gathering?"
Li Yan glanced at Luo Twelve indifferently, "We are husband and wife, one and the same, without distinction between you and me."
"you--"
Luo Shier was speechless with anger. He hadn't realized that the Seventh Prince was such a clingy person.
He used to be the least fond of crowds, and he was rarely seen at any gatherings, big or small, in the palace. But ever since he got engaged to Jiaojiao, he's been there wherever Jiaojiao is.
Tsk tsk tsk...
No wonder he died not long after Jiaojiao became a ghost in his previous life. Could it be that he had long been in love with Jiaojiao, and when Jiaojiao was gone, he had no hope of survival, so he hurriedly reincarnated?
Luo Shier imagined a grand, epic love story of life and death, and her gaze towards Li Yan became more sympathetic.
Judging from Xiao Shier's expression, Jiang Jiaojiao knew that she had once again imagined some kind of drama.
When she was a ghost in her past life, besides delicious food and handsome men, Little Twelve loved nothing more than opera scripts. Whenever she wasn't with them, she was either in the opera house or the bookstore.
Yuan Bao'er covered her mouth and chuckled.
Little Twelve is still Little Twelve, and Jiao Jiao is still Jiao Jiao.
In front of the Red Mansion.
Before Jiang Jiaojiao could even get off the carriage, she heard a familiar roar and angry shout outside.
When I lifted the carriage curtain, it really was someone I knew.
"Pah! You blind fools, don't you know who I am? I'm only here to eat because I'm doing your boss a favor! And you dare ask me for money!"
"When have I ever spent any money eating at the Jin family's restaurant!"
The Red Mansion is outwardly known as the Jin family's restaurant, but as far as Jiang Liu knows, the biggest owner is that idiot Jiang Jiaojiao.
Jiang Liu was furious.
Jiang Jiaojiao is such a fool, what does she know about opening a restaurant? Jin Shi is also a fool. She gave up being a proper lady of the Marquis's mansion and insisted on getting a divorce. If she hadn't gotten a divorce, and had handed the restaurant over to him to manage, he would have been guaranteed to make a fortune every day!
And what about those girls in the Grand View Garden? How much silver can they earn just by accompanying them in their poetry, songs, eating, drinking, and entertainment?
It is said that a moment of spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold.
That's what it truly means to make a fortune every day!
Jiang Jiaojiao, that idiot, wasted her time. Considering their sibling relationship of over ten years, if she could beg him politely today, he might be able to offer her some advice.
Otherwise, this restaurant will go bankrupt sooner or later!
Jiang Liu grew increasingly smug, glaring fiercely at the manager. If this restaurant were handed over to him, the first thing he would do was get rid of this clueless manager.
The manager of the Red Mansion wore a half-smile and said, "Young Master Jiang, things are different now. Our young lady has no connection with the Jiang family anymore, so you can't hold the Jin family accountable."
"you--"
Jiang Liu's face instantly turned red with anger. The young masters who came with him remained silent, watching the spectacle unfold. What angered Jiang Liu even more was that this was someone he had gone to great lengths to invite, and the person had only agreed after specifically hearing that it was a hotpot banquet at the Red Mansion.
"Hehe, Young Master Jiang is probably used to eating for free and forgot to bring any money. Don't worry, I've already sent someone to the Marquis's residence to ask for the money. As long as the money is settled, please go ahead, Young Master."
The person in charge exposed Jiang Liu's last shred of decency.
He was the most capable steward of the Jin family. When the young lady heard that she had opened a restaurant with Consort Jin from the palace, the master immediately packed him up and sent him over.
They only gave one instruction: the young lady's words are law, and anyone who doesn't get along with her will not be received.
It's just that he went to settle accounts earlier and wasn't there, otherwise he wouldn't have even let Jiang Liu into the Red Mansion. If he had let Jiang Liu off so easily today, the master would have cursed him to death.
Over the years, this ungrateful wretch has taken so much from the Jin family's restaurants and shops by virtue of her status as a young lady.
"You lowly slave! I want to see your master! Tell Jiang Jiaojiao to get out here and see me!"
Jiang Liu was furious. If he couldn't get revenge today, how could he face his brothers in the future?
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