Chapter 97 He Takes All the Good Things
Hu Yan also had a thrilling experience on this trip to Yanzhou. As soon as she came back, Lu Wanning asked her to rest first.
Hongling hadn't seen her for a long time and helped her pour tea with some nervousness.
"Mrs. An has now been promoted to the position of First Lady of the Chen Mansion."
Lu Wanning had expected this, so she wasn't too surprised. She just nodded and said, "Has there been any trouble at the Chen Mansion recently?"
"Not really." Hongling would meet the servants of the Chen Mansion when she went out to buy things on weekdays. She used to have a good relationship with her, and she paid more attention to the things happening in the Chen Mansion.
After a pause, she seemed to feel that something was up, so she continued, "The marriage between the eldest son and Miss Luo from the Prime Minister's Mansion has been finalized."
Lu Wanning was stunned. "Doesn't the Prime Minister's Mansion want to form a marriage with the Yan Mansion?"
Although Hongling was a maid, she had heard a lot of gossip, so she answered quickly, "It is said that Miss Luo accidentally fell into the water while out a few days ago, and the eldest master happened to pass by and rescued her. But after Miss Luo returned, she fell ill and said that intimate contact between men and women should not be allowed. If she did not marry the eldest master, she would be ashamed to face people."
Lu Wanning then continued, "So Prime Minister Luo agreed to this marriage?"
As soon as the gossip started coming up, Hong Ling's previous fear of Lu Wan Ning disappeared. She became full of energy and looked crazy. "It's not that simple."
Lu Wanning: “?”
"The people from the Prime Minister's Mansion went to the Chen Mansion to discuss the marriage with the master. The master was naturally very happy and agreed immediately. But who knew that after the eldest son learned about it, he flatly refused and bluntly said that if this happened again in the future, no one would dare to help."
This was really something that Lu Wanning found unbelievable.
She pondered for a moment the look on Chen Wenjian's face when he found her before leaving the capital for Yanzhou. It felt a bit like the nonchalant look he had shown in his previous life.
But considering Chen Wenjian's current situation, it was still a little unexpected for her to decline the Luo family's marriage proposal. This did not seem to be Chen Wenjian's style.
With his calculating and scheming character, he should know that if he married Luo Li at this time, with the identity of the prime minister's son-in-law, it would be the best thing for him now.
Both Mr. Chen, who had doubts about his background, and the Second Prince should reconsider.
She was really confused and touched her chin suspiciously, "And then, Master Chen beat him up?"
Hong Ling said embarrassedly, "No, I heard that Miss Luo committed suicide after hearing about this. Fortunately, she was rescued in time and was not seriously injured. However, she was frightened by the Prime Minister's wife, so she forced the Prime Minister to beg His Majesty, and that's how the marriage was settled."
Considering how much Prime Minister Luo and his wife love Luo Li, it is indeed possible for them to do such a thing, and it does not seem surprising.
To be honest, Lu Wanning now felt a bit gloating towards Chen Wenjian. Although she didn't know how much this man remembered about his previous life, she felt particularly comfortable watching him doing something he didn't want to do.
Then she thought this man was being pretentious. After all, he was the one who approached Luo Li first, and now he was the one who wanted to distance himself from her for no apparent reason.
He got all the good things.
If Chen Wenjian were in front of her right now, she would definitely spit.
She squinted her eyes and took a sip of tea, "Anything else?"
"The rest is nothing."
She was just saying that she was going to the kitchen to bring back some snacks for Lu Wanning to fill her stomach when she saw Sang Mingyue hurriedly step into the yard.
He quickly told Lu Wanning, "Miss Ming is here."
Even among the people in Prince Qi's Mansion, few people except Princess Qi knew Sang Mingyue's true identity. She had always been walking around the capital as Miss Ming.
Lu Wanning nodded, and Hongling went downstairs to bring her some snacks. Sang Mingyue came straight to Lu Wanning like the wind and looked her up and down, left and right.
Lu Wanning had done this action many times in the past few days, and many people had done it to her many times, so she quickly said, "I'm not hurt, nothing happened."
It had been a while since they last saw each other. Sang Mingyue rolled her eyes at her, not knowing whether she was exhausted from running back and forth between the Treasure Pavilion and Huichun Hall, or whether her Ren and Du meridians had been opened.
She was fine, but Sang Mingyue was.
She stretched out a trembling finger and pointed at Lu Wanning, "Do you know how I got through this period of time?"
Lu Wanning blinked innocently and asked, "How did you get here?"
"It's not so bad in the Treasure Pavilion, but those people waiting for the second free clinic in Huichun Hall are ready to tear me and Shopkeeper Wu apart. I'm fine, at most I just have to make a few less trips, but it's a pity for Shopkeeper Wu, who has to endure such inhuman torture at his age."
Lu Wanning felt a little guilty, "I have no choice."
Sang Mingyue ignored her excuses and continued, "Your guess is correct. That bastard Wei Xun wanted to do something to the father and daughter you were treating. Luckily, I arranged for someone to stop him. Otherwise, even if Manager Wu and I were to split each of us into four pieces, we wouldn't be able to stop them."
The connotation of condemnation was too strong, and Lu Wanning felt guilty, so she could only hang her head and listen to her scolding.
When she had almost finished scolding him, he came over with his teacup and said, "Have a sip and take a break."
Seeing her good attitude in admitting her mistake, Sang Mingyue finally relaxed a little. "I asked someone to calculate the date. The 8th of next month is a good date. I want to open the Treasure Pavilion on that day."
Lu Wanning nodded repeatedly, "Just do whatever you want."
"But are the things in your treasure cabinet ready now?" She was a little curious about this and even couldn't wait to go and take a look.
Sang Mingyue nodded. "Almost. When I was traveling around with my father, I met a lot of businessmen. These people traveled all over the world and saw countless rare and unique things. If I select them and put them in the Treasure Pavilion, I can sell them for a good price."
There are many nobles in the capital, and they are naturally curious about these rare and strange things they have never seen before. She arranged a history and mission for each item she brought back, and compiled a strange and bizarre little story about it.
Even if they don't buy anything, these people listening to the stories can bring a lot of traffic to the Treasure Pavilion.
Lu Wanning wasn't very experienced in business matters, and she didn't trust her for making up stories about the treasures. She was even a little skeptical, "Can this really work?"
Sang Mingyue blinked and said, "Just go and have a look when it opens."
Speaking of the opening, Sang Mingyue suddenly touched her nose and asked, "Well, are you and His Highness the Crown Prince still in love lately?"
This question made Lu Wanning's face turn red. She almost thought that Sang Mingyue knew about her and Qi Muchao's affair during this period.
"What's wrong?"
"It's not a big deal," Sang Mingyue cleared her throat. "Didn't I go to discuss cooperation a while ago? An uncle who had been to the Qimo tribe said he brought back a necklace inlaid with blue gems from the Qimo tribe. The sapphire was as beautiful as the lakes on the shamanic border. I asked around for a long time and learned that the necklace seems to be in the hands of Prince Qi."
She rubbed her fingertips and said, "Can you talk to Prince Qi and sell me this necklace? I will hang it in the Treasure Pavilion."
Lu Wanning seemed to have indeed seen a very beautiful sapphire necklace in Qi Muchao's small warehouse.
At that time, she picked it up and gestured with it, but felt that it would be too formal to wear around her neck, so she didn't take it.
However, since Qi Muchao said that everything in the small warehouse is hers, this should not be a difficult thing.
But she still planned to tell Qi Muchao first.
So he nodded and said, "Then I'll ask him later."
After complaining about what had happened in the past few days, Sang Mingyue felt much better and was in a better mood. She no longer had the dark aura she had when she first walked in.
He even took the snacks that Hong Ling brought in with a smile, handed a piece to Lu Wanning, and then clapped his hands, "You eat, I'll continue to work."
"Wait." Lu Wanning stopped her, "I was just about to ask you, do you want to let Xiaoyu go to school, or hire a teacher to teach him?"
Hearing about going to the academy, Sang Mingyue subconsciously frowned, "No, Wei Xun must have guessed Xiaoyu and my identities. Even if we deny it, he can't do anything, but I'm afraid he'll stab us in the back."
Wei Xun's dark side is something we must be on guard against.
She has already lost so many people, she absolutely cannot lose Xiaoyu again.
But it was not a solution to continue like this. Sang Mingyue knew that Lu Wanning was kind-hearted. She felt equally conflicted seeing Xiaoyu looking listless these days but pretending to be happy in front of her.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'll discuss this with the princess tomorrow. If she doesn't mind, I'll invite a gentleman over."
After the discussion was complete, she walked towards the door. Not far away, she remembered something and turned back to remind Lu Wanning, "Remember to go to the clinic tomorrow. The free clinic can't be put off any longer."
If we delay any further, the reputation accumulated from the last free clinic will be reversed.
In the past two days, some people have started to curse Huichuntang.
Shopkeeper Wu suggested that the other doctors should first give a free consultation to those who had won the lottery, but these people refused to do so and insisted that it was Doctor Lu who was agreed upon.
Perhaps because there were too many things going on in the palace, Qi Muchao did not come back last night. He only asked Changkong to come back and deliver a message, asking her to go to bed first.
When she woke up, the bed was still empty. Lu Wanning washed up, ate something and went to the clinic.
When Shopkeeper Wu saw her, his expression of surprise, joy, and a little anger made Lu Wanning lower her head in shame.
Walking into the clinic under such complicated gazes, Lu Wanning cleared her throat and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard," Shopkeeper Wu said solemnly, "Perhaps it's my destiny to follow two unreliable masters."
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