Wanruo came out of Qingshuixuan and went to the second lady's yard.
The Second Madam was a little surprised to see her: "Today is not the day to deliver medicine, how come you still have time to come?"
Wan Ruo bowed and said, "I came here today to ask for something."
"That's strange. You're almost entering Songhe Garden now, and you still have something to ask of me?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in the Second Madam's words. Xie Xianyu's decision to take a concubine before marriage, regardless of her decision, had already become known to everyone in the mansion.
"My younger brother, Ajin, is studying at the Maoshan Academy owned by Second Madam's uncle. Please have Second Madam send someone to send him away and tell everyone that he unfortunately fell off a cliff and his body has been completely destroyed."
When the Second Madam heard this, her expression changed in shock: "What? You, what do you mean by this?"
Wanruo didn't intend to hide it from her and told her the truth: "I have obtained Madam Xie's permission to leave the Xie family."
The Second Madam's face was frozen with shock, and she was stunned for a long time: "Why are you leaving?!"
"I have a sweetheart, and he said he wants to marry me."
The Second Madam was almost incredulous: "Are you crazy? You're leaving the Xie family's wealth behind to elope with someone?!"
What’s more, the one who fell in love with her was Xie Xianyu!
"The First Madam has already agreed. I hope the Second Madam can also help me with this small favor. It won't embarrass the First Madam."
The second lady took one look at Zhuqing who came with Wanruo, and immediately understood what the first lady meant.
Since it was the eldest lady's idea, she certainly couldn't refuse, so she reluctantly agreed: "Okay."
Wan Ruo curved her lips and said, "Thank you, Second Madam."
The Second Lady couldn't help but speak, "Have you really thought it through? I see you're young, and I'm afraid you're foolish. If you run away with a man for a little personal love, you'll have no way out in your life. A man's love is the most unreliable thing."
Wanruo smiled and said, "I don't understand."
It is precisely because I know it is unreliable that I choose to leave.
Wanruo took out a prescription from her sleeve and handed it to the Second Madam. "The recipe for this tonic that Second Madam asked me for before isn't good enough. If you need to make medicine in the future, please use this one."
The second wife's face froze. She opened the prescription and noticed an extra ingredient in it.
Wanruo did not explain any further, bowed, turned and left.
The second lady came over and realized that the one she had given her before was fake! This girl had been secretly planning this long ago and had the bargaining chip to control her.
It was hard for the Second Lady to imagine that such a smart person would give up the wealth of the Xie family and elope for a man.
Zhu Qing stepped forward and told the Second Madam: "Please remember what to do and keep your mouth shut."
The Second Madam took a deep breath and said, "Go and tell the First Madam to rest assured."
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As soon as Wanruo entered Qiushui Courtyard, Dingdong came to greet her.
"Miss, you are finally here. Sister Cuizhu came just now and said that the embroiderer sent a wedding dress for you to try on."
There was a tray on the table. Wanruo untied the red cloth on the tray and saw a red wedding dress. However, it was not pure red, but more like rose red. Pure red could only be worn by the wife on her wedding day.
Ding Dong was still thinking: "This wedding dress was made overnight by more than ten embroiderers from Caidiexuan. It is the finest Suzhou embroidery, and the material is soft smoke silk. Look at the embroidery on it, young lady, it is very exquisite!"
Wan Ruo gently stroked her wedding dress with her bare hands and curled her lips gently: "Hmm."
"The eldest master is really attentive to the young lady. He is only taking a concubine, but he has prepared everything just like an ordinary family would marry a wife. I heard from Sister Cuizhu that he even hired a master craftsman to make new furniture for the courtyard where the young lady will live. No wonder Sister Cuizhu has been so busy lately."
"Miss, why don't you try on the wedding dress now? Sister Cuizhu said that if the size doesn't fit, you can send it in time for alterations."
Wanruo nodded: "I'll try again later. I'm a little tired now."
"Well! The girl can rest first." Ding Dong turned around and walked out.
Wanruo covered herself with the red cloth again and got up to pack her things in the box.
She didn't plan to take anything with her. She first took out a locked sandalwood box from the cabinet and opened it. Inside was a stack of land deeds and silver bills, all of which were the family property left by her father.
The silver note was worth two thousand taels per village, the land deeds were for two farms and a hundred acres of medicinal fields, plus the one thousand taels of silver given by the eldest lady, she had three thousand taels of cash in her hands.
After leaving Yanjing City, she would find someone to go to Linzhou to sell the farm and the medicine farm together. The cash value would be around one or two thousand silver coins. However, the farm and the medicine farm were still in the hands of her stepmother, so it would not be easy to sell them.
This money was used to rebuild the family business, support Ajin's education, and also to give her a dowry.
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