Shen Ning met with several managers, spent half a day organizing the account books, and even went out for a walk. Only after finishing did she realize that she seemed to have forgotten something.
She caught a glimpse of Yuzhu struggling with a rope; oh, she forgot about Taoji.
"Miss, she ran away!!! She just ran away like that." Yu Zhu broke down in disbelief.
"It must be because I'm not skilled enough."
Yu Zhu began to question her rope-tying skills.
"No, I must learn a lot from Brother Mo."
Surprisingly, this actually sparked Yu Zhu's desire to learn.
Liu Ying frowned: "Miss, are you just going to let her go like that?"
Shen Ning: "Otherwise, just scare her a little. You can't do things like murder and arson."
Liu Ying: "Miss hasn't interrogated you yet?"
That Peach Princess is of unknown origin and insists on clinging to the young lady; she's clearly not a good person. Now that she's managed to break free of the ropes and run away, it only proves that something is wrong with her.
Shen Ning's gaze was deep and indifferent: "Why interrogate her? Knowing too much won't do us any good."
She didn't want to get involved in things she couldn't control; the Thousand-Faced Fox had already caused her a lot of trouble.
Don't be fooled by the fact that she escaped unscathed last time with only minor bumps and bruises; if she had been just a little less lucky that day, she might not have made it back.
The Thousand-Faced Demon Fox, the Little Imperial Uncle, the Emperor—aren't they all ruthless and heartless?
Tao Ji was a courtesan at Cui Fang Lou, but she had complicated ties with the Yongning Marquis's mansion.
They might think she doesn't know anything, that her moves are all too obvious, without any attempt at concealment.
Little did they know that Shen Ning had died once. Even if she wasn't a power-hungry person in her previous life, she had still experienced the storms of the next ten years and knew the general direction of things. So, it wasn't difficult to deduce the details.
Jinbaolou is connected to the Zhang family of the Ministry of Revenue, who in turn are connected to the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, and the real master is behind the Yongning Marquis's Mansion.
A prince who was so low-key that he had no presence at all, seemingly having no chance of the throne and living a life of indifference to the world, suddenly made a move a few years later, directly wiping out the Empress's faction, causing the Crown Prince to die a violent death, the Empress to hang herself, and the young imperial uncle of the Qin family to disappear.
However, that person also failed to seize the throne and was eventually nailed to the dragon throne, dying with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
Everyone knows these things. Shen Ning knows them more clearly because of Shen Shu, but they have nothing to do with her. Whether in her past life or this life, she doesn't want to get involved.
A power struggle ensued, filled with bloodshed and violence.
Emperors, princes, and nobles—who among them wasn't incredibly noble and powerful in their lifetime? In the end, they all died at the hands of their enemies, and all their glory, wealth, power, and fame vanished into nothingness.
Moreover, it wasn't just him who died; his entire family and nine generations of relatives were also executed.
Shen Ning knew her own limitations and only wanted to do business with these powerful and wealthy people; she had no intention of courting death.
Her encounter with the Thousand-Faced Fox that day was definitely an accident, and she was willing to believe that being kidnapped and later rescued and brought back by the young imperial uncle was also an accident, but things might not be the same in the future.
Ever since Qin Zhuo mentioned the Thousand-Faced Fox's involvement in the treason, Shen Ning had a bad feeling.
Momohime's appearance aroused her suspicion. She only thought she would try it out casually, but she didn't expect Momohime to escape.
The ominous premonition was about to come true, but she could only bury her head in the sand.
As long as she knows nothing, it has nothing to do with her.
Shen Shu is still stuck in the quagmire of the Wei family, so these things shouldn't be coming to her.
------
After seeing off Steward Liang and his family, Shen Ning had a moment of peace, but the second branch of the family was in complete chaos.
The woman who came to find Shen Changlin was named Fang Shiyan. Although she had been a farmer's wife for many years, she was still quite beautiful and had learned some skills in the brothel. It was no problem for her to handle a man like Shen Changlin.
Her most powerful asset is that she has a son who looks exactly like Shen Changlin and is well-behaved, sensible, and studious.
How could Shen Changlin not know that Shen Ming was a scoundrel? But that was his only son, and that scoundrel took after his father.
Men are the most tolerant of each other. Although he felt that his son was unlikely to amount to anything, he blamed outsiders, luck, and Shen Ning for monopolizing the main wife's position and not helping them.
But things are different now. Shen Ming's fate is set in stone, and while he has lost one scoundrel son, he has a very obedient and intelligent son. He sees hope in this son and naturally loves him dearly.
He didn't even need Fang Shiyan to coax him; he was already thinking about changing Liu Chunsheng's gender on the family genealogy.
How can his son have someone else's surname?
But could Zhao tolerate it? She was almost ready to kill someone with a knife.
After all this commotion, she realized that her husband had taken that bastard and his son, and had completely forgotten about her son. He was just waiting for her Ming'er to die so he could bring that bastard into the family.
And that vixen, is he going to give up his position as the legal wife as well?
Zhao acted like a shrew for several days, but the more she acted, the clearer she became that her most important task was to rescue her son.
Only when her son, Ming'er, comes out can that bastard be stopped from entering the house, and only then can she retain her position as the legal wife.
If her son dies, she's finished.
At that moment, she had only one thought: to save her son, regardless of the cost.
In the dead of night, just as Shen Ning was about to go to sleep, Shen Yan came running in crying.
"Sister, please help me! My mother is going to send me away, sob sob..."
Shen Yan was usually well-behaved and obedient, and Zhao Shi never thought she would run away, so she didn't restrict her at all, which allowed Shen Yan to find an opportunity to run away to find Shen Ning.
Shen Ning pulled the shawl she was about to take off back down: "Don't cry, tell me slowly."
Shen Yan kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief, crying pitifully and helplessly: "My mother has already discussed it with someone, and she will send me to the Yongning Marquis's mansion first thing tomorrow morning. Waaah, I don't want to become that old marquis's concubine. My sister said she would help me before, you must help me."
Shen Ning was very patient at this moment, and beckoned to her soothingly: "Then come and sit down, and tell me your thoughts properly."
Shen Yan sat down and sobbed for a while before finally saying, as if she had made up her mind, "I want to marry Su Qi. Can you help me, sister?"
Um?
Shen Ning raised an eyebrow: "Su Qi, that name sounds familiar."
Shen Yan: "Su Qi is my sister-in-law's younger brother."
Shen Ming's deceased wife's surname was Su. Su's father was a minor official of the sixth rank. The Su family was not prominent in the capital and had few members: the couple, a son, and a daughter. Their daughter had died, and now only their son remained.
Shen Ning searched through his memories and only remembered that he had visited the family twice when his cousin-in-law Su Yao married into the family. At that time, he was just a boy of about ten years old, looking thin and weak, but it was too long ago and he could not remember his appearance.
He should be around sixteen years old now.
"You and he are mutually in love?"
The boy was young, and Shen Yan was also young, not yet fifteen. Although she was the same age as Shen Yu, they were half a year apart. They were quite precocious.
Shen Yan said with embarrassment, "I saw him on the street not long ago. He seemed to still hate our family, but I would be willing to marry him."
Shen Ning frowned instantly.
"He hates you all, and you still want to marry him?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
