"Princess, I won't be going back to the city with you after lunch today. I'm going back to Xishui County."
"You just can't sit still. Now that the entire Xu family is in your hands, why don't you consider opening a few shops in Huayang County?"
Xu Yulan: "Yulanxuan has only been under my management for a short time. I need to carefully manage it for at least a year before considering this matter. Our Xu family has no advantage in running a shop in Huayang County. Any shop you open is owned by the Lu family."
"Sister Yulan," Su Ningjie finally interrupted. "We can run a shop together. Don't you have a porcelain kiln at home? You can supply the Lu family with goods, or you can run a separate shop selling specialty porcelain. As long as the quality is good and the appearance is good, there will be no shortage of customers."
"Okay, okay." Xu Yulan said with a smile, "We'll discuss this matter after the New Year, but we have to go back today no matter what."
"Okay, I won't stop you. There's a plum blossom forest in the Princess's Mansion. I'll be hosting a plum blossom viewing banquet soon. I'll be inviting the wives, sons, and daughters of all the noble families in Huayang County, as well as the families of the top ten wealthy merchants in Huayang County. If you want to come, I'll send you an invitation in advance."
Xu Yulan is my own person, I have to take good care of her, and naturally I have to help her find a good husband.
"Okay, my lady. I will come a day early."
After lunch, the group left the hot spring villa in two directions.
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Song Hua was a shrewd man. In just a few days, he found out the financial situation of all the yamen runners in the county government office and bribed a few of them along the way.
My eyelids were twitching that day, and I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. I went to Song Linyuan's room and whispered, "Third Master, we can't just sit here and wait for death without checking the rumors. Once we find out the truth, we won't be able to leave here. Let's leave now, otherwise it will be too late."
Song Linyuan was still able to keep his composure. Truth will eventually come out.
He was prepared for the Song family's lies to be exposed.
"Now that the rumors are spreading, where else can I go if I leave here?"
"Let's go back to the capital. We've been out for a long time. The young lady must be anxious by now."
When Song Shuyi was mentioned, Song Linyuan felt extremely guilty.
Yier still doesn't know why her grandfather doesn't like her, and has been trying all kinds of ways to make her grandfather happy over the years.
He is the root cause of all this.
"Song Hua, do you have a way to leave here without anyone noticing?"
Song Hua thought he had figured it out, and he was delighted. He quickly glanced out the window and lowered his voice, "I bribed several yamen runners. We can leave here tonight."
"Okay, go back to your room and have a good sleep. You'll leave the city and return to Beijing tonight. Will you bring Sister Yi with you?"
"What?" Song Hua thought he had heard wrongly.
"The rumors will be verified sooner or later. All I can do now is to protect Sister Yi. She knows nothing and is still being kept in the dark. Bring her here to meet Ning Anjun."
Song Hua pressed his brows with a headache. The Third Master really treated Ning Anjun as a young master!
"Third Master, you don't want Ning Anjun to take care of the young lady, do you? That's impossible!"
"Sister Yi has a talent for painting. I want Ning Anjun to recognize her as his sister. He will naturally take good care of her."
"Third Master, Ning Anjun and us have conflicting horoscopes. It's impossible for him to see us again, and it's impossible for him to recognize the young lady as his sister!"
Song Linyuan didn't want to explain too much. "Just go ahead and do it. I have my own way. This is the last thing I ask you to do. Once you're done, you can leave on your own. The Song family's affairs will not implicate you."
"But……"
"You don't need to say anything more. The security at the yamen is the most lax during dinner time. You took the opportunity to slip away."
Seeing Song Linyuan's resolute expression, Song Hua said, "Okay, Third Master, I will bring the young lady here safely. What do I have to say to Madam Yu?"
Song Linyuan was silent for a moment. "If we investigate further, the Yu family will also be involved. Does she know what to choose?"
"Third Master Song."
Lin Yu's loud voice came from outside, and after a moment, he pushed the door and entered the room.
"Captain Lin, does Lord Qi want to talk to our Third Master about something?" Song Hua asked politely.
"Master Qi asked me to tell you that the princess will come to the yamen to question Mr. Song San at 9:00 PM tomorrow. You must not offend the princess then."
Song Hua subconsciously touched his neck and said, "Captain Lin, please tell Lord Qi that we will not offend the princess."
Lin Yu glanced at the scabbed wound on Song Hua's neck, turned around and left without saying anything.
"Third Master, the princess will be here tomorrow. Can I leave tomorrow night?"
"It's already been six days, and the rumor is almost reaching the capital. His Majesty will soon send someone to investigate. You must leave the city tonight and bring Sister Yi here before then."
"good!"
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"Sister Yi, you're finally awake. Mother will help you get up and take the medicine."
Song Shuyi opened her eyes, but didn't see her father, so she shed tears sadly.
"Oh, Sister Yi, you haven't recovered from your cold yet, so don't cry. Come and try some candied fruit, it's very sweet."
"I don't want to eat, I want my daddy." Song Shuyi turned her head away to avoid the candied fruit handed to her by Yu Chengxin.
Yu Chengxin had been feeling uneasy these past few days and had been taking care of her for most of the day. Seeing her like this, he was a little annoyed.
"If you don't want to eat, forget it. Who will take good care of you in the future?"
Yu Chengxin casually put the candied fruit back on the plate and sat aside sulking.
Song Shuyi realized that Yu Chengxin didn't come to coax her and she realized that she had done something wrong. Her mother had taken care of her for most of the day, and she opened her eyes and asked for her father. She made her mother sad.
"Mom, please don't be angry. I was wrong. I will take the medicine now."
Song Shuyi quickly got up and went to the bedside table to get medicine. However, his body became weak and he lay down again just after sitting up.
Yu Chengxin sighed helplessly, brought the medicine over, fed her the candied fruit first, and then fed her the medicine.
Song Shuyi drank it obediently, "Thank you, mother, for your hard work."
Yu Chengxin looked at her beloved daughter and felt increasingly uneasy. Song Linyuan had disappeared without a trace.
Could it be that he was so happy to see his own son that he didn't want to come back?
"Mother, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh, mother, don't worry. Have a good sleep. I'll make you a delicious dinner. You must get well soon and wait for your father to come back healthy."
"It snowed yesterday. I don't know if Daddy knows how to take care of himself in Huayang County."
Yu Chengxin pulled the quilt over her and put two hot water bottles under her feet. "Your father is an adult and can take care of himself. Don't worry, he will be back in the New Year."
Song Shuyi always felt that her father would not come back for the New Year. "Mom, did you have a fight with Dad?"
"How come? Have you ever seen us quarrel?"
She really hadn't seen it, so maybe they had quarreled behind her back. "Since you didn't quarrel, are you hiding something from me?"
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