"Brother, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. You're accusing me for no reason. Do you have any evidence?"
Wang Xiangyu wore a mask, so her expression was not visible, but her companions had already surrounded the man riding a tall horse.
"I am a guard of the national protection force, how could I possibly falsely accuse you?"
As the strong man spoke, he threw a bundle of glittering gold directly onto the ground.
"This isn't gold, it's copper."
An elderly man who was nearby picked up the gold from the ground and examined it carefully.
“I approve of this package. It was this package that was used when they took the gold off the stage. There’s no mistake!”
Upon seeing this, the crowd erupted in protest, demanding a refund.
Seeing that things were not going well, Wang Xiangyu took advantage of the chaos in the crowd and stepped off the stage, disappearing into the crowd.
After all that commotion, even more people went to Li Youran's shop to buy lottery tickets than yesterday.
Once bitten, twice shy; everyone knows that you must buy lottery tickets from a reputable place and not buy them randomly.
"You damned little whore, my son treats you well, and you don't even appreciate it!"
After changing her clothes and removing her mask, Wang Xiangyu had just returned home when she was met with a barrage of scolding from Old Lady Lu.
Today, we had originally planned to go up the mountain to pray for a child, but Wang Xiangyu stood Lu Chuan up because of the lottery, and secretly left before dawn.
"Mother, I was wrong today. Let's pray for a child again tomorrow."
Although Wang Xiangyu was angry, she didn't want to make things too ugly with Old Lady Lu, so she suppressed her anger and whispered.
"Do you think you can go whenever you want? My son's time is so precious, how can I let you do whatever you want with it?"
Old Mrs. Lu was used to scolding her daughter-in-law, but seeing Wang Xiangyu being so submissive to her not only didn't calm her down, but actually emboldened her.
"A hen that can't lay eggs dares to bark and shoo here. Believe me or not, I'll make my son divorce you! There's a line of girls waiting to marry my son all the way to the capital. If my son hadn't insisted on marrying you, you wouldn't be my daughter-in-law."
As Lu's wife continued her tirade, Wang Xiangyu's expression grew increasingly grim.
"Mother, you must be reasonable. Who is the hen that can't lay eggs?"
Wang Xiangyu looked at Old Lady Lu with a gloomy face and said coldly.
“It’s clearly your son who’s impotent and can’t have children, yet you’re blaming me for it. Since your family doesn’t want me as your daughter-in-law, I don’t want to stay here anymore. I’m just living like a widow here anyway.”
Wang Xiangyu regretted her words as soon as she finished speaking, after all, she did not really intend to leave Lu Chuan and give up the position of the wife of a scholar for nothing.
However, seeing that Old Lady Lu was intimidated, she thought to herself, "Does Old Lady Lu only respond to force and not gentle persuasion?" So she came up with a plan.
“I still have the mark of virginity on my body, yet my in-laws are blaming me for not being able to have children. I refuse to believe there’s no place to seek justice. Today I’m going to go out and argue with them.”
"Second son's wife, I was just saying a few words to you, did you have to make such a fuss?"
When Old Lady Lu heard that Wang Xiangyu was going to make a scene about this, she was a little scared, so she forced herself to remain calm.
"Forget it, forget it. I'm too old to concern myself with your affairs as young people. Go pray for a child whenever you want!"
After finishing her words, Old Lady Lu hurriedly left. Seeing this, Wang Xiangyu knew that her earlier outburst had played right into her hands. It turned out that Old Lady Lu only responded to force; she had finally found the trick to dealing with her in the future.
Holding the heavy bundle in her arms, Wang Xiangyu thought to herself that although she hadn't sold all the lottery tickets, she had still made a few dozen taels of silver.
The only pity was that the plan to use fake lottery tickets to redeem prizes for Li Youran was exposed, and Li Youran was not forced to pay up.
Who is it?
As soon as Li Youran returned to her room, she sensed someone talking inside. At the same time, she pressed her finger on the ring Tang Lei had given her, ready to make her move at any moment.
She had long suspected that selling lottery tickets these past few days would attract jealousy, but she never expected that someone would come to rob her so soon.
"It's me."
A deep male voice rang out, and all of Li Youran's defenses instantly crumbled.
"Tang Lei, why are you back?"
Li Youran said happily that she originally thought she wouldn't see Tang Lei before the Chinese New Year.
Wait, why is Tang Lei in her boudoir? This... isn't this improper?
"I haven't been too busy lately, so I thought I'd come back and visit."
As Tang Lei spoke, he sat down and poured himself a cup of tea, as if he were the master of the room.
"I heard from Hua Ruyi that your business is growing bigger and bigger."
After Tang Lei finished speaking, he put on a very serious and earnest expression and looked at Li Youran.
"I have come here today to discuss important matters with you."
Seeing Tang Lei suddenly become so serious, Li Youran also became nervous and felt a dry cough in her throat.
"It's all so mysterious, it's kind of scary."
There was only one cup in the room, and Li Youran didn't think much of it, so she picked up the cup and drank directly from it. But Tang Lei, who was standing to the side, felt a strange ripple in his heart.
"It's His Highness the Second Prince," Tang Lei said in a low voice.
It turned out that the Second Prince had unintentionally heard Tang Lei mention that he had a friend who was a business prodigy, and then asked Tang Lei to ask this friend to do some things for him.
The Second Prince wanted to gather information about the court officials, but the information he could obtain from teahouses and taverns was limited, and he was unable to find out anything about the officials' private affairs.
He then conceived the idea of opening a cosmetics shop or a jewelry shop, using the guise of buying and selling goods to make records and conduct investigations when he encountered the families of ministers.
"That sounds pretty good."
After hearing Tang Lei's words, Li Youran was somewhat tempted; this plan aligned with her own. If she agreed to the Second Prince's request, not only would the funding problem be solved, but the issue of having a powerful backer would also be resolved.
“This matter seems simple, but it also carries some risks. You don’t have to agree just because of me. If you’re unwilling, I will decline it for you.”
Although it was the Second Prince who made the request, Tang Lei still did not want Li Youran to act against his wishes because of him.
"Don't worry, I'm a businessman who only cares about profit. I wouldn't agree to it if there wasn't a benefit to be gained," Li Youran said with a smile.
Seeing how much Tang Lei cared for her, Li Youran felt a strange sense of gratitude.
"Young Master Liu, something terrible has happened! A group of people from your household have arrived."
Hearing the shouts outside the door, Li Youran then remembered that Liu Zhiyuan was still at home.
Oh no, is Tang Lei going to misunderstand the relationship between her and Liu Zhiyuan again?
"Tang Lei, let me explain."
Li Youran hurriedly said to Tang Lei, who was about to turn and leave.
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