The woman with the deep voice suddenly realized and said, "Yes, I had forgotten about that."
"The other day I heard someone at the jewelry store say that the Li family's son is probably going to be beheaded. He killed the emperor's brother-in-law!"
"Although the Wu family has offended the Emperor, as long as the Empress is not deposed, the Emperor will still show some leniency."
"That's right, the Li family is too arrogant. They need to be severely punished to appease public anger! I bet even if they don't behead them, they'll at least be sentenced to twenty years of hard labor."
The woman's voice was shrill, her tone full of schadenfreude.
Jiayin frowned upon hearing this, and Baozhu was also annoyed. The two got up to go and see what was going on, and Shuiling even rolled up her sleeves, ready to hit someone.
But then, a familiar voice was heard saying, "Oh, I haven't been out for days, I'm so ignorant. When did the Prefect of the Capital Prefecture become a daughter-in-law of the Yao family?"
Baozhu was overjoyed and silently mouthed to Jiayin, "Your mother..."
Before Jiayin could respond, another familiar voice rang out, "Yeah, I'm wondering about that too, since I haven't heard about a change in personnel!"
"I'm afraid someone is shameless and thinks they're someone important!"
Jiayin covered her mouth and laughed, then retorted to Baozhu, "Your mother!"
Baozhu hugged Jiayin, and the two of them chuckled to themselves before quickly listening to the opera.
Sure enough, the two women from before were not convinced.
The woman with the shrill voice, Yao's daughter-in-law, shouted, "In broad daylight, you are eavesdropping on other people's conversations. It is extremely rude of you."
Tao Hongying was not to be outdone and sneered, "You know it's broad daylight, yet you're still talking behind people's backs. Do you really think this place is your Yao family's private kang (heated brick bed)?"
"And they keep talking about rulings! Do they even know which way the gate to the Prefect of the Capital faces? They must be naive, aren't they? They're afraid of biting their tongues!"
The woman with the deep voice, perhaps wanting to settle things peacefully, said, "Madam Li, we are just discussing the matter at hand. After all, it is a fact that your Li family's son killed someone in the street. We did not make false accusations."
"Hmph, don't think you can pretend to be a good person just by cutting out the beginning and the end!" Madam Jia immediately retorted, mocking, "The Li family boy is in prison, but whether he is guilty and how he is sentenced is up to the Emperor!"
“You talkative woman, come here and give orders, always talking about how to judge the case. Who gave you the nerve to do this?”
"Do your husbands and mothers-in-law know how capable you are? Should we go to your house and ask them?!"
The woman, whose voice was low, was clearly frightened and did not speak again.
But the sharp-voiced woman from the Yao family was still unconvinced and retorted, "Why can't we say it? If your son dares to kill someone, then we dare to say it too."
"This is Xindu, and this matter is also a Xindu matter. What's wrong with us saying a few words?"
"Oh ho, so you mean you want to meddle in everything in the new capital?" Tao Hongying snorted, then said, "Then I have to ask you, does your family live by the sea? No wonder you've always been so nosy!"
"Next time someone tries to collect night soil from your back door, you must stop them!"
The sharp-voiced woman from the Yao family, clearly not very bright, actually pressed on, asking, "Why did you stop them?"
"Because..." Tao Hongying said a few words in a very low voice, which only the Yao family woman could hear clearly.
"You, you..." She was so angry that her face turned pale. She wanted to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she started to retch.
The woman with the deep voice was terrified and quickly called for help.
The crowd hadn't heard the whole story; they only saw the woman from the Yao family gagging, and assumed she was pregnant again at nearly forty years old...
Jiayin and Baozhu sat together, listening to the whole thing, laughing heartily.
Shui Ling, leaning against a rock, laughed until her stomach hurt.
"Your mother is amazing!" Baozhu gave Jiayin two thumbs up, her eyes full of admiration.
Of course, she was even more curious about what the last sentence she hadn't heard clearly was!
So she begged Jiayin, "Sister Jiayin, you must know, please tell me, why are you stopping the people who are emptying the chamber pot?"
Of course, Jiayin couldn't say anything, but Baozhu insisted on getting to the bottom of it.
The two started laughing and joking, which alerted Tao Hongying and Madam Jia Er to come looking for them.
Baozhu shrank back, not daring to ask any more questions.
Jiayin was also impatient to stay any longer. After all, her mother was incredibly powerful and didn't need her protection, so she might as well go and take care of important business.
Baozhu naturally had to go in and out with Jiayin.
The two, accompanied by Shui Ling and Shui Yun, went out and boarded the Li family's carriage, soon arriving at Baiyunjian.
Baiyunjian is still thriving, and recently they added two new dim sum items. The lobby is always packed with customers, and the private rooms on the second floor are also full.
Baozhu just ate and drank, as happy as a mouse that had fallen into a flour jar.
Jiayin went to check out the baking room, looked through the ledgers, asked about Pengchuan's recent situation, and then went to the new shop.
Gu Li and his team have been working here for seven or eight days. Everything that needed to be demolished has been demolished, and what needed to be erected is already under construction.
Jiayin drew up very detailed design drawings, but in practice, there were still many discrepancies.
Guli finally caught his master and brought up all the issues.
The two of them checked up and down the building and measured the dimensions inside and outside the yard, working for almost half an hour.
Gu Licai put away the blueprints with satisfaction, his curiosity growing stronger.
Although he didn't know much about the princess's upbringing, he did know that she had never studied architecture under a master, nor had she ever left the new capital.
But these fruit shops and restaurants seemed to be places the princess had seen with her own eyes.
For some of the arrangements, she didn't even know how to implement them; she simply described what she saw intuitively.
The feeling was truly peculiar and eerie...
Jiayin had no idea that she had added a touch of mystery to Guli's heart. She just held her rumbling stomach, pulled Baozhu into the car, snatched a few snacks from her, and then arrived at Cyclamen.
Too many diners were coming and going through the front door, so Ye Shan parked the carriage at the back door.
Jia Huan was overjoyed to hear that her younger sister had arrived. She ran out with a shovel in her hand and called out, "Did you and Bao Zhu make plans to go shopping? Why are you here together?"
Jiayin quickly replied, "No, Second Brother. We were going to a banquet at the Gou family's house, and we didn't want to stay any longer, so we left early."
After saying that, she asked, "Is the meal for Third Brother ready?"
Jia Huan laughed and said, "We only need one more dish. Actually, most of it is for the jailers, and Jia Yi won't get much."
Jiayin said, "I brought three catties of spicy dried meat. I'll have someone deliver it to Third Brother in a bit."
After thinking for a moment, she said, "Third Brother likes my fried eggplant fritters. Second Brother gave me a burner on the stove, so I'll fry a plate for him and send it over."
"Okay, I'll have someone prepare the ingredients. You put on your apron." Jia Huan didn't stop her and then went back to the kitchen.
Jiayin settled Baozhu in a side room and ordered extra eggplant fritters. By the time the servants went to deliver the meal to the Prefect of the Capital, Jiayin and Baozhu had already eaten lunch.
Ye Shan, Mu Xu, Shui Ling, and Shui Yun sat at a separate table next door.
Jia Huan ate a few bites with her two younger sisters before going back to her work.
It's lunchtime, the busiest time of the day, and we can't afford to waste any time.
After the meal, Jiayin took the chubby-bellied Baozhu back to the Jia family, then went to the Marquis's residence to pick up Dongmei's package before leaving the city to go home.
They had only gone three or five miles when suddenly, at the end of the official road, the sound of horses' hooves rang out, and dust billowed up!
Shuiling and Shuiyun were startled and were about to open the window to look out when Jiayin happily pushed open the car door...
Served at midnight~~
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