Su Xuerong remained silent in the courtyard, then a mocking smile suddenly appeared on her lips.
In this life, she tried every means to stay away from the Xiao family and the royal family that devoured people without spitting out the bones.
I never expected that even after escaping to Jiangnan, I would still get involved.
Chen Siyi actually wanted to use her perfume to deal with the Princess of Fenyang!
She felt a little flustered.
In her previous life, she was sent to the palace, so why was she brought back to Hangzhou in this life?
"You mean, when you met the Su family in Zhenjiang, Ming Shu happened to be there too?" Chen Siyi narrowed her eyes and took a sip of the drink that had just been served. "Did you see the Prince?"
Yue Jin said, "Ming Shu said at the time that the Prince was not in Zhenjiang, but he sent that scholar surnamed Ling and me to Daming Prefecture..."
Chen Siyi suddenly shook her head: "No! He's here!"
"What?"
"When you first met the Su family in Zhenjiang, the Prince was also in Zhenjiang!" Chen Siyi sneered.
Otherwise, how could Ming Shu have dared to take it upon himself to arrange for Xiao Yuan to rescue the mother and daughter?
But there was something she couldn't understand, so she looked at Yue Jin and asked, "Didn't you ever think about why the timing was so coincidental—after meeting the Su family, you ran into Ming Shu?"
Yue Jin's eyes darted away.
Chen Siyi narrowed her eyes: "Is there something you don't want me to know?"
Yue Jin hurriedly said, "Princess, I had no such intention..."
He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Back then, I was gathering information at Zheng Baizhong's perfume shop when I met Madam Su..."
Chen Siyi instantly understood, and said with a stern face, "Are you trying to kidnap her?"
Before following the Prince of Xiangyang, Yue Jin was originally a bandit, and robbing and plundering were commonplace for him.
He would naturally be moved when he met a woman of such stunning beauty as Su Xuerong.
The Su family was just a small household; kidnapping them would have been an easy task for him.
Yue Jin didn't dare to say anything, but he tacitly agreed with Chen Siyi's guess.
Chen Siyi understood.
Xiao Yuan had been secretly protecting Su Xuerong. He discovered Yue Jin's intentions and only after learning his true identity did he arrange for Ming Shu to contact him and send Ling Qingxue to accompany him back to the North to rescue people.
The purpose was to get him away.
If Xiao Yuan hadn't known Yue Jin's purpose in heading south, he might very well have killed him in Zhenjiang.
She suddenly felt an indescribable bitterness in her heart.
It turns out that Xiao Yuan was genuinely protecting Su Xuerong; saving the mother and daughter was just a side effect.
Yue Jin looked at her cautiously: "Princess..."
Chen Siyi closed her eyes tightly, then suddenly opened them and said coldly, "You'd better curb your covetousness for the Su family, or I can't save you!"
Yue Jin chuckled to himself.
Ever since he came to Hangzhou with Chen Siyi and her daughter, Ming Shu had made it clear to him that the Su family was the people the prince had his eye on, and that he should think it over.
Therefore, even if he still had feelings for Su Xuerong, he would never dare to openly oppose Xiao Yuan.
He immediately replied, "Yes!"
Just as he was about to turn and leave, Chen Siyi called out to him, "Wait!"
Yue Jin turned to look at her.
Chen Siyi, lost in thought, looked up at him and said, "You can take better care of that woman, Liu Qiao'er, in private."
Yue Jin was extremely surprised.
Although Su Xuerong appeared calm on the surface, she was actually quite uneasy in her heart these past few days.
She worried that Xiao Yuan wasn't a person with any moral compass, and what if he really did something to harm her and her family?
Now, most of her money is invested in real estate in Hangzhou, making it difficult to withdraw in time.
Her family watched as she spent money like water, and she had only just adapted to life in Hangzhou.
She was suddenly forced to leave because of her, and she couldn't explain it to her family.
Although she asked Ling Qingxue to find an opportunity to explain to Xiao Yuan that the two of them were about to get married, it was ultimately a lie.
As long as there is no written contract between the two parties, Xiao Yuan still has the opportunity to force someone to do something against their will.
At this moment, she only hoped that Xiao Yuan was a wise ruler as rumored in her previous life, and would not forcibly take her away from her.
That day, Xiuchun returned home and ran over excitedly, saying, "Wife, guess who I met on the street today?"
Who is it?
"Aunt Hu!"
Which Aunt Hu?
“It’s that Aunt Hu who helped us cook on the passenger ship,” Xiuchun said.
Su Xuerong remembered.
"She's having a really tough time right now. Ever since she followed that young lady Zeng into the Ge family as part of her dowry, she's been tormented by her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law because the young lady Zeng doesn't win her husband's favor. They even forced her to sell off the dozen or so servants she brought from the north. Aunt Hu was one of them, sold to a branch tea shop to work as a laborer. Her life is nowhere near as good as before..."
Su Xuerong frowned.
The Ge family is truly a complicated situation.
She suddenly remembered that this old lady Hu was a master of authentic Northern Chinese cuisine, and a thought began to stir within her: "Do you know where her current tea shop is?"
"She told me the location, right on Xiaohe Street."
Su Xuerong thought for a moment and said, "Xiuchun, go find her and ask her if she wants to come and work for our family. If she does, I will redeem her."
Xiuchun was stunned: "Come to our house to cook?"
The Su family has now temporarily hired some servants, and there are people in the kitchen.
Wouldn't it be a waste for Aunt Hu's excellent cooking skills to come to the Su family?
Su Xuerong thought for a moment and said, "Just say that to her..."
Xiuchun's expression was somewhat complicated after hearing this.
No way, my lady, you've only spent several thousand taels of silver to buy a house and land, and now you want to open a restaurant?
But she didn't dare say these things to her, and just nodded: "Okay, I'll go ask her."
Xiuchun went again.
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