On this day, Shen Yuan went to Zhuque Street as usual.
Her newly rented shop is located on Zhuque Street, and it's almost finished with renovations; all that's left is to open for business.
Shen Yuan arrived at the shop and first went to the backyard to check on the production progress of the helpers.
The goose egg powder has already been prepared. All that's needed is to divide it, pack it into small porcelain boxes, press and repair it, and then it can be sold directly to the public.
Shen Yuan spent most of the day in the shop, and then went to Jiang's Trading Company to retrieve the letters that Jiang Yuchen and Granny Liu had sent her.
The reason Shen Yuan didn't give Jiang Yuchen and Granny Liu the address of the General's Mansion, but instead had them send the letter to Jiang's Trading Company, and she also replied to the letter from Jiang's Trading Company, was because she was still wary of Shen Wei.
Shen Yuan first opened Liu Mama's letter. Her letter must have been written by someone else. The letter said that she had crossed the river by boat seven days ago and had now arrived in Shenyang City. Xiao Jinmeng was with her.
Judging by the time, she will be able to go to Beijing in another month.
Shen Yuan felt a surge of excitement; she was also eager to unravel the mysteries surrounding herself and Granny Liu.
After reading Granny Liu's letter, Shen Yuan opened the letter Jiang Yuchen had written to her.
Jiang Yuchen still talked as much as before. Although he wasn't in front of her, each letter he sent was six or seven pages long.
Therefore, Shen Yuan always had a hard time reading Jiang Yuchen's letters, as it was not easy to find the key points in thousands of words.
The letter said that the Huajian Restaurant and the Pingjia Pharmacy in Jinling City were doing good business.
Jiang Yuchen wants to go to Lingnan and open several more branches of Huajian Restaurant to expand its scale.
He was responsible for providing the funds, and the girls from Haitang acted as advisors. They would continue to use Shen Yuan's original model to open several more branches in Lingnan. As for the profit sharing, Shen Yuan would receive 10%.
After reading the letter, Shen Yuan pouted. Jiang Yuchen is such a stingy guy!
She picked up her pen and replied: [Fifteen points, acceptable.]
After mailing the letter, Shen Yuan left the Jiang family's business and passed by Zhuque Street. Suddenly, she saw a large crowd gathered there, seemingly watching something exciting.
Shen Yuan wasn't interested in watching the spectacle and turned to leave.
Suddenly, a scream rang out from the crowd: "This...isn't this the daughter of the Minister of Revenue? How could she...fall from the Hundred Flowers Pavilion?"
Shen Yuan paused in her steps.
She turned around and rushed into the crowd.
A large crowd had gathered in front of the most bustling Hundred Flowers Pavilion on Zhuque Street. Shen Yuan squeezed into the crowd and saw Wang Qingxi lying on the ground, her clothes disheveled.
Wang Qingxi jumped out of the second-floor window of Baihua Tower, breaking her leg. She struggled on the ground for a long time but was unable to stand up.
Apart from a broken leg, Wang Qingxi was covered in injuries, as if she had been tormented for a long time.
Having escaped, she was still somewhat dazed. Looking at the crowd around her, she momentarily forgot to ask for help.
"How could Miss Wang Er have run away from the Hundred Flowers Pavilion? This is a brothel!"
"I heard a few days ago that Miss Wang Er was kidnapped. It turns out she was taken to the Hundred Flowers Brothel!"
"How did she get herself into this state? What happened to her...?"
The crowd surrounding Wang Qingxi pointed and whispered about her.
Wang Qingxi kept her head down, her messy hair obscuring half of her face, making it impossible to see her expression.
But Shen Yuan clearly saw two lines of clear tears sliding down her face and onto the ground.
Shen Yuan knew very well that this was a feud between Wang Qingxi and Shen Yunjin, and had nothing to do with her; she shouldn't get involved.
But seeing Wang Qingxi's disheveled and disheveled appearance, Shen Yuan couldn't ignore it.
What she finds most objectionable is a woman using another woman's innocence and reputation to scheme against her.
It seems that destroying a woman's innocence and reputation can completely ruin a person.
Shen Yuan felt that such methods were cruel, despicable, and unacceptable.
She untied her cloak, walked into the crowd, and draped her own cloak over Wang Qingxi, completely covering her exposed skin.
Noticing Shen Yuan's approach, Wang Qingxi looked at her with a face full of grief and indignation, her gaze as if it were poisoned.
"Shen Yunjin! You dare to come here again!"
Wang Qingxi suddenly stood up and lunged at Shen Yuan with bared teeth and claws, but she had injured her leg and staggered to the side as soon as she stood up.
She could barely stand and had no way to hurt Shen Yuan, so she could only grit her teeth and glare at Shen Yuan.
Shen Yuan whispered, "Look carefully! I am not Shen Yunjin!"
Wang Qingxi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter, laughing so hard that her legs trembled and her face was covered in tears.
"Yes, you're not her! You're not her! How could she be so kind as to lend me her clothes? That wicked woman!"
Seeing Wang Qingxi's seemingly deranged state, Shen Yuan turned to the person beside her and shouted, "Stop looking! Go to the Wang family and report this!"
Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, the crowd realized what was happening and dispersed.
Someone informed them, and soon the Wang family sent people to take Wang Qingxi away.
When Shen Yuan returned to the General's Mansion, she passed by Shen Yunjin's courtyard and heard the sounds of string and bamboo instruments lingering in the air, interspersed with Shen Yunjin's cheerful laughter.
She seems especially happy today.
Shen Yuan shook her head. She was unaware of the impending disaster. Shen Yunjin was truly foolish.
However, the news that Wang Qingxi had appeared at the entrance of Baihualou spread like wildfire throughout the entire capital city within a day.
Upon hearing this news, Shen Wei summoned Shen Yunjin and Jiang Shi to his presence for questioning, but he was unable to extract any useful information.
Moreover, although Shen Wei suspected that Shen Yunjin was responsible for the incident, Shen Yunjin was under house arrest and unable to leave the house, and he couldn't find any evidence. So after asking a few questions and receiving Shen Yunjin's denial, Shen Wei didn't pursue the matter further.
Because he also felt that his daughter couldn't possibly be so vicious.
The next day was Madam Jiang's birthday.
Shen Wei temporarily lifted the ban on Shen Yunjin and Jiang Shi, and took Shen Yuan with him to the Jiang family.
When Jiang married Shen Wei, it was considered a high-status marriage.
Because at that time, Master Jiang was only a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations) and served as a seventh-rank official in the capital.
Later, thanks to his in-law relationship with Shen Wei, he managed to obtain a sinecure of the fifth rank in the imperial court.
However, the Jiang family line had few descendants. Master Jiang and Madam Jiang only had one daughter, Jiang Shi. A few years ago, after Master Jiang retired due to poor health, the Jiang family had no successor and lost their salary, so the Jiang family was not as prosperous as before.
Fortunately, the Jiang family had been secretly supporting them all these years, so the elderly couple hadn't lived in too bad a state.
Shen Yuan found out about this while going through the account books these past two days. Jiang had emptied nearly half of the General's Mansion's storerooms just to supplement her family's income.
The Jiang residence was located in the north of the city. It took Shen Yuan about half an hour to travel by carriage to reach the Jiang residence.
She was helped down from the carriage by Shen Wei, and looked up at the people waiting for them in front of the mansion gate.
Shen Yunjin and Jiang Shi were the first to get off the carriage. The two of them surrounded an old woman with a full head of silver hair and wearing a velvet headband. Shen Changshu and Shen Qingshu also stood behind them.
Shen Yuan thought, this must be Madam Jiang, Jiang's mother.
She was the one who said she was stillborn.
Shen Yuan followed behind Shen Wei and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Master Jiang and Madam Jiang!"
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