Xia Daohua poked her head out from the crumpled quilt in the corner at the foot of the bed, and Helan Yue was immediately startled.
Although Xia Daohua is not fat, she is not very thin either. How could she hide in that corner without being noticed?
Just now, neither the aggressive Nanny Song nor myself who was full of worry noticed that there was a person hiding in the corner!
Xia Daohua smiled sheepishly, revealing a shy expression:
"I'm sorry, I was so anxious just now that I hid."
Helan Yue and Xia Daohua were actually not very familiar with each other, and they had only met a few times in total.
But because of Xie Fanglan's matter, Helan Yue had an unconscious favoritism and softness towards Xia Daohua. This time, the reason why she helped Xia Daohua even though she knew it might cause trouble was because of the same mentality.
What's more, Xia Daohua is someone Li Gan trusts. He Lanyue feels that whether for Xie Fanglan's sake or for Li Gan's sake, she can't just watch Xia Daohua get into trouble.
Seeing Xia Daohua like this, she sighed and didn't ask any further questions.
No matter what method Xia Daohua used, it was always a good thing to avoid their sight.
If Helan Yue had not fallen out with the Third Wife, she would still be a guest of honor in the Murong family.
Even if she offended Nanny Song, the old woman would definitely slander her in front of the Third Madam. But since the "thief" the old woman was looking for was not found on the spot, the Third Madam had to maintain her politeness and courtesies even though she was a little suspicious of her.
The Murong family is certainly a well-known and powerful family, and the Helan family is no unknown family either.
The reason why the Third Madam dared to covet Xia Daohua's shop was because she knew that Li Gan had always been at odds with the Li family. In addition, she heard that Li Gan had recently fallen out of favor. The only family she could rely on was the Murong family.
And what Li Gan does every day is often like trying to fish in troubled waters, and he could be in mortal danger at any time...
Since the Murong family gave him shelter, it wouldn't be too out of the ordinary to ask him for one or two properties.
Furthermore, any item from Xia Daohua's shop was linked to more than one secret recipe and involved more than one source of income...
The third wife is notoriously greedy and audacious, so how could she remain indifferent?
In just a few words, Helan Yue's mind raced and she had figured out the Third Madam's thoughts.
Helan Yue was right.
The third wife had long been drooling over the "rice fragrance" of summer rice flowers.
Before, because of Li Gan, I didn't dare to take action.
This time, after Xia Daohua taught the short-sighted Murong family a lesson, the Third Wife took advantage of the situation and showed off her prowess in front of the Third Master.
After several attempts, it turned out that the third master listened to her advice to Xia Daohua - at least he no longer got angry with her for complaining about Xia Daohua.
But once she mentioned Li Gan, the third master's face would become extremely ugly, and he would scold her mercilessly.
In fact, the Third Wife also knew in her heart that Li Gan’s mother was the apple of the eye of the whole family in the Murong family back then, and was many times more favored than Murong Xian and Murong Jing today.
In addition, this sister-in-law got married early and died early, so everyone in the Murong family felt that they owed her and did not care enough about her when she was alive.
Of the one son and one daughter she left behind, only Li Gan was left as her only child.
These masters of the Murong family wanted to beat Li Gan to death, so how could they bother with him over a shop?
The most crucial thing is that when Li Gan was twelve years old, he gave up the wealth of the marquis's mansion for the sake of his sister and ran away to start his own business. He would rather suffer than go along with his stepmother, but instead exposed the fact that his stepmother had killed his sister.
Several male members of the Murong family felt that this nephew was like themselves in essence - the way he tried his best to protect his sister made it clear that he was from the Murong family!
Moreover, Li Gan had accomplished something that the other men in the Murong family hadn't managed—they had wanted to point their finger at Dongxiang Bo and scold him for a long time, but his wife's death was not his wish, and doing so would inevitably give the emperor the impression that he was being unreasonable...
Although Li Gan did not utter a single curse word when he ran away from the Dongxiang Earl's mansion, he was actually slapping the Dongxiang Earl in the face in front of all the dignitaries in Kyoto.
When the news first came through, the men of the Murong family all got drunk.
The Murong family and the Dongxiang Marquis's Mansion had almost no contact since the Dongxiang Marquis married his second wife. Li Gan had not had any hopes for the Murong family at first, but unexpectedly, after he set up his own family, not only did the emperor give him a break, he also gave him a house and a job, and the Murong family gave him the most support.
So Li Gan resumed contact with the Murong family. Although they did not have much contact on weekdays, the people of the Murong family told Li Gan more than once that they could trust them with anything.
So far, Li Gan has never asked them to do anything.
Therefore, although the Third Master had some prejudices against Xia Daohua due to the Third Madam's pillow talk and Shangjia's continuous output of singing, reciting, acting and fighting, he still did not let the Third Madam touch this store - because Li Gan had written a letter to the Murong family and had also delivered a message to the Murong family.
The third wife was quite angry.
But no matter how angry he was, he couldn't do it for the bottom line of the Murong family men. Otherwise, even if he made a fortune, it would still be a loss in the end.
So the third wife planned to save the country in a roundabout way and start with Xia Daohua.
She tried her best and conducted an in-depth investigation into Xia Daohua, but the more she investigated, the more confused she felt.
This little girl didn't seem to be anything special at first. The only reason she got to know Li Gan was because Li Gan once stayed at her house.
It was not until she heard the news of Li Gan's disappearance in Bohai County that she made up her mind to take action against Xia Daohua. And the breakthrough point she chose was not elsewhere, but "Puji Rescue".
The Third Wife felt so angry that her teeth itched when she thought that Xia Daohua had spare money to give to those refugees and beggars, and those women who were driven out of their families because of one stain or another, but were reluctant to pay gifts to the Murong family and show her filial piety.
Of course, when faced with floods or droughts, the Murong family would also set up a porridge stall to give out porridge, but that was done openly, and the porridge could be made with old grains or even mixed with sand...
How could it be like her, Xia Daohua, who used the best grain to help those lower-class people and was reluctant to add even a bit of sand?
Isn't this just too much money to burn?
Even with so much money, she didn't seem to appreciate the Murong family's kindness. She even charged money every time I bought something from her store! Although she said she would give a discount and let me off some of the profit, how could she treat her employer like this?
The third wife felt that Li Gan's shop and its owner should recognize the Murong family as the owner.
After all, Li Gan himself is a junior in the Murong family!
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