Chapter 139 A Good Show

Gu Chengyan truly fell in love with Mudan at first sight.

After all, peonies are indeed beautiful, and people have their own opinions.

But in the situation at that time, Gu Chengyan was also very busy, so he had no chance to pursue her.

Later, everything went on track and went smoothly. After Zhao Zhuoxi came to the capital, he had less things to do, so he dared to find an opportunity to confess his feelings.

Jiang Jiu was very reluctant to part with Mudan.

"Gu Chengyan has good taste. Humph, but marrying Mudan is not that easy. Although Mudan is not a shrewd person on weekdays, she is very opinionated. If Gu Chengyan did not make as much money as Mudan, Mudan might not be willing to pay for him..."

Bai Zhi smiled, and Nanny Qian was very pleased.

"I think they are a good match..."

Shaoyao was busy making snacks and hadn't found anyone she liked yet. The other girls were also busy with their own things, pretty much the same as Baizhi had said.

Even if everyone lives in the same yard, it is not easy to get together because everyone is busy with their own things.

They got together on New Year's Eve. Before Bai Zhi came, they had finally managed to get together.

Finished talking about Suzhou.

Jiang Jiu asked again: "Is what you said about your family true?"

Bai Zhi nodded solemnly: "Of course it's true, but I concealed some things. At that time, after my house was burned, the prince's men happened to be nearby, and he took me away."

"Otherwise, I would have been silenced."

Jiang Jiu was stunned: "So, you actually know who the murderer is?"

Bai Zhi snorted coldly: "Who else could it be? Isn't it Master Shen's current wife, Yan Xiaoxiao, the daughter of Lord Yan, the leader of the imperial army?"

"Ah? It's her?" Jiang Jiu frowned slightly, and then he knew the purpose of Zhao Zhuoxi saving Bai Zhi.

The daughter of Shen family married into the Zhou family, and the son married into the leader of the imperial army. This prefect of the capital city was able to play both sides and was a good tactician.

Jiang Jiu: "So, the person who sent the letter to Yan Xiaoxiao must be Mr. Shen's father? I guess when he wanted to marry you, Mr. Shen must have been against it."

Bai Zhi nodded: "To be honest, I am indeed marrying above my station."

At that time, Bai Zhi accompanied her father to the mountains outside Beijing to collect herbs, and accidentally saved Shen Zerui who was hunting in the mountains.

Shen Zerui fell on his head and lost his memory, so he lived in the Bai family for a while. Then he developed feelings for Bai Zhi and was determined to marry her.

If it were an ordinary family, this would be a beautiful story.

It was not until the blood clots in Shen Zerui's head dissipated and he remembered his life experience that he realized that he was the son of the prefect of the capital.

Bai Zhi's father felt that the two families were not a good match at the time. After Shen Ze Rui left, in order to cut off his daughter's thoughts, Bai Zhi's father sent her to live with her aunt in the countryside for a while.

Who would have thought that Shen Zerui was actually so infatuated that he insisted on marrying Bai Zhi, completely ignoring the fact that Lord Shen had already arranged a marriage for him with the Yan family.

So, Lord Shen decided to go all out and told Yan Xiaoxiao about Bai Zhi.

Yan Xiaoxiao was a martial artist with an arrogant temperament. Her father was the capable leader of the imperial guards serving the emperor, so she burned down the Bai family clinic without saying a word.

When Shen Zerui learned that Bai Zhi was burned to death, he gave up the idea and married Yan Xiaoxiao.

After Bai Zhi knew the truth, she wanted to take revenge immediately, but was stopped by Zhao Zhuoxi's men and brought to Zhao Zhuoxi. Zhao Zhuoxi comforted her and said he would avenge her.

Look, Bai Zhi has been waiting for three years and finally got the chance.

Jiang Jiu patted Bai Zhi's hand and said, "It's not easy to move to the Shen and Yan families. If the prince hadn't stopped you, you would have been like an egg hitting a rock if you tried alone. But now we should take a long-term view."

Bai Zhi nodded confidently: "Girl, I believe in the prince, and I believe in you too."

"After I arrived, I went to our teahouse to drink tea and met Miss Shao. She said that it was Miss Shao who avenged her."

Jiang Jiu blushed: "Alas, that's not the case. It's just a coincidence. After all, her enemy is the Zhou family. However, the prince is also cruel. Knowing that Miss Shao's sister was bitten to death by a dog, he must let the beast of the Zhou family taste the feeling of being bitten by a dog..."

"Otherwise, the Zhou family will be caught in one fell swoop. This case is still in the Dali Temple, and Prince Ling is holding it in his hands..."

Bai Zhi held Jiang Jiu's hand tightly: "Anyway, I believe you, my Lord. I will do whatever you ask me to do. Even if I die this time, I will bite the Shen family and the Yan family hard..."

Indeed, it was just an affair between a son and a daughter. If the Shen family had told the Bai family not to marry someone above their station, Bai Zhi's father would have taken his daughter and the entire family away and never set foot in the capital again.

Why did they have to kill them all in a hurry, taking the lives of a family of four, especially when Bai Zhi's sister-in-law was pregnant.

If Zhao Zhuoxi had not promised to help Bai Zhi avenge this hatred and grudge, Bai Zhi would have definitely avenged herself.

But she also understood that using her weak strength to fight against the Yan family and the Shen family was like hitting a rock with an egg.

Jiang Jiu comforted him, "Since you are here, just stay here and wait for the right time."

Opportunities are not waited for, they are created.

Shen asked Zilan to keep a close eye on Jiang Jiu, while Jiang Jiu directly bribed Nanny Song who was beside Shen.

Although Nanny Song was Shen's wet nurse, she was greedy for money.

Knowing that Nanny Qian had a relationship with the owner of the rouge shop, she always liked to ask for some benefits. Nanny Qian simply gave her some rouge often and allowed her to buy it at a low price and sell it to the girls in the mansion at a high price, making a profit from it.

After a few visits, Nanny Song became familiar with Nanny Qian.

Nanny Qian can find out almost everything about the Zhou family and the Shen family.

The next day after Baizhi settled in, Nanny Qian learned the news from Nanny Song.

"Miss, Madam Shen went back to her parents' home today. I heard that she had a big fight with her brother and came back without having lunch. It seems that what the young lady said is true. Madam Shen must know Miss Baizhi's jade pendant."

Jiang Jiu snorted coldly: "Of course, the word Shen is clearly written on the jade pendant that Bai Zhi holds. It is made of white jade. There is an orchid carved on her jade pendant because her maiden name is Ze Lan, and there is a nine-tailed fox carved on her brother's jade pendant. The nine-tailed fox is a symbol of good fortune."

The jade pendants of the ancients were all gifts from family members and were very meaningful.

So, there is no way you can go wrong.

Especially the handwriting on the letter.

Jiang Jiu was not in a hurry: "Wait a little longer, we have to let Shen Zerui come to us on his own, otherwise, who knows how high Bai Zhi's status is in his mind."

After Shen Zelan went back to test the waters, she found out that Shen Zerui had a woman he liked before he got married, but Shen Zerui said she had been burned to death.

Shen Zelan did not try again.

But he secretly investigates the truth about the fire in Baizhi's house.

At the same time, he had people monitor Jiang Jiu and Bai Zhi and not let them leave the house.

Whenever Jiang Jiu wanted to go out, she would either not be at home and disagree with them leaving the house, or she would find various reasons to stop them.

However, Jiang Jiu is not someone who can be easily fooled.

That day, she did not say she was going to leave the house, but directly asked Nanny Qian to take Bai Zhi to the teahouse.

Shen had people monitor Jiang Jiu and Bai Zhi, but she did not have people monitor Nanny Qian and the maids in the mansion.

In the teahouse, Bai Zhi was wearing a clean white mourning dress with a straw stuck in her hair, singing a song, saying that she was going to sell herself to bury her adoptive father.