Chen Heng: "..." Okay, seeing Xie Jian sitting at his desk and starting to read the case files, she also sat next to him.
Xie Jian looked at the case file, but what he was thinking about was power.
His father's crime, his elder brother's crime, and Aheng's crime all pointed directly to the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince. There was no point in investigating further.
They also knew that he was investigating this matter and let him do it because in their eyes, he was nothing more than an ant.
All he wants to pursue in the future is power and more power. Looking at the woman beside him who has been stealing glances at him, he asked, "Do you have something to say to me?"
"No." Chen Heng took the account book and looked at it. Forget it, don't think about it anymore. She was passively cheating mentally, it's nothing. It's just a TV show. Loving a man is no big deal.
The next day.
Shen Heng told Aunt Feng and her eldest sister-in-law that she had something else to do today and would not go to Gong's house.
When going to the shop, he deliberately asked the carriage to bypass the Gong Mansion. Sure enough, after waiting for a while, he saw Mrs. Gong and three other ladies coming out happily and heading towards the palace.
After that day, there was no news about Lord Gong. After all, he was the head of the Secretariat and it was impossible for him to be easily defeated by such a small fry.
In the middle of the month, the weather suddenly turned cold and people on the road put on thin coats.
Nanny Feng and Xia went to a human trafficker and bought two thirteen-year-old maids, named Xi Que and Tan Yun. The girls chosen by Nanny were all delicate and clean.
Chen Heng looked at the background written on the deed. There was no one who had committed a crime, nor anyone who had died for no reason or died young.
"These two maids said they learned to read and write from a pimp for six months and were taught a lot of etiquette, so they got thirteen taels each." Xia felt sorry for the money and also felt sorry for the children: "They are so beautiful, how can their parents be so cruel."
"That's right." Nanny Feng was no longer surprised. "They are lucky to have come to the Xie family to serve the two ladies. Zhenzhu Achan, take them down to familiarize themselves with the place. If they do anything wrong in the future, you two will be the only ones to blame."
"Yes." Zhenzhu and Achan looked at each other and smiled. The nanny had told them that in the future, any maidservants who came would be disciplined by them. This felt pretty good.
The days go by one by one.
Apart from the necessary social engagements between ladies, Chen Heng devoted all her energy to the management of the shop. After two years of operation, she only made three hundred taels of silver. How should I put it? The current situation is still quite good.
But she wants to change her life and open a clothing store next year. She has been thinking about it for a long time.
So I went to Meng's clothing store early in the morning.
When she was working in the Meng family shop, she got along well with the shopkeeper Zou. When the shopkeeper heard that she wanted to open a clothing shop, he naturally told her everything he knew.
"The fabrics from Hao Bo are indeed good. Don't worry, I'll run a trip for you later. I promise I won't charge you more."
"Chen Heng thanks the shopkeeper here, as per the old rules." Chen Heng said with a smile.
The two smiled at each other, understanding each other tacitly.
Just as Shen Heng was about to leave, a clerk came in and said, "Manager Zou, I don't know what's going on, but the Gong Mansion hasn't accepted the fabrics from us twice. They even told us not to take them from them in the future."
"Are you talking about the residence of Lord Gong, the Secretary of State?" Chen Heng asked.
"Yes. In the past, every month, as long as the shop had the fabric, it would send it to Gong's house, but it was rejected twice." said the clerk.
Shopkeeper Zou asked the clerk to put the cloth away. "It's not just the cloth that's like this. The jewelry store is like this too. Everything we sent in has been returned. Based on past experience, it's either the Gong family or this Mrs. Gong who sent it."
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