Looking at the back of the Third Elder, the smile on Shen Weiwan's lips gradually faded. Chuntao approached her and asked in a low voice: "Miss, how do you know that Chuntao saw the Second Miss yesterday?"
"Of course I know," Shen Weiwan sneered, "She went to my room yesterday to check out what valuables she could steal. I asked Chuntao to keep an eye on her a long time ago."
Chun Tao suddenly realized: "It turns out that the young lady had already set up the plan!"
"That's natural," Shen Weiwan turned and walked into the house, "She's still a little too young to fight with me."
As she reached the door, she saw the Seventh Prince Xiao Yu leaning against the door frame, waving a folding fan in his hand, looking at her with a half-smile: "Miss Shen's trick of 'borrowing slaves to kill people' is truly brilliant."
Shen Weiwan rolled her eyes at him: "Compared to His Highness, it's far behind. It's just a matter of meeting the enemy with generals and covering the water with earth."
Xiao Yu walked in, his eyes falling on the jade bracelet on her wrist: "I heard there are new rumors outside?"
"Oh?" Shen Weiwan raised an eyebrow, "What's the news?"
"They say you coerced and bribed your servants to give false testimony for you and framed your own sister." Xiao Yu leaned closer to her and lowered his voice, "Some people also said that you did this because you were afraid that Shen Ruorou would snatch your prince fiancé."
Shen Weiwan laughed out loud: "Steal my prince's fiancé? Is she worthy?"
Xiao Yu looked at her confident expression, a hint of smile flashing in his eyes: "Oh? So in Miss Shen's eyes, this prince is so easy to be snatched away?"
"Your Highness is joking," Shen Weiwan turned around and picked up a piece of osmanthus cake from the table, "How can a person like Your Highness be snatched away by a cat or a dog? But..." She suddenly turned around, her eyes shining, "If someone really wants to snatch it away, I don't mind letting her know how powerful I am."
Xiao Yu looked at the glint in her eyes and suddenly felt his heart skip a beat. He put away his folding fan and gently tapped her forehead. "Okay, stop joking. Tell me, what are your plans for the next step?"
Shen Weiwan took a bite of the osmanthus cake and said vaguely: "The next step? Naturally, let the whole capital know that I, Shen Weiwan, am not someone to be trifled with." She swallowed it and wiped her mouth, "Chun Tao, go find my old clothes and go out with me tomorrow."
Chun Tao was stunned: "Miss, what are you doing on the street?"
"Of course I'm going to 'play the victim,'" Shen Weiwan said with a wicked smile on her face. "It's all about building public opinion. I have to let the people see how hard it is for a legitimate daughter like me to live and how badly I've been bullied by my illegitimate cousin."
Xiao Yu listened from the side and shook his head: "You really want the world to be in chaos."
“What’s the chaos?” Shen Weiwan raised an eyebrow, “This is called eliminating harm for the people.”
Looking at Shen Weiwan's high morale, Xiao Yu suddenly felt that the capital would be bustling again. And he was happy to accompany this quirky woman and watch how she played one brilliant move after another on the chessboard of the capital.
Shen Ruorou, oh Shen Ruorou, you thought you'd be alright if you hid in the woodshed? You're wrong. Chuntao's testimony was just the beginning; the real storm was still waiting for her. And now, locked up in the woodshed, Shen Ruorou was curled up on the straw, listening to the servants' chatter outside, hatred growing like wild weeds in her heart. Unbeknownst to her, Shen Weiwan's next plan had already quietly unfolded.
As night fell, the corner gate of the general's mansion quietly opened. Shen Weiwan, accompanied by Chuntao, dressed in half-worn clothes, left the mansion among the servants. The lights on the street were just beginning to come on, and the sounds of hawkers rose and fell. Shen Weiwan took a deep breath, a determined light flashing in her eyes.
"Chun Tao," she whispered, "are you ready?"
Chun Tao nodded vigorously: "I'm ready, miss! I promise to complete the task!"
Shen Weiwan smiled, turned around and walked into the crowd. She knew that after tonight, the direction of the capital would completely change. And Shen Ruoruo's "talented woman" persona would completely collapse in the tide of public opinion.
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