"Oh?" Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow. "I heard that Second Miss Shen made a fool of herself by scratching herself at the Spring Banquet, and that Liu took her anger out on you?"
"Your Highness is really well-informed." Shen Weiwan lowered her head, "In fact, it's not my aunt's fault. My cousin has been wronged, so it's inevitable that she is anxious."
Xiao Yu looked at her, who was clearly in the upper hand but still defending her enemy, and couldn't help but laugh: "You are just too soft-hearted." He pulled out a brocade box from his sleeve, "I have had some new snacks made, try them."
Shen Weiwan opened the brocade box, and inside was an exquisite peach blossom pastry, which was much more beautiful than the broken almond pastry just now. Her heart warmed, but she said: "Your Highness always spends so much, I feel embarrassed."
"No problem." Xiao Yu looked at her. "I heard that Liu is looking for the key to the warehouse?"
Shen Weiwan was shocked, but her face remained calm: "Yes, I don't know how it disappeared. Auntie is very anxious."
Xiao Yu chuckled. "It's a good thing the key is lost, so it won't be taken away by someone to embezzle the family property." He stood up and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Shen Weiwan sent him to the door, watched his carriage go away, and pondered his words in her heart. Did he know something?
Chun Tao came over and said, "Miss, the Seventh Prince is so kind to you. He always gives you gifts."
Chen Weiwan's cheeks flushed slightly: "Don't talk nonsense." She took the brocade box back to Tinglan Courtyard, looked at the peach blossom pastry inside, and suddenly had an idea.
"Chun Tao," she ordered, "give half of these snacks to Xie Fang Yuan and say they are rewards from His Highness the Seventh Prince."
Chun Tao was stunned: "Miss, are you going to send some snacks to Liu and Shen Ruorou?"
"Yes." Shen Weiwan smiled, "Good things should be shared." A gleam of light flashed in her eyes, "Especially that box of nettles, send it along too, and say...it's for my cousin to relieve her itching."
Chuntao suddenly realized: "Miss, you are going to..."
"Hush." Shen Weiwan made a silent gesture, "Just wait and see the show."
Sure enough, not long after, Shen Ruorou's screams were heard from Xiefangyuan. Chuntao ran back to report: "Miss, Miss Shen Er received snacks and nettle grass, and she was so angry that she overturned the table! Liu Shi even thought you were deliberately humiliating them!"
Shen Weiwan was tasting peach blossom pastry and smiled when she heard this: "Oh? That's such a pity, I just meant well."
"And there's more!" Chun Tao said excitedly, "The servants are saying that the Seventh Prince favors you and only sends you snacks! When Liu heard this, her face turned green with rage!"
Shen Weiwan nodded with satisfaction: "Very good." She put down the snacks and picked up the account book on the table, "Next, it's time to calculate the account of Liu's embezzlement."
The old butler came in at the right time: "Miss, here are all the evidences of Liu's false reporting of purchases over the years." He handed over a wooden box.
Shen Weiwan opened the wooden box, and inside was a thick stack of account books. She flipped through them, a sneer on her lips: "Liu, you have taken so much, it's time to return it."
"Miss, when are we going to start?" Chuntao asked anxiously.
"No rush." Shen Weiwan closed the wooden box. "Wait for the right time." She looked out the window. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on her face, making her eyes especially bright. "I want to make her lose her reputation and everything."
Chun Tao looked at her young lady's determined eyes and knew that another great show was about to begin. And this time, victory would definitely belong to them.
At the same time, in the Seventh Prince's Mansion, Xiao Yu listened to the servant's report with a smile on his face.
"Your Highness, Miss Shen gave snacks and nettles to Miss Liu and Miss Shen."
Xiao Yu waved his folding fan: "Oh? She is quite interesting."
"Also, Miss Shen seems to be collecting evidence of Liu's embezzlement."
A gleam of light flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes: "It seems that the drama in the general's mansion is getting more and more exciting." He stood up, walked to the window, and looked in the direction of the general's mansion, "Chen Weiwan, I want to see what other tricks you can play."
The spring breeze blew across the capital, bringing the fragrance of flowers and a new storm. Inside the general's mansion, Shen Weiwan's revenge plan was unfolding step by step, while Liu and Shen Ruorou were still in the dark, unaware that they had fallen into a carefully designed trap.
Shen Weiwan looked at the account book in her hand and muttered in her heart: Aunt, cousin, you owed me in the previous life, in this life, I will get it all back with interest!
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