She paused, looked at the noble lady, and said in a worried tone, "Miss Wang, isn't that right? If the Taifu's wife knew about this, she would probably misunderstand that my cousin was behaving improperly."
The noble lady loved gossip to begin with, and seeing something exciting to watch, she naturally wouldn't miss it. She immediately put on a "heartbroken" expression: "Oh, Miss Shen Er, Master Li, you are both well-known people, how could you do such... such an indecent thing in the garden?"
Li Xiu was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He waved his hands repeatedly: "Ms. Wang, please listen to my explanation. It's not what you think! It's Shen Weiwan..."
"What about me?" Shen Weiwan interrupted him immediately, "Did I make it up, or did I hold you two here? Mr. Li, you need evidence when you speak."
She turned to look at the servants around her and deliberately raised her voice: "You all saw it, didn't you? It was Master Li who grabbed my cousin's hand and wouldn't let go. My cousin couldn't break free even if she wanted to!"
Those servants had always disliked Li Xiu and Shen Ruorou, but when they saw Shen Weiwan asking the question, they immediately understood and nodded: "Yes, yes, we all saw it, it was Master Li who grabbed the Second Miss's hand!"
"And!" a quick-witted servant added, "We also heard Master Li say he 'likes the second young lady'!"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a sudden gasp from the surroundings. Shen Ruorou's face turned pale and she was shaky, as if she would faint at any moment. Li Xiu was even more speechless and trembling with anger.
Seeing this, Shen Weiwan knew that the situation was almost heated, and immediately put on an "aggrieved" expression and bowed to the noble lady: "Miss Wang, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. I see that my cousin and Mr. Li still have 'important matters' to discuss, so we'll take our leave first."
As she spoke, she pulled Chuntao away, and before leaving, she added thoughtfully, "Cousin, Mr. Li, you guys continue chatting. I really didn't see anything!"
The sound was clear and loud, spreading throughout the entire garden, making Shen Ruoruo and Li Xiu so angry that they almost vomited blood on the spot.
"Miss, your positioning is amazing!" After walking a long way, Chun Tao couldn't help but give a thumbs up. "It just happened to attract Miss Wang. Now that she can pass the message back, Shen Ruoruo and Li Xiu's 'affair' will be confirmed!"
Shen Weiwan raised an eyebrow, picked up the last piece of peach blossom cake and stuffed it into her mouth: "Confirmed? This is just the beginning. Have you forgotten the rumor about the 'broken sleeve' we spread before?"
Chun Tao suddenly understood: "Miss, you mean..."
"Hmm," Shen Weiwan licked the frosting on her fingers, a sly look in her eyes, "Since the two of them are so 'in love', why not add fuel to the rumors about Li Xiu being a 'broken sleeve' - saying that he's actually using Shen Ruoruo as a shield, and the one he really likes is..."
She leaned close to Chuntao's ear and whispered a few words. Chuntao laughed so hard she fell backwards: "Miss, this is too mean! If this were to get out, Li Xiu would probably have to find a hole to hide in!"
"Drilling through a crack in the ground?" Shen Weiwan sneered, "He got it easy. In his previous life, he asked me to marry that cripple for him. In this life, I will make him taste the feeling of being disgraced and hated by everyone."
As the two of them were talking, Shen Weiwan glanced over casually when passing by the water pavilion. She saw the Seventh Prince Xiao Yu sitting inside, playing with a chess piece in his hand. His eyes seemed to fall on her, with an elusive smile on the corner of his mouth.
Shen Weiwan's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously quickened her pace. This Seventh Prince has appeared too frequently recently. Could it be that, as Chun Tao said, he came to watch her "performance"?
"Miss, the Seventh Prince seems to be looking at you again." Chuntao also noticed it and muttered softly.
"Just watch," Shen Weiwan pretended to be calm. "Anyway, we are in the right, so why should we be afraid of people watching?" Even so, her heart was beating fast. Is this Seventh Prince an enemy or a friend?
After returning to her own courtyard, Shen Weiwan immediately asked Chuntao to do two things: one was to spread the news that "Li Xiu used Shen Ruorou as a shield, but actually had a crush on the commander of the guards"; the other was to have someone "accidentally" reveal to the noble lady of the Taifu Mansion the "evidence" that Li Xiu had previously sent the wrong handkerchief and blocked the door to confess his love.
"Remember, do it naturally," Shen Weiwan warned, "just like the gossip you heard, don't let anyone get hold of it."
"Don't worry, miss," Chuntao assured, patting her chest, "I'll take care of it!"
Watching Chuntao's hurried departure, Shen Weiwan leaned back on the couch and breathed a long sigh of relief. The sunlight shone through the window lattice on her, warm and cozy.
Li Xiu, Shen Ruorou, Liu Shi... one enemy after another flashed through her mind. The tragic deaths in her previous life were like a brand, constantly reminding her not to be soft-hearted.
“Don’t be anxious,” Shen Weiwan whispered to herself, “Come one by one, it will eventually be your turn.”
She closed her eyes, a cold smile playing on her lips. In this life, she not only wanted to survive, but also to live beautifully, dragging all those who had wronged her into the mire and letting them also taste the bitterness of disgrace and ruin.
At this moment, in the pavilion, the Seventh Prince Xiao Yu put down his chess piece, his fingertips unconsciously tapping the stone table, his eyes deep. The guard beside him whispered, "Your Highness, do you need a subordinate..."
"No need," Xiao Yu interrupted him, the smile on his face deepening. "This show is much more interesting than the palace acrobatics. Let her play by herself, and we can just watch."
The guard was stunned for a moment, not daring to ask more questions, so he bowed and retreated.
Xiao Yu looked towards Shen Weiwan's courtyard, his eyes flickering. This daughter of the general's mansion was becoming more and more interesting. She seemed crazy, but in fact, she was calculating and strategic, always able to accurately poke the enemy's sore spot, making a good hand of bad cards.
"Chen Weiwan..." He whispered the name, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes, "I want to see what new tricks you can come up with."
The turmoil in the garden continued. The news that "Mr. Li and Miss Shen's secret meeting was caught" spread quickly throughout the General's Mansion and then spread from there to the entire capital. The even more explosive rumor that "Mr. Li was actually gay and was using Miss Shen as a shield" also quietly fermented, fueled by Shen Weiwan.
A bigger storm was brewing over the capital. And Shen Weiwan, the instigator of all this, was leisurely eating a chilled watermelon, waiting to see the next "good show" from Li Xiu and Shen Ruorou. After all, this was just the beginning.
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