Chapter 200 The True Face of the Black-Hearted Profligate Merchant
A deep alley in Kyoto.
The entrance was hidden, the alley was deep and long, and it was so quiet that only their breathing and footsteps could be heard.
"Here we are, right in front."
Wei Lingyun pointed at a door at the end of the alley, her expression excited as she whispered, "Princess, as my mother said, anyone who dares to spread rumors about the Regent must have someone behind the scenes! It could be the Royalists!"
Yun Tang raised an eyebrow and looked at her: "Why do you say that?"
"Look! You and the prince are in love, yet they're spreading rumors that you're not getting along! The royalists are trying to sow discord!"
Wei Lingyun said confidently: "The royalists want to drive you and your wife apart, and then use the beauty trap to harm the prince!"
"If we can find something to hold against the prince, we can report him and make sure he can't become emperor!"
Yun Rongrong nodded repeatedly, looking as if she agreed with what she said.
Yuntang was very calm.
She pondered over it, but she didn't agree in her heart. Because Xiao Jin was not a pushover, he couldn't just stand by and watch the royalists harm him!
unless……
They had reached the door.
Yun Tang's almond-shaped eyes were shimmering and cold as he ordered, "Go knock on the door."
Yinlian went forward and knocked on the door.
soon!
The door opened, and a servant poked his head out and asked, "Are you here to buy intelligence...?"
The moment the servant saw Yuntang, he was stuck for words.
He clearly recognized Yuntang and was so frightened that he subconsciously wanted to close the door...
"Bang!"
Yinlian kicked the door open and dragged him out.
"Have mercy - I don't know anything!" The servant boy held his head and trembled.
Yun Tang disdained to waste time on small fry. She ordered her men to surround the area and then strode in.
The interior is decorated like a bookstore.
Crossing the archway, I heard a woman's roar from the house in front: "You profiteer! How dare you deceive this lady! You're finished—"
Yun Tang, Yun Rongrong, and Wei Lingyun exchanged glances, lowered their footsteps, and approached the front door to eavesdrop...
A man with a shrill, eunuch-like voice spoke, "Madam Shangshu, how did I lie to you? You must not wrongly accuse me!"
"Bah! What are you saying? The Princess Regent can't dance! I'd let my daughter dance! And what was the result?"
The Shangshu's wife was angry and sad, crying loudly: "My precious daughter——"
"Wow, wow, wow—she was taken into the palace to be a maid. She'll never marry into a good family in her lifetime! Damn it, it's all you who ruined my daughter!!!"
The Shangshu's wife didn't dare to blame the Regent and the Princess, so she could only come here to act like a spoiled child and curse: "Swindler! I'm going to smash your stall! I'll report you to the police and have you jailed!!!"
"Oh..." a certain unscrupulous businessman drawled out his words.
He shook his head and asked in a shrill voice, "Have you ever seen the princess dance? If you haven't, how can you say I lied to you?"
"Report to the authorities? Madam Shangshu, you go."
The profiteer was fearless and smugly said, "When I see the officials, I will confess the truth. Your wife, the Minister of Rites, has evil intentions towards the Regent!"
The Shangshu's wife stopped crying and looked terrified.
The profiteer added, "I also want to say that you two, mother and daughter, are speaking outrageously and disrespectfully to the Regent Princess!"
"Shut up! Shut up!"
The Shangshu's wife's face was filled with fear and panic, and she felt guilty. How could she dare to settle the score?
Seeing her expression, the profiteer immediately became aggressive: "Madam Shangshu, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself! I have a big mouth, and I might let it slip when I'm drunk one day..."
"Shut up! Don't you just want money?" The Shangshu's wife regretted it so much.
She paid a large sum of hush money, and her heart was bleeding!
No wonder those who came to buy intelligence, whether good or bad, were so secretive and wouldn't mention a word about it.
We have all been ripped off by these black-hearted profiteers!!!
The Shangshu's wife turned around and walked out of the room cursing. When she looked up inadvertently, she met Yuntang's cold and sharp almond eyes.
“King…King…”
The Shangshu's wife was so frightened that her legs went weak and she was speechless.
Did the Princess Regent hear it?
It’s over!
It's completely over!
Yun Tang raised his hand and said coldly, "Take it."
Someone immediately stepped forward, grabbed him, gagged him, and dragged him away... The whole operation was smooth and completed in the blink of an eye.
Yuntang took a step forward: "Let's go in and take a look."
In the house.
A certain unscrupulous businessman was counting gold leaves. He exclaimed in amazement, "The Minister of Rites's Mansion is really rich! It's making a lot of money!"
As he said this, he grabbed the gold leaf and was about to put it in his pocket.
At this time, Yuntang came in.
The black-hearted profiteer didn't even look up. "No business today. We're closed! Goodbye!"
Yun Tang curled his lips and asked coldly, "What if this princess doesn't leave?"
In an instant, the evil-hearted profiteer's body stiffened like a stone.
His neck cracked as he raised his head with great difficulty, revealing the fox mask on his face. The mask covered his face completely, not even a mouth, with only two holes for the eyes.
He didn't dare to move!
"Huh?" Wei Lingyun walked forward curiously and stared at him. "You feel so familiar to me!"
A profiteer: "You got the wrong person!"
"Impossible! I would recognize you even if you turned into ash! Chen Shu! It's you, right?"
"No! I don't know you!"
A certain unscrupulous businessman had a shrill voice and retreated step by step in a eunuch-like voice.
He couldn't raise his head, didn't dare to look at Yuntang a second time, and when he reached the window, he wanted to escape through the window!
But at the moment he took a step forward, for some reason, he hesitated.
Yun Tang was curious, "Why not jump?"
"…There's a toilet behind it."
Chen Shu withdrew his legs in shame, still trying to play dumb: "Princess, I am just a small business, please be magnanimous and not kill me all, right?"
"Small business?"
Yuntang walked to the table, grabbed a handful of gold leaves, weighed them, and asked casually, "Are you keeping them for yourself? Or are you confiscating them?"
"How dare I embezzle it..." Chen Shu spoke quickly, and when he came to his senses, he couldn't help but slap himself.
Yuntang sneered.
She walked to the table and sat down, her posture elegant and noble, her almond-shaped eyes cold and sarcastic: "Master Shen, why don't you take off your mask?"
Shen Shu was silent for two seconds.
His struggle was in vain, so he could only sigh, raise his hand and take off the mask to reveal his true face.
The fox eyes smiled, but it was obvious that the smile was guilty and embarrassed, and he no longer pinched his voice to pretend to be a eunuch. Shen Shu politely performed the ceremony: "Your subordinate greets the princess."
"Tsk tsk tsk! Shen Shu! Lord Shen, it's really you!"
Wei Lingyun crossed her arms and laughed at him: "I asked why you didn't do my business, you are afraid that I will recognize you! Lord Shen, how dare you?"
"You are a dignified Grand Tutor, yet you are spreading rumors and selling false information here. Aren't you afraid that the Regent will peel off your skin?"
Shen Shu winked at her and begged her to shut up!
"Cousin, Miss Wei, please leave. This princess has something to ask Lord Shen!"
"good."
Yun Tang gestured to Shen Shu again: "Master Shen, please sit down."
Shen Shu didn't dare to sit down.
He held the fox mask, his heart pounding with anxiety, "Princess, why are you here?"
"Why do you say that Xiao Jin and I are not getting along?"
Yun Tang sat dignified, his brows cold and his eyes glaring as he questioned him with dignity, "Was this your idea? Or was it Xiao Jin's idea?"
Shen Shu was sweating profusely: "Princess, please listen to my explanation..."
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