Shanhu immediately remembered that this nanny was the one who sent the fourth young lady Ren Yaoyin back to the Ren family villa last time. Her surname seemed to be Duan?
Sure enough, Shanhu heard Ren Yaoqi ask, "Madam Duan, when will the princess be free to see me? I'll come to pay my respects another day."
Nanny Duan shook her head and said, "The princess has been busy lately, so Fifth Miss Ren should go back."
Ren Yaoqi glanced at Shanhu, hesitating whether he should leave.
Shanhu had been with Old Madam Ren for many years and was quite quick-witted. She quickly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Madam Duan, how are you doing lately? Before coming here today, our old lady mentioned you, saying that the Fifth Miss was in great good graces with your care."
As she spoke, Shanhu held Madam Duan's hand and stuffed a purse filled with ten taels of silver into Madam Duan's sleeve. The purses were prepared by Old Lady Ren before she came. There were five or six purses of ten taels of silver in total, and some small red envelopes in case of emergency.
Shanhu reminded Madam Duan of the last time they went to the Ren family's villa and how Old Madam Ren had generously gifted her with a mutton-fat jade toad-shaped ornament. The expression on her face softened considerably, and she nodded and said, "How is Old Madam Ren lately?"
Shanhu was delighted to see that there was a way, and her smile became even more charming. "Our old lady is fine. She specially asked our fifth daughter to come and pay her respects to the princess today. Unfortunately, she happened to be busy at that time. It seems that we can only come next time."
Nanny Duan thought for a moment and nodded, "The princess really doesn't want to see any guests today."
Shanhu's heart skipped a beat when she heard Madam Duan say "I don't want to" instead of "it's inconvenient." She asked tentatively, "Then, Madam, when would it be best for me to come again?"
Nanny Duan was silent for a moment, sighed, but was unwilling to say more. She just said, "Please go back." After that, she turned around and went back to the Yanbei Palace, ignoring Shanhu calling her from behind.
After Nanny Duan left, Shanhu felt even more uneasy, but the princess had clearly said she would not see guests, and they couldn't force their way in, as this was the Prince of Yanbei's Palace.
Shanhu looked at Ren Yaoqi with some embarrassment: "Fifth Miss. This..."
Ren Yaoqi shook his head: "The princess doesn't see guests, there's nothing I can do."
Shanhu sighed and said, "Then I have no choice but to go back and report to the old man and the old lady."
So Ren Yaoqi took a carriage back to the Ren family. After all this trouble, it was already dark when Ren Yaoqi's carriage arrived at Baihe Town.
People from all branches of the Ren family were still gathered in Ronghuayuan and had not left, but Old Master Ren and Master Ren were missing. In addition, the old lady of the East Mansion could not sit still and went back first.
It turned out that after Ren Yaoqi left, news had trickled in. The government had previously sealed off the Ren family's three coal mines and taken over their coal warehouse in Yanzhou. Unexpectedly, many miners had erupted in unrest today, jointly suing the Ren family for allegedly abusing and abusing their workers.
Before one problem was solved, another one arose. Soon, the owner of a coal mountain connected to the Ren family's coal mountain also took the opportunity to sue the Ren family for secretly digging beyond their boundaries and hollowing out their mountain.
The incident of mining beyond the boundary was originally caused by the mountain owner. Because there was an agreement between the two families, the Ren family also gave him a sum of money every year. However, they did not expect that this lawsuit would lead to the discovery of the Ren family's hidden weapons in the abandoned mine.
When this incident happened, everyone was shocked.
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