Chapter 59 Chu Xinrou's Secret
The two thugs stepped forward and gestured to everyone to come in.
Looking at the two burly thugs who could lift a little kid like them in one hand, the group of people shrank their heads and dared not say a word.
Chu Yunlan was embarrassed and argued for himself, "I spent money. Even if I offended someone, you can't kick me out of Juxianlou!"
"If this gets out, your Juxianlou will no longer be able to do business!" Chu Yunlan tried to threaten the boss in front of him with his reputation.
After all, they were all prominent figures in Luojing. He didn't believe that Juxianlou was not wary of the families behind them.
The boss of Juxianlou... The boss of Juxianlou really didn't care. He glanced at Chu Yunlan, who thought he could control him, with a half-smile, took out a gold ingot and threw it into Chu Yunlan's arms, then ordered him without any courtesy, "Get out. If anyone refuses to leave, throw them out."
What a joke! This bunch of rabble combined is not even as big as his master's little finger. How could he be afraid of them?
Chu Yunlan was about to say something when the outspoken young master of the Lin family, who had threatened to beat up the Shen family, stepped forward and covered his mouth, saying angrily, "Brother Chu, stop talking and leave!"
If you don't see that the boss opposite is serious, you can still save some face if you walk out. If you are really thrown out, you will lose all your face and dignity.
Chu Yunlan was dragged out by his friends. Standing in the shabby alley opposite the Juxian Building, a group of people were complaining and looking at Chu Yunlan with complaints in their eyes.
The good brothers who had previously spoken out for Chu Yunlan and said they would go through fire and water for him were now complaining.
"Brother Chu, who did you offend? Thanks to you, I'm not even allowed into the Juxian Tower. I'm so embarrassed this time."
"The boss behind Juxian Tower is quite influential," someone whispered. "Rumor has it he's from Liangzhou."
Everyone was silent. In Liangzhou, wasn't the only powerful person there a local emperor, King Jing?
Thinking of the tough people of Liangzhou, everyone moved away from Chu Yunlan.
Chu Yunlan was annoyed by their avoidance, and said angrily, "What are you afraid of? He's just a thief who broke into the restaurant. I have the Third Prince behind me. How can I be more powerful than the prince?"
"They all hid as quickly as mice."
Young Master Lin, who had been standing silently in the crowd, heard the voice and a sneer flashed across his eyes. He suddenly said, "Brother Chu, we are all implicated by you today. If you hadn't provoked someone you shouldn't have, would we have been so embarrassed?"
Now they are actually blamed for this.
Chu Yunlan stared at him with a grim expression. Young Master Lin stared back without hesitation, his words laced with sarcasm. "Brother Chu has been following the Third Prince's heels. I'm afraid he doesn't know what King Jing of Liangzhou means. He's a figure that even the current emperor is wary of. If this restaurant is really opened by King Jing—"
Master Lin sneered twice, "Brother Chu, go back and burn incense and pray to Buddha for peace."
After saying that, he left the alley without looking back.
He had thought the Third Prince's favor was someone formidable, but he was even less intelligent than him. Prince Jing and that rumored demon-like prince commanded a hundred thousand cavalrymen, and the Emperor had to avoid their brunt. And yet, a young man from a declining marquisate, dared to speak so brazenly.
After Master Lin left, the remaining group of people looked at each other and made excuses to leave.
Chu Yunlan was so angry that he smashed many decorations on the carriage. Chu Xinrou was so embarrassed that she looked at Chu Yunlan with a pale face and did not say anything to comfort him.
As the eldest brother, she is really not as good as the two brothers of the Shen family. Not only is he incompetent, but he doesn't even know who he has offended, and he still has the nerve to lose his temper here.
Arriving at the Marquis of Jingning's residence, Chu Xinrou got off the carriage with the help of her maid. A maid rushed towards her without even a greeting, and said arrogantly, "Miss Chu, my young lady wants to see you."
Chu Xinrou's pent-up anger suddenly bubbled up, and she glared at her, "Who is so rude that they don't even greet me when they see me?"
"Tell her to go back, I won't see her!"
The maid rolled her eyes at her and said in a low voice, "Miss Chu, if you don't want your secret to be revealed, you don't have to go."
Upon hearing this, the color drained from Chu Xinrou's face.
Following the maid, Chu Xinrou saw Chen Wan sitting in a remote teahouse.
Seeing Chu Xinrou, Shen Wan couldn't help but said sarcastically: "It's really like a chicken entering a phoenix's nest. Do you really think you are a phoenix? You are so slow to pretend to get Qiao."
Chu Xinrou was angry and aggrieved, but thinking of the leverage she had over her and Mei Yingzhu, she swallowed her anger and sat down across from her, saying stiffly, "What do you want from me?"
Shen Wan scoffed and got straight to the point, "Give me five hundred taels of silver."
Chu Xinrou was so shocked that she spilled the tea in her hand and looked at her with suppressed anger, "Where would I get so much money?"
Her share of silver in the Marquis' Mansion was half of Chu Yunlan's, only half a tael of silver.
Chu Xinrou was very angry when she thought that this was the rule set by Chu Mingyi and Marquis Jingning agreed to it.
What is there for the illegitimate girl who came out of my humble concubine's belly to be proud of? It's not even certain whether the child in her concubine's belly can be born safely.
Shen Wan didn't waste time talking to her. "You have no money, but the Li family has money. Isn't the young master of the Li family engaged to you? Don't you want to ask him for it? Idiot."
"Don't forget how you got into the Marquis of Jingning's mansion." Chen Wan said with a fake smile, "I don't care what method you use. I want to see five hundred taels of silver in three days, otherwise your secret will be known to everyone."
Chu Xinrou immediately became obedient, biting her lower lip and staring at Chen Wan with resentment.
After returning to the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion, Chu Xinrou was uneasy. After thinking about it, she decided to go to the mansion's warehouse.
She still had the key from her previous housekeeper, so getting into the warehouse was easy.
So, taking advantage of the night, Chu Xinrou and her maid quietly slipped into the warehouse, took out a few treasures that were rarely touched at the back, intending to exchange them for silver, leaving only an empty box inside.
Anyway, Chu Mingyi is the housekeeper now, so if it is really found out that something is missing, it will be disadvantageous to her as the housekeeper.
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Chen Shuwei couldn't sleep at night because he ate two bowls of longevity noodles in a row, so he took Qingdai for a walk in the yard to digest the food.
Qing Dai looked at Shen Shuwei walking in circles in the yard and couldn't help but joked, "Young Master Jing cooked a bowl of noodles for the young lady. After returning home, the young masters and young ladies of the Shen family also wanted to cook a bowl for the young lady. The people of the Shen family really love the young lady."
Chen Shuwei felt uncomfortable holding on and sighed softly. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard the sound of tiles creaking on the eaves.
Chen Shuwei originally thought it was a cat from somewhere, so he pulled Qingdai Pingsheng to hide and try to take a look, but he didn't expect to see a dark shadow flash over the courtyard wall and fall into Jingyin's yard.
Qing Dai was frightened by this scene and whispered, "Miss, do you want me to call the servants from the mansion and then wake up the Second Young Master to arrest him?"
The thief looked very agile, and Master Jing looked so sick that he would be in trouble if he ran into a thief.
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