Chapter 97: All Calculated

Du Jingyi's face was still covered with pearl powder, making her look pale and weak, but her movements and demeanor did not show that she was sick.

Especially when he saw his sister-in-law Liu coming in, Du Jingyi even got out of bed on purpose.

This surprised my eldest sister-in-law Liu. It seemed that he was pretending to be sick.

"I heard you were ill, so I came to see you, but it seems that there is no need."

Sister-in-law Liu smiled as she spoke, and it was obvious that there was no estrangement between her and Du Jingyi.

Du Jingyi knew exactly what her husband did last night, but she didn't expect that her sister-in-law would come to her in person today, so she replied with a smile.

"I'm sorry that my sister-in-law was worried about me. I'm fine."

"That's good."

The maid Cherry served tea and then took her people out.

This was the first time that the two of them were alone together. Du Jingyi was not shy, but just wanted to hear what her purpose was for coming today.

After drinking a cup of tea, the sister-in-law started talking.

"I heard about what happened at Yunjin Courtyard. Sixth brother said he thought you did a great job, but I don't agree."

Du Jingyi raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this. This sister-in-law was really good at using light words to express strong opinions.

So Du Jingyi still asked sincerely.

"Please teach me, sister-in-law."

"The Yunjin Courtyard incident was caused by my fifth uncle's impulsive behavior, but it was human nature. How could you predict it? If he hadn't done anything, then with only Wu Lang suffering from an acute illness, it would not have gotten to this point today."

"The incident at Prince Min's Mansion was just an opportunity. You pretended to help the Fifth House, which made the Third House feel wary. But how could you have known that they would make a fuss yesterday? And even fight over it?"

"So, I think you are lucky this time. If you really want to talk about it, you may not be Madam Wei's opponent."

Sister-in-law Liu hit the nail on the head and expressed her thoughts.

In her opinion, Du Jingyi is smart, but when she thinks about all these things together carefully, she finds that he still relies on luck.

So she didn't give in and just said it directly, just to see how Du Jingyi would respond.

Unexpectedly, after listening to it, Du Jingyi took the teacup beside him and took a sip slowly.

Then he chuckled and told him all his plans for the past few days.

"When I married into the Duke's Mansion, I brought a few dowry shops with me. It just so happened that they were near the shop of Liu Niang's husband's family, Jia's. They have always claimed to be in the rice business, but in fact, they are also involved in some shady businesses."

"For example, the hottest selling product in tobacco shops these days, the Jia family has handled it before. Once you get addicted to it, you can't stop. I heard that my fifth uncle is quite fond of tobacco and alcohol, but it's not easy for the fifth house to easily get the thirty-liang box of lotus paste."

When Du Jingyi spoke, there was a look of determination and calculation in his eyes.

It was as if no one or anything could escape from her.

"I asked Yingtao to tamper with the money. This is just one of the reasons. With the Fifth House being poor for a long time and suddenly getting rich, it is natural for them to squander the money that comes so easily. And with the help of the guys in the opium den, how can they worry that Fifth Uncle will not take the bait?"

"The reason why Hibiscus Cream is addictive is that when you first use it, you will feel refreshed if you inhale it, but if you don't inhale it, you will feel like you are being bitten by insects and ants."

"I calculated that the box of lotus cream he bought these two days ago should be almost empty. Without the nourishing effect of that stuff, with Fifth Uncle's temper, he will be like a barrel filled with oil, and will explode at the slightest spark."

When he said this, Du Jingyi's expression showed some sarcasm.

"Then I spread some of the true and false stories about Prince Min's Mansion. With the temper of Fifth Uncle, would he not come to cause trouble after hearing about it? The Third House is guilty and secretly wants to get promoted through the Jia family. Naturally, they are anxious after waiting for no news for a long time. The Fifth House is greedy and will not let go of the duck in their mouths. Naturally, they will go to Yunjin Courtyard to seek an explanation."

"The third and fifth houses may seem united, but they are very wary of each other. They will start fighting over a disagreement. This is not a big deal."

Naturally, Du Jingyi also asked Liu Xun to secretly mix some powder that would make people inexplicably anxious into the flowers and plants in Yunjin Courtyard.

It further fueled everyone's emotions, and naturally led to a fight.

But Liu Xun's affairs were still secret, and Du Jingyi did not intend to reveal them.

After hearing these words, the sister-in-law's original skeptical attitude was gradually shattered by Du Jingyi's response.

His face was silent and his teeth were clenched tightly.

After a long while, he looked up at Du Jingyi, with disbelief and worry in his eyes.

"Did you design all these steps?"

Du Jingyi smiled, and at this moment he looked even cleaner than water.

"Sister-in-law, you are joking. The one who sold the drugs was the opium den, the one who got involved in the investment was the Jia family, the one who seduced was the servant, the one who got addicted was my fifth uncle, the one who did it was Madam Wei, the one who got the emergency, the one who got scared was Wu Lang, the one who tied people up and dragged them away was Madam Jiao, and the one who was cleared out was the fifth room. I have nothing to do with this, right?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

She acted very innocent, but the more she did so, the more frightened her sister-in-law Liu became.

No matter how you look at it, the ones that are most involved here are Yunjin Courtyard and the third and fifth rooms.

No matter how much we talk about it, we can only say that Du Jingyi is just hiding from trouble and pretending to be sick.

Even if the people from the fifth house come to settle scores in the future, they will either fight to the death with Madam Wei or cause trouble for the Jia family and the third house.

They have nothing to do with Dongyuan, and maybe they still remember the help Du Jingyi once showed them.

Even if they wanted to use this opportunity to get close to Du Jingyi and the General's Mansion, they would have to escape from the manor that was tightly surrounded by Madam Wei's orders.

Connecting all these events together, the eldest sister-in-law Liu's originally straight back began to collapse little by little.

Until the very end, he said one sentence.

"Sixth brother is right. You can indeed accomplish what you want to do."

There was a sense of defeat but also a hint of admiration in his words.

In the past, the eldest sister-in-law was quite proud of her ability to manage the household, but now facing Du Jingyi's chain of schemes, her ideas seem childish.

Du Jingyi didn't say much.

Although she looks young, she has been involved in the Du family's business since she was a few years old.

After all, there is not much difference between this shopping mall and the backyard.

It's nothing more than knowing what chips you have and guessing what the other party wants.

However, Du Jingyi slightly agreed with what his sister-in-law said.

This time, it was because Mrs. Wei underestimated her enemy that her plan was implemented so quickly, accurately and ruthlessly.

But she has never had a direct confrontation with Mrs. Wei, so she cannot be too careless.

(End of this chapter)