"Yes, Miss, look at his attitude! He teamed up with the Princess and Miss to cause trouble today, and we haven't even settled accounts with him yet, and he still dares to give us attitude! What kind of person is he!"
Qingxing angrily clenched her fist at Yao Zhijie's retreating figure.
"It's inexplicable. How could the young master befriend such a person..."
Qingxing's words reminded Jiang Shuwan.
She had never understood why Yao Zhijie had conspired with Li Yuyan to frame her.
Yao Zhijie and Pei Yanzhi have such a good relationship. If Yao Zhijie also knew that the commercial tax was her doing, he would definitely try his best to get her to leave the Marquis's mansion for Pei Yanzhi's sake.
Thinking about it this way, everything makes sense.
"Qingxing, let's go to the old lady's room."
With her gaze fixed straight ahead, Jiang Shuwan made a decision.
"What? You want to let Yun girl into the family?"
When Jiang Shuwan came in, Madam Pei was listening to Chang Mama report on the details of today's plum blossom appreciation banquet.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Jiang Shuwan entered the room, she said she wanted to let Liu Yunyan in.
“Wan, you…”
Staring at Jiang Shuwan, Old Madam Pei didn't know what to say.
Qingxing was even more shocked; she hadn't expected Jiang Shuwan to say that.
Jiang Shuwan didn't explain, since the old lady didn't know about the commercial tax.
Pei Yanzhi took such a huge blame for her; she should at least repay him in some way.
After thinking it over, the only thing I could help with was getting Liu Yunyan into the family.
"What? Jiang Shuwan really said that..."
Liu Yunyan soon learned the news as well.
She was completely stunned.
"I never expected that the young mistress would actually speak up for the young lady," said Granny Xia in surprise.
Her daughter was just crying about the disappointment of the plum blossom banquet, but things took an unexpected turn for the better.
"Miss, since the young mistress has helped you, shouldn't we go and thank her?"
"Hmph, at least she knows what's good for her!" With narrowed eyes, Liu Yunyan stretched out and leaned back in her chair, arrogantly raising her chin.
“…Why do you say that, young lady?” Granny Xia didn’t understand why she said that.
"Heh, look at the things in my room. Every single one of them is from my cousin's private treasury. Everyone in the mansion knows that my cousin wants to take me as a concubine. It's just that the old lady has been stopping us, which has delayed it until now."
"Jiang Shuwan isn't stupid. Since she saw through her cousin's intentions, she went along with it. Isn't that just being sensible?"
"..."
After she said that, Granny Xia realized what was going on.
"Young lady, you are so clever! How could this old servant not have thought of that?" Granny Xia said with delight. "That's wonderful! No matter what, young lady can finally enter the manor. If things hadn't gone well, this servant was truly afraid that the Fourth Prince wouldn't send the antidote, and then young lady's life would have been in danger..."
"Hmph, with my cousin around, I have nothing to worry about."
Liu Yunyan said triumphantly, pacing around the room with great joy.
“Call the embroidery workshop staff over. I want to have my wedding dress and jewelry made. I must marry my cousin in a grand and glorious way.”
"Jiang Shuwan, Jiang Shuwan, so what if you're incredibly smart? If you don't win your cousin's favor, you're nothing. And everything you have now will be mine sooner or later..."
She clenched her fists, her eyes gleaming with ambition.
Granny Xia: "..."
Granny Xia looked embarrassed. She didn't want to discourage Liu Yunyan, but there were some things she had to say.
“Miss, it’s not that this old servant wants to smear you, but although the young master doesn’t like the young mistress, there’s no chance for you and the young master to get together. Let’s keep a low profile.” She said cautiously.
"What do you know! I'm so beautiful and gentle. Once I'm married and share a bed with my cousin, spending every day and night together, how could he not like me?"
“There is no man in the world who doesn’t like me. For example, that boy from the Guanglu Temple. I rejected him, but he still eagerly came to the plum blossom banquet.”
"If I want something, I can get it, including my cousin!"
"..."
**********
"Young Master, have you seen this? Ever since the old lady set the date for your marriage to your cousin at the end of the month, her room has been so lively. She's been buying all sorts of new satin fabrics and jewelry. Anyone who didn't know better would think she was going to become the main wife of the household."
"Isn't Miss Biao too smug? Has she completely forgotten that she was able to enter the manor only because the young master wanted to use her to bewitch the Fourth Prince?"
"We agreed that it would be a mutually beneficial arrangement. She would help the young master, and he would help her reclaim the Liu family. But the way she's acting now makes me think she's clinging to the young master."
As soon as Xiao Wu entered the door, he started chattering nonstop.
"You should say less."
Yin Quan rolled his eyes at him, took the teacup from Xiao Wu's hand, and presented it to Pei Yanzhi.
Staring at the sullen-faced prince, Yin Quan cautiously asked, "Master, are you unhappy?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Everything is going according to the young master's plan. How could the young master be unhappy? I heard that as soon as the fourth prince heard that Miss Biao was going to enter the house at the end of the month, he immediately sent over this month's antidote. It can be seen that the young master's help to the young mistress has not aroused the fourth prince's suspicion."
"The Fourth Prince has always been ruthless in his actions. If we don't appease him first, it will be difficult to endure being attacked from both sides."
"You agree, Your Highness."
As Xiao Wu spoke, he asked Pei Yanzhi, who was sitting to the side.
Pei Yanzhi simply stared blankly out the window.
"Xiao Wu, tell me... what is your young mistress doing?"
“Miss, look at how wildly Miss Biao is buying things. Aren’t you going to do anything about her? She’s just a concubine, yet she wants to buy a red wedding dress. She doesn’t understand any manners at all.”
In Jiang Shuwan's courtyard, Qingxing said through gritted teeth.
She couldn't stop Jiang Shuwan from bringing Liu Yunyan into the household, but at least she couldn't let Liu Yunyan be so arrogant.
"Let her be!"
Jiang Shuwan waved her hand, too lazy to pay any attention to Liu Yunyan. Whether it was Liu Yunyan lavishly buying herself new clothes or arranging all the rules and regulations for the room, she left it all to the servants to handle.
She simply instructed a maid to relay a message to the head maid, telling her to take good care of Madam Wen.
Qingxing also found the Wen family's name strange.
"Miss, has Madam changed her ways? She's been back for several days now, and we haven't seen her cause any trouble."
“Besides going to the old lady’s room to pay her respects every day, she stays in her room all day chanting scriptures. She no longer competes with you for the power of managing the household affairs. She has also stopped paying her respects to the young master even in the face of strong winds and snow. This is so unlike her.”
"Has Madam really given up? Does she no longer want to cause trouble and just want to live a peaceful life?"
Qingxing looked in the direction of the Wen family's courtyard with a puzzled expression.
As soon as Wen returned, she was on high alert, preparing to face Wen's counterattack.
Surprisingly, there was absolutely no movement.
This is so strange.
Just then, Xiaotao came running in from outside.
"Miss, it's terrible! The Madam found out that Miss Biao had prepared a bright red wedding dress. She ordered the head maid to take away Miss Biao's wedding dress, as well as all of Miss Biao's newly made jewelry."
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