That really hurts!
The following day, upon hearing the news, Shen Yu rushed to the Prince's residence.
After listening to Xiao Yanchu's account, Shen Yu clicked his tongue in admiration: "Your Highness, you are truly blessed with good fortune. In such a life-or-death situation, you were able to return unharmed."
Xiao Yanchu smiled slightly, his eyes filled with tenderness: "It's because I have Ah Jin as my lucky star."
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a character." Shen Yu glanced at Xiao Yanchu sideways.
Xiao Yanchu glanced at Shen Yu: "I pity you."
Shen Yu: ......
Then Xiao Yanchu added insult to injury: "Has the Crown Princess made her choice?"
Shen Yu's face turned into a bitter smile: "My mother has practically stuffed portraits of all the noble ladies in the capital into my room. You know I'm not really here. It would be so boring to marry someone to control me."
Xiao Yanchu sighed softly, "I would like to have Ajin keep an eye on me."
Shen Yu: I'm too ashamed to look.
Shen Yu was too lazy to talk to this guy about it anymore, so he changed the subject: "The capital has been quite lively while you were away this month."
Xiao Yanchu took a sip of tea: "Some people are disappointed by my return."
“That one from Cixi Palace has only been back for a short time. Recently, she has been in a bad mood, smashing a lot of things and killing several palace servants.”
"Hehe, it's really hard on her. She clearly wishes I were dead, but she still has to smile and pretend to be a kind sister-in-law."
Shen Yu sighed, "Back then, this mother and son were extremely respectful and grateful to you. But in just two short years, they have come to regard you as an enemy. Power corrupts people's hearts."
Xiao Yanchu smiled slightly: "Aren't all members of the royal family like this?"
"That's true. Besides those two in the palace having a hard time, I also heard that something happened at the Duke of Dingguo's estate. The estate's steward, Zhou Renjiang, has gone missing. The Duke of Dingguo sent people to look for him, but they couldn't find him anywhere in the capital and the surrounding area."
Finally, guess what? Because of the foul smell coming from Zhou Renjiang's room, they found Zhou Renjiang's body under the bed. It had already started to decompose. It was said that he had been poisoned. I wonder which hero did it. He really rid the people of a scourge.
The Duke of Dingguo secretly sent people to search for the murderer, but there's still no news.
Xiao Yanchu's dark eyes flashed, a hint of smugness hidden within.
His Ah Jin is really amazing.
Shen Yu continued, "There's another matter that's related to the Duke of Dingguo's mansion. Recently, Wei Xuecheng's cosmetics shop has become very popular. It's so popular that noble ladies from prominent families in the capital send people to queue up every day to buy things like soap, lipstick, and perfume."
That soap is for bathing; one bar lasts a long time and leaves you smelling nice. The lipstick is a tube in a small wooden tube, similar to lip balm, but more convenient to carry. Perfume is something you spray on your body to add fragrance, and there's a quantity limit.
The store also has a membership system. If you deposit five thousand taels of silver in the store, you can get priority to buy new products at a lower price. It's called a discount.
As far as I know, almost all the noble ladies in the capital have deposited their money in this shop. All in all, Wei Xuecheng now has quite a bit of silver on his hands.”
"Oh~" Xiao Yanchu raised an eyebrow. He had never heard of these things before. "How could that good-for-nothing Wei Xuecheng know these things? Who's behind him?"
Shen Yu took a sip of tea and replied, "On the surface, Wei Xuecheng hired a Persian merchant to manage the shop, but I sent people to investigate. A woman wearing a veil and a veil frequently enters and exits the shop from the backyard. Perhaps it's related to this woman."
She was always picked up and dropped off by carriage when she went to the shop. My men followed her, but they always lost track of her. She must have been on guard.
"This fool has finally learned his lesson," Xiao Yanchu said dismissively. "Didn't Wei Qiming react?"
"Not for now. They're probably busy investigating Zhou Renjiang's affairs. Besides, Wei Xuecheng can make money, which isn't a bad thing for the Duke of Dingguo's mansion."
"That depends on whether Wei Xuecheng is willing to give back the money he has earned." Xiao Yanchu instructed, "Have our people promote Wei Er Gongzi's business more and make it even more prosperous."
"By the way, how did you get through the month when you had a flare-up of the poison?" Shen Yu thought of a question.
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