Shen Ajiao was taken aback. What did the southward-bound caravan have to do with her? She didn't know anyone else.
As she spoke, Xue Baochai took something out of her bosom and handed it to Shen Ajiao. Shen Ajiao took it and looked at it. Good heavens, it was a letter between the Zhen and Jia families.
The text above actually says that Lady Wang said the Empress in the palace had spoken ill of Lord Lin's second wife, trying to sow discord between the Jia and Lin families, and that she should be eliminated as soon as possible if given the chance!
They also claimed that Lin Ruhai was causing trouble behind the scenes when the Imperial Concubine was ill, and hoped that the Zhen family could contribute tens of thousands of taels of silver to help build a separate residence for the Imperial Concubine.
Shen Ajiao was speechless. This... is shameless! Everything is the Lin family's fault.
That troublemaker, Madam Wang!
The Zhen family is in dire straits, yet she thinks she can get money by betraying the Lin family?
Xue Baochai cautiously asked, "What's written on this..."
"It's alright, the Zhen family is almost here anyway." The sooner the better, and her plan was to just sit back and watch the show.
Xue Baochai nodded. It would be best for her to keep her mother from going out recently.
Seeing Chen Ajiao's expression, Lin Daiyu knew that her mistress was looking for an excuse to eat melon seeds again.
Does she still want to eat this melon?
They ate it all themselves.
Even if the Zhen family is in dire straits, what if Madam Wang, driven to desperation, decides to kill them?
He had to protect his wife; he couldn't just sit idly by and wait to die.
Didn't Madam say last time that Second Aunt was lending money at exorbitant interest rates? Why don't we find her something to do, so she won't have the mind to worry about other things?
As for the Zhen family, there's still the father.
She wasn't worried about anything else, except for the Wang family outside.
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