Anyway, Wang Yan has said what she wanted to say, and we are not ordinary people without anyone behind us.
If you really intend to drag us into your family's shady dealings, you should think twice before doing so.
If you offend a few of us, we can't do anything about it, but if you offend the Marquis's mansion and the mud gets involved in the Marquis's reputation, can you bear the consequences?
But the old woman wasn't flustered at all, and she remained friendly and respectful towards them, just like a tough nut to crack.
Wang Yan was at a loss and began to feel anxious. Grandma Wang, on the other hand, didn't seem to care.
"I already said we should avoid these kinds of things if possible, but we've already helped them. Look at their attitude, they don't seem like they want to harm us."
Relax, and besides, she took us on a huge detour on the way back.
Now everyone in the city knows that Miss Shen was rescued by a mother and daughter from out of town.
This family dares to spread this around, so they'd better protect us. We should be careful; even with their protection, nothing serious will happen.
Wang Yan felt something was wrong. If it was really as they guessed, Shen Jiamu had clashed with her father in order to seize the family property.
The purpose of summoning them was definitely to have them act as witnesses, since Shen Jiamu didn't fall off a cliff, right? Was releasing her sister a contingency plan?
Thinking about it this way, it makes sense, but Wang Yan still feels that some parts are missing.
What point did she not think of? She picked up a cup of tea and sat in the courtyard to review the situation.
Yes! The thing that's not right is that if she wanted to go against her father, then Shen Jiamu should now let everyone in the city know that she didn't fall off a cliff.
According to the information Wang Yan had, no one in the city knew this; everyone still thought that Wang Yan and her group had rescued Shen Jiamu from the bottom of the cliff.
Shen Jiamu was lucky and didn't get seriously injured in the fall.
Why? Wang Yan was really curious, as soon as the news of his shoulder being slashed was released.
Then the whole of Lin'an, and even Suzhou, will know that the Shao family is trying to seize our wealth. Can't we just easily and directly thwart their conspiracy?
Don't talk about lack of evidence or speculation; nobody's stupid. Public opinion is a powerful force. Once we control the narrative, the Shao family will have no choice but to back down!
After all, when she had only heard the news that Shen Jiamu had fallen off the cliff, some people were already unwilling to believe that it was just bad luck for Shen Jiamu to fall off the cliff.
The innkeeper's expression clearly indicated that he wanted to share more gossip about the Shen family with them.
Why keep such a huge weakness hidden?
She and Aunt Wang have been here for two days now, and Shen Jiamu has kept them firmly in the courtyard, not even letting outsiders see their faces!
Even when Shen's father wanted to come and express his gratitude, Shen Jiamu declined.
Judging from their words and actions, everyone in the courtyard treated them with great respect and humility.
Moreover, this young lady's wet nurse even pushed her own biological daughter over to accompany Yingjie.
Wang Yan's intuition told her that they didn't seem to be plotting against them. After all, they were just two passersby; what was there to scheme against?
She thought about every detail carefully twice, but the result was still only a glimpse of the whole picture. Wang Yan had a headache from thinking so hard. Her head really hurt.
No, no, I need to go have some tea and calm down. Halfway there, I stopped in my tracks.
Could Shen Jiamu be planning something big? Her own savior kindly escorted her back to the Marquis's mansion, only to be murdered!
This way, not only can we keep the Shaw family out forever, but we can also take advantage of the situation to drive Shao Wenxuan out.
My God! Wang Yan was so scared her legs went weak. Right now, she wanted to slap herself twice. Serves you right for meddling in other people's business!
Feeling dizzy and unsteady on his feet, he returned to his room and told Aunt Wang about his guess.
Aunt Wang clicked her tongue. She was clearly a straightforward person, while Fatty Wang was just a silly, cheerful guy.
Wang Yan's suspicious and cautious nature comes from whom?
"Impossible! Although I'm just a gatekeeper in this big mansion, over the years I've learned a thing or two about the rules these wealthy families follow."
What's going on with this family? Both the patriarch of the Shen family and Shen Wan, the heads of the family for two generations, are dead!
What was Young Master Shen's primary and most important purpose after his return? To seize control of the Shen family's enormous wealth!
But how old is she this year? If she wants to keep things in order and lead people, she has to show some of her iron-fisted methods.
Otherwise, even if all her servants and stewards were loyal, the merchants who traded with her family would not trust her.
Then why is she still taking over the Shen family? Does she even need our help? She might as well just find a rope and hang herself.
So in any case, she could never use the remains of us, her saviors, to pave her way.
Our lives are a small matter; what's a big deal is that she loses face, prestige, and the very foundation of the Shen family. So even if she had only a sliver of sobriety, she wouldn't have done such a thing!
If she were truly the type to kowtow and beg, she wouldn't have been killed and would have ended up meeting us.
Put your mind at ease, and when faced with a problem, think it through carefully! In any case, we're not the main characters in this big show!
Moreover, it goes without saying that as long as Young Master Shen has a breath left, she will protect us.
Even in the worst-case scenario, they would still send us away; the fact that she sent people to protect your sister proves that.
Why? If we send her away, she can still have a good reputation after death, and the Shen family can have a good name.
"You damn fool! Stop guessing! If you're really that bored, go ask her maid for a needle and thread and come with me to learn embroidery!"
After saying that, Granny Wang took her needle and thread and went to ask the second-class maid in the courtyard for advice.
I must say, this Shen family's cloth shop truly lives up to its reputation as one of the top three cloth shops in Jiangnan. In Shen Jiamu's courtyard, there's a second-class maid who knows the art of court embroidery.
When Aunt Wang discovered this, she almost went crazy with excitement! You know, this skill is usually only passed down to men, not women.
This maidservant was trained because her father was a guild member, so he taught her. It doesn't matter if she can't join the guild, as long as she can be chosen by the young lady to enter the courtyard.
Seeing that Granny Wang wanted to learn, Mu Yin didn't care about any exclusive skills at all. Instead, she told the maid to teach Granny Wang properly and to impart all her knowledge.
The Shen family was used to seeing such things and didn't find the imperial embroidery at all special. The Ruyi painting that hung casually in the young lady's room was just a design that was taken to an embroidery workshop for embroidery.
He didn't usually care much about it, but the Shen family was able to rise to become one of the three major cloth shops in Jiangnan.
It was also related to his family's mastery of court embroidery, which made him famous overnight with a painting of a dragon boat.
In just a few decades, under the old master's leadership, they opened a total of four branches. There was even a shop of theirs in the capital.
When someone offered to let her learn embroidery, Aunt Wang was incredibly excited, a complete opposite of Wang Yan.
Wang Yan was almost scared to death after two days. She was paranoid all day long and couldn't eat or drink properly. On the other hand, Aunt Wang ate well, slept in bed as soon as she lay down, and would learn acupuncture whenever she had free time.
Although she was a servant born into the Marquis's household and had practiced embroidery since childhood, learning in the needlework room for a few months, she was kicked out by someone with powerful connections.
But I haven't really learned such superb embroidery techniques. There are more than a dozen needlework techniques alone, and I'm far behind in terms of thread matching, color matching, and silk splitting.
Aunt Wang felt that not only was she far from good enough, but even a proper embroiderer in the Marquis's mansion would not be able to do it, no, they definitely wouldn't!
You should know that the manager of their embroidery workshop has signed a contract; they are not servants sold under a fixed contract. It's a flexible contract, signed every ten years, with five hundred taels of silver every ten years.
This only covers the contract fee, not the monthly allowance.
Aunt Wang observed the girl's embroidery technique a few times, but she hadn't had much experience with court embroidery before and couldn't tell the difference.
However, this girl, Mu Yin, also had her embroider a few stitches of Suzhou embroidery. After seeing them, Aunt Wang privately thought that she was not much different from the head of the embroidery workshop in the Marquis's mansion.
The needlework is delicate, the lines are clear and strong, and the artist has truly mastered a fine skill.
With such a skilled teacher guiding her, she's gained such a great advantage; how could Aunt Wang not be happy?
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"Auntie, you've arrived!" Liu Zheng quickly came forward to greet Auntie Wang.
Then he said to a little maid, "Go to the teahouse and bring back a plate of snacks and a pot of Jiukeng tea!"
Sister Mu Yin instructed that this person was a benefactor of the Shen family and should be treated with utmost respect, so the maids below naturally fawned over him.
As soon as Liu Zheng finished speaking, the little girl ran to the teahouse, and when she got there, she saw Wang Yan sitting there as well.
Aunt Wang's private words calmed Wang Yan down a bit, but she still felt she couldn't just sit and wait for her fate.
Even if you can't know everything in detail, you still need to test the waters from time to time and show off your backing.
At this moment, she felt incredibly fortunate that Fatty Wang hadn't been redeemed; having a powerful backer was truly a blessing.
She came to the tea room and said she wanted to make pear tea, since the pears were already frozen in the freezer this season.
The maid in the tea room was not qualified to get pears from the icehouse, so she had to call Mu Yin.
Mu Yin personally went to the icehouse and brought her a basket of pears. Then Wang Yan kept her there, waiting to have a cup of tea.
Peel and core the pear, cut it into large chunks, and simmer it in a teapot over low heat.
Take a small pinch of white hairs, pour in boiling hot pear water, and let it steep to make soup.
The tea soup has a rich, honey-like aroma and a sweet aftertaste. This tea clears the lungs, moisturizes dryness, and calms the mind.
After finishing the tea, you can also eat the softened plums. The pears are soft, sweet, and juicy. Wang Yan ate the pears while talking to Mu Yin, who was drinking pear tea.
"Sister, do you think this tea I brewed is palatable? When I was in the Marquis's residence, I was the one who brewed tea for the Marquis's wife."
Mu Yin smiled warmly, "This tea tastes very refreshing and sweet. I like it very much."
"When my sister and I go to inspect the shops in the capital sometime later, may we ask my sister for a cup of tea she brewed?"
"Of course, I'll make Shuangjing Lei Cha for my sister. It's made with brown rice, mint, and peanuts."
However, the tea tastes best when it's the Shuangjing tea that the Marquis's wife gave me; I've kept it all. I'll invite my sister over to try it sometime; I know how to make these things.
Mu Yin smiled and nodded, and Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that, just as Aunt Wang had said, they were not as bad as Wang Yan had guessed.
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