Next,
A very dramatic scene unfolded on the street just five meters away from Huaguang Pavilion.
Looking disheveled and distraught, Manager Luo seemed mentally unstable, loudly wailing as he stopped the Yun family's carriage.
Regardless of who was sitting inside, he suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, crying and shouting.
After all that shouting, it all boils down to four words: Pay up, give me the money!
Although this street isn't in a bustling area, there are quite a few people passing by.
Such a commotion quickly attracted many people to stop and watch, discussing Manager Luo and the Yun family's carriage.
"What's going on here?"
"It seems the princess came to Huaguang Pavilion to check the accounts today, found discrepancies, and the investigation led back to Old Luo."
With Manager Luo gone, he still has to fill in the missing entries in the accounts. Miss Yun had kept quite a few accounts at Huaguang Pavilion before.
Sure enough, Lao Luo went out to raise money and just happened to run into the Yun family's carriage, which was now demanding money from the Yun family members sitting inside!
"Huh? Isn't Lord Yun the Vice Minister of Revenue? Does the daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue need to keep accounts for the few pieces of jewelry she buys?"
"What do you know? The richer the family, the stingier they are. Sigh, Lao Luo has always looked down on us."
What a humiliating spectacle today! Hahahaha!
...
Such comments rose and fell; the prevailing attitude among onlookers to this kind of trivial matter was to remain aloof and mind one's own business.
Since everyone was gathered together and no one knew each other, they took this opportunity to say everything they wouldn't normally dare to say.
Inside the Yun family carriage,
Yun Xiangrong's face was undeniably ugly, but unfortunately, there were three other noble ladies sitting in the carriage, so she couldn't directly lash out.
Her hands, hidden beneath the wide sleeves, gripped the handkerchief tightly, her nails digging into the flesh of her palms as she barely managed to maintain her composure despite the pain.
The other three noble ladies exchanged silent glances, none of them knowing what to say.
How could they possibly comfort Yun Xiangrong, while secretly harboring a hint of schadenfreude?
That's just how people are.
No matter how good the relationship is, you'll always have a bit of a comparative mentality towards that friend who has always been better than you in every way.
"Ping'er!"
Yun Xiangrong spoke, and only after the carriage and the guards blocked Manager Luo from getting close did Ping'er dare to lift a corner of the carriage curtain.
"Miss."
Yun Xiangrong looked through the lifted carriage curtain at Manager Luo, who was kneeling on the ground wailing incessantly, and made no attempt to hide her disgust:
"Tell Lin Ming to go back to his residence immediately and get the money. Settle the accounts with him right here!"
This happened in full view of everyone, so it should be resolved in full view of everyone.
"Also, tell the onlookers that it's Manager Luo who didn't go to the mansion to collect the debt, not that the Yun family refused to pay!"
Ping'er knew that her mistress was in a bad mood and dared not provoke her, so she quickly nodded and agreed to do as she was told.
Before long, Lin Ming's guard returned to the Yun residence and brought the silver.
Only after getting Manager Luo to admit that he hadn't gone to the Yun residence to collect the debt in order to curry favor with Yun Xiangrong did he produce a thick stack of silver notes.
In front of the onlookers, he settled each and every item in the ledger.
Then,
Just as Manager Luo received the thick stack of silver notes, Shang Changge appeared.
It's unclear who first noticed, but the crowd automatically parted to make way.
Shang Changge led Qingyao inside, and upon seeing what was happening, both mistress and servant were immediately taken aback.
Shang Changge: "What's going on? Why is the Yun family's carriage here? Is that Xiangrong sitting inside?"
He then looked at Manager Luo, frowning and coldly rebuking him:
"Luo Zhang! What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to sell your property to pay off the debts?"
What are you doing here, just standing around watching? Don't you want to live anymore?!
Yun Xiangrong, who had been staying in the carriage and hadn't shown herself, finally revealed herself, her face showing lingering anger and grievance.
"Princess."
Yun Xiangrong was simply complaining to Shang Changge.
Although she suspected that Manager Luo was instructed by the princess to embarrass her in public, she could only pretend not to know because she had no evidence.
Shang Changge patiently listened to Yun Xiangrong's complaint to Manager Luo, and then, playing along, once again lashed out at Manager Luo:
"I told you to sell your family assets, not to go and collect debts from Xiangrong! What's wrong with you?!"
You resent me and are deliberately trying to sow discord between me and Xiangrong, aren't you? But…”
Shang Changge changed the subject, instructing Qingyao to take the thick wad of silver notes from Manager Luo's hand.
Just now, looking at Yun Xiangrong, he pretended to take his plastic friend's hand and said shyly:
"Since Sister Xiangrong has already brought it, I won't stand on ceremony and accept it."
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