"Beautiful lady, would you like to elope with me?"
A handsome young man, dressed in fine clothes and holding a folding fan, looked at Wan Shu with a smile.
Because this man was actually quite presentable, he didn't look like the kind of person who would pick up girls on the street and ask them to elope with him.
Wan Shu couldn't help but wonder if she had misheard.
What did you say?
The man, still smiling, repeated in a very good-natured manner, "Beautiful lady, would you like to elope with me?"
In case Wan Shu didn't understand, he even explained it to her.
"That means abandoning your current family and leaving with me. Due to my special status, I can only take you as a concubine. However, since you are so beautiful, I promise I will dote on you."
"Whether it's gold and silver jewelry, or fine silks and satins, whatever you want, I can give it to you. What do you think?"
Wan Shu sneered: "I don't think so."
After saying that, she took the sesame seed cake, turned around, and left.
Seeing this, the man did not give up and followed at a leisurely pace.
"Madam, please don't leave yet. If there's anything you're not satisfied with, please tell me. I'll give you whatever I can..."
Upon hearing this, the servant behind him sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation.
Here it comes again!
His son has set his sights on another man's wife!
It's strange, really. With his status, he could have any decent woman he wanted, yet he seemed to have a particular fondness for other people's wives.
And ideally, she should be a married woman who has already had several children.
If a woman has even a little bit of beauty, his young master will spare no expense to bring her into his household.
The woman the young master has taken a liking to today is a rare beauty, one that is hard to find even in the capital. I imagine the young master will not let her go easily.
"Madam, please don't go! What do you want? Just tell me."
"I want you to stay away from me!" Wan Shu roared, unable to contain herself any longer.
Judging from his attire and extraordinary demeanor, this man was clearly someone of unusual status, just like Mu Ye.
Although Wan Shu is not afraid of trouble, he doesn't want to cause too much trouble, since he's been busy building the factory recently.
So she didn't want to have a direct confrontation with the man, and simply turned and left.
Unexpectedly, this man was so shameless that he kept following after being rejected.
Seeing that more and more people were staring at her, Wan Shu finally couldn't take it anymore and quickly bought a bottle of pepper spray from the mall.
Then she quickly raised her hand and sprayed the spray into the man's face with lightning speed.
After spraying, Wan Shu flicked his sleeves and left, looking incredibly dashing.
But the man was in trouble.
Clutching her eyes, she screamed in agony, "Ahhh, it hurts! Quick! Get me some water!"
The attendant was terrified by this turn of events and quickly waved for the hidden guards who were following in the corner to come out.
Several people surrounded the man, some fetching water, others calling for a doctor. After a while, the man gradually returned to normal.
His eyes were red as he stared at Wan Shu's departing figure, his face showing no anger whatsoever, and he even smiled happily.
"Hahaha, she's really hot! But that's exactly the kind of woman I want!"
"Meng Zhenshou is merely a pawn in my game of keeping Meng Xiuru in check, yet he dares to make demands of me. But I must say, Wan Shu is quite to my liking. In that case..."
The man smiled and waved to his attendant beside him: "Go tell Meng Zhenshou that I have granted his request."
...
"He's a complete lunatic; he's made me lose my appetite."
Wan Shu lost interest in continuing her stroll and sat in the carriage at the entrance of the county town, waiting for Da Zhu and Da Niu, the young couple.
Soon, Dazhu and Daniu arrived.
Da Niu was observant and immediately noticed that Wan Shu's expression was not quite right, so she asked him with concern.
"Mother, what's wrong?"
"Nothing much, just ran into a lunatic, but it's all taken care of now." Wan Shu waved her hand dismissively: "Let's go home."
Although Wan Shu no longer cared, her good mood for the day was ultimately gone.
After she returned, even Emperor Hongxing noticed something was wrong and asked her about it.
"Did something bad happen when you went to the county town today?"
Wan Shu originally didn't want to bring it up again, but when Emperor Hongxing asked, he suddenly became interested.
Sitting opposite Emperor Hongxing, he recounted the events of the day in detail.
After finishing her story, she glanced at Emperor Hongxing from head to toe, smiling broadly: "It's quite a coincidence, isn't it? That lunatic's clothes and style are just like yours, and he looks pretty much like you too. Could he be someone you know?"
"..." Emperor Hongxing fell silent for a moment.
He had actually heard about King Wen's fondness for young women long ago.
When he first heard Wan Shu's story, he had already guessed that the "lunatic" Wan Shu was talking about was his own younger brother, King Wen.
Now that Wan Shu said that the lunatic's appearance and attire were very similar to his, he became even more certain.
Emperor Hongxing felt a wave of shame when his own younger brother did such a shameless thing to his savior.
He wished he could find King Wen right now, slap him twice, and make him change his bad habits!
Then he should properly apologize to Wan Shu.
However, Wan Shu does not know his true identity yet, and he cannot reveal it for the time being.
Emperor Hongxing could only awkwardly feign ignorance: "But, it might just be a coincidence. I don't have anyone so shameless around me."
"Oh, really..." Wan Shu looked at Emperor Hongxing with a half-smile.
Just when Emperor Hongxing thought Wan Shu wanted to continue asking questions, Wan Shu suddenly stood up.
"I'm going out to check on the factory's progress. I hope we can use it before the Lunar New Year."
For convenience, the factory was built only two hundred meters away from the new house.
Soon, Wan Shu arrived at the factory that was still under construction.
This time, Wanfeng was once again in charge of supervising the construction.
Upon learning the purpose of Wan Shu's visit, Wan Feng told her with a touch of pride.
"With the experience from last time, the construction process has been accelerated a lot this time. As long as the workers are found, the factory should be ready for use in another ten days."
This was nearly ten days faster than Wan Shu had anticipated.
She knew that Wan Feng's efforts were absolutely indispensable to this.
Wanfeng's confidence was rebuilt through these two supervisions.
She patted Wan Feng on the shoulder, about to speak, when Wang Lizheng's voice suddenly came from the side.
"My dear wife! Something terrible has happened! News has come from the government that you are no longer allowed to build any more factories!"
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