"This is milk tea, made with tea leaves and milk. Of course, I also added sweet potato starch balls to it. Try it..."
As she spoke, Liu Yingying picked up a bamboo tube, scooped out a cup, and handed it to her.
After taking a sip, Bai Mudan exclaimed, "Delicious! So delicious!"
"Yingying, can you sell your milk tea in the theater?"
Ever since her theater started selling food from Liu Yingying's family, business has been even better than before.
Some customers have even bluntly stated that they came mainly for the food...
Liu Yingying smiled and nodded; "Of course."
But Bai Mudan immediately thought of something and frowned; "No, if that guy Ye Qingyuan finds out that I'm selling milk tea, he'll definitely come and snatch it again!"
Just like the previous winter melon candy, French fries, potato chips, and Wenchang sauce.
If that guy takes a fancy to something, he has to take it!
Liu Yingying covered her mouth and chuckled; "You're still going to hold this against him?"
As far as she knew, the two were so close that they were practically inseparable.
"But don't worry, because I'm planning to open a shop in the city. I'll make milk tea and other snacks there, so there won't be any shortage of supplies for you!"
"Really? That's wonderful!" Bai Mudan was delighted, then asked with concern, "Have you found a shop yet? Do you need my help?"
These words were exactly what Liu Yingying wanted to hear.
She grasped Bai Mudan's hand; "Good sister, you know I'm not familiar with Furong County, so I really need your help with this shop rental!"
Bai Mudan laughed heartily; "That's no problem, anyway, half of the shops in Furong County belong to the Ye family!"
After agreeing to meet Bai Mudan to look at the shops three days later, Liu Yingying left the theater.
Xue Ye leaned against the stone wall outside the door and asked indifferently after she came out, "Where are we going now?"
"The county government office!"
Liu Yingying led Xue Ye to the entrance of the yamen. After observing from a distance and finding no difference from usual, she went up to ask the constables on guard outside the gate.
"Officer, is Officer Cheng Zhuo inside?" she said, secretly slipping a small piece of silver into the man's hand.
The constable pocketed the silver, glanced at her sideways, and said, "You wait!"
After saying that, he turned and went into the yamen. A moment later, Cheng Zhuo ran out ahead of him.
He was clearly very excited when he saw Liu Yingying again.
"Sister Liu! What brings you here?"
Liu Yingying glanced around and gave her a look.
Cheng Zhuo immediately understood and said with a normal smile, "I haven't had lunch yet, Sister Liu, are you hungry? Let me treat you to lunch!"
"Okay!" Liu Yingying nodded with a smile.
The three found a clean and tidy restaurant, and as soon as they sat down, Liu Yingying sensed that the atmosphere in the air seemed a little off...
It seems that Cheng Zhuo and Xue Ye don't get along.
What's going on...? Did they have a past conflict?
Liu Yingying was a little confused, "What's wrong? Why are they staring at each other like that?"
Cheng Zhuo then grunted and stopped looking at Xue Ye.
He was just furious. Why could this guy stick to Sister Liu all the time?
Even his nephew wouldn't do, because that's his idol!
Xue Ye raised his hand and touched his nose without saying a word.
At this moment, Cheng Zhuo suddenly thought of something and asked in confusion, "Sister Liu, how old are you? How come you have such a big nephew?"
Liu Yingying is beautiful, and since she transmigrated here, she has paid great attention to maintaining her figure and face.
Therefore, he looks to be no more than twenty years old.
Unexpectedly, she said, "I'm already twenty-eight this year, but Xue Ye isn't my biological nephew. His mother is my sworn sister."
"Oh, I see!" Cheng Zhuo nodded with an expression of understanding, but then quickly realized something and almost stood up in shock.
"What? Sister Liu, you're already twenty years old this year?"
Liu Yingying was somewhat puzzled; "Yes, is there a problem?"
"No...no problem, I thought you were only three or four years older than me..."
At this point, Cheng Zhuo felt a strange sense of loss...
Liu Yingying didn't think that much about it. She believed that everyone gets old and no one stays young forever, unless they die when they are at their youngest.
"Officer Cheng, I'm here to inquire about Lord Shen. Do you know anything about him?"
"Alas! Lord Shen was framed!" Cheng Zhuo looked saddened when he mentioned Lord Shen.
In this day and age, good officials like Lord Shen are extremely rare!
"Sister Liu, do you believe it?" He looked at her with a hopeful gaze in his star-like eyes.
Liu Yingying nodded solemnly; "Yes, I also believe that Lord Shen would not do such a corrupt thing, but what exactly is going on?"
"Sigh!" Cheng Zhuo sighed again and told her the whole story.
"It's all because of that incident at Wangjia Village downstream of the Luo River, where people were buried. Lord Shen submitted a memorial to the court impeaching Prefect Lin, saying that he disregarded the lives of the people for his own selfish desires..."
"But that Prefect Lin comes from a powerful family with deep-rooted connections, which is far beyond what our Lord Shen can compare to."
"As a result, Lord Shen failed to seek justice for the disaster-stricken people of Ningzhou. Instead, he was falsely accused by the Marquis's mansion of colluding with the Yunzhao Kingdom and committing crimes such as embezzlement..."
"How could that be!" Liu Yingying rejected it outright without even thinking.
She didn't notice the subtle change in Xue Ye's expression after hearing the words "Yun Zhao Kingdom".
"Yunzhao Kingdom is a thousand miles away from Furong County, and Lord Shen is just a mere county magistrate. Why would he need to collude with them?"
"Yes, but if you want to find fault, you can always find a reason!" Cheng Zhuo smiled bitterly.
Liu Yingying fell silent, but then something else occurred to her; "Didn't you say that Lord Shen is also from the capital? Now that he's in trouble, doesn't his family have any ideas to get him out of trouble?"
Speaking of this, Cheng Zhuo became even more frustrated; "Sister Liu, you don't know, but not all families are the same. Although Lord Shen's family has some power in the capital, it cannot be compared with the Marquis's family!"
Liu Yingying understood, and couldn't help but sigh again.
"So how does the court plan to punish Lord Shen now?"
Cheng Zhuo: "Although Lord Shen's family is not powerful, they still fought for him. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lord Shen will be escorted to the capital for investigation by the Dali Temple."
"That means the person won't die anytime soon..."
At this point, Liu Yingying suddenly paused and exclaimed softly, "But what if someone doesn't want him to enter the capital alive? That would be troublesome!"
"Officer Cheng, I wish to see Lord Shen!" She looked earnestly at Cheng Zhuo.
"This..." Cheng Zhuo hesitated, because there were instructions from above that no one was allowed to visit him in prison.
"Okay, although it's a bit difficult, Sister Liu, can you wait for my news?"
"Okay! Then I'll leave it to you!"
Liu Yingying and Cheng Zhuo agreed that Liu would send her a message in three days, after which the three of them parted ways.
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