Chapter 92 Fear
On the carriage returning home.
Baozan asked curiously, "Miss, will Granny Chen really believe us? Will she tell Liu Rumei about this as soon as she gets back to the manor, saying that someone is trying to get rid of her? After all, she still wants to rely on Liu Rumei for her old age. Will she really break off relations with her?"
Ye Mingzhu shook her head and said, "You're wrong."
"What did I say wrong?" Baozan asked hurriedly.
Ye Mingzhu smiled faintly: "First of all, after Liu Rumei has used Chen Mama, she will not let her die peacefully. She will only kill her to silence her and ensure that she has no worries. As long as Chen Mama sees through Liu Rumei, she will not fail to think of this."
"Secondly, if Granny Chen tells Liu Rumei what happened today after she goes back, she will inevitably have to explain the details clearly, which will definitely expose that she knows the truth about what happened back then. But as soon as she does, Liu Rumei will not let her off the hook, and she will definitely not tell."
Baozan looked at her with admiration and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Miss, you can think of so much, you are amazing!"
Ye Mingzhu smiled helplessly.
What's so impressive about that?
In her past life, she was raised too well by Ye Chengji and Zhen Shi, naively unaware of the dangers of the world, and soft-hearted, preferring to wrong herself rather than those around her. Her so-called intelligence now comes from suffering too many losses and lessons learned through blood and tears.
As she recalled, she heard Baozan chattering to Lianyu again: "Lianyu, your lightness skill is really amazing! You can even carry people! When will you take me flying, okay? How about today?"
Lianyu was the type of person who couldn't refuse, so she immediately agreed.
Baozan cheered and hugged Lianyu's arm, laughing happily.
Ye Mingzhu couldn't help but chuckle as she looked out at the bustling streets through the swaying carriage curtain, anticipating the life after the villains of her past life would reap what they sowed.
At that time, having let go of her blood feud, she must have felt much more relaxed and free, right?
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Back at Linfeng Hall, Lianyu, besides Baozan's persistent pestering, carried her sometimes to the treetops and sometimes to the rooftops, making Baozan laugh heartily.
Seeing Baozan happy, even the introverted Lianyu blushed.
She took the initiative to ask Ruyi and the other two if they wanted to play. Although they were very embarrassed, they couldn't resist the temptation of "flying" and agreed with blushing faces.
When they actually took to the air, the thrill and excitement of weightlessness made them scream with excitement, completely losing their usual composure.
Laughter filled the courtyard for a moment.
Ye Mingzhu stood under the eaves watching, her eyes filled with a smile and curiosity.
However, due to her status and the fact that she felt she had lived an extra life and shouldn't be so naive, she couldn't bring herself to give Lianyu any orders. Lianyu also didn't dare to ask her if she wanted to fly. She could only keep her envy to herself and watch the maids laughing and joking.
Sheng Yunche brought up the story of the two women playing around during the day as soon as he returned from his shift.
Ye Mingzhu wasn't surprised that he knew. Fearing that she might think the maids were too unruly, she spoke up for them: "Ruixiang and Yufu are only two or three years older than me, and Baozan and Ruyi are even younger than me. They're all at the age where they love to play around. It's okay to let them relax a little sometimes."
"And what about you?" Sheng Yunche smiled at her, raising an eyebrow as he asked, "Would you like to experience the feeling of flying?"
"Me?" Ye Mingzhu thought for a moment and asked, "Who can take me flying? It can't be you, Duke, can it? If that's the case, with your current condition, you might as well just ask Lian Yu to take me flying."
Sheng Yunche: "..."
He fell silent when asked that question.
He cleared his throat and changed the subject: "I heard you told Granny Chen the truth. What are you planning to do next?"
"Of course, I'll sit back and watch the tigers fight, adding fuel to the fire from time to time." Ye Mingzhu smiled gently and said slowly, "I have dirt on Liu Rumei, so I can deal with her whenever I want. Now I want to give Jia Shi more leverage, let her and Liu Rumei continue to fight, and drive Sheng Huai'an crazy."
"Do you care about Sheng Huai'an that much?" Sheng Yunche asked.
Ye Mingzhu looked at him in surprise: "How can you say you care? I just want to see him torn between his mother and the person he loves. Is that what you call caring?"
Sheng Yunche: "..."
He didn't know where the anger in his heart came from, nor how to express it, so he simply stood up and said, "I'm going to Su Xue Tang."
"Do you have business tonight?" Ye Mingzhu asked.
“…Yes.” Sheng Yunche replied.
"Okay." Ye Mingzhu nodded, then said, "You still have wounds on your body, shall I change your dressing first?"
Sheng Yunche looked at her, a smile flashing in his phoenix eyes: "Okay."
The dressing change was quick, taking less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
Ye Mingzhu saw Sheng Yunche to the door, then turned and instructed Ruixiang to retrieve the account books of the dowry shop, intending to continue reviewing the accounts she hadn't finished reading before.
As Sheng Yunche stepped out of Linfeng Hall, a ghostly black shadow immediately appeared behind him—it was Lian Yu.
She asked eagerly, "Master, would you like me to take Madam for a spin?"
Sheng Yunche's eyes darkened slightly, and he gave her a cold glance, saying, "No need."
Lianyu understood: "Yes."
With a hint of regret in her eyes, Lian Yu didn't speak again. Her figure flashed and quickly disappeared into the thin night.
Sheng Yunche gave a soft snort.
As he entered Su Xue Tang, he immediately saw a handsome and upright figure standing inside.
Bu Bei, who was guarding Su Xue Hall, reported, "Lord Duke, His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."
At the same time, the handsome man standing in the room turned around, his gentle eyes looking at Sheng Yunche, and he smiled with an elegant and composed air: "Jun Zhao has returned."
"Greetings, Your Highness." Sheng Yunche bowed first, then solemnly instructed Bu Bei, "Take men and guard outside, and keep a good watch."
After giving his instructions, he calmly raised his hand and led the Crown Prince into the inner room: "Your Highness, this way please."
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For several days in a row, Granny Chen was absent-minded.
The more she observed Liu Rumei, the more she felt that Liu Rumei was just as ruthless as Xiao Sunshi.
Previously, she regarded Liu Rumei and her daughter as her masters and never thought they were vicious. Now that she regards them as enemies, she always feels a chill down her spine.
Can I really get revenge on someone like that?
Granny Chen was very suspicious.
It wasn't until Liu Rumei called her into the inner room and told her that Sheng Huai'an was looking for a poison that could make people mute, and asked her to bribe a maid to secretly sell the mute-making medicine she had to Sheng Huai'an for a good price.
Holding the medicine bottle that Liu Rumei had given her, she realized that her opportunity had arrived.
Following Liu Rumei's instructions, she boldly and secretly contacted a maid. After the maid sold the medicine to Fu'an and she received the silver notes from her, she knocked the maid unconscious and threw her into the pond. She hid in the shadows and watched the maid's body float to the surface before leaving.
She then pocketed half the silver and disguised herself to go to Jia's house that same day to sell information.
Although her disguise was torn off and exposed on the spot by the unscrupulous Jia Shi and Wang Mama, she gained Jia Shi's trust because of her identity and successfully obtained another fifty taels of silver from Jia Shi.
As for Madam Jia, upon learning that Liu Rumei had sold Sheng Huai'an the drug to make him mute, and that Sheng Huai'an planned to target Rongshoutang, perhaps including herself, she felt a strong sense of crisis, though she couldn't believe it.
She only has one son, Sheng Huai'an, and she wants to treat him with all her heart. Would he want to harm her?
Could it be that he felt she had favored his older brother more and neglected him, so he was holding a grudge?
Jia couldn't help but let her mind wander.
This sense of crisis and fear reached its peak when Sheng Huai'an walked into the hall of Rongshoutang with several large boxes of pastries, saying that he wanted to be filial to her.
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