Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 2016 - 2024: Destroying Scum (2)

Yanran and Sister Juhua hit it off at first sight. After chatting for a while, they became like old friends of over ten years, talking about everything. When Yanran said she wanted to find work at a rouge shop, Sister Juhua happily agreed to open a rouge shop and let Yanran manage it.

Although Yanran’s craftsmanship in making spices and rouge was excellent, she had no money to open her own shop. If she went to an unfamiliar shop to work, as a young girl, so impeccably pretty, she worried about encountering unscrupulous bosses or shopkeepers. Now with a word from Sister Juhua, all her worries dissipated, and she was immediately delighted, feeling grateful to Sister Juhua.

Seeing how well Sister Juhua took care of her, I was relieved. Early the next morning, I said goodbye to Sister Juhua and her family, planning to return to Tongzhou to handle the matters of Princess Zhao Qing.

Sister Juhua didn’t ask me to stay, but when no one was around, she smiled at me and said, "Sister is a bit careless. I don’t know if I can take good care of your Yanran. You’d better quickly report to your family and marry her soon, lest any mishaps occur while she’s with me."

I was stunned for a moment, then retorted, "Sister misunderstood. I just felt sorry for Miss Yanran and helped her out a bit, but I don’t have any thoughts of marrying her."

"Really not?"

Sister Juhua looked at me, smiled mischievously, and said, "Sister might not be sharp, but anyone could see you’ve got your eye on her, even a blind man can see your thoughts, why not just admit it?"

Did my eyes land on her?

Thinking back on my behavior yesterday, I was hugely embarrassed, it seemed... that was indeed the case!

However, as of now, I still cannot determine my feelings. After all, choosing someone to spend a lifetime with is no small matter, and I don’t want to decide rashly. Moreover, Yanran is still young; it won’t be too late to consider this a year or two later!

...

Upon returning to Tongzhou, it was already afternoon. I found a decent-looking restaurant to dine at, planning to "pay respects" to the Dong family tonight. During the meal, I unexpectedly heard some shocking news.

Yesterday, Princess Zhao Qing and the son-in-law were thrown into prison by the Tongzhou Prefect. It was said that Princess Zhao Qing was involved in hiring someone to kill people, with other cases involved.

This news had spread everywhere, and everyone on the street was discussing it.

I quickly called over the shop assistant and gave him one tael of silver, inquiring about the matter. The shop assistant received the silver and thanked me profusely, excitedly saying, "Sir, this matter is absolutely true. My brother works at the government office, and it was them who personally went to the Dong family yesterday morning."

Because of the one tael of silver, the shop assistant told me very detailed information, even sharing some inside news unknown to outsiders.

"My brother said that our Emperor and Empress Dowager are here on an incognito tour. The night before last, they encountered some thugs with their arms and legs cut off midway. Upon further questioning, it was discovered that Princess Zhao Qing tried to hire someone to kill but was instead maimed. The Emperor was angry about Princess Zhao Qing’s lawlessness and unauthorized killing, so he went to the yamen of Tongzhou Prefect and issued a secret decree, ordering him to arrest Princess Zhao Qing and her husband and escort them to the Capital for punishment. They haven’t started the journey yet and are still being held in the prison..."

So it was done by elder sister and brother-in-law, which saved me a lot of trouble. Otherwise, I might have had to go on a rampage at the Dong family tonight...

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Capital, Mu Mansion

Lady Du on Du Street received Cai Wei’s letter, learning that Wen’er in Tongzhou had met a girl and was quite attentive to her, suddenly feeling excited as if she was on chicken blood, her voice raised several degrees in enthusiasm.