Noble Lady

The sudden roll call was like a bolt from the blue for Yumei, who had been pretending to be a quail!

She cursed a few more times in her heart, then took two steps forward with an embarrassed look on her face, "Not yet. It was too chaotic at the time. The man grabbed the horse and left without even leaving his name."

It’s all my junior uncle’s fault. He said he would help look for it, but there was no result.

He wouldn't deliberately conceal that person's identity and ask the girl to meet him in person, right?

Yumei was upset, but she never thought that her words would come true.

……

"Ah, tsk!" Situ Zhen sneezed violently.

Fang Rui saw this and quickly handed over a handkerchief, "Master, the weather is hot, you can't be too greedy for coolness."

Situ Zhen glanced at him sideways when he heard this. "I asked you to investigate, but there's still no result?"

Just this one look almost frightened Fang Rui to the point of kneeling down with his legs going weak.

"I got it! I got it." Fang Rui shouted hurriedly, not caring that the handkerchief he was holding had not been taken away, and quickly took something out of his arms.

After rummaging for a long time, he pulled out a silver ingot engraved with a special pattern, "Master, the original owner of the frightened horse has been found."

Situ Zhen took it and turned to the back of the silver ingot. On it was engraved the words "Cui Fu Ku Yin" in seal script.

"The horse originally belonged to the Minister of Revenue. But two days before the accident, the horse ate something wrong and had diarrhea. The people in the Minister's residence saw that the horse was beyond repair, so they sold it to a horse dealer at a low price."

"They just wanted to claim the horse was useless and recoup some of their investment, but they had no idea that the people who bought the horse would later let it run amok on the street."

"Our people just spoke harshly, and they were immediately frightened. Because they didn't take good care of their master's horse and secretly sold the sick horse for money. If the news got out, they would be punished by their master. So they answered everything we asked and didn't dare to hide anything. In the end, they handed over the silver ingot."

Situ Zhen was playing with the silver ingot engraved with the Cui Mansion's seal. He didn't know what he was thinking and didn't say anything for a long time.

Fang Rui didn't dare to continue.

He carefully observed his master's expression, but still couldn't figure out anything.

"Generally speaking, the silver issued from the national treasury would be branded with the imperial court's treasury silver mark. The various aristocratic families also had their own recast silver. The silver they recast was much smaller than the silver issued by the Ministry of Revenue, and it would also have its own corresponding mark."

"The Cui family's treasury silver is not something that anyone can get."

That's right.

What was the Cui family like? Aristocratic families were intertwined and intertwined. Their influence, from the East and West Palaces, stretched across half of the imperial court.

Fang Rui secretly sweatdropped, "Master, do you suspect that the master behind the plot to take out the He family is related to the Cui family?"

Without waiting for Situ Zhen to speak, he continued, "But why would a prominent family like the Cui family be so at odds with a downtrodden family like the He family?"

"Don't even mention that the He family only has He Minzhi as a Hanlin now. Even if his grandfather and father were still alive, the Cui family wouldn't be afraid. Why resort to such dishonorable means?"

Situ Zhen played with it for a while, then threw the silver ingot back to Fang Rui and stood up to walk out.

"Who told you that this silver ingot belongs to the Cui family? This matter must be related to the Cui family, or in other words, it must be related to the master of the Cui family."

Fang Rui was in a panic to catch it, and several times he almost let the silver ingot fly out of his hands.

"If it has nothing to do with the Cui family, then isn't this silver ingot a pure false accusation?"

After saying that, Fang Rui also realized, "It's really possible that someone is acting in the name of the Cui family. After all, the Cui family is so big, no one would care whether they bought a horse or not. Smart people will definitely clean up their mess and won't leave such obvious loopholes."

"Oh, right, let's look at it from another angle. Even if this matter is really related to the Cui family, the person who took action may not be the master of the Cui family. What if He Minzhi offended a servant of the Cui family?"

"What if that person just dislikes the He family? Then he finds out that He Ruyi's dowry has been stolen and replaced with only a pile of broken stones, and he wants to take the opportunity to punish him."

"But he's just a servant, so he can't use any public means. He can only use this kind of secret and underhanded means."

As they were talking excitedly, they saw Situ Zhen striding out of the study. He quickly put the silver ingot in his pocket and quickly chased after him, "Master, please wait for me!"

……

Dark as ink.

It's time to go to bed.

Xue Chenyu was still sitting by the window looking at the account books. Yuzhu moved an extra lamp towards her while muttering, "The account books aren't that important. I have to get my health back before I can..."

"I have to get well before I can continue working." Xue Chenyu interrupted her, "Don't worry, if I'm tired, I'll go and rest on my own."

Yuzhu puffed out her cheeks and muttered to herself, "It would be strange if I could really rest on my own. I don't know who was the one who knelt at the entrance of the Jishan Hall for three days. Now that I've had just one day's rest, I'm already itching to be a workaholic again. Not long ago, I was saying I wanted to be a carefree and idle person. How can I be said to be idle?"

"What are you mumbling about there?"

"No..." Yuzhu was frightened and her ears turned red with guilt.

If she were a rabbit, she would probably jump up.

Xue Chenyu was touched by her subconscious action and couldn't help but pinch her face. "Why are you feeling guilty? I didn't hear anything."

Yuzhu still nodded guiltily, not daring to look her in the eye.

so fun.

I don’t know which man Yuzhu will marry in the future, but the man who can marry Yuzhu will definitely be very happy.

"Yuzhu, you've been with me at the entrance of Jishan Hall for three days. I don't need you to serve me here anymore. Go and have some rest. Otherwise, people who don't know me might think I'm being harsh."

"How can a master as generous as our young lady be so harsh? I'd like to go out and ask, whose master is as kind as our young lady?"

Xue Chenyu: “…” If I said I was joking, would you believe me?

Of course, Yuzhu is sometimes a stubborn little girl who can't change her ways, so Xue Chenyu can only find something else to divert her attention.

"Please help me go to the Marquis' Mansion tomorrow and deliver something to Miss He Er. I'll ask my mother to take her to the Jinyi Pavilion. I have to prepare something for her."

Yuzhu nodded, not knowing what she had thought of, and looked at her hesitantly, "Miss, what about Mother Li..." Should we tell Miss He Er about it?

Today the girl asked them all to stay in the house and listen.

Mother Li was a victim who was badly harmed by He Minzhi's father, and Miss He Er was the niece of Mother Li's husband's family.

If she knew that her uncle was killed by her biological father, and that her mother was also responsible, and that her uncle's three children were also killed by her father, what would she do?

Are you crazy?