Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

Everyone searched for the whole day, but there was no news inside or outside the city. It was as if Su Xinrong had disappeared from the face of the earth. It was already winter. If he didn't have any money, where would he stay at night? He would be hungry and cold, and sooner or later something bad would happen to him.

"Big brother, how about we look for some underground gambling houses tomorrow? I just don't know how many underground gambling houses there are in Shangjing City."

"Well, I'll ask someone to find out right away. You can rest in the mansion tomorrow."

"Big brother, go quickly. I can go back home by myself."

As they were about to return to the Shen Mansion, Shen Nanyue asked Su Xinyuan to find out about the underground gambling house, and she would go back to the mansion by herself, but in fact she wanted to get Su Xinyuan away and let Wu You come out.

In such a huge city like Shangjing, if I search by myself, I am afraid I won't get any results in a short time. It would be faster to use Wu You's method. But when Shen Nanyue was about to summon Wu You, the door of the carriage suddenly opened from the outside and a man got in.

Caifu was about to scold, but she immediately shut up after seeing the other person's face clearly.

"This servant greets the Huai… Regent."

Lu Jiusi glanced at the door beside him, and Caifu immediately understood. She turned her head to look at Shen Nanyan, and seeing that Shen Nanyan didn't say anything, she quietly retreated.

"Is there something wrong, Your Majesty?"

Shen Nanyan asked straight to the point, but this cold question made Lu Jiusi frown slightly.

"What are you doing?"

"Go back home, isn't it obvious?"

"I said you were out for a day, what were you doing?"

"Are you following me?"

"No, I just happened to see you going out this morning."

"Nothing."

Shen Nanyan was in a bad mood, so she was not in a good mood and spoke in a light tone, which made Lu Jiusi not know what to say. He originally came to ask about Shen Nanyan and Su Xinyuan. Although he knew that Su Xinyuan was Shen Nanyan's cousin, there were too many stories about this cousin, and Lu Jiusi always felt something was wrong.

"How's the situation at the mansion?"

"Thanks to the prince, the situation is now in chaos and the Lu family is in great trouble."

"These are all trivial matters. Madam Shen relies on the Lu family, but are you going to change Lu Senquan's official position?"

"Move... Your Majesty means..."

"The Taichang Temple is short of a junior minister, and I think Lü Senquan is a good fit."

The Shaoqing of Taichang Temple also belongs to the fourth rank. He is responsible for the daily management of sacrifices and rituals and music, and has no substantial power. Although his position seems to have not changed, it is a far cry from his current status.

Shen Nanyan did not say anything. Lu Senquan's loss of power would make the Lu family restrain themselves a little, but with Lu Senquan's cunning, he would still try every means to climb up again. What Shen Nanyan wanted was that the Lu family would never have any possibility of becoming an official again.

Killing with one blow is not as fun as torturing someone to death slowly. What's more, there is still a hole of 800,000 taels that needs to be filled by the Lu family.

"Not for now. After the New Year, if the prince has any evidence against the Lu family, he can release it."

"That's a lot. Lu Senquan has done a lot of things, including collecting money and killing people."

"He has silver, much?"

When talking about money, Shen Nanyan's eyes widened. For some reason, Lu Jiusi just liked to see her money-loving look. Her undisguised greed for money made her even more cute, unlike the pretentious women in the capital.

"Yes, but certainly not as much as you."

"Even a mosquito's leg is meat."

"Go get some?"

"Wait a while, we have to let them have a good New Year!"

Lu Jiusi really thought that Shen Nanyue wanted the Lu family to have a good New Year, but in fact, the word "good" should be put in double quotation marks.

"Are you still going to spend the New Year's Eve with the Su family?"

"That's right. The Shen family is under a huge cloud right now. I'm afraid this New Year's Eve won't be very interesting. It's better to be happy with my uncles and aunts."

Speaking of the Su family, Shen Nanyan's expression softened a lot.

"Your cousin is quite good."

Shen Nanyan turned to look at Lu Jiusi, she didn't expect that he would also praise others.

"What do you think of my cousin?"

"I just think he runs a good shop and can... No, you don't think I..."

"Isn't it? I heard that the rich and powerful people in Shangjing City have very special ways of playing. If you have such an idea, please give it up as soon as possible. My cousin is a serious man."

"To protect him like this, could it be that you..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? He's my brother, and you're the regent. How can you say such baseless things?"

Hearing Shen Nanyan's firm denial, Lu Jiusi's mood instantly improved a lot. The corners of his handsome lips slightly raised, and his internal organs that had been blocked just now immediately became unobstructed.

"There are a lot of things like this. No wonder I think too much."

"Are you too idle every day? Oh, and what's the condition of your poison? It's been so long, and you haven't been cured yet, so why don't you seem to be in danger of death?"

"Are you concerned about me?"

"Of course I care. If you're gone, my brother won't escape unscathed. The new emperor will definitely use him as a target!"

"Then you'll have to pay more attention to him. With the new emperor ascending the throne, the Imperial Hospital is no longer entirely under my control. The previous prescriptions have also changed. If this continues, your brother's support will soon be gone."

What Lu Jiusi said was true. After the emperor ascended the throne, he kept saying that he would increase the staff of the Imperial Hospital to find an antidote for him as soon as possible. But in fact, the additional staff had secretly changed the dosage of the prescription, so Lu Jiusi was no longer taking the medicine from the Imperial Hospital.

"This is not normal. Although you are the regent, your power is almost greater than that of the emperor. Naturally, he wants to kill you. Do you have any countermeasures now?"

"There's no solution. We just live one day at a time."

"In that case, I have to make plans for my brother as soon as possible."

Lu Jiusi almost wanted to knock her head off. She was only thinking about her brother.

"Don't you have any intention of saving me?"

"I'm not sure if I can be as powerful as the Imperial Hospital."

"Are you giving up without even trying?"

"I don't have time... um, not really. When it's convenient for you, give me some blood. Then I can confirm whether it can be solved."

Lu Jiusi immediately took out the dagger that Shen Nanyan had given him and was about to take blood, but Shen Nanyan grabbed his fair and slender wrist. The contact of their skin instantly made Lu Jiusi's ears red.

"What are you doing?"

"Blood."

"What a barbaric trick that is! Okay, put it away. I'll take it myself another day."

"Alright."

"Go down, I'm going into the mansion."

In fact, the carriage had already stopped.

He had already asked what he wanted to ask, so Lu Jiusi didn't insist and quickly got off the carriage. He didn't leave afterwards, but just stood there and watched the carriage gradually go away.

That night, Wu You was arranged to go out by Shen Nanyue. The open gambling houses were easy to find, but the secret gambling houses were usually guarded by people, so it was not so easy to enter.

The next morning, Shen Nanyan asked someone to tell Shen Yunzhi that she wanted to borrow Wei Ze for a day. However, as soon as Wei Ze arrived at Shen Nanyan's yard, he saw a servant running in hurriedly.

"Fifth Miss, this letter is from the eldest son of the Su family. I want it delivered to you immediately."

Nanny Yuan took the letter and handed it to Shen Nanyan. Since it was about the Su family, Shen Nanyan immediately opened the envelope. The few sentences that caught her eyes made Shen Nanyan pause.