Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

In less than half an hour, the housekeeper returned with his men. The servant behind him was holding a few boxes. Seeing that they were familiar things, Mrs. Lu's first reaction was joy, but in an instant she fell back in shock.

Shen Lingxi naturally stood up happily, walked over, carefully opened the box in the servant's hand, and checked it one by one.

"Dad, it's mine. It's my jewelry, and this silver..."

Halfway through her speech, she seemed to have thought of something and suddenly shut up.

"Master, these were found in Huayue Pavilion, in the room where the lady lived. Everything was hidden under the bed and covered with a few pieces of clothing. It's obvious that this was done intentionally."

"This is impossible. It has nothing to do with me. I didn't do it. How could I hide my and Xi'er's things? This...what does this mean to me?"

Aunt Lan stood up angrily, and the aura on her face was no less powerful than that of Aunt Lu.

"If something was lost while I was the housekeeper, I must take responsibility for it. Even if the master doesn't blame or punish me, how can you hand over the housekeeping power to me? This is your conspiracy. You are just jealous that I took your housekeeping power. But this is your own fault, it has nothing to do with me. Madam is so cruel. Master, please help me."

Now that the things were found in Lu's room, Aunt Lan became even more unreasonable.

"Master, it's really not me. I don't like her, but I...I..."

"Why are you still quibbling? Xin'er got the housekeeper's power, and you hold a grudge against her, so naturally you want to frame her. If you weren't confined to Huayue Pavilion, how could these things have been found in your room? You should have taken them back to your parents' home and hidden them long ago."

"Shen Zongyuan, I...I didn't do it!"

The facts were before her eyes, and Mrs. Lu had no way to defend herself. Even Shen Lingxi couldn't help her at this moment.

"You know whether it was done or not. Butler, send the Madam to the ancestral hall for five months as punishment. The eldest daughter will continue to be confined to the Huayue Pavilion and no one is allowed to visit her."

"Yes, sir."

"Dad, my daughter...I didn't know about this. Why are you still punishing me?"

"Your mother and Xin'er had an argument, and not only did you not try to comfort them, you actually joined in. Look at the injuries on Ying'er's body, shouldn't you be punished? You don't even act like a sister. You should reflect on your actions in the courtyard, or you won't be embarrassed when you get married."

"Shen Rongying was also involved, why was only the daughter punished?"

"She's already injured, how can we punish her? Otherwise, you can take charge of the Shen family. This is really outrageous. Take her away!"

When Lu and Shen Lingxi were taken away, there was another round of ghostly howling, especially Shen Lingxi, who had completely lost the demeanor of a legitimate daughter and looked more like a shrew in the market. But even so, she could not break free from the thick-shouldered and round-waisted old woman.

The happiest person at the moment was none other than Aunt Lan. Although Shen Zongyuan had some complaints about what happened today, he didn't say anything in front of others. He just took Aunt Lan and Shen Rongying back to the yard, and before leaving, he asked the housekeeper to call a doctor.

After the entire front hall became quiet, Shen Nanyan and Aunt Su did not leave. They sat quietly drinking tea. Aunt Su was holding the teacup and thinking. Shen Nanyan did not disturb her. If Aunt Su was smart, she would be able to understand the principles of survival from these things. Aunt Su would have a place in this courtyard, and her life would be more comfortable in the future.

The Lu family incident had caused such a big stir that the servants were talking about it, saying things like covering her face with the nanny's urine, hiding silver to slander concubines, bullying Aunt Su... It seemed as if all the secret things she had done in the past had spread all at once. Even her brother, who was a fourth-rank official, didn't come to visit. Shen Yunyi didn't even bother to plead with Shen Zongyuan. Instead, he went to the old lady's courtyard several times, but the old lady didn't care about it, so Shen Yunyi could only watch as his mother and sister were both confined to their homes.

After the mansion quieted down, Shen Nanyan started to get busy outside. She first used the money Wu Youshun gave her to buy a three-story shop and constructed it according to the drawings Wu You gave her. The workers had never seen the drawings in their lives. Shen Nanyan explained all the details to Su Xinyuan. After Su Xinyuan finished his class with the teacher, he would come over to take a look. In this way, Shen Nanyan had more time to start planning other shops.

In just two months, Shen Nanyan opened three shops one after another. The first one was Qixinglou, a restaurant. The dishes in it all came from Wu You's world, and they brought together representative dishes from various places. The first floor was for scattered seating, and the second and third floors were all private rooms. The private rooms only accepted reservations for three days. Some people could not book a private room, so they had to pay extra money to reserve even the scattered seating on the first floor. It was extremely popular.

The second one is a grain store. Food is the most important thing for people, and clothing must be the first priority. They are necessities at all times, so Shen Nanyan naturally has a place there. The third one is quite impressive. It is a milk tea shop, and it is not small in scale. Not only can you sit down and savor the food, but you can also take it away. The cups used are specially customized and very beautiful. Some ladies come to buy milk tea not only because it tastes good, but also because they like to collect various cups. In fact, these cups are only one cent in Wu You's world, but if you sell them through the milk tea shop, you can get at least ten cents, so they make a lot of money just from the cups.

After the grain store and restaurant opened, Shen Nanyan transferred all the members of the Su family out, and hired people to run the Xiangmiantang. The shopkeeper was an honest man who just did his job and never asked too many questions. Of course, Shen Nanyan gave him a lot of money, and the store's operating hours were strictly regulated. Su Xinyuan would check the accounts every two days, so there were never any problems.

In September, the weather began to cool down. Shen Nanyan went to pay her respects to the old lady and gave her a lot of snacks. These snacks were naturally Wu You's, and they were also the shop that Shen Nanyan was going to prepare next. She let the old lady try them first to see how they reacted. The old lady had never seen such good things before, and she kept praising them. Taking advantage of the old lady's happiness, Shen Nanyan mentioned that she wanted to take her aunt out for a walk and buy two autumn clothes. Only then did she accept her granddaughter's snacks. The old lady couldn't refuse, so she just asked her to go back home early. Shen Nanyan agreed readily.

The mother and daughter left the Shen Mansion. Shen Yunzhi was already waiting in the carriage outside the door. Aunt Su didn't know what her children were going to do, so she just followed them to Baiweizhai. Looking at such a luxurious restaurant, Aunt Su looked timid and hesitated to go in.

"Mom, just go in, don't make the people inside wait anxiously."

Ever since Shen Nanyan helped Shen Yunzhi make some friends, Shen Yunzhi has smiled more often.

Originally, with Shen Yunzhi's knowledge, he could not sit together with those friends, but Shen Nanyue gave Shen Yunzhi a book of 300 Tang poems. Regardless of what Tang means, the poems in it are really good. Shen Yunzhi just borrowed one poem and conquered everyone. Now those friends all respect Shen Yunzhi as the Poet Saint.