The story of a bullied daughter's rise to power

"Miss, I think those concubines are so pitiful. Why did you let them kneel there?" Lian'er asked cautiously after leaving the mansion. Situ Yaorao couldn't help but sneer when she heard this: "Pitiful? They are clearly forcing me. Forcing me to make decisions for them. Forcing me to disobey the imperial decree. And the culprit behind this is probably Mu Lingwan. I don't want to be their pawn."

"Can……"

"Alright, Lian'er, don't get involved in this matter. It's more important for you to go find the flowers. Have you really decided not to be with him for the rest of your life?"

"How is that possible!" Lian'er retorted hastily, fearing that Situ Yaorao would misunderstand.

Situ Yaorao couldn't help but laugh. Realizing that it was Situ Yaorao who hadn't done a good job, Lian'er felt embarrassed for a moment.

Back at Lanqinglou, when Situ Yaorao came in, the shopkeeper thought he had seen a ghost. He never dreamed that the Crown Princess would not stay in the Crown Prince's Mansion at this critical moment.

"Boss, what's wrong with you?" The shopkeeper wanted to ask why he was here. But when the words came to her lips, she looked at Lian'er behind her and quickly shut up.

"I'm fine. Is Weixing upstairs?"

"Young Master Weixing and Young Master Yusheng are both here," the shopkeeper said. Situ Yaorao nodded and went upstairs as well. When Situ Yaorao entered the room, Situ Weixing and Yusheng had completely different reactions. Situ Weixing was surprised, while Yusheng was expected. Then she laughed, "Weixing, you've lost to me."

"Yeah." Situ Weixing nodded awkwardly.

"What are you betting on?" Situ Yaorao asked curiously when she saw the strange looks of the two people.

"We are betting on whether you will come. Weixing thinks you will not come today, after all, it happened so suddenly. However, I bet that you will come. After all, you are you, and you will not change your mind because of anyone or anything." Yu Sheng looked at Situ Yaorao and said with a smile.

Situ Yaorao rolled her eyes at him when she heard that: "You always talk about nonsense. If you have the time, why don't you do something serious?"

"My main business today is here." Yu Sheng finished speaking and took out a contract of the Yu family: "This is the contract drafted by our elders, and we want to cooperate with Lan Qinglou."

"Lan Qinglou does not cooperate with anyone. This is the rule we set." Situ Yaorao said this, but still took the contract from his hand.

"Those old men are taking advantage of the fact that I spent a long time there, so they're planning to take over the Lan Qing Lou. If you don't like it, Situ, just ignore the contract. I'll just say you don't agree when I get back. That'll be enough."

"This is not a cooperation contract at all. They are simply trying to get something for nothing." After reading the contract, Situ Yaorao was so angry that she laughed.

Yu Sheng felt embarrassed when she heard this: "Yeah, they always want to take advantage of others."

"They said that the management system of Lan Qinglou is not perfect yet. They provide the people, and Lan Qinglou only provides part of Lan Qinglou's fruit wine. And they want to sell Yu family's things in Lan Qinglou. It's simply..." Situ Yaorao kept shaking her head.

Yu Sheng also knew that this contract was simply ridiculous.

He also knew that with Situ Yaorao's personality, she would definitely not agree so easily.

"It's not impossible for me to agree."

"Okay, that's it. I'll go back and tell the elders... Wait? What did you say?" Yu Sheng just felt unwell.

"I agree." Situ Yaorao raised the contract and said, "Aren't you here just to be a lobbyist?"

"You don't have to consider my face." Yu Sheng just felt ashamed.

"As long as the Yu family is willing to let you manage Lan Qing Lou, I will agree. However, we can't do it according to their wishes. The wine in Lan Qing Lou will not be distributed. You will manage Lan Qing Lou, and the Yu family can sell their things in Lan Qing Lou. At the end of each year, Lan Qing Lou will give the Yu family a dividend."

When Situ Yaorao said this, Yu Sheng blinked and felt sick. What were these two people thinking?

"What? Do you want to consider it?" Situ Yaorao said with a smile.

Yu Sheng sighed softly when she heard this: "How can this be considered a collaboration? You're clearly buying me out."

"I can't help it. I only trust you."

"I'll go back and discuss it with the elders. However, the chances of that happening aren't very high. Perhaps the elders would want my two sisters to take charge." Yu Sheng was overwhelmed by the thought of family matters. The usually carefree Yu Sheng was now extremely worried.

Situ Yaorao looked at Yu Sheng's appearance and wanted to laugh in a very unkind way.

"Hey, Yu Sheng, now you know what retribution is, right? You were so carefree back then, but now everything in the Yu family is on you. Back then, you didn't care about anything, but now you have to consider everything."

"Situ, please stop talking. I regret it every time I mention it. What's wrong with me that makes me want to go back?" Yu Sheng smiled bitterly, but even so, he still didn't regret it. After all, these were his responsibilities. They were what he should have done.

I gave up everything because I was unwilling to take responsibility. Now that I understand, I have to endure it.

"Okay, just go back and tell the old men in your family about this matter." Situ Yaorao said.

Yu Sheng nodded upon hearing this, "Alright. But Situ, do you have any plans for the Crown Prince to marry Concubine Ping?"

"What are you planning? Your Majesty has issued an order, what can I do?"

"Are you just going to watch?" Yu Sheng was incredulous. When did Situ Yaorao become so good-tempered?

"Let's not worry about this for now. I have more important things to do right now. Let's wait until this is over before bothering with that Concubine Ping. Ridiculous! She wants to snatch her away. But it depends on whether she's qualified."

Hearing Situ Yaorao's words, Yu Sheng couldn't help laughing anymore.

"Stop laughing and do your thing." He then looked at Situ Weixing and Lian'er and said, "Hurry up and do what you need to do. I still need to entertain guests here later." He then shouted outside, "Boss, prepare the chessboard for me."

Hearing her order, Yu Sheng's mouth twitched. This woman, is she really planning to do this?

Although he knew that Situ Yaorao always knew her limits, he felt a little uneasy for some reason.

Business people always manage their time well. Luo Qiushen was no exception. After listening to his aunt's lecture and his uncle's fake concern in the morning, Luo Qiushen left.

"Master, where are we going now?" The servant who had followed him looked at Luo Qiushen in confusion. Normally, after being scolded every morning, he would go straight back to his room to write, or as he put it, to temper his inner self. Why did he come out today?

The man heard this and his clear voice rang out, a faint smile on his pale and delicate face: "I still have an appointment yesterday. I guess they are waiting for us too."

"Sir, I think that woman clearly has bad intentions," said the servant.

"So what? Who around me has good intentions? Every one of them wants me dead." Luo Qiushen talked about this, and Danfeng's eyes were full of ridicule...