Traveling through time and space

"Little boy, did you knock down this shelf?" Su Yuanyuan asked angrily.

"Yes, it's fun. Zhuzi often plays like this." Seeing him put his fingers in his mouth, it seems that this child has a problem.

"Princess, how are you?" They all came in and pulled Su Yuanyuan aside to ask.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. This gentleman saved me," Su Yuanyuan said, noticing the gentleman still standing beside her. "Thank you, gentleman, for saving me..." Su Yuanyuan looked closer and realized he was a familiar face: the man who had caught her after she fell from the building. "Uncle, it's you! Thank you for saving me again," Su Yuanyuan said with a bow.

"You are..." The man didn't recognize him.

"The girl who fell from the building yesterday, thank you, uncle, what's your name? I want to thank you very much."

"Princess, please don't be polite. Goodbye." The man hurried out as if escaping.

"Uncle, what's your name?" Su Yuanyuan wanted to catch up and ask, but the man was no longer in sight.

"Princess, did you fall anywhere?" Zhilin stepped forward to confirm again.

"Princess Anle, I'm sorry. It was the negligence of our shop. My son had some problems and caused Princess Anle to be injured." A group of people came out and knelt on the ground. They should be people from the shop.

"Please stand up and talk. Are you the owner?"

"I'm sorry, princess. I'm the shop owner. I'll compensate you for all your losses." He seemed very sincere.

"Shopkeeper, please stand up and talk. Fortunately, someone saved this princess today and she was not injured. If someone had really been hit, would your store and the child be safe? Let's forget about this matter today. Anyway, this princess is fine. Please control the child well next time to avoid unnecessary trouble. Dongmei, this princess just found it in a travelogue and bought it." Su Yuanyuan was embarrassed to go into the store to buy it, so she went back to the car first because the place was already full of onlookers.

It didn't take long for him to say, "Princess, this is it."

"This is the book. Let's go back home." Su Yuanyuan took the book. The young man did not buy the book. The young Su Yuanyuan felt a ripple in his heart. He had been in danger twice and he encountered her and saved her both times. It was a pity that she didn't know who he was?

"Princess, if you're tired, take a break." Someone outside the car was talking, but the person inside didn't pay attention. She was thinking, why not make soy sauce first? There are beans here, I saw them in the store. Thinking about the process she had seen before, it's no problem, it can be made, come on. "Princess, we're home." The voice outside the car reminded the people in the car that they had arrived at the house.

"Greetings, Princess." Su Yuanyuan nodded to the endless greetings and walked straight to her grandmother's yard. "Greetings, Princess." The people guarding the door looked familiar. Su Yuanyuan remembered that they were the guards.

"You all should go away. Did anything happen in the mansion today?" Su Yuanyuan stopped at the gate and asked.

"In reply to the princess, nothing happened."

Su Yuanyuan waved her hand and let them go. "Grandma, your lovely granddaughter is back."

"You finally came back. How was your lunch?" Grandma smiled brightly.

"Grandma, why are you so happy? Did Yuanyuan miss something?" Seeing that nothing happened, Su Yuanyuan was also very happy.

"Grandmother finally got her moment of pride today. Those members of the clan returned empty-handed."

"Grandma, our Marquis of Xiaoyong Mansion now has the capital."

"Princess, those people from the Cai family are here too, they..." Mother Liu wanted to say something but was stopped by her grandmother.

"Mother Liu, tell me, what are they here for?"

"They want the Second Young Master to marry you, Princess."

"Fuck him! How many people are concerned about this princess's marriage? Grandmother, you won't agree to it, will you?"

"No, Grandmother can't decide your marriage. Only you can decide it."

"Okay, thank you for your tolerance, Grandmother. Although Yuanyuan likes my second brother, that's just a brother-sister relationship, not a love between a man and a woman. Besides, Yuanyuan will never get involved with anyone related to the Cai family again. Are you kidding me? Mama Liu, go ask the kitchen to send some delicious food. This princess is hungry." Grandmother understood that Su Yuanyuan wanted everyone to leave. She waved her hand and watched them leave. "Grandmother, you really didn't agree?"

"of course not."

"Okay, Grandma, Yuanyuan has to find her future husband herself. It's just that Second Brother probably doesn't know about this. Grandma, Yuanyuan feels so sorry for you. What have you been like in the Cai family these years? Yuanyuan wants Grandma to go out for a walk tomorrow to relax."

"You want your grandmother to accompany you out of town?"

"No, I'm asking Grandma to go out for a walk. Tomorrow morning, Yuanyuan will have a few stewards take people to the gates of the Shen and Cai mansions to collect debts. Yuanyuan is afraid that they will come to the mansion to beg Grandma, which will make it difficult for Grandma to deal with it."

"You, do you want Grandmother to hide away?"

"No, I'm afraid it will embarrass Grandma. They are also Grandma's children."

"No, if they had asked grandma openly, grandma would have agreed. But for so many years, they openly accepted the things grandma gave them, but secretly stole grandma's things. Do you know how sad grandma is?"

"I know. Yuanyuan understands your sadness," Su Yuanyuan said as she walked over to her grandmother and hugged her and kissed her. Tears couldn't help but fall from her eyes. "Grandma, Yuanyuan will make sure you are happy every day from now on."

"Okay, don't worry. Grandmother used to only have eyes for our Marquis of Xiaoyong Mansion, nothing else."

"Okay, grandma is great," Su Yuanyuan was also very happy seeing her grandmother smile.

"Madam, Princess, it's time to eat,"

"Let's go, let's go eat. Yuanyuan is really hungry." Yuanyuan helped her grandmother to the dining room. "Grandma, can we clear a yard in the courtyard?" Su Yuanyuan asked her grandmother while eating. "It should have some sunlight, not too much shade."

"What do you want to do? Isn't the Dream Garden enough?"

"No, Yuanyuan wants to do something, so she needs a separate yard."

"Mrs. Liu, besides our two main courtyards, which other courtyard has the best sunlight?" Grandmother asked Mrs. Liu who was standing in the back.

"The princess has work to do and cannot be too far away from Qimeng Garden. Yixin Garden next to Qimeng Garden is suitable. Let them move to other courtyards tomorrow, and that courtyard will be vacant." Mrs. Liu thought for a while.

"Mother Liu, have someone clean up that yard tomorrow. Have the second housekeeper and his men set up a stove in the yard. Then buy two hundred kilograms of soybeans, and get ten jars of the same size."

"Princess, do you want a lid?"

"No need for a lid, just a breathable curtain on top."

"Okay, I'll have someone clean it up tomorrow." Mama Liu said, and Su Yuanyuan nodded.

"You take good care of the old lady, and no one is allowed to break in." Before leaving, Su Yuanyuan once again ordered the two guards guarding the gate. Looking at the group of people behind her, she nodded with satisfaction. It was agreed last night that today, except for the two guards guarding the gate, the others would be divided into two groups. One group would be led by Zhilin to the gate of Shen's Mansion, and the other group would be led by herself to the gate of Cai's Mansion. Of course, she couldn't just let anyone come by herself. Su Yuanyuan also asked someone to put on makeup for her. The role of her group was to stir up trouble and make the incident bigger.

"Princess, I will go to the Shen Mansion with Miss Zhilin. Chunmei, take good care of the princess and don't let her get hurt again." Dongmei ordered. "Princess, if the commotion gets too big, I'm afraid it will alert the authorities. After all, there are officials in both mansions. Should we stop it?" Dongmei asked in a low voice. Su Yuanyuan looked at her in confusion, "Princess, don't worry, our badges can take care of it."

"Try not to bring this to the authorities. This princess just wants the money back, but she has no intention of putting them to death. Just follow them. If they don't return the money, just come closer and whisper," Su Yuanyuan said in Dongmei's ear. If they don't return the money, then Lord Shen is an official in the court. If the officials knew that the Shen family owed money and didn't return it, what good reputation would Lord Shen have? In short, they can also use the reputation of Shen Mingxun of the Shen family to threaten them. Dongmei nodded repeatedly. This method is good. "Just follow him over there. Remember to adapt to the situation. Someone will definitely ask why. Let people spread the word that the Shen family owes money and the shop is going to go bankrupt. They have no choice but to block the door and ask for money." Su Yuanyuan ordered. Dongmei nodded, bowed, and took people away from this side. Su Yuanyuan took people to Cai Mansion. Before getting off the car, he heard a lot of noise. He got off the car to take a look. There were about two hundred people. The door of Cai Mansion was really blocked. Su Yuanyuan and his people quickly found Butler Zhang and Manager Yue in the crowd. "What's going on?" Su Yuanyuan approached them and asked in a low voice.

They probably didn't expect Su Yuanyuan to go in person. Although Su Yuanyuan had changed her clothes, they still recognized her. "To answer your question, Princess, someone just came out. I said that the shop is going bankrupt and they are here to collect the money owed by the Cai Mansion."

"Okay, let's put it this way. This princess sees that there are quite a few people watching. How about this? You ask someone to talk to the onlookers and find out how much silver the Cai Mansion owes."

"Yes, Princess, please sit next to me and don't hurt yourself."

"It's okay. Let them shout occasionally. It's only natural to pay back debts. If someone calls you in, don't go in. Just say whatever you want to say outside. Ask them, if the court knew that the officials in Cai's house didn't pay back their debts, do they know the consequences?" Su Yuanyuan ordered.

"Okay, Princess, we will go to the front." The two nodded and took their leave.

"Princess, please stand over there and watch the fun. You two stay by my side, and the rest of you follow me. We'll go to the door." Chunmei arranged, and Su Yuanyuan nodded. She stepped aside, and they squeezed forward.

"Cai Mansion, pay back the money, Cai Mansion, pay back the money, Cai Mansion, pay back the money," Chunmei shouted, and as others followed, they all joined in. The voices were uniform and satisfying. After a few shouts, the door opened and the eldest brother came out. He glanced around and his eyes stopped at Su Yuanyuan. Although he had changed his clothes, he still attracted attention. The two people standing behind him waved their hands and asked everyone to quiet down. "Everyone, do you have any IOUs for the money you said someone from the Cai Mansion owes you?"

"Of course we have it, and there's also the signature of the person who wrote the IOU. Sir, over the years, people have been coming to our shop to ask for money, but every time we couldn't see the real owner, and the doorman stopped them. Look, the Cai family already owes us Lai Xitang 20,000 taels of silver. Our small shop used to make small profits but quick turnover, and now it's almost bankrupt. Please be kind enough to return the money to us." Butler Zhang stepped forward with tears in his eyes, very emotional.

"Yes, sir, we who sell rouge are also a small business. What's the matter with you owing money and not paying it back?" Manager Yue stepped forward.

"Husband, this money is not owed by us, why do you care?" Su Yuanyuan, who was standing on the side, saw Liu Wanqin coming out. Su Yuanyuan almost laughed out loud. Liu Wanqin was standing at the door and wanted to go down, but her husband pushed her into the yard. It seemed that this elder brother was afraid that his wife would be in danger.

"Yes, Shaowu, that's mother's shop, why should we pay any money?" It was the couple from the third room.

"Uncle San, Aunt San, that's Grandmother's shop, not our Cai family's shop. How could you be so careless as to owe so much money?"

"What are you talking about? Isn't mother's money our money? Listen carefully, your boss is our mother. Why should we pay money for things we take from our own home?" The third uncle shouted righteously.

"Third Master, although it is the property of your old lady, it belongs to the Su family. What does it have to do with your Cai family? Third Master, please don't confuse the two families. The Cai family is the Cai family, and the Su family is the Su family."

"Yes, Third Master, I've never heard of a stepson coveting his stepmother's family property. It's really a joke."

"Yeah, don't you even care about your dignity?"

"What are you talking about? Our mother was personally conferred the title of First Rank Lady by the Emperor. Be careful, or I'll have my mother fire all of you and leave you without food."

"Alright, Third Master, the whole world knows about this. You two, the grandparents and grandchildren of the Su Mansion, should go back. From now on, the Cai Mansion will be the Cai Mansion, and the Su Mansion will be the Su Mansion."

"Yes, it seems that the palace also knows what kind of character your Cai Mansion is. Why didn't the old lady get a title when she was in the mansion, but she got one right after she returned to the Su Mansion?"

"The late Marquis Xiaoyong was a great hero with so many great achievements. No wonder the Emperor conferred titles of nobility upon the old lady and princess. This is Marquis Xiaoyong's granddaughter. Our Emperor is truly a wise ruler who doesn't let the descendants of heroes suffer."

"Yes, this Cai family is too outrageous."

"That's right. The masters and young masters of the Cai family, some are officials, some are scholars, don't they want to leave a good reputation?"

"Yeah, what would happen if their classmates and colleagues knew about this?"

"They are so shameless, why would they care?"

"You, all of you, who is your leader? Come in here!"

"Third Master, I am the shopkeeper of Laixitang. I dare not go in with you. I am here to collect money, not to die. If I follow you into the mansion, I don't know what you will do. If you have anything to say, please talk here. The young ladies and ladies in the mansion bought jewelry from our store. They have been wearing them for many years. The money should be returned."

"Yeah, we can't go in with them."

"So many of you are surrounding the gate of my mansion. How can this be?" Several uncles came out.

"Master Cai, please be kind and pay back the money we owe you. We have no other choice. If you don't pay us back, our shop will really go bankrupt. If the shop goes bankrupt, where will we eat? You see, you are a master, and paying back debts is a matter of course. But every time our employees come to ask for money, your doorman directly sends them away, and most of the time, they are verbally insulted. The money we earn in our shop is also hard-earned, not blown away by the wind."