Traveling through time and space

"Waiter, bring me a pot of the best tea." Xiaoyue, who was following Su Yuanyuan, shouted.

"Miss, please come upstairs and sit for a while. I will serve it right away." When they went upstairs, there were several tables of tea drinkers. Su Yuanyuan found an empty table by the window and sat down. Xiaoyue stood behind her consciously. When they were alone, Xiaoyue would be more casual, but when there were other people or everyone was outside, Xiaoyue remembered the duties of a servant.

"Hello..." The eldest brother came up and greeted her, and Su Yuanyuan shook her head.

"Brother, please take a seat," Su Yuanyuan greeted him in advance. She didn't want to reveal her identity in public.

"I didn't expect to see you here." The eldest brother looked a little depressed, without his former charm.

"Brother, what's going on?" Su Yuanyuan asked his doubts. The eldest brother looked around and seemed to be in trouble. "All of you step back and don't come close." Su Yuanyuan asked the people who followed him to move away. "I just separated from my second brother. Brother, what happened?

"There were some minor issues at home. I've tried my best to deal with them over the past two days, and I've already taken care of them."

"Brother, let's be honest, we are not outsiders."

"Father was ordered to leave the capital for disaster relief. Two hundred thousand taels of silver disappeared for no apparent reason. Father's personal servant came back the day before yesterday to ask for help. The news hasn't leaked yet, so I have no choice but to gather the two hundred thousand taels to cover this matter first, and then we can deal with other matters."

"I ran into my uncle at the palace gate a couple of days ago. He said he was going out of the capital. It turned out he was going to provide disaster relief. Where was the disaster? How far away is it?"

"There was a landslide at Puji Mountain, more than a thousand miles away from here. I heard that many people died. The emperor asked father to leave the capital to provide disaster relief, but I don't know where he is. The box containing the silver was replaced by someone." The eldest brother explained.

"How could so much silver disappear for no reason? Were there other people who went with my uncle? Did they know about it?"

"There are two other masters, Master Ji and Master Wang." The eldest brother thought for a moment. "It's impossible to swap so much silver so easily. There must be a traitor, colluding with the insiders and the outsiders to pull it off."

"Brother, do you suspect that my uncle has fallen into a trap set by someone else?" Su Yuanyuan's heart skipped a beat, and her brother nodded affirmatively. "Brother, how can I help?"

"Don't you hate the Cai family?"

"Why should I hate the Cai family? It is an indisputable fact that my mother is from the Cai family. I just don't like them plotting against me, and I'm too lazy to deal with them. If something happens to the Cai family, I will naturally not sit idly by. If you need my help with anything, just tell me, brother. Also, do the higher-ups know about this?" Su Yuanyuan asked, and the eldest brother shook his head.

"I've already gathered the money, but I can't find anyone right now. I can't let more people know about this. I have to find some talent myself."

"Yes, I also think this matter is not as simple as it seems. Someone is plotting against my uncle behind the scenes. Let's put it this way. There are some people in Yuanyuan Mansion who were given to Yuanyuan by our father. Big brother can use them. But if this happens, the Cai Mansion will lose 200,000 yuan. Are we going to just swallow this loss?"

"Father is actually a timid man, so this time, my eldest brother wants to go there in person and investigate secretly. He will definitely not let the two hundred thousand taels go to waste if he finds out the truth."

After hearing what his elder brother said, Su Yuanyuan nodded and said, "You can go back to the mansion with Yuanyuan."

The eldest brother repeatedly told her that this matter must not be known to the second brother and other people in the Cai Mansion. Su Yuanyuan nodded. The eldest brother also said that this time when she went out, she could not attend Yuanyuan's coming-of-age ceremony. Su Yuanyuan smiled and said, "No problem." When they arrived at the Su Mansion in Yousha Lane, Su Yuanyuan asked Mother Yan to call everyone over. Su Yuanyuan looked at the people in the room in front of her, "This princess has something for you to do, but do you know now who is your real master?" Su Yuanyuan sat down and asked, and everyone responded to each other, "Okay, since you know that this princess is your master, I believe you also know what to do. Remember, if anyone leaks what you have done, this princess will be punished. I won't give him a second chance to live. Big brother, how many people do you want?" In the end, the big brother chose the eight of Yulin, Qiumei, Xiamei, and Su Yuanyuan once again told them to listen to the eldest son's orders. The big brother made an appointment with them to meet ten miles outside the east city gate at three o'clock in the morning. The big brother thanked Su Yuanyuan again and left in a hurry. Su Yuanyuan talked to Mother Wu and Mother Yan about some things. They asked if the mansion needed to prepare for the coming-of-age ceremony. Su Yuanyuan said that the princess would make preparations and asked Mother Wu to stay here to take care of it, and Mother Yan would go back with him to wait for orders. However, the afternoon passed again, and there was no time to go to the Xiaoyong Marquis Mansion, so he could only go back to the Princess' Mansion directly. "What's the matter?" The first thing Su Yuanyuan did when she returned to the Princess' Mansion was of course to change her clothes and go directly to Kangyi Courtyard to meet the Princess' mother. However, when she entered the courtyard, she felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. Several maids from Kangyi Courtyard stood aside cautiously.

"Your servant greets Princess Anle. The eldest princess is inside." Rumian looked carefully at the inner room.

Su Yuanyuan was puzzled and wanted to go directly into the inner room, but after thinking about it, she knocked on the door and said, "Mother, can Yuanyuan come in?"

"Yuanyuan, you're back home, come in." Su Yuanyuan walked into the room and looked at her mother, the eldest princess, who was leaning on the bed with a cold face.

"Mother, are you annoyed that Yuanyuan came back late? I'm sorry, it's Yuanyuan's fault." Su Yuanyuan stepped forward and took her mother's arm.

"What are you talking about? Mother is not angry with you," the eldest princess' mother smiled and stood up and sat on the chair.

"Okay, Princess, don't be angry. Only Princess Anle can make you happy," a nanny came in and served tea.

"Then tell me, why is mother angry?" Su Yuanyuan asked after taking a sip of the tea.

"It's not that I'm angry, it's just that your royal father has gone a little too far. Someone came from the palace this morning and said that anyone in the mansion who owes money to Miaoyufang must settle it all today. No matter who is a royal relative, they are not allowed to owe money to Miaoyufang. It's like he wants to default on their debts. Isn't he just thinking of making it more convenient to settle it all at once at the end of the year? I was thinking of taking you to Miaoyu Hall in the next two days to choose some jewelry that suits you. We will not take care of his business in the future. We will go somewhere else." The eldest princess' mother was complaining. Su Yuanyuan finally heard the whole story and couldn't help laughing.

"You all go down." Su Yuanyuan waved her hand. Her mother looked at Su Yuanyuan, and Su Yuanyuan nodded. Then there were only two people left in the room. "To be honest with you, mother, father gave Miaoyufang to Yuanyuan, but Yuanyuan has been very busy these days and has not taken over yet. This is a jade pendant." Su Yuanyuan remembered that she carried the jade pendant with her, so she took it out and put it on the table.

"Your father actually gave it to you? It seems he truly dotes on you." Mother sighed. "This Miaoyufang has been around for over seventy years. It was our mother's mother's dowry. Before she passed away, she gave it to her son, your father." Mother was a little indignant. "But it's good to give it to you now. You can give it to your children later, so that this shop can continue to exist and it will not be in vain."

"Yes, mother, Yuanyuan will definitely take good care of it. Mother is not angry anymore." Su Yuanyuan asked.