The Lord God is kneeling on the washboard again

At this time, in the study of the Chen Mansion, Master Chen asked Chen Mei: "How much do you owe?"

Chen Mei lowered her head and replied in a trembling voice, "Three thousand taels."

When Master Chen heard this, he almost fainted. "Three thousand taels? How dare you owe so much?"

Chen Mei cried and said, "Dad, I was possessed by a ghost. Please think of a solution."

Mr. Chen's face turned pale as he paced back and forth in the study. "Three thousand taels, such a huge sum, what should I do?"

The leader of the Shadow Killing Tower, seeing that the people from the Chen Mansion had not responded yet, walked straight into the Chen Courtyard, but was stopped by a maid, "Who are you? This is the Chen Mansion."

The leader of the Shadow Killing Tower said coldly, "Get out of the way! Don't block the way!"

The maid was terrified and said, "You can't barge in."

But the people from Yingsha Tower ignored them, pushed the maid away and continued walking inside.

Soon they appeared in Master Chen's study, and the leader said calmly, "Master Chen and Second Miss Chen haven't reached an agreement yet. The commission that Second Miss Chen owes me for the assassination at Shadow Killing House is due today.

Master Chen quickly stood up, his face full of smiles, "My dear heroes, please give me a few more days to raise the money."

The leader of the Shadow Killing Tower sneered, "Master Chen, the deadline has come. If you don't pay back the money today, don't blame us for being rude."

Chen Mei hid behind Master Chen, trembling.

The leader of Shadow Killing Tower glanced at Master Chen and said, "If Master Chen and Miss Chen Er don't pay the commission for the assassination today, we won't mind going to Prince Xiao's Mansion to look for him."

When Master Chen heard this, his face turned pale. "Absolutely not! Absolutely not! Please give me a few more days. I will definitely find a way to raise the money."

The leader of Yingsha Tower snorted coldly, "Master Chen, you'd better do what you say, otherwise you will bear the consequences." After that, he turned and left with his men.

Mr. Chen suddenly collapsed in his chair, sighing, while Chen Mei cried beside him.

However, Yingshalou did not let go of Prince Xiao's Mansion on the other side. They went to the house simply and said that Prince Xiao's beautiful concubine owed Yingshalou three thousand taels.

When Prince Xiao heard the news, his face darkened. "This Chen Mei is so shameless that she has brought this much trouble upon me!"

The beautiful concubine cried and begged, "My Lord, you must save my sister."

Prince Xiao shouted angrily, "Save her? She made this mistake herself, how can I save her? Three thousand taels is no small sum!"

Chen Fei cried, "Your Highness, I am willing to help you, but who would have thought..."

Prince Xiao interrupted her impatiently, "Helping me? She's causing me trouble! Even the Shadow Killing Tower has come knocking on my door. She's completely disgraced me!"

Xuan Xiao said angrily, "I asked her to sow discord between Nangong Han and his wife, not to hire an assassin to kill Xing Xuanli!"

Chen Fei trembled with fear, "Your Highness, please calm down. I never thought my sister would act so impulsively."

Xuan Xiao snorted coldly, "Now that Shadow Killing Tower has come to my door, if this matter is not handled properly, I will be implicated."

However, in Prince Xiao's Mansion, in the courtyard of Princess Nalan Qin, when Nalan Qin heard the whole story reported by the maid, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.

The maid asked, "Master, do you want us to add more fuel to the fire?"

Nalan Qin pondered for a moment and said, "Don't be impatient, let's see how the situation develops."

Nalan Qin said, "Let's go see how His Highness is doing."

After saying that, she took her maid and walked towards the direction where King Xiao was.

Not long after, Nalan Qin appeared in Prince Xiao's courtyard. She saw Chen Fei crying bitterly. Xuan Xiao had a gloomy face and pretended to be surprised, "What happened? Why is His Highness so unhappy?"

Xuan Xiao glanced at Nalan Qin and said lightly: "It's none of your business."

Nalan Qin: "Your Highness, don't tell me. On the way here, I heard the servants in the mansion talking about it. They said that my sister's sister owed Yingsha Tower three thousand taels. I wonder if it was three thousand taels of silver or gold?"

Xuan Xiao snorted coldly: "Silver! This Chen Mei is so bold that she dares to owe a debt to Yingsha Tower."

Nalan Qin pretended to be surprised: "Oh, what should I do? The Shadow Killing Tower is not to be trifled with."

However, at this time a man in black appeared in Prince Xiao's Mansion. Nalan Qin knew at a glance that it was the killer from Yingsha Tower, codenamed Ghost.

The ghost's face was expressionless, and his voice was cold: "Prince Xiao, if Chen Mei's debt is not settled today, Shadow Killing Tower will not let it go."

Prince Xiao's face was gloomy. "I will take care of it myself. You don't need to worry about it."

The ghost sneered and said, "I hope King Xiao will keep his word, otherwise you will bear the consequences." After that, he disappeared.

However, Wangyue Tower, the largest restaurant in Kyoto, kept talking about the Chen Mansion.

"I heard that Chen Mei, the second young lady of the Chen family, owed Shadow Killing Tower three thousand taels. How audacious!"

"That's right. I don't know how the Chen Mansion will end."

"I think the Chen family is going to be in trouble."

"How dare Chen Mei do that? She even dared to provoke the Shadow Killing Tower."

Everyone was talking at once and the discussion was heated.

Another person said, "I heard that Miss Chen Er went to the Shadow Killing Tower to hire an assassin to assassinate the Regent Princess."

"What? Is there such a thing? She is so bold!"

"How could she easily move the Princess Regent?"

"The Chen family is about to face disaster!"

Everyone sighed and shook their heads.

Another person said, "I think she is most likely interested in the Prince Regent."

"Even if you like it, you can't do this. Isn't this just courting death?"

"That's right, she can't even dream of becoming the regent."

"This Miss Chen Er really doesn't know his place."

Everyone was talking one after another, their words full of confusion and accusations towards Chen Mei's behavior.

Meanwhile, Xing Xuanli's family, far away in Ziyun Valley, had no idea what was happening in Kyoto. Even if they knew, it was none of her business.

Xing Xuanli, Yun Mohan, and the children were playing by the stream in the valley. Little Muhan and Little Kexin were playing in the water, their laughter ringing. Xing Xuanli and Yun Mohan sat on a large rock nearby, looking at the children with loving eyes.

Yun Mohan gently held Xing Xuanli's hand, "Li'er, it's great to be here."

Xing Xuanli smiled and nodded, "Yes, stay away from all the troubles."

They enjoyed this peaceful and beautiful time, and the right and wrong of Kyoto seemed far away from them.

The family was sitting together enjoying lunch, laughing and talking happily.

The children chattered about the fun they had playing in the snow in the morning, while Xing Xuanli and Yun Mohan listened with a smile, and picked up some food for the children from time to time.

The sunlight streamed into the house through the windows, creating a warm and cozy atmosphere. The family was immersed in this warm atmosphere, completely unaware of the turmoil happening in Kyoto.

After lunch, Xing Xuanli went to patrol the valley. Xing Xuanli originally planned to go alone, but she couldn't resist Yun Mohan's nagging, so she reluctantly agreed to let Yun Mohan accompany her.

The two walked side by side on the path in the valley. Yun Mohan turned his head to look at Xing Xuanli from time to time, with a gentle smile on his lips.

Xing Xuanli said lightly: "You are the only one who can cling to others."

Yun Mohan smiled and responded, "I'm just worried about you being alone."

Their figures gradually walked away in the valley, and the occasional whispers were blown away by the breeze.