Since her grandson said so, it was impossible for Old Lady Su to let her grandson be unhappy. She smiled cheerfully and said, "If that's the case, that's even better. You can go to your in-laws' house in person and invite Uncle Shen. Xingyi and Yaoyao can work out a menu together, and we can celebrate the New Year happily!"
A few days later, just after the Su family sent out the invitations to the dinner, news came that Lei Yun had committed suicide in the office of the Censorate out of fear of punishment.
When the news reached Su Yao's ears, she was listening to Shopkeeper Tang talking about the recent developments.
Shopkeeper Tang was in a miserable state, his face wrinkled like an orange peel. He whispered to Su Yao, "Miss, as you said, I showed all of Lei Yun's private collection to Young Master Xu. As expected, Young Master Xu was very interested and bought all of them..."
He rubbed his hands and looked at Su Yao in confusion: "But girl, excuse me for asking, why are you going through so much trouble to beat around the bush?"
Why bother fishing
If he thought of other ideas, he would naturally be able to meet Grandma Xu, right? For Su Yao, she was not such an unattainable person!
Su Yao glanced at him calmly and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why? What advice do you have for me, Shopkeeper Tang?"
Tang Youlong waved his hands hastily. He was joking. After being disciplined by Su Yao, an old fox like him wanted to keep his tail between his legs. How could he dare to give her any advice? He knew that it was best not to lie in front of Su Yao, so he simply said, "I dare not, I'm just curious, why did the girl go through so much trouble..."
Su Yao reminded him coldly, "Manager Tang, you may not know that I have a rule for doing things. That is, no matter how strange my instructions are, just do them. I don't like others to ask me the reason."
What a big tone! Tang Youlong's face changed, but he had to admit that Su Yao had the capital to say this, so he hurriedly said: "Yes, I am meddling..."
"It's okay." Su Yao said lightly, "You will get used to it slowly." After she finished speaking, she spoke softly again, "What about the other thing I asked you to do? How is it going?"
"Don't worry!" Tang Youlong immediately cheered up and answered: "According to your instructions, the 600,000 taels of banknotes given to Lei Yun at that time were stamped with a fake seal. The forger was the shopkeeper of the Southeast Commercial House, who is also an old acquaintance of mine. Lei Yun didn't find out at the time. Now that he is dead, no one knows about this account. The real banknotes are all here with me!"
Su Yao tapped the table lightly and said to Tang Youlong, "Take this 600,000 taels of silver and rush to find my godfather and godmother, give it to them, and then tell them that it was me who asked them to take out 100,000 taels to buy out Lei Yun's family. I believe you are also good at this, so you can accompany them to do it."
Shopkeeper Tang was completely confused. He blinked and looked at Su Yao, wanting to ask why, but suddenly remembered Su Yao's warning. He turned a corner and agreed firmly: "Yes! I will accompany Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen to handle this matter properly."
Su Yao nodded, sent Manager Tang away, stood in front of the pavilion for a long time, and then slowly returned to his room.
Mother Shen was already waiting for her. Seeing her coming back, she hurried over to greet her: "Miss, you are back! I just sent you a note from the office and was just about to show it to you..."
Su Yao reached out to take it and looked at it, with a playful expression on his face.
Another post from Princess Mingchang's mansion.
Seeing that she didn't say anything for a long time, Mother Shen couldn't help but feel a little worried. She glanced at the post in her hand and couldn't help frowning: "Why is it the Princess' Mansion again..."
No one in Su Yao's room had a good impression of Princess Mingchang's mansion. The reason was that Princess Mingchang was too harsh to Su Yao last time. She didn't even hide her rejection and disgust towards Su Yao. Even if this invitation was sent by the princess, there was nothing to be happy about.
Mother Shen was unrestrained for once: "You're not going? It's almost the New Year, and every household is busy. It's understandable that you don't go."
Why bother to make things difficult for yourself
Su Yao laughed, picked up the post and looked at it repeatedly, threw it on the table after a while, and said lightly: "No, I will go."
Her eyes were bright, and when she saw Mother Shen's bitter and resentful frown, she couldn't help but laugh: "Don't worry, mother, the princess will definitely change her expression this time."
Although Princess Mingchang was domineering, she was not stupid. Just as she had embarrassed herself, Madam He came to the palace and cried for her to win a position of county princess for her. Although princesses and county princesses were not uncommon in the Zhou Dynasty, it was really rare for a noble family to be conferred the title of county princess.
This is enough to show the Holy Will.
Under such circumstances, Princess Mingchang would not be so tactless as to cause trouble again. On the contrary, this should be a banquet to seek peace.
Seeing your enemy bow her noble head in front of you and ask for peace with you with a stiff smile, isn't this a good feeling? Why should you refuse
Mother Shen didn't know why Su Yao said that, but since Su Yao said so, she naturally had no reason to refute, so she simply went to pack the clothes for Su Yao to wear to the banquet that day.
Before they went to the Princess Mingchang's mansion for the banquet, Tang Youlong came again. This time, he said to Su Yao excitedly, "Fourth Miss, it's just as you expected! Not long after Master Xu bought the batch of things, he came to our house again and said he wanted to ask if there were any frozen flower stone cups that were originally a set. He asked if we had any other ones to make up a complete set. He also said he wanted to meet us and discuss business in person..."
"Agree!" Su Yao instructed Tang Youlong without hesitation: "Make an appointment with Young Master Xu to meet at Jinxiu Tower. You don't have to show up, and don't ask your brother to show up either. Let the person who sold things to Young Master Xu before show up. I will tell him what to say. I will be next door and listen to the whole process. Remember, don't act on your own!"
It was rare for Tang Youlong to see Su Yao being so serious, so he didn't dare to act on his own. He quickly agreed and went to make the arrangements himself.
Su Yao stroked the frozen stone cup in his hand, his eyes slowly sinking, and then he closed the lid with a click and laughed very softly: "It seems that I guessed right..."
Although she was smiling, her eyes were cold and without any emotion. After a long while, she called Yancao in and said to her, "Take this letter to Lord Chen and tell him that I have something to ask of him."