The old lady said sternly, "Shut up and go back. You are not allowed to touch anyone from Xiazhi Garden for the time being. You just need to heal the wound on your face and wait to marry the prince. Don't get involved in other matters."
Xia Wan'er was so angry that she burst into tears, but due to the old lady's anger she dared not talk back and could only leave in anger.
Lan Yuben was still counting on the old lady to make the decision for her, but now that she heard what the old lady said, she was afraid that she would not go to find Xia Zian.
She was angry and frightened, and she was severely beaten today. If she let this matter go, would she still be able to gain a foothold in the mansion in the future
Thinking of this, the resentment in her heart grew even more intense. It seemed that if she wanted to vent her anger, she had to find the second young lady.
The old lady waved her hand tiredly and asked Aunt Cuiyu to take her down.
After returning to her room and waiting for the doctor to come, Lan Yu said angrily, "Why is the old lady so afraid of her? She has beaten me like this, and the old lady still dares not stand up for me."
"It's not that we don't dare, but the old lady has a plan. Don't make trouble again. It's good enough that you can save your life this time. The eldest lady is no longer the same as before. She will not show mercy to us. Haven't you learned your lesson from Xia Quan's incident?" Cui Yu advised.
Lan Yu said angrily: "How can Xia Quan compare with me? He is just a housekeeper in the mansion. To put it bluntly, he is still a servant."
"We are servants too, Lan Yu. Although the old lady dotes on us sisters, you must not forget that we are servants too, even worse than Xia Quan." Cui Yu said seriously.
Lan Yu was stunned for a moment, then sneered, "I don't understand why you are so self-deprecating. Do you remember what the old lady once said to us? She said that although we are servants, as long as she is in the mansion, no one dares to treat us as servants. The prime minister also heard this."
"It's fine for a master to praise his servant, but if a servant praises himself, he doesn't know his own importance."
"Forget it, I won't talk to you. Since the old lady is unwilling to help, I will go find the second young lady." Lan Yu said stubbornly. In order to maintain her dignity, she had to vent her anger.
Cui Yu warned sternly: "Don't provoke them again, okay? I've already told you that the old lady has a plan to deal with her. If you ruin the old lady's plan, she will definitely not forgive you."
"I don't believe the old lady has any plans. Ever since she broke off the engagement, the old lady has been suppressed by her and has been defeated several times in a row. If we continue to stand by and watch, won't that bitch Xia Zian be able to ride on the old lady's head and piss? Cuiyu, if it's not for me, then for the old lady, you should help me."
Cuiyu shook her head, "No, I won't help you. I won't disobey the old lady. She said not to provoke the people from Xiazhiyuan, so I won't go."
"I didn't ask you to provoke him," Aunt Lan Yu pulled her over, "Go find the Second Miss..."
Aunt Cuiyu heard this and shook her head violently, "No, Lanyu, I warn you, don't do that."
Lan Yu said angrily, "Well, if you don't want to help me, then go away. It doesn't matter whether we are sisters or not. But if you don't help me when I am being bullied like this, what's the point of being sisters?"
Cuiyu knew that she was obsessed with it, so she sighed and said, "I'll go see if the doctor is here."
Seeing that she still didn't help him after all he had said, Lan Yu couldn't help but get furious. He shouted at her back, "Cui Yu, my today is your tomorrow. Just wait and see. I won't care about you when the time comes."
Cuiyu's voice came from afar, "If such a day really comes, you should persuade me not to overestimate my own abilities, or go and get me a doctor."
Lan Yu was so angry that she smashed a teapot fiercely and said coldly: "If you don't help me, then I have no other choice?"
Zi'an and the eldest princess Zhuangzhuang got on the carriage. Zhuangzhuang said to the driver, "Let's go to Dingfenghao."
Zi'an asked, "Aren't we going to Zuiyue Tower?"
Zhuangzhuang said: "We have no evidence to prove that Xiaosun is really in Zuiyue Tower, and we can't force our way in to search. Once we search, we will only force the other party to kill to silence the witnesses, and Xiaosun will get into trouble."
Zi'an didn't expect that Zuiyuelou had such a big background. "What's the relationship between Zuiyuelou and Dingfenghao?"
"Zuiyuelou was opened by the second master of the Hu family of Dingfenghao. Many dignitaries in Beijing go there for entertainment. There is a force behind it. We can conduct a forced search, but Zuiyuelou has good security measures. When our large group of people went there, they were already prepared. We can't find Xiaosun because Zuiyuelou will not be convicted of forcing women of good quality into prostitution."
Zi'an finally understood. She looked at Murong Zhuangzhuang's face and asked softly, "Besides these, what other background does Zuiyue Tower have that would embarrass you?"
Murong Zhuangzhuang was silent for a moment, then said, "The eldest son of the second master of the Hu family married the younger sister of General Xiao's wife. The general's wife also has a share in this Zuiyue Tower."
"General Xiao?" Zi'an immediately understood. Xiao Tuo's elder brother was Xiao Xiao. "You mean, Xiao Xiao has shares in Zuiyue Tower?"
"She's his wife." Murong Zhuangzhuang said softly, with an indescribable complex expression on his face, "She used to be my maid."
"In that case, why don't we go directly to the general's wife?" After Zi'an asked, he immediately realized that he asked the wrong question, because Murong Zhuangzhuang's face suddenly turned ugly.
Zi'an had only gotten some fragmentary information before, and she had no idea what was going on between her and Xiao Xiao.
Murong Zhuangzhuang looked up at Zi'an, "Just like you won't go looking for Rou'er, I don't want to go looking for Qingqiu either. Moreover, if I go looking for her, she won't admit that Xiaosun is in Zuiyue Tower."
When Zi'an heard the name Rou'er again, his heart tightened. It seemed that this Rou'er might really be his love rival.
Qingqiu? The general's wife
"Who should we go to find now? The boss of Dingfeng? It's so late, and she hasn't returned home yet?"
Zhuangzhuang nodded, "She didn't go back so early. I've met her several times before. She should give me this favor."
"Well, I hope so." Zi'an knew that Dingfenghao was the richest man in Da Zhou, but he had never met their chairman.
If Xiaosun and Guiyuan hadn't gotten into trouble, she would have been looking forward to meeting the richest man in the Zhou Dynasty.
Arriving at Dingfenghao, Zhuangzhuang took out the token and said, "Take me to see your manager Hu."
When the Dingfeng's waiter saw that the visitor was the princess of the current dynasty, he was shocked and hurriedly took the two of them in.
Dingfenghao is a three-story building. It is not very high and is quite impressive. There is a mahogany counter at the front entrance with a scale on it and several large gold-painted characters reading "fairness and justice".
Manager Hu works on the top floor. When Zi'an went up to the top floor and saw several desks in the open office, he immediately felt the atmosphere of a modern office.
They haven't gotten off work yet so late, which really makes people feel that this is a black-hearted company that exploits its employees.
(End of this chapter)