Chapter 2024 Eliminating the Scum (2)

Yanran and Sister Juhua hit it off right away. After chatting for a while, they talked about everything like old friends who had known each other for more than ten years. When she heard Yanran said she wanted to find a job in a rouge shop, Sister Juhua readily agreed to open a rouge shop and let Yanran manage it.

Although Yanran was skilled in making spices and rouge, she had no money to open her own shop. If she went to work for an unfamiliar shop, she was a young girl who was so neat and pretty, so she was worried that she would meet a boss or clerk with bad intentions. Now Sister Juhua's words dispelled all her worries. She was immediately happy and grateful to Sister Juhua.

Seeing Sister Juhua taking such good care of her, I was relieved. The next morning, I said goodbye to Sister Juhua and her family and planned to go back to Tongzhou to deal with the matter of Princess Chaoqing.

Sister Juhua didn't try to keep me. She just smiled and said to me behind people's backs: "Sister is careless and I don't know if I can take good care of your Yanran. You'd better report to your family as soon as possible and marry her back quickly, so as to avoid any problems if she stays with me."

I was stunned for a moment, and then argued: "Sister misunderstood. I just felt sorry for Miss Yanran and helped her casually. I didn't have the intention to marry her."

"Really?"

Sister Juhua looked at me and smiled mischievously, saying: "Although sister is not a smart person, your eyes are on her. Even a blind person can see your thoughts. Why don't you dare to admit it!"

Did my eyes touch her?

Recalling my performance yesterday, I was embarrassed. It seemed... that was indeed the case!

But so far, I can't be sure of my thoughts. After all, choosing someone to spend the rest of your life with is not a trivial matter. I don't want to make a decision so easily. Besides, Yanran is still young. It's not too late to consider this issue in another year or two!

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When I got back to Tongzhou, it was already afternoon. I found a decent-looking restaurant to have dinner. I was going to visit the Dong family tonight to "greet". During dinner, I unexpectedly heard a shocking news.

Yesterday, Princess Chaoqing and her husband were thrown into jail by the prefect of Tongzhou. I heard that it was because Princess Chaoqing hired a killer to kill someone, and there were other cases involved.

This news has spread to everyone, and people on the street are talking about it.

I hurriedly called the waiter, gave him a tael of silver, and asked him about it. The waiter took the silver, thanked me profusely, and said with a beaming face: "Sir, this is absolutely true. My brother is working in the government office. They went to the Dong family in person yesterday morning."

Because of the tael of silver, the waiter told me in great detail, even some inside information that outsiders didn't know.

"I heard from my brother that our Majesty and the Empress were on a secret tour here. The night before yesterday, they met some thugs with their arms and legs chopped off on the way. After asking them carefully, I found out that Princess Chaoqing was crippled after hiring someone to kill someone. His Majesty was angry that Princess Chaoqing was lawless and killed people without authorization, so he went to the Tongzhou prefectural government office and gave the prefect a secret order to arrest Princess Chaoqing and her husband and send them to Beijing to be punished. They haven't set off yet and are still detained in the prison..."

It turned out that my sister and brother-in-law did it, which saved me a lot of trouble. Otherwise, I would have to kill people in the Dong family tonight...

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Beijing, Mu Mansion

After receiving Caiwei's letter and learning that Wen'er met a woman in Tongzhou and was very interested in her, Du Shijie was excited and spoke several degrees higher.