"No, there was still so restraint, but the commotion at that ti was quite significant. My sisters, even while still in their boudoirs, heard everything in great detail."
Manbao excitedly asked, "So, did the divorce go through?"
Yin Huo shook his head, "His Majesty acted as a diator, inviting State Duke Su and State Duke Chen to the palace to have a heart-to-heart. The two families reconciled. State Duke Chen took his heir to apologize at State Duke Su’s residence, and they even brought the heir’s wife back. Now their child is twelve years old, and in two or three years, he will be entering the Imperial Academy as our junior."
Upon hearing this, Manbao looked disappointed, and Fu Wenhua was sowhat let down as well.
Seeing their reaction, Yin Huo couldn’t help but laugh and asked him, "Do you want your sister to get a divorce?"
After contemplating, Fu Wenhua shook his head, "A divorce might not be a good thing for my sister."
Manbao said, "The Second Miss has always been decisive. We should consult her on this matter. Have you asked her if she wants you to rescue her?"
Fu Wenhua blinked.
Manbao said, "Go and ask her. If she agrees, we have people ready to assist at any ti."
", go see her?"
Manbao glanced at the ti, stood up, and said, "Never mind, I’ll go. I’ll also check on her health while I’m there. I wonder if the Yue Family made things difficult for her yesterday?"
Bai Shan stood up, "I’ll go with you."
Bai Erlang showed his disdain, "You already accompanied her to the prison this morning, and you can’t even treat illnesses. Can’t you let her go alone?"
Bai Shan said indifferently, "I cannot."
Bai Erlang: ...
Only then did Bai Shan turn to Fu Wenhua and say, "We’ll go check on her. If the Second Miss agrees, you can start taking action once we’re out."
Fu Wenhua was restless, "So soon? I still don’t know if Steward Xu has rented the house."
Bai Shan said, "The sooner the better for such matters. We want to take them by surprise. I believe that with the ability of your family’s steward, he is definitely capable of renting the house today."
Knowing that they have offended the Prince of Yizhou and the Empress Dowager yet still daring to let Fu Wenhua co to them indicates that the steward is either incredibly bold or truly courageous.
Considering his response at the Yue Family yesterday, he’s clearly not the forr, which ans he’s the latter.
Securing a residence is trivial; the go-betweens have already made recomndations. The Fu Family isn’t planning to live there for a year or more, just a rental for a month. There’s no need to be too picky.
It’s a short-term lease. If it were him, he would have settled it in half a day – what’s so difficult about that?
Yin Huo’s eyes twinkled as he smiled and said, "The people aren’t hard to find. If you decide to go through with it, I can imdiately have Changshou go back and call them."
Because he was frail and his sisters were domineering, their household had no shortage of capable guards and won.
Otherwise, his sisters wouldn’t be regularly involved in stopping carriages and causing scenes.
Upon hearing this, Bai Erlang imdiately leaped up and said, "Then I will go with you."
Bai Dalang hesitated, wanting to go but not quite daring to do so. He stole a glance at the rear courtyard and whispered, "If the teacher finds out..."
Bai Shan said, "That’s why you’ll wait for Manbao and to co out before you go in. Erlang, you need to keep your distance too. Don’t show your face easily, you understand?"
Bai Dalang whispered back, "Then I’ll go with you. It’s perfect; I want to check out if there are any new books at the bookstore."
The senior sister and her two brothers then contemptuously looked at Bai Dalang. The Yue Family is in the outer city, and they have bookstores in the inner city, don’t they?
So, the group hastened along and took three carriages to the Yue Family. When they reached the alley entrance, Bai Erlang, Bai Dalang, Fu Wenhua, and Yin Huo crowded into one carriage, while only Manbao and Bai Shan rode in Daji’s carriage inside.
The servants at the Yue residence had a tight look on their faces. They were reluctant to receive Manbao but didn’t dare to refuse, so they let them in.
This ti, not even Old Madam Yue showed her face, let alone Yue Dalang.
It was unclear if it was due to his injuries, or because he had lost face in front of Bai Shanzhou and Zhou Man yesterday, making it hard for him to show his face.
Bai Shan arrived at the backyard together with Manbao. It was not appropriate for him to enter the room, and he was too lazy to go to the front hall, so he simply sat on a stone bench in the courtyard and waited.
Nanny Fu apologetically served him so fine tea.
After Manbao took Fu Wenyun’s pulse and began the acupuncture treatnt, she, lying on the pillow, said: "I thought you were not going to co today."
After all, the Yue family had lost face in front of her just yesterday, and given her intelligence, she was likely to give the Yue family a day’s ti to recover, especially since her illness was not urgent.
Knowing that she wouldn’t be kept in the dark about yesterday’s events, Manbao looked around the room with a smile, making sure Nanny Fu wasn’t there, and then whispered, "I’m here on behalf of your brother to ask you sothing."
"What is it?"
"He wants to rescue you; are you willing to go out?"
Fu Wenyun smiled, "He could never co up with such an idea. If it wasn’t your doing, then it must have been thought up by Steward Xu."
"Your steward thought of it, and he’s quite capable."
Fu Wenyun spoke softly, "Steward Xu used to be father’s pupil; he grew up studying with my father, and most of the household affairs are managed by him. Even mother relies on him a lot."
She continued, "Initially, our Fu Family was just a local gentry with so wealth. Father’s studies were very expensive, and a considerable amount of money was also spent when seeking official positions. When I was born, we were sowhat hard-pressed for money. Mother didn’t need to do the laundering herself, but she had to manage the purchasing and kitchen matters."
"But by the ti I was five or six years old, we were no longer short of servants. Just relying on father’s official salary was not enough. As you know, my father, though fond of small gains, is not corrupt; the family’s wealth is earned through managent, largely overseen by Steward Xu, so naturally he is quite impressive."
Manbao asked, "So will you listen to him?"
Fu Wenyun then lifted her eyes to look at Manbao and smiled faintly, "In our ho, Steward Xu can act on behalf of my father for half of the authority. Since it represents my father’s will, as his daughter, I naturally obey my parents’ wishes."
Hearing this, Manbao understood imdiately and couldn’t help but wink at her with a playful tone, "Sister, rest assured; Fu Wenhua definitely won’t make things difficult for you."
Fu Wenyun smiled slightly and lowered her voice, "Rember to bring the child along."
"Certainly." Manbao thought for a mont and asked, "Do you want to take your dowry with you?"
Fu Wenyun shook her head and said with a smile, "I’m only going out to have my confinent; I’m not leaving for good. Why would I bring my dowry?"
She said aningfully, "Not taking it with is the best."
Manbao felt the sa.
After chatting with Fu Wenyun for a while, Manbao then said, "You should rest. The needle must stay in for a quarter of an hour. I’ll remove it myself when it’s ti."
Fu Wenyun’s eyelids grew heavy, and she gradually fell asleep.
anwhile, while Bai Shan was seeing the doctor, Fu Wenhua, under Yin Huo’s guidance, had already tasked Feng Shu to find Steward Xu.
With the capital being so expansive, where could they possibly find him?
Feng Shu instinctively went back to the inn where they were staying, and just happened to encounter Steward Xu returning. The two sides t, and Steward Xu, realizing how swiftly the young master had acted, quickly took Feng Shu to find the young master.
Feng Shu inquired, "Steward Xu, did the young master do the right thing or the wrong thing?"
"If he can rescue the Second Miss without a hitch, he’s done right; otherwise, do I still need to teach you that? Where did the young master find people for this? They’re not just so coolies picked randomly from the street, are they?"
"No, they are servants borrowed by Young Master Bai from his classmates," Feng Shu said. "They are currently waiting outside the son-in-law’s alley."
Now curious, Steward Xu asked, "Who is that person? Does he have many servants in the capital?"
"Quite a few, I suppose. The young master’s father is said to be a marquis, also a high-ranking official known as the tropolitan Governor."
Steward Xu: ...
He couldn’t help but slap Feng Shu’s head, "I tell you to read more books on normal days, but you just never listen, only fooling around with the young master."
"Ouch, Steward Xu—no, Uncle, don’t hit ! I’m driving the carriage right now; it’s going to overturn if you do that."
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