Shengjing Noble

Chapter 146 Taking advantage of the situation

Cuizhu was too lazy to talk to her anymore. She turned around, gave Nanny Jiang a look, and left.

Nanny Jiang understood what she meant and picked up the broom at the wall and threw it at Wenli.

"Hurry up and get to work! If you dare to cheat or try to be cunning, I'll beat up your little face!"

Wenli had never been so insulted before. She wanted to refute but didn't dare to, for fear that Su Lanyin would find out and become suspicious of her or kick her out.

So he gritted his teeth, picked up the broom and went to work.

……

late at night.

Su Lanyin was sitting at her desk, flipping through the account book by candlelight, when she heard Cuizhu walk in.

"Girl, that little bitch really crawled out of the dog hole in the backyard!"

Su Lanyin was not surprised. While checking the accounts, she asked casually, "Did you send someone to follow?"

"Amo is following."

"Ah."

Cuizhu brought a cup of hot tea and placed it on the table, and asked in a low voice: "Miss, you sent someone to dig a dog hole in the weeds in the backyard, and asked me to arrange Wenli to weed, just to let her find the hole, right?"

"Of course, our house is heavily guarded. She can't even get out of the back door, let alone the front door. How can she communicate with them? I will naturally give her a chance."

"This bastard really won't change his bad habits!"

"If she changes, how can we know what's going on over there?"

"Young lady, this trick of turning the tables is really brilliant! You deliberately let the wolf into the house, and then followed her to find out the news about her and the Su family!"

"When A'mo comes back, we'll know what the Su family is planning to do."

……

Half an hour later.

A'mo stood outside the door in his nightgown.

"Girl, the slave is back."

Cuizhu opened the door: "Come in and talk."

"Yes!"

A'Mo walked in and didn't dare to look up. He lowered his head and knelt on one knee in front of the table.

"Tell me what you heard."

"I followed Wenli all the way to the Su family, and I actually saw Liu Ruyan!"

Cuizhu was shocked: "Didn't Liu Ruyan get arrested?"

Su Lanyin smiled calmly: "I'm afraid she was let out as soon as she went in."

"Why? She hired someone to kill someone!"

"Isn't the person still alive?"

"This……"

"Don't forget, she is the daughter of the Marquis. Even if she is born out of wedlock, if she is charged with a crime, it will naturally affect the reputation of the Marquis's Mansion, so the old Marquis will not ignore it."

"How abominable!" Cuizhu clenched her fists, looking indignant.

"I knew that I couldn't bring down Liu Ruyan now, unless I had a chance to bring down the Marquisate behind her." Su Lanyin sighed and then asked, "Amo, go on, what does Liu Ruyan want to do?"

Ah Mo lowered his head and answered, "Liu Ruyan gave Wenli a packet of medicine, saying it was a chronic poison, and asked her to find a chance to put it in the food of the young lady and the lady."

"Slow poison?"

Su Lanyin frowned, and the pen in her hand was broken in half in an instant.

"How despicable! This vicious woman must die a horrible death!" Cuizhu stamped her feet in anger, wishing she could go to the Su family and tear Liu Ruyan apart with her own hands.

A'Mo said: "Not only that, they also mentioned Song Rui."

"Oh? What did they say?" Su Lanyin was a little curious.

"Now that the girl has left the Su family, she naturally has nothing to do with the Song family's engagement. However, Liu Ruyan doesn't want Su Lanxin to marry someone of lower status, so she plans to spread rumors and use gossip to force the girl to marry Song Rui."

Cuizhu was really furious now: "I have never seen such a shameless person! Tomorrow morning I will go to patrol the streets to see who dares to say a word about me. If I catch them, I will tear their mouths apart!"

She looked so aggressive that Su Lanyin laughed.

"Okay, Cuizhu, stop making trouble."

"How can the girl still laugh?"

"Not only can I laugh, I can also add some fuel to her fire."

"What do you mean?" Cuizhu was puzzled.

Su Lanyin's face turned serious, and she ordered, "Cuizhu, prepare the invitation for the flower viewing party, send it to the Su family tomorrow, and personally hand it over to Song Rui!"

"Ah! Yes, I obey your command." Cuizhu didn't understand, but seeing that her young lady was so serious, she immediately bowed.

Su Lanyin continued, "Amo, spread the news tomorrow, saying that Song Rui may have guessed the exam questions correctly and is the student with the best chance of getting into the top three this year! Also, take generous gifts to find some of Shengjing's most famous old scholars and ask them to add some substance to the rumor to make it sound more real."

"Yes!" A'mo nodded.

……

The next day, before noon, the scandal between Su Lanyin and Song Rui had spread throughout the streets and alleys of Shengjing.

At the same time, elders from major literary circles showed up at Wanjinlou and publicly revealed that Song Rui had guessed the exam questions in a certain restaurant and was the student most likely to become the top scorer this year.

Not only that, many wealthy businessmen at the foot of Shengjing Mountain also began to look for matchmakers for help, planning to propose to Song Rui and marry their daughters to him as soon as the imperial examination was over.

If they can marry the number one scholar, then for the rest of their lives, they will no longer be the lowest class merchants, and the whole family will rise to prominence in the near future!

However, the most lively family is still the Su family.

Liu Ruyan almost fainted when she heard the news. After she recovered, she quickly ordered the servants, "Go quickly and tell those who spread the rumors to shut up and stop talking!"

Her daughter's reputation was ruined and she was worried about not being able to find a good marriage, so why should she send the potential top scholar to Su Lanyin?

Fortunately, it's not too late!

Just as he was thinking about it, the servant outside the door came to report.

"Madam, Miss Cuizhu is here."

Liu Ruyan frowned and became nervous: "What is she doing here?"

"He said he was coming to deliver the invitations."

"Invitation? Let her come in to see me."

"Yes."

The servant turned and left, and Cuizhu came in soon.

She bowed, and then without hiding anything, she took out the invitation and explained her purpose.

"The Lu family will be holding a flower-viewing banquet in three days after moving to a new house. My daughter has specially sent a servant to deliver the invitation to Mr. Song. Please wait for him to take the imperial examination and return to give it to him."

Liu Ruyan narrowed her eyes and said, "Bring it here."

"Yes." The nanny next to her went down to take the invitation and handed it to her.

When I opened it, I saw a peach blossom inside, with an elegant fragrance. The handwriting on the paper was also extremely beautiful, and it was obvious that it was written by Su Lanyin herself.

Liu Ruyan sneered, "She's really attentive. Is she so impatient?"

Cuizhu blinked, pretending not to understand what she meant, and asked, "Madam, what do you mean?"

Liu Ruyan threw the invitation on the table beside her, saying with disdain: "It's meaningless. I'll accept the invitation. I'll pass it on to him when he comes back. Su Lanyin can rest assured."

"Yes, thank you Madam. I will take my leave now."

After saying that, Cuizhu smiled and turned away.

Watching the figure disappear at the door, Liu Ruyan was so angry that she threw the teacup beside her out.

The porcelain was broken all over the floor, but she still felt unsatisfied.

"Damn you bitch! How dare you send a maid to disgust me! You want to seduce Song Rui and snatch my daughter's marriage? You're dreaming!"