He did change places, but to the place closest to her.
Chu Yunli walked upstairs, and the man kept watching her move. After reaching the third floor, a waiter came forward and said, "Girl, do you want to eat?"
The underlying meaning is to ask if you want a room?
"Drink tea." Chu Yunli said casually.
The clerk led her towards the man with a smile. It was such a coincidence that there was a door just a few steps away. The clerk pushed the door open, stretched out his hand and said, "Girl, please come in."
Chu Yunli walked in, sat down, and said with a smile, "I want a new pot of tea and some snacks."
The waiter leaned back and walked out.
Ziyou on the side was a little confused, "Girl, we..."
There was a knock on the door. Ziyou was about to go over. Chu Yunli had already stood up and went to open the door. As expected, it was him standing at the door.
Chu Yunli could barely suppress the smile on her lips. She barely held it back and asked seriously, "Is there something wrong, Master?"
"There is indeed something going on." He looked serious, "Can you come in and talk?"
Chu Yunli turned sideways, let him in, and then closed the door.
The master invited a man to a girl's house and closed the door. Ziyou was dumbfounded and felt something was wrong. She quietly pulled Chu Yunli's sleeve and glanced at the door suggestively.
"May I ask your girl's name? How many people are in your family? Are you getting married?" The man stood in front of him, a head taller than Chu Yunli.
With such directness, Ziyou's complexion changed slightly, "Master, what do you mean..."
He had a matter-of-fact expression on his face, "I'm here to ask for your hand in marriage." If you ignored the nervously clenched hands on his side, Chu Yunli would have really thought that this was a wealthy young man trying to rob someone by force.
Ziyou choked on a series of questions.
"Where can someone come to ask for marriage the first time we meet?" Chu Yunli stretched out her hand to pour tea, "May I ask your surname, sir, and how many people in your family are likely to get married?"
Shao An's ears turned red, and his face was serious, "My surname is Shao, and there are...well, ten people in my family, none of whom are married yet."
On the carriage back, Chu Yunli closed her eyes and fell asleep, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised. Shao An originally wanted to send her back, but she refused. Shao An, who was born in a county prince's palace, how could it be so easy to marry a wife?
For example, when he was the crown prince of Dingguo, everyone in his family agreed to the marriage, and it would take at least nearly a year for three matchmakers and six betrothals to start.
Ziyou was puzzled, "Girl, is that man today really the son of the prince's family?"
Chu Yunli smiled and said, "He said yes, so that should be it."
Ziyou moved her mouth, wanting to say that there were many liars in the world, but she also felt that it was not good for her to point out her master like this, so she tentatively said, "The young master from the prince's family is proposing marriage. I am afraid that this woman's family background and appearance are indispensable."
Chu Yunli looked at her worried face and said, "It's okay."
When she returned to Zheng's house, it was already getting late. As soon as she got off the carriage, Mrs. Lin came out to welcome her, "Yanlan, was it fun to go out today?"
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly, "It's funny, that girl Zhang kept asking me about my cousin, and repeatedly asked if we had decided to get married. Then I went to see a girl Wu, and she also said that my cousin was going to be imprisoned.
I'm here to catch my son-in-law, someone has already taken a fancy to my cousin."
When Mrs. Lin heard the last sentence, she couldn't help but smile. When she met Chu Yunli's clear eyes, she hurriedly said, "Yan Ming's fiancée is you. Even if someone wants to get married, it's already too late."
Already."
"Oh?" Chu Yunli said with a smile, "What my aunt said is true, but I am already sixteen this year, but our family has not hired a matchmaker yet..."
"You kid." Mrs. Lin looked at her disapprovingly, "Wait until Yan Ming is listed on the list, and then let the matchmaker come to your door. Then you will be proud of yourself."
Chu Yunli refused to give in, "If my cousin succeeds, we might have been captured before he comes back."
"That won't happen." Lin said with a firm tone, "Hurry up and come in. I have something to discuss with you."
Without any explanation, he pulled her through the door and went directly to Sun Yanlan's small courtyard to sit down in the main room. "Yanlan, it's really difficult for my aunt here. Your uncle owed money to someone outside, and he also imprisoned a
The hand, the most important thing is not this hand. Anyway, he is ineffective, so just chop it off. But if this matter gets out, to your cousin... Look, our family has been vegetarian for your cousin, and the whole family has not even had clothes for half a year.
Buying a new one and paying so much is for his reputation. If it is ruined by your uncle, our efforts will be useless. The most important thing is that your cousin will lose his reputation. That will be the end."
It's over, it's none of my business!
But she couldn't say that, so Chu Yunli asked, "What does aunt want?"
Mrs. Lin looked at her and said seriously, "Lend me your eighty thousand taels of silver."
Eighty thousand?
In her previous life, Sun Yanlan lost more than a hundred thousand taels for the first time. Among them... She wanted to reject it outright, but now she suddenly changed her mind. She got up and went to the house to look through the box where she originally kept the banknotes. The box was indeed
Has been turned over.
She found the box and opened it. She originally put more than a hundred taels of large and small silver ingots in it. Her original intention was that when Mrs. Lin asked Mrs. Yan to come, she would deal with the people on the pretext of stealing the silver. Now she took it over and opened it.
Less than half. The fake thief I thought turned into a real thief.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yan did not steal under Mrs. Lin’s order, but she was a thief herself. Sun Yanlan kept a big rat like Mrs. Lin and a little one like Mrs. Yan. Five hundred thousand taels of silver was enough for them to steal for a while.
Time, but five hundred thousand taels of silver notes... No wonder she soon ran out of money around her.
She opened it calmly in front of Mrs. Lin, then frowned, "I put all my banknotes in here. Not only are the banknotes gone, but now there is less money."
Mrs. Lin looked surprised, "How could that happen?"
Chu Yunli sighed, "Besides, my box has been rummaged through. There is a thief in the house!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Lin looked embarrassed and asked again, "Are you sure you don't have enough money?"
"It's missing." Chu Yunli spread his hands, "I remember it was more than one hundred and thirty taels of silver, which is quite heavy. Now I don't have even one hundred taels."
Mrs. Lin became angry at that time, "Go and tie Mrs. Yan to me!"
The old woman who was guarding the door saw her getting angry and quickly turned around. Soon, Mrs. Yan was twisted and brought in front of the two of them.
Ms. Lin was extremely angry and asked, "Did you steal the banknote?" Actually, what she wanted to ask was whether Mrs. Yan stole the banknote and fell in love with her.
She had no suspicion that Chu Yunli was lying. She had watched this child grow up and would not lie. It was normal that she didn't look anxious. She didn't care much about the money itself.
Sun Yanlan didn't care, she did, that was five hundred thousand taels! It was all thanks to this money that the whole family was able to turn over.
Mrs. Yan was a little flustered, "I came here because of your advice..."
"Nonsense," Mrs. Lin interrupted her, "Did you steal the banknote?" Her tone focused on the word "banknote".
Mrs. Yan came to her senses and said hurriedly, "There are no banknotes, only silver."
Chu Yunli frowned, "You are the one who went through my box? Didn't I already ask you to leave this yard?"
Today she was picked up by Zhang Mingmei. In case the two women didn't send her back, she asked Zi Ran, who was following behind, to bring the carriage into the city, so there were very few people in the yard. The one who cleaned the yard was Lin's
It was crowded, which meant that no one was watching. When she went there, she guessed that Mrs. Yan would come in and look through the box, and her original plan was to deal with her today.
Mrs. Yan lowered her head and said nothing. Mrs. Lin frowned, not letting her continue to ask why Mrs. Yan came to search, so she changed the subject and asked, "The most important thing now is, where did the banknote go?"
Chu Yunli shook his head, "I put it in here before. Only the wet nurse and I know about it."
"I really didn't see the banknote." Mrs. Yan assured her again and again, almost wanting to swear.
Chu Yunli sneered, "There was a thief at home? They say it's hard to guard against a thief. I think you are the big thief." She looked at Mrs. Lin, "Auntie, why don't we interrogate you?"
When she couldn't find the banknote, Mrs. Lin was extremely panicked. She really didn't have enough money for the 80,000 taels at home. She immediately nodded and asked someone to move the spring stool, and someone else went to get the pole for carrying water.
Mrs. Yan noticed Mrs. Lin's sinister gaze and kowtowed hurriedly, "Madam, I really didn't take it! You believe me!" She looked at the Ziyou sisters beside Chu Yunli, as if she had found a savior, "It's their sisters.
Two! They are the ones serving the girl personally now."
Sister Ziyou hurriedly knelt down, "I don't know where the girl hid things, let alone stealing things. I beg the girl to investigate thoroughly and return my innocence."
Chu Yunli waved her hand, motioning for her to get up, and looked at Mrs. Yan on the ground, "They have just been here two days, and I haven't even looked at the box since they came. They can't find it. Only you and I know the place, not you.
Who is it? Besides, if you took the silver, you are a thief, shouldn’t you be beaten?”
The spring stool was brought in, and the two women pulled Mrs. Yan to lie down on it, and started beating her. Seeing that Mrs. Lin's face was frighteningly serious, the woman who beat her did not dare to neglect, and knocked down the pole hard, and Mrs. Yan immediately
A scream. He shouted, "Madam, I really didn't see this. I only listened to you..."
Mrs. Lin hurriedly said, "Cover her mouth, it's too unpleasant to scream." The old woman over there covered her, and Mrs. Yan could only make a whimpering sound of pain.
Mrs. Lin breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Chu Yunli, "Yanlan, aunt wants to confess something to you. Not long after you left today, debt collectors came to the door. They said that if they can't get the money, they will not only
Your uncle wanted to spread the word about this matter with only one hand... My aunt really had no choice, so Mrs. Yan came in to look for her, but she went back and said she couldn't find it..." Her voice became lower and lower, tears streaming down her face, "
You don’t blame your aunt, do you?”
Again, if the original Sun Yanlan heard this, even if she was a little annoyed, after seeing Lin's tears, she would be reluctant to criticize her harshly. Besides, Sun Yanlan didn't know people outside, and she didn't have the ability to survive on her own.
Ability, so what if I don’t understand?
Of course, if Mrs. Yan had called her out just now, the matter would have been out of control. Mrs. Lin was also aware of her temper, so she took the initiative to confess.
Chu Yunli didn't look at Mrs. Lin and said coldly, "The most important thing now is to find the banknote."
He looked angry at first glance.
Ms. Lin was a little panicked and ordered her mother-in-law, "Hit me hard."
Mrs. Yan's mouth was covered and she whimpered. She looked at Mrs. Lin with tears in her eyes and saw that her eyes were heavy. Then she looked at Chu Yunli, her face was cold and there was no sympathy at all. After more than ten times, she felt that her whole body was filled with tears.
The lower body is no longer hers. She knew that servants who had been beaten like this before would become paralyzed if they were beaten too much and too hard!
If she continued like this, even if her innocence was found out, she was afraid that she would be beaten to paralysis. She desperately pulled away the hand covering her mouth and shouted, "Madam, do you want to kill people and silence them? My husband was dying back then.
forward……"
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