Wanjin Lady

Chapter 391: Aboveboard
He San and Chunming were packing up the shop. Upon hearing this, they looked up at the woman getting into the car and asked, "Miss Wen, your husband has been dead for a year, right?"

Chen Xiaochun inquired, "Does Shopkeeper Wen have a good relationship with his son-in-law?"

He San smiled and said, "How would I know?" He glanced at Chen Xiaochun meaningfully, thinking of the boy's enthusiasm when he saw Wen Wan just now, and warned him, "Don't have any bad thoughts! Miss Wen is very powerful. You know Lord Wei, right? He's her senior brother! Her two children call Lord Wei uncle!"

Chen Xiaochun thought of the young man last night who had a noble face but an imposing presence. He looked frightened, but smiled and said, "Master, what are you talking about? What is my status? What is Miss Wen's status? Don't say such words and tarnish Miss Wen's innocence."

He San smiled and said, "Don't worry, with your status, you can't tarnish Miss Wen's innocence!"

Chen Xiaochun didn't get angry, nor did he explain. He just nodded along with what he said, "That's right. That's right."

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Sun Lanzhi's letter of withdrawal from the engagement finally reached the hands of the elder lady before dark.

By this time, the moon was already high above the branches, and the hustle and bustle of the autumn night had subsided. The entire Yuan family was filled with peace and quiet. Mrs. Yuan, holding the letter of divorce, devoutly bowed several times to the golden statue of Bodhisattva in the shrine, her joy beyond words. She then ordered Meixiang to bring a few candlesticks and light them to make the room brighter.

The elder lady spread the letter of divorce under the light and read it word by word. A sense of relief settled in her heart, and her face was no longer worried. Her wrinkled face seemed to be ironed smooth, and every pore exuded a sense of relief. "What a pity."

Yan's mother came closer with a candlestick and asked her what she regretted.

The elder lady pointed at the letter of annulment and said, "Young Miss Sun has beautiful handwriting. One can tell at a glance that she is calm and well-educated. If it weren't for her father's incompetence..." She sighed again, "This would have been a rare marriage."

Yan Ma comforted her, "Good things take time. With such talent and knowledge, our Fourth Master shouldn't have any trouble finding a good marriage. Once he passes the imperial examination, he could become the daughter of a magistrate, or even the son-in-law of a prime minister!"

The elder lady was amused by the old sister's clever words and grinned. "If you lose something in one place, you will gain something in another...it's not meant to be, so you can't force it." The elder lady handed the marriage plan to Yan Ma, asking her to keep it safe. Yan Ma hesitated and asked, "Aren't you going to tell the Fourth Master about this?"

Cheng Yunzhang still didn't know that the Sun family had broken off the engagement.

I had finally managed to persuade the Fourth Master to agree to this marriage. If it were based on his temper, he would not agree to cancel the engagement at this juncture.

"No need. It's a good thing for young people to value friendship, but they must not be blinded by friendship." The elder lady's already yellow face was hidden in the light, and even the light gave off the aura of death.

"Telling him would only add to his troubles. Marriage is a matter of matchmaker's words and parents' decisions. He has no say in it!"

Yan Ma also nodded, "Fourth Master is too loyal!"

However, after Cheng Yunzhang and Sun Lanzhi broke off their engagement, would Cheng Yunzhang rekindle his old feelings for Wen Wan?

"How's Chen Xiaochun doing?"

Aunt Yan said, "A message came today saying he's already entered the Wen residence. Although Miss Wen has made him a coachman, at least he's close to Wen Wan. He told us not to worry, saying it will last forever—" "This matter can't be delayed!" Because of Sun Lanzhi's annulment of the engagement, Old Madam Yuan has lost patience. As the saying goes, flies don't land on eggs without cracks; what if the two are secretly having an affair behind her back—

"Add more firewood when necessary!"

The two old sisters were whispering to each other when Meixiang came in, lifting the curtain. She said that the third wife, Jia, had returned home today and had asked a high monk for a blessed amulet to bring to her. The elder lady was in a good mood, and her sarcasm was softer than usual. "Look, she doesn't come to the temple for no reason. I'm afraid she's here to complain about the third sister again."

Yan Ma smiled and said, "Third Master's family situation is complicated, and Third Madam came at night, so it must be something important."

Yan Ma carried the old lady's feet to the ground and quickly put on her shoes and socks. Then she heard the old lady muttering, "What's the big deal? They're just ghosts collecting debts!"

Jia was indeed looking for her for something. When she returned to the city today, she suddenly saw more than a dozen dried and dehydrated corpses hanging on the city wall. After asking around, she learned that the Japanese had attacked the city last night.

Jia was terrified. On her way, she saw soldiers running around in the city arresting people. She drove home in a hurry, but the maids were talking about "The True and False Daughter". After asking carefully, she learned that Wenwan's Red Mansion had opened with unprecedented grandeur. Now most of the ladies in the city were locked up in the Red Mansion by her. It was said that a cup of milk tea cost nearly two hundred coins, but the Red Mansion was always full every day!

"Big sister!" Hearing the tone of her voice, Jia Shi even complained to the elder lady, "You are so well-informed, how come you don't know that the Red House's Ruiguo Puree is about to surpass our Changchun French wine! If this continues, the people of Bozhou will probably only know about the Wen family's wine and not the Cheng family's wine!"

Madam Yuan knew that Jia had come to visit for some reason. Since she was in a good mood after receiving the marriage certificate, she did not bother with her. "You are just impatient. You just want to find fault with Wen Wan. Why do you drag my Cheng family into this?"

"Sister, you can clearly distinguish between the Cheng and Yuan families now. I don't know who said that the Yuan and Cheng families are connected by bones, and anyone who tries to sow discord between them will be a sinner for both families!"

This is so frustrating!

If it were any other day, how could Jia dare to speak to the elder lady like this?
The old lady knew that Jia had been upset and her temper had become even more twisted than before after her visit to the Buddha. She felt sorry for her son's death and was afraid that Cheng Yunzhang would become interested in Wen Wan again if she broke off the engagement, so she also considered sending Wen Wan away.

But... Wen Wan is easy to deal with, but how could Wei Zheng, who is behind Wen Wan, be a pushover?
Look at how Wei Zheng protected people at Yuanqi’s funeral hall that day... I’m afraid that Wei Zheng, like Cheng Yunzhang, has already been completely bewitched by Wen Wan!
This woman's foxy skills are truly amazing! Harming Cheng Yunzhang wasn't enough, she also wanted to harm Lord Wei!
This is a tricky matter!
Madam Yuan Lao thought about the letter of withdrawal of engagement, and her heart instantly calmed down. She slowly raised her lips and said, "You do have a point, but Wen Wan has the support of Lord Wei behind her, so she's not easy to deal with."

"Lord Wei is not unreasonable! Wen Wan is her junior sister, and Xiu Wen is his junior brother! A widow with a child and an assistant who is about to enter the court, which is more important? Wouldn't he secretly weigh it?"

Jia stayed in the temple for a month. During this month, she practiced fasting, farmed, copied scriptures, meditated, walked in the woods, and followed the master to recite scriptures for the salvation of souls, just to pray that Yuanqi would be born into a good family in his next life.

However, his temperament became more left-leaning.

"So how do you want to deal with it?"

"If underhanded tactics don't work, then I'll just win her fair and square. She knows how to do business, so why can't I?"

There is no way the Jia family would do any business!
But she was so confident in her words, it was obvious that she had done her homework!