Chapter 81 Leaving the House
Chapter 81 Leaving the House
The next day, before dawn, the main door of the Shen family was already opened.
Shen Qingyu wore a light blue silk dress embroidered with cloud patterns, a smoky silver-patterned long coat on the outside, and a silver tassel sachet hanging around her waist. Her outfit was simple, yet she had the grace and demeanor of a young lady from an aristocratic family.
She walked step by step towards the main gate of the Shen family, with servants standing respectfully with their heads bowed on both sides.
Shen Qingyu took a deep breath and listened attentively. At that moment, there was no other sound except her footsteps.
Everything was eerily quiet.
No one came to see her off, and no one cared about her life or death.
She accepted this tough job that even Shen Xitong tried to avoid. Behind the Shen family's back, countless people laughed at her for being stupid and daring to take the lead when she knew nothing. If anything happened in the future, no one would help or save her.
But Shen Qingyu had worked hard to get such an opportunity, and she was finally able to get out of this mansion.
She would not allow herself to be bullied by others, struggling from one house to another, and finally end up with a miserable death.
She wanted to make those people spit out everything they had squeezed out of her, and she wanted to take away everything they wanted and make herself glorious.
"Second miss."
Shen Qingyu glanced over indifferently, looking at these servants inch by inch.
She remembered that in the plot, after Shen Qingyu got married, she wanted to go back to her parents' home, but was made difficult by Shen Xitong, who was waiting to be married. As the eldest daughter of the Shen family, she could not go out through the main gate of the Shen family and could only go through the small corner gate.
Because of this matter, Shen Qingyu made a scene at the Shen family and was regarded as bullying Shen Xitong. Then she was severely punished by Shen Chuanhe, and Master Nanrong felt sorry for Shen Xitong's situation at home.
"Second Miss, the luggage has been loaded onto the carriage, we can go now." Xiangyun came over and reported.
Shen Qingyu responded and looked up. There were five gorgeous canopied carriages parked in front of the mansion. The bodies of the carriages were painted green and decorated with gold. Although they were not as luxurious as the carriage that Shen Chuanhe usually rode in, they definitely demonstrated the wealth of the Shen family. Its momentum far exceeded the pomp of the travel of ordinary women from aristocratic families.
The people accompanying him were all selected by Shen Qingyu himself, including maids, servants, old women, as well as servants and guards, a total of about twenty people.
The Shen family of Jinling Prefecture has accumulated wealth through several generations of business. Although they cannot compare with the century-old prestigious families with profound heritage such as the Nanrong family, they still have some status in Jinling Prefecture.
When the pedestrians on the street saw the Shen family's carriage, they all avoided it. This time she was following the orders of Shen Chuanhe, so the scale of the trip was reasonable.
However, it seemed absurd to ask her, a girl who had not yet reached the age of marriage, to investigate such a matter as the necrosis of tea seedlings. But Shen Chuanhe's two sons were both young, and there was no one to take over Shen Chuanhe's illness.
Shen Ruyan was watching covetously from the side, and the other brothers had all fallen out with him when they were fighting for the family property. Each of them had ulterior motives and wished that Shen Chuanhe's lineage would be extremely unlucky so that they could take the opportunity to seize power.
Shen Chuanhe really had no other choice but to ask Shen Qingyu to go and calm the people's hearts. As for whether this matter could be accomplished, Shen Chuanhe was not sure and had no hope in Shen Qingyu.
The Shen family has already suffered a loss on the new tea, but the Shen family's face must always be preserved.
The production areas of Longjing tea are generally on Lingshan Mountain and Taohuaxi Mountain. Four years ago, Shen Chuanhe planted the new tea in the tea house on Yuntai Mountain. That is the foundation of the Shen family. When the ancestors of the Shen family just started to make a fortune, it was in this place.
"Second Miss, don't you want to enjoy the bamboo scenery? The bamboo forest on Yuntai Mountain should not be far from our villa."
Xiangyu still remembered that Shen Qingyu had mentioned to her one day that there was a place in Jinling Mansion with the most beautiful bamboo scenery and wanted to enjoy it. At that time, she thought the Second Miss was joking. As the eldest daughter of the Shen family, how could she casually leave the mansion to go to the mountain to enjoy the scenery? Unexpectedly, not long after, what she said at the time actually came true one by one.
Xiangyun was shocked and became more and more convinced of what Shen Qingyu said.
"Oh?"
Shen Qingyu got a pleasant surprise. The Shen family and Nan Rongyan really have a deep connection. Some things really come without any effort.
The villa that Xiangyu mentioned is exactly in the tea house. The tea house and tea garden in Yuntaishan are important industries of the Shen family, so it is not a big deal for the head of the Shen family to have a villa in Yuntaishan.
But when it came to Shen Chuanhe's generation, people seldom went there. After all, Shen Chuanhe only loved money and didn't know anything about tea growing, let alone pay attention to it. Therefore, he didn't live in this villa very often. Now, the villa of Yuntaishan Tea House has gradually become idle.
"Second Miss, I also heard that Mr. Jiang, the current manager of the villa, is very arrogant. He usually ignores the master when he comes. So what should we do if we go there?"
Xiang He often interacted with the servants. After knowing that his second young lady was going to Yuntaishan Tea House, he thought that he would go with her too, so he asked among the servants and learned a lot about Yuntaishan Tea House.
Xiang He was very worried. Their second young lady was only fourteen years old this year. When Old Jiang saw the second young lady, he would definitely not take her seriously and might even drive them away directly.
Shen Qingyu was holding a book about tea in his hand, flipping through the pages. Hearing Xiang He's worried words, he smiled faintly, "Since we are here, let's make the best of it."
She already had an uncertain future, so why should she be afraid of these things?
Besides, she came to Yuntaishan Tea House for another reason. If Shen Chuanhe and Shen Xitong knew that she came to meet a man, they would probably be so angry that they would die.
Shen Qingyu couldn't help laughing when he thought about it after extorting five thousand taels of silver from Shen Chuanhe and not using any of it for real business. Shen Chuanhe, just wait for me to bring your favorite son-in-law back to you. It's just that the future eldest son-in-law of the Shen family has become the second son-in-law, and that's none of my business.
The carriage passed through the most prosperous street in Jinling Prefecture. When crossing the bridge, the carriage suddenly shook and trembled, as if it had been hit.
"What's going on?" Xiangyun asked as she lifted the car curtain.
The servant driving the car replied, "Just now it was the sedan chair from the Qi prefect's residence that cut off our path. I failed to hold the reins and frightened the Second Miss. I hope the Second Miss will forgive me."
"Humph, just because they are from the prefectural family, they think they are so great? The roads in Jinling Prefecture are not built by their family, but they are rushing around like they are in a hurry to be reincarnated," Xiangyun retreated into the carriage, still a little indignant, "Is there any law here?"
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