Lu Lingyun left, and after getting into the carriage, Qiu Ling still had red eyes, holding back her grievances. Lu Lingyun couldn’t help but coax her, “Alright, don’t be upset. I’ll have someone find you some soap tomorrow.”
“I don’t want anything from that woman!” Qiu Ling snorted coldly. “I just can’t stand her. She’s a courtesan from a brothel, and the Young Master and Young Madam are both so kind to her, yet she’s still so arrogant! She deserves a good beating!”
“Alright, things in this world take time. Just wait and see.” Lu Lingyun pinched her face. “I’ll take you to buy some rouge and powder. Will that cheer you up?”
Qiu Ling’s grievances disappeared at the mention of rouge and powder. “Then Young Madam needs to buy me a lot.”
“Alright, anything you want.” Lu Lingyun said good-naturedly.
She took Qiu Ling to the beauty shop, bought her a lot of new rouge and powder, and bought a few boxes for herself. They were both happy after shopping and went back to the Houfu.
After returning, she proactively told Cheng Yunshuo about her encounter with Xing Dai Rong today. Cheng Yunshuo heard that Xing Dai Rong had reopened her shop, but he still didn’t show any emotion.
She didn’t mention her arguments with Xing Dai Rong about becoming Luo Heng’s legal wife, because she knew he had already heard about it.
Cheng Yunshuo only told her not to mention these things to him anymore, and then returned to his own courtyard.
Seeing this, Lu Lingyun felt that Cheng Yunshuo seemed to have started to let go of Xing Dai Rong.
She didn’t ask him how his investigation went today, but the next day she heard from Dong Sheng about news from the Luo family.
Xing Dai Rong had been sent back to the secluded villa where Luo Heng had previously kept her.
Lu Lingyun heard this and snorted.
Some people truly didn’t know how to use their eyes. She could be so arrogant. Yesterday, she publicly challenged her in the department store, declaring that she would become Luo Heng’s legal wife. How could the Luo family view her?
Let alone her low status and her not being a pure woman, even if she hadn’t been with Cheng Yunshuo, she wouldn’t be accepted by the Luo family, not to mention her background as a courtesan. The Luo family’s gates were not so easily entered.
She had made this public declaration, practically inviting ridicule upon the Luo family. Madam Yang wouldn’t tolerate it, sending her away to the secluded villa was the least they could do.
“Tell your brother to keep a close eye on the Luo family’s secluded villa and the suburbs.”
“Yes.”
Two more days passed.
Cheng Yunshuo had become increasingly busy lately.
Dong Sheng also brought her a piece of crucial news.
“Young Madam, my brother said that the Young Master led people to seal off the area in the suburbs today.”
“Oh?”
Lu Lingyun heard this and knew something big must have happened.
At that time, in the suburbs of the Luo family, Cheng Yunshuo led a large group of Golden Armor Guards, surrounding the area.
The manager came out trembling, “Officer, what’s going on?”
“Someone reported that you’re making dangerous items here.”
In this era, gunpowder existed, and it was allowed for civilians to make firecrackers, but gunpowder weapons were strictly controlled by the government. Private manufacturing was forbidden, and anyone caught doing so would be punished by death.
Cheng Yunshuo investigated for several days, confirming that this place wasn’t making firecrackers. They didn’t sell firecrackers to anyone outside, nor did they tell anyone what they were doing. Cheng Yunshuo became increasingly curious as he investigated, so he applied for an investigation warrant to seal and inspect the place.
“We, we’re making firecrackers!” the manager stammered.
“Search!” Cheng Yunshuo waved his hand, and the Golden Armor Guards under his command immediately broke down the gate and rushed into the courtyard.
Seeing this, the manager couldn’t help but frown. He quickly signaled his men, and they whispered.
“The young master has been notified.”
“Where are the things? Are they hidden well?”
“They’re hidden.”
As soon as the servant finished speaking, a group of Golden Armor Guards rushed out and shouted, “We found something!”
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