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Chapter 103: Each Has His Own Thoughts (Two Chapters Combined into One)

Liangdi, Liangwang Palace.

Zhao Yunnuan opened the secret letter sent from the capital, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, revealing a smile.

Master Nie Er is dead.

It’s a pity that the head cannot be sent to my mother.

Master Nie is far away in the capital. It is easy to kill him, but it is difficult to keep the Prince Liang's Mansion clean!

Zhao Yunnuan had already backed out, but it was Nie's attitude that day that made her determined to make Nie Er die.

Master Nie had close contacts with Eunuch Cui, and his two retainers were introduced by Eunuch Cui.

Eunuch Cui was sent by the higher-ups to monitor Zhao Tinghan. When Zhao Tinghan was still in the capital, in order to hide the truth from Eunuch Cui, he had to let Dengxin impersonate him.

When Zhao Tingxuan came to Beijing this time, Zhao Tinghan reminded him to be careful of Eunuch Cui.

Zhao Tingxuan did deliberately distance himself from Eunuch Cui and also reminded Master Nie Er. Unfortunately, Master Nie Er was not Zhao Tingxuan. Not only did he not listen, but he thought that Zhao Tingxuan was paranoid and short-sighted.

Zhao Tingxuan was a soft-hearted person. When Zhao Tinghan told him to beware of Eunuch Cui, he was careful. When Master Nie said that Eunuch Cui was a good person, he felt that he was judging others by his own standards.
When Master Nie Er first arrived in the capital, he was completely in the dark, but he was a dilettante and wanted to get into the circle of scholars.

The two guests catered to his interests and introduced him to several famous and talented men.

These talented and romantic men have similar hobbies. In addition to poetry, songs and beauties, they also love the carefree and elegant feeling of "I feel like I'm floating in the air and I want to ride on the wind and leave".

They all like to take Wu Shi San.

Master Nie had tried Wu Shi San once or twice when he was with them, but Wu Shi San was not only expensive but also difficult to buy, requiring a reliable acquaintance to introduce it.

Master Nie Er had only bought it once, and the price hurt him. Besides, he wasn't addicted, so he would try to get it if he could, and if he couldn't, he just let it go. He never bought it with real money again.

On the day of the accident, he wanted to look for Liu Ruyan. Just as he walked out of the palace, a man came towards him. This man was dressed in gorgeous clothes and held an ivory folding fan in his hand in winter.

When he saw Master Nie Er, the man opened his folding fan with a snap. Master Nie Er was immediately attracted by the fan. The big red seal on the fan was clearly from the hand of the painting saint of the previous dynasty.

I have heard for a long time that the Painting Saint only painted six fan paintings in his life, and all six of them were made into fans. Not long ago, one of them was sold at Xiebaolou in the capital. It was bought by a young man for a price of three thousand taels.

Now, the legendary fan-faced gentleman was standing in front of Master Nie II: "Brother Nie, I haven't seen you since we last met at Baoyue Tower. You are still as charming as ever. Oh my, I miss you so much!"

Master Nie thought for a long time but couldn't remember when he met such a person, but he was very happy in his heart because he saw admiration for himself in the eyes of the fan-wielding young man.

After some mutual praise, the two have become good friends who appreciate each other.

Young Master Fan invited Master Nie Er to go to the fairyland together. Master Nie Er was overjoyed and followed Young Master Fan. The place they went to was not far from the palace, which was a private room in a restaurant.

Here, Master Nie Er finally drank the Wu Shi San he had longed for. Unfortunately, the Wu Shi San might not be pure enough and the effect was very slow. Master Nie Er waited for a long time but did not feel like he was going to heaven.

He also wanted to go find Liu Ruyan, and Young Master Fan wanted to pull him aside to continue discussing poetry and philosophy, but Master Nie was worried that Young Master Fan would ask him to pay the bill. He came here just to get a free meal and some free time, and now he had gotten both, so when would he leave if he didn't leave now?
But before they arrived at Liu Ruyan's brothel, the effect of the Wu Shi San had already taken effect, as if it was timed perfectly.

When he was most excited, he rushed into Liu Ruyan's boudoir, and in a rage, Master Nie Er stabbed Zhu Yu's butt with a knife!
As for Zhu Yu, he forced himself into the role.

The person Zhao Yunnuan originally sent was Lu Sanlang, who pretended to be a wealthy businessman but actually had more than a dozen lives on his hands.

Na Lu Sanlang was Liu Ruyan's lover. He was generous and promised to redeem Liu Ruyan.

Although the people around Liu Ruyan are either rich or noble, she knows herself well. With her status, it's okay for her to play with those nobles, but it's wishful thinking to ask them to carry her into the mansion.

But it is different for a wealthy businessman like Lu Sanlang. If he says he can redeem herself, that is really possible.

Therefore, Liu Ruyan looked up to Lu Sanlang.

Her bed had been booked for the evening, so she made an appointment with Lu Sanlang to meet during the day.

Lu Sanlang had a birthmark of a strange shape on his body. A man who escaped from his knife saw the birthmark and informed the authorities.

Therefore, Lu Sanlang hated having his body seen by others. Even when having sex with women, he had to cover his eyes. If someone accidentally saw his body, he would raise his hand and kill the person with a sword.

The fan-faced young man asked Master Nie Er to drink, just to delay until Lu Sanlang came to find Liu Ruyan.

Unfortunately, no matter how much I planned, I couldn't expect Zhu Yu to come.

Zhu Yu had been in Ding'an Mansion these days. When he returned to the capital, he didn't even go back to the Marquis' Mansion, but came to Liu Ruyan to vent his sexual desire.

When Liu Ruyan saw this little bully coming, how could she disobey? She secretly asked someone to send a letter to Lu Sanlang, asking him not to come.

When Lu Sanlang heard that the person who stole his woman was Zhu Yu from the Baoqing Marquis Mansion, he swallowed his anger and returned the same way.

If he wasn't seriously ill, he wouldn't want to confront Zhu Yu head-on. What's more, Lu Sanlang was a man with secrets.

Although Zhu Yu was addicted to alcohol and women, he was born into a general's family after all, and he loved fighting. Although his martial arts skills were mediocre, Master Nie was just a useless scholar, and it was easy for Zhu Yu to deal with him.

Therefore, Master Nie died as expected in a brothel, but the person who killed him, or the person he wanted to kill, was changed from Lu Sanlang to Zhu Yu.

If it was Lu Sanlang, the Prince Liang’s Mansion would not be in trouble.

But now that it was replaced by Zhu Yu, the Prince Liang's Mansion lost ten thousand taels of silver in vain.

Although Zhao Yunnuan blamed Zhao Tingxuan in her heart for being useless, she still felt sorry for him.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yunnuan went to Suining Palace.

"Mother, have you heard about Uncle Nie's suicide?"

She came unexpectedly and said this unexpectedly, and Nie was unable to react for a moment.

Zhao Yunnuan was not in a hurry and found a chair to sit down.

At this moment, Zhao Yunnuan thought of Zhao Shiqing. If her younger sister were here, she would definitely take out a handful of melon seeds and give her another handful.

It's another day of missing my little sister.

Zhao Shiqing, who was combing Xiao Yao's hair, sneezed several times, but when she turned around to comb Dapang's hair, she stopped sneezing.

Big Fat winked at Little Demon and said sarcastically: [You are despised. Xiao Qingqing loves me now. I am a popular person. ]

The little demon was furious. He opened his bloody mouth, pounced on the fat man, and took a bite.

At this time in Suining Palace, Zhao Yunnuan was still looking at Nie.

After a brief shock, Nie finally reacted.

She pointed at Zhao Yunnuan's nose and yelled, "You're talking nonsense!" Zhao Yunnuan said slowly, "Didn't your two good nephews write to inform you of the death? That shouldn't be the case. Why would they hide such a big thing from you?
Was it because Second Uncle Nie took the banned drug Wu Shi San, got jealous of someone, ran to a brothel and killed someone with a knife, and then committed suicide?

They felt embarrassed, so they didn't tell you?"

Brothel, Five-Stone Powder, jealousy, murder with a knife, these words flooded into Nie's ears all at once. Even though she was pampered and didn't know the difference between grains, she knew what these words meant.
It means that the Nie family has become a laughing stock, and that the Nie family’s century-old reputation has been tarnished!
"How could your uncle be such a person? He must have been framed by someone. It must be you! You have never taken the Nie family seriously. You even dared to beat your cousin. What else would you not dare to do? You unfilial daughter, I will beat you to death!"

While screaming, Nie looked around for something useful. She wanted to beat that damn girl to death!

Nanny Zhang was so scared that she quickly moved the teacup in front of Nie aside. However, she was overthinking. Zhao Yunnuan was not Zhao Shiqing. Although Nie wanted to kill her, she was somewhat afraid of her daughter. She could throw the hot tea on Zhao Shiqing, but she didn't dare to really hit Zhao Yunnuan.

Zhao Shiqing turned around and left, but Zhao Yunnuan would make sure she would never see the sun outside again.

So, she didn't dare.

She yelled and screamed, venting her anger enough, but she saw Zhao Yunnuan sitting there, looking at her with a smile.

At this moment, Nie's heart was greatly shaken, and she suddenly confirmed that Nie Er was killed by Zhao Yunnuan, it must be!

Zhao Yunnuan doesn't have to do it herself. As long as she gives an order, someone will kill for her thousands of miles away.

Nie was filled with fear. She was worried that sooner or later, Zhao Yunnuan would kill her too!

It was clearly Zhao Yunnuan who killed her uncle, but as a mother she could not speak out.

After all, Zhao Yunnuan had not yet married and was still a member of the Prince of Liang's Mansion. If she killed Nie Er, it would be the same as Nie Er's death at the hands of the Prince of Liang's Mansion.

The Nie family will not seek revenge on Zhao Yunnuan, but will ask her, a daughter of the Nie family, for an explanation.

Nie felt that she was really wronged. Once her parents knew about this, she would have to be blamed for this unfilial daughter.

More importantly, this unfilial daughter would also implicate her younger brother. After all, Nie Er came to Beijing with Zhao Tingxuan, and Zhao Tingxuan had already been under house arrest by the emperor. If this matter were to spread, Zhao Tingxuan's life in the capital would become even more difficult.

Zhao Yunnuan watched coldly and saw that Nie's face was changing from gloomy to happy, but the eyes looking at her were full of blazing fire.

Zhao Yunnuan suddenly felt very bored, but also wanted to laugh at herself.

She stood up and said to Nie, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that the one who was stabbed by Second Uncle Nie was the prince of Baoqing Marquis's mansion. The old lady of Baoqing Marquis is the cousin of Concubine Li. Concubine Li dotes on this grandchild. After he was stabbed by Second Uncle Nie, he asked Axuan for 10,000 taels of silver as medical fees. You'd better send some money to Axuan. He must be very short of money now."

Except for Zhao Tinghan, everyone else in the palace had a set amount of silver to spend.

When Zhao Tingxuan came to Beijing, the Prince of Liang's Mansion gave him 20,000 taels of silver for emergency use. In addition, his monthly salary would be sent over every three months as pocket money for him.

The Prince of Liang's Mansion in the capital also had working capital silver, but Zhao Tingxuan had no right to use it.

Therefore, the only things he could use were the 20,000 taels of emergency silver and his own monthly salary.

Now the emergency money has shrunk by half, and we only have 10,000 taels at most on hand. This number may seem like a lot, but if something really happens, it will not be enough.

Just look at Zhu Yu and you will know. He asked for ten thousand taels of silver. Twenty thousand taels of silver would only be enough to stab him in the butt twice.

Now that Zhao Yunnuan said this, she was telling Nie that the palace treasury would not make up the difference for the ten thousand taels of silver. If Nie felt sorry for her son, she could use her own private money to make up for it.

The Nie family must have 12,000 taels of silver and can afford it.

But Zhao Yunnuan waited for several days, but did not see Nie sending silver to the capital.

However, Concubine Qiao sent someone to deliver another letter. Without asking, Zhao Yunnuan could guess that the content of the letter must be related to the death of Master Nie Er.

However, Zhao Yunnuan could not stop Nie from communicating with Concubine Qiao, because the person who delivered the letters was someone from the palace, and he would always bring back Nie's reply.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and even the Nie family knew about the death of the second master Nie.

Just as Nie guessed, when the elders of the Nie family learned that the second master Nie died in a brothel, they felt ashamed and angry, and wished they didn't have this disgraceful descendant.

The second master's biological mother, the third old lady, felt that it was all Nie's fault. If it weren't for Nie, the second master Nie would not have gone to the capital, and if he hadn't gone to the capital, he would not have died in that place, so it was all Nie's fault!

There was a funeral in the family, and the third old lady could not go out. Neither she nor her daughter-in-law, the second wife, could travel far. But this did not pose a problem for the third old lady. She asked her son-in-law and granddaughter to go to Liangdi!
The third old lady’s granddaughter is named Fan Qiuyun, and she just came of age this year.

The third old lady's daughter had mentioned to her several times before that she wanted to marry Fan Qiuyun into the Prince Liang's Mansion.

But granddaughter Nie Rongrong is already sixteen years old, about the same age as Zhao Tingxuan.

On one side is the granddaughter-in-law, and on the other side is the biological granddaughter. Of course, the third old lady will choose the biological granddaughter.

No matter how good a granddaughter is, she is still a person from a different family and cannot compare to a biological granddaughter.

But now that the second master Nie has passed away and Nie Rongrong has to observe a three-year mourning period, the third old lady began to have some ideas.

In the past, Nie was stubborn and refused to give in on Zhao Tingxuan's marriage, saying that he could not arrange a marriage without consulting his brothers and sisters. In fact, she just disliked the status of the Nie family.

Although the third old lady was angry, she could only sulk, after all, the second master Nie was not an official.

But the situation is different now, Master Nie is dead.

Just as the third old lady had thought before, if it weren't for the Nie family, the second master Nie would not have gone to the capital, and of course he would not have died.

So Nie owed her, and she had to agree to this marriage.

But now the third old lady’s target is no longer Zhao Tingxuan.

She is now targeting Zhao Tinghan.

Zhao Tinghan used to be a hostage in the capital, and he was a sickly person. Like everyone else, she believed that Zhao Tinghan would not live to inherit the throne and would definitely die in the capital.

But now, Zhao Tinghan is not only still alive, but has also inherited the throne. On the contrary, Zhao Tingxuan, who was once favored, has gone to the capital city as a hostage in disgrace. Moreover, it was written in the official newspaper that Zhao Tingxuan was reprimanded by the emperor and was under house arrest.

Such a waste, it’s a good thing that I didn’t marry Nie Rongrong to him.

Now that Nie Rongrong has to observe mourning, the third old lady can no longer count on her, so she turns her hopes to her granddaughter Fan Qiuyun.

The Fan family is really lucky, this is the Princess of Liang. Just based on the family background of the Fan family, they were able to produce a Princess of Liang. Isn’t it because of the Nie family?

In terms of nobility, the Fan family is not as good as the Nie family, but in terms of wealth, the Nie family is far inferior to the Fan family.

The Fan family is rich!

The third old lady has already made up her mind to make a fortune from the Fan family!
A princess is worth a lot of money.

　You can see that Qingqingzi just forced herself to appear on the screen. This is the arrangement for the heroine, do you understand?
　　(End of this chapter)