Chapter 114: Arrived In Shangjing
Shang Wuyang’s face was covered by a human skin mask, and his eye color had been changed to black with a secret medicine.
Of course, this was only temporary.
He sent people to disguise themselves as him and live in the residence on Yong’an Street.
Your residence is connected to a restaurant, indeed it is Shang Wuyang’s hidden industry.
This restaurant appears unremarkable and ordinary; in the prosperous Shangjing, it neither makes a profit nor loses money.
It has been operating in a state of slow decline.
It doesn’t attract attention.
No one would have thought that this was a restaurant opened by the famous wealthy merchant and City Lord of Shangyang City.
Yet, someone found out.
Shang Wuyang sent people to find a new residence.
“Is the neighbor going to have residents?”
“It seems so. I heard the neighbor was bought out directly.”
“Who is so rich and arrogant? And the neighbor’s family was executed entirely, don’t they find it unlucky?”
Inside the Prime Minister’s Mansion, the gatekeepers whispered as they watched people coming and going from the adjacent mansion.
When a carriage arrived, they immediately straightened up and went forward to park the carriage.
The carriage curtain was lifted, and a handsome young man in a purple official robe slowly stepped out.
Anyone passing by on this street couldn’t help but look at the young man.
The man’s appearance was handsome, and his demeanor was refined and gentle.
A gentleman of virtue, like being cut and polished, like being carved and ground.
It was as if he was describing him.
Every move exuded the noble bearing of a noble family’s heir, yet he possessed a profound majesty surpassing ordinary noble scions.
“It’s Chancellor Rong!”
A woman who happened to be passing by couldn’t help but blush upon seeing the young man, but her beautiful eyes kept glancing at him.
This was the heartthrob of countless young ladies in Shangjing.
The youngest Imperial Chancellor in history, and a candidate for the next Grand Secretary.
Rong Zhi’s lips held a faint smile, appearing approachable, but his aura deterred most from daring to approach him.
He exuded a gentle yet aloof presence.
He cast a glance at the people entering and exiting the adjacent residence with his phoenix-like eyes, then quickly withdrew his gaze and entered the mansion.
By the time Shang Wuyang and Qin Wanwan arrived in Shangjing, their residence was ready.
Qin Wanwan leaned by the carriage window, her eyes wide with wonder at Shangjing’s prosperity.
As expected of the Emperor’s city, it’s truly lively.
An eagle’s head poked out from the side, startling the person who happened to look up and leaving them stunned.
Qin Wanwan pushed the eagle’s head back.
The person stood still for a moment, and by the time they looked again, the carriage had already driven far away.
“Was I seeing things just now?”
The carriage stopped next to the Prime Minister’s Mansion, instantly drawing the attention of many.
Qin Wanwan pushed Eagle Boss out and eagerly disembarked herself.
“Wow… what a big house, Daddy, is this where we’ll be living from now on?”
The cute and pretty little girl stood at the doorway, accompanied by an eagle taller than her. Her appearance immediately attracted a lot of attention.
The servant boy guarding the gate next door, who had been yawning boredly, nearly popped his eyes out at the sight.
What… what is that thing!
Not only that, but the sound of flapping wings could be heard in the sky. Immediately after, a majestic white eagle hawk landed on the courtyard wall, twisting its agile neck, its eyes scanning around as if searching for something.
Then, a beautiful white fox also jumped off the carriage and landed in the little girl’s arms.
The carriage behind stopped, and a massive beast with golden fur resembling a tiger leaped out.
Little Red didn’t come along; it was settled at a manor in the outskirts of Shangjing.
Its fiery red fur was too eye-catching, and more importantly, its size was hard to conceal.
The attraction of the elite carriage and men was too great. If Little Red accompanied them to Shangjing, it might cause quite a bit of trouble in just one day.
“Let’s go, we’re going in.”
At Qin Wanwan’s call, Eagle Boss slowly moved its claws and followed them in.
While an eagle flying in the sky is very handsome, walking on the ground.
It’s really funny, especially such a large one.
Eagle Boss looked intimidating when standing, but it appeared clumsy when moving.
Sea-Eastern Green flew directly into the residence.
The Great Lion slowly followed behind them.
Only after everyone had entered the residence did the people outside slowly come back to their senses.
“Good heavens, who exactly lives next door?”
Qin Wanwan, upon arriving at her new territory, couldn’t wait to take her companions on a tour of the mansion.
Pavilions, rockeries, ponds, and famous flowers and grasses…
This mansion was not only large, but every area was a scenic spot.
…………
Inside the study, as soon as Shang Wuyang arrived, someone came to report the situation.
“Speak.”
“Master, it’s a concubine’s daughter from the Minister of Rites’ household, named Lin Wan’e.”
“This is all the information about that lady.”
Shang Wuyang took the documents and began to read them one by one.
Lin Wan’e, the third concubine’s daughter of the Minister of Rites, was timid and shy, almost never leaving her room.
Half a year ago, during a birthday banquet prepared for her stepmother, she accidentally fell into the water and had a high fever. After waking up, her personality changed drastically. She not only confronted her stepmother and stepsister directly but also became exceptionally talented. She participated in many poetry banquets organized by young masters and ladies, composing poems that astonished and shocked many. She also had good private relationships with several adult Imperial Princes and Royal Nobles in Shangjing.
Shang Wuyang also looked at those poems.
Do you not see, the Yellow River’s waters come from heaven, rushing to the sea and never returning…
A thousand strings of fine wine in a golden goblet, a hundred taels of fine dishes on a jade plate…
On the banks of the Xunyang River, I bid farewell to a guest at night, with autumn’s red leaves and reedy flowers rustling…
Searching, searching, cold, cold, desolate, desolate, miserable, miserable, sorrowful, sorrowful…
Every poem was catchy and varied in style.
How could such poetry not be hailed as a great talent?
However, to claim that these astonishingly talented poems were composed by someone who lived a sheltered life and had never traveled far.
One could only say that believing it would mean being truly brain-damaged.
Shang Wuyang saw at a glance that these poems were plagiarized, and not from a single source.
If he could see it, the old and cunning civil officials in the imperial court could naturally see it too.
So, although this concubine’s daughter from the Minister of Rites’ household was respected as a talented woman outside, the Minister of Rites himself did not favor her.
Of course, the reason the Minister of Rites did not favor her was not only because these poems were a minefield, but more crucially, her behavior was too outrageous.
Forget this feudal era; even in modern times, a woman who plays flirtatiously among men would not be well-liked.
Lin Wan’e, believing herself to be infinitely charming, did not realize that the men surrounding her were not exploiting her.
“I was actually designed and poisoned by such an idiot?”
He thought about it, the problem still stemmed from this woman knowing that the person living there was him, Shang Wuyang, which was a crucial point.
Lin Wan’e might be brainless, but as long as she leaked the news to the men around her, and their respective noble families plotted, they could indeed succeed when he was caught off guard.
Shang Wuyang decided to play along with the plan to see who was making a move against him, and then retaliate against them one by one.
He was very petty, you know~
