Shen Yiran pointed at his cheek and said, "I'm afraid you will think so, so my face is new evidence. Everyone is watching, are you afraid that my mansion will blackmail you?"

A woman on the side of the road who had regained her senses said, "Indeed, I have used it two or three times, but this situation has never happened."

"Have you used it before? I actually used it once, and after washing my face, I felt my skin was a lot smoother."

"I think so too!"

Someone raised an objection, and then some people began to question the three prostitutes.

Seeing this, the prostitutes immediately started crying again.

But Shen Yiran ordered: "From my observation, you three probably smeared your faces with lime water, right?"

"I don't know who has bewitched you into doing this, but you know that lime water can corrode the skin. If you don't wash the stuff off your face with clean water, your face will be in tatters."

Hearing this, the three prostitutes could not wait any longer. When they saw the waiter bringing out clean water, they immediately rushed forward to wash their faces.

When the onlookers saw this, they all understood what was going on.

Shen Yunyan put down the teacup angrily: "What idiots! Don't they know to go to the pharmacy to buy some medicine to apply on their faces? These cheap women are really brainless!"

It's because these women are easily tempted by money and are willing to spend money recklessly. Which normal woman would be willing to touch her face?

"Take this list and go to the shop in the Marquis' Mansion to buy some skin-nourishing ointment. We won't charge you any money, but you'll just have to tell us who bribed you to frame us."

One of the prostitutes said, "A lady bribed us, saying that we had to make a scene, and the more we made, the more we would get! Even the stuff on our faces was given to us by the pimp. How could we know it was lime water?"

"Then you've really suffered for nothing. Go now, and remember not to touch the hot water."

The three prostitutes snatched the medicine and ran away.

Shen Yunyan ordered the waiter to close the windows on the second floor, leaving only a gap.

There was nothing wrong with Shen Yiran and Bai Zhi's faces, and the three prostitutes all admitted that they were spreading rumors, so the onlookers dispersed.

"Miss, could it be that our rivals did this?"

Bai Zhi asked after getting on the carriage.

"will not."

"why?"

"Since they are rivals, they would have more professional methods. Why would they use lime water?"

Bai Zhi nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Who could it be?"

Of course it was Shen Yunyan.

Shen Yiran raised the corners of his lips in a mocking smile.

What’s funny is that Shen Yunyan also opened a rouge shop. I guess she has never been to the store to get to know it. Otherwise, if she really wanted to deal with Shen Yiran, her methods would not be so clumsy.

"Didn't the Song family also open a lot of stores?"

Bai Zhi nodded and looked at Shen Yiran seriously.

"You will get off the carriage later and tell the shopkeeper to investigate. If you can defeat them, then defeat them. If they are worth acquiring, then wait until the store closes and then find a dental dealer to buy them."

After hearing this, Bai Zhi nodded excitedly and immediately got off the stopped carriage.

The shopkeepers heard that this method had been used before, and since it was Shen Yiran's order, they naturally did not dare to slack off.

An investigation was launched immediately.

Song Qizhao and Shen Yunyan own a total of nine stores, all of which were acquired recently.

Apart from the rouge shop and the shop selling four treasures of the study that I bought at the beginning, which were valuable, the rest of the shops were unprofitable ones that were deceived into buying.

Although the first two shops they bought had good business, the owner never cared about it, so the shopkeeper and his employees began to embezzle public funds and misappropriate public funds.

Now, out of the nine stores, not only is no one making money, but they are also losing money on labor costs and store rents.

There was no year-end accounting, so Song Qizhao and Shen Yunyan didn’t know they were losing money yet.

Shen Yiran received the report from the shopkeeper and thought about it.

Even if she didn't do anything, Song Qizhao had already lost all the money that Shen Li had embezzled.

But Shen Yiran couldn't wait until that time, so he ordered the shopkeeper to find someone to secretly put pressure on the nine stores and make sure that all nine stores were closed.

Bo Jinnian saw that Shen Yiran came back from the mountain, first to intimidate Xu, and then to deal with Shen Yunyan. Without any investigation, it was known that the incident on the mountain was planned by the two of them.

He knew how vicious Shen Yunyan was, but he never expected Xu to do such a thing. Thinking about how the two children were almost lost the day before, Bo Jinnian lost his good temper towards his sister-in-law Xu.

Xu was totally unaware and, relying on her big belly, she made trouble for Shen Yiran everywhere in the mansion. Seeing this, Bo Jinnian said to Bo Jinxiu during dinner: "Brother, don't be busy outside all the time. You should also take care of the things at home and keep an eye on the people at home."

Hearing this, Xu raised her eyebrows and said with a half-smile, "Sister-in-law, I don't understand what the Marquis said. What does it mean that the people in the family have to be watched? Is the Marquis talking about me?"

When Shen Yiran heard what Bo Jinnian said, he knew that he was trying to intimidate the Xu family.

Knowing that what happened on the mountain could not be hidden from him, he rushed to smile and said, "Of course it's my sister-in-law. Is there anyone else in the family who needs to be looked after?"

Xu was so angry that she slammed her chopsticks on the table and said, "Why are you looking at me? Are you trying to protect me from thieves?"

Shen Yiran said softly: "That is naturally to prevent sister-in-law from worrying too much and hurting the child. Doesn't sister-in-law know that worrying too much and having a bad temper will hurt the child?"

"Ran Ran is right. She comes from a medical family. It's right to listen to her. Madam, you should stop running outside every day and stay at home to take care of your baby. Jin Xiu, you too should spend more time with your wife and children."

Bo Jinxiu didn't care too much about what they said about Xu, but he was unhappy because it involved him and prevented him from going out to play.

"I really want to be with her, but she has a gloomy face all day long, angry about this and that, and even I get scolded. I can't stay with her even if I want to!"

The old lady frowned and said, "If the eldest lady cannot calm down, she should come to the Jingxin Hall every day to practice chanting Buddha and copy scriptures with the other ladies."

Xu opened her mouth but found that no one would support her, so she could only grab the chopsticks and pick up the food angrily.

Shen Yunyan ate while complaining angrily.

Song Zhou saw her daughter-in-law's temper and helped to pick up some dishes and persuade her.

However, Song Qizhao's mind was not here at all. He didn't pay any attention to what Shen Yunyan was saying. He washed up at night and went straight to bed.

Shen Yunyan also noticed Song Qizhao's indifference, but she sweetened it by saying that he was tired from studying and running the store.

"Husband, are you confident that you can pass the imperial examination this year?"

Song Qizhao had not been to his teacher's place to study for several days. Whenever he had time, he would go to see the widow. He even forgot how to write Confucius, but he could only say: "The teacher said that my article has the style of Jian'an. I think a student with integrity like me will definitely pass the exam."

"Really? I told you you could do it!"

Shen Yunyan had a sweet dream about being the prime minister's wife and happily lay down on the pillow.

What is a marquisate?

Wasn’t the entire family executed in the previous life?

Shen Yiran was only in high spirits for a while. After Song Qizhao passed the imperial examination, the first thing he would have to deal with was the Marquis' Mansion!

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