Chapter 690: I Am so Angry that My Heart, Liver and Lungs Hurt
The guests left and returned to their seats.
Tao walked into the inner courtyard and ordered with a cold face: "Where is Qingling now?"
"Madam, the second lady is in her own room."
"Tell her to roll over here!"
Chu Nanyi appeared on the corridor waving a fan, and said in a gentle and leisurely manner: "Madam, are you so angry because the plan failed?"
Tao was startled and turned her head quickly. When she saw Chu Nanyi's face with a bit of a sneer, she said coldly: "What are you doing? Who told you to trespass into the Ruan family's backyard without permission? You are simply-"
"Audacious?" Chu Nanyi casually continued her words, "No matter how bold I am, I am not as arrogant as Madam Ruan who doesn't even take the imperial edict seriously. Madam Ruan feels that Xiping Marquis's Mansion has been too peaceful these years and wants to find something to do?"
Tao's face suddenly changed: "What do you mean?"
"Her Majesty the Queen just issued an edict, ordering me and Qingling to run a women's thatched cottage together." Chu Nanyi leaned against the pillar and looked at her calmly, "Madam Ruan, do you know what this means?"
Tao looked at him coldly.
"It means that I have room to speak in front of His Majesty, and it means that I have the opportunity to meet Her Majesty the Queen and the Regent every day." Chu Nanyi smiled faintly, "I only need to tell His Majesty what happened today. If you are charged with the crime of contempt for the imperial edict, not to mention you, a lady in the inner house, even the entire Xiping Marquis' Mansion can be razed to the ground in an instant. Madam, do you want to try it?"
Tao's face suddenly changed.
"And." Chu Nanyi added slowly, "Qingling is now the female doctor beside Her Majesty the Queen. She is Her Majesty's person regardless of her status. If others dare to harm her, or take advantage of her status as the legitimate mother to boss her around, it depends on whether Her Majesty will be unhappy about it. If Her Majesty is unhappy, I guess Qingling will not be the one who suffers. Madam, you can try it?"
Tao gritted her teeth: "Are you scaring me?"
"Scare?" Chu Nanyi smiled lightly and shook her folding fan, "If you want to take it as a scare, it's fine. As for whether you believe it or not, that's your business. I've said all here, goodbye."
After that, he turned around and left leisurely.
Tao stared at his back coldly, gritting her teeth in hatred.
Damn Chu Nanyi, damn Ruan Qingling.
"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing." Chu Nanyi walked halfway and turned back, looking at Tao very politely, "Your young master Ruan Kang has not yet returned the eight thousand taels he borrowed from Huitong Ticket House. For Qingling's sake, I will waive the interest. I will send someone to collect the debt tonight. If your family still drags on, people from the Dali Temple will come to take Ruan Kang to questioning tomorrow. Madam, take care of yourself."
After saying this, Chu Nanyi bowed slightly, as elegant as a gentleman walking out of an ancient painting, perfect and impeccable, and then turned around and left without looking back.
Tao was stunned on the spot.
What did he say?
Huitong Ticket House? Eight thousand taels of silver?
How did he know that Kang'er borrowed eight thousand taels of silver from Huitong Ticket House?
He also sent someone to collect the debt? Why did he send someone to collect the debt?
A mere bastard of the Chu family, do you really think you are something?
Tao clenched her hands, her heart was in a mess. She thought about the two betrothal gifts from the Ye family that were gone, and the Ye family's son was injured in the Ruan family. It was hard to say whether there would be any trouble in the marriage with Qingying... and all this was because of the damn Ruan Qingling!
But she couldn't do anything now, and she was so angry that her heart ached.