Yun Xi had just stood up and was about to go back for breakfast. Hearing what the old lady said, she pouted and sat back down.
She knew the old lady wouldn't let her off so easily.
But she wasn't afraid either. She'd face whatever came her way.
The old lady's sharp eyes swept over Yun Xi, who looked calm.
It was the first time she really took a good look at this granddaughter in front of her.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier that Lady Jiang had given the shops to the Jiang family?"
Although Lady Jiang's actions had made her furious, it didn't mean she'd forgotten about the previous matters.
If this girl didn't explain things clearly to her, she wouldn't let her go!
Yun Xi's stomach was already growling. Being questioned by the old lady and unable to go back, she sighed helplessly.
"It wasn't that long ago. I only got the documents yesterday."
Saying this, she picked up a candied date and popped it into her mouth. While chewing, she said,
"Moreover, snitching behind someone's back is a petty act. If Lady Jiang hadn't betrayed the family and tried to smear my reputation, Grandmother might not have seen these two documents."
Seeing Yun Xi looking so matter - of - fact, the old lady angrily tapped her walking stick on the ground.
"You're so muddle - headed! Matters concerning the interests of the Prime Minister's Mansion are all major issues. How could you keep this information from me?"
Seeing the old lady's iron - faced fairness as soon as the Prime Minister's Mansion was mentioned, Yun Xi found it funny and really laughed out.
"Grandmother, didn't you repeatedly tell us that the Prime Minister's Mansion is a whole and we shouldn't fight among ourselves and become a laughingstock to outsiders? I've just been following your teachings."
She still remembered clearly what Yu Zhu had told her years ago.
Her father and mother were deeply in love. Her father originally didn't plan to take a concubine, but the old lady insisted on letting Jiang Xu move in.
During her mother's pregnancy, the old lady deliberately got her father drunk and made him take in Lady Jiang.
Her mother was heart - broken and fell ill. But the old lady scolded her mother for being unreasonable and unable to tolerate a concubine, and for deliberately making the family a laughingstock.
Helplessly, her mother gave in.
But Lady Jiang became more and more insatiable. The old lady always protected her with the same set of rules. In the end, her mother died of depression...
When she grew a bit older, Yun Ni always liked to snatch things from her.
As long as she fought back, the old lady would always use these so - called golden rules to scold her.
Now, she was throwing these rules back at the old lady. It was worth all the old lady's hard - taught lessons!
The old lady looked embarrassed but couldn't bring herself to scold her.
She knew very well that Lady Jiang's deception today had something to do with her previous indulgence.
"How did you find out what Lady Jiang had done?"
The old lady was very curious.
She was just a young lady in the boudoir, with hands that never touched the cold water in spring, and never managed the internal affairs of the mansion. How did she get this internal document?
Seeing that the old lady was determined to get to the bottom of it, Yun Xi covered her stomach and said pitifully,
"Grandmother, it's a long story. Can we talk while eating?"
So, Yun Xi successfully got to eat the food from the old lady's small kitchen.
After eating to half - full, Yun Xi told the old lady the whole story.
Since the day she promised Xiaohuzi's mother, she had asked Yu Zhu to find the familiar steward of that embroidery workshop to arrange for Xiaohuzi's mother to be an embroiderer.
Unexpectedly, that day, she happened to run into Jiang Da, Lady Jiang's cousin, taking over the embroidery workshop.
Yu Zhu quickly came back to report. To avoid alerting the enemy, she instructed Xiao Anzi, who served her father, to conduct a secret investigation.
Sure enough, they found that in just five years, Lady Jiang had lost nearly thirty shops.
As for these two documents, she had used her father's name to intimidate the steward into giving them to her.
The whole thing wasn't very complicated, but it was quite a surprise to the old lady.
She always thought this girl only knew how to cause trouble.
Now it seemed that this girl wasn't as stupid as she thought.
"What's your relationship with the King of Xian?"
The old lady wasn't willing to let it go. Yun Xi had no choice but to look up from her food.
She had to tell the old lady about the day she was robbed again.
"Although there's no conclusive evidence, I sent someone to follow Jiang Da afterwards. He has indeed associated with some hooligans recently. If the King of Xian hadn't helped, you might never have seen me again."
Seeing Yun Xi talking so casually, the old lady angrily threw down her chopsticks.
"How could you wait until now to tell me such a big thing!"
Although she didn't like this girl, she was still a member of the Prime Minister's Mansion. This was clearly an act of going against the Prime Minister's Mansion!
"Why didn't you say a single word when Lady Jiang was here just now?"
The old lady flicked Yun Xi's chopsticks and scolded angrily.
Yun Xi looked at the food on the table and then at the chopsticks in the old lady's hand, looking quite regretful.
"Why should I say it? The innocent will prove their innocence and the guilty will expose themselves. Do you think that if I said it, Lady Jiang would admit it? Moreover, to ensure my safety that day, the siblings from the Wei Grand Tutor's family also came back to the mansion with me. Nanny Liu clearly saw this but still deliberately spread rumors in the mansion to ruin my reputation. Grandmother, do you think a servant would dare to do this without her master's instruction?"
Hearing this, the old lady frowned more and more tightly.
"Are you saying that Nanny Liu spread the rumors in the mansion?"
Yun Xi gave a cold glance at Nanny Qian standing not far away. Nanny Qian immediately lowered her head, looking guilty.
Yun Xi sneered.
"Yu Zhu told me that when she entered the mansion, to avoid attracting too much attention, she quietly took the back door. She only met Nanny Liu on the way. And I also entered through the back door carefully and didn't meet anyone on the way..."
Yun Xi's eyes flashed. Suddenly, she had an idea. She stood up, leaned over and whispered in the old lady's ear,
"Grandmother, do you want to make a bet with me?"
The starlight in Yun Xi's eyes made the old lady feel a bit dazed. She actually went along with the words and asked,
"How do we bet?"
"I bet that in a few days, even if you don't do anything, Nanny Liu will pack her bags and leave."
The old lady looked up at Yun Xi, looking confused.
"I heard that Nanny Liu was the one who handled those more than a dozen shops in Jiang Da's hands."
The old lady suddenly understood and sat up straight.
"What do you want if you win?"
This girl didn't know what was in her head. If she dared to make excessive demands, she would immediately kick her out!
Yun Xi sat down, smiling sweetly.
"Grandmother, do you still remember Xiaohuzi I told you about just now?"
The old lady was confused but nodded.
"I remember. Although stealing is wrong, he has a kind heart and is a very filial child."
Just now when Yun Xi told her about this child who was still young but living with his mother, it made her think of the hard years when she lived with her son.
Seeing that the old lady had a good impression of Xiaohuzi, Yun Xi's eyes immediately lit up.
"Xiaohuzi's family is starving and in great difficulty. Without the help of a kind person, their life will be extremely hard. If I win, I hope grandmother can help them! If you're willing, it's like the Bodhisattva coming to the mortal world. They mother and son will be saved!"
Yun Xi's sweet words immediately made the old lady feel very comfortable. She snorted and said,
"You don't need to say more about this! But you, be more careful when you go out in the future and don't cause any more trouble!"
"Yes."
Having solved one of her wishes, Yun Xi happily left. When she got back to her own yard, she gave Hong Luo a few instructions.
Not long after, Hong Luo appeared at Lady Jiang's courtyard gate with a bundle in her hands. Nanny Liu happily took the bundle.
The next day, it was heard that Nanny Liu was severely beaten dozens of times by Lady Jiang and was thrown out of the Prime Minister's Mansion half - dead...