Chapter 730: Chapter 730

He Yaqin suddenly had a moment of clarity at this time and spoke with difficulty, "Sister, you’ve misunderstood me. I never knew that you had letters from Young Master Lan. If I had known, how could I possibly harm you?

You have his letters, and in the future, you could become Young Master Lan’s Wife. I don’t even have enough time to try to ingratiate myself with you."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was alerted, and their expressions changed as they looked at He Jinxia.

In the eyes of some before, He Jinxia had been seen as a delectable morsel. But now she was like poison, a thorn in their throats.

Yes, the letters were with He Jinxia. If she wished, she could produce the letters at any time and become Madam Lan!

He Jinxia sneered coldly. How could she not see through He Yaqin’s scheming?

She rebuked loudly, "I only asked if you were willing to swear an oath to heaven to prove your innocence, yet you always beat around the bush. It’s clear you had intentions to harm me all along!

My beauty is already destroyed, and in this lifetime, I only hope to find an honest family to live out my days in peace. I have long severed any connection with Young Master Lan. If anyone wants this letter, they are welcome to ask me for it!

I ask you, did you deliberately design that fire just to snatch my letter?!"

By coincidence, just after He Jinxia finished speaking, the servants sent by the Sheng Family to deliver the dowry gifts also arrived. Seeing He Jinxia, they all stopped and gave her a deep bow.

"Reporting to the Young Madam, we are here by the command of Old Master Sheng to deliver the dowry gifts. Where would you like them placed?"

He Jinxia called out, "Lv Zhu."

Lv Zhu was standing behind Jinxia, in a daze. She had not expected her young mistress to be so formidable, managing to leave He Yaqin utterly stifled, unable to make a single promise.

Not hearing a response, He Jinxia turned her head to look at her, then called out again, "Lv Zhu."

Lv Zhu’s body jerked, and she quickly came to her senses and deeply bowed, saying, "Your servant is here, Miss."

He Jinxia pointed with her hand towards the pile of dowry gifts brought by the servants, "Bring them to my residence in the Red Building, lay down these things. After seven days, I shall marry from the Red Building with great fanfare!"

Lv Zhu’s heart surged, and she replied loudly, "Yes, Miss!"

The onlookers seeing this, how could they not know that He Jinxia was the future daughter-in-law chosen by the Sheng Residence!

"I wonder why the Sheng Family didn’t immediately reveal who their new bride was. It turns out the issue lies here; they’ve chosen He Jinxia, the former Oiran of the Red Building, ah!"

"A woman from the land of pleasure to becoming the legitimate wife of a grand household, what a status to bring into a family, shaming the ancestors!"

"How lucky He Jinxia is, a fire didn’t take her life, and even with her beauty gone, she still found a rich family to become the legitimate wife. Strange indeed!"

While the crowd was buzzing with conversation, the Sheng Family’s servants, led by Lv Zhu, had already entered the side entrance of the Red Building. Some of the women from the Red Building watched the servants with interest, causing a few of the men to blush. Fresh chapters posted on novel⟡fire.net

Lv Zhu scoffed coldly. Back when her young mistress was glorified, these women couldn’t curry favor fast enough. But during the past two months of her mistress’s unconsciousness, she had suffered many cold and derisive comments and had seen through a lot of things.

Now that her young mistress had once again risen to become the legitimate wife of a wealthy family, Lv Zhu straightened her back anew. She didn’t bother to be polite and scolded:

"What are you looking at? Go to the front courtyard and attend to the guests. What are you doing crowding around here?"

"What are you staring at? Yes, I’m talking to you! Where are those peeping little eyes aiming? These are my mistress’s wedding gifts! Being wed in broad daylight as a legitimate wife, if you’re envious, try to get someone to marry you as a legitimate wife and see. Don’t stand there with that petty attitude staring at someone else’s belongings!"

"And you, get out, get out, get out, all of you scatter! Don’t crowd around here!"

On one side, Lv Zhu led the household servants to He Jinxia’s dwelling, while on the other, the commotion in front of the Red Building also came to the nanny’s attention, who quickly went out.

He Jinxia originally intended to force He Yaqin to give a response, to tear down her guise of a white lotus on the spot, but seeing the nanny come out, her expression slightly darkened, her brows imperceptibly furrowed, she knew the matter was concluded.

With the nanny present, a scene was destined not to brew.

As soon as the nanny arrived, she hurriedly had someone pull them inside. If there was any resistance, the servant would exert a bit of force to pinch your acupoint, rendering you speechless.

He Jinxia did not resist, allowing the servant to pull her inside; He Yaqin did the same.

With the subjects of the scandal no longer present, the onlookers had no entertainment left, so they could only disperse, yet the words He Jinxia had uttered earlier lingered in their memories.

By tomorrow, the rumors would undoubtedly spread far and wide.

In a certain side hall of the Red Building, the nanny sat down at the forefront.

Seeing this, the servant also released He Jinxia and He Yaqin, both of whom stood with their heads bowed, silent.

The nanny, thinking of the spectacle of sisterly disunity witnessed by so many, felt a pain in her chest, raised her hand, and fiercely slapped the table, bellowing, "Both of you kneel down for me!"

He Yaqin said nothing and "plop" knelt down to the ground.

He Jinxia glanced at her, did not kneel, but rather took a seat, finding a chair to sit down and casually pouring herself a cup of tea.

In the past at the Red Building, she had wanted to do just that countless times upon seeing the nanny, but since she ultimately had to live at the mercy of others, He Jinxia couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Now times have changed, and she no longer feared the nanny!

Seeing her , the nanny yelled in fury, "Good, good, good!"

"I’m not even dead yet, and someone is already disregarding me. Don’t you remember who it was that picked you up and took you in? Without me, you would have perished from hunger on some street corner long ago!"

"Someone, bring me the iron whip!"

He Jinxia chuckled lightly, the sound strikingly clear and grating after the nanny’s roaring.

She spoke leisurely, "Nanny, you picked me up, you fed me, you clothed me, you taught me skills, but only so I would earn silver for you. Consider how much wealth I’ve made for the Red Building as the Oiran over these years, and how little of it actually ended up in my hands. I wonder if you’ve ever counted."

She added, "The money you spent training me, I earned back for you many times over. Even the greatest debt has been repaid. I wonder if you’ve thought about that."

The nanny sneered, "Good, let’s talk reason? Then I’ll talk reason with you! I saved your life back then. Can mere silver replace your life?"

Unafraid, He Jinxia echoed sympathetically, "Nanny, you are right. Mere silver is indeed not as valuable as a life. Silver can be earned again, but once a life is gone, everything is lost. However—"

She drew out her words leisurely, chuckled, her gaze devoid of any warmth, "I thought it was well understood that my life was already repaid during that great fire."

Both He Yaqin and the nanny’s faces changed slightly.

"There are some things I’d rather not clarify, for too much clarity can breed estrangement. But my silence doesn’t mean I’m ignorant.

If it really requires tearing everything open, bleeding raw to make you see sense, then I don’t mind reciting the details of how that great fire burned onto my body, word for word, for you to hear."