allonlinenovel Chapter 481 Who Threatens Whom?
Chapter 481 Who Threatens Whom?
Yu Wan suddenly laughed.
The laugh was soft and ordinary, but Zhang Dashan felt a sudden tightness in his heart upon hearing it.
He looked at Yu Wan with a fierce expression, but his heart was filled with fear. "What are you laughing at?!"
"I laugh at your stupidity." Yu Wan's voice was light and airy. "These days you've been using the Second Assistant Minister's office as a front to run up debts everywhere without getting into any trouble. You should know how much power the title of 'Second Assistant Minister' carries in Shengjing these days."
"You were quite clever before, how come you're acting stupid now?"
"Do you think that with the power of the Vice Minister's Office, you have the opportunity to speak up and publicize this matter?"
Zhang Dashan's face turned pale and then red, his complexion was extremely unpleasant, and cold sweat seeped from his forehead.
Seeing Zhang Dashan like this, Yu Wan experienced the pleasure of bullying others by abusing her power.
So this is what it feels like to use power to oppress people.
Kind of cool.
No wonder powerful people love to use their power to oppress others.
Seeing Yu Wan's calm expression, Zhang Dashan could only turn his gaze to Shen Shi. His fierce expression vanished, and he choked back tears, pleading, "Sister Shen, we've grown up together since we were little. Do you really want to watch your daughter-in-law treat me like this?"
Shen completely ignored Zhang Dashan.
He said coldly, "Zhang Dashan, Yu Niang is my daughter-in-law. What about you?"
"You said it yourself, we only have a childhood friendship and haven't seen each other for decades. If you hadn't appeared, I would have forgotten about you long ago."
"You've been impersonating my son to swindle and deceive people, and you even tried to use this to control us. How can I possibly care about our past friendship now?"
"Zhang Dashan, you've made your own choices to get to where you are today, so you can't blame anyone else."
Worried that she might soften her heart, Madam Shen turned to Yu Wan and said, "Yu Wan, I'll leave this person to you. I'm a little tired, I'll go back and rest for a while."
Yu Wan nodded obediently, "Okay, you can go and rest now."
Yu Wan and Yun Xi watched Shen Shi leave. As Shen Shi's figure disappeared around the corner of the corridor, the smile on Yu Wan's face gradually faded, replaced by a cold and stern expression.
She looked at Zhang Dashan, her eyes devoid of any pity: "Zhang Dashan, if you honestly answer one question for me, I might consider helping you this once."
Zhang Dashan, who thought he wouldn't get any money since Shen had left, suddenly brightened up when he heard this and hurriedly said, "I'll talk, I'll talk!"
"Please ask, Madam. I will answer whatever I know to the best of my ability!"
He thought to himself that as long as Yu Wan agreed to help him pay back the money, he would agree to whatever the problem might be.
Yu Wan narrowed her eyes slightly.
Staring intently into Zhang Dashan's eyes, he asked, enunciating each word clearly, "Is acting in the name of the Second Assistant Minister's Office your own idea, or did you hear what others were saying?"
Yunxi's eyes flickered.
What my sister-in-law meant by that was...
Zhang Dashan may have been used as a tool by someone.
Yunxi was startled and instantly became alert.
A hint of doubt flashed across Zhang Dashan's face when he heard the question.
He chuckled dryly at Shang Yuwan's expressionless face. "This...this is just a moment of greed on my part. I thought the Vice Minister's Office was powerful enough to keep those people in check, so I came up with this terrible idea. It was my own idea."
"Niece-in-law, you don't think someone ordered me to do this, do you?"
Yu Wan did not respond, but said only, "Tell me everything that happened to you after you entered the capital."
Zhang Dashan paused, "That's a long story..."
Yu Wan sat down in the main seat and glanced at him indifferently, "I have time now, you can speak slowly. You can leave the Second Assistant Minister's residence when you are finished."
A threat, this is absolutely a threat.
Zhang Dashan never expected that his trip to the Vice Minister's residence would not only fail to yield any money, but would also result in him being threatened by a woman.
But this was the person he couldn't afford to offend.
He had inquired about it; the Second Assistant Minister's wife was the legitimate daughter of the Duke's mansion, a first-class noblewoman.
The woman in front of him, in particular, seemed quite kind, but she exuded an inexplicable aura of authority that made people feel intimidated.
Left with no other choice, Zhang Dashan had to recount everything that had happened since he arrived in Beijing.
Yunxi took small steps to sit down next to Yu Wan, eating sunflower seeds while listening to Zhang Dashan talk.
Yu Wan listened while eating sunflower seeds.
For a moment, only Zhang Dashan's voice could be heard in the main hall.
At first, Zhang Dashan was a little apprehensive, but later, like most men who love to boast, he started to brag.
Yu Wan frowned as she listened, but did not interrupt him.
Upon hearing a certain passage, her eyes flashed, and she interrupted Zhang Dashan, "When you were drunk at Fei Bao Lou, you said Yun Shang was your nephew?"
Zhang Dashan chuckled awkwardly, "That was all drunken ramblings. I just saw Sister Shen and Yun Shang that day and recognized them. I didn't expect to accidentally blurt it out while I was drunk."
The speaker may not have meant anything by it, but the listener may have taken it to heart.
The Jade Pavilion was frequented by many noble families, so perhaps someone overheard Zhang Dashan's words.
Yu Wan lowered her eyes and raised her hand, "Continue."
Zhang Dashan breathed a sigh of relief and continued speaking.
There are no stars in the sky tonight, and the sky is pitch black when you look up. Yun Shang has not yet returned home, and the candles in the main hall of the Yun family have been burning until 9 PM.
After talking for two hours, Zhang Dashan felt like his lips were about to get blisters.
Yu Wan then made him stop.
"You can stay at the manor tonight, and I'll have someone arrange accommodations for you."
Zhang Dashan didn't really want to stay. He felt that it wouldn't be a good thing for Yu Wan to keep him, but when he looked into Yu Wan's emotionless eyes, he didn't dare to refuse.
The steward led the person away to make arrangements. Yunxi leaned closer to Yu Wan and asked softly, "Sister-in-law, is something wrong?"
Yu Wan nodded, a smile appearing on her lips. "I already have some ideas. I'll send someone to investigate tomorrow and we'll find out."
Yunxi understood. "So someone really is using Zhang Dashan as a tool, and the person behind it is trying to target our family?"
Yu Wan gently shook her head, "We still don't know their purpose."
"But if someone can scheme like this, the person behind it must have other plans."
The two huddled together and spoke in hushed tones for a while. Yu Wan looked up at the sky outside and called the butler, "Yun Shang hasn't returned yet?"
Just as the steward was about to reply, the gatekeeper suddenly ran in and reported, "Madam, someone from the palace just came and said that the master will stay at the palace tonight and will not return to the mansion."
Yun Shang had to help the new emperor process memorials, and sometimes when it got too late, the new emperor would ask him to stay in the palace. This wasn't the first time.
Yunxi wasn't surprised.
Yu Wan couldn't help but think of some strange things.
I never expected the new emperor and Yun Shang to have such a good brotherly relationship. There's no way things could happen between them...
stop!stop!
Yu Wan quickly stopped the dangerous thought from her mind.
"Sister-in-law, what are you thinking about?"
Seeing Yu Wan frowning and raising her eyebrows, Yun Xi was very curious.
Yu Wan snapped out of her daze and quickly said, "It's nothing, I wasn't thinking about anything."
Yunxi asked suspiciously, "Really?"
My sister-in-law doesn't seem like she's not thinking about anything.