Chapter 1740: Chapter 1737: Gao Family

Nowadays, one shop serves guests from rich families, while another shop sells comfortable and affordable cotton and hemp clothes.

As a result, the area in front of each shop is extremely lively.

Ye Muyu, seizing the opportunity, naturally wouldn’t let it pass. She is busy drawing design sketches every day, and Chu Ziluo doesn’t rest either, helping with the drawings.

When she heard about the Gao family incident, it was when Madam Xie brought Young Madame Xie, Wang Yuanyuan, to the residence for a visit.

“Ah Yu, you’re always so busy; I feel bad asking you to go out.” Wang Yuanyuan held Nuanbao, coaxing for a while before speaking to Ye Muyu.

After arriving in the capital, Young Master Xie also leveraged connections and bought land.

However, the land around the capital has always been difficult to purchase. The quantity is limited, mostly controlled by noble families, especially private manors.

Young Master Xie ultimately had to buy farmland in a relatively remote area, a day’s carriage ride from the capital. Although it’s a bit far, it was bought anyway.

Wang Yuanyuan took the opportunity to go on a spring outing at the manor, and she had invited Ye Muyu before, but Ye Muyu refused because she was genuinely busy.

Busy with wood carving, busy with the loom, and now busy drawing design sketches.

The plan made with Chu Heng before the year to go to the manor for greens has been postponed again and again.

Upon hearing this, Ye Muyu helplessly said, “I can’t help it, I’m really too busy. Once I’ve finished, I’ll send you an invitation.”

“Okay, then don’t forget about me when the time comes.” Wang Yuanyuan nodded happily, without reservation.

Madam Xie, watching her like this from the side, wanted to speak but held back, not wanting to disturb Ye Muyu’s enthusiasm. She had recently returned from Yuzhou and witnessed how hard it was for Xie Yu as County Magistrate in the county, assisting with hosting female family members, and understood the disparity in the official circle even more.

She felt very straightforwardly the gap with the Chu family.

If five years ago, the gap between the Xie family and the Chu family was like that between ordinary village folk and well-known county landowners, now it has become the difference between a minor eighth-grade official and a third-grade imperial court officer.

But upon seeing Ye Muyu’s attitude, the bit of disparity she felt in her heart slowly evened out. Fortunately, they were on good terms with the Chu family; if it were with some poor scholar, the relationship between the two families wouldn’t be as good.

She was not worried about struggling to maintain this growing gap, realizing that sincerity alone was sufficient.

After figuring it out, Madam Xie no longer stopped Wang Yuanyuan from getting close to Ye Muyu.

“By the way, Ah Yu, have you heard? Something happened to the Gao family.” Wang Yuanyuan shifted the topic, speaking gossipingly.

Ye Muyu raised her brow discreetly: “What happened?”

“One of the young masters from the third household of the Gao family forcibly took common girls, harming many women. That’s not all. I heard the Gao family deliberately screened the tributes for the palace, skimming at least half of them.” Wang Yuanyuan couldn’t help but exclaim: “Isn’t the Gao family a royal merchant? How can they be so bold, daring to touch even the tributes?”

These days, Ye Muyu has been very busy. Chu Heng returns late at night, and she, to maintain enough energy, rests early every day to avoid affecting her creative inspiration. Several nights when Chu Heng comes back, she’s already asleep, only murmuring a few words while half-asleep, unclear about what she said.

The next morning when she gets up, Chu Heng has already left, knowing only that he must be busy interrogating the assassins captured that night.

Ye Muyu finds it difficult to investigate Chu Heng’s actions with the people she has around her, but Chu Heng doesn’t hesitate to disclose it to her actively, reassuring her.

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