Becoming the Empress: Golden Finger Set Under My Bed

Stammering, Zhao Xiaotao looked at An Rushuang in astonishment, “What? Mr Cheng was taking advantage of me? How could that be?”

Zhao Xiao couldn’t believe this.

Seeing this, An Rushuang did not give her a direct answer; instead she helped Xiaotao analyse what happened, “What you see is that I was trying to test him, but you didn’t realize that he had already revealed his first trap.”

Trap? Looking at An Rushuang silently, Zhao Xiaotao somehow felt Miss An was more sophisticated than they thought.

“I was trying to test him and he turns out to be a good guy, but he also took advantage of your gratitude towards him. When we arrived at Baiwei Restaurant, you talked about Mr Cheng had helped you and you are very thankful to him, right?”

That was true, but Mr Cheng didn’t say a word about it.

“Cheng Gong is both the owner and chef of Baiwei restaurant. Even if he is not good at operating business, he has seen a lot of people from all walks of life. Think about it. Baiwei Restaurant had been reduced to such a condition. How could others eat there; let alone a noble lady who seldom goes out,” An Rushuang smiled, “what do you think?”

Shaking her head at a loss, Zhao Xiaotao felt her brain could not work anymore.

Blinking her eyes, Hong Yu said, “It tells us Miss An really values you.” Saying so, Hong Yu pat on Xiaotao’s shoulder, pretending to be jealous of her.

Hearing this, Xiaotao felt somehow warm inside her heart. True enough, she was just a servant recommending such a shabby Baiwei Restaurant to Miss An, who didn’t refuse her and eat there...

That really meant Miss An value her...

Seeing their reactions, An Rushang smiled and said, “That’s right. Mr Cheng can see this and you are grateful to him. At that time, he began his trap. When I sent you to pay the bills, he took the first step. Given his condition, how could he refuse the money? And when you talked about his help, obviously he did not remember it. So there is no special favor.”

Saying so, An Rushuang raised her eyebrows and said, “He made us plain soup noodles whose main feature is good-looking and can be fast-cooked.”

Fast-cooked?

Hearing this, Hong Yu suddenly realised something, “I got it! He was afraid that Miss An would not stay for too much time. So he had to produce fast-cooked and delicious plain soup noodles to convince Miss An of his expertise! Zhao Xiaotao, you were walking into his trap!” What a crafty man!

Chuckling, An Rushuang didn’t deny her words. Hong Yu was actually smart, despite she was always nagging and her mouth was always faster than brain. But whether this was a good thing, it depends.

If she was in front of An Lingshan, Hong Yu would be absolutely silent.

“That... that is... impossible...” Zhao Xiaotao stammered. But she was less confident about it.

“Why is that impossible?” Hong Yu said, “If he really wants to cooperate with Miss An, he could show his sincerity in front of Miss An. Why bother acting poorly before you? He was meant to let you feel guilty and help him. Think about it. Was he saying his plans after you helped him to get one hundred taels of silver?”

Smiling at them, An Rushuang didn’t say anything more. Hong Yu had said all she wanted to say.

Knitting her eyebrows, Zhao Xiaotao finally figured it out. Suddenly she turned angry and said, “I even thought he was a good guy... he made me wrong Miss An...”

Seeing Zhao Xiaotao grinding her teeth, An Rushuang couldn’t help laughing.

“Not that bad. I also let him suffer a lot, right? He is not a bad guy.”

An Rushuang helped her to vent out her anger. Zhao Xiaotao had the right to know everything, but An Rushuang didn’t want this to be a barrier between them.

“Sometimes when people are forced to corners, they have to find a way out and grab everything they are able to hold. Otherwise they will lose everything.”

Lose themselves, families, friends...

And then everything...

Zhao Xiaotao couldn’t help looking at An Rushuang who looked upset and worried. No one knew what she was thinking about. Then Xiaotao asked her fearfully, “Miss An, are you angry with me?”

Hearing Xiaotao lowering her voice, An Rushuang came to her senses and smiled, “No, I was just thinking of a disgusting person.”

Disgusting person?

Hong Yu was at a loss. Who would let Miss An lose her composure like this? Who would disgust Miss An?

Thinking for a while, Hong Yu could only list two persons that might disgust Miss An, Cui Liu and An Lingshan. Cui Liu had already been handled. So it must be An Lingshan...

Thinking so, Hong Yu still considered Miss An was too merciful on Cui Liu. As for the three-day bet, Second Prince behaved as if he didn’t remember Cui Liu, let alone he would save her from the brothel.

However, Miss An sent someone to bring her out and allocate her in the countryside. Since Cui Liu had affairs with Second Prince, she was regarded defiled. So she married an old wifeless man. She was said to be well-behaved now.

Hong Yu didn’t know why An Rushuang would help her. Cui Liu should suffer in the brothel throughout her life.

When they arrived home, it was already at dusk. Against the dusk light, their shadows were pulled over on the ground. Everyone was bathing in the sunlight. 𝑓𝑟eℯ𝒘𝗲𝑏n𝑜𝚟𝙚𝒍.𝒄o𝐦

An Rushuang and Zhao Xiaotao walked ahead, followed by Hong Yu. When they were about to leave, Hong Yu pulled the carter, Qi Da.

“Uncle Qi!” said Hong Yu smilingly, “You know about today’s matter. But it was Miss An’s business and we have nothing to do with it. So we could just forget it, right?”

Hearing his, Qi Da nodded, “Hong Yu, you know I never remember things. Rest assured.”

“I know you are smart. This is from Miss An,” Hong Yu smiled and gave him a silver ingot before returning to the Liuxi Pavilion.

Seeing this, Qi Da smiled happily and was about to leave when he heard a voice,

“Uncle Qi, that’s a huge sum...”𝑓𝔯𝑒e𝘸e𝘣𝓷𝘰ѵe𝚕.c૦𝙢