Special Agent Rebirth: The Omnipotent Goddess of Quick Transmigration
Chapter 994 - 982 Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character (16) Third Update

Chapter 994: 982 Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character (16) Third Update

Song Shuyun awoke just one day ago, and the news had spread throughout the entire Imperial City.

He had always been decisive and swift in action, and under Ye Shaohua’s covert management, the Song Family’s situation hadn’t turned too bad. Although the situation was currently dire, everyone in the Imperial City knew that as long as Song Shuyun was there, the restoration of the Song Family was only a matter of time.

Having gotten the Song Family affairs in order, this time Song Shuyun took the Song patriarch by his side, teaching him to handle some matters.

"You should take care of these things; I don’t quite understand them," the Song patriarch said, his head aching at the sight of such matters.

However, Song Shuyun paid him no heed.

Zhaoying appeared silently and handed a covert letter to Song Shuyun.

"It really is the Third Prince." After reading the covert letter, Song Shuyun’s face showed no change, only his hand tapped on the table.

Now, as the Song patriarch was in a hurry to find Ye Shaohua, hearing Song Shuyun’s words, he was quite puzzled, "What Third Prince?"

"You don’t need to worry about this. Starting today, you need to learn to handle most of the Song Family’s matters," Song Shuyun explained nothing, simply glancing at the butler, who then brought over a stack of account books.

"Why?" the Song patriarch was bewildered.

Song Shuyun only replied, "I’m going to participate in the Imperial Examination."

Song Shuyun originally held the title of a scholar but had been too busy with the Song Family’s business to participate in the Imperial Examination.

Now hearing that Song Shuyun intended to participate in the Imperial Examination, the only thing left in the Song patriarch’s mind was doubt. Did his son... truly understand these things?

However, considering that previously, the old madam had left with the second house, the Song patriarch hadn’t said anything. Recognizing some people in the official circles, he thought that given the second house had the Prime Minister as a tutor, Song Shuyun participating in the Imperial Examination would surely need guidance from a great Confucian as well.

Leaving aside the matter of Song Shuyun participating in the Imperial Examination, his Dark Guards had already found Ye Shaohua.

In fact, Ye Shaohua hadn’t attempted to disguise her trail.

She was still holding threads with the Third Prince and the Prime Minister’s side. How could Ye Shaohua possibly just leave the Imperial City like this? Moreover, she had an intuition that there was still a very important matter she had yet to accomplish.

So she went directly back to the Ye Family’s old mansion.

When Song Shuyun and the Song patriarch found the Ye Family, Ye Shaohua was holding a hoe, planting vegetables in the courtyard.

She was still dressed in a long red gown, her figure slender.

Feeling someone observing her from behind, she turned her head, her face still bearing a lazy smile. Song Shuyun had been watching her all this while and averted his gaze when she looked over.

Immediately, the Song patriarch approached, his tears and snot flowing as he apologized humbly.

Song Shuyun, who was somewhat uncomfortable, became utterly irritated by the Song patriarch’s dramatic gestures.

Ye Shaohua, for her part, never really blamed the Song patriarch. After all, a nursemaid who had been with the Song Family for decades and a daughter-in-law with a record, Ye Shaohua could understand why the Song patriarch chose to trust the nursemaid.

What was most important was that, even though the Song patriarch believed the nursemaid, he did not blame Ye Shaohua too much.

"If you feel remorseful, just give me Tianxia Building." Ye Shaohua said with a smile.

The Song patriarch agreed without hesitation, even mumbling about Ye Shaohua moving back to the Song Family.

Ye Shaohua had no intention of moving back, but as the Song patriarch kept on insisting, she ultimately agreed to visit him from time to time.

Song Shuyun, who had always found the Song patriarch annoying, felt a bit less so upon hearing their conversation.

He instructed the butler to give the deed of the land to Ye Shaohua and when speaking with Ye Shaohua, he finally looked straight at her, but as he gazed into her unusually clear eyes, his gaze slowly drifted away.

"You plan to stay in Tianxia Building?" after hearing Ye Shaohua’s intentions, Song Shuyun ordered someone to tidy up a room in Tianxia Building for her.

Zhaoying followed Ye Shaohua closely.

"Tianxia Building is somewhat chaotic," Song Shuyun, receiving Ye Shaohua’s puzzled look, said, "let him follow you."

Ye Shaohua refused.

Song Shuyun did not speak, but simply glanced at Elder Master Song, who then became snot-nosed and teary-eyed with worry about the safety of Ye Shaohua, a girl on her own.

Ye Shaohua felt a headache coming on and finally agreed.

When Ye Shaohua’s father was alive, business at Tianxia Building was booming. Now with her father gone, and facing competition from Su Junling’s Fenge Building across the street, the business at Tianxia Building could only be described as bleak.

Recently, Ye Shaohua had been sending thugs to deliver messages to the eldest prince and playing a high-stakes long game, as well as experimenting with her father’s box of recipes at Tianxia Building.

Meanwhile, Song Shuyun was busy preparing for the Imperial Examination, acting mysteriously every day.

Nevertheless, he made time to visit Tianxia Building no matter how busy he was.

Ye Shaohua knew that Song Shuyun must have also found out about the Third Prince’s secretive maneuvers against the Song Family, which is why he openly sided with the Eldest Prince.

As the weather gradually turned colder and the day of the Imperial Examination drew nearer, the Eldest Prince gained tremendous fame in Imperial City for overseeing a grand reform. Within a few months, Ping County flourished more and more.

When the Eldest Prince proposed the contents of the reform, the Emperor was overjoyed, making him the most talked-about figure in Imperial City for a time.

Scholars and literati were discussing the reform, and some even speculated that this year’s Imperial Examination questions would likely relate to the reforms.

And the Eldest Prince eclipsed the fame of the Third Prince and his faction.

On the surface, Ye Shaohua appeared indifferent to external affairs, continuing to work with Tianxia Building’s head chef to develop several dishes from the Ye Family’s recipes.

Passersby near Tianxia Building were enticed by the peculiar fragrance wafting from the kitchen, gradually drawing customers away from Fenge Building.

The rise of the Eldest Prince made the supporters of the Third Prince feel apprehensive.

The Prime Minister, who had already softly sided with the Third Prince, was alarmed upon reviewing the reform proposals and seeing the new policy discussions brought forth by the Eldest Prince.

However, the Third Prince was not to be outdone, having recently presented something in the Royal Court that temporarily steadied the Prime Minister’s nerves.

The Prime Minister and his associates knew Song Shuyun frequented Tianxia Building.

Song Shuyun was usually elusive, but one could be certain to encounter him at Tianxia Building.

Ning Zhao and Su Junling both wanted to meet Song Shuyun, following behind a young man dressed in black, grand attire.

They wore expressions of reverence on their faces.

The group ascended to the second floor, where Ye Shaohua was seated by a window, flipping through the new policy discussions introduced by the Eldest Prince. Hearing the shopkeeper, she didn’t even lift her head, "Just make sure it’s taken care of, you don’t need to check with me."

Unlike others who perused the policy documents, she flipped through them quickly, often shaking her head in disagreement.

Ning Zhao and company, following behind the shopkeeper, could naturally see all of Ye Shaohua’s actions.

Suddenly feeling scrutinizing gazes, Ye Shaohua narrowed her eyes and looked back.

She caught sight of a man in his mid-twenties, hands clasped behind his back, exuding a chilly presence, with a deeply contoured and handsome face. Noticing Ye Shaohua looking over, he just hooked his lips in what seemed to be a disdainful smile.

After hearing about Ye Shaohua’s identity from the people next to him, he appeared unconcerned and retracted his gaze, speaking softly and tenderly with Su Junling at his side, with his confidence fully evident in his words and actions.