Chapter 2295: The Opportunity for the Second Branch to Rise

Chapter 2295: The Opportunity for the Second Branch to Rise

It seemed like everyone in the main branch thought Wu Shi was foolish and silent, incapable of causing any trouble, so they guarded against her but not too vigilantly.

Therefore, it didn't take long before Wu Shi actually heard some information.

The information Wu Shi overheard was limited and mostly trivial matters.

However, Shu Quan managed to extract several key pieces of information from these seemingly insignificant details.

Wu Shi mentioned the term "定王" (Ding Wang).

The moment Shu Quan heard these two words, he was nearly startled.

"Ding Wang" referred to the Second Prince, didn't it?

Despite being in a remote village with limited access to information, Shu Quan knew about the events two years ago when the Second Prince and the Third Prince had attempted to rebel and were subsequently suppressed by the new emperor.

In the first half of the previous year, a group of new prisoners had been exiled to the southwest, and they were the offspring of officials who had been implicated in those events.

Indeed, it was after these prisoners arrived that things in the main branch started to change, and life gradually improved.

Shu Quan couldn't believe what he was hearing. He didn't know what Shu Feng was up to, what his stance was, or how he could get involved with the Second Prince after what had happened to the Shu family. Why would Shu Feng even consider getting involved?

Just when Shu Quan was cursing Shu Feng and feeling helpless about what to do, Wu Shi sent him another message.

She said, "The Shu family's adopted daughter, the one who used to be constantly scolded by the mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, the one named Shu Yu, seems to have a master who is a nun. They said they captured the nun and want to use it as leverage to get revenge on Shu Yu."

Shu Quan was stunned when he heard this. A nun? Did she mean the Master of Dongqing Temple?

He knew that the Dongqing Temple Master is powerful, but he didn't know that she was Shu Yu's master. No wonder, no wonder she, a seemingly inconspicuous person in the Shu family, managed to invent those heating pads and even became the village lord.

Shu Quan felt a pang of jealousy, but then his eyes lit up, and an idea came to him.

He felt that he might have found a way for his family to escape their current predicament and completely turn things around.

Without wasting any time, he wrote a letter to Hou Shi and sent it to the Wan family in the capital.

In the letter, he mentioned that it seemed like Shu Feng had conspired with the remnants of the Second Prince's faction. They had captured the Master of Dongqing Temple and were using her as leverage against Shu Yu. However, he didn't know Shu Yu's current whereabouts or address, but he believed that Hou Shi would be concerned about her. He asked Hou Shi to inform Shu Yu to be cautious and under no circumstances come to the southwest.

After reading the thick letter, Shu Yu let out a long breath. Since Shu Feng wanted to use her master to lure her to the southwest, her master must be safe.

She also suspected that Shu Feng's capture of her master might not be solely aimed at her. Otherwise, it would be a significant overkill.

She folded the letter neatly and placed it on the table.

Hou Shi asked her, "What do you think? Can we trust what Shu Quan said?"

"Most likely," Shu Yu replied.

However, Hou Shi furrowed her brows slightly. "I can't help but feel that he sent this letter to me for a reason."

"That feeling of yours is correct. He did send it to you deliberately," Shu Yu said with a cold smile. "Does he really not know my address? If he genuinely wanted to inform me, there are many ways to do it. For example, Fang Xiyue's family is right here in Zhengdao Village, and we've always had contact. Shu Quan could have asked her."

Hou Shi nodded in agreement. "You're right. It would have been much more convenient to ask Fang Xiyue."