Yuan Yunzhong saw this, the corners of his mouth lifted ever so slightly before he leisurely picked up the ginkgo leaf fruit fork plated with gilt silver next to the fruit plate. He skewered a piece of Dingsheng cake and placed it on the blue and white porcelain dish with gold trim at his side, then slowly said, "You should know that the forest where Zhao Family Village is located belongs to the Hong Family, right?"
Before mistakenly entering "Zhao Family Village," Song Jiyun didn't know; after entering Zhao Family Village, not only did she know, but she had also secretly sent Zheng Quan to inquire about the affairs of the Hong Family. Thus, she knew that not only did the forest belong to the Hong Family, but also that a minor steward in charge of managing the property, who saw that the Hong family members had been living in Suzhou all year round without returning, had quietly leased the forest to a person surnamed "Lu" at a price of fifty taels of silver per year.
