Otherwise, why would Prince An be here, and why would he be threatened by her?

Thinking of this, Zhu Hanyu crossed his arms and looked at the old woman in front of him with dissatisfaction.

"You brat, your mother's gone, it's my fault for not raising you properly! You've even started lying!" Old Mrs. Zhou's words were full of criticism that Zhu Hanyu was ill-mannered.

"He said you're ill-mannered," Xu Heming said to Zhu Hanyu with a mocking smile.

"Whether I'm well-mannered or not is none of her business," Zhu Hanyu said, his expression turning sour.

He hadn't even said that the old woman was rude and didn't know how to greet him, and now she was blaming him for being ill-mannered?

This is absolutely hilarious.

“But people want to know.” Although Xu Heming was worried about his son’s whereabouts, no remains were found in Tingyun Courtyard, so he felt that Xu Qingshi was probably not in Tingyun Courtyard.

After all, he had handled countless cases and knew that even if a fire destroyed a person, their remains would never be reduced to ashes.

However, we still need to find out where Xu Qingshi went.

He needed to confirm whether the person was at the Zhou family's house.

Could it be a smokescreen set up by the Zhou family?

However, he did not expect the Third Prince to come.

To everyone's surprise, the old lady of the Zhou family didn't recognize her own grandson.

"Hey, old woman, you say I burned down your yard, do you have any evidence? You have no evidence, yet you're framing me, which is a serious crime!" Zhu Hanyu said righteously to Old Mrs. Zhou.

"You child, what? I gave birth to your mother, can't I even say a few words to you?" Old Madam Zhou was furious at these words. She didn't expect this 'Xu Qingshi' to be so unruly.

"Prince An, is this how you usually teach your children? Disrespectful to their elders?" Seeing that Xu Heming did not speak up to stop her, Old Madam Zhou looked at Xu Heming with dissatisfaction and accused him.

"You want him to respect you? You're probably not qualified," Xu Heming said sarcastically. After all, the Third Prince was the legitimate son of the Empress.

How dare the wife of a second-rank official expect a prince to show her respect?

"Since you say I burned down your yard, do you want me to pay you money?" Zhu Hanyu thought to himself, this old woman actually dared to bully Xu Heming.

"Shouldn't you compensate me for damaging other people's things?" Old Madam Zhou said smugly, thinking that 'Xu Qingshi' had finally become sensible for once.

Although that courtyard was dilapidated, wouldn't it be nice to rebuild it?

“What you say makes sense. Go tell my father that I burned down the Zhou family’s courtyard and that he should bring money to ransom me!” Zhu Hanyu nodded and said to the little eunuch beside him.

"Yes!" The little eunuch glanced at Old Madam Zhou as he left.

Zhu Hanyu thought to himself, "Prince An is my father's right-hand man, I can't let anyone bully him."

Besides, he is Xu Qingshi's father, so I should protect him.

Thinking of how Xu Heming had been cheated on by his unscrupulous aunt, Zhu Hanyu looked at the unfortunate Xu Heming with some sympathy.

Xu Heming was puzzled for a moment, not understanding why the Third Prince would look at him that way.

Old Mrs. Zhou, being of advanced age, did not hear clearly what Zhu Hanyu and the servant were saying, and only assumed that Zhu Hanyu had sent someone to fetch the silver.

He thought that an unexpected sum of money was about to enter the household.

Old Madam Zhou was very pleased with herself.

Xu Heming watched the smug expression on Old Madam Zhou's face and sneered inwardly.

Even if the Emperor really brings this silver, the Zhou family will still have to live to spend it.

The Zhou family is the first to dare to extort money from the emperor.

Zhu Hanyu got tired of standing and sat down on a chair next to him.

"Get up!" Old Madam Zhou scolded when she saw that Xu Qingshi had actually sat down.