Chapter 87 Confiscated and exiled?
"Brother, I am your biological sister." Cheng Fangjiao cried out with tears in her eyes, "Mom."
Cheng Fangjiao had just taken two steps when Cheng Yanwen pulled her back and said, "Cheng Fangjiao, haven't you always wanted a headdress from Liuli Pavilion? I'll buy you a hairpin."
Cheng Fangjiao's eyes lit up, and then she sighed and said, "Brother, am I someone you think can be bought with money?"
Cheng Yanwen: "..." Didn't he use the little pocket money he had to buy jewelry and hairpins for her?
"Brother, if you do me a small favor, I won't mind it." Cheng Fangjiao stretched out her little finger, looking very generous.
Cheng Yanwen's scalp tightened, and he looked at her and asked, "Are you sure it's just a small favor?" His eyes were full of suspicion.
"Hmph, if you don't want to help, then forget it. Where did you go on the 29th of the lunar year? I saw you, but I just can't remember where you were." Cheng Fangjiao looked reminiscing.
"..." Cheng Yanwen looked at his sister with tears in her eyes. She was really his good sister. If his parents knew that he went to a brothel to drink and have fun at the age of 29, it would not be as simple as being scolded by his mother. His father would also punish him according to the family rules!
Cheng Yanwen looked at her expressionlessly: "Cheng Fangjiao, tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"
"Brother, it's just a small favor." Cheng Fangjiao said quickly, "Just to check what this person's status is in Shengjing, and why he moved to Lancang County?"
The candy shop was originally the same as her Fangxin Pastry Shop. They all relied on face and favors. No one laughed at each other. Cheng Fangjiao had eaten the dim sum before, and there was nothing special about it.
Who knows what kind of lucky draw the candy shop is holding? Many of the snacks in the shop are things she has never seen before. Not only do they taste good, but even the styles look delicate and beautiful!
All the dignitaries with a little fame in Lancang County are proud to buy snacks from the candy shop!
Why should a merchant girl step on her head?
Cheng Fangjiao was afraid of being laughed at, so she simply closed the Fangxin Pastry Shop and did not go out for the entire first month of the New Year. The only place she went was to the Fang family's plum blossom viewing banquet!
Tang Tian beat her maid, making her suffer in silence. She must avenge this vengeance, but unfortunately, her parents warned her not to offend her because her uncle was an official in the Hongdu military camp!
Tang Tian can't be touched for the time being, so let's touch Xiao Jiuyue. Without Xiao Jiuyue, I wonder if her candy shop can still do business?
"Cheng Fangjiao, you've offended so many people that you've even reached Shengjing?" Cheng Yanwen looked at her in shock and reminded her, "Dad has said that Shengjing is full of powerful people. Don't cause a disaster that will bring disaster to the Cheng family."
"Brother, your father is the county magistrate!" Cheng Fangjiao looked at his timid appearance and couldn't help but said, "This is Lancang County. How can I offend someone and go to Shengjing?"
Cheng Yanwen looked at her with an indescribable expression and said, "Why are you investigating someone from Shengjing for no reason?"
"She came from Shengjing. I just want to know what her status was in Shengjing before, and why she came to Lancang County?" Cheng Fangjiao's eyes flashed, and she said, "Who knows, maybe she came here because she had committed a crime?"
"I can't check." Cheng Yanwen's mouth twitched. "I'm just the son of a small county magistrate. I've never left Hongdu since I was a child. How could I have such great ability to find out what her status is in Shengjing?"
"Brother, you know a lot of people. Her surname is Xiao. You can ask someone to find out if anyone with the surname Xiao has gotten into trouble." Cheng Fangjiao looked at Cheng Yanwen eagerly.
"Xiao?" Cheng Yanwen paused when he heard the surname and said, "I do know someone with the surname Xiao."
Cheng Fangjiao seemed to have caught Xiao Jiuyue's little trick and said excitedly: "Did the Xiao family cause someone to commit a serious crime?"
Otherwise, how could she bear to leave a prosperous place like Shengjing when she looks like a vixen?
"It is indeed a big deal. The Xiao family has a second-rank official in the current dynasty, the Minister of Revenue." When Cheng Yanwen mentioned this second-rank official, his eyes were full of yearning. His father had been an official for his entire life before he climbed to the position of county magistrate. How many people could never get to the position of second-rank official in their entire lives.
"Then what? Was he demoted? Demoted to Hongdu?" When Cheng Fangjiao thought of this possibility, her brows furrowed so much that she could kill a mosquito. What if he was demoted to a higher rank than her father's?
"You think too much. How could a second-rank official be merely demoted for the crime he committed? I heard that his property was confiscated and he was exiled." Cheng Yanwen sighed when he mentioned this. He fell from the clouds and was even worse than the mud on the ground.
"His property was confiscated and he was exiled?" Cheng Fangjiao's eyes were filled with gloating. She asked, "What crime did he commit?"
"Why are you so happy?" Cheng Yanwen looked at her and said, "Xiao is a common surname. There are many people with the surname Xiao. Don't do anything stupid."
"Don't worry." Cheng Fangjiao waved her hand and said, "Brother, don't forget the hairpin from Liuli Pavilion!"
"Didn't you say no?" Cheng Yanwen shouted as he watched her hurriedly run away.
Cheng Fangjiao turned around: "When did I say I didn't want it? You can't help me with my busyness, hairpin, I want something nice!"
After saying this, Cheng Fangjiao prepared the carriage and left the house.
Hongxing Building.
"Ms. Cheng, Miss Fang has been waiting for you upstairs for a long time."
As soon as Cheng Fangjiao arrived at the restaurant, the owner came up to her and said, "Well, I want to have whitebait and winter bamboo shoot soup today."
In the private room on the second floor, as soon as Cheng Fangjiao entered the room, Fang Caiwei excitedly stepped forward and grabbed her hand, saying, "Sister Cheng, please save me!"
Fang Caiwei's eyes were red and swollen. When she saw Cheng Fangjiao, she felt like she had seen a savior. She choked up and said, "Because of the plum blossom viewing banquet, my father was very angry and insisted that I marry the third son of the Luo family. I heard that the third son is a playboy and is not a good match at all."
"Sister Cheng, I'm trying to help you, you..."
Before Fang Caiwei could finish her words, Cheng Fangjiao glanced at her coldly. Fang Caiwei swallowed the rest of her words and looked at her expectantly, "Sister Cheng, you know how I feel."
"Caiwei, have you told others about the canned oranges?" Cheng Fangjiao sat up straight, staring at Fang Caiwei with burning eyes.
"No." Fang Caiwei shook her head. "How could I possibly tell anyone about this? My maid Yinzhu is already dead, so there's no evidence. My mother asked me, but I didn't reveal a single word."
Unfortunately, it was not Fang Caifei who died.
Cheng Fangjiao said in a slow tone, "Caiwei, actually, I really want you to be my sister-in-law, but the status of the Fang family is too low."
Cheng Fangjiao looked at her in embarrassment: "I have been praising you in front of my elder brother and mother, but it takes time for my mother to accept you. You also need to do something respectable so that my mother will recognize you."
Fang Caiwei was extremely panicked. Her father was angry and insisted on marrying her off. What she lacked most now was time.
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