Chapter 14: Poor Parents

The servant who was kicked staggered to his feet, pointed at Li Changping and shouted:

"Before entering the mansion, we agreed that you would take the money and help me find a good job in the Cheng Mansion. Now I have only been here for half a year, you can't kick me out."

The servant saw that Li Changping really wanted to kick him out, so he was anxious and told everything about their dealings.

In order to get Li Changping to send their son to the Cheng Mansion, his parents paid money for a relationship that was not related to him at all, and now the money was gone, how could he be willing to go back.

"Li Shun, what are you talking about?"

Li Changping broke out in a cold sweat, subconsciously looked in the direction of Cheng Jin, bowed and kowtowed, and looked very respectful, "Your Majesty, this kid must be confused, and he is talking nonsense here, otherwise he would not offend Your Majesty."

[You know whether it is nonsense or not. He took so much money from others in the name of Cheng Mansion, otherwise why would his father be criticized by the world as a greedy official, and his integrity is just a pretense. ]

Cheng Jin smiled but said nothing.

She couldn't say it now. First, there was no evidence. Even if she said it and confronted Li Changping in front of him, he would not admit it. Secondly, she was a queen living in the harem, and knowing these things would also arouse suspicion. It would be better to leave it to her father to deal with.

He was an official in the court, and although he tried his best, he paid less attention to the mansion. It would be a wake-up call for him not to trust someone who would not change his faith.

"Yes, Li Guanjia has been doing things in the Cheng Mansion for so many years, and he is also highly valued by my father. How could he do such a thing? Don't let my father hear about it and make him sad."

Li Changping said yes repeatedly.

"I believe that Li Guanjia can settle these people. Don't disturb the distinguished guests who come to the mansion and lose our people in the Cheng Mansion."

After saying that, Cheng Jin followed the servant into the mansion.

Cheng Yishou has been restless since he came back from the palace yesterday, and he feels suspicious when he sees every servant around him.

Who on earth could make up such a thing to cause him and Shu Lan to separate.

But he didn't think much about the servants coming and going around him. Instead, Zhao Shulan saw Cheng Yishou's absent-minded look and asked worriedly:

"My husband is so absent-minded after coming back from the palace. Is there something difficult in the court?"

Seeing Zhao Shulan's caring look, Cheng Yishou thought of Cheng Jin's thoughts during the day.

Shulan believed the outsiders' words that he was keeping a concubine outside, and she left him and died in depression.

He took Zhao Shulan's hand, but didn't know where to start. If he said that he heard Jin'er's thoughts in the palace today, Zhao Shulan would be shocked.

He held Zhao Shulan in his arms, and Zhao Shulan shyly pushed him away, "I'm almost fifty years old, don't let others laugh at me if this gets out."

"I'm holding my own wife, who would laugh at me?"

Zhao Shulan relaxed and leaned on Cheng Yishou's arms, "You came back from the palace and said that Jin'er would come back to visit her parents tomorrow. I finally got to see her, why are you unhappy?"

Cheng Yishou thought of Cheng Jin and sighed, "It was Jin'er who cried and shouted to go to the palace. If I had known that she had such a miserable life in the palace, I would never let her go even if I gave up my life."

Zhao Shulan couldn't help shedding tears.

How could she not have heard the rumors in the palace? But Cheng Jin was far away in the palace, and as a mother, she felt distressed but was powerless.

Cheng Yishou took the opportunity to bring up what Cheng Jin said about their separation, and patted Zhao Shulan on the back to comfort her.

"So, we have to be good at home. If Jin'er is in trouble in the future, we as parents can protect her at all costs. We must not trust others just because of what they say."

Although Zhao Shulan didn't know why Cheng Yishou said that, she nodded.

Although Zhao Shulan agreed, Cheng Yishou was still very nervous.

Sitting in the study room without moving since early in the morning, Cheng Jin was reprimanded by Cheng Yishou for no reason when she entered the study room.

"Are you all deaf? I told you several times not to enter my study room..."

Cheng Yishou just raised his head and saw Cheng Jin's apologetic face.

"I didn't know that father didn't allow anyone to come."

Seeing that it was Cheng Jin, Cheng Yishou immediately stood up, walked around Cheng Jin and looked at her repeatedly, "I'm glad you're back, I'm glad you're back."

Cheng Jin smiled and replied, "Well, father, I'm back, but I don't want to disturb you from handling official business. Next time, I'll remember to say hello to you before coming to the study."

Cheng Yishou smiled embarrassedly and said, "What official business? The emperor will directly refuse to allow it as long as he sees that it's my memorial."

"Also, those rules are for the servants to hear."

Cheng Jin nodded, thinking about how to tell Cheng Yishou about Li Changping.

Cheng Yishou also wanted to ask about who was the person who talked nonsense in front of Zhao Shulan, but he looked so innocent that he thought that what he heard yesterday was just his illusion.

My own daughter has lived in the palace since she was a child, how could she know these things.

[Dad, you are good at guarding against the servants, but don't just see those small shrimps and crabs. The one who put our family to death is Li Changping, whom you trust very much. ]

[He has been working in this mansion for several decades. Relying on his seniority and experience, and being highly valued by you, he is the one who has the final say in the mansion. ]

[You are not often in the mansion, my brother has been in the military camp for a long time, and my mother is gentle and virtuous, and she doesn't care about the family affairs. I don't know when this mansion has become the world of this surname Li. 】

【He secretly sent all his distant relatives and neighbors into the mansion, and he became the leader who was second only to the emperor. In the end, he even sold your poems written in the mansion to the Fifth Prince's people for money, so that the emperor would think that you were dissatisfied with him and had ulterior motives.】

What!!!

Cheng Yishou was shocked and almost couldn't stand.

He had saved his life to this Li Changping, but he treated him like this.

Cheng Yishou clenched his fists. He had written several articles now.

It was just a whim, and he threw them away. His study was always handled by Li Changping, and I'm afraid the things had been taken away.

Cheng Yishou looked at Cheng Jin. His daughter had saved the lives of everyone in the Cheng Mansion.

Although he didn't know how Cheng Jin knew all this, perhaps God had mercy on their Cheng family and couldn't bear to see Cheng Yishou suffer injustice, so he gave Cheng Jin the ability to know everything.

But no matter what, Cheng Jin will always be his, Cheng Yishou's daughter.

Now even if he just asks Cheng Jin, if someone with ulterior motives hears it and slanders Cheng Jin as a monster, she won't be able to explain it even if she has ten thousand mouths.

It would be better to know it himself, so as to save the lives of their family.

Cheng Yishou thought of this and wanted to get Cheng Jin out of the way so that he could deal with the matter about Li Changping.

"Jin'er, your mother has been talking about you since yesterday. You go to the backyard to see her first. Dad has something else here."