The maid was so frightened that she knelt down and begged for mercy: "Master, please spare me! I didn't go with you yesterday, I didn't know."
"Don't know?"
"Then let her be beaten to death! If the master does something wrong, the maid is also responsible!"
"No, sir, please don't! I'll tell you!" The maid kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, fearing that the Marquis of Zhenbei would beat her to death.
"Speak!" he roared, startling everyone present.
"Yesterday, the lady took her young lady out to buy clothes, and returned halfway to get the silver notes."
"I later learned that the lady had taken a fancy to a piece of cloth, which happened to be the same one that Madam Ye had her eye on."
"Madam wanted it, but Madam Ye disagreed. In the end, they agreed that whoever offered the highest price would get it... and then..."
The maid's voice trailed off as she spoke, and she shrank back, too afraid to continue.
"Whoever offers the highest price wins!" He glared angrily at Zou Shuang'er. "Even the most expensive bolt of cloth won't cost more than a few dozen taels. You dare to bid a thousand taels?"
"That's a thousand taels! Is it something you can just gamble with?"
"Go, bring it back!"
The Marquis of Zhenbei pointed to the doorway and took a deep breath.
Fortunately, the imperial law stipulated that merchants were not allowed to deliberately inflate prices.
It's only been a day, we can still catch up.
If they retrieve it, he will hide it himself.
“Master…” Zou Shuang’er shrank back in fright.
"Didn't you hear me?"
"Ye Lanyin... Ye Lanyin deceived me... she wrote... she wrote a book about buying and selling!"
Bang!
The table and chairs where several people had been dining were forcibly overturned by the Marquis of Zhenbei.
He stretched out his trembling hand, pointing at her: "What did you say?"
"Buying and selling books?"
"You...you...you signed it?"
He craned his neck and stared wide-eyed, waiting for Zou Shuang'er's answer.
"Mm." Zou Shuang'er nodded.
"Ahhh!" Marquis Xin Xuan of Zhenbei jumped up and down, yelling in anger.
He then reached out, forcefully pulled Zou Shuang'er up, and slapped her hard across the face.
"Smack!"
"You vile woman, how dare you use my money to gamble!"
"And the other party is my wife!"
You deserve to die!
"Smack."
"Smack."
"Smack."
He used both hands and feet, and at this moment he had completely lost his mind.
He stretched out one leg and kicked Zou Shuang'er hard in the stomach.
"Ah—" Zou Shuang'er was kicked and fell to the side, screaming in pain.
Marquis Zhenbei gritted his teeth, his ferocious face contorted as he grabbed a chair from the side, raised it above his head, and viciously smashed it down on Zou Shuang'er.
"father--"
Upon seeing this, Lin Shixuan cried out and rushed to Zou Shuang'er's back in terror.
"Dehong, stop!"
The old lady witnessed this scene and was so frightened that she shouted to stop it.
However, the chair fell heavily, crashing down hard.
"puff--"
Lin Shixuan was so stunned by the blow that he coughed up blood and lost his senses for a moment.
The old lady turned pale with fright and hurriedly ran to Lin Shixuan's side.
"Shixuan, my grandson, how are you?" she called out anxiously.
The Marquis of Zhenbei froze, regained his senses, and stared blankly for a long time.
"Shixuan, Shixuan, my child." Zou Shuang'er hurriedly crawled towards Lin Shixuan and hugged him.
"Waaah, it's all Mother's fault."
Lin Shixuan coughed twice, reached out to touch the blood in his mouth, and said weakly, "Mother, I'm fine."
"Shixuan, are you stupid? Why did you go there?" Marquis Zhenbei scolded him, still shaken.
"Father, money is just an external thing. It's not Mother's fault that she was harmed. I will earn it back for you in the future."
Why did you hit her?
The Marquis of Zhenbei still felt a sliver of pity for his son, but the arrogance in his eyes made him feel dejected and angry.
"You bastard, your mother took my money and did things she shouldn't have done."
"Instead of managing the family business properly, she acts recklessly and even exposes herself to your mother. Am I not allowed to reprimand her?"
"You are my son. I have raised you all these years, and this is the result?"
Lin Shixuan's face was pale, he pursed his lips, and dared not speak.
"Alright, shut up, both of you. Today is the Little New Year, a time for a joyful family meal. Shixuan and Shiming are still running a fever and are coming out despite their discomfort. What kind of behavior is this?"
The old lady was so angry that she picked up her cane and shook it on the ground with a loud thud.
Just then, there was another knock on the door.
Knock knock knock!
"Master and Madam, are you going to settle the bill or not? If not, I will take the food back."
Only when the waiter at the door stopped hearing the commotion inside did he dare to speak again.
The Marquis of Zhenbei glared angrily at the group, flicked his robes, and burst out of the door.
When the waiter saw him rushing out angrily, he wanted to see who it was, but the man covered his face.
Then I thought about it.
Could he sell this to a storyteller?
How many taels of silver can I get?
He rubbed his hands together.
Marquis Zhenbei dragged his weary body back to his residence.
He had no interest in anything, but he couldn't let anyone notice anything unusual about him.
After changing his clothes, he went to Ye Lanyin's courtyard.
A romantic laugh came from inside, causing him to abruptly stop in his tracks.
"Madam, look at Miss, with her small arms and legs, she managed to grab a big bone on the table."
Who would have thought that someone as beautiful as her would be such a failure as a person?
No meat, no vegetables, only bones.
[Waaaaah, Mom, please at least give me some juice!]
Hearing her thoughts, Ye Lanyin picked up her chopsticks, dipped them in water, and put them into Lin Wanwan's mouth.
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