Chen Jingxi replied calmly, "Grandma, you're too kind. I came here today to ask you about the Jinsheng Pawnshop."
Hearing this, Wang's expression changed slightly, and the fingers tucked into her sleeves clenched slightly.
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Chen's eyes flashed with a sharpness. She had heard about the Jinsheng Pawnshop incident long before. After all, she was older than Wang and had seen more. Although Chen Jingxi had brought so many people with her, Old Lady Chen remained calm and composed, not being intimidated.
She spoke immediately, her tone filled with unquestionable authority: "Jinsheng Pawnshop is your dowry, what does it have to do with your mother? You should handle this matter yourself, why bother to alert so many people? It's against the rules."
Chen Jingxi said, "Grandma is right. I'm just a new granddaughter and don't know much about the pawnshop. Mother has been running it for me for so many years, so I shouldn't bother her anymore. But now that something has happened, I have to ask her. Does she know anything about what's going on?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang was eager to deny it: "I don't know, I know nothing." There was a hint of panic and uneasiness in her tone.
Chen Jingxi looked at Wang and said slowly, "So, mother didn't know about the pawnshop interest?"
Wang denied it again: "I don't know."
Chen Jingxi nodded and turned to his father: "Since mother doesn't know, does father know?"
Father Chen's face darkened as he angrily responded, "What's with your attitude? How dare you question your father?"
Chen Jingxi didn't flinch. "I'm just asking, why does father feel so guilty?"
Father Chen was stunned and speechless as he looked at Chen Jingxi with a puzzled look on his face.
Chen Jingxi blinked, pursed her lips and thought for a moment before saying, "Since neither my father nor my mother knows, then it must be the shopkeeper's doing. Come here."
"princess."
"Bring up that shopkeeper Wang."
The guards retreated in response.
Soon, a man tied up was dragged over. When the shopkeeper Wang saw Wang, he wailed, "Sister, brother-in-law, save me!"
Father Chen glared at Wang with a dark face.
Wang was anxious and annoyed, and kept asking, "Why are you yelling nonsense?"
Chen Jingxi smiled and said, "Mother, don't worry. I've already found out that Manager Wang has been secretly obstructing the Jinsheng Pawnshop for over a decade, raising interest rates and embezzling a total of 450,000 taels of silver. I'll ask Manager Wang to go to Jingzhao Prefecture shortly."
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Wang's face immediately turned pale, and he hurriedly shouted: "Princess, spare me! Madam, help me..."
Wang stood there without saying a word, her hands shaking violently and her back soaked with cold sweat.
Madam Chen narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Just follow the princess's instructions."
Chen Jingxi knew what the old lady meant. She wanted Shopkeeper Wang to take the blame. How could she let them have their way? "Shopkeeper Wang, if you hand over the silver you embezzled, I will go to Jingzhao Mansion to plead for you, so as not to implicate your family."
Hearing about his family, Shopkeeper Wang shuddered, "No...Princess, spare me! This has nothing to do with my wife and children...Madam, please help me! You told me to do this, and you have the money. You can't just stand by and watch me die!"
"You bastard, what are you talking about? Shut up." Wang shouted angrily.
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted loudly: "Where is the conscience of the Chen family for oppressing the people like this?"
The people around him echoed: "Yeah, I thought this was what Princess Su meant, but I didn't expect you to do such a dirty thing in the name of Princess Su!"
"Fortunately, Princess Su is here to make the decision for us, otherwise everyone would have been kept in the dark and good people would have been wrongly accused."
"I was wondering how could Princess Su do such a thing? How could everyone forget that three months ago, if it weren't for Princess Su, our hard-earned money would have been swindled away by those unscrupulous businessmen? How could such a person who cares about the people turn around and harm us?" a woman said indignantly.
"Yes, that's right! It was the Chen family who framed the princess and wanted to use this to cover up their crimes!" another voice sounded.
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The voices in the crowd grew louder and louder. Everyone was speaking in good words for Chen Jingxi, implicitly accusing the Chen family of evil deeds and forcing them to hand over their ill-gotten gains.
Seeing this, Old Madam Chen felt a lump in her throat and couldn't help but complain. "Xi'er, how could you be so cruel to let them insult your parents like this? After all, the Chen family is your mother's family. If anything happens to the Chen family, what good will it do you?"
Chen Jingxi looked up at Old Madam Chen's resentful face and chuckled, "Grandma, you won't die from scolding me. Wang Shi caused them to lose their wives, children, and houses. If I were them, I would have hit them with rotten vegetable leaves. Besides, my mother died a long time ago. Grandma, do you still remember how she died?"
Madam Chen was speechless for a moment. She met Chen Jingxi's sharp gaze and asked, "What did you hear?"
"Regarding how my grandmother treated my mother harshly and how she set rules for me, how she made her pregnant and took care of the sick in the cold winter, which led to her miscarriage and her continuous illness, am I right, Father?"
Father Chen snorted coldly, "Your mother has a capricious personality. If she doesn't learn some rules, how can she be the mistress of a family? As for the miscarriage, it means that the child has no destiny with my Chen family."
After hearing this, Chen Jingxi was furious. She looked around. At this time, Han Yu came over with a basket of rotten eggs. "Princess."
"Good job, Han Yu." After saying that, she picked up the four eggs with both hands, aimed at Chen's father in front of her, and threw them over with force.
"Evil girl!" Father Chen was hit by a rotten egg. He wiped the stains off his face and cursed with gritted teeth.
Wang, who was standing by, was also hit in the chest. She groaned in disgust and cursed, holding back the stench: "Chen Jingxi, how dare you hit your parents? Is there any justice in the world?"
Chen Jingxi sneered, "Is there any need to talk about justice when I beat you?"
The people nearby also started to jeer. They pointed at Chen's father and cursed, "That's right. People like you are worthy of talking about justice? Beat them!"
After Chen Jingxi threw the rotten eggs in the basket, he turned around and got on the carriage, leaving the Chen family surrounded by angry people.
Among this group of people, there were several particularly excited people who wanted to tear the Chen family apart immediately. Indeed, these people were arranged by Chen Jingxi in advance, and they were the ones who instigated the incident.
In the past few days, they allowed rumors to spread, but in fact they were waiting for people to come to them. Rumors need to be guided by people. If she doesn't arrange someone to guide them, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
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