Chapter 97 Apology
After the hooligan was taken away by Lord Zhang, that very evening, Master Xuan, accompanied by his servants, brought generous gifts and came to the courtyard to apologize.
Master Xuan said with a forced smile, "Oh dear, it's all a misunderstanding. These are generous gifts that I had prepared for you, as a token of my apology."
Ms. Chen was confused and thought it was about Xuan Yao. She said that she just needed to find out the truth.
"Take this back; we can't keep it."
Master Xuan had gone to great lengths, preparing a lot of nourishing medicinal herbs, various foods, and two or three kinds of jewelry, all of which were very valuable.
Chen was tempted by the medicinal herbs, but firmly refused to accept them.
Now, Master Xuan secretly groaned. He knew that it wouldn't be easy to get forgiveness this time. This woman was asking for an exorbitant amount of money and clearly didn't care about such a small thing!
Master Xuan was very upset, but fortunately he came prepared and had his servants deliver twenty taels of silver.
“Mother, since it is Master Xuan’s kind offer, it would seem narrow-minded of us not to accept it.”
The items together are quite valuable, and Lin Yuesha is satisfied with the amount.
Today, thanks to Lord Zhang's intervention, this old bastard finally bled some money; otherwise, he would have bullied people to death.
Chen was puzzled, but then her niece Chen Xiaohua gave her a meaningful look. In the end, she accepted the gift with a blank expression and sent the person away.
"Little girl, what exactly happened?"
Chen noticed something amiss and asked Lin Yuesha with a stern face.
"Mother, it's not that I didn't want to tell you, but I didn't expect Master Xuan to arrive so quickly."
Lin Yuesha pulled Chen Shi aside to explain that Chen Shi disliked taking advantage of others and always wanted to accept any loss.
Lin Yuesha understood her mother's temperament, so she waited for Master Xuan to come over before making any further decisions.
"What did you say? The Xuan family sent that scoundrel to ruin your and Xiaohua's reputations?"
Chen immediately changed her expression, grabbed a kitchen knife from the kitchen, and was about to go out to chase after them.
When a woman's reputation is ruined, is there any hope for her? The Xuan family is going to destroy her entire family; they have no shame! She'll fight them to the death!
"Mother, Mother, please don't get agitated."
Lin Yuesha hadn't expected her mother to react so strongly. Her mother was just like her; family members were always untouchable.
“Your daughter is very clever. How could she let that fatso take advantage of her? Lord Zhang helped me out, so I sent you roasted peanuts and spiced melon seeds.”
Lin Yuesha explained that, in short, her family hadn't suffered too much of a loss.
"I should have kicked them out!"
Madam Chen snorted, relieved to learn that Chen Xiaohua and her daughter had not been taken advantage of and had even given the Xuan family a beating.
“Wife, why don’t you see what the Xuan family sent? Let’s take some back to Chenjia Village.”
Fearing that Chen might get sick from anger, Xiao Chenggui immediately changed the subject.
Chen Xiaohua is going back to the village tomorrow. Her mother, Chen, tried to persuade her to stay, but she didn't want to continue living in the town.
"good."
Chen divided the items into two parts. One part was given to Chen Xiaohua to take back, which was the silver given by the Xuan family. Chen also took out ten taels of silver.
"Aunt, I cannot accept the money."
Chen Xiaohua refused. Her cousin had clearly helped her vent her anger, so how could she accept money?
These things were a token of her aunt's affection for the family, and Chen Xiaohua did not refuse them.
Despite all the persuasion, Chen Xiaohua refused to accept the money, so the Chen family had no choice but to give up.
The next day, no sooner had Chen Xiaohua been sent away than Jiang Baozhu came to the courtyard.
After a few days apart, Jiang Baozhu had dark circles under her eyes and looked haggard, indicating that she hadn't slept well for the past few days.
"Sister Baozhu, why did you come by yourself?"
There were no servants or coachmen; Jiang Baozhu walked out on her own.
"Yes, I sent Xiaoxi and Aunt Wang to keep my mother company."
Jiang Baozhu smiled bitterly. You don't know who's around you until you encounter some trouble. To be fair, her mother, Madam Xu, treated the servants in the household very well and never punished them.
After the woman and her son arrived, all the servants in the house rushed to curry favor with her, except for Xiaoxi and her mother, who remained unchanged.
Jiang Baozhu was having a hard time and couldn't think of a solution, so she had to beg the steward not to let the woman go to the main courtyard for the time being, and to wait until her father, Jiang Huai, returned before making any decisions.
After a moment's consideration, the butler, deeply moved by the master's affection for his wife, finally agreed.
“Sister Yue Sha, isn’t it ironic? Just half a month ago I was the young lady of the manor, and now…”
Jiang Baozhu rubbed her eyes. Before she came, she had gone to see Zhang Jing.
"You're looking for him?"
Lin Yuesha didn't think Zhang Jing could help; he was just a stubborn scholar.
"Well, I don't know anyone, so I went to find him and Zhang Fang."
Jiang Baozhu sighed. She was really desperate and prepared to be rejected and kicked when she was down.
To her surprise, Zhang Jing and Zhang Fang not only did not kick her when she was down, but instead comforted her and helped her find out more information.
“Sister Yue Sha, I never expected that the woman was not my father’s mistress, but Xi Que, a courtesan from the Zui Feng Lou in the county.”
Jiang Baozhu told Zhang the brothers what they had found out, and she herself found it unbelievable.
In other words, everyone misunderstood; Father didn't keep a mistress. That boy, if he really was Father's son, should also be unaware of the situation.
"Flower girl?"
Lin Yuesha was stunned. No wonder she was familiar with that kind of thing and always had a bit of a worldly air about her. So that's why.
“Sister Baozhu, all courtesans sell their bodies. If they really had Master Jiang’s flesh and blood, how could they only come looking for him after so many years? There must be something fishy going on.”
Lin Yuesha felt increasingly uneasy; this was too similar to the way the Xuan family had sent someone to deal with her yesterday.
Did the Xuan family do it? Impossible. It wouldn't benefit the Xuan family to do that, and the two families don't have any deep-seated grudges.
Could it be... He Xing? This was the only person Lin Yuesha could think of for the time being.
"he?"
Jiang Baozhu couldn't understand He Xing's reason for doing this. He Xing was already engaged to the Xuan family's daughter, so why give up on the Jiang family?
"We still need to investigate this further, and peel off the skin of the flower maiden magpie."
Lin Yuesha became more clear-headed and gave Jiang Baozhu some advice: now that they knew Xique was not a respectable woman, they would be able to find out more about her.
“Zhang Jing is a scholar; he wouldn’t go to a brothel, so…”
Unable to find anyone to ask, Jiang Baozhu made a bold decision: to disguise herself as a man and go to Zuifeng Tower to gather information.
"I'm a little scared to go alone, Sister Yue Sha, I..."
If this matter were exposed, it would be a huge problem. Jiang Baozhu was too ashamed to talk about it, but she couldn't find anyone else besides Lin Yuesha.
Xiao Xi is a girl who can't keep secrets; she's too impulsive.
"Alright, I'll go with you."
Lin Yuesha readily agreed. Not only was Jiang Baozhu kind to her, but Jiang Huai and Madam Xu were also gentle people; she couldn't just ignore them.
To disguise a woman as a man, she first needs to buy two sets of men's clothing at a clothing store in the county, and then dress up simply.
Lin Yuesha looked at her chest and realized that the chances of her being exposed were slim. Why then did she feel a slight sense of disappointment?
Honestly, she doesn't want to be this flat-chested. When will she grow up?
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