The Fifth Prince looked at Tong Cheng'er with a look of disapproval in his eyes, but since she was his sister-in-law, he didn't say anything. Instead, he said to Yinzhen, "Fourth Brother."
Yinzhen looked at the Fifth Prince with a strange expression: "Is there something you need?"
The Fifth Prince, recalling how his Fourth Brother doted on his Fourth Sister-in-law, immediately realized what was happening and shook his head, saying, "It's nothing."
“Miss Bai Chacha, it’s not that I want to laugh, but what you said is laughable. You can’t blame me. Although my master and my fifth brother are brothers, even the closest brothers don’t share a maid.”
"Furthermore, if the young lady feels that serving as a slave is to repay a debt of gratitude, it would indeed be a troublesome matter for our family. It's hard to say whether what you just said is true, after all, it's only your side of the story."
"Even if it's true, you've offended so many people, yet you still insist on coming to our house as a slave, bringing a bunch of trouble with you. This isn't repaying a debt of gratitude."
Bai Chacha's face turned even paler upon hearing this.
She looked at Yinzhen and the Fifth Prince with a wronged expression: "I didn't mean that. I have nothing but my lowly life. I only ask to serve you two like a slave to repay your life-saving grace."
Tong Cheng'er said again, "Wait, Miss Bai, you're wrong again. I didn't see anyone trying to take your life today. You can't accept this life-saving favor! You should be careful what you say."
Bai Chacha's face stiffened upon hearing this, and then she said, "For me, my innocence is my life. Madam, you don't think you can survive if you lose your innocence, do you?"
Before Tong Cheng'er could even retort, Yinzhen's voice, as cold as ice, rang out: "You talk too much, Su Peisheng, get him out of here."
Yinzhen pronounced the word "please" very heavily.
Bai Chacha's face turned pale upon hearing this.
"This gentleman has gone too far with his words!"
As he spoke, his gaze fell upon the Fifth Prince. As a woman, she could sense his pity for the Fifth Prince.
The Fifth Prince couldn't stand being stared at like that, and said, "Fourth Brother, do you think I should take this person back with me?"
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen frowned.
"Who gave you the audacity to bring someone of unknown origin back? Can you take responsibility if something goes wrong?"
The Fifth Prince cannot take responsibility.
Seeing that he remained silent, Yinzhen looked gloomy.
Yinzhen said to Bai Chacha, "I don't know your background, nor do I want to know how much of what you say is true or false. There's no need for you to become a slave or maid. Of course, if you insist on doing so, it's not impossible. I'll have someone take you to a slave trader's place. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to become a slave or maid. The money you get from selling yourself will be considered as repaying a debt of gratitude. What do you think, young lady?"
White tea: ...
How else could she possibly feel?
In the end, they could only slink away.
The Fifth Prince was dumbfounded, while his wife, who was standing beside him, felt extremely relieved.
She was truly grateful to Yinzhen and Tong Cheng'er. If it weren't for them, Bai Chacha would have been taken back by this simple-minded person beside her, and she was sure that this girl would have been the one who gave her the most headaches.
Fortunately, they got rid of them.
After leaving the restaurant, Yinzhen instructed Su Peisheng: "Send someone to investigate the matter in Hongyang County."
The Fifth Prince overheard this and exclaimed with delight, "I knew Fourth Brother was kind-hearted and wouldn't abandon us!"
Seeing his expression, Yinzhen knew he was mistaken and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on: "You're overthinking it. The reason I sent people to investigate wasn't because I was kind-hearted, but because I was afraid the magistrate of Hongyang County would embezzle disaster relief funds."
The imperial court now has silver, but having silver doesn't mean it's allowed to be embezzled. Regardless of whether it's true or not, it still needs to be investigated.
Fifth Prince: "I see!"
Seeing his brother like this, Yinzhen couldn't help but get angry. He had never thought his younger brother was so stupid before, and he really wanted to beat him up.
"In the future, if you encounter a woman who cries and complains about how pitiful she is, just ignore her. You should know that if she were truly pitiful, she wouldn't look so glamorous. What she wears and what she's wearing in her hair isn't enough to make you feel sorry for her."
The Fifth Prince was stunned upon hearing this: "What do you mean by that, Fourth Brother?"
Yinzhen really didn't want to explain anymore.
He said directly to the Fifth Princess Consort, "Fifth Sister-in-law should know, why don't you tell her?"
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Prince looked at his wife with a bewildered expression, which only made his wife angrier.
However, I still have to say it.
"The clothes that girl Bai Chacha was wearing looked rather plain, but the material was not something a girl from a poor family would wear. As for the hair ornaments she was wearing, there were only two kinds, but they were rare treasures. When she raised her hand, I saw that she was wearing a bracelet on her wrist. The quality was good, and it was worth at least a hundred taels."
Yinzhen nodded: "Sister-in-law is more discerning. Su Peisheng is blind. No wonder she looked down on the ten taels of silver he gave her."
Tong Cheng'er listened from the side and began to look at the Fifth Princess Consort with new respect; she really did observe her closely.
She didn't even notice any of this.
The Fifth Prince turned green upon hearing this.
At this point, he understood perfectly well that the girl was indeed problematic.
Even his wife could see the problem, but he hadn't. To be honest, the Fifth Prince felt a little embarrassed. However, at the same time, he felt that his taciturn wife was a little different from what he had imagined!
After the meal, the group set off back to Beijing, and the people Su Peisheng had sent to Hongyang County also departed.
As for the outcome, we'll probably have to wait and see.
When they arrived, and during their time in Mongolia, Tong Cheng'er and the Fifth Prince's wife were always very polite to each other. However, on the way back, the two became more familiar with each other.
Fifth Princess felt that Tong Cheng'er was a righteous person, and after helping her deal with the trouble of Bai Chacha, she became more sincere in her interactions with her.
Tong Cheng'er was naturally sensitive to emotions, and she also thought that the Fifth Prince's wife was a capable person. The two got along well throughout the journey, and when they returned to the capital, they were as close as sisters.
The Fifth Prince was quite pleased that the two had a good relationship, since he felt that Yinzhen was very capable and had helped him a lot. He was happy to see his wife and Fourth Sister-in-law get along well.
Yinzhen was very unhappy. After leaving the capital, he finally managed to get rid of the Third Prince's wife, but then the Fifth Prince's wife came along. One was his sister-in-law, and the other was his sister-in-law. He even suspected that the young prince's wife was a lover in her past life, otherwise how could she attract so many women?
It's incredibly frustrating.
I wish these sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law could get out of his wife's life someday.
He had heard stories of sisters-in-law fighting before, and now that he thought about it, it didn't seem so bad if his wife could fight with her sisters-in-law.
What a pity! They're as close as sisters, it's so annoying.
"Finally back! I've been gone for more than half a year. My third sister-in-law's daughter, Hongqing, has been born for several months now, and I haven't even seen her once. I have to go see her tomorrow. Also, Sister Yingyu is pregnant, I have to go see her too..."
Tong Cheng'er rattled off a whole bunch of things, making sure everything was arranged perfectly.
Yinzhen's head was throbbing with pain. He had finally gotten rid of one fifth sister-in-law, but now two more third sisters-in-law had arrived.
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