Chapter 121 Grandfather returns to Beijing, the Xu family comes to see him off!
Xie Yao then said to Xie Mingan calmly, "It seems that the Sun family is clearly trying to ruin the wedding banquet that father has prepared today."
"She dares!" Xie Mingan snorted, anger in his eyes.
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward: "Sister-in-law, you have to be reasonable. Hongfang, as the owner of Ji'an Hall, was arrested and imprisoned by the Jingzhao Yin himself. What does this have to do with my Xie family?"
He winked at Second Master Xie, who quickly chimed in: "That's right! Perhaps he committed many evil deeds and committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
"fart!"
The eldest sister-in-law of the Sun family was originally intimidated by the eyes of King Jingbei and was a little scared, but when she saw Xie Mingan, she immediately gathered her courage and said with her neck stiff:
"My master was murdered by Xie Yao because of Aunt Sun. If it weren't for the internal strife within your Xie family, how could he have lost his life! If I don't look for the Xie family, who else can I look for?"
As she spoke, she turned to the onlookers and wailed, "My dear audience, Aunt Sun is my biological sister. She has worked like a slave in the Xie family for so many years, and yet, because of this wild girl who just returned from the border, she has been tortured beyond recognition."
"She also wanted to collude with the Xu family to accuse my husband of selling fake medicine and kill him in prison!"
"The Wenchang Marquis's Mansion is clearly bullying others by taking advantage of their power and taking human lives lightly!"
Xie Mingan was so angry that he was shaking all over. He ordered his servants to drive the Sun family away, but he was afraid that they would make more trouble.
Looking at Xie Yao again, he realized that he had been used as a shield by this girl with just a few words!
If he hadn't spoken just now, the eldest sister-in-law of the Sun family would have been targeting Xie Yao, but after he and Xie Mingshou spoke, the Sun family immediately directed their attacks at the entire Xie family.
Before Xie Mingan could stop him, Second Master Xie argued again, "Sun Xinlan allowed her maid to poison Master and Madam Bo. She was incompetent in her duties, which is why she was confined to the mansion. How could she be tortured beyond recognition? You, the Sun family, should stop slandering her."
The more he said this, the more the eldest sister-in-law of the Sun family cried and the surrounding guests and people felt sorry for the Sun family.
Suddenly, Xie Ming'an's eyes lit up. He saw a familiar court official in the crowd. He was the judicial officer under Lord Du, the prefect of Jingzhao.
Xie Mingan hurriedly squeezed forward and quietly stuffed a few silver bills into the sleeve of the judicial officer.
"General Zheng, hurry! I hope you can come forward and explain to the Sun family. I am related to the Sun family. On this happy day, I really don't want to use violence."
The judicial officer accepted the banknote, but turned around and glanced at King Jingbei with a vague look.
The prince sat steadily on his horse, as if all the noise around him had nothing to do with him.
Everyone knows that King Jingbei’s third uncle, the third master of the Xiao family, is the Minister of Justice.
The prince’s second aunt is the mother of the Jingzhao Yin.
How could he dare to take the initiative to join in if the prince didn't give the order?
"My Lord, it's not that I don't want to help, but this case was personally tried and handled by Lord Du. I don't know why Sun Hongfang died in prison, so I can't explain for your family." The judicial officer shrank his neck and smiled awkwardly.
Only then did Xie Mingan realize that the third master of the Xiao family was the Minister of Justice.
Although the Judicial Officer was a subordinate of the Jingzhao Yin, the Ministry of Justice had certain management responsibilities over him. Now that Xiao Yizi was silent, he actually pretended to be stupid in front of him.
Seeing that the guests' eyes were getting more and more strange, Xie Mingan felt a lump in his throat. He wanted to ask King Jingbei for help but couldn't bring himself to do it.
He could only ask Nanny Zhu to call Aunt Sun and said, "Your Sun family is causing trouble at the prince's wedding. Are you trying to blackmail me?"
The eldest sister-in-law of the Sun family was about to curse again when a more magnificent and exciting sound of gongs and drums came from a distance!
Xiao Yizi was the first to see the person coming. As expected, he raised his eyebrows and waved his hand.
In an instant, the two hundred guards of the palace all moved aside and made way.
At the end of the street, smoke and dust were billowing, and a group of men and women in festive red clothes came to the door of the Bo's house.
The first person to come was a middle-aged man wearing an indigo brocade robe and with a handsome face.
It was Xie Yao's uncle Xu Zhixing.
Behind him, a gilded black tortoise carriage landed and an old man with white hair and beard got out of the carriage. Holding a jade cane, he walked towards the Bo Mansion step by step with steady steps.
The old man looked at his granddaughter and also at his own daughter behind the crowd, and his vision gradually became blurred.
Xie Yao looked at the old man and called out silently, "Grandfather."
She guessed that her uncle would come, but she didn't expect that her grandfather, Old Man Xu, had returned to Beijing!
In her previous life, on the day she married Lu Shenyan, her grandfather and uncle also came back.
That was a month later, and she didn't know it that day.
Later, when she met her uncle, she learned that her grandfather had traveled thousands of miles from Jiangzhou back to the capital that day and had prepared a dowry for her.
But before entering Beijing, Xie Ming'an's people stopped my grandfather, saying that she had a bad reputation and was marrying into a poor family. If the dowry was too large, it might attract attention.
He also said that the Xu family was a merchant family, and they were afraid that revealing themselves would hinder their grandson-in-law's career.
For her sake, her grandfather believed Xie Ming'an's words, reduced some of the dowry, handed the dowry to the Xie family, and left quietly.
In this life, her and Xiao Yizi's wedding date was moved forward, and her grandfather also came back a month earlier.
"Xu Shi'an, the head of the Xu family, is here to deliver the dowry to Princess Jingbei!"
The slaves' shouts echoed all around.
The people in the Xu family's team were very imposing in the front, holding various gift boxes in their hands, and the servants behind them were also carrying red silk and gold-painted boxes, one box after another, which was dazzling to look at.
There are also golden nanmu beds, tables, chairs, dressing tables, boxes and other furniture, with the logos of various shops printed on the red stickers.
More amazing things are coming up.
I saw dozens of shopkeepers from top-tier businesses in Beijing line up and come forward to congratulate one by one:
"Congratulations to the eldest lady from the Xu family bank on her wedding!"
"Jubaolou congratulates the young lady on her wedding!"
"Shengjitang wishes the eldest lady and the prince a happy and harmonious marriage!"
"Jiangjing Escort Agency congratulates the young lady!"
"Jinxiu Cloth Shop wishes the young lady a prosperous future. We present you with a hundred pieces of brocade and congratulate you on your wedding!"
Amidst the bustling crowd, Mr. Xu walked towards that station.
He glanced at the group of Sun family members in mourning, his spirits high and his voice resounding, "With me here, who dares to bully the precious daughter of the Xu family?"
The Sun family members who had been making so much noise just now suddenly became listless.
The eldest sister-in-law of the Sun family looked at her son and asked, "Have you ever checked who Xie Yao's grandfather is?"
The son of the Sun family said: "I only knew that the wife of the Wenchang Earl, Xu, was from a merchant family and had some spare money. I didn't expect the Xu family to be so grand."
They ran a medical clinic and had only fought with Shengjitang before, so they had no idea about the Xu family's background.
Behind the crowd, Lord Du, the Jingzhao Yin, dressed in casual clothes, came hurriedly.
In terms of seniority, Lord Du’s mother is the second aunt of Prince Jingbei, and he is the prince’s cousin.
Seeing Mr. Xu and the merchants in Beijing, and then looking up at the unhurried second daughter of the Xie family—
Lord Du suddenly remembered that last year, when an earthquake hit the capital, the Xu family donated three thousand taels to Jingzhao Prefecture to repair the official residence, and he had personally received Mr. Xu.
Mr. Xu said that he was doing good deeds for his daughter who married the Earl of Wenchang and his granddaughter who lived far away at the border.
Three years ago, when Prince Jingbei went to war, the army was running low on food and fodder. The Xu family provided a month's supply of food for the army, which allowed the prince to have peace of mind at home and defeat the Western Rong people.
A few years earlier, when Jiangzhou was hit by a severe drought, the Xu family set up thousands of porridge stalls and saved the people of the state. The late emperor personally wrote on the family the eight characters "Promote wealth and justice, and have a clear business ethics" on their behalf.
Each of the business owners behind Mr. Xu is a well-known figure in Beijing.
At this moment, these merchants were extremely respectful to the second young lady of the Xie family, simply because Mr. Xu had only one daughter, who married Earl Wenchang, and his adopted son Xu Zhixing had yet to marry. And this second young lady Xie might become the headmistress of the Xu family in the future!
The judicial officer, who had just been quietly reducing his presence, immediately stepped forward upon seeing the Jingzhao Yin appear, a fawning smile plastered on his face: "Sir."
"How can you sit back and watch these people mess around during the prince's wedding?"
Lord Du glared at the judicial officer and shouted at the Sun family, "Ji'antang is selling fake and banned drugs. We have witnesses and evidence, yet they dare to turn the tables and provoke trouble. Do you think the Xie family is easy to bully, or do you think I'm unfair in handling the case?"
With the Jingzhao Yin coming forward, the judicial officer was the first to run forward.
"Sun Hongfang was frail and died suddenly of a high fever after only three days in the cell. He deserved it. What does this have to do with the Wenchang Marquis's Mansion? Come, drag these troublemakers away!"
The eldest sister-in-law of the Sun family was about to throw a tantrum, but Old Master Xu slowly spoke up, "On the wedding day of my granddaughter A'yao, someone came here to make trouble."
Xu Zhixing: "Father is right. It was my son who was negligent."
He turned around and bowed to the Jingzhao Yin. "Lord Du, I hope you can be lenient and unblock the Sun family's three pharmacies in the south of the city. These three pharmacies are not involved in the issue of banned drugs, and I have already acquired them."
The eldest sister-in-law and the son of the Sun family widened their eyes in shock and blurted out, "You, what did you say? It was your Xu family who bought those three pharmacies the day before yesterday?"
"I say," Xu Zhixing said slowly, "Now, you should call me Boss."
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