Chapter 708: Bad Name

"Miss, the contact person at Chaoyang Building said that their future business focus will be on intelligence, and they will no longer accept murder business." Qihuang lowered his head and said to Yu Mingzhu.

Yu Mingzhu had a gloomy expression.

As for setting fire to a house, ordinary ruffians would not do it. Only those extremely vicious and cruel "professionals" would be hired to do it.

"A big reward will always bring out brave men." Yu Mingzhu said in a serious tone, "Since Chaoyang Tower is unwilling to accept it, we can find other desperate men. Just one thing, we must not reveal our identities."

Qihuang bowed his head and accepted the order.

"Miss, Madam has sent Sister Tang'er to look for you. Please come over."

The maid's voice came from outside, and Yu Mingzhu immediately changed her expression, and her voice changed from cold to gentle: "...Okay, I got it. Let Tang'er wait in the flower hall."

"Go ahead." Yu Mingzhu glanced at Qi Huang and whispered, "Remember to do it thoroughly from beginning to end."

Qi Huang responded: "Don't worry, young lady."

After whispering instructions to Qi Huang, Yu Mingzhu changed her clothes, and with a slight smile on her face, she went to look for Tang'er who was waiting in the flower hall.

When Tang'er saw Yu Mingzhu coming out, she bowed and greeted him with a smile.

Yu Mingzhu was always gentle and polite to the maids around Jiao. She smiled and said, "Sister Tang'er, I wonder what mother wants to see me about?"

Tang Er smiled and said, "My cousin's affairs are almost settled, and my third uncle's wife is going back to Zhoushui."

Yu Mingzhu's expression dimmed a little.

She thought it was nothing, it turned out to be Jiao San's aunt's business.

During the days when Aunt Jiao San was in the capital, she was very enthusiastic towards Yu Mingzhu at first. But one day, Aunt Jiao San started to feel a little indifferent towards Yu Mingzhu.

Yu Mingzhu guessed it immediately and it must be Aunt Jiao San who knew her background.

Yu Mingzhu sneered in her heart. She used to treat her like her sweetheart and even wanted to make her, the daughter of a Duke, marry her son who was of poor family!

Knowing that she was no longer of Jiao family blood, he changed his attitude again.

A hint of contempt flashed across Yu Mingzhu's eyes.

She already has a bright future. After a few years when she comes of age, she will be able to marry the Fourth Prince and become the noble Fourth Prince's consort.

Although the Zhoushui Jiao family is a century-old family, she still doesn't take it seriously!

Yu Mingzhu smiled slightly and said, "So that's what happened. Then I'll go with you to see my third aunt off."

She followed Tang'er to Jiao's yard.

Aunt Jiao San was sitting with Jiao, talking about something.

Seeing Yu Mingzhu coming in, Aunt Jiao San greeted her with a smile: "Mingzhu is here."

When Jiao looked at Yu Mingzhu, she showed a look of distress: "I haven't seen you for just a few days, how come you have become so thin?"

Yu Mingzhu has lost weight these days because she has been worried about the Zou family's affairs.

But in front of Jiao, she sighed softly: "My elder brother and second brother's things are not going too smoothly. Whenever I think about it, I feel very worried."

Jiao was very moved and grabbed Yu Mingzhu's hand: "Child, your brothers have loved you for a reason... If they were half as sensible as you, I wouldn't be so worried right now!"

Yu Mingzhu comforted Jiao for a while, and Jiao looked at Jiao's aunt: "Third sister-in-law, look at me, I'm here to say goodbye to you, but you're worried about these things again."

Aunt Jiao San was very understanding: "We mothers just want to see our children go through life smoothly! ... The current dilemma of Chongjie and Chongen is, to put it bluntly, marriage. There are many good girls in Zhoushui. When we go back, mother and I will take a good look. We don't have to look for a beautiful lady from the capital, right?"

In fact, Mrs. Jiao secretly still wants to find a wealthy lady from the capital, who can best take care of her two sons.

However, if you really want to say it, it doesn't matter if you can't help. It's also good to be a good housekeeper.

Therefore, Jiao sighed and covered the hand of Jiao San's aunt with her backhand: "Then I'll have to trouble Third Sister-in-law and mother to help keep an eye on my two disappointing sons."

Aunt Jiao San was saying, "We are one family, why do we have to talk about different things..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a maid outside announce that Jiao Yulou had arrived.

Jiao couldn't help but praise him, "Yulou's knowledge is getting better and better. His teacher is famous in the capital for his teachings. I heard the wife of the Right Prime Minister praising Yulou's teacher a few days ago. It is a blessing for us Jiaos to be able to study with such a great scholar."

Aunt Jiao San liked to hear this very much. She smiled so hard that she couldn't stop, and said modestly: "It can be regarded as a little bit of luck for Yulou."

While they were talking, Jiao Yulou came in and greeted Jiao and Yu Mingzhu first.

Aunt Jiao San looked at her son, her eyes full of pride.

Jiao Yulou hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Aunt, when I came just now, there was a girl outside the mansion. She told the gatekeeper that she wanted to see cousin Jie... The gatekeeper said that cousin Jie had not finished his duty yet, so he did not let her in. That girl..." Jiao Yulou said tactfully, "was making quite a fuss."

Jiao's eyebrows twitched.

As the lady in charge of the family, she naturally knew about Zou Wanshi and Zou Pingping's previous visits.

She knew that her Zhuzhu was kindhearted and probably got acquainted with someone outside and was being harassed by him. She didn't take Zou Wanshi seriously anyway.

As for Zou Pingping...

Jiao sneered even more. The abacus beads of this little girl were about to jump onto her face!

First he returned the clothes, then he said he wanted to make sachets!

Isn't this the same trick used by those prostitutes out there? !

Do you really want to use this to seduce her son?!

Jiao sneered and had her maid go to the gatehouse to pass on a message that any young girl who came to see the eldest young master was not allowed to enter the mansion.

At this moment, the doorman should have followed her instructions and taken the girl surnamed Zou out.

"Don't worry about her." Being seen by her nephew like this, Jiao felt a little embarrassed. She said coldly, "I don't know where this little girl came from, but she is pestering Chongjie like crazy. Chongjie is a big man, but he can't bring himself to reprimand that shameless girl, which makes her even more rampant."

Aunt Jiao San was actually thinking about Yu Chongjie sincerely: "... But, if she keeps making noise outside the door, it will ruin Chongjie's reputation, which is not a good thing."

Jiao thought so too, her face turned green: "...Then I will have someone beat her away!"

Jiao San's aunt stopped her and said, "...if you beat her up and she goes somewhere else and starts talking nonsense, what should we do?"

The words "talking nonsense" made Yu Mingzhu's eyebrows twitch slightly.

She paused, and then spoke for Zou Pingping outside: "Mother, why don't you call Miss Zou in and ask her a few questions? If she doesn't suit your taste, explain it to her and tell her to stop having such delusional thoughts."

Yu Mingzhu was now glad that Zou Pingping didn't look anything like her.

When Jiao heard her daughter say this, she was silent for a moment, and actually asked someone to call Zou Pingping in.

Zou Pingping was also a little confused. She didn’t expect that she would be meeting the eldest young master’s mother so soon?

On the way here, Zou Pingping hurriedly tidied her hair and clothes.

When she came in, she found two elegantly dressed ladies sitting in the room.

Miss Yu was sitting on one side, and there was another man next to her. Judging from his clothes, it was unclear which family he was from.

Zou Pingping pursed her lips.

It seems that the young master's mother really doesn't take her seriously.

Having a man outside her present shows that she is not taken seriously at all.

Zou Pingping knelt down and saluted to the noble lady who looked somewhat like the young master, saying, "I am the daughter of the Zou family. I am honored to meet the wife of the Crown Prince."

Jiao's brows were furrowed!

Look at this etiquette, it's neither fish nor fowl, and has a petty and unsophisticated air!

Even the prostitutes in the brothels are better at it than her!

Jiao was extremely disgusted!

I don't even want to speak!

Jiao had a sullen face and a cold expression as she stared at Zou Pingping.

Aunt Jiao San couldn't bear to see Zou Pingping's face turn red, so she softened her voice: "Your last name is Zou, right? What's your nickname?"

Zou Pingping said quickly, "My name is Pingping."

Jiao's heart was moved. Ping Ping? ... Xing Xing?

It sounds like fruit.

She now condescended to ask: "Which apple?"

Zou Pingping explained quickly: "Ping means encounter by chance. My mother said that she ate an apple before giving birth to me, but the "ping" in "apple" has a bit of a dirty connotation, so she changed it to "ping" with three drops of water."

For no apparent reason, Jiao became furious again.

What does it mean? How can naming a thing like Guo'er be considered a tacky thing?!

What? Are you saying Xingxing’s name is mean?

Yu Mingzhu covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

She and Jiao had the same idea and both thought of the name Xingxing.

But let’s be honest, what Zou Pingping said was quite to her liking.

Naming someone after a fruit is just mean!

In response to this, Yu Mingzhu's face became more friendly: "Miss Zou, what do you want to talk to my elder brother about this time?"

Zou Pingping timidly took out the smoky green sachet from her arms: "...This is the sachet that the young master asked me to make last time. I have made it. It also contains some mint and camphor, which can repel insects and refresh the mind."

Jiao just felt extremely ashamed!

My eyebrows are beating faster and faster!

As for her needlework, her skills are not even half as good as those of the embroiderer in their house, and yet she is so eager to make it and give it away!

Besides! She just didn't believe it. Her Chong Jie Rao had been divorced once, so his taste couldn't be that bad! The girl in front of him was at most pretty and had the advantage of being young. What did he like about her? !

Why do we have to let her make sachets? !

Jiao's is a very embarrassing thing.

However, when Aunt Jiao San heard what Zou Pingping said, her eyes became speculative: "...Did Chongjie really ask you to do it?"

Zou Pingping was a little shy and a little proud. She raised the sachet in her hand a little higher: "...Of course. The eldest master also told me to make it smoky blue. He likes smoky blue!"

Jiao's eyes narrowed!

She naturally knew that her son liked smoky blue.

Where did this little bastard know this? !

Could it be that... her son has really gone insane? !

Yu Mingzhu's eyes were a little cold.

She instinctively has a natural hostility towards anyone who competes with her for the family's love and attention!

Especially, she looks down on people like Zou Pingping in every way!

But Yu Mingzhu also knew that this was not a good time to speak.

She lowered her eyes and said nothing.

It was Jiao's third aunt who felt something was not right. She leaned towards Jiao and lowered her voice, "Could it be... that this is really the one Chongjie has chosen?"

Aunt Jiao San said very tactfully, "Could it be that Chong Jiehe was hit hard after the divorce, and his view has changed?"

Jiao was so embarrassed!

Why would my son fall in love with such a thing when there are so many other people he could fall in love with?

But Jiao was really skeptical at this moment. She didn't want her son to really be interested in such a thing. She said with disgust: "I don't know, maybe Chongjie is crazy."

Zou Pingping had been standing there, and the two noble ladies sitting in the chairs at the head of the table showed no intention of letting her sit down.

She just felt uneasy and wronged.

After a long while, a maid came in with a message saying that the eldest master had returned from his shift.

Zou Pingping's eyes suddenly lit up, and she couldn't wait to take a few steps towards the door.

Little did he know that in Jiao's eyes, this action was frivolous and disrespectful.

That's so unruly!

Jiao was furious!

Yu Chongjie walked into the room with a frown on his face.

He was annoyed as to why this little girl kept haunting him again.

But in the eyes of Zou Pingping, who consciously glorified Yu Chongjie's actions, it was her eldest master who was standing up for her!

Zou Pingping's nose felt sore and she almost burst into tears. She choked and said, "Young Master..."

Yu Chongjie paused, his expression becoming a little complicated.

Not to mention, when Zou Pingping was crying, from this angle, she really looked a bit like Mao Fuqiu when she was young.

Jiao looked at the complicated expression on her son's face, took a deep breath, and gripped the armrest of the chair.

No, her son is really...crazy?!

When Jiao's aunt saw that Jiao looked very bad, she quickly winked at Yu Chongjie, asking him to think twice before speaking. At this moment, Jiao's aunt also misunderstood and thought that Yu Chongjie was interested in Zou Pingping.

Yu Chongjie took a deep breath: "Mom, what is this?"

Jiao was so choked up that he didn't want to talk.

Yu Mingzhu said softly, "Brother, Miss Zou said that the sachet she made for you is ready and she wants to send it to you."

Yu Chongjie froze, but Zou Pingping, with tears in her eyes, raised the sachet in her hand and said shyly, "Master... this is your favorite smoky blue color..."

Jiao was so anxious that she almost threw the teacup in her hand over!

What on earth did this Zou family teach their daughter?

She's acting so coquettishly in front of her elders!

How shameless of you!

Yu Chongjie felt a numbness on his back.

He didn't like Zou Pingping, but sometimes he felt that she was a bit like Mao Fuqiu and was a little distracted.

But now that things have come to this point, he must make it clear.

Yu Chongjie took the sachet from Zou Pingping. Before Zou Pingping could show her joy, Yu Chongjie turned around and gave the sachet to his attendant: "It's a reward for you."

Zou Pingping was struck by lightning!

Yu Chongjie said, "... Miss Zou, use this sachet to pay for the dress you ruined earlier. From now on, we are even."

Zou Pingping couldn't believe it and couldn't accept it at all!

The corners of Jiao's mouth curled up, and she couldn't suppress it!

Yu Mingzhu was also unable to suppress her smile.

Yu Mingzhu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and felt very happy when she saw Zou Pingping's expression.