Chapter 39: Offending People is a Bad Father's Problem

Xu Wan narrowed her eyes and said, "Madam, you are joking. How dare I offend you? Princess Pingyang is the most favored by the late emperor. If she is willing to go to the East Palace, I believe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not refuse to let her go."

You use Princess Pingyang to pressure me, why don't you dare to pressure the prince?

See what you can do.

Mrs. Zhai pointed at her angrily: "You..."

Xu Wan smiled and put on a harmless face.

Madam Zhai said sarcastically, "You are so ruthless. I think you are relying on your mother's family's power. Although your father is the Minister of Justice, he is from a poor family. If something unexpected happens to him, he may retire early!"

Xu Wan's eyes lit up after hearing this.

Is there such a good thing?

She offended someone and she blamed it on her scumbag father?

OK, OK, you are moving in the right direction. It would be best if that guy could retire and return home as soon as possible!

Xu Wan was secretly delighted, but on the surface she still refused to yield: "My father is an honest official, and he has nothing to fear from his own shadow. Madam, you want to use this to threaten others, not to mention me, even if my father were here, he would not yield!"

"Okay! Then let me see how honest your father is!" Mrs. Zhai was so angry that she turned away.

Seeing her figure completely disappear, Xu Wan finally put down her attitude, her shoulders trembled, and finally she burst into laughter.

“Hahahahahahahahaha…”

Cuizhi saw that she was about to burst into tears from laughing, so she quickly handed her a handkerchief and said, "Madam, you are laughing so exaggeratedly. If Madam Zhai heard it, she would be so angry that she would die."

"Haha, you don't know, it's really funny. I guess my dad doesn't even know he is so honest." Xu Wan said while wiping away the tears that were about to come out of her eyes.

Cuizhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "If they really find out something wrong, it will be bad for your reputation..."

Although the two heads of Minister Xu's family are not very good, they are still a family after all, and the whole family prospers and disgraces together.

Xu Wan waved her hand and said, "Don't worry. Although my scumbag father is confused, he is very cautious in his official duties. Otherwise, he would not have risen from a runner-up to the position of the Minister of Six Ministries. Madam Zhai is investigating my father because of me. At most, she will bother him for a few days, but she won't find anything."

Cuizhi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good..."

Xu Wan looked at Mrs. Zhai's departing back and thought of the little devil who went to the slums. After thinking for a moment, she still felt uneasy.

"Prepare the carriage, we will go and wait for Jincheng."

"Ah? Wait?"

Yes, wait.

Xu Wan waited outside the slums in a carriage, and did not join the little devil in being a kind person who sponsored the frightened snake.

She was worried that the Zhai family would do something bad to the little devil, so she asked many people to wait here. If Cui Liu spread bad news inside, she could go in and rescue her.

There was a lot of excitement on the little devil's side. Bu Yan first drove a carriage to take him to the street to buy clothes and shoes, and some food, and then loaded half a carriage of things to the slums.

Since he came back without saying anything, Shunzi was happier than Zong Jincheng.

He was the one who protected the young master, he was the one who drove the carriage, he was the one who did the shopping, and he was the one who carried the things.

I have so much free time that I feel like a master myself. How cool!

"Young Master, we're here." Qingxian Shunzi helped the little devil get off the carriage and began to talk incessantly about the changes that had taken place in the Jingjing family over the past month, using his eloquent tongue.

"The roof was newly built, the doors were new, the moldy mattresses and quilts were replaced, and the wounds on the body were healed quickly."

Zong Jincheng was standing outside the door when he heard Shunzi shouting, "Surprise! My young master is here to see you!"

Jingzhen ran out of the house when he heard that. When he saw them, he was so excited that he was about to kneel down, but was stopped by Buyan's quick hand.

Zong Jincheng patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "I haven't seen you for a month. You look stronger!"

Jing Chen cried with joy and said in a hoarse voice: "It is all thanks to the life-saving silver sent by Master Cheng that my sister and I can survive here. From now on, Jing Chen's life is yours!"

This was the first time that Zong Jincheng was thanked as a savior. The sense of accomplishment in his heart was incomparable. He kept laughing the whole time when talking to Jing Chen.

No one was surprised watching from behind.

I haven't seen you for just two months, but Mr. Cheng is so cheerful now?

Shunzi bumped his shoulder and whispered, "You don't understand this, right? It's all thanks to Madam's good parenting."

Without saying anything, he stared at him as if he were a weirdo, and replied, "Aren't you afraid of being beaten by the master for saying something like that?"

In his opinion, Master Cheng and his wife were incompatible.

Shunzi said, "I'm telling you this in secret. It's just that our young master was slow to react and didn't notice his own changes. If the old marquis saw it, he might think that Young Master Cheng's soul had been replaced."

Without saying: “…”

After thinking about it carefully, it is really possible.

horrible.

Zong Jincheng and Jing Jing chatted and laughed for a long time, and finally talked about Zhai Yao.

The shocked man said, "Recently, I did hear that a nobleman was imprisoned. He lives in the alley next door. There are two guards guarding the door and not letting him go out. I can hear his crying even at home."

"Still crying?" Zong Jincheng was stunned.

Is this still the fearless and dandy brother Zhai Yao in his impression?

Thinking about what Zhai Yao had said in the East Palace that day when he scolded Jing Jing and Chen as a bum, Zong Jincheng thought that crying for one day was too light, and he would have to cry for at least a month.

Thinking of this, he became interested in going to see Zhai Yao.

I don’t know if that kid has realized his mistake now, and whether he would dare to scold him in person again in the future.

The frightened girl replied: "She cried very hard and loudly, especially at night. My sister was so scared that she couldn't sleep."

Zong Jincheng shook his head and said, "That's too much of a sin. I'll go and ask him to cry more quietly at night."

Shocked: “…”

It's sweet, but something seems wrong?

With Jing Jing leading the way, Zong Jincheng successfully found the door of Zhai Yao's house. It was called a home, but in fact it was just a shabby hut with drafts everywhere in the room, and a muddy and dirty ditch at the door.

Before Zong Jincheng could even enter, he saw a wo wo head suddenly thrown out of the house, and Zhai Yao's furious voice came: "Get out! I, Zhai Yao, would rather starve to death than eat this kind of pig food!"

Seeing the good Wo Wo head thrown on the ground, he immediately picked it up with a distressed look. Then he suddenly remembered that Zong Jincheng was beside him and hesitated whether to throw it away: "This food... It's too wasteful to throw it away. Eating this can at least keep me from getting hungry for a day."

The contrast between Zhai Yao and Jing Chen was so strong that the little devil was annoyed without anyone explaining it: "Zhai Yao is still too light-headed."

Your Highness the Crown Prince was right to punish him. He should have tempered his temper here.

After watching the excitement, Zong Jincheng wanted to leave, but he saw a trembling old man coming out of the house. He had a haggard face and a look of sorrow.

"Who is this? Doesn't Zhai Yao live here alone?"