Chapter 436 Who is the father-in-law?

When Minister Xu saw them coming, his anxious face immediately turned into a smile, and he ran down with big strides and shouted, "Xianxu, Wan'er, you are finally here. Did something happen at home and delayed you? We have prepared the food at home and are waiting for you to come."

Before he came over, Xu Wan whispered to Zong Zhao, "My father is so good at dealing with things. He can always find excuses for those who come late. He is so shameless."

Zong Zhao patted the back of her hand and whispered, "Wait."

"Um?"

Waiting? Waiting for what?

Seeing Minister Xu approaching, Xu Wan bowed and said, "Father, Happy New Year."

Minister Xu said lovingly, "Okay, come in quickly. Wan'er looks good. I think she is well taken care of by the general. She is more beautiful than before she got married..."

Zong Zhao's gaze became increasingly cold, so cold that Minister Xu could not continue his words.

He said quickly: "Come on, let's go inside and talk."

Zong Zhao didn't even say hello, let alone calling him father-in-law, which made Minister Xu look a little unhappy.

If the one who was rude was Young Master Chen from the Duke of Jin's Mansion, he would have to teach him a lesson, but the man in front of him was the General of Zhenxi, Luo Jingfeng's confidant, so who would dare to offend him?

The couple entered the mansion, followed by two teams of people, with more than twenty maids and servants serving them.

In the dining room, Minister Xu asked the two of them to sit down, and the twenty servants stood in a row at the back waiting. Just the sight of this scene was enough to scare Minister Xu.

But he is a Shangshu after all, so what kind of battles has he not seen?

He cleared his throat and started chatting with them: "Liu suddenly went crazy yesterday and couldn't come out to meet guests. Only Dad was here to have dinner with you. I'm afraid I couldn't take good care of her..."

Zong Zhao interrupted him: "She doesn't like to eat fungus."

Only then did Xu Wan notice the table full of food. In front of her was a plate of stir-fried black fungus, which was the food she disliked the most.

When she was in the Shangshu Mansion, the maid who served her would deliberately let her eat black fungus, which made her almost vomit. Later, after she married into the Marquis' Mansion, she never saw this dish again.

Minister Xu was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Quick, take this dish away! Who arranged this? How come you can't even remember what the young lady likes to eat?"

The maidservant was so scared that she knelt down and said, "Yes, it was prepared by the maids in the eldest lady's room. We didn't know what the eldest lady liked to eat, so we went to ask them."

Zong Zhao put down his chopsticks and looked at Minister Xu coldly.

This attitude was already very unhappy. Xu Shangshu was sweating coldly on his back. He trembled and said, "Call those girls over. I want to ask them what's going on."

"yes."

I went to bring people over, and Minister Xu asked them to replace the dishes. Only Xu Wan gave him some face and took a bite with her chopsticks. Zong Zhao didn't move at all, his aura was dark and oppressive.

Several maids came in and immediately knelt down and replied: "To answer your question, Master, Miss loved to eat black fungus before she got married. Maybe... maybe she changed to eat something else after she got married. I don't know!"

When Xu Wan saw these people again after a few years, she felt as if she had been in another world. At that time, she had just traveled through time because of a sudden death caused by overwork. All she wanted to do was live a miserable life and wait until she got married.

Because these maids had experienced Liu's attitude, they naturally knew how to serve different people differently. They withheld all the food and expenses in Xu Wan's room, gave her the food that the maids didn't eat, and only gave her sour fruits for dinner.

In this case, the wood ear mushrooms that were once hated became delicious food. After a long time, the maids could not remember clearly whether Xu Wan hated eating wood ear mushrooms or not.

Upon hearing this, Minister Xu hurriedly asked, "Has Wan'er changed her taste after getting married?"

Xu Wan smiled and said, "What do you think, Dad?"

Zong Zhao was standing up for her, and she couldn't possibly smooth things over for Minister Xu at this moment, otherwise she would be embarrassing Zong Zhao.

She knows what is good and what is bad.

Minister Xu was embarrassed, but he still said, "You ignorant girl, you are not doing your job well, so you should all be sent away..."

"Slap." Zong Zhao interrupted him again.

"Yes, General."

Cuizhi bowed, took a few maids and walked directly towards the servants.

The maid's aura was so strong that the people huddled together in fear and looked at her in panic.

"Pa--" The sound of slapping people in the face rang out in unison, echoing throughout the large restaurant.

"Ah..." a cry of pain rang out.

"I was wrong. I can't remember clearly that the young lady hates eating black fungus, ah..."

“Pah—”

Every slap sound was clearly audible, and although it was hitting the girl's face, Minister Xu felt that it was also hitting his own face.

Zong Zhao...

Zong Zhao actually dared to come to his house and beat up his maid...

Who is whose father-in-law?

Is this how a son-in-law should behave?

Minister Xu was so angry that his chest heaved and his facial muscles twitched, but there was no way he would fall out with Zong Zhao over such a small matter.

He smiled and said, "Good son-in-law, calm down, calm down. These ignorant girls are not worth your anger. Think of it in a positive way. It's a good thing that I didn't marry Wan'er to the Marquis' Mansion. Otherwise, I would have caused trouble in your family, and my sin would have been even greater."

Zong Zhao raised his eyes and asked, "Does she have a maid as a dowry?"

Minister Xu was choked by the question and stammered, "Family, family affairs are all taken care of by Liu. I was busy with official duties in the court and didn't pay attention to these. It should be, it should be there, right?"

Although he didn't often pay attention to the affairs of the imperial residence, when the wives of officials in the capital got married, they had to bring their maids with them. Having familiar people under his command would make it easier to get things done in the new residence. Otherwise, wouldn't he be fighting alone?

If you meet a bad family, there won't even be anyone to inform your mother's family, and no one will be able to help you even if you cry out to heaven or earth.

Xu Wan told him regretfully: "No."

Liu just wanted to mess with her. She would feel comfortable only when she was not living well, so she married alone at first.

Xu Wan didn't think much of it at the time, thinking that maybe she would be relieved after going to her husband's house. However, who knew that she would run into a troublemaker little devil, and she was so angry that she exploded with all the anger that she had been holding back for so long.

Minister Xu's face was completely ashamed. He said angrily, "How dare this Liu do such a thing behind my back? Someone, call her..." He was about to say call Liu, but then he remembered that Zong Zhao had mentioned yesterday that Liu would not be allowed to sit at the table, so he immediately changed his words and said, "Tell her to kneel in the ancestral hall!"

Zong Zhao asked casually, "Kneel in the ancestral hall and copy the female virtues a hundred times?"

Minister Xu, who was clearly arranged, said: "..."

Who is the father-in-law and who is the son-in-law?