Chapter 85: Other Agenda (1 more chapter)

Xie Zhuoning crossed his arms, one eyebrow raised, "If you weren't mocking His Royal Highness Prince Xuan for being incompetent, why would you use this kind of thing to insult me? Do you think His Royal Highness Prince Xuan can't even afford to give his woman a box of South Pearls?"

Minister Song swallowed hard, sweat dripping down his cheeks, "Madam, you are too kind. That is not what I meant."

He originally thought that she was just a concubine who would be easy to bribe, but he did not expect that her words were so sharp and aggressive that even a veteran official like him almost could not cope with her.

The South Pearls in my hand are neither worth giving nor receiving.

Seeing this, Xie Zhuoning's expression softened. "In fact, I have heard about Lord Song's character a long time ago. What happened today might really be a misunderstanding. Let me put it this way. I am not an unreasonable person. As long as your daughter Song Yuyao is willing to cook a meal for me personally to make amends, this matter will be over. How about that?"

"Ah?" Minister Song was stunned when he heard this request.

"Why? Minister Song is unwilling?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" He nodded hurriedly.

When he heard that the other party refused even a whole box of South Pearls, he thought that there would be no way out unless he spent a lot of money today.

I didn't expect the other party to make such a simple request. It's like pie in the sky.

Song Yuyao stamped her feet, her brows furrowed, "Dad, how can I cook?"

Minister Song glared at her and said, "If you can't do it, then learn it!"

She even dared to offend Prince Xuan's woman, and I haven't settled the score with her yet!

Song Yuyao pouted in grievance and stopped talking.

Minister Song immediately invited Xie Zhuoning to the Song residence so that he could make amends for her crime.

Xie Zhuoning agreed readily. Before leaving, he remembered something and turned to look at the shopkeeper of Yunjinxuan. "Oh, I forgot about you guys."

The shopkeeper smiled and grovelled, "Madam, you see, we are just ordinary people. You have beaten us, and you have punished us. Please forgive us and let us go..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I just wanted to ask if you still have the soft gold silk silk? His Royal Highness Prince Xuan said that the weather is getting hot, so he asked me to make a few more new clothes. If I look good in them, he will be in a better mood."

Wei Zhao looked at Xie Zhuoning with complicated eyes as he was talking nonsense.

With their master's temper, if he could say such a thing, he would eat shit while standing upside down!

The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes!"

Having said that, he quickly asked his men to carry out the remaining gold-thread soft cigarettes.

The reason why gold-thread soft smoke gauze is expensive is that, firstly, it is mixed with gold-thread embroidery thread, which is very expensive; secondly, it has rich patterns and layers, which is very time-consuming.

Therefore, every season, Yunjinxuan can only import twenty pieces of goods.

Xie Zhuoning looked at the dozen or so pieces of soft gold silk in front of him. His eyes seemed to be mixed with ink and became much colder.

"If there is still so much cloth left, why did you say there was none left when the fat lady asked you just now?"

Fearing that he might upset her, the shopkeeper quickly explained, "You can't blame me for this!"

It turned out that not long ago, Xie Wanyin asked Xie Minglang to come with her to make some new clothes.

As a result, the gold-thread soft cigarette she had been dreaming of was sold out, and she immediately became unhappy.

In order to please her, Xie Minglang said that when the new goods arrived, he would keep them all for her and wait until she was happy to choose.

Perhaps because he had seen too many similar situations today, Xie Zhuoning had become numb. Not only was he not angry, he actually started laughing.

"Very good. Very good."

Her good brother really spares no effort to be nice to others.

They were a loving family, which made her feel like an outsider.

But this is actually a good thing.

She no longer has to worry about family ties and can act according to her original plan.

"I want all these gold-threaded soft cigarettes."

The shopkeeper slapped a clerk on the back of his head and said, "What are you doing? Why don't you wrap the fabric for the Madam?"

Although it would be hard to explain to the boss without the golden silk cigarette, it was better than losing my life.

Look at those Feiyun guards, all of them smell of blood. They stand guard at the door and no ghost dares to come in.

He begged his grandfather to help him, just to get these evil spirits out of here as soon as possible.

Xie Zhuoning asked Wei Zhao to work as a laborer, helping her carry more than a dozen pieces of soft gold-thread silk onto the carriage, and to accompany her to the Song Mansion.

"Why does Madam insist on going to the Song Mansion?" Wei Zhao frowned, somewhat confused.

There are many ways to make an apology, so why did she insist that Song Yuyao personally cook for her and apologize?

Since he was asking someone to do something for him, Xie Zhuoning did not hide anything and explained in a low voice, "Song Yuqiu, the eldest daughter of the Song family, is my friend. I heard that she was beaten half to death and locked in the woodshed. I am a little worried about her."

She had no intention of doing anything to Minister Song from the beginning. He was a third-rank official who had some status in the court. It was simply a fantasy to convict him based on just a few words.

The reason why the matter was made so serious was just to scare Song Yuyao.

Minister Song is a man who likes to play tricks on others. Once he hears that she is Xiao Jinxuan's mistress, he will show up in person.

If she took the opportunity to propose conditions, she would naturally be invited into the Song Mansion.

After Wei Zhao heard what she said, his mouth opened wide.

He originally thought that the eldest daughter of the Xie family had been bullied and wanted to use their grandfather's power to vent her anger.

It turns out that she took such a big detour, but she had other intentions!

This whole process, one link after another, required precise control of each person's humanity. Whenever he thought about it, he found it terrifying.

Before, he never understood why his master treated the eldest daughter of the Xie family differently.

Now he seemed to have realized something.

Not long after, the carriage stopped at the gate of the Song Mansion.

As Xie Zhuoning got off the car, he saw a noble lady leading a large group of servants, standing at the door with a smile on her face.

It was the wife of Minister Song.

When she saw Xie Zhuoning, she immediately came forward and took her hand affectionately, "Is this Madam Xu? Come in, please."

As the wife of a third-rank official, she shouldn't have to be so flattering to a concubine.

But this concubine is not an ordinary concubine, but the concubine of His Royal Highness Prince Xuan.

Over the years, His Royal Highness Prince Xuan has not had a princess or concubines, let alone a maid to serve him.

As the first woman of His Royal Highness Prince Xuan, her position in His Royal Highness Prince Xuan's heart is extremely important!

Minister Song had sent someone back early to inform Madam Song, so Madam Song was smiling like a flower.

Xie Zhuoning exchanged a few polite words, then touched his stomach and glanced at Song Yuyao meaningfully, "I'm hungry after walking around the streets for so long."

Madam Song hurriedly winked at her daughter, "Yuyao, why don't you go and cook for me?"

"Yes." Song Yuyao bowed reluctantly and went to the kitchen.

Xie Zhuoning immediately said, "I've never seen Miss Song's cooking skills before. I have nothing else to do anyway, so I might as well go and learn something new."

"You!" Song Yuyao's face turned green with anger.

Originally she wanted to ask the chef at home to do it for her, but now she has no choice but to do it herself.

Xie Zhuoning insisted on going to the kitchen, so Madam Song and Minister Song had no choice but to accompany him.

Soon, screams came from the kitchen.

"Ah! What is this? It's greasy and disgusting!"

"Blood, I'm bleeding!"

"Didn't you see the chicken shitting on my head? Get this beast off me, get it off me!"

After all, she was their own daughter who was raised tenderly. Minister Song and Madam Song could not bear to see her suffer like this.

The two of them were sitting on pins and needles, extremely anxious.

While everyone's attention was on Song Yuyao, Xia Ju had already quietly sneaked into the backyard of the Song Mansion...

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