Chapter 36: Slap Jiang in the face
Chu Yian immediately held her hand, his tone extremely firm.
"We truly love each other, what's wrong with that? Besides, I've already promised to treat her with the respect she deserves, but she's still being unreasonable. It's really annoying."
Chu Yian ruthlessly denigrated Lu Zhiran.
All the guests looked at Lu Zhiran with different eyes, some with sympathy and pity, some with contempt and disdain.
“Puff!”
A sudden laugh broke the eerie silence.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Xiao Baozhu covering her mouth, looking like she was trying to hold back her laughter.
"Sorry, it was so funny I couldn't help it."
Chu Yian: ...
Although she didn't mention anyone by name, Chu Yian knew that she was mocking him.
Lu Zhiran's lips curled slightly, "Some people just like to talk to themselves, it's really funny."
Chu Yian's face turned ashen, and Zhao Shuning's face was even more frosty.
"Lu Zhiran, have you had enough of making trouble?"
Lu Zhiran said indifferently, "I've been solving the problem, it's you who keep rambling on."
Chu Yian scoffed, "What you call solving the problem is making all of us stand here and wait for you to reconcile the accounts?"
Lu Zhiran's eyes flashed with annoyance. "Then go to Jingzhao Prefecture and invite the prefect. These cases were all personally tried by the prefect. No one knows the truth better than him."
Chu Yian's face was filled with even more sarcasm. "You think you can invite the prefect just by saying so? How shameless do you have?"
——Even if she could really invite the prefect, I would not give her this opportunity.
This farce should end.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a commotion outside the crowd.
"The officials are coming!"
The crowd automatically made way for them, and soon, a group of yamen runners came in.
Chu Yian's sharp eyes swept over Lu Zhiran, "You were the one who reported them to the police? You couldn't produce any evidence, so you just reported them to the police and had them all arrested? Is this how you solve the problem?"
His questioning was aggressive and showed no mercy.
Lu Zhiran said coldly, "I didn't report it to the police."
"Who else besides you?"
The leading yamen runner spoke up and interrupted them.
"My Lords, I am here on the orders of Lord Fu to invite the Marquis's wife to the government office to cooperate with the inquiry."
With just one sentence, Chu Yian's anger froze on his face, and Jiang Shi even flashed a look of astonishment that she could not hide, and then an ominous premonition came to her heart.
Chu Yian suspected he had misheard, "Who did you just invite?"
The yamen runner spoke and repeated it.
"Please ask the wife of the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion to go to the government office to cooperate with the inquiry."
Jiang instantly guessed what might have happened, and she immediately wanted to cover it up.
But for some reason, Chu Dingfeng asked directly, "Did Master Fu make a mistake? Is there any case that requires Madam's cooperation and inquiry?"
Yamen Runner: "The government office has received several cases. The managers of several shops of the Marquis's young mistress were brought to the government on charges of embezzling the master's property. After being interrogated by Master Fu, they confessed to their crimes."
"Among them, several officials, including Zhang Quan, Li Mu, and Huang Yongming, confessed that their acts of corruption were instigated by the Marquis' wife, and that 70% of the embezzled proceeds were presented to her. Therefore, the Marquis' wife needs to come to the government office in person to confront them face to face."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience fell silent at first, and then there was an uproar.
The women in Zhang Quan's family turned pale with fright after hearing what the yamen runner said.
Countless eyes fell on Jiang. She stood there, feeling almost ashamed.
All the accusations and suspicions directed at Lu Zhiran just now turned into a loud slap in her own face.
Jiang's face turned red.
"How is this possible? Did Master Fu make a mistake?"
The yamen runner said in a serious tone, "It is precisely because there might be a misunderstanding in this matter that Master Fu ordered me to come and fetch the Marquis' wife."
Lu Zhiran interrupted at the right time, "Oh, right, there's something father might not know. Zhang Quan, Li Mu, and other managers are all trusted aides assigned to my shop by mother. Mother was worried that I was too young and my subordinates wouldn't obey her, so she made this arrangement. I just didn't expect..."
She didn't finish her words, but her expression was full of disappointment and heartache.
Everyone suddenly realized and looked at Jiang with even more contempt and disdain.
This basically proves that she is an evil mother-in-law who covets her daughter-in-law's money.
Jiang was so angry that she almost bit her teeth off.
She forced herself to remain calm. "Those stewards were indeed my men, but three years have passed. They've been working under you and have long since become your people. I've lost my power over them. I had no idea what they did! Those accusations are pure nonsense!"
She would never admit to this matter no matter what.
Otherwise, her reputation and the reputation of the Marquisate would be ruined!
However, her denial fell on everyone's ears, but it was extremely pale and powerless.
Chu Dingfeng's face was extremely bad. He cursed Jiang in his heart, but now he had to deal with her.
"There must be some misunderstanding. Today is a great day for our mansion, and the newlyweds will have to perform the ceremony of marriage. Could you please be lenient with me, Master Fu? After today, I will personally go to the government office with my wife to clarify the matter with Master Fu."
In the past, how could he take a petty official seriously?
But this time, he lowered his posture very much, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was humble.
If Jiang was really taken away, the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion would be completely lost.
There was also a layer of frost on Chu Yian's face, and Zhao Shuning was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
She was annoyed with Lu Zhiran's scheming and even more annoyed with Jiang's ugly eating habits. She couldn't walk when she saw the silver.
And such a scandal happened to be spread on her wedding day. In the future, when people mentioned today's wedding banquet, they didn't think about how touching her and Yian's love was, but how embarrassed Jiang was!
The yamen runner did not dare to completely offend the Xuanping Marquis Mansion. Since the other party had already humbled themselves so much, he did not make things difficult for them and took his leave in a polite manner.
After the bailiff left, the atmosphere at the scene became extremely awkward.
Thinking that everything that happened today was caused by those ignorant women, Chu Dingfeng was filled with anger.
Looking around, I found that they had already slipped away quietly while no one was paying attention.
Chu Dingfeng was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he couldn't vent his anger.
The guests are still here and the wedding ceremony will continue.
He forced a dry smile and said, "Something unexpected happened in the Marquis' Mansion today. I am sorry to have let you all laugh at me."
Someone said, "As the saying goes, good things take time. A little trouble at the beginning will make things go smoothly in the future."
"Exactly."
When Chu Dingfeng saw that someone was willing to give him a way out, the depression in his heart finally eased a little.
"I'm truly sorry. Please come inside with me and continue watching the ceremony."
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