Chapter 499 Rumors Are Flying
At night, Shi Luo kept thinking about the United Chamber of Commerce. Such a chamber of commerce that opened a bank of money all over Dongzhou. Think about how similar it is to Bafang Restaurant, and the bank also makes the money the fastest. This joint chamber of commerce has been operating for so many years, so it is probably because of its deep foundation.
Shi Luo thought so, Ruhua came outside the door and told Xiaoqi to come.
Shi Luo was stunned. Wei Congxi came every day recently, but he didn't come today. Xiao Qi came. Could it be that something happened to him?
Shi Luo quickly let Xiaoqi in, but Xiaoqi's face was still as calm as water, but
"shut up!"
Zheng Shangshu slapped the table in anger, his voice loud and abrupt, and everyone in the room was shocked.
Zheng Xinyi was already sick, but now she was frightened by him and fell to the ground. Mrs. Zheng hurriedly went to help her and cried: "Master, I know that I am not as good as the original wife, but you can't be so partial. Xinyi has suffered grievances. If you don't go to seek justice for her, you will still blame Xinyi here. Master, Xinyi is also your daughter."
Mrs. Zheng was crying. Although Zheng Shangshu was angry, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. However, this doubt was quickly driven away by him. He knew what his eldest daughter was, and he knew what his mother and daughter were.
For someone like Zheng Shangshu who is in the court, he can see a woman's trick clearly, but she has not made any big mistakes over the years, and Shangshu Zheng is too lazy to pay attention to it.
But now that a daughter's reputation has been ruined, she is actually thinking about involving her eldest daughter, so Zheng Shangshu can't bear it. He glanced at Mrs. Zheng who was crying and felt more and more disgusted. He was really blind and married this woman to the door, and Zheng Xinyi was obviously ruined by her.
Zheng Shangshu endured his disgust and said coldly: "Come here, go and invite the eldest lady."
Zheng Shangshu spoke, and Mrs. Zheng thought that Zheng Shangshu believed that he believed him, and was secretly happy in his heart. He couldn't help but wink at the same time with Zheng Xinyi, and this small action was also seen by the sharp-eyed Zheng Shangshu.
"There is something you said right." Zheng Shangshu suddenly spoke, his voice very plain, but it was indescribable and cold.
Mrs. Zheng was stunned and didn't understand what it meant for a moment. Then she heard her husband say quietly: "You are indeed not as good as warm."
Zheng Shangshu’s original wife is named Wen Nuan.
Mrs. Zheng stood there as if she was thundered by Lei Bi, looking at Shangshu Zheng as if she was stupid.
Zheng Shangshu was too lazy to see her, so he picked up the tea bowl in front of him and took a sip, ignoring Mrs. Zheng at all.
Zheng Jianian was prepared for Mrs. Zheng's behavior of throwing dirty water. She hated her. If Wei Congxi had not sent someone to save her that day, she would probably have ruined her reputation if she wanted to marry Gao Zhan. She asked herself that she had not been sorry for Mrs. Zheng for so many years. Even if she had an occasional quarrel with Zheng Xinyi, it would not be worth their use of such means to deal with her.
The only affection that Zheng Jianian had for them in her heart had now been replaced by anger. When the maid came to call her, Zheng Jianian sorted out her clothes and went to Zheng Shangshu's yard with her maid. At the door, she met the eldest son of Zheng who was rushing to come.
Master Zheng was not very clear about this matter, but Mrs. Zheng and Zheng Xinyi said in front of him that it was Zheng Jianian who plotted against Zheng Xinyi, and he did not believe it. Although his sister was a little cold and arrogant on weekdays, she would never do this.
"Sister, don't worry, I won't let you suffer this grievance." Master Zheng said sincerely. He felt that his sister was really wronged this time.
Zheng Jianian didn't expect her brother to support her. She looked up at him and asked, "Don't brother doubt me?"
Master Zheng said without any doubt: "I know very well what kind of character you are. You will never do such a thing."
A warm current surged in Zheng Jianian's heart, and she smiled: "Brother, let's go in."
When the brother and sister came in, Zheng Xinyi and Mrs. Zheng cried extremely pitifully.
Zheng Shangshu was originally irritated by their crying, but when he saw his gentle and generous daughter, he was half angry.
"I've seen my dad, is there anything wrong with my dad looking for a daughter?" Zheng Jianian asked.
Zheng Shangshu really couldn't say it. He regretted calling his daughter when he heard the mother and daughter's words. But if he didn't call him, what would be bad for the mother and daughter if he couldn't say it. Zheng Shangshu decided to teach them a lesson today.
"You know about your sister, too. Dad asked you to come and ask what happened that day?" Zheng Shangshu asked.
Zheng Jianian said with great surprise: "It's all my fault for my daughter. That day, my daughter... was uncomfortable. She originally wanted to say to her sister, but she didn't find her sister, so her daughter followed the servants of the Chen family to take a boat first. Who knew that such a thing would happen."
Seeing her pretending, Zheng Xinyi couldn't help but angrily said, "It's just that coincidence? My sister left first when she felt uncomfortable. Could it be that she was going to have a private meeting with Prince Gao Zhan?"
Zheng Jianian looked up at Zheng Xinyi with a cold look, and her tone was very indifferent: "Sister, you can eat randomly, and you can't talk randomly. If you ruin your reputation, do you have to take me to do it?"
After saying that, before Zheng Xinyi retorted, he said, "What's more, even if my sister is going to find me, why did we go to the other side of the lake? We have never been there to play there, and where was your maid at that time?"
Zheng Xinyi couldn't speak. At that time, in order to make sure that Zheng Jianian was not known, she sent her maid away. It was precisely because of this that she was plotted against others.
Zheng Xinyi looked at Zheng Jianian's hypocritical face. She knew that the person who pushed her into the water must have something to do with Zheng Jianian, but she couldn't tell the truth.
Mrs. Zheng didn't expect that Zheng Jianian was so smart. She knew it was impossible to bite her back. If she continued to snatch her, she might be exposed that they wanted to plot against Zheng Jianian. So Mrs. Zheng said: "Even if this is the case, the eldest lady can't leave her sister behind, your sister is still young..."
Master Zheng frowned. Although he had no objection to Mrs. Zheng and her daughter, it seemed that they were pouring dirty water on their sister for no reason. He couldn't bear it anymore, so he spoke out: "What does this mean by Madam? I am fourteen years old and will soon be in the forefront. Jia Nian is only sixteen years old. She is uncomfortable and has sent someone to talk about it. What do you think of her? I am a child, Jia Nian is not very good, and what do you mean by always clashing with her? Do you have to be as unlucky as Jia Nian? You are willing to be like her?"
After saying that, he said to Zheng Shangshu: "Dad, you shouldn't be called Jia Nian. If someone is so slandered by a good daughter, how can you bear it? I'll take Jia Nian away first. As for Mrs. Zheng who has the energy, please prepare a generous dowry for the second lady,"
Although Master Zheng is not very smart, he is a wise man. Just like before, he thought Shi Luo was from Nanyue and hated her very much, so he always disliked her. Now he just believes that Mrs. Zheng and her mother are bullying Zheng Jianian, so he has to retort without any face.
Mrs. Zheng was so ashamed that she was said by Master Zheng for the first time. She wanted to say that Master Zheng was disrespectful, but she didn't say anything when she met Master Zheng's cold eyes.
It seems that there is no urgent matter, Shi Luo is slightly relieved.
"What happened?" Shi Luo asked.
Xiaoqi then said, "There is nothing wrong with the young master, it's Su An."
Shi Luo was stunned for a moment: "Su An? What happened to him?"
Xiaoqi realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly said, "It's not that Mr. Su has happened, it's Miss Zheng."
Shi Luo "..."
"Speak slowly."
Xiaoqi then explained the matter clearly.
It turned out that today Zheng Jianian and Zheng Xinyi went to Chen's house to attend Chen Shishi's and Jili. There was an island in the Chen family's yard. When the banquet was halfway through, everyone planned to row the boat to play, but when they came back, they disappeared from Miss Zheng and Miss Zheng Er. The Chen family sent someone to look for it. Miss Zheng was fine. She was drunk a little, so she went back to row early, so everyone didn't know, but Miss Zheng Er..."
Xiaoqi paused and said, "When I found Miss Zheng Er, she was with Prince Gao Zhan. Miss Zheng Er and Prince Gao Zhan were soaked all over."
Shi Luo narrowed his eyes: "This is the official statement. What is the real situation?"
Xiaoqi said: "The real situation is that Miss Zheng Er wanted to design the eldest lady and pushed her into the water for Gao Zhan to rescue her. When the reputation of the two people was destroyed, Miss Zheng would have to marry the prince. But the Marquis also went to the Chen Mansion today. We kept staring at Zheng Er and discovered her plan, so we secretly rescued the eldest lady, and then the Marquis asked someone to throw her down."
"When I came down, Zheng Er had not woken up yet. Maybe it was because of the water. Mr. Su comforted the eldest lady. The Marquis naturally wanted to deal with the aftermath. However, Mr. Su said that the Marquis would just handle today's affairs and let him go."
Shi Luo breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought to myself why Zheng Xinyi was so cruel at such a young age. What is the benefit of Zheng Jianian marrying Gao Zhan? She wants to harm her like this? Even if Zheng Jianian marrying Gao Zhan, people will think that he was seducing a man by means, which will be a stain of his life.
Moreover, Zheng Jianian likes Su An. If she succeeds in doing this, she may be ruined in her life.
But now, it’s better to steal chickens and lose a lot of rice. Moreover, according to Su An’s personality, King Jin was damaged by him last time. This time, I’m afraid Zheng Xinyi will be in trouble. It’s really a harm to others and not to benefit oneself.
Shi Luo is quite happy to watch it.
Sure enough, the next day, the rumors of Miss Zheng seducing Gao Zi to fall into the water and wet. The Zheng family and the Gao family were both well-known families, so how could they tolerate such rumors? It was already like this. Zheng Shangshu asked Mrs. Zheng to discuss the marriage with the eldest princess. She originally wanted to ask the emperor to give the marriage, but a censor wrote a book about Gao Zhan and said that they were not deliberate. There was no one on the island at that time, but they were living in such a secret corner and not worthy of the emperor's marriage.
This is the first time in this life that Gao Zhan was said to be miserable.
But the Censor was like crazy. He not only said that he was the eldest princess, which insulted the royal family and embarrassed the royal family, and completely ignored that they were royal relatives.
Originally, the emperor thought it was not a big deal, but when the censor said this, the emperor felt disgusted when he thought of the eldest princess's wedding, and he lost the intention of giving a marriage. He even scolded the eldest princess. As for Gao Zhan, the emperor asked him to prepare for the marriage and indirectly stopped his work.
Gao Zhan was furious, but he had no choice but to marry Zheng Xinyi.
After Gao Zhan calmed down, he felt that this matter was not that simple. He couldn't swallow his breath. When he found out who it was, he would definitely not let this person go.
Gao Zhan's anger was still not gone, and the Zheng family was not at peace.
Zheng Xinyi knelt on the ground. She caught a cold because she fell into the water. Now her face turned red and obviously had a fever.
Zheng Shangshu looked at Zheng Xinyi on the ground and felt that he had lost all his face in his life. When he was in court today, his political enemies were congratulating him with a smile, saying that he had good education so well that he could teach such a good daughter and get such a good marriage so quickly. He also said that Zheng Xinyi had courage. After all, the eldest princess was initially interested in Miss Zheng. Now, Zheng Xinyi had such a thing, which always made people feel that she was coveting her brother-in-law.
Zheng Shangshu was angry all morning and came back to find Zheng Xinyi and knew what had happened these days.
Shangshu Zheng laughed angryly. Such despicable methods can really be imagined.
Mrs. Zheng was not very satisfied with Gao Zhan, but Gao Zhan was actually a decent marriage. However, now that the matter of her daughter has been exposed, the taste has changed, and Zheng Xinyi will be looked down upon by the noble ladies in Lanjing.
"Master, Xinyi is also a victim. She is sick now, so it's not too late to talk when she gets better."
Mrs. Zheng's eyes were filled with tears.
Shangshu Zheng is not a fool, and he will not affect his judgment just because Mrs. Zheng, a half-old woman, cried a few times. He sneered: "Zheng Xinyi, what's going on in this matter?"
Zheng Xinyi didn't expect that what was supposed to be Zheng Jianian, so why did it be her? She turned her head and looked at Mrs. Zheng. Mrs. Zheng gave her a color. Zheng Xinyi calmed down and said, "Dad, this is someone who harmed her daughter. You want to make the decision for her."
Zheng Shangshu naturally saw the interaction between them, and he wanted to see who the mother and daughter were trying to cling to. Zheng Shangshu sneered: "Say."
Zheng Xinyi then said: "My daughter was originally with her sister, but she didn't get on the boat. Her daughter was worried about her sister, so she went back to search. Who knew that she was pushed from behind and fell into the lake. When she woke up, she saw Prince Gao Zhan..."
Her words were half true and half false, so naturally they could not tell what she wanted to harm Zheng Jianian. However, if she was in trouble, she would have to pull Zheng Jianian into the water.
Mrs. Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. What Zheng Xinyi said was that even if Zheng Shangshu went to check, he would not find anything.
Chapter completed!