A car accident, our family of three crossed

"How is it? I didn't lie to you, did I?"

As soon as Zhou Huan saw his expression, he knew the answer.

"The pork elbow at Zui Xiang Ju is indeed inferior to this braised pork elbow. Brother Zhou, thank you for showing me the world."

Manager Xu raised his glass, nodded continuously, and praised: "Mrs. Hang is really a good cook! I love eating pork elbows. I have eaten all over the capital, but I only love the pork elbows in sauce at Zui Xiang Ju. That was before. Now I know what there is beyond the pork elbow. What should I do if I want to eat pork elbows in the future?"

After eating Song Ning’s braised pork elbow, he suddenly felt that Zui Xiang Ju’s was not as delicious.

His humorous words really amused the guests.

Song Ning covered his mouth and chuckled, and said modestly: "You are too kind. If you don't mind, you can come often in the future, and I will give you some pork elbows."

Manager Xu thought it was just a polite remark, so he jokingly agreed, "That's great. In the future, please don't look down on me for being thick-skinned."

"No, no." Song Ning greeted him with a smile: "Don't just eat the pork elbow, try something else."

Manager Xu is also a foodie. Faced with such delicious food, he naturally could not resist the temptation and began to savor each dish carefully, finding that they perfectly matched his taste buds.

After the meal, the person who enjoyed the most was Manager Xu.

He couldn't help but pat Hang Shuheng and Shuisheng on the shoulders, and said enviously: "You are so lucky."

Hang Shuheng smiled and said, "Fortunately, Aning doesn't cook every day. Today, I am still able to benefit from your help."

"Really? That's our fault. We've caused trouble for Madam Hang."

Manager Xu felt a little embarrassed and looked at his old friend who looked as usual. He was really thick-skinned and treated this place like his own home.

Hang Shuheng seemed to see what he was thinking at the moment, and said, "Uncle Zhou is like a family to us. Coming here is like returning to our own home. We have never treated him as an outsider, and he has never treated himself as an outsider either."

Manager Xu was somewhat envious of their relationship, and he didn't know how they met, and he never asked Zhou Huan.

The matter was settled, the wine was drunk, the food was sufficient, and after a brief greeting, it was time to say goodbye.

Song Ning asked the kitchen to pack an untouched pork elbow and sent it over, and handed it to Manager Xu when he left.

"Manager Xu, I just asked the kitchen to send over some pork elbows. Take them back and heat them up before eating."

"Ouch! How can this be so embarrassing?"

Manager Xu said sorry, but he extended his hand very honestly.

Zhou Huan was watching from the side and immediately felt unhappy, "Shuheng's wife, you are being a little biased."

Song Ning smiled at him and said, "Uncle Zhou, our two houses are only two streets apart. If you want to eat, just come anytime."

A big part of the reason why she was so polite to Manager Xu was because of Shuisheng.

When your young man works for someone else, you should be polite to him. At least in the workshop, people will take better care of you.

She didn't want Shuisheng to go back to the workshop, but she couldn't help the child's love for it! He only had this one hobby, and she couldn't take it away by relying on her status as an elder.

Moreover, she had heard from Shuisheng that Manager Xu was a nice person and that everyone in the workshop admired him very much. For this reason, she had to be more polite to him.

Song Ning stopped at the second gate, while Shuisheng followed Hang Shuheng to escort them out of the gate.

Before getting on the carriage, Manager Xu still warned Shuisheng: "Don't rush back to the workshop. It won't be too late to return after you recover from your injuries."

After giving the instructions, he happily got on the carriage and left, carrying the braised pork elbow.

Although Shuisheng agreed, he couldn't stay idle in the capital the next day. After breakfast, he packed his bags, left the city and went back to his workshop.

The people from the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion had been waiting outside the Zhou Mansion for several days but had not yet obtained any useful clues, and then things started to happen one after another in the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion.

First, Zhou Huaili, the second son of Marquis Cheng'en, was practicing archery in the military camp outside the city. He accidentally fell off his horse and was seriously injured.

Even more unfortunate was that after he fell off his horse, the horse unfortunately stepped on him, and happened to step on a vital part. He was afraid that he would never be able to display his masculine power again in this life.

The seriously injured Zhou Huaili was sent back to the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion. Before the whole family had time to feel sad, the Crown Prince Zhou Huaiyan also got into trouble.

The reason was that the son of Marquis Cheng'en had done a lot of bad things, bullying the people, and forcibly occupying many women from decent families. He also threatened to kill anyone who dared to speak out.

The victims were all ordinary civilians. Naturally, they did not dare to fight against the powerful people in the capital. They could only endure the pain in silence and watch their daughters being ruined.

But recently, I don’t know what happened to those victims, they actually jointly filed a lawsuit.

Since the victims all knew that Zhou Huaiyan worked in the Jingzhao Yin Yamen, if they submitted the petition, it would not only fall on deaf ears, but might also lead to their own death.

So, everyone got together and decided to report the case to the Dali Temple.

Dali Temple Minister Chu Zheng quickly reported the matter to the emperor and handed over the evidence that he had secretly collected long ago. During the morning court today, he made the matter public in front of all the civil and military officials.

The emperor was furious and scolded Marquis Cheng'en in court, angrily accusing him of not managing his household properly.

The title of Marquis Cheng'en was a hereditary one and could not be revoked, so his powers were revoked in court and he was fined one year's salary.

In addition, Xiao Yun also issued an oral order in public to remove Zhou Huaiyan from the position of crown prince, and ordered the Dali Temple to immediately arrest and interrogate this person and to thoroughly investigate the matter.

The punishment will be based on the crime. Those who deserve it will go to jail, and those who deserve to pay compensation will pay compensation. If someone dies, life must be paid with life, and there will be no leniency.

Chu Zheng immediately took the order and left the hall.

Marquis Cheng'en was sweating profusely. After hearing the oral order, his legs and feet went weak and he fell to his knees to plead for his son.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down! There must be some misunderstanding here."

"Hmph! Misunderstanding? Take a look for yourself to see if this is a misunderstanding." Xiao Yun sat on a high seat and threw the stack of evidence in his hand to the kneeling Marquis Cheng'en, and papers immediately flew all over the sky.

Some of the ministers below picked up a page and read it, then made sounds of admiration.

"What is this? This is the indenture in which the son of the Marquis Cheng'en forced the daughter of the owner of the Wangji Tofu Shop in the north of the city to sell herself as a concubine."

"And this one, this is the daughter of a Liu family in Liushu Village in the southern suburbs. The son of the Marquis Cheng'en took her away by force for two taels of silver..."

Marquis Cheng'en didn't have to look at each thing himself, as someone kept reading it out to him, and he knew it was over.

He knew that with all the crimes Zhou Huaiyan had committed, even if no one was killed, he would still be sentenced to death.

Considering the emperor is so furious, he is probably doomed to be imprisoned.

After figuring this out, Marquis Cheng'en closed his eyes deeply, with a look of despair on his face.

Now he could only pray that the counterattack would not really result in loss of life, so that at least his life could be saved.