Harem Daily Life

Although it was late at night, there were still people passing by the river bank. After the commotion started, some people gathered around to watch the fun.

When a girl was about to jump into the river, the common people immediately shouted: "What kind of world is this? The nobles are forcing the common people to jump into the river!"

"Hurry up and save him, but don't jump!"

An old woman and a middle-aged man immediately stepped forward, and each of them grabbed Wushuang's arm, persuading her not to jump.

"Girl, how can you be so depressed at such a young age?" The old woman advised earnestly: "No matter what, you can't care about your life!"

The middle-aged man also said: "If you have any grievances, please speak up. Although we are ordinary people, we all understand reason and we will judge for you."

The people around were inspired and began to accuse Zhao Cairen and Shu Fei and the others of forcing a girl to jump into the river in public!

Zhao Cairen didn't expect this to happen. She stamped her feet and explained loudly, "No, it's not like that! She sold herself to bury her father. I helped her out of kindness and didn't want her to repay me at all, but she insisted on following me. I just wanted her to go home."

"This girl is grateful and repays kindness. What a good girl. I guess there is no one else at home, so you should keep her. Could it be that you are so rich that you can't even afford to raise an extra maid?" The old woman was leading the tone again, and every sentence was blaming Concubine Zhao.

Zhao Cairen was so angry that she felt she had no way of explaining herself to that group of unruly people.

Shu Fei was helpless in the face of a group of unreasonable people.

Normally, no one would dare to refute the words of the noble concubines like them. But no matter what you say, these people only believe in their own reasoning.

"My father is dead, and I have no one left in my family. You are my lifesaver, and I just want to repay you. My life belongs to you, and since you don't want me, I'll just die! Anyway, my life is worthless, so just let me die!"

Wushuang was dressed in white, with two lines of tears streaming down her face. She looked so weak that it made Zhao Cairen's bullying seem even more obvious.

The people began to point fingers, and seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Qi Yizheng and the guards had already put their hands on the hilts of their swords, ready to strike at any time.

Shu Fei was so anxious that she had lost her mind. It would be useless to reveal her identity now, and it might even anger the public.

She twisted the handkerchief in her hands, not knowing what to do.

Tao Yanyan narrowed her eyes and looked at the crying Wushuang, the old woman and the middle-aged man beside her. She stepped forward and pulled Zhao Cairen, who was almost crying with anger, behind her.

Among the three, Tao Yanyan is the youngest in terms of age, but in this situation, she is surprisingly the calmest.

She stood in front of Wushuang and the other two and ordered, "Come here, take these three down first!"

Qi Yizheng was stunned for only a moment, then he quickly led his men forward, working in groups of two to capture three people respectively.

"What rights do you have to arrest us? It's broad daylight, in broad daylight, what do you want to do, little girl?" the middle-aged man roared.

"I should be the one asking you this. It's broad daylight and you have hands and feet, but instead of doing your proper work, you're out here on the street blackmailing people and even forming a group to do so. What do you want to do?" Tao Yanyan asked back in a resounding voice, and the accusing voices in the crowd instantly became half as loud.

Shu Fei and Zhao Cairen were stunned for a moment, and they couldn't help but look at Tao Cairen nervously. Especially Zhao Cairen, after hearing what Tao Yanyan said, she was frightened and broke into a cold sweat.

"You little girl, I don't even know her, and you just say that she and I conspired to blackmail people. How can you accuse me like this? I am sixty-three years old and have never been framed like this. You must give me an explanation today, otherwise, we will go to the authorities!" The old woman shouted angrily with a red face and a thick neck.

Tao Yanyan waited until she finished speaking before saying, "We'll know if they're in the same group if we check. Someone, go dig out her father's body and see if he's really dead."

Qi Yizheng's mouth twitched, feeling a little embarrassed, but he still prepared to send someone over.

However, they did not expect that two guards had already squeezed into the crowd with an old man and brought him in front of everyone.

"The buried father of this girl has been brought here." After the guard finished reporting, Tao Yanyan raised his eyebrows, thinking that the emperor had obviously seen through the scam and had a backup plan, but he insisted on asking his concubine to come forward to solve the problem. What a dog!

When Zhao Cairen saw the old man, he was almost frightened to death. He asked in a trembling voice: "Why, why are you not dead? Are you a human or a ghost?"

No one answered Zhao Cairen. Tao Yanyan just looked at her speechlessly, then looked at Wushuang, pointed at the old man and said, "Take a good look. Is this your father, your only relative, who you always say is dead?"

Wushuang sold herself on the street to bury her father. In fact, many people saw it, so no one would believe her even if she wanted to deny it. She had no choice but to keep silent and refuse to admit it.

"It doesn't matter if you don't speak. I believe someone should be able to recognize you two." After that, she turned to the crowd and said, "Can anyone recognize this father and daughter? I will give one tael of silver to those who are brave enough to testify."

After the words fell, no one stood up. Tao Yanyan glanced at the crowd and understood that they might know about it but didn't want to cause trouble.

She was thinking of finding another way when she saw a little beggar running in front of her. He looked only three years old, dirty all over, but with a pair of very bright eyes.

He said in a babyish voice, "I have seen them once in a while. They have made hundreds of millions of dollars on the street. They even managed to swindle three taels of silver yesterday. Every time they swindle some silver, the old man comes back to life."

Tao Yanyan was touched by the sound of his voice and could not help but squat down, looking him in the eye and asking in a gentle voice: "Do you beg on the street every day? Do you often see them cheating people?"

The little beggar nodded: "Well, begging for food, eating food. Every billion is seen."

Then the little beggar pointed at the old woman with his black little hand and said, "She is in the same group. They always go back to the alley together."

Then he pointed at the middle-aged man and said, "I have seen him before. He is Guoguo, the girl in white."

At this point, everyone was shocked. This was a family working together to extort money!

The middle-aged man saw that the onlookers had changed sides, and immediately scolded the little beggar: "Where did you come from, little beggar? You can't even speak clearly, and you are accusing people for no reason! Just wait, after I get away today, I will beat you to death!"

The little beggar's tiny body trembled, and fear appeared in his eyes.

Other beggars not far away also shouted at him to go back quickly and not to cause trouble.

Tao Yanyan gently reached out and held the little beggar's black hand, and said gently: "Don't be afraid, I won't let him hurt you. You trust your sister."

After she finished speaking, she stood up, still holding the little beggar's hand, and said to Wushuang and the others, "Setting up a trap of selling oneself to bury one's father, and blackmailing people in a group, this isn't the first time you've done it. Today you're willing to send your beautiful sister out as bait, and keep asking to repay my master, what's the matter? Are you attracted to my master's romantic and suave personality, and have thoughts that you shouldn't have, and want to get rid of it once and for all, right?"

As if their thoughts had been spoken of, several people began to panic.