The regent is determined to get the daughter of a minor official.

Listening to their conversation, Xu Keke felt that it would be better if she didn't have to speak.

If she were really asked to order, she wouldn't know the names of the dishes.

Then just let it be and live day by day!

Let's pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger.

...

The light in the cell became brighter again, and Xu Keke woke up from her sleep.

I am indeed a carefree person. I slept soundly in this dark prison.

With the care of the shopkeeper Youfu, the food was actually very good. The only thing that made Xu Keke dissatisfied was the toilet problem.

They would use the chamber pot brought by Butler Liu and his men. After they were done, Dingdang would ask the jailer to take it out, clean it up, and bring it back in.

It's very embarrassing anyway, but it's the only way.

Fortunately, Butler Liu had his men hang a gauze curtain to cover the other side of the iron fence, so the master and servant had some privacy.

It is not known whether Li Si was truly grateful to Xu Keke or was bribed by Manager Fu's money.

In short, he took good care of them. He brought a small bucket of clean water early in the morning and reminded them when he was off duty.

"If someone you don't know brings you food, don't eat it."

Xu Keke stared at Li Si's departing back for a while and thought that this man was quite thoughtful.

Dingdang came over to help Xu Keke rinse her mouth. She used a toothbrush made of some unknown animal's hair, dipped it in a little green salt, and finished the job quickly.

Washed my face with a towel.

Dingdang put the brush and the box of green salt into the bedside table, and took out a small box from it.

He opened the box, scooped out some facial cream with his fingers, and applied it evenly on Xu Keke's face.

In Dingdang's eyes, the lady who has been silent all the time is in her normal state.

Xu Keke had been holding it in for a long time, but now that Dingdang had finished cleaning up for her, she couldn't help but ask.

"Is there a mirror?"

Dingdang paused. Madam didn't bring her a mirror. Could it be that the young lady really wanted to live here permanently?

Alas! Poor young lady, she looks even more foolish. It’s not a big deal that they are in prison for now, but I wonder if there is a big commotion in the mansion.

Seeing that the young lady was staring at her waiting for an answer, Dingdang sighed helplessly and helped the young lady tidy up her dress.

"I've seen Miss Dingdang, she's very beautiful!"

Pretty?

Xu Keke really didn't know what she looked like now.

She saw many people and things from the original owner's memory fragments, but that was from the original owner's perspective, and she could not see the original owner herself.

Xu Keke couldn't see her own face, so she stared at Dingdang.

Ding was about fifteen or sixteen years old at the time, and was wearing the kind of maid's dress you often see in TV dramas.

Despite her young age, she is very pretty and radiates youthful energy from head to toe.

The silence did not last long. A series of footsteps were heard and a jailer came to the outside of their cell with a servant carrying a food box.

The warden opened the cell door.

The servant stood outside and handed the food box to Dingdang.

"Sister Dingdang, this is the breakfast that Shopkeeper Fu asked me to bring to you and the Second Miss. I'll take the lunch box away after you finish eating."

The boy was no younger than Dingdang, because she was the head maidservant of the second young lady, and the servants all respectfully called her Sister Dingdang.

Dingdang took the lunch box and placed it on the table where they had dinner last night, then helped Xu Keke over to eat.

While the two were enjoying delicious food in the cell, the Xu Mansion became noisy again.

This time, it was Xu Linfeng, the head of the Xu family, who came forward to attack the second branch's family.

After the old man of the Xu family passed away, Xu Linfeng, as the eldest son, served as the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple, a higher official position than his second brother, so the power to make decisions in the Xu family naturally fell on him.

The news that the regent of the dynasty was deposed by the daughter of a minor official had spread like wildfire in the capital, and everyone knew about it. It directly overshadowed the explosiveness of the parade of the top scholar.

When Xu Linfeng first heard about it, he was laughing and sarcastically asking which girl was so blind. This was a move that could cost her her head.

When he returned home and learned that it was his second brother's stupid daughter, he was stunned.

I discussed with my wife for a long time at night and invited the elders of the family early this morning.

He planned to expel his second brother and his family from the house if he refused to divorce his wife and abandon his daughter, so as to avoid bringing disaster to the family.

As soon as the Si hour arrived, three elders of the Xu family were already sitting in the main hall, and Old Madam Xu was also sitting on the high seat.

The eldest master Xu Linfeng was scolding Xu Linyun.

"Second brother, I have told you many times that your silly daughter should stay at home and not let her go out, but you two have always turned a deaf ear to me.

This time you have caused such a big trouble, and you don’t want to implicate the family. You should make a choice in front of the elders today!

Either you send a letter of divorce to drive the mother and daughter out of the house, or we expel you from the clan and you take your wife and children and leave the Xu family."

Xu Linyun knelt on the cold bluestone surface in the main hall, his heart also cold.

Sitting above him were his mother and the clan elders whom he had to offer sacrifices to every year, but at this moment no one spoke for him.

He took a deep breath, raised his head and looked directly at Xu Linfeng.

"Brother, what have my wife and daughter done wrong? Coco is not very smart and she fell down the stairs and nearly lost her life. The cause of this incident has not yet been investigated. It was at most an accident. How can you be so heartless and impatient?"

Xu Linfeng snorted coldly.

"Accident? This accident is enough to bring ruin to the entire Xu family! Why did she have to hit anyone else? She had to hit the most powerful person in the dynasty. A single charge of premeditated murder can get our entire Xu family executed. Don't be so stubborn."

Xu Linyun gritted his teeth.

"Brother, I have devoted myself to our family since I was young and have never disobeyed them. Now, based on this trumped-up charge, you are going to expel my family?"

At this time, Mrs. Xu, who had been silent all the time, slowly spoke.

"Yun'er, don't blame the family for being ruthless. This matter really concerns the life and death of the Xu family."

Xu Linyun smiled sadly, his eyes red.

"Mother, are you really so cruel?"

The elders beside him shook their heads and sighed. One of them said:

"Lin Yun, your elder brother is also thinking about the family. Although our Xu family has not made any great contributions to the court over the years, we have also not made any mistakes. We can't let innocent people be implicated because of a silly girl. You should make a decision quickly!"

"Good good."

Xu Linyun said "yes" three times in a row, closed his eyes, and opened them again after a moment, with a look of determination in his eyes.

"Since the family can't accommodate us, then we might as well not stay in the Xu family!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Linfeng sighed with regret.

"Second brother, are you really determined? Once you leave the Xu family, don't even think about coming back!"

Xu Linyun stood up and brushed off the dust on his knees.

"Don't worry, big brother. Even if our family ends up living on the streets, we will never regret our decision today."

After saying that, he turned and strode away, leaving everyone in the main hall with different expressions.

Madam Xu coughed lightly and spoke slowly.

"Since the Second House family committed a crime and was expelled from the house, they should leave the house empty-handed. Otherwise, if they take those valuables with them, they will all be confiscated when the Regent punishes them."

Several elders of the clan did not say anything. These properties did not belong to them if they stayed in the Xu family, so there was no need to kill them all.

Xu Linfeng agreed with it and nodded in agreement.

"Mother, you are right. I will take Butler Cui to watch over them. They will never be able to take away my Xu family's ancestral property."