You confiscated my property, I exiled you, why are you crying when the treasury is empty?

"Auntie, please persuade Wang'er." Seeing that Su Wanning was unmoved, Song Ying's tone turned cold, "Otherwise, you know the secrets about you and what you did in Muxi Village."

Seeing Song Ying threatening her, Su Wanning sneered and leaned closer to Song Ying, "Do you think anyone will believe you if you tell others about my affairs? This is Lingnan, not the capital. Has Madam Zhan forgotten?"

I can avoid all punishment by simply taking out some silver to bribe the officials.

Moreover, if I was punished for the rumors you spread, do you think your Wang'er would feel sorry for me and accuse you of being insane because you couldn't stand the disparity between the capital and Lingnan?"

After saying that, Su Wanning sat back on the stool and sipped the tea carefully.

Song Ying clenched her fists and looked at Su Wanning resentfully. What she said was not without possibility. After all, because of the previous incident, Zhan Beiwang had not been home for nearly a month. "Aren't you afraid that the ancestors of the Zhan family will cause trouble for you?"

"Then let's wait until I actually see her." After all, if she died, who knows where her soul is.

"You, you, you!" Song Ying pointed at Su Wanning and said "you" for a long time without saying a word.

Su Wanning waved at Song Ying, "Aunt, remember to pay the money. Goodbye, I won't see you off."

Hearing this, Song Ying, who had stood up and was about to leave, turned and looked at Su Wanning, "I didn't even drink a sip of tea..."

Song Ying was interrupted by Su Wanning before she could finish her words. "You are the current mistress of the Zhan Mansion. You can't even afford a cup of tea, right?"

After saying that, she gestured to Jinhuan beside her, and she followed Song Ying downstairs.

Song Ying glanced at the person behind her and could only go to the checkout counter. "Check out the private room upstairs."

The shopkeeper looked in the direction of Song Ying's finger, then glanced at the waiter who was following beside him.

The waiter said to the shopkeeper, "The Tianzi room upstairs."

After hearing this, the shopkeeper's face instantly lit up with a smile. He fiddled with the abacus in his hand for a few times and said, "Madam, the total is one hundred and fifty taels and four cents. I'll round off the amount and charge you one hundred and fifty taels."

Song Ying's eyes widened in surprise when she heard the bill. "What? Tea for 150 taels? You're robbing me!"

The shopkeeper's smiling face suddenly darkened, and he slammed his hand on the table. "Madam, are you trying to run away with the bill?"

Everyone around heard the shopkeeper's words and their attention was drawn over. Several thugs standing at the door came over.

"Isn't this the wife of the Zhan family?"

Suddenly someone in the crowd spoke up and everyone started pointing and talking.

Song Ying naturally heard the discussions around him. He lowered his head in shame and anger, took out the only two hundred taels he had on him, and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took the silver note, waved to the thug beside him, and smiled again. He took out fifty taels and handed it to Song Ying, "Madam, take care. Come back next time."

After Song Ying left, the teahouse owner immediately went upstairs and came to Su Wanning. He took out half of the extra fifty taels of silver that they had agreed on and handed it to Su Wanning, "Miss, this is your silver."

Su Wanning stood up and waved her hand, "Consider it my reward to the shop assistants."

As soon as I walked out of the store, I ran into Zhan Beiwang who came over. "She didn't give you any trouble, did she?"

Su Wanning shook her head. "No, where are Mo Ran and the others?"

Zhan Beiwang's face was filled with despair. "We let them keep them in the yard we bought."

"Are they injured?" Su Wanning was surprised.

Zhan Beiwang nodded, his face full of pain. He couldn't believe that Song Ying would actually attack his people.

"Have you seen a doctor?"

"Mo Lan is watching there. Wen Renjing has already gone over."

Su Wanning nodded and said, "I'll go with you to take a look."

The two came to the house where the Zhan family's warehouse was previously stored. The house looked very different from before. It must have been renovated a lot during this period.

They came to a small courtyard where Mo Lan was decocting medicine. He stood up when he saw Zhan Beiwang coming back.

"How are they doing?"

"They are just some superficial injuries and will take a few months to heal," Mo Lan replied.

"How many months?" Su Wanning asked in shock. "What kind of superficial injury requires several months to heal?"

It only took about a month for Zhan Beiwang to be whipped until his body was covered in blood.

Mo Lan looked at Zhan Beiwang with an embarrassed look on his face.

Wen Renjing, who came out of the room, came to Mo Lan's rescue and said, "Don't force him. Let me talk."

He stopped at a pavilion not far away. "Mo Ran's injuries were relatively minor, with only some superficial wounds. But the other one, although he also had quite a few superficial wounds, his internal organs were severely damaged. Even after recuperation, he will have to be kept in the hospital for the rest of his life."

The other one was Mo Qing. Even if Song Ying was angry, how could she treat a servant like this? This instantly reminded Su Wanning of the words Song Ying said in her nightmare after being drugged by Bai Ye on the road to exile.

Thinking about the change in Song Ying's attitude towards her since her exile, perhaps her previous perception of Song Ying's kindness was all pretense.

She may not know what it feels like for a guard who has lost his martial arts skills, but she knows how a doctor feels if he can no longer hold the scalpel that he is so proud of.

If Mo Qing knew that he would never have the chance to pick up the sword again, he would probably be very upset.

Su Wanning looked at Zhan Beiwang and saw that he clenched his fists and had been holding back. After a while, he spoke, "I understand."

Su Wanning saw that it was almost time for her to go back, so she said goodbye to Zhan Beiwang and prepared to go back.

Zhan Beiwang reached out and took Su Wanning's hand, "I'll go over there when they both wake up."

"It's okay, there's no rush." Su Wanning nodded.

Afterwards, Su Wanning took Jinhua and the other person back in a carriage.

On the way, Su Wanning kept thinking about Mo Qing. After all, Mo Qing had been following her all the time. Although he didn't talk much, he was serious about everything he did. Maybe when he woke up, he would know the condition of her body.

She didn't know what plans Zhan Beiwang had for his future. If she didn't want to accept him anymore, she could take him in as a groom, or find another job for him.

On the other side, Mo Ran woke up after drinking some medicine.

Zhan Beiwang asked him about what happened before. He said that it was Mo Qing who was on duty that night and had a fight with someone in the middle of the night. He heard the noise, got up and just walked out the door when he was stopped by the guards at home. When he saw Mo Qing again, he was unconscious, but he knew the person who attacked Mo Qing. He was a secret guard with a scar at the corner of his eye.

Zhan Beiwang also remembered that the man was the one who secretly passed the message to Song Ying. He was soft-hearted at the time and directly drove the man away. He did not expect that this would happen.