Jinzi's servant scoffed, "What scheme? I think you and your sister set this up on purpose so your sister could get close to our young master. How shameless!"

He had seen plenty of shameless women like this around his young master.

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Jinzi scolded the servant.

Then he left, unhappy.

No one can laugh if they are sexually harassed by a woman and lose face.

Chen Ting was crying loudly inside the room. When she saw Chen Jingfeng come in, her eyes were still somewhat glazed.

"Brother Jingfeng..."

Chen Jingfeng's face darkened. "Where did you go just now?"

"I...I..." Chen Ting said as she leaned closer.

"Wake up! Speak!" Chen Jingfeng splashed a glass of cold water directly onto her face.

Chen Ting jolted awake and became completely conscious.

"Brother Jingfeng!"

"Don't call me brother! Look at yourself! You've completely disgraced us!"

Chen Jingfeng looked at her disheveled appearance, his face turned extremely ugly, and his temples throbbed.

"Explain yourself clearly!"

Chen Ting covered her face and started crying again.

She...she was almost...

……

……

The house of Widow Wang.

The widow and her son looked extremely grim.

"Didn't you say that a cooked duck can't fly away? How come it's flown away now!" Wang Xiucai was so frustrated that he couldn't help but blame his mother.

Widow Wang was also angry when she saw her own son. "Isn't it all your fault for being too hasty? Now look what's happened, what if her brother comes knocking on our door?"

They were almost done with it, just waiting for her to fall asleep, lock the door, and consummate the relationship. But this guy couldn't resist and took off her clothes, scaring her away.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Xiucai suddenly spoke up: "Why did her brother come looking for us? We know nothing about this!"

Widow Wang was taken aback, then immediately gave her son a thumbs up, "You're so smart! It's true, we had no idea about this at all."

After discussing it, the mother and son decided to pretend nothing had happened and smashed and threw away the bowl containing the pear juice.

Not long after, Chen Jingfeng came to knock on the door.

"Who are you?"

Widow Wang went to open the door, pretending not to recognize the person.

In fact, she had her eye on this place from the very first day the family moved in.

"Has my sister Chen Ting been doing needlework at your house these past few days?"

"But she hasn't come today. Is your sister missing? Let me help you look for her," Widow Wang said.

Chen Jingfeng's face darkened. "Don't pretend you don't know. You drugged my sister and tarnished her reputation."

“You young man, you can’t talk nonsense. When did we do such a thing? My son went out today and just came back now. You can’t just accuse me, a woman, of defiling your sister without any evidence, can you?”

Widow Wang was no ordinary woman who could raise her son on her own; she was far beyond the capabilities of a scholar like Chen Jingfeng.

Chen Jingfeng clenched his fist. "Believe it or not, I'll report you to the authorities!"

Widow Wang burst into tears and began to wail at the top of her lungs, "Go ahead and report it to the authorities if you want! You're a student at Luming Academy, I can't afford to offend you. We, a widow and orphan, have nowhere to seek justice."

The commotion attracted the attention of the neighbors, who all came out to see what was happening.

Fearing damage to Chen Ting's reputation, Chen Jingfeng had no choice but to give up for the time being.

"You'd better not talk about what just happened!"

Chen Jingfeng gritted his teeth, threw down a sentence, and left.

Widow Wang closed the door and gave her son a smug look.

"Don't worry, that girl won't run away. She'll still be your wife in the end."

“I saw her kissing and hugging other men with my own eyes. How can she be my wife? I think she’s more like a foot warmer.”

When Wang Xiucai saw Chen Ting hugging that rich young man, he felt like he was being cuckolded.

Widow Wang whispered to her son, "That's enough. For the sake of her brother, you'd better keep pretending."

……

……

Teahouse.

Old Xu seemed restless, looking left and right, as if he had a thorn in his side.

Prince Rui couldn't hold back any longer, "Brother, what are you looking at?"

Old Xu said, "Let's see if you're trying to cheat us. So much time has passed, why haven't your men returned with the money yet?"

Prince Rui: ...

No sooner had he finished speaking than Prince Rui's men returned.

The guard handed the 500,000 taels of silver notes to Prince Rui. Before Prince Rui could even see them clearly, the silver notes were snatched away in a flash.

"Alright, now we're settling the bill. Remember to pay for the tea. I'm leaving now."

Old Xu took the money and ran away, without even giving Prince Rui a chance to say a word.

After the man left, a guard came in and said, "Your Highness, he is too suspicious. I think it would be better if I followed him to check. Besides, we didn't find any trace of the secret guards around."

To avoid being overheard, they dared not mention the Emperor Emeritus's identity in public.

"No secret guards?" Prince Rui was also stunned.

It's one thing if there are no bodyguards once in a while, but how could there be no bodyguards every time?

Now Prince Rui was indeed suspicious.

Have someone close to you go and see for yourself.

Old Xu had anticipated this move, so he led his men around in a maze of twists and turns, finally luring the people out before returning home.

When Prince Rui learned that his men hadn't even found out where the Emperor Emeritus had gone, he was so angry that his temples throbbed.

If that doesn't work, he can go and visit the Emperor.

I'd like to ask the Emperor if he's mistreated his father, since he keeps ripping money off him.

Old Xu, whom Prince Rui had been nagging about, had arrived home safely, sneezing and rubbing his nose.

Who was that shameless person who insulted him?

Lin Shuyun was resting her chin on her hand at the dinner table.

"This Shengjing is so boring, there doesn't seem to be anything fun to do."

It's too crowded outside; there's nothing to do if I go out.

Jiang Changtian said, "There's a manor on the outskirts of Beijing that's open to the public. It should be quite scenic at this time of year. We could have a picnic there."

He had only been back for a short time, and hadn't mentioned Chen Ting at all; she was just an insignificant person to him.

I looked up at the sun; it was only noon.

It's still early, we can stay overnight at the estate and come back the next day.

"That's good, I want to eat barbecue, I'm craving it again." Old Xu immediately came over.

"Yun girl, can I ask you something? Could we add a few grilled fish this time? I don't have high demands, just the kind of fish we had last time!"

Lin Shuyun rolled her eyes; the old man was really picky.

I've been eyeing the fish in her online space.

When Old Man Xu saw her roll her eyes, he pulled her aside and secretly took out the silver notes.

Lin Shuyun's eyes lit up instantly when she saw so much money. "Old man, did you go rob someone?"

"Shh! These are all for you. Don't let anyone see them. I went to sell medicine and ran into a sucker who gave me a lot of money."

When Old Xu saw that everyone was looking over, he made a shushing gesture.

To prevent them from robbing Yun'er's money and accusing him of favoritism.

"Come on, come on, what are you dawdling for? Pack your things now and let's go to the manor to spend some money. The old man will arrange grilled fish for you! Plenty to go!"

Lin Shuyun was overjoyed to have money and waved her hand generously.

set off!

……

……

Prince Rui's Mansion.

A certain sucker sneezed several times as soon as he got back.

The servants were getting anxious and were about to call the imperial physician to examine Prince Rui when a spies from the palace suddenly returned with a message.

"It's terrible, Your Highness! The Emperor has suddenly been poisoned and fallen into a coma in the palace. Eunuch Wei requests that you immediately enter the palace to take charge of the situation."

Prince Rui suddenly stood up.

"Why didn't you let your brother take charge of this? Honestly, hurry up and go to the palace."

Prince Rui rushed to the palace before he could even settle into his own home.

Hidden Dragon Hall.

Eunuch Wei was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet.

The area outside was filled with civil and military officials, and even the concubines, princes, and princesses from the inner palace had come.

"His Majesty suddenly vomited blood during the morning court session. We were concerned about His Majesty's health, but Eunuch Wei blocked us from entering. Is he planning to use his eunuch status to disrupt the court?"

It was the second prince who spoke.

Being prevented from visiting by a eunuch, everyone already had their own thoughts.

If the emperor doesn't wake up, the court will be in chaos.

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