0p0 Chapter 484: Currying favor with important people
Chapter 484: Currying favor with important people
Pei Zhiyi asked Ji Yuntang, "Tangtang, aren't you afraid that this maid will reveal your plan?"
Ji Yuntang said: "Don't doubt a person when you employ him. If you doubt a person, don't employ him. This princess has seen the injuries on her body. They are all accumulated from old injuries and new injuries. This shows that Xu treated her badly. She should not have lied just now."
Pei Zhiyi smacked his lips and said, "This girl is really loyal. She still wants to save their young lady even in such a situation. It's just a pity for their young lady. As a legitimate daughter, she is abused like this by her stepmother."
"This time, they were lucky enough to meet you, otherwise they would have really died!"
Ji Yuntang turned his head to look at Pei Zhiyi and sighed, "Zhiyi, don't say anything too early. I'll have to go to the Zhong Mansion tonight to find out the exact condition of Miss Zhong's body."
"Tangtang, I'll go with you tonight. I happen to have nothing to do tonight."
Ji Yuntang thought that she was also a person who couldn't sit still, so he nodded and agreed.
"Okay, let's meet at the entrance of Zhong Mansion tonight."
Ming Xia covered her chest and limped back to the Zhong Mansion. At this moment, she was wearing a human skin mask on her face again, and she looked just like Miss Zhong.
From inside the door came the angry roar of Xu, "What are you all doing? With so many people, haven't you found that dead girl yet?"
The servants trembled and dared not say a word.
The eldest son of the Zhong family, Zhong Ziqi, said, "Mom, don't worry. We still have that crazy Zhong Xinyu in our hands. Ming Xia, that damn girl, won't dare to run away. If she runs away, who will take care of that crazy girl?"
Mingxia was standing outside the door, and when he heard these words, a hint of ridicule arose in his heart.
I've seen despicable people, but I've never seen anyone so despicable. Xu and her son are really birds of a feather.
Ming Xia was about to go in when she heard Xu ask again: "By the way, how is that little slut Zhong Xinyu? The doctor said she can't be saved yet?"
The maidservant beside Xu replied: "Madam, the doctor said that the young lady will not die for the time being, but her body is very weak. It is not enough to take medicine to treat her madness. She must be nourished with chicken soup with ginseng, deer antler, cordyceps and warm every day in order to recover slowly."
She added, "By the way, before the doctor left, he said that it would be best if it was over fifty years old."
When Mrs. Xu smelled it, she became angry instantly and slammed the table.
"Ginseng, deer antlers and cordyceps that are over fifty years old. This is such a good thing that I can't bear to eat it. How could I give it to this little slut? Does she deserve it?"
When Zhong Ziqi saw that Xu was furious, he was about to say something when he noticed Ming Xia outside in her wedding dress out of the corner of his eye.
He quickly swallowed what he was about to say, walked out and asked: "Mingxia, where have you been, you damn girl? You've only just come back now. Do you still take the Zhong Mansion seriously?"
Ming Xia remembered what Ji Yuntang had told her. Her face fell and she immediately knelt on the ground and said:
"Master, please calm down. Madam, please calm down. I was kidnapped by a group of bandits, knocked unconscious and thrown on the side of the road. After I woke up, I walked back on my own."
Only then did Xu realize that her face was dirty, her wedding dress was stained with dust, and even her wrists had scratches of varying degrees.
The most important thing is that all the jeweled hairpins and earrings on her head were gone!
After seeing this, Xu was shocked. She rushed to Mingxia and slapped her in the face.
"Where are the jeweled hairpins on your head? Did you hide them all, you damned girl?"
Ming Xia bit her lip and shook her head, saying in a tearful voice: "Madam, it wasn't me, it was the bandits. They stole all the jewelry from me."
"I was almost kidnapped by them. Fortunately, their leader despised me because I was a married abandoned woman, so he didn't want me. Instead, he knocked me out and threw me on the side of the road. That's how I survived!"
Xu was so angry that she was shaking. She pointed at Mingxia and started cursing.
"Waste, you waste, do you know how much those jewels are worth? I just lent them to you temporarily, and you dared to lose them all. I will beat you to death, you useless thing."
She raised her hand to hit Ming Xia, but Zhong Ziqi grabbed her wrist.
"Mother, she is the most suitable substitute for that crazy girl Zhong Xinyu. You will send her to the Night King's Mansion to marry her off in a few days. What if she gets hurt?"
When Xu heard this, she really stopped what she was doing, and then Zhong Ziqi leaned close to her ear and whispered:
"Those jewels are lost, so what? As long as we handle this matter well and curry favor with that master, he will give me and my second brother official positions if he is happy. Will we still have to worry about jewels in the future?"
Xu thought what he said made sense and withdrew her hand with a smile.
"Zi Qi is right. Today, I will spare Ming Xia, the damned girl. I will teach her a lesson later when I exchange her with Zhong Xinyu, the little bitch."
Ming Xia listened to the conversation between the mother and son, and her eyes darkened.
Sure enough, Princess Ye guessed correctly. There was indeed a big shot behind Master Zhong.
No wonder, even though the young lady was already terminally ill, they still forced themselves to wear a human skin mask and marry in her place. It turned out that it was the big man behind the scenes who instructed them to do so.
Mrs. Xu didn't take Ming Xia seriously at all. She glanced at Ming Xia and said, "Why are you still standing there? Go and help your young lady drink the medicine."
"Yes, ma'am."
Ming Xia had just taken a few steps when Xu called her back, "Wait."
She turned around and asked, "I wonder if Madam has any other instructions?"
Xu said with disgust: "Tear off the human skin mask on your face for me. I get angry when I see her face."
Hatred welled up in Ming Xia's eyes. She knew very well that Zhong Xinyu's face looked very much like her mother, her deceased ex-wife.
The death of the ex-wife was also closely related to Xu.
Ming Xia silently tore off the human skin mask on his face, revealing his own face.
Xu played with her nails and taunted, "Well, it looks much more comfortable now."
"Go back and take care of your young lady. Also, take out the fifty-year-old ginseng from the storehouse and make chicken soup for your young lady to nourish her body."
After saying this, she felt pain in her heart.
But when she thought that the dowry of that little slut Zhong Xinyu was in her hands, she no longer felt sorry!
As long as all I do can satisfy His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what does losing a ginseng matter?
That night, Ji Yuntang covered his face with a black robe and arrived outside the courtyard wall of the Zhong Mansion as promised.
Pei Zhiyi jumped down from a ten-meter-high tree nearby. She was also dressed in black.