"You!" Zhu Cheng's expression rarely changed, "Zhu'er is our heartthrob, and she is naturally the best in your heart, but Madam, Zhu'er will be wronged in her husband's family."
"He dares!" Mrs. Mei said angrily, "I don't think any of them dares to neglect our Pearl!"
"Madam, people in the officialdom are different from us. We are at best just some scumbags. Killing some scumbags is innocuous, but the imperial officials are different." Zhu Chengyu said earnestly,
"If we attract the attention of official circles, we will no longer have the happy days we had before."
Mrs. Mei always felt that Zhu Chengbie had deep meaning and there was something she didn't want her to know.
"Husband, what do you think we should do?" Mrs. Mei couldn't make up her mind. She wanted to make her daughter happy, but for the sake of the family's interests...
"Father, mother! How could you do this!" Zhu Zhu went in without a single stop from Ji Ying.
Zhu Cheng and his wife were startled, and Zhu Cheng immediately turned cold: "Who asked you to come in? Did the tutor feed him into the dog's belly?"
Seeing that Zhu Cheng's expression was not good, Mrs. Mei quickly said: "Go back first, I will go find you later."
"Father!" Zhu Zhu refused and knelt on the ground. "I really like that Ji Xuan. Please help me, father."
"Didn't you say that he killed your little maid? My father has sent people to silence her. Don't mention this matter again." Zhu Cheng shook his sleeves angrily, "Lock her up in the room."
"Father!" Zhu Zhu wanted to say something, but Mrs. Mei knocked her unconscious. "After all, he is still a little younger."
Zhu Cheng's expression did not change, which made Mrs. Mei feel cold. But out of many years of experience, Mrs. Mei still stuck to it like a water snake:
"Husband, don't be angry because of your little daughter. She is still a child after all. She doesn't know so much."
"She has reached the age of leaving the court. Mr. Zhu has long wanted Zhu'er to be his concubine. I think if we wait and see, maybe we don't have to be bound by Zhu Qide and can find a good family for Zhu'er. Now it seems that,
I can't keep it..." Zhu Cheng sighed, as if he had gone through a lot of changes in an instant.
"Husband, is it true that the young man named Ji can't live?" Mrs. Mei's heart was still for her daughter, at least to save that man from death.
"Listen to what I have to say. It has already passed, but Mr. Zhu said that although Mr. Ji has no official title, he is not someone to be trifled with. Many officials have received favors from him. We should not offend him easily."
Zhu Cheng patted Mrs. Mei's hand and finally revealed the unspeakable secret.
Mrs. Mei frowned: "If this is the case, wouldn't it be much better for our daughter to marry him than that Mr. Zhu?"
"You don't understand... the twists and turns involved. Marrying Zhuer may save her life." Zhu Cheng said, "Zhuer is my heart and soul, and I don't want to be a concubine.
But at this juncture, it’s still…sigh.”
Realizing that there was no room for repayment, Mrs. Mei started her plan from the bottom of her heart and asked, "What if I find a maid to marry Zhu Er?"
"You..." Zhu Cheng hesitated, "The good daughter you taught is so domineering. Even if she marries a maid, will she know how to keep a low profile and bide her time?"
"Then what should we do?" Mrs. Mei said sadly, "Isn't it Pearl who will suffer in the end?"
The couple's hair turned white due to worry. On the other side, Zhu Zhu woke up faintly and finally adapted to the surrounding light. She only heard her say: "Did I have a dream, a nightmare?"
When her eyes rested on the swollen half of Ji Ying's face, she suddenly burst into tears.
Ji Ying was so frightened that she hurriedly coaxed her: "My eldest lady, please stop crying. There is nothing the master can do. Who wants their daughter to be a concubine for such a person?"
"You're talking nonsense, why haven't you been married off?! Why me?" Zhu Zhu cried hysterically, but she was still not polite at all.
Congyuan heard the news and was sent by Zhu Ziyan to greet him. Seeing Zhu Zhu's appearance, he stopped at the door, not knowing whether he should go in or not.
What if I go in and the young lady asks me to help her come up with ideas?
Ji Ying saw Cong Yuan out of the corner of her eye and quickly signaled him to leave quickly with her eyes. Although Cong Yuan was confused, he left according to her wishes.
"This is the situation." Monk Congyuan Zhanger was confused and explained everything to Zhu Ziyan.
Zhu Ziyan asked: "Did father finally take action to get rid of the Ji family members?"
"No, according to the master, Mr. Ji's identity is not simple and cannot be easily touched by us." Congyuan answered truthfully,
"So that's it..." Zhu Ziyan breathed a sigh of relief. He finally lived up to his elder brother's instructions, even though he didn't do it himself. "Does elder brother know the news?"
"Congying is not a person who likes to listen to gossip, so he probably doesn't know yet." Congyuan said and walked out, "I will tell him the good news so that the young master can also breathe a sigh of relief."
On the other side, Zhu Ziyao was lying on the bed thinking about something. When did he start worrying about such a person? And why?
"Young Master, Cong Yuan has brought good news. Our master will probably not touch Young Master Ji." Cong Ying came back from outside with a big smile on his face.
"Huh? Really?!" Zhu Ziyao stretched out his arm happily, but it suddenly hurt.
"Sir, I know you are happy, but you should also pay attention to the wound." Cong Ying hurried up to check the wound, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the wound did not open too much.
"But I heard that Mr. Ji has a great background, so I don't dare to touch him. This punishment for you two is really in vain," Cong Ying said.
"Why?" Zhu Ziyao lay on the bed and stared at himself, "Why did my father still think about killing people in the morning but not in the afternoon?"
"It is said that Zhu Qide told the master." Cong Ying replied, "But I am also curious, how did our master know about it without even going out."
Zhu Ziyao's face slowly darkened, as if a dark cloud was hanging over his head: "Things are not that simple."
He underestimated his father's strength. He must have someone to check things out. But what kind of person is he, even if they hide it?
Jifu.
Ji Yannuo was playing with his fan in front of the stone table, with the corners of his mouth still slightly raised, but the people around him were trembling with fear and did not dare to express their anger.
"Young Master, we really didn't reveal this matter." Bai Shu spoke first, "We all obeyed the Young Master's instructions and never revealed anything about it."
"I heard that Madam has arrived in Ningcheng, right..." Yueniang said softly.
Hearing this, Ji Yannuo's hand stopped and the fan fell to the ground, also falling on everyone's hearts.