Seeing the flattery on his face, Qiao Yuyan felt sick in her heart. Before she had time to reply, she heard the other party say: "I am Shao Benshan, the prefect of Jiangzhou. I didn't know until today that my aunt came back to visit her relatives and could not help her."
I really missed it a little bit to catch the wind and wash away the dust. Do you have time now? Why don't you go and sit in my house?
My mother-in-law is also from the capital, so I can definitely talk to my aunt. I think my aunt is also very lonely and bored in Jiangzhou."
These words became more and more disgusting. Qiao Yuyan endured the discomfort and took a step back, "Master Shao is joking. This little woman is just a white woman. How can she be worthy of Master Shao's care?"
Your Excellency is also very polite, thank you for inviting me, but I still have a lot of things to deal with right now, so I will have to bother you again in the future!"
Her eyes fell on Ying Niang and the others, "My lord just said that they were ordered to prey on the Xu family. I don't know the inside story, but this lady and I are old acquaintances, but there was some misunderstanding. This
It's hard to make a conclusion yet.
As the saying goes, if the people do not sue the officials, they will not be held accountable. We have no intention of suing them for defamation. This matter should not be brought to court! After all, the officials under Mr. Shao also receive royal salaries. How can you waste your money like this?
troops."
The smile on Shao Benshan's face froze. In front of so many people, he felt a little embarrassed. He probably didn't expect that he would rush over to solve the problem for the other party as soon as he received the news, but he turned out to be flattering.
It was photographed on the horse's legs.
only……
Qiao Yuyan has already said this. If he doesn't let her go, won't he offend this aunt?
So I could only suppress my unhappiness and try my best to smile, "Look at me, when I heard that my aunt was being stopped and slandered in the street, I felt anxious. After all, my aunt came from Beijing, so she must be a little short-sighted and angry.
People who are thoughtful come and cause trouble.
I was also afraid that my aunt would question the folk customs and public security of Jiangzhou Prefecture after seeing such a thing, so I became a little anxious. I didn't expect that it was me who had misunderstood. Since it was a misunderstanding, it was easy to talk about it, and naturally I wouldn't embarrass them."
As they said this, they asked several government officials to release the people.
Just now, Shao Benshan rushed out and arrested people without saying a word. Many people present were dissatisfied and talked about it.
Later, I saw him being so flattering to Qiao Yuyan, and even looking at Qiao Yuyan and Xu Lu with unkind eyes.
No matter how easy it is for the people to be incited, there is one thing they hate the most, and that is the so-called collusion between government and businessmen.
The Xu family is the largest merchant in Jiangzhou, and Shao Benshan is so flattering to Qiao Yuyan. Isn't this collusion between officials and businessmen?
As a result, the anger in everyone's hearts became even higher.
Qiao Yuyan's remarks directly suppressed such emotions. Of course, the mood in the hearts of the people did not subside, but at least for now they saw Qiao Yuyan's flattering rejection of Shao Benshan.
Shao Benshan was so embarrassed that he was too embarrassed to say anything flattering, and Qiao Yuyan advised him very considerately, "Your Excellency is in charge of the government affairs of Jiangzhou Prefecture, and he must have a lot of things to do every day, little lady."
I really don’t dare to bother you with this little thing, so I’ll thank you later.”
As soon as Shao Benshan left, Qiao Yuyan quickly turned to Yingniang, "Yingniang, let's talk about it?"
But this time, Yingniang's attitude was very firm. She just gave her a cold look and said: "What can we, ordinary people like us, say and big people like my aunt have anything to say?!"
After saying that, she turned around and left with the old and the young. No matter how Qiao Yuyan called her after her, she never looked back.
This time Xu Lu knew that she had gotten into a big trouble. She didn't dare to say a word on the way back. When she came back, she directly informed the two ladies and the old lady of all the things that happened today.
Even Mrs. Xu was a little surprised, "Why is it like this!"
Mrs. Xu said: "It is a small place after all. Let alone the daughter of the elder, even the governor's daughter will come, and I am afraid it will cause a stir. What's more, Yan'er grew up in Jiangzhou since she was a child. These people used to
They all know her.
That will
Although I knew that she was the daughter of the Earl's Mansion, after all, she had been living here and no one really treated her as the eldest lady of the Earl's Mansion.
But now that I have come back, my status has been upgraded to another level. How can I not be jealous? I'm afraid it will scare my niece!"
Qiao Yuyan nodded helplessly, "I used to go out with my cousins every day, and everyone treated me the same as they treated my cousins. But now...it really makes me feel a little at a loss.
They are not here for me, or even for our Xu family, they only see the power of my father behind me, and if they fail to do so, the reputation of my father, and even the reputation of the Holy One, will be ruined."
When Xu Lu heard this, she lowered her head again and did not dare to say more.
Old Mrs. Xu also nodded and said: "It was because of this concern that I didn't let any news leak out. I didn't dare to let anyone know that you were back. I just didn't expect that this matter would spread so quickly."
Qiao Yuyan said: "It's easy to say, I will go out less often. Mother-in-law, you announced to the outside world that I have left, that's it. Anyway, now I just come to see you, and I don't care much about the situation outside."
It's just that it's better to make it clear about Ying Niang. I don't know much about Ying Niang, and I don't know whether she really encountered such a thing or was bribed by someone to do this deliberately.
explain.
At this juncture, if our family gets a bad reputation because of her, things will be difficult to handle."
The second wife of the Xu family on the side asked puzzledly: "At this critical moment? What's going on now?"
Mrs. Xu was also startled and asked quickly: "Mother, what news is there about Dalang?"
Qiao Yuyan did not expect that her two aunts, who knew nothing about the current situation of the Xu family, would have such a big reaction when they heard her words.
She hurriedly said: "Oh, don't worry, two aunts. I'm not talking about our family, but Zingyuan. This time he came with the Holy Emperor's secret mission. It is probably very important, so he did not come from Guanyi.
, I’m afraid that what’s going on right now will affect him.”
Mrs. Xu's eyes swept over the two daughters-in-law, and then fell on Qiao Yuyan, with some emotion in her tone, "Ya'er, you did the right thing today. Regardless of whether this matter is true or false, we must come up with it."
Come on, don't let people ruin our reputation outside. I will immediately send someone to find the Ying Niang you mentioned, and let's find out what is going on face to face."