The steward looked at the empty woodshed and his face instantly changed, “Go and see if the carriage at the door is still there?”
A subordinate turned and ran quickly to the door, the butler also hurried back, when he was halfway there, the subordinate ran back, “The carriage is gone!”
The butler’s steps grew faster and faster, the carriage was fast, Song Wan Yue had gone to the market to report the news, the Song family would be here soon, he had to hurry to make things happen for Miss.
Zhang Yao was tired from the morning’s fuss and ate two bowls of rice, two plates of vegetables plus a plate of snacks and fell asleep with teardrops on her face.
Mrs. Zhang wiped the tears from her face with distress.
The housekeeper hurriedly entered the courtyard.
Hearing the hurried footsteps, Madam Zhang frowned and ordered her maid, “See who is walking so heavily outside and pull them down.”
The maid answered, and before she could go out, the housekeeper reported at the door with an anxious expression, “Madam, I have something important to say to Miss.”
Zhang Yao stirred for a moment.
Madam Zhang hurriedly patted her body and waited for a while before standing up and coming to the door, reprimanding, “Miss is hardly asleep, what’s the matter will be discussed later.”
The housekeeper looked anxious, “Madam, we can’t wait.”
“What’s wrong?”
The housekeeper came closer and told them about Song Si being placed in the next courtyard in a daze.
Lady Zhang looked at him in annoyance, “Whose idea was it?”
Although her daughter was a little less intelligent, she was still the apple of her eye, how could she be married off in such a disgraceful way?
“Madam, the young master also had no choice.”
Time was short and the housekeeper wanted to make a long story short, but to his surprise, Madam Zhang was furious, so he had to tell her again about the dean bringing the two servants’ sale deeds and key moulds to her door.
“It’s a way to kill two birds with one stone, it’s a way to make the young lady’s mind whole and get Song Si and the dean to stop pursuing the matter, and the young master can still take the imperial examinations in the future.”
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang stared in shock, “You guys are just being ridiculous, the dean is ……”
“Madam, it’s out of your hands now, do you want to watch the young master being robbed of his merit and unable to take the imperial examinations again for the rest of his life?”
“But, but this is also ……”
Madam Zhang hadn’t finished her sentence when she was interrupted by the housekeeper eagerly, “Madam, it’s not too late, you should quickly give Miss a word, if it’s any later, then Song Si will wake up.”
Mrs. Zhang hesitated for a moment, turned and went into the house, woke up Zhang Yao, and gave her that Song Si was next door.
Zhang Yao didn’t even bother to put on her shoes and walked barefoot to the dressing table and sat down, “Quickly freshen me up!”
Thinking of what the housekeeper had just said, Madam Zhang stopped, “My Yao’er is the most beautiful at all times, you can just go over there looking like this.”
“That won’t do, if I’m cloaked like this, if I scare Song Si, he’ll ignore me even more in the future.”
The housekeeper was in a hurry at the door and waited until Zhang Yao had freshened up and come out from inside, he accompanied her outside while instructing, “I’ve made all the arrangements, when Miss goes in, you don’t have to do anything, just lie down on the bed.”
Zhang Yao was puzzled, “Why do you need to lie down? Wouldn’t it be better to sit?”
She had only just combed her hair, put on her jewellery and worn her favourite clothes, only by sitting could Song Si see her clearly and like her.
The housekeeper couldn’t say it outright, so he could only euphemistically muddle through, “Because only then would Song Si be willing to marry Miss.”
Zhang Yao seemed to understand, and twisted her fat body to “run” towards the courtyard over there, the thumping of her footsteps like heavy drums beating on the housekeeper’s anxious heart. Someone has come to the door and caused trouble!”
The steward’s brain buzzed as he looked at Zhang Yao, who had already “darted” to the door, and gritted his teeth as he ordered the subordinates guarding the courtyard entrance, “Keep an eye on them, no one is allowed to enter this courtyard!”
After giving the order, he hurriedly walked out.
At the entrance of the Zhang Mansion, more than ten burly men dressed in short shirts stood in a single line, Gu Yi stood in front of them, his intention was to barge in directly with his men, but the little girl had said that he should make as much noise as possible.
At this moment he was “furious” and said to the onlookers, “You don’t know, this House of Zhang is actually a den of wolves that eat people. ”
The crowd of onlookers let out a shocked cry.
“Are you telling the truth or not?”
“Of course it’s true, I have no enmity with the Zhang Mansion, what am I doing framing them for? If you don’t believe me, follow me into the Zhang Mansion to take a look!”
“I’ll see who dares!”
Master Zhang came out from inside the door, his eyes sweeping over the crowd of onlookers without anger and finally landing on Gu Yi’s face, “Who are you? How dare you come to the door of my Zhang Mansion and talk nonsense.”
“I knew you would say that. Old man Zhang, old man Zhang, did you think that your treacherous plan would succeed if you unknowingly knocked us out? You’re daydreaming! If you don’t deliver my dean, my elder brother and my little girl unharmed today, I’ll lead people to smash this Zhang Mansion of yours.”
Master Zhang, who was less than forty years old and looked like he was about ten when he took good care of himself, was angered by his call of old man Zhang, “Where did that B*****d come from, drive me away!”
Dozens of stick-wielding boys and girls rushed out from the door and surrounded them.
Gu Yi’s face was fearless, “Look, everyone, old man Zhang
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head this is being a thief.”
“Fight!”
Master Zhang ordered angrily.
Two carriages came rushing from afar, and the driver was driving the carriages while yelling at the onlookers to get out of the way. The carriages followed the road that had been cleared until they reached the entrance of the Zhang Mansion, and only then did they stop. The curtain was lifted and a dozen or so husbandmen in the uniforms of the Renhe Academy got off the carriages.
Gu Yi had just sent someone to deliver a message to them that the dean had been bewitched by Master Zhang, and the teachers were so shocked that they stopped attending classes and rode over in the carriage.
The housekeeper happened to come over in a hurry, and when he saw these husbandmen, his face turned white in a swish.
Master Zhang’s face was no better, but he tried his best to hold his composure and walked quickly to the husbandmen, forcing out a smile, “What is the matter with the husbandmen coming to the Zhang residence?”
The head of the husbandmen, who was in his fifties, spoke calmly, “Master Zhang, please send our dean out.”
“You’re joking, the dean came and left after a cup of tea, how can there be anyone else in the house?”
They knew why the dean had come to the house, and they could not finish the story in a single tea, so Master Zhang was obviously lying!
The master stared at him, his voice deep, “Master Zhang, I advise you to think before you speak.”
