First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 330 If She's Unhappy, No One Else Can Be Happy

When Zhao Xiuwan came to the store the next day, Qian Feng had already left.

He really had nowhere to go last night, so after seeing Nangong Rui, he simply went into Hongyun Tower, ordered some wine and food and started drinking with Nangong Rui.

Both of them had their own troubles, so when they met they didn't talk about anything else, they just drank. In the end, they both got drunk in the store and didn't stay drunk until the next morning.

Nangong Rui was still a little hungover, but he had cleaned himself up. When he saw Zhao Xiuwan coming, he took out yesterday's account book and showed it to her.

He was taught calligraphy by Wei Ling and arithmetic by Xie Yingfeng. Although he had never been a shopkeeper, he had been in charge of Mangcheng for a period of time before, so managing a restaurant was not difficult for him.

Seeing that there was still some drunkenness in the corners of his eyes, Zhao Xiuwan wanted to tease him, but when she heard Nangong Rui say that he got drunk with Qian Feng, Zhao Xiuwan's thoughts immediately gave up!

"He is a stupid guy, you should stay away from him!" Zhao Xiuwan said a little unnaturally.

"Brother Qian is just an honest person." Nangong Rui said disapprovingly.

"Alright. Stop speaking for him." Zhao Xiuwan was a little nervous and interrupted Nangong Rui because she didn't know if Qian Feng had said anything bad about her in front of Nangong Rui. She didn't even want to pay attention to Nangong Rui. She turned around and walked outside in a daze, "I'm going to go out for a walk. You keep an eye on the store."

After Zhao Xiuwan left Hongyun Tower, she thought for a moment and went straight to Cui Yushan's mansion.

Now Cui Yushan and Zheng Wenxiu still live in Li Garden. The couple are too shameless to move, and Xie Yingfeng did not urge them. After all, Cui Yushan and Zheng Wenxiu have not done anything naughty since the imperial edict was issued.

As long as the two of them don't make things difficult for themselves, Xie Yingfeng won't force them.

The first thing Zheng Wenxiu said when she saw Zhao Xiuwan was not very pleasant, "How come Madam Qian still has time to come to me now? The Black Tiger Army is so powerful, Madam Qian still likes me, the wife of a sixth-rank official?"

She said this sourly, but Zhao Xiuwan still had a smile on her face, "Sister Zheng, I never care about whether you are a lady or not. What I care about is a person like Sister Zheng who is as beautiful as jade. Most people in Mangcheng are vulgar, how can they compare to Sister Zheng, a lady from a wealthy family in Beijing. Just one look at Sister Zheng makes me feel that everything around me has become more fragrant."

Zheng Wenxiu has been staying at home these days. After hearing what Zhao Xiuwan said, although she knew she was complimenting her, she still felt very touched in her heart.

"I heard that the Black Tiger Army and the Mangcheng Governor's Office jointly auctioned land." Zheng Wenxiu said, "Did Madam Qian gain anything?"

"Hey, Sister Zheng, please don't mention this matter." Zhao Xiuwan took the opportunity to scold Qian Feng. After she finished complaining, she smiled and said, "But my husband is also a down-to-earth person. He doesn't want to associate with those who are always busy with things. He may have lost some money, but he has a stable life."

Zheng Wenxiu glanced at Zhao Xiuwan and then smiled, "That's right. General Qian is the right-hand man of the Marquis of Zhenbei. If even he doesn't participate in such things, I'm afraid there must be something fishy going on."

"Sister Zheng, are you going to write a letter to tell your father?" Zhao Xiuwan's eyes lit up and she asked with a smile.

"What on earth is that? Why would I care about these things?" Zheng Wenxiu said with a smile.

Is this Zhao Xiuwan not smart? Even if I want to write a letter to complain, I won't tell her!

"Do you know that the Marquis of Zhenbei is now the king of the entire Mangcheng! Not only him, but even Xie Yingfeng beside him can cover the sky with one hand." Zhao Xiuwan suddenly approached Zheng Wenxiu and said, "I heard something a few days ago. Doesn't Caidiexuan have a pastry shop in the city? The business is very good. There is a tea shop opposite her house. The owner of the tea shop suddenly died. Guess what, the son of that family went to the government office to sue his sister, saying that she killed the old man in order to fight for the family property. As a result, the Mangcheng prefectural government directly awarded the shop to the victim's sister, the defendant, and the son of that family was beaten with thirty boards by Xie Yingfeng and imprisoned in the prison of Mangcheng, waiting to be executed in the autumn!"

"Is there such a thing?" Zheng Wenxiu's eyes suddenly lit up, "Why is this?"

"That woman's daughter married to a man from the next city. She's a widow. I heard that she killed her husband and seized his family's property. Now she's using the same old tricks again and has set her eyes on her mother's family's property." Zhao Xiuwan said, "That woman's name is Madam Qu. She runs a spice shop that supplies Caidiexuan. I heard that the goods she supplies to Caidiexuan are 30% cheaper than those on the market! Otherwise, why would Caidiexuan go to the next city to buy her goods? As a result, she got to know the shopkeeper of Caidiexuan. You also know that the shopkeeper of Caidiexuan is Xie Yingfeng's wife Qu Wanning!"

Zhao Xiuwan paused after she finished speaking, "My Qian Feng is a fool. What good can he achieve by hanging out with these two scheming people? Look, he didn't even bother to let Qian Feng know about the land purchase, but Qian Feng is particularly enthusiastic about fighting and patrolling, which involve his life!"

"Is Xie Yingfeng so bold and presumptuous?" Zheng Wenxiu's heart trembled when she heard this, but she showed nothing on her face and asked deliberately.

"Hey, the military and political affairs of Mangcheng are in the hands of Wei Ling. Xie Yingfeng has followed Wei Ling for so many years, there is nothing he dare not do!" Zhao Xiuwan said with a snort.

"Don't talk nonsense. If this kind of thing gets out, Lord Xie will lose his head!" Zheng Wenxiu tightened her fingers slightly and said.

"How can I make up such a story?" Zhao Xiuwan said, "I run a restaurant, and most of the people who come and go are people who are familiar with Qian Feng. I got the news from them. They said that Xie Yingfeng found out that the person who poisoned the old couple was the victim! That's why he was caned, imprisoned, and sentenced to execution in the autumn."

"What if that person really poisoned someone?" Zheng Wenxiu felt a chill in her heart when she heard that this news was heard by Zhao Xiuwan from the restaurant.

"Who can say for sure?" Zhao Xiuwan rolled her eyes. "Officials have two mouths. You still believe Xie Yingfeng's nonsense!"

"Do you have any solid evidence?" Zheng Wenxiu asked.

"I just heard it from someone. Where did the news come from?" Zhao Xiuwan spread her hands and laughed, "Hey, just treat it as gossip I heard. It's just nonsense. Just treat it as entertainment and forget it!"

Seeing Zheng Wenxiu was so interested, Zhao Xiuwan felt a little inexplicably excited. Even if this matter was not Xie Yingfeng's misjudgment, it would be good to find something for Xie Yingfeng! Who told her not to take pictures of the land!

She is unhappy, so why should Su Jixiang and Qu Wanning be happy!