HCB Chapter 255 The Unreasonable Cui
Chapter 255 The Unreasonable Cui
Cui, however, showed no remorse and pointed at Ah Qi and Xiang Xiu, complaining to him.
“I came here to find my son, what’s shameful about that? It’s these two girls who don’t respect you, the housekeeper, at all. They didn’t give me any face. Not only did they not let me in, but they also cursed at me and hit me. Look at the injuries on my body. They even tore my clothes. Xiaowei, your mother has been bullied by them. You have to take care of this, right?”
Boss Ling also stepped forward and said:
"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. She hit your mother first. Your mother is old, and I've only ever hit her a limited number of times. Why should this brat get to hit her?"
Upon hearing Ling Laoda's words, both A Qi and Xiang Xiu turned ashen with anger.
Ah Qi, even more relentlessly, shouted angrily:
"How can you two lie through your teeth? If she hadn't hit me first, would I have fought back?"
Xiangxiu also pointed at Cui Shi and nodded in agreement.
"You were the one who started it, how can you say that Ah Qi started it?"
Ling Jiawei glanced back at Xiangxiu. He knew that Xiangxiu was not a liar, and what she said must be true.
He immediately rushed forward and grabbed Cui's sleeve in a fit of anger.
"Mom, let's talk outside. Let's not embarrass ourselves here."
Cui, however, stubbornly shook off his hand.
"Let Lan Zhi come out to see me and return everything she has eaten and drunk from me over the years."
"Mother, I'll bring it to you later. You go back first, go back first."
Cui refused to listen and began to shout loudly.
"Ling Lanzhi, if you have the guts, come out here and return the money I've spent raising you for the past eighteen years."
Lan Zhi originally didn't want to come out, but Cui kept making a scene outside, which annoyed her to no end.
She walked out of the main hall, came before Madam Cui, and instructed Ah Qi:
"Go and report to Shuntian Prefecture that two people have come to the Crown Prince's residence to cause trouble."
Upon hearing this, Boss Ling was the first to stand up and, in a tone that was both earnest and selfish, advised:
"Why do you have to make such a big deal out of this? If this really goes up to Shuntian Prefecture, you won't look good either. I think you should just give us a thousand taels of silver and we'll leave."
Lan Zhi's lips curved slightly, then she tossed the piece of paper in her hand and waved it in front of them.
"Look carefully, this is what you signed. It's written clearly in black and white that I have nothing to do with you anymore. If you come to the Crown Prince's residence to cause trouble again, I will report you to the authorities."
Upon seeing the note, both Cui and Ling Laoda, knowing they were in the wrong, blinked a few times. Ling Jiawei hurriedly urged:
"Father, Mother, you should go back to the inn first. I'll give you some money later. You should go back to your hometown as soon as possible!"
Cui pointed to her still swollen and red face and her sore buttocks, and roared angrily.
"How can I travel after being beaten like this? You still have the heart to send us back to our hometown. You are really too filial."
“Mother, you are lucky to have left the palace alive. Everyone in the palace knows what you did. If you cause trouble again, no one can save you.”
Cui had to seriously consider Ling Jiawei's words. Before coming, she had already made an agreement with Ling Jiawei that after extorting some silver from Lan Zhi, they would lie low and wait for Lan Hua to send someone to find them and deliver the silver.
They never expected that Lan Zhi would keep that note; they had really shot themselves in the foot.
She pursed her lips and nodded reluctantly.
"Then...then we'll head back now. Remember to send us some silver, or we'll starve to death."
Ling Jiawei waved his hand impatiently.
"I've got it. You'd better get out of here! Get out of here!"
Before leaving, Boss Ling didn't forget to loudly remind everyone.
"Your mother and I won't have any food tonight, so you should take it to her as soon as possible."
"understood."
Ling Jiawei frowned, watching them leave with a helpless look before waving to the others.
"Go on with your work, and don't gossip behind people's backs. If I hear you talking, I'll cut your tongues out."
"Yes."
After the servants nodded, they quietly went to do their work. Only then did Ling Jiawei turn around and look at Lan Zhi.
"I'm sorry, my parents have caused you trouble again."
Lan Zhi sighed helplessly.
"They won't have a chance to cause me any more trouble, but you'll be the one to worry about."
After saying those words, she turned and went back into the house. Ah Qi hurriedly followed her, and Xiang Xiu gave him a sympathetic look before quickly following as well.
Cui and Ling Laoda left the Crown Prince's residence cursing and swearing, only to run into Madam Lin, who had just alighted from her carriage.
When Madam Lin saw the two of them, she was taken aback at first, then gestured for Xinghua to wait for her, and she quickly walked over.
"You... are the Crown Princess's father and mother?"
Cui hurriedly waved her hand.
"Madam, are you confined to your home? Or are you deaf and blind? The entire capital knows that the Crown Princess has no parents. Which eye of yours sees that we are her father and mother?"
Madam Lin was speechless for a moment after being choked by Cui's words. Just as Cui glared at her fiercely and was about to leave, she called her back.
"and many more……"
Madam Cui turned around and asked impatiently:
"What are you doing again?"
"Then may I ask, what is your relationship with the Crown Princess?"
"none of your business."
Lady Cui had just suffered a grievance at the Crown Prince's residence and was looking for a place to vent her anger.
Seeing that Madam Lin was blocking her way and asking her questions, she became a little impatient.
Madam Lin wasn't annoyed at all; instead, she simply took two taels of silver from her pocket and stuffed it into her hand.
"I'm just curious. Here's a little bit of money for you; consider it a small token of my appreciation. If it's convenient, could we talk somewhere else?"
For Cui and Ling, who were penniless at the time, the two taels of silver were a godsend. She immediately changed her previous indifference and nodded with a smile.
"Yes, madam."
Madam Lin pointed to the carriage not far away.
"Then please get on the carriage, let's find a restaurant and chat while we eat."
Upon hearing that they could go to a restaurant, Ling Laoda eagerly nudged Cui Shi, afraid that she might refuse in a moment of carelessness.
How could Madam Cui refuse such a good deal? She nodded immediately.
"Alright, alright, please, Madam."
"Please, both of you."
Madam Lin invited them to dinner because she wanted to get some information about Lan Zhi from them.
She first needs to determine how likely she is to be her daughter before she can decide what to do next.
The Crown Prince's Residence, Jingyi Garden
Zhu Fangfei sat in the bedroom, holding her white fox in her arms, sitting there blankly.
When she went back to her parents' home today, her father told her that she had to find a way to get rid of Lan Zhi so that she could become the Crown Princess and eventually the Empress.
This was not her intention, and she did not want to harm anyone.
But her father told her that if she didn't get rid of Lan Zhi, she would never be able to get Wei Jianning to look at her again in her entire life.
Just as her father had said, in the five days since she married into the Crown Prince's residence, Wei Jianning hadn't even glanced at her, let alone come to her Jingyi Garden.
At this moment, Xiaoru walked in quickly, bowed slightly, and replied:
"Miss, the Crown Prince has returned and is in the study."