Taofu
"Nie Zhan, do you still know how to come back?"
Before Tao Yaoyao went to Prince Zhou's Mansion, she found someone to spread the news about Aunt Zhao embezzling her mother's dowry. Counting the time, the Tao family could indeed hear the news.
After working all night, she was tired and thirsty. After entering the door, she went straight to the table and asked the servants to get the dishes. She was so hungry that she took a bun and ate it while waiting.
When Tao Shian saw this, the anger in his eyes deepened.
"Look at how you look now. You don't look like a lady from a famous family."
"Even a lady from a famous family still needs to eat."
After the maid brought the bowl and chopsticks, she filled a bowl of soup first and drank it all in one gulp. Then she felt comfortable all over. When she was about to sit down and eat slowly, her sleeve accidentally touched Tao Yanyan's chopsticks. Tao Yanyan had a look on her face. He threw the chopsticks aside in disgust.
He called the servant angrily, "Give me a pair of chopsticks."
After the servant left, she glanced at Tao Yaoyao with disgust and said, "Sister, you are really becoming more and more careless now. Judging from your busy appearance, you should come to the front hall to have a meal after returning home." ”
When speaking, cover your nose deliberately.
Aunt Zhao put down her chopsticks after hearing this. Although she didn't cover her nose, her eyes were filled with disgust.
Tao Yaoyao pretended that she didn't see anything and continued to eat her breakfast. She was angry to death but hungry to death.
Besides, she wasn't the one who was so angry, so she didn't have to worry.
When Tao Shi'an saw this, his face was livid with anger, "I'm talking to you, are you mute? Stop eating, are you reincarnated as a starving ghost?"
Tao Shi'an saw her eyes on the dining table, and immediately called the servants to remove all the food on the table. Tao Yanyan saw this, feeling proud and disgusted at the same time.
"Those who don't know better think that our Tao family has treated you badly."
Tao Yanyan's words once again reminded Tao Shi'an of the rumors in Kyoto City this morning. He put down his chopsticks and said coldly, "I'll ask you again, are you asking someone to do those rumors outside?"
Tao Yaoyao, who was half full, finally had time to deal with the Tao family.
While eating her buns, she raised her head and said, "If you don't want others to know, you have to do it yourself. Dad has this time to trace the source of the rumors, so why not ask carefully whether this matter is true."
As the saying goes, what is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true.
If the rumors outside are not true, then my father can open the door of Tao's house and put my mother's dowry list in front of everyone. In this way, all rumors will be disproven. "
After finishing one steamed bun, Tao Yaoyao sandwiched a few more shrimp dumplings.
"Just dad, do you dare?"
Tao Shi'an thought of something and slowly turned to look at Aunt Zhao.
Aunt Zhao originally wanted to push Tao Yaoyao out and deal with the rumors outside first, and then she would think of other ways to deal with the rest of the matter. However, she did not expect that this bitch could be so eloquent now, and she could only say a few words. That made the master change his mind.
"Go and get Madam's dowry list."
When the original owner's mother passed away, she actually gave the dowry list to the original owner. It was Aunt Zhao who later defrauded the original owner of the dowry list.
"Master..." Aunt Zhao said with a guilty conscience.
"Go if you are told, and stop talking nonsense." Tao Shi'an glared at Aunt Zhao. Seeing this, Aunt Zhao reluctantly got up. Seeing this, Tao Yanyan got up and was about to follow. Tao Yaoyao saw this and smiled. He said, "It's just a dowry list, does Aunt Zhao still need to do it herself?
Dad, these servants of the Tao family are really becoming more and more neglectful. "
Tao Shi'an's expression tightened, he picked up the bowls and chopsticks on the table and threw them on the ground. Then he pointed at a servant behind Aunt Zhao and said, "Go get it."
Aunt Zhao originally wanted to take advantage of this time to do something with the dowry list, but now because of that bitch's words, she didn't even have this chance.
When he sat down, he glared at Tao Yaoyao dissatisfied.
Tao Yanyan couldn't bear this breath. After her mother sat down, her hand hanging on one side clenched into a fist, and her nails dug into her flesh without even noticing.
"Back then, my sister cried and begged to let my aunt take care of your wife's dowry. How come now, because of a few provocations from others, my sister starts to doubt my aunt?"
After Tao Yanyan finished speaking, he turned to look at Tao Shi'an, "Dad, my aunt has worked hard these years as the head of the family, but now she is being embarrassed by a junior in public. Where do you want to put my aunt's face?"
Tao Shi'an also felt that Tao Yaoyao had gone too far this time. Seeing Tao Yanyan's aggrieved look, he felt even more angry.
"Tell me, was it someone from Prince Zhou's palace who gave you the idea?"
Tao Shi'an has an impression that his eldest daughter is someone who can't even slap a fart. The last time she lost her temper, she said she was bullied by Aunt Zhao and her daughter, but she used rumors to get back the wife's dowry from Aunt Zhao. , with her brain, she definitely can’t think of it.
From yesterday to now, the only people who could help her in the places she went to were people from Prince Zhou's Mansion, so after a little analysis, he immediately pointed the finger at Prince Zhou's Mansion.
"Yaoyao, you are from the Tao family, but now you are ruining the reputation of the Tao family because of a few words from an outsider. What good does it do to you? Don't forget that you will soon be the third prince's concubine.
The Tao family's bad reputation will not do you any good.
Concubine Xian is dissatisfied with you to begin with, if she comes to trouble you because of this matter..."
Tao Yaoyao looked at Tao Shi'an calmly, looking even colder than looking at an outsider. Upon seeing this, Tao Shi'an's eyes flashed with displeasure.
"What's that look in your face? I've said so much, and it's not all for your own good."
Tao Yaoyao glanced at him, then chuckled and said, "Why are you so anxious, father? Who is right and who is right will be revealed soon, won't we?"
Tao Shi'an's words were full and she choked them back.
Aunt Zhao saw that the master couldn't explain this bitch. When she was about to say something more, a servant came in with a wooden box.
When Aunt Zhao saw this, her face suddenly panicked.
Tao Shi'an was so focused on resolving the matter as soon as possible that he didn't even notice Aunt Zhao's expression. He took the wooden box, opened the dowry list, glanced at it quickly, and then called the housekeeper.
"Immediately find someone to count Madam's dowry, and then open the door of Tao's house..."
"Master, no."
If the servants really opened the door of the Tao family and allowed the people to watch the Tao family count the wife's dowry, then she would not be able to hide the fact that she stole the wife's dowry.
When the time comes, it doesn't matter if her own reputation is ruined. If Yan Yan wants to be the prince's concubine, how can she end up with a reputation of stealing people's things?
For Tao Yanyan, she had no choice but to risk her life.
"Master, life in the Hou family is not well-off, but as Yan Yan grows older, there are always some bosses to go out to show off, so I decided to take some from the wife's dowry..."
Tao Shi'an didn't expect that Tao Yaoyao was right about this matter, and that Aunt Zhao actually touched his wife's dowry.
Upon hearing this, his first reaction was not to question Aunt Zhao, but to look at Tao Yaoyao's face, and sure enough he saw ridicule and disgust on her face.
Such familiar eyes, even after so many years, Tao Shian still gets angry every time he looks at them.
Back then, when the Hou Mansion fell, he had to marry a daughter of the Chu family, but General Chu looked down on him at all and was wary of him again and again even after the marriage.
The rest of the Chu family didn't want to see him either. Every time he went to the Chu family, it was torture and suffering.
At that time, the Chu family looked at him like this.
It's like looking at something inferior.
But he was born in the Hou Mansion and had a noble status. The Hou Mansion was only in temporary decline. Why did the Chu family look down on him?
The Chu family was nothing, it was just a family that relied on military merit to build up its reputation step by step. If the Hou family had not been defeated, how could a barbaric family like the Chu family get into his eyes?
But for the sake of the Hou Mansion and his own future, he could only swallow his anger...
When that woman died, he thought he would never have to look at her like this again. Until now, after Tao Yaoyao looked like this again, memories from the past flooded back to her.
Peng.
Tao Shi'an overturned the table, his eyes turned scarlet, and he shouted angrily, "You are so brave, who told you to touch my wife's things? No matter how poor my Marquis is, I can't use my wife's dowry."
You go and return the things immediately. After an hour, regardless of whether you have returned them yet, I must open the door of Tao's house and count the wife's dowry in public. "
Dingbei Palace
"Master, after Miss Tao returned home, she had a dispute with the Tao family. Now Master Tao is asking people to count the dowry left by Mrs. Tao."
After resting for most of the day, Xie Lan's complexion improved a lot. Hearing this, he closed the file in his hand.
"How did the investigation that the king asked you to investigate go?"
"Our people went to Taohualuo, and Jiu Qingzi is indeed no longer there. But no one knows where he went."
Xie Lan knocked on the table, a cold look flashed in his deep eyes, "Since it is confirmed that Jiu Qingzi left Taohualuo, and we have found similar whereabouts of him on Tongbai Mountain before, why not let people investigate from here.
In addition, this matter does not need to be covered up. "
After Chang Geng understood what he meant, he immediately gave the order.
Ministry of Justice
"I really didn't expect that Beauty Wang would let Concubine Xian go so easily. I heard that Beauty Wang's situation last night was extremely dangerous. If the girl from the Tao family hadn't come to her in time to help, I'm afraid that Beauty Wang would have died.
By the way, wasn’t Master Zhang responsible for handling this matter? "
Officials from the Ministry of Justice gathered together to talk about what happened at Beauty House last night. When they talked about the details, someone else ran to call Zhang Jing.
"Master Zhang, hurry up and tell us what happened last night. We heard that it took you less than an hour to find out the real culprit.
That's amazing. I thought you used a short enough time on the last case of a missing girl. I didn't expect that this time, you actually investigated it faster. "
Zhang Jing glanced at everyone with a calm expression and reminded, "It's errand time now, so please don't chat."
"Why are you more old-fashioned than us old guys?"
"That's right, we were just chatting a bit when we were on errands. Why did we come to your place and act like we're not working?"
