Clear Wear and Lie to Win

Chapter 212 Touching Porcelain
"Auntie, what should my daughter do?"

Chang Mian's aunt heard her daughter's words and only said, "Do you know what you did wrong today?"

"My daughter doesn't know, I hope my aunt will tell me clearly."

"When Yun Qing first stated that she didn't want to enter the mansion, you shouldn't speak. If you don't explain, others will just think that you, Fujin, don't like you and humiliate you. Once you speak, you are humiliating yourself."

Chang Mian was frightened.

"Auntie, what should my daughter do?"

"Don't worry, now that you have reached this point, if you want to get married, it may be difficult for you, but it may be difficult for you to enter Zhu's residence. Are you still determined to enter Zhu's residence?"

Chang Mian couldn't tell whether she wanted to enter Zhu's mansion or not. To be honest, she heard that Zhu Tao treated her cousin like that, and she was really envious, otherwise she wouldn't have thought of becoming a concubine. Whether to continue, Chang Mian was not sure.

"Auntie, let my daughter think about it."

Her aunt still loves her daughter, and said: "You think about it quickly, Chang Miao is married, and you will be next, but your marriage has not yet been settled, even if your wife loves you more, it will take too long, you still have to ask yourself of."

"My daughter understands."

Chang Mian thought about it all night, but still felt unwilling, so she went to find her aunt.

"Auntie, my daughter has made up her mind, she seems to be leaving the house to meet Master Zhu."

Chang Mian's aunt was taken aback, maybe she didn't expect her daughter to make such a request, but she understood her daughter's intentions, although she felt wrong in her heart, but if her daughter could be happy, it would be fine.

"That's fine. Auntie sent someone to inquire about this matter. She will be happy if you spend more time with your wife these days. The life in the backyard of our natal family will be the same. Otherwise, Fujin will find a way to humiliate us."

Chang Mian was very obedient and said: "Don't worry, Auntie, my daughter has been cooking for herself recently, and she has learned a few pastries that my wife likes to eat, and I will leave it to my wife to cook tomorrow."

"As long as you have a sense of proportion."

Chang Mian's aunt did have some skills, and soon found out about Zhu Tao's whereabouts. It was not difficult to find out, Zhu Tao was not a particularly remarkable figure, and he himself had no habit of hiding his whereabouts.

So Chang Mian soon got his whereabouts, and found out that he was going to have a drink with friends in a restaurant in the capital in a few days.

Zhu Tao didn't know that he was being targeted, or that he was a rotten peach blossom. He was working normally. On the day of rest, he asked someone to have dinner in a restaurant and went to the appointment.

The people who invited him were all colleagues from the Ministry of Education. This restaurant meal was similar to a modern departmental dinner. It was nothing more than eating together and exchanging feelings.

Naturally, Yun Qi and Chen Lianming were also among them. The three of them were Jinshi of the same class. Both Yun Qi and Chen Lianming were involved in the dictionary incident. When the Ministry of Education was established, Yun Qi and Chen Lianming would naturally not go to other departments.

Zhu Tao raised his glass and said, "Thanks to everyone's cooperation, our Ministry of Education will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in front of the emperor in the future. I will thank you in advance." After finishing speaking, he drank the wine in the glass.

Most of the Ministry of Education are young people. When the Ministry of Education was established, Yinzhen promised Zhu Tao that he could choose the people himself.

Zhu Tao naturally chooses what he thinks is good. Older people have experienced the influence of officialdom. Zhu feels that he has no ability to change the thinking of those people. He simply chooses some younger people. One characteristic is that he is basically new to officialdom, and he can suppress it.

He doesn't want to spend all day arguing with people in his department, not to mention wasting energy, the point is that the arguing is fruitless, and the real business will be delayed, the gain outweighs the loss.

After hearing his words, everyone raised their glasses together: "Your Majesty Zhu is very polite."

The crowds were mixed, and it didn't take long for the scene to heat up and chat.

Chatting here, Chang Mian in the private room next to Zhu Tao and the others, dressed in men's clothes, asked: "I have found out clearly, are you sure it is Master Zhu?"

"The servant found out clearly that Master Zhu is inside, but the servant saw Master Biao."

Chang Mian didn't pay much attention to his cousin Yun Qi, so he didn't know that Yun Qi was there.

"Which cousin?"

"It's the Young Master Biao of Niu Yulu's family. I heard that Young Master Biao is working under Mr. Zhu."

Chang Mian was a little afraid that Yun Qi would make a mistake, but she was here this time, so she was not reconciled to letting her go back like this.

"Do as you're told, and do it!"

"Yes"

Not long after, a servant whispered in Zhu Tao's ear: "Master, just now Liu Zeng met someone downstairs, and there are some troubles that can't be solved, what do you think, master?"

Zhu Tao: "I see."

Zhu Tao picked up the wine glass and said: "I'm going to accompany you all first. Something happened to my little guy. I'll go down and have a look. I'll be up in a while. You guys eat first."

"It's okay, it's okay."

Zhu Tao escaped from the private room, and when he was outside the private room, Zhu Tao frowned and said, "What's going on, please explain clearly."

Zhu Tao usually had two servants by his side, but today he specially brought three of them because he was entertaining his colleagues. Liu Zeng was one of them.

"Liu Zeng was standing guard outside the door. It seemed that something happened. He was called over by Xiaoer. Then the servant heard the noise in the lobby. The servant told Liu Zeng that he hadn't come back, so he went down to check, and saw Liu Zeng was arrested. The man took it away, and asked him to pay 100 taels of silver, or else he would not be allowed to leave, the slave told Liu Zeng that he couldn't solve it, so he rescued him and reported it to the master."

Zhu Tao understands it temporarily, but he hasn't figured out the whole story yet, so let's go down and have a look first!

Zhu Tao said: "Let's go, go and see what's going on."

Zhu Tao went down, but Liu Zeng was indeed detained and could not move. The shopkeeper came out and said: "Shopkeeper, I don't know what the people in my house did wrong, so they want to detain him and not let him go."

As a shopkeeper who can afford to open a restaurant in the capital, he naturally recognizes Zhu Tao, who is now very popular, and the shopkeeper also feels aggrieved in his heart.

The shopkeeper said: "Master Zhu, I don't know what's going on. This man insisted that the boy in your house broke his things and asked him to pay 100 taels. I'm about to start asking why!"

Seeing Zhu Tao coming, Liu Zeng hurriedly said: "Master, slave...The slave is causing trouble to the master."

Zhu Tao: "Don't talk about this, talk about what's going on."

After Zhu Tao's voice fell, he saw the person who had a dispute with Liu Zeng say: "This is your slave, and you came at a good time. Since this slave can't pay back the master's silver, then let you be the master." Come and pay back."

Zhu Tao looked at the man, did not answer his words, and said directly to Liu Zeng: "Tell me, what's going on."

Liu Zeng felt extremely wronged in his heart, and said: "When the servant went downstairs, this young master happened to go upstairs, and the servant was walking and looking at the stairs! This young gentleman didn't look at the road, and bumped into the servant, and as a result, a branch in his arms The hairpin fell to the ground and broke, let the slave pay him 100 taels of silver, or else he won’t let the slave go, master, the slave really didn’t hit anyone, he did it himself.”

Zhu Tao wasn't sure what Liu Zeng said must be right, but he felt that the person who had conflicted with Liu Zeng was a bit like someone who touched porcelain.

"What about the crashed thing?"

Liu Zeng said: "In that man's arms, he won't let the slaves see it."

Zhu Tao said to the man: "Since this is the case, why not take out the things and see what is worth 100 taels of silver."

The man's face was not very good and he said: "This is something my father gave me, and it is naturally worth 100 taels."

Zhu Tao: "Take things out, if you can't get them out, forget it."

If Zhu Tao didn't have someone to entertain today, he would probably be willing to spend a lot of time, but he still invited someone today, so it is impossible to bring someone to the Yamen to confront Bo in court.

The man suddenly said: "Take it out and take it out."

Speaking of that, the man took out a broken jade hairpin from his arms. Zhu Tao didn't know how to look at jade. Things get complicated.

(End of this chapter)