First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 198 Go find the IOU

Su Jixiang glanced at Zhao Xiuwan who was hiding behind her.

"There are too many people here. Don't you think it's embarrassing? Let's go. Let's find a quiet place and talk slowly." She knew that she couldn't get away for a while.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Wei Ling, who could only sigh silently in his heart, "Let's go to Zuixianlou. I've booked a private room there. If you have anything to do with each other, go over there and talk it out."

Zhao Xiuwan didn't want to go at all, she just wanted to get away.

Seeing that she was about to run, Su Jixiang grabbed her arm and asked, "Why? Madam Qian doesn't want to?"

"How is that possible?" Zhao Xiuwan smiled awkwardly, feeling a little nervous inside.

Why am I so unlucky today that I met Li Yuzhu when I went out!

Su Jixiang was very strong, and Zhao Xiuwan's thin arms and legs were no match for Su Jixiang. After trying twice to twist the rope without success, she had no choice but to follow Su Jixiang obediently.

After the group entered the private room, Wei Ling asked the waiter to serve tea first and then asked him to wait outside.

"Okay, there's no one here now." Wei Ling knocked on the table. "I've asked someone to invite Qian Feng over. If you have anything to say, please speak up in person to avoid making a scene in the street later."

When Zhao Xiuwan heard that Wei Ling had asked someone to call Qian Feng, her face turned pale.

It's over! It's over!

Those five thousand taels really couldn't be kept.

If she was in Dongdu, when she was still Zhaoyi or the legitimate daughter of the Zhao family, when would she have ever considered five thousand taels of silver?

This is about the same amount of money she spends every year on running the palace.

But now I have to lose face here for five thousand taels of silver.

Zhao Xiuwan felt annoyed when she thought about it.

If Qian Feng wasn't incompetent, she wouldn't have ended up like this!

Li Yuzhu's previous expression of hostility was replaced by a look of aggrieved expression.

They are all people who came from the palace, and all of them are very smart.

She naturally knew that she had to pretend to be pitiful in front of Wei Ling and Su Jixiang in order to win their sympathy.

Although she was not familiar with Su Jixiang before, she had seen Su Jixiang's warm heart all the way from the capital to Mangcheng. Su Jixiang was actually a very soft-hearted person.

You can tell from the way she was busy preparing warm things for everyone along the way.

"I only ask the general and his wife to do justice." Li Yuzhu said, "This five thousand taels of silver is what I brought from the public, and it is the reward from the palace and the monthly salary. I still have some personal money at home, and now it has been sealed. If possible, I ask the general to show some leniency. No matter what, can you return my money to me first? Otherwise, in this cold winter, what can a weak woman like me do?"

She touched her tears at the right time.

Su Jixiang said nothing, but just glanced at Wei Ling.

Wei Ling's face was stern, without any other expression.

Qian Feng hurried over without even having time to change his armor, and rushed into the private room with a chill on his body.

"General! Madam!" He first saluted Wei Ling and Su Jixiang, then looked at his wife. She was sitting there with red and swollen cheeks and clear fingerprints. Although her clothes had been tidied, her hair was still messy.

When the secret guard came to inform him, he just said that she had a conflict with someone on the street and was beaten. As for how badly she was beaten, he didn't know.

Now that I see it, I’m really furious.

"You woman!" He didn't ask about the cause and effect, and stared at Li Yuzhu directly, "Why did you hit someone in the street!" If someone else hit him with a punch or a slap, he might not care. But now that someone hit Zhao Xiuwan, how could he let it go? It can only be said that Li Yuzhu is a woman, otherwise he would have slapped her hard by now.

"Be patient." Wei Ling raised his eyes and glared at him. "Sit down!"

It's really going backwards!

After hearing Wei Ling's words, Qian Feng sat down beside his wife in anger. He carefully raised his hand to touch his wife's face, but was afraid that it would hurt her.

Wei Ling signaled Li Yuzhu to explain the reason for the conflict between them.

Li Yuzhu stood up and knelt down, crying as she told the whole story.

"She cheated me out of my money!" Li Yuzhu pointed at Zhao Xiuwan and cursed, "It was agreed that the five thousand taels of silver were a loan. Now she has turned against me!"

She was too embarrassed to tell Zhao Xiuwan that she was willing to pay her to do the job. She made such a promise at the beginning because she had not expected that Lin Xuwen's crime would be so serious as to lead to the confiscation of his property.

If she had known it was so powerful, she wouldn't have done it!

With Wei Ling here, she felt that Zhao Xiuwan would not tell this matter. After all, Qian Feng was Zhao Xiuwan's husband. If she told this matter in front of Wei Ling, wouldn't Qian Feng be implicated as well?

"You said it was a loan, right?" Zhao Xiuwan glared at Li Yuzhu, then said, "She framed me! There is no such thing at all! I opened a shop, and my husband collected a thousand taels of silver for me!"

"Is one thousand taels of silver enough for you to squander?" Li Yuzhu sneered at Zhao Xiuwan, "Calculate how much silver you have spent before. You paid the deposit for the escort agency. You also paid the deposit for mining the raw stones. I'm afraid the two together are more than one thousand taels! You also bought a lot of gold and silver materials. Some time ago, you said you didn't want to open a silver shop, but wanted to open a restaurant! You keep tossing and turning, what money are you using? Isn't it the money I lent you? You are not ashamed to say that! If you don't believe me, we can check the accounts!"

Zhao Xiuwan's face froze. "Don't I have any private money?" she said with her neck stiff.

How did Li Yuzhu know this information?

"Your private money?" Li Yuzhu sneered, "If you really had it, you wouldn't have asked me to borrow fifty taels of silver on the way to Mangcheng!"

Qian Feng looked at Zhao Xiuwan, "Is there such a thing? What she said is true!"

"How can it be true?" In this situation, Zhao Xiuwan was certain that Li Yuzhu could not produce the IOU, "Husband, don't you believe me?"

"Captain Qian," Li Yuzhu said, "I hid the IOU at home, but my house is sealed now. If you don't believe me, please send someone to come with me to my house to get it."

Zhao Xiuwan's face froze again.

"Just tell us where your IOU is and ask someone to find it!" Zhao Xiuwan said.

"Hire someone? I don't trust them!" Li Yuzhu sneered, "Mrs. Qian is so powerful, I dare not do that! Now I have nothing. If I don't have any more money, I can only bang my head against the pillar. I can't survive at all!"

"Come here!" Wei Ling called his guards, "Follow this lady and go find the IOU."