Dong Gong Mei

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Deng Ming also heard something about the matter in the court.

Hearing that the empress dowager and the emperor were not dealing with each other, they held the treasury in their hands and refused to let go.

This disaster relief is a matter of life and death, and if it continues like this, it will be the people in the disaster area who will suffer.

So when he heard that the prince had used his private treasury for the money, the reverence and justice in his heart reached their peak inexplicably.

Not to mention buying food from him with money, even if he is asked to donate half of it, there is no objection!
Of course, he is only doing work for others, and the real decision depends on Mrs. Yuan's will.

However, Yuan Shi is a pure businessman, and he has no feelings for the great righteousness of his family, country and temple, and only feels sorry for the loss of his own interests.

"It's really unbelievable." She took a sip of tea and said calmly: "The imperial court is in a hurry to rescue the disaster, but they can't even provide money. Whoever tells it will believe it."

Deng Ming naturally dared not answer.

"Okay, you can go back." With a wave of her hand, Yuan Shi unceremoniously issued the order to evict the guest.

"Madam..." Deng Ming was taken aback, "There is still some grain in the granary..."

"I'm not feeling well recently, so let the people in their court handle it themselves."

Yuan shi felt a sigh of relief in her heart, she just felt that what she did recently was not going well, so she just threw it away and didn't want to care about it.

After Deng Ming withdrew, Zhao Chengyu asked Yuan Shi happily: "Mother, haven't you been to the rice shop recently?"

"Yes." Yuan Shi smiled and touched her daughter's face, "Mother will stay with you these few days and won't go anywhere."

"Mother, you're so kind!" Zhao Chengyu smiled immediately, forgetting all his unhappiness.

Yuan Shi ordered the servant girl: "Go outside and buy a catty of goat's milk, let the little girl in the kitchen use it to steam rose cheese, and then buy two catties of red bean flour, and make rice cakes for our sister Yu."

"okay!"

The room was suddenly filled with laughter.

However, the rare warmth between mother and daughter was quickly broken by an unexpected guest.

A timid, seven-point awkward voice sounded from the corridor: "Slave Zhenzhu, send my regards to Second Madam and Miss Yu."

The chatter and laughter in the room stopped abruptly.

"She still dares to come to see me!" Zhao Chengyu got up immediately.

Cuilian hurriedly persuaded: "Miss, don't get angry, let this servant go and ask what's the matter first."

"What could be the matter! That wild girl must have come to provoke me!" Zhao Chengyu angrily scolded.

"Sister Yu." Yuan Shi called out coldly, "Have you forgotten what Cai Niang told you just now?"

"Mother, my daughter hasn't forgotten." Zhao Chengyu immediately repeated Yuan's words in a low voice: "Mother taught Yu'er that you must be able to hide your anger and know how to wait for the right time to accomplish great things."

Yuan Shi casually picked up the teacup, took a sip to moisten her throat, and then said clearly, "Let her in."

"Yes."

The curtain was raised, and Pearl walked in holding a black lacquer tray in both hands: "I have seen Miss Yu."

Zhao Chengyu's anger that had just calmed down surged up again, he picked up the cup on the table and threw it over, angrily said: "Kneel down!"

Pearl swayed, and the tray in her hand almost fell over.

However, she has always been timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and she didn't dare to show any other expressions, so she could only kneel down in front of Zhao Chengyu as she said, and said respectfully: "This is a gift from our lady."

"Gift? Would she be so kind to give me a gift?" Zhao Chengyu snorted.

Yuan Shi was also a little surprised.

Based on what she knew about Zhao Xiwei, this girl had never been a pleasing person.

If it is a gift, it is either a sincere friendship or another purpose.

Obviously, Zhao Xiwei would not sincerely make friends with Zhao Chengyu.

So, for what purpose?

Do you dare to bully Sister Yu under your nose?
If this is the case, then she will no longer choose to be patient!
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Yuan's face: "Since it was sent by Sister Wei, it must be a good thing. Present it here, and let me have a good look at it."

Pearl knelt on the ground, and raised the black lacquer tray above her head: "Our lady picked this one for Miss Yu specially, and said you must like it."

Zhao Chengyu glared at him, his anger immediately turned to surprise.

On the tray was an octagonal box of flowers and butterflies inlaid with gold and emeralds. The shape was extremely gorgeous, but it was not elegant. The most rare thing was that the butterflies on it were lifelike. It seemed that they were carefully selected and given to her. Gift!

But thinking about it again, how could Zhao Xiwei be so kind!

To give a gift, you have to deliberately let Pearl come, isn't it to anger yourself!
She waved her hand, and was about to tell Pearl to roll, but Yuan Shi had already taken the box with a smile.

"……what is this?"

Zhao Chengyu looked over in surprise when he heard the words, and was dazzled by a bright light.

She squinted her eyes, it was a bronze mirror.

"What does this mean?" Zhao Chengyu grabbed the mirror and realized that it was not an ordinary mirror. It could enlarge the pores of the whole face several times. Especially dazzling.

Zhao Chengyu hurriedly rolled his eyes away, and saw that there was still a glob of green things on the plate.

Upon closer inspection, it was a silk scarf.

Zhao Chengyu's face immediately changed drastically: "How, how is this silk scarf in your hands?"

The body also shook suddenly, and the voice suddenly became sharper: "That bastard! She, she, she actually—"

Seeing her daughter's strange behavior, Yuan Shi hurriedly asked with concern: "What's the matter? Sister Yu, what's wrong with this silk scarf?"

Zhao Chengyu didn't dare to answer truthfully, so he could only shake his head vaguely: "No, it's nothing."

Pearl carefully glanced at Zhao Chengyu, and said: "Our lady said that this silk scarf was picked up at the door of a restaurant outside Zhuque Street. It looks familiar, and it looks like Miss Yu's, so I specially ordered my servant to bring it over."

Zhao Chengyu was struck by lightning.

The silk scarf was taken away by Wang Fan.And she was too nervous at the time, forgot to come back, and only remembered when she got home.

Unexpectedly, it fell into the hands of this wild girl!

Could it be that this wild girl also knew about herself and Wang Fan!
How much do you know?
Zhao Chengyu's face immediately turned pale when he thought that he had such a big handle in the hands of others.

She hated, was afraid, and had a tinge of joy for the rest of her life.

What I hate is that Zhao Xiwei dared to threaten her in such a big way in front of Yuan Shi!
What I'm afraid of is that Zhao Xiwei is holding her own handle, which is tantamount to holding her life. As long as she is upset, she will be ruined!

The good news is that Zhao Xiwei passed out after such a big commotion yesterday, otherwise if she just took out this silk scarf and made a big fuss, she would be dead!

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she felt, and a dense layer of sweat formed on her face.

The more Yuan looked at her daughter, the more something was wrong, so she put her arms around her and asked, "Sister Yu, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"

(End of this chapter)