My Lord, your wife is spreading rumors about you again.

Chapter 22: Good Son-in-law
"Why are you crying? Speak properly!"

The maid wiped her tears, walked quickly to Zhu's side, and whispered, "Madam, the fourth young lady and Mr. Zhang San had sex in the side room, and many servants saw it."

Zhu's whole body stiffened instantly, as if she had been struck by lightning.

How could she forget Yun'er? She was only concerned with using Mo Zhengfeng to eliminate Mingli. But she forgot that her Yun'er was drugged and taken away by Zhang Yang. How could those men who love to cheat and can never control their lower body have any perseverance?

She and Zhang Yang have not yet exchanged engagement letters, so the marriage cannot be considered finalized.

If the two of them had physical contact at this time and Zhang Yang turned his back on him, then Yun'er would have no hope of marrying into a wealthy family in this life!

At this time, Nanny Li came from behind. She approached Zhu and whispered, "Don't worry, madam. This is the trick used by the old servant."

"What did you say?" Zhu's eyes flashed with cruelty.

When Mingli saw Nanny Li coming, he knew that the plan had been accomplished, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips. Zhang Zhi keenly caught this smile and knew that this girl had bad intentions again.

"What's your plan?"

Hearing this, Mingli looked sideways. She looked well-behaved and gentle, and was very good at pretending to be innocent: "What is the prince talking about? What is the plan? I really don't understand."

Zhang Zhi chuckled and said, "You are clearly a big-tailed wolf, but you have to pretend to be a little white rabbit. Your cruel temper has wasted this docile face."

"Cruel?" Mingli raised his eyebrows and straightened his back: "My reputation for virtue is known to all in the capital. Prince, please be careful with your words and actions, and don't destroy my reputation."

"You still have a good reputation?"

Zhang Zhi seemed to have heard a great joke, "You are the hero who almost castrated Mo Zhengfeng with an arrow. I don't know if you have a good reputation, but you must have a bad reputation."

Mingli gritted his teeth secretly, this guy is really annoying.

She smiled coldly and met Zhang Zhi's eyes: "My Lord, there is not a word of ivory that comes out of your mouth that I like to hear."

After saying that, Mingli rolled his eyes at him and walked towards the crowd.

Only Zhang Zhi was left, and she called him a dog?

Over there, Madam Li said, "This is an opportunity to promote a good marriage. Those present are all noble ladies. If they witness the fourth young lady and the third young master having physical contact, are we still afraid that the Zhang family will deny it? They are all from aristocratic families, and Madam Wang and the third young master Zhang are both well-known. By then, maybe we can even avoid the horrible high price of the bride price."

"But……"

But using the innocence of his own daughter as a bargaining chip or a threat, even though she came from a brothel, he knew that this was not something he could do.

Not only will it bring shame to the Ming family, but it will also shatter Ming Yun's self-esteem.

Those who have no matchmaker or betrothal are concubines.

Zhu bit her lips until they turned white, and was unable to make a decision.

Madam Wang was the first to notice something was wrong, and asked tentatively: "Madam Zhu? What happened to Yun'er? Is everything okay?" Madam Zhu twitched the corners of her mouth and forced a fake smile. Well, as long as she could marry into the marquis's wealthy family, she would even risk her own life!
"It's not a big deal." Zhu took Madam Wang's arm and said, "It is said that Yun'er accidentally fell into the water while walking with Master Zhang. Fortunately, Master Zhang came to her rescue and she is safe."

After hearing this, Madam Wang's face turned pale. "What did you say?! Yang'er jumped into the water to save Mingyun?!"

Zhang Yang fell into the water when he was a child, and he has been deeply afraid of water ever since. Zhang Yang is her only son, if anything happens to him, wouldn't the illegitimate sons be ready to take action immediately?

"Go! Take me to see my son!"

Madam Wang was helped up by the nanny and went to the backyard with her skirt lifted up. Zhu stayed where she was, but it was okay because her purpose was to let Madam Wang witness it with her own eyes.

Zhu turned to the ladies and said with a frank smile, "My daughter is frightened. Why don't you all go and help her calm down? The stage is almost ready. Let's drink tea, listen to the opera, and enjoy the lanterns in the evening."

His own daughter fell into the water and nearly died, but he was still in the mood to drink tea and listen to the opera. I think it was another drama directed and performed by Zhu. Since it was a play, no one would not like to watch it. The mistresses and daughters of the aristocratic families had nothing to do all day, so how could they not be willing to join in the fun?
Because this matter involved the girls' boudoir affairs, only the female family members went to the inner courtyard, while the male family members continued to drink wine, tea and appreciate the flowers on the waterside pavilion.

Nanny Li helped Zhu walk past Mingli and glanced at her tremblingly. After meeting Mingli's gaze, she immediately shrank back and pretended nothing had happened.

Zhang Zhi took all of this in. Nanny Li was an old woman who had been with Zhu for more than ten years. She was also a servant of the Ming family. Ming Li had only been back home for two days, but he had already subdued such an old woman?
"Master." Wuwei walked over and smiled at Mingli as a greeting. He then whispered to Zhang Zhi for a long time before retreating.

After listening, Zhang Zhi understood everything.

When Mo Zhengfeng was carried away, he was already conscious and said he wanted to walk around by himself, but his men clearly saw Mo Zhengfeng heading to the inner courtyard. Perhaps because there were too many people for the flower viewing banquet today, there were only a few scattered servants guarding the inner courtyard of the Ming family, which allowed a foreign man to enter the courtyard smoothly. "

So, at this moment, there was not only Zhang Yang in Mingyun's room, but also Mo Zhengfeng. Zhang Zhi thought about this and suddenly smiled. Three people? Playing so wildly?
Fortunately she could think of it.

"Prince, Second Miss." Jiang Tong also came over. "Zhu's act is nothing more than to make things more real and force Zhang Yang to marry Ming Yun." She didn't quite understand: "Is it necessary? Must she marry this one? Are all the men in the world dead?"

Zhang Zhi chuckled.

"With the support of the Zhenbei Marquisate, even if he is a bastard from a side branch, he is still a good choice for a son-in-law."

Zhang Zhi glanced at Ming Li, and his lips curled slightly: "What do you think, Second Miss Ming? I am the direct descendant, the only candidate to inherit the title. Zhang Yang's background is nothing compared to mine. Would you consider me when you marry again?"

Mingli: "Thank you, I declined."

Seeing Mingli was about to leave, Zhang Zhiyi reached out and grabbed her arm. Mingli looked back suddenly, and cursed as if she was about to blurt out, but she finally held back: "What are you doing?"

He took out a black folding fan sprinkled with gold from his sleeve and played with it in his hand, saying, "Madam Jiang is my master's wife, but she is not protecting you because of me. I will not go to the inner courtyard. If you need help, go find her."

Master's wife? Mingli frowned slightly. What kind of master could have taught this dude so well without being pissed off to death?

The young man raised his folding fan, as if he wanted to knock Mingli on the head, but just as he raised the fan, he put it down without making a sound: "I'm leaving. Don't forget to meet us at Anxiang Tower tomorrow night."

After saying this, Zhang Zhizhen turned around and waved his hand as a farewell. Jiang Tong looked at Zhang Zhi's back, then looked at Mingli, smiled and said, "Mother has passed away first, and asked me to accompany the second girl."

Ming Li nodded happily: "Then let's go together. I just happen to have something to ask Miss Jiang."

(End of this chapter)