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"Mingzhu?"

Zhang Yancheng looked at it carefully again and again in disbelief.

Zhang Mingzhu turned her face away.

Her eyes were surrounded by bruises, and there were long red scratches on her cheeks extending to her neck. Her hair was a mess, like a bird's nest.

She lacked all the air of nobility befitting a woman from a prominent family; all she possessed was boundless resentment.

"Father! You must stand up for me!" Zhang Mingzhu wailed.

Zhang Yancheng was furious. He looked at Su Xuance and said sarcastically, "Lord Su, you've done a good job raising your daughter."

"Father! This bad man pushed my sister to the ground and she's disfigured!" Renbao ran out quickly, rushed to Su Xuance, and pointed at Zhang Mingzhu to complain.

Su Shuying followed closely behind.

Renbao nudged her hand and whispered, "Sister, you should cry too."

Su Shuying couldn't cry, but she always granted her sister's requests.

"Dad, it hurts." Su Shuying secretly pinched her thigh, her eyes reddening.

Su Xuance had never seen her show such an expression before. Looking at the wounds on her face that had been treated, he could vaguely see that the cuts were extremely deep.

"Lord Zhang, the matter of Zhang Mingzhu injuring my daughter cannot be left unresolved!" Su Xuance said coldly.

Peach Blossom added insult to injury: "My lord, she also said that the young lady is strange, which is extremely disrespectful!"

Su Xuance's expression changed slightly: "I will report the truth to His Majesty and let His Majesty judge whether this matter is right or wrong."

"Lord Su." Zhang Yancheng's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly stepped forward. "It's just a quarrel between women, there's no need to go to His Majesty's presence, don't you think?"

"Father!" Zhang Mingzhu frowned, staring incredulously.

Zhang Yancheng knew she was spoiled, but this time he had really messed with her. He earnestly advised, "Stop making a scene and apologize right now, or even your father can't save you!"

Su Xuance was a favorite of the emperor.

Su Renbao was the emperor's favorite young Taoist priest.

Although he is of equal rank to Su Xuance, he is currently out of favor with the emperor, so avoiding his sharp edge is the best course of action.

Zhang Mingzhu wasn't stupid. Reluctantly, she gritted her teeth and said, "I'm sorry."

"Renbao, can the injury on your sister's face be healed?" Su Xuance asked Renbao.

If he can't, he will never let Zhang Mingzhu go.

Renbao patted his chest and proudly tilted his head back: "Of course, I'm the Little King of Hell."

Su Xuance was relieved. He looked at Zhang Yancheng and said, "It would be best if your daughter did not come to Mingxuan Hall to study in the future. She and my Shuying are incompatible according to their birth charts."

Renbao wholeheartedly agreed, echoing, "Yes!"

"Why should they!" Zhang Mingzhu immediately protested, pointing to her face. "They hit me too! Several slaps, and they scratched me, leaving red marks. Can't you see?"

Being able to study at Mingxuan Hall signifies a noble family's status and is a symbol of a noble lady's identity.

Zhang Yancheng shouted, "How dare you! How dare you speak to your Uncle Su like that? Go back right now!"

He gave his servants a meaningful look.

"Dad!" Zhang Mingzhu looked at Zhang Yancheng with a hurt expression, and burst into tears again, "How dare you yell at me!"

Zhang Yancheng was extremely annoyed. He said to Su Xuance, "I've spoiled him. I'll teach him a lesson when I get back."

He pushed Zhang Mingzhu and quickly left Mingxuan Hall.

The father and his two daughters dared not return to the Su residence.

"If your mother saw your face, she would definitely take a knife and chop the Zhang family mansion to pieces."

Su Xuance looked at Su Shuying, who was calmly feeding Renbao xiaolongbao, and thought about how to explain the situation.

Renbao ate with gusto, then looked up and said, "Daddy, my medicine is really effective! If I wipe it off in half an hour, the wound on my sister's face will be healed!"

Su Xuance exclaimed in surprise, "It has such a miraculous effect!"

Renbao proudly said, "Of course! After those who were burned to death went to the underworld, their bodies were rotting. In order to restore their original appearance, Granny Meng made medicine from the Nine Netherworld Flowers. It's very effective."

"Does a person really go to the underworld after they die, instead of disappearing completely?" At the next table, a twenty-year-old man looked over blankly after hearing Renbao's words.

Renbao slurped up the broth from the xiaolongbao, then stuffed it into her mouth. The skin was thin, the filling plentiful, and the filling so fresh and tender that she almost wanted to bite her tongue off.

"Yes." She swallowed a xiaolongbao and stuffed another one into her mouth. "It has yin and yang, just like the Bagua diagram."

The man stood up, his body swaying precariously.

Su Xuance and Su Shuying reached out to protect Renbao, watching him warily.

thump!

The man knelt down, wanting to tug at Renbao's sleeve but not daring to. He burst into tears, crying miserably, "I'm so sorry to my mother! If there is an underworld, I want to tell her that her son is unfilial and has wronged her!"

Renbao asked curiously, "What did you do to offend your mother?"

The man spoke while sobbing.

He was a gambler, and he squandered all the money in his house.

To pay off the debt, his mother embroidered day and night, which blinded her and caused her to pass away a few days ago.

People only realize the truth after they've lost it.

He stopped gambling.

He turned over a new leaf, held a grand funeral for his mother, and chose a good burial plot.

He also owed a lot of money, but everyone praised him as a filial son.

"You're so unfilial!" Renbao sneered. "What's the use of spending money on someone if you don't treat them well while they're alive?"

Children speak without restraint, yet they reveal the most simple truths.

Everyone looked at Renbao with admiration in their eyes.

"The little one is absolutely right."

"You're inhuman! You outlived your mother to death!"

The man raised his hand and slapped himself: "I'm not human, I'm an animal."

"Then what should the living do if they want to make amends?" someone asked.

Renbao said, "Fold more silver ingots and burn them for them, do more good deeds, pray for their well-being, and even ask a Taoist priest to perform a ritual for them!"

The man looked bewildered, then stumbled to his feet and walked out, saying, "I understand, I'll go back and fold the silver ingots now."

The crowd watched his retreating figure with a sense of melancholy.

"Daddy, he won't live much longer!" Renbao took a bite of the sticky rice chicken and exclaimed, "Wow, this is so delicious!"

Everyone looked at her.

Renbao looked up: "What's wrong?"

"How does a little baby know he won't live much longer?"

Everyone pricked up their ears.

Renbao had already eaten twenty plates of xiaolongbao, and a stack of them had piled up in front of her. She lowered her head and bit into the sticky rice chicken, finishing one in a few bites. She then patted her stomach.

It's still empty!

"Continue on, serve her sticky rice chicken!"

The crowd shouted.

Renbao ate the sticky rice chicken again, feeling very satisfied. She said, "His face is dark, which is a sign of an early death. He has let his mother down. He has cried too much these past few days, and his heart meridian has been damaged. He won't live for more than three days."

"He's from the South Alley of the East City. Whether the little kid is right or not, we'll find out the day after tomorrow!"

At this time, Renbao was unaware that a single word could bring disaster.

Three days from now, she'll have some trouble coming her way!

When the father and his two daughters returned to the Su residence, it was already dark.

As soon as the door opened, Pei Yuru stood in the main hall, her hands behind her back, looking at the three of them expressionlessly.

Su Xuance felt a chill.

Renbao hid behind him and blinked frantically at Su Shuying: Sister, what's wrong with Mother?