Tianliangyuan

Chapter 334 Ungrateful

Zhang Pan'er felt that in her twenty years of life, she had never been so humiliated!

In front of her younger siblings, she felt like a morally corrupt and wicked woman.

It's all my brother's fault for not studying properly. Who looks at erotic pictures in school?

She also blamed Xu Zhaozhao for not being willing to help and for bringing up the truth, which was like rubbing the Zhang family's face in the ground.

Zhang Pan'er was furious!

This matter could not be kept secret in the end. Now that Xu Zhaozhao had figured it out herself, she would definitely tell Sanlang that night that the Zhang family had truly lost face this time.

Zhang Pan'er, who originally wanted to keep it a secret from her husband, dared not hide it this time and honestly told him what had happened that night.

Xie Rong's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"You went to your third brother's wife to plead for them?"

"I heard that my third sister-in-law has a wide network of connections and can get things done everywhere, so I thought I'd ask her to help me find someone to mediate."

"But shut up!"

Xie Rong was furious.

How could someone have such an unreliable brother-in-law!

"Since this matter was caused by your younger brother, why don't you ask your father or uncles to take care of it?"

Zhang Pan'er looked slightly embarrassed. Her family had actually kept this matter a secret from her father, fearing that he might punish her younger brother again in a fit of anger. That's why her mother had come to her for help.

But to everyone's surprise, Xu Zhaozhao saw through her act as soon as she opened her mouth.

Seeing his wife's expression, Xie Rong knew that it must have been his mother-in-law who had made the decision on her own again.

"Such an important matter is not something you women in the inner quarters can interfere with. I will speak to my father-in-law about this. At most, my brother-in-law will only get a beating, but as long as my father-in-law intervenes, his status as a student of the Imperial Academy will definitely remain his."

Compared to the status of a student in the Imperial Academy, what does a meal amount to?

In other words, his mother-in-law couldn't distinguish between what was important and what wasn't, and she even had to ask her daughter for help with such a matter, just to protect that unreliable person.

Now look what's happened; even his younger brother and sister-in-law know about it. The Zhang family has really lost face this time.

Because Zhang Pan'er failed to accomplish this task, her father found out and she was inevitably scolded by her mother. As expected, her younger brother was beaten and had to stay at home for almost half a month to recover.

Feeling guilty, Zhang Pan'er frequently visited her parents' home, bringing them many nice gifts.

Fortunately, although her younger brother was a troublemaker, he knew that his sister truly loved him, so he didn't say anything hurtful. However, after being beaten this time, he learned his lesson.

From now on, whatever happens, we must keep it hidden. We can no longer be so bold in broad daylight!

This was nothing serious, and Xu Zhaozhao didn't take it to heart at all.

She did mention this to Xie Zheng, but it was just something to have fun with; she didn't intend to spread it around, since they were all relatives.

Therefore, this matter is ultimately within a controllable range.

The teachers at the Imperial College confiscated the items, but because they were considered dirty, they did not display them. Therefore, not many teachers and students knew about this.

Zhang's father then offered many valuable gifts and went door-to-door to persuade people to stop, finally managing to suppress the matter.

Just as things calmed down at Zhang Pan'er's place, the fourth branch of the family started making trouble again.

The two maids that Madam Kobayashi had kindly taken in earlier dared to climb into the bed, which broke the rules of the manor and naturally angered the mistress.

"Oh, I vaguely remember them, aren't they two named Cai Die and Cai Juan?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is indeed the two of them. I heard that one tried to climb into Fourth Master's bed, and the other wanted to climb into Fourth Young Master's bed, but they were chased away by the gatekeeper. Now Fourth Madam is making a scene in the courtyard."

Xu Zhaozhao blinked, carefully processing the information for a moment before asking, "So, the one who climbed into Fourth Master's bed succeeded?"

"I asked carefully, and it didn't happen, but the maid took off her clothes and slept with Fourth Master. Fourth Madam had a nanny examine her, and she said that the girl was still a virgin, so they hadn't gone all the way to the last step."

Xu Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow, then looked Dingxiang up and down: "You're an unmarried girl, and you know about the final step?"

Dingxiang blushed deeply with embarrassment: "Master, how could you make fun of me like this!"

Xu Zhaozhao laughed out loud: "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. It's a good thing you didn't actually manage to climb up, otherwise, the fourth branch would have been even more lively."

Since the maid was bought by Kobayashi herself, it was naturally up to Kobayashi to decide how to deal with her.

At this moment, Madam Kobayashi could no longer care about any previous feelings. She thought that this junior dared to dream of becoming her husband's woman. This was simply a slap in the face!

"I really did a good deed that didn't turn out well. I was blind back then to think of saving you from your predicament. I should have sent you to the brothel, I should have sent you to the brothels, just what you wanted!"

Those words were so hurtful.

Ultimately, the two sisters were sold off, and where the brokerage firm would sell them to was no longer Kobayashi's concern.

Whoever buys such an ungrateful person will only regret it later.

Thinking of the two sisters' shrewdness, Xu Zhaozhao still ordered Dingxiang to make a special trip to tell the broker that when selling the two sisters again, their background must be made clear, and they should also be reminded that they were sold because they were restless, ungrateful, and tried to climb into someone else's bed.

"Master, they are just two lowly maids, why bother with all this trouble?"

Peony didn't quite understand her master's intentions.

“Those two sisters are no pushovers. When I first returned to the manor, I happened to see them being bullied. What a coincidence! Besides, those kinds of people are vicious. If they really manage to climb to a high position, they won’t remember any kindness, only their grudges.”

Peony didn't understand much, but she felt that her master was definitely right.

Yes, she blindly worships her master like that.

Who told their master to be so capable?

Other people's head maids are lucky to earn 800 coins a month.

But for those girls, 800 coins a month was just a drop in the bucket; the tips they received from the young lady alone amounted to more than two strings of cash.

There's no one else who's gone this far as a maid.

With such a terrible thing happening to the fourth wife's family, everyone tacitly pretended to be innocent. At a time like this, anyone who dared to flaunt themselves in front of the fourth wife would be courting death.

Although Zhang Pan'er couldn't get Xu Zhaozhao's help, Xu Zhaozhao knew about the matter but didn't publicize it. For that alone, Zhang Pan'er had to come and thank her.

"Sister-in-law, there's no need to go to such lengths!"

"It's not a waste of money. I know you have plenty of good stuff here. In our Duke's Mansion, if you're second in terms of wealth, no one can be first."

Xu Zhaozhao laughed heartily, "Sister-in-law, you're flattering me! It's quite a coincidence. I just made a gold necklace for my nephew and was thinking of choosing an auspicious day to send it over, but since you're here, I'll be lazy for once."