frightfiction Chapter 572 The Villainous Female Supporting Character Who Impersonated the Tyrant's Savior 27
Chapter 572 The Villainous Female Supporting Character Who Impersonated the Tyrant's Savior 27
Zhao Yanshu seemed to be stunned for a moment when he first saw Zheng Baozhu.
Then, she frowned and pursed her lips, her eyes seemingly suppressing some emotion. She clenched her fist slightly, her gaze leaving Zheng Baozhu, and spoke only to Zheng Qingwan in a low voice.
"Now you are my fiancée, and other unimportant people are no longer my concern. You have to take responsibility for your own decisions, and I have nothing to say to you."
Upon hearing Zhao Yanshu's words, Zheng Baozhu stopped in her tracks, her face immediately turning pale, and her eyes reddening slightly.
Seeing Zhao Yanshu's cold tone and Zheng Baozhu's expression, Zheng Qingwan couldn't help but smile, and a hint of smugness appeared in her eyes as she looked at Zheng Baozhu.
From now on, the position of Lady of the Marquis's Mansion will belong to her. Zheng Baozhu, being a commoner, will never be able to compare with her.
"Yanshu, don't say that. After all, you and your sister were childhood sweethearts. It's just that she... never mind, let's not talk about it."
Zheng Qingwan shook her head with a hint of regret, then spoke to the shopkeeper standing at the door.
"Manager Wang, please put these furniture down first."
Then, he spoke to Zheng Baozhu,
“Sister, if you like these pieces of furniture, move them to your courtyard in the Zheng family mansion. Consider it a gift from your younger sister. Come home with me later and apologize to Father. Don’t worry, I will persuade him not to punish you.”
The man called Manager Wang opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something but then remained silent, glancing sideways at Zheng Baozhu to inquire about her meaning.
Zheng Baozhu crossed her arms and laughed.
“Zheng Qingwan, have you forgotten that all the shops in the Zheng family belong to my mother? You think my mother’s things become yours just because you and your mother managed them for a few days? Isn’t that a bit ridiculous…”
Zheng Qingwan's body stiffened, and her face turned pale instantly.
She had indeed forgotten about it.
She wants to take back all the shops. Is she trying to bankrupt the Zheng family?
She wanted so much, and she wanted to take it all back. How could she be so vicious!
"Sister, why are you saying such awful things now..."
"What do you mean 'yours' and 'mine'? These shops belong to the Zheng family. It's true that my mother and I are managing them, and we're doing it for the Zheng family, not for our personal gain..."
Zheng Qingwan bit her lip slightly as she looked at Zhao Yanshu, seemingly feeling wronged.
Zheng Baozhu gave a mocking sneer.
"Oh, for the benefit of the Zheng family? Transferring my mother's shop to your personal name, is this what you call for the benefit of the Zheng family? Heh~, Zheng Qingwan, I never realized you could be such a good actor...tsk tsk."
"Stop pretending, that trick doesn't work on me anymore. You can continue to play the gentle and virtuous lady with this Prince Zhao, I'm not going to keep you company."
Zheng Baozhu gave her a disdainful look, then turned her head and said,
"Manager Wang, send all the items I requested to my residence."
"okay."
Shopkeeper Wang eagerly began helping to move the furniture.
Zheng Qingwan's face immediately turned ashen, and she bit her lip, looking utterly aggrieved.
"Sister, why have you become so harsh..."
Zhao Yanshu frowned as he looked at Zheng Baozhu, but said nothing.
Not far away, Xia Xizhi, with dark circles under her eyes and yawning, bought a sesame seed cake from a roadside vendor and took a hateful bite.
He cursed Junze in his heart as he walked over.
That tyrant spent the whole night trying to seduce her; his hands and mouth behind her back were anything but still.
She couldn't sleep all night, constantly on her guard against him!
She was terrified that he might accidentally discover she was a woman!
She would get up before dawn, attend the morning court session, and immediately make an excuse to slip away.
"Unruly thing!"
A voice caught Xia Xizhi's attention. He looked up and saw the old lady of the Zheng family being helped by a girl to a shop, where she was pointing her finger at Zheng Baozhu and scolding her angrily.
"You've completely disgraced the Zheng family!" Old Madam Zheng thumped her cane.
"I heard you unfilial brat bought a house outside without my permission? Immediately transfer it to your brother's name, and return the dowry you took from your sister! The shop belongs to your sister, so don't blame me for being impolite if you continue to cause trouble!"
"You unmarried girl, your mouth is full of scheming, talking about your mother and all that, you all belong to the Zheng family! Without the Zheng family, where would you be! Get back home and kneel in the ancestral hall right now!"
Zheng Qingwan, whose face had been quite pale just moments before, immediately looked much better.
“Grandmother, my sister must have been confused for a moment…” Zheng Qingwan went over to help the old lady Zheng.
Old Madam Zheng snorted through her nose.
"A moment of folly? That's just her nature! Her mind is full of money, she's shameful, just like her dead mother!"
When her mother was mentioned, Zheng Baozhu became completely enraged, putting her hands on her hips and cursing angrily.
"You old codger!"
"You dare mention my mother?!"
"Without my mother, you old codger would have died long ago! You dare to say my mother is greedy? Without my mother's money, where would you get bird's nest and ginseng to nourish your body? How could you have lived to such an old age?"
Old Madam Zheng never expected Zheng Baozhu to scold her with her hands on her hips, and she immediately trembled with anger.
"You, you, you....."
"You shameless hussy, what nonsense are you spouting!"
The girl who helped Old Madam Zheng over looked at Zheng Baozhu and frowned slightly.
What's wrong with this woman? She keeps calling her grandmother an old hag; it's so rude...
Zheng Baozhu sneered.
"I'm talking nonsense? You old codger, you almost died back then. It was my mother who saved your life by buying Tian Shan snow lotus for 100,000 taels of silver! You want the best of everything, and you spend hundreds of taels of silver every month. Can my father's meager salary support you?"
"You've come looking for me to come back because I took my mother's dowry. You can't make a living anymore, can you? Heh heh!"
"You old codger, stop dreaming! From now on, you'll be eating coarse grains and wild vegetables. I'd rather throw my money down the drain than give it back to you!"
"You, you, you!" Old Madam Zheng's face turned pale and then purple with anger, and she almost fainted.
The girl next to Madam Zheng stepped forward, blocking her way. She frowned, her gaze serious, and spoke with righteous indignation.
“Young lady, no matter what, she is your grandmother. How can you speak to her like that… We juniors must unconditionally obey the orders of our elders. If you continue to be so stubborn, don’t blame me for reporting you to the authorities for being unfilial!”
“Yes, yes, yes, go report her to the authorities for being unfilial!” Old Madam Zheng immediately chimed in.
The moment Wen Zhixi stepped forward, Xia Xizhi recognized her and immediately put down the sesame seed cake in his hand.
I started to sort out the plot with the female lead, Wen Zhixi.
In the original storyline, Princess Mingsi would hold a banquet for Wen Zhixi about two days after she returned to the city. However, because she broke her leg in a horse-riding accident the day before the banquet, the banquet had to be postponed.
And then this delay lasted for a month.
There are two important plot points in this story. The first is that Xia Xizhi betrayed his country and stole the defense map of Rehe City for the enemy country, which almost cost Junze his life.
The second incident occurred when the original owner returned from Rehe City to visit the lantern festival. He happened to see Wen Zhixi and recognized her as the one who saved Junze. Upon investigation, he learned that she was actually the daughter of the eldest princess who was about to hold a banquet.
Fearing that her impersonation of her savior would be exposed, the original owner decided to kill Wen Zhixi before her banquet. She hired a group of bandits to kidnap her, and she was almost humiliated.
......
Royal study room.
Junze looked at the detailed investigation results sent by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
The gaze fell on a certain line
'When Prime Minister Xia was in Tiger Village, he never worked in the fields shirtless like the other men, nor did he bathe in the river with them.'
His eyes gradually deepened...