Chapter 548

Xiao Yuanyi: "..."

At this very moment, the Fourth Young Lady Cheng was wandering along the street.

She appeared aimless.

Because she had been locked up in the villa for years,

she was very unfamiliar with the environment of the capital.

After running away from home for a while, she lost her way.

She followed the crowd.

Finally, after thinking about it, she decided to find a job first and a place to stay.

So she went to various shops to apply for jobs.

Hoping to find a job to make a living.

However,

it was not easy for a woman to find a job.

Usually, they would go to someone's mansion to be a maid, or like Sister Liu, work as a cook for others.

As for someone like Zhao Paner, they were few and far between.

Zhao Paner opened a shop with a little capital of her own, and in the original drama, Song Yinzhang and Sun Sanniang worked together, which was also a partnership and a friendship. Moreover, in that situation, they still had Gu Qianfan's help to keep it going.

She was a weak woman.

Apart from the Cheng family, she had no relatives, no friends, and no connections.

And because she had no parental guidance, she had no skills.

She had basically been raised to be a useless person.

Therefore,

it was impossible for any shop to be willing to hire her.

They basically just chased her away directly.

There were brothels that, seeing how beautiful Cheng Shaoshang was,

immediately wanted to hire her with a high salary.

This scared Cheng Shaoshang into running away in a panic.

"It's too hard; once I left home, I couldn't take a single step."

Cheng Shaoshang smiled bitterly; at this moment, she realized she was a bit naive and regretted it.

She had no intention of committing suicide, nor was she interested in being a beggar or a prostitute.

She wanted to go home.

However, she was lost.

"Little lady, you look pretty good. Looking for work? Come and play with us."

Not far from the entrance of a brothel, several thugs set their sights on the solitary Cheng Shaoshang.

They immediately surrounded her.

"Move aside immediately!"

Although she felt some fear inside, Cheng Shaoshang didn't look scared on the surface.

She scolded them.

"What if we don't?"

A lecherous youth in his twenties or thirties with bad teeth said.

As he spoke, he reached out to grab Cheng Shaoshang's delicate little face.

This scared Cheng Shaoshang into taking two steps back: "This is a public place, under the feet of the Son of Heaven; if you dare to mess around, aren't you afraid of being arrested?"

The thugs laughed loudly after hearing this: "We aren't messing with the daughters of high officials; those bailiffs are too lazy to bother with us."

The implication was,

you have no power or influence, so they aren't afraid.

And these thugs also had backgrounds.

Therefore, they were naturally fearless!

"My father is Cheng Shi; if you dare to touch me, you're dead."

Cheng Shaoshang's pretty face finally began to turn pale, but she didn't give up, trying to bluff them.

"Cheng Shi? Never heard of him."

"Have you heard of him?"

"No."

All five thugs shook their heads.

This made Cheng Shaoshang feel sorrowful and bitter; her father was really nothing, he couldn't even scare a few small thugs.

After a bitter smile, Cheng Shaoshang had to state her last hope: "What about Jia Hui!"

Hearing this name,

the five thugs were finally startled.

The one with bad teeth stared at Cheng Shaoshang with vigilance and nervousness: "The Marquis of Wushuang?"

Seeing that it had an effect, Cheng Shaoshang breathed a sigh of relief!

"That's right, I am his betrothed concubine! If you dare to touch me, just try. If you touch a single hair of mine, I'll have you skinned and cramped, just like Jia Zhen and the others from the Ningguo Prefecture, and have you all slow-sliced!"

Cheng Shaoshang's momentum rose.

She looked at the few people and spoke louder and louder.

This scared the five of them so much that with a "thump,"

they all knelt down!

"Don't, little aunt, it's our fault!"

"We didn't recognize Mount Tai; just treat us like a fart and let us go!"

They were trembling, their courage completely broken.

They didn't doubt for a second that if she really was Jia Hui's person,

Jia Hui would have them slow-sliced!

After all, there was the example of the Duke's descendants.

Who didn't know Jia Hui's great reputation?

Seeing that Jia Hui's name was so effective,

Cheng Shaoshang was stunned.

Only now did she realize

just how powerful this fiancé her parents had found for her was!

Compared to him, her father was like stinking mud in the fields, while he was like a god in the heavens!!

Her mood was complicated: "Did I do something wrong?"

Everything that had just happened made her feel very confused.

"What's going on?"

At this time, a team of passing bailiffs appeared.

They weren't from the City Guard,

but bailiffs from the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Cheng Shaoshang hurriedly said: "This group of people just harassed me!"

"Oh, it's you, Zhang San."

When this group of bailiffs saw the five people on the ground, they immediately greeted them with a smile.

This made Cheng Shaoshang's heart sink.

The other party really did have connections.