Chapter 148

Shut up! Stop reciting!

Kang Wu paused, then looked toward Ning Hanmo.

Ning Hanmo's fan swayed lightly, he leaned sideways on the stone lion, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Young Master Cao, you say you won't recite, then you won't recite?"

Isn't this the debt that the Cao Manor owes our Manor? If we don't settle the accounts, how would we know whether you've shortchanged us?

Saying this, looking at that red-eared Young Master Cao, he felt delighted in his heart.

After all...

Your Cao Manor has already grown accustomed to theft; it's no surprise if something goes missing now.

Young Master Cao flew into a rage, "Ning Hanmo, you're farting nonsense! You bastard, keep your mouth clean!"

His anger was unlike Ning Hanmo's.

Ning Hanmo is merely a six-year-old child; at most, counting fully, he's only just turned seven after the New Year.

But Young Master Cao is already twelve, a full two heads taller than Ning Hanmo; to the onlookers, this looks like an adult bullying a child.

"Calling you Young Master Cao—am I giving you face?" Ning Hanmo stared, the thing he cared about most was others calling him a wild child, saying he was a wild child unwanted by his parents.

But now...

He knew he was loved; although Jiang Yun Chu wasn't his birth mother, in his heart she was his own mother.

No one can compare!

Before Young Master Cao could react, Ning Hanmo leapt forward with a kick; having trained for nearly half a year, his strength and agility were now incomparable to before.

"Ning Hanmo, you're courting death!" Young Master Cao, so provoked, immediately revealed his true nature.

Those civilians aren't fools; the Cao family has stirred up trouble once or twice, and everyone knows it.

Seeing Young Master Cao like that, people immediately began pointing and gossiping; some who didn't know what had happened hadn't even gotten a chance to ask before enthusiastic folks explained it to them.

This time, the Cao family became notorious again.

When Jiang Yun Chu heard the news, she rubbed her brow and asked, "How did he find out?"

Whose lesson is today? Probably my maternal grandfather's.

How did these people get to the main gate?

"Supposedly, when the young scholar was copying the account book, the Young Master saw him; after inquiring, he learned of this, so he specially requested leave from Teacher Kang Meng and brought Kang Wen and Kang Wu to the main gate." Zi Su, hearing the news, hurried to inquire, not expecting such a coincidence.

Originally, Jiang Yun Chu thought of having the gatekeepers detain them and then have the young scholars recite the accounts one by one, which would naturally shift the focus of this incident; she didn't expect Ning Hanmo to go and resolve it.

"Well... that's fine too!"

As an adult, she shouldn't make things difficult for a child.

But Ning Hanmo is different—he is both the Young Master of the Wang Fu and a child; whether spoken lightly or seriously, it's reasonable.

"I heard reported that the Young Master went out and wreaked havoc in all directions."

Zi Su secretly smiled, looking at the Princess Consort's helpless face, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

Jiang Yun Chu rubbed her brow…

"Young Master Cao, this is my courtesy, Cao little chick, I tell you, I have a mother, my mother is called Jiang Yun Chu."

"If you keep speaking filthily, I don't mind dragging you to the cesspool to wash."

Ning Hanmo stood to the side, watching the fallen Young Master Cao, his back ramrod straight.

"What are you standing there for? Can't you see your Young Master has been beaten?" Cao the Young Master shouted angrily, looking at the people beside him.

The people nearby rolled up their sleeves one by one, looking fierce and vicious.

The people of the Wang Fu on this side were also on guard, after all they couldn't let their own Young Master get hurt.

"Yo! What's up? Is my Regent Prince's Manor a stage?"

"The Cao family's old lady has finished her performance, and the Cao family's Young Master makes his entrance!"

"You Cao family, are you bullying us because our lord is absent?"

Jiang Yun Chu dressed in plain clothes, her face devoid of any smile, her eyes filled with a cold glint.

I didn't even go looking for trouble!

This Cao manor is quite interesting!

"He was the one who struck first." Cao the Young Master pointed at Ning Hanmo.

Ning Hanmo flicked the front of his robe, about to speak.

But Jiang Yun Chu raised her hand, stopping his words.

Then she turned her head to look at Cao the Young Master, "Why did he hit you?"

"I know what my son is like; the common folk are watching."

"Cao family brat, go ahead and say: why did my son hit you, how did he hit you, and whether he deserved it!"

One question after another was thrown at Cao the Young Master's face.

"Speak!"

"If you don't give me an answer today, I'll kick up a fuss at the Imperial Study, after all..."

"It's not the first time either."

Cao the Young Master's legs went a bit weak, thinking of his father's unpredictable mood after being dismissed from office; if it were because of him, then his father...

He shuddered violently, cold sweat pouring out, his whole body like someone just pulled out of water.

"Have the account books been finished being read?"

Jiang Yun Chu's gaze coldly swept over Kang Wu.

Kang Wu immediately clenched his buttocks, then straightened his legs and straightened his waist.

His face showed no expression, his heart full of bitterness.

"No, not yet."

Jiang Yun Chu withdrew her gaze, then said to everyone, "Just now everyone should have seen that over the past ten years, Cao Manor has been taking things from the Wang Fu's shops; these account books are not only here with me, His Majesty also has them, and Cao Manor also has them."

"The account books have clear amounts."

"Today the silver brought by Cao Manor is right here; we will weigh it bit by bit, in front of everyone."

"Jiang Yun Chu's words rang out loudly, appearing utterly selfless and impartial; all the information became transparent."

"What do the people like to hear? What do the people like to see?"

"She firmly grasped everyone's psychology."

"The aura that just appeared represents the Wang Fu."

"Now they are the weak; the weak need justice, and these people are justice!"

"'Regent's Consort, don't go too far.' Cao Eldest Young Master's icy gaze, like a snake, makes people feel nauseous."

"Jiang Yun Chu snorted coldly, 'Repaying debts is natural and proper.'"

"'Cao Eldest Young Master, go ahead and say, where have I, the Consort, gone too far?'"

"When the people of the Regent Prince's Manor opened those boxes one by one, they were dumbfounded."

"Cao Manor's bunch of bastards are too vicious, aren't they?"

"Each box, each box, are all copper coins!"

"No wonder there are three boxes; they're all copper coins, but although these three large boxes of copper coins look like a lot, how much silver is that actually?"

"Each person stared at each other."

"'Princess Consort, how are we supposed to count this!' The steward was a bit dazed; if it were silver, we could still weigh it."

"But counting this box full of copper coins, when will it ever end?"

"'Kang Wen.' At that moment, Jiang Yun Chu shouted loudly."

"'Here!' Kang Wen shouted immediately; he didn't want to shout, but it had become an instinct."

"He even hoped the Dean wouldn't see him; if there were an earthen hole, he would rather burrow into it."