After Su Jinzhao returned to Mu Jin's courtyard, Qiao Ci and Qing Wen prepared to serve her for dinner.

"Miss, this is specially made by Madame in the kitchen today, and they are all your favorite foods on weekdays."

Qingwen respectfully handed a pair of chopsticks to Jin Zhao's hand, and expressed her joy at the eldest lady's return.

Jin Zhao took the chopsticks and was about to pick up the vegetables, but when he thought of today's events, he put down the chopsticks again.

Seeing this, Qingwen asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, are these dishes not to your liking, Miss?"

After that, Qingwen glanced at the dishes on the table, all of which were the master's favorite foods on weekdays.

Jin Zhao shook his head and said, "I don't have much appetite for the time being, let's put it aside for now."

Qiao Ci and Qing Wen glanced at each other, Qiao Ci thought about it, subconsciously understood something, and asked, "The eldest lady is worried about the marriage proposal?"

Jin Zhao raised his eyes and looked at her, he had followed her for so many years, and she said meaningfully: "It's not a way to go on like this, you have to think of a way."

When Qiao Ci heard this, he was worried: "These people are rushing to come to the house to propose marriage as if they have gotten some rumors, but I am afraid that this matter will not be easy to solve."

The corners of Jin Zhao's mouth raised, and a faint smile was raised: "It seems that someone is in a hurry to let me get married."

Some people are so anxious to want her to get married, which shows that they are threatening the other party.

Jin Zhao was thinking about the troublemaker behind him, when he heard Qiao Ci whisper: "Could this matter be related to the second miss?"

Jin Zhao listened, lowered his eyebrows and pondered for a moment before he said slowly: "It's not impossible."

If it was really Su Jinling's doing, the motive was indeed there, if she got married, for Su Jinling, it would undoubtedly be a thorn in her eye, but such a seemingly clever means didn't seem like her simple-minded Su Jinling could think of it, she always felt that something was wrong with this.

Who set up the game against her?

Su Jinzhao quietly looked at the dishes on the table, as if he had thought of something, so he instructed Qiaoci and Qingwen: "You go to Steward Feng and ask him to inquire about these people who came to the mansion to propose marriage, what is going on, or if you hear something, you must do it."

They didn't dare to slack off on what their master explained, so they replied: "Yes, the slave and maid will do it."

After the two girls left, Jin Zhao thought about this matter carefully, and finally she thought of a person. Perhaps, this matter is inseparable from the other party.

After a while, the two maids, Qiao Ci and Qingwen, came back.

"Is everything clear?" Jin Zhao raised his eyes and asked.

Qiao Ci replied: "It's all clear, eldest lady, I heard that it was the eldest lady's order, so I didn't dare to slack off, Steward Feng personally took people out."

Jin Zhao nodded: "Steward Feng's affairs have always been reassuring, presumably there will be news in a short time, and we will wait for now."

Qiao Ci looked at the untouched food on the table, and said: "Since Steward Feng has inquired, the eldest lady doesn't have to worry too much, the matter has not yet reached the point of being out of control, the food is cold, the slave maid should go to the kitchen to heat it up."

Jin Zhao waved his hand and said, "No need, I'm not hungry at the moment, let's withdraw first."

Qiao Ci hesitated: "Okay, the slave and maid will withdraw first, and if the eldest lady is hungry, then I will order the slave and maid to prepare it for you."

As Jin Zhao said, Steward Feng was very efficient, and he came back from outside in the afternoon and came directly to Mu Jin Courtyard.

Seeing Steward Feng coming, Qiao Ci and Qing Wen looked incredulous. Inquire so quickly?

Steward Feng first saluted Su Jinzhao respectfully.

Su Jinzhao raised his hand to signal him to get up, pointed to the chair next to him, and said, "The housekeeper has worked hard all the way, please take a seat."

Steward Feng glanced at the girl in front of him, looked calm, was slightly stunned, and then walked over and sat down slowly.

Without waiting for Jin Zhao to ask, Steward Feng himself opened his mouth first, he got up and replied: "The matter that the eldest lady explained, the slave has already inquired clearly, recently it has been rumored outside that the eldest lady has fallen into the country and the city, and now she has reached the age of saying that she is married, one is ten, ten is a hundred, and over time, everyone will know that the eldest lady has a good appearance, and the slave thinks that most of these people who come to the door to propose marriage are for this reason."

Hearing this, Jin Zhao frowned and said, "Who is the person who can find out the source of this spread?"

Steward Feng replied: "The servant inquired clearly, it was a person named Wu Sheng who spread it everywhere, this person is a local fortune teller, who makes a living by telling fortunes for others on weekdays, and I don't know where I heard that our eldest lady is not only beautiful, but also a prosperous family, if that man is lucky enough to marry home, he will have a bright future in the future, and he will shine on the lintel."

Jin Zhao put down the teacup, raised his eyebrows, and said patiently, "Really?" This is a strange thing, I don't know him, but he said me so well, so, I want to meet this person named Wu Sheng. ”

With that, she looked at Steward Feng.

In her impression, there has never been a person named Wu Sheng. Maybe she's just a person who doesn't deserve to be mentioned, but in short, she really doesn't have an impression.

Steward Feng had prepared in advance, and said unhurriedly: "This fortune teller named Wu Sheng, the servant has brought him back to the mansion."

Hearing Steward Feng say this, Jin Zhao was curious: "He is spreading rumors about me everywhere, why is he willing to come back with you?"

Steward Feng said: "I heard that the slave is the housekeeper of the Su family, probably because of his weak heart, of course he was reluctant to go back to the house with the slave at first, and he almost took the opportunity to escape, but he was forced to bring it back by the slave."

Jin Zhao is dark, but he is a clever person, but it is a pity that he met Steward Feng. It was not an easy task to escape from Steward Feng's hands.

If you have the courage to say it, you don't have the courage to admit it to your face, but you are a spineless person.

The corners of Su Jinzhao's lips couldn't help but smile coldly, and she said slowly: "It seems that along the way, that person should have tossed a lot."

Speaking of this, Steward Feng responded: "As the eldest lady expected, the fortune teller named Wu Sheng wanted to escape three times and twice, but fortunately, he kept an eye on our road, so he stopped the people. Now people are in the house, and they can bring people over at any time. ”

Jin Zhao wanted to ask the other party in person why he wanted to spread rumors about her, so he motioned to the housekeeper: "Since you brought it back to the mansion, then you can bring someone over."

The housekeeper answered "yes" and went out of the house.

After a while, the butler led the two servants to bring them in.

Jin Zhao asked Steward Feng to sit down first, and then carefully looked at the person named Wu Sheng. He looks like he's only in his early twenties, medium height, and his appearance is not outstanding, but he looks average.

Jin Zhao saw that the other party lowered his head slightly, and did not look up at her, so he said intriguingly: "Why, don't you go around telling people that I look good, but now what's wrong, don't you take a closer look at me if I'm what you said?"

As soon as the words fell, Wu Sheng raised his head slightly, and when he saw Su Jinzhao's beautiful face, he was stunned. The beauty of the eldest lady of the Su family seemed to be beyond his expectations.

Seeing such a scene, Jin Zhao seemed to realize something, and chuckled: "It's strange, spreading rumors everywhere to spread rumors, but I was stunned."

As soon as these words came out, seeing that the eldest lady was being looked at like this, Qiaoci was inevitably a little uncomfortable, and she scolded loudly: "Don't put away your eyes quickly, the eldest lady is also you looking at casually."

Hearing a cold reprimand, Wu Sheng came back to his senses.

Jin Zhaofu picked up the teacup again, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and asked unhurriedly, "Who made you do this?"

Wu Sheng was stunned for a moment, hesitated a little, and then pretended to be the same as just now, lowered his head, and looked reluctant to answer.

Jin Zhao glanced at Qiaoci on the side, Qiaoci immediately understood, her voice suddenly became a little colder, and she reminded: "The eldest lady asked you something, it's better to tell the truth."

Wu Sheng pretended not to hear it, he still lowered his head, and his eyes fell on the pair of shoes on his feet, which were a pair of cloth shoes, which looked like a woman made them, but the level of embroidery on them was really not good, but it was also embroidered with a line of threads, and it seemed that it was also done with some heart.

Jin Zhao saw it in his eyes, and said quietly: "Your shoes look like they came from the hand of a girl, but it doesn't matter, the person who can give you shoes must have a good relationship with each other, and under the heavy reward, there will be a brave man, as long as you pay attention to the women you are in contact with, who has the most frequent contact with you, you can know who it is."

Wu Sheng, who was originally going to keep his mouth shut and not answer, couldn't help but raise his head after hearing what Su Jinzhao said, looked at the girl in front of him with a calm demeanor, his face was calm, and he said word by word: "This matter has nothing to do with others, it was all done by me alone, spreading rumors everywhere, ruining the reputation of the eldest lady, if the eldest lady is angry in her heart, come to me, please don't implicate innocent people, you have to beat and punish, listen to it."

"Innocent?" Jin Zhao floated a sneer, and said in a light tone, "Do you really think I can't see it?" I still think that the eldest lady of the Su family is a foolish person. I don't know you, and I don't have any festivals in private, so I dare to ask why you want to hurt me like this? ”

Wu Sheng was speechless for a while, he couldn't think of a reason to explain all this in front of him for a while. As Su Jinzhao said, he has no grievances with her, why did he do it like this. When he came just now, he saw that many people came to the Su family's mansion, and there were also matchmakers in the middle, and he knew that he caused it with his toes.

Wu Sheng gritted his teeth and refused to admit it: "I just said it casually, who would have thought that it would be like this, it was also an unintentional mistake, and I didn't really want to harm you, Miss."

Jin Zhao secretly sneered, the rumors were all passed on, and he even wanted to shirk responsibility.

Jin Zhao said: "It's okay if you don't say it, but I also have a way to find out who is behind the scenes, and send it to the official office when the time comes, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Hearing this, a trace of panic flashed in Wu Sheng's eyes, and he was a little shaken in his heart, and then he couldn't bear it, and asked, "What does the eldest lady mean by this?" Why send it to the government? ”

Jin Zhao didn't answer, but Qiao Ci on the side snorted and said, "You spread rumors about my eldest lady, and it will be cheaper for you to send it to the official office."

Wu Sheng, who was still earnest in his words just now, his face was not good-looking at the moment, he pondered for a long time, and he was worried in his heart, and said, "Why is the eldest lady pressing step by step?"

When Jin Zhao heard this, he felt funny. The one who made the trouble actually cried out for injustice. So, who did she, the victim, pour out her pain to?

"It was my husband who did something wrong and ruined my reputation, and now he wants to say that I am aggressive, which sounds too unreasonable."

"That's it, since you refuse to tell the truth, then I have to think of another way, but once the truth comes out, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Wu Sheng was already a little worried in his heart, but when he heard Su Jinzhao talk about this, he was a little more worried, and he had to think about himself, so he opened his mouth: "Miss, I said."

A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Jin Zhao's mouth, and he listened quietly.

Wu Sheng said truthfully: "It's Yuqiao, she asked me to do this." said that as long as the idea makes you a parent, then her master will have no worries. ”

Jin Zhao had doubts, so he asked: "She asked you to do it, and you did it, it's too easy to talk."

Jin Zhao didn't show a trace of surprise, and sure enough, as she thought, the other party still saw her as a threat.

Wu Sheng replied: "Yu Qiao and I grew up together, it can be described as childhood sweethearts, originally I refused this matter, but I couldn't stand Yu Qiao's pleading, and finally I agreed."

While speaking, Wu Sheng stared at the pair of shoes on his feet, which were given to him by Yu Qiao to express his intentions, and he was so happy that he was reluctant to wear them on weekdays. It wasn't until Yu Qiao promised him that he would give him another pair that he was willing to wear it on his feet.

Jin Zhao followed his gaze and landed on the shoes on his feet, as if he understood something. Maybe it's not just thinking about the friendship that grew up, but it seems to give birth to the love between men and women. If so, I wouldn't risk doing it for her.

Jin Zhao pointed out: "I think she should have given you these shoes, right?"

When Wu Sheng heard this, his eyes immediately flashed with a look of surprise, and he said, "How did the eldest lady know?"

Jin Zhao smiled: "What's so difficult about this, from the time you came in to the present, your eyes have hardly taken off the shoes on your feet, if it wasn't given by someone important, you wouldn't be like this."

Wu Sheng couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, this woman is not only outstanding, but also much smarter than he imagined.

He explained everything that should be explained, and Wu Sheng said: "In my opinion, this matter is mostly related to the young lady of the Yan family, maybe it was instructed by her, Yuqiao is just acting according to orders, she can't be the master herself, and I hope that the eldest lady will deal with us lightly for the sake of my truthful explanation, and don't send us to the official office."

Jin Zhao thought for a moment and said: "It's okay if you don't send it to the government, it's just that the matter has come to this point, and the Su family's refusal to return to relatives has offended many people, you should always make up for what you have done, otherwise I'm afraid that my anger will be difficult to dissipate?"

This is an opportunity to atone for your sins.

Wu Sheng thought for a while and asked, "I don't know how the eldest lady wants me to make up for my mistakes?"

Jin Zhao was not in a hurry to say, and said, "You will know when the time comes."