Houfu Key Class

Xu Wan closed her eyes and sat back in her seat.

She silently recited the Heart-Cleaning Mantra over and over again, emphasizing to herself in her mind:

Don't be fooled by the little devil. Don't start this thing, otherwise he won't find ways to break the rules she set every day?

But when he calls me mother, my maternal love is overflowing...

Bear it, bear it...

A loving mother often loses her sons, and there is no rule without rules...

Xu Wan took a deep breath and tried to calm her mind.

Not long after, the cruel stepmother came online again.

"I don't care."

Zong Jincheng: "!!"

This woman!

This hateful woman!

She simply has no heart! !

Xu Wan cleared her throat and added: "However, since the gold pickers are all waiting outside, it is indeed difficult for others to refuse to pay, but I can't explain it to the accounting office..."

Cuizhi: "..."

Madam is going to trick the young master again.

What can't be justified? Now she has the final say in the Hou Mansion. Even if she spends a mere five hundred taels of silver without any reason, the accountant will not take care of it.

The little devil couldn't understand the loopholes in her language, so he followed her words and said, "Let's do this. Since you are my son, I can help you advance this amount of money, and then I will use it from you." Li buck. Your monthly salary will be deducted back in ten months."

The little devil subconsciously retorted: "Who is your son!"

Xu Wan snorted and replied in his original words: "In name only."

Zong Jincheng: "..."

He pursed his lips and glared at her, then continued to think about the method she just said. It was feasible. He still had ten months, which was much faster than Zong Wenxiu's nearly two years.

Zong Wenxiu also said at this time: "I also have one hundred taels here, I can return it to my wife first."

This child means to help the little devil.

You have good intentions, but you don't know that this is a disservice.

Xu Wan refused ruthlessly: "No."

"Why not??" Zong Jincheng cried out unconvinced.

With Zong Wenxiu's one hundred taels, he can pay it back two months in advance!

Xu Wan said slowly: "You caused the disaster, why should Wen Xiu bear the responsibility with you?"

"But I did it to help him find a jade pendant!"

"Well, to be more precise, I am indeed looking for a jade pendant for Wen Xiu." Xu Wan suddenly nodded in agreement with the little devil.

Zong Jincheng was about to continue his quibble, but he held it back in his stomach. But with his understanding of Xu Wan, how could he listen to his words and change so easily?

There must be a conspiracy!

Sure enough, in the little devil's suspicious eyes, I heard Xu Wan say: "The thank you money for the jade pendant is one tael. Wen Xiu really deserves you to pay for it."

Zong Wenxiu: "..."

It was his turn.

But for one tael of silver, why would you piss your brother off to death?

Sure enough, following his gaze, Zong Jincheng's face turned red instantly.

As far as his grandma knew, it wasn't that easy!

The little devil was extremely angry and said angrily: "What's the difference between four hundred and ninety-nine taels and five hundred taels!!"

Xu Wan corrected: "Why is there no difference? Have you forgotten that you went to the street in person to ask how much a pound of grain is? Five Wen, one tael of silver is enough to buy..."

When the little devil heard her settling accounts like this again, he subconsciously covered his ears, not wanting to hear her nagging again: "I'll pay you back, I can't do it for you!!"

Xu Wan said with satisfaction: "Okay. You are responsible."

The little devil rolled his eyes at her.

Cuizhi shook her head helplessly and went back to Xu Wan's bedroom to get the 500 taels of silver she wanted to advance for the young master. Butler Liu gave it to the other party and then sent away the crazy gold collector.

In the private courtyard, Zong Jincheng was counting on his fingers, "I have saved fifty taels, Zong Wenxiu has made one tael, and there is still a shortfall of 449 taels. I have to pay back nine months..."

He suddenly looked up to the sky and screamed: "Why do you have to study for so long?"

The little birds in the yard were frightened by the sound and fluttered around. They bumped against each other and finally hit the cage. They kicked their feet and fainted.

The kitten that Zong Jincheng had always used to scare birds was lying lazily under the eaves, meowing from time to time.

Baili Xi was right, a whim could not last long. Zong Jincheng rushed to pass Qin Ye's exam, so he studied hard for a month and became very confident after taking the monthly exam. After he felt that he could defeat the opponent, he started to mess up again.

"It takes seven days for the results of the joint entrance examination of the four colleges to be released. Why is the efficiency so poor? The other three academies have the kindness to think better than Qingbo Academy?"

Zong Jincheng didn't understand how the several academies were classified as strong or weak, but judging from the time when the examination results were released, the other three academies were not very good.

Thinking this way, he became more confident. He wanted to be the first in Qingbo Academy, but he wanted to be the first in the joint examination of the four colleges!

"Sir, it's time for us to go to the study to study." Shunzi came to call Zong Jincheng early in the morning.

Normally at this hour, the young master would have gotten up and rolled himself into a dead body.

But the little devil, who had lost his goal, returned to his look of not liking reading: "Oh, don't make any noise. If I try to get some sleep, I haven't had a good night's sleep in a month!"

Shunzi was about to cry, but reminded him: "But we still have to go to the study to study. Have you forgotten the remaining four hundred and forty-nine taels..."

The little devil turned over and covered his head with the quilt.

It was obvious that he had the attitude of 'I don't care about anything, I will sleep to death'.

Shunzi was helpless.

But fortunately Xu Wan didn't send anyone to urge him, so he had no choice but to be a good slave who would not offend his master.

Near noon, news suddenly came from outside that the eighteenth princess had arrived. Shunzi was stunned when she heard it.

When the princess comes to the prince's mansion, there must be something big going on!

He hurriedly called out to his little ancestor who had fallen asleep on the bed.

Zong Jincheng rubbed his eyes and said, "What's the Eighteenth Princess? I don't know her. Besides, she didn't ask to see me by name. Maybe she came to pick a fight with Xu Wanshu."

Shunzi said: "Princess Eighteen is fourteen years old this year. She is the emperor's most beloved daughter and the prince's most beloved sister. She has a pampered personality. If she really finds trouble with my wife, something will definitely happen to our Hou Mansion!"

Although Zong Jincheng was a bastard, when he heard that something was going to happen at home, he woke up instantly with a jolt.

He didn't like Xu Wan, but Xu Wan represented the Hou Mansion after all. If her grandmother offended the princess on behalf of the Hou Mansion when her grandmother was away... that would be tragic!

"Why did the Eighteenth Princess come to our house?" Zong Jincheng asked as he was getting dressed. His shoes were slipping under his feet and he hurriedly put them on.

Shunzi thought for a while and said: "After all, the brother of the Eighteenth Princess is His Royal Highness, and His Highness likes you, so it shouldn't be... No, the Eighteenth Princess's mother-in-law is the sister of Mrs. Zhai, and Mrs. Zhai is the Eighteenth Princess's biological aunt. !”

"I'm here because of Zhai Yao's affairs!" Zong Jincheng understood.

Zhai Yao was sent to the slums by the prince, and has been staying there for a month now. Mrs. Zhai went to the prince to no avail, and to Princess Pingyang to no avail. This time she found the pampered eighteenth princess again.

It seems that he is determined to let the eighteenth princess make trouble.

"Let's go! If she really makes trouble, we will go to the East Palace to find the prince!"

"But the prince is not in good health. Everyone who went to see the prince because of Zhai Yao's incident was refused by the princess."

"How can it be the same? The prince likes me the most, but he doesn't like anyone from the Zhai family!"

Shunzi: "..."

Although you are always blindly confident, what you say seems to make some sense.