The reborn sweet girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent prince hugs her and coaxes her!

Early the next morning, as soon as breakfast was served, the person at the door called back: "Madam, madam, the foreigner's wife is here again..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Mrs. Xiao's face tightening.

Xiao Ling'er calmly filled a spoonful of white porridge for her mother, and then said: "I know."

Then she advised Mrs. Xiao: "They chose to make trouble when dad is going to court in the morning, just to cause trouble for mother. We can't follow her wishes. Mother should eat more and let them dry for a while."

Seeing her always carefree daughter trying to comfort herself, Mrs. Xiao was both uncomfortable and heartwarming: her daughter seemed to have grown up overnight.

In order not to worry her daughter, she reluctantly drank two mouthfuls of porridge, ate a piece of Huaishan cake, and then put down her chopsticks.

Xiao Ling'er knew that this was already rare, so she stopped trying to persuade her and just acted coquettishly, insisting that Mrs. Xiao feed her breakfast herself.

So, half an hour of this fuss passed.

Soon the person at the door called back: "Madam, Miss, someone from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion is here."

Mrs. Xiao frowned when she heard this: "Why are they here?"

Xiao Ling'er raised her eyebrows and said, "I asked someone to invite you! Sister Xu said that we didn't do anything wrong, so naturally we have to report it to the government and let the government take good care of such unreasonable people."

After saying that, she stood up and took Mrs. Xiao's hand: "Let's go, my daughter and mother will go out together to watch the fun."

Mrs. Xiao: "..."

I'm afraid it's them who are causing this excitement.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the voice of the Yuanwai's wife before he opened the door: "We were defrauded of tens of thousands of taels of silver by the people from the Xiao Mansion. If you don't catch this liar, they will surround us instead... from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion." Is this how people do things?”

"Madam said that they defrauded you of your money. Did you report it to the official?" someone from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion asked in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.

"Report to the official? Who doesn't know that your officials protect each other? Don't your Jingzhao Yin Mansion and their Minister of Rites Mansion vent their anger through the same nose?"

"Can Madam report to the official?" someone from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion asked again.

There was suddenly no sound outside the door.

Seeing this, Xiao Ling'er signaled the concierge to open the door, and she took the lead in taking the step herself. The girl with a small round face was wearing a lotus-colored dress today, with a small yellow flower in her hair. She looked cute and cute, with deep eyebrows. There is a sharp contrast between the scheming wife Suo and his wife.

Xiao Ling'er jumped up behind the messenger from Jingzhao Yin Mansion, stuck her head out and asked: "This lady comes to our house every day to make trouble. She keeps saying that our house has defrauded your family of their money. Now Jingzhao Yin Mansion The person is right here, why don’t you report to the official, Madam?”

"Who said I won't report to the official position!" Mrs. Yuanwai's eyes turned red. "Where is your mother? Let her come out to confront me. How could the dignified residence of the Minister of Rites allow a little girl to come forward?"

Xiao Ling'er smiled and said: "Because my father works in the Ministry of Etiquette, even a little girl like me knows about this matter. According to etiquette and law, we are innocent, so naturally there is no need for my mother to come forward."

After saying that, she bowed slightly to the five Jingzhao Yin Mansion officials around her and said, "This matter still needs to be sorted out for us by your masters."

Seeing that the little girl was so polite, the officials naturally did not want to embarrass her. One of them looked at the wife of the official and said, "Since this lady just said that she wanted to report to the official, our government office will naturally accept it. Since you said that their family is defrauding you." Do you have any documentary evidence for the money?"

"Of course!" The wife of the foreign minister raised her hand, and the little girl behind her took out a piece of paper and handed it over.

The officer read it carefully and nodded: "This voucher is indeed written clearly. You lent 3 taels of silver to Xiao Pingjie, agreeing on an interest of [-] cents. Xiao Pingjie needs to return the principal with interest after one year."

The wife of the foreign minister said: "If we don't know, why would we come here to ask for it?"

Xiao Ling'er stuck her head out: "But this is my family's mansion. Do you have any evidence that you came to my house to cause trouble?"

The official nodded when he heard this, looked at the wife of the foreign minister and said, "Madam, do you have any written evidence to prove that this matter is related to Xiao Pingyang and his wife?"

"Do you need written evidence? Xiao Pingjie and Xiao Pingyang are brothers of the Bo clan. If the lady of the Xiao family hadn't introduced him, how would I know Xiao Pingjie! How come this matter has nothing to do with them?"

Xiao Ling'er snorted coldly and said: "One thing is the same, the lady who is not a member of the Communist Party of China should not confuse the public here!"

She continued: "In front of all of you adults, please make it clear, Mrs. Yuanwai! First of all, when my mother introduced you to each other, did she tell you to go to his house to lend usury money? Secondly, you went to his house to lend usury money." Did you tell my mother about this matter in advance? Thirdly, the black and white letter on the document that Madam presented is the private connection between you and Xiao Pingjie. Is there proof that the Xiao family has introduced and guaranteed the money for you? "

Mrs. Yuanwai was stunned for a moment, put her hands on her hips, and was about to act rude when she was interrupted by Xiao Ling'er: "Besides, when my mother found out about this, she came to her door many times to persuade you to take back your capital. What are you talking about?" He agreed, then turned around and added more capital. According to my unsmart mind, I'm afraid the interest Xiao Pingjie promised you is more than [-] cents, right?"

Although the laws of the Zhou Dynasty did not restrict private loan sharking, it did require that the interest rate should not exceed [-] cents. Otherwise, if a dispute arises, the government would not intervene. If the interest rate exceeds [-] cents, both parties would need to be held accountable. responsibility.

Xu Rongrong heard yesterday that Xiao Pingjie had made more than 10,000 yuan in just a few months, and told Xiao Ling'er that the interest rate of the transaction between them was definitely more than [-] cents. Only higher profits would allow these people who have experienced a wave of risks to The ladies once again took risks.

So she asked Xiao Ling'er to expose this in front of the official to test the reaction of the official's wife.

Sure enough, the Yuanwai's wife's face turned red: "Don't be slanderous. It's obviously only [-] cents of interest! It's clearly written on the receipt!"

Xiao Ling'er nodded: "Then as madam, please take a closer look at this document to see if it has anything to do with my family?"

Most of the officials in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion were people from the capital, and they knew very well about the loan sharking business, so one of them looked at Yuan Wai's wife and said: "Since you have written evidence as evidence, go to the government office to sue Xiao Pingjie. We, the adults, will naturally handle it fairly for Madam. The dispute between you and Xiao Pingjie has nothing to do with the Xiao Mansion, so don’t come here to make trouble again! If it happens again, Madam will be punished for making trouble. "

"Okay!" Mrs. Yuanwai's eyes turned red, "It turns out that the Xiao family is so shameless! Well, I will go to the Rites Office tomorrow and let Mr. Xiao's colleagues take a good look at what their ministers are doing on weekdays. What kind of business!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of Xiao's mansion shook slightly.

That was Mrs. Xiao standing behind the door, unable to hold on any longer.

Xiao Ling'er's sharp eyes caught everything in sight, and she responded unhurriedly: "Since Madam, you can make trouble out of nothing, then we won't be polite."