Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Inside the Chu family residence, a gloomy atmosphere prevailed.

Chu Deyun had woken up again, his eyes vacant as he lay slumped in a chair.

Beside him was the distracted Eldest Young Master Chu.

Even Chu Qinghan and Chu Youyi seemed to be preoccupied with their own thoughts.

Chu Deyun suddenly spoke, "Did Master Fang suffer any grievances in our home? Youyi, you didn't mistreat him, did you?"

Chu Youyi thought for a moment, then cautiously said, "I think I scolded him a couple of times... Is that okay, Father?"

"......"

After a long silence, Chu Deyun's eyes filled with sorrow as he said, "It's over, the Chu family is completely finished. Heh heh... Harboring a criminal, and now a high-ranking court official is working as a servant in our Chu family, and even being scolded by you... What sins did I commit in my past life!"

"A century of foundation ruined in an instant! I, Chu Deyun, am ashamed to face my ancestors, I am a sinner!!"

Eldest Young Master Chu scratched his head and asked, "Didn't people already leave, Father? What else could happen? Who is Fang Zheng? How did Dong Fu let someone of unknown origin in?"

These four questions instantly shattered Chu Deyun's heart, and he couldn't help but roar:

"You uneducated beast, get out of here! That's right, Dong Fu, where has that dog gone? Tell him to come see me!"

The servant at the door immediately ran out upon hearing Chu Deyun call for Dong Fu.

After quite some time, Dong Fu returned, panting for breath.

He had been outside helping with business, and was completely unaware of what had happened at home.

However, upon returning home and seeing the flowerbeds and lawns trampled everywhere, he asked with a somewhat panicked expression, "Master? Have we been robbed?"

"Robbed your mother! Robbed by you, the internal thief!" Eldest Young Master Chu felt that he had been scolded for no reason, and was also full of anger, so he kicked him.

"I'm asking you, what's the background of that Fang Tangjing, where did he come from?"

Dong Fu's heart panicked, and his eyes darted around: "This... he was just hired normally after the New Year, there's no problem."

"You're farting!" Eldest Young Master Chu kicked him again: "Father, he's still not telling the truth, let's just beat him to death!"

The Chu family got up and surrounded Dong Fu, all scrutinizing him with their eyes.

Chu Deyun suppressed his anger and asked, "Dong Fu, if you tell the truth now, considering the many years you've served, I'll let you off. If you lie again, don't blame me for being merciless!"

Dong Fu sat on the ground, looking at the eyes around him in panic, his heart filled with despair.

It's over! It seems that Fang Tangjing's identity has been exposed, what shameful things has he done?

Thinking of this, Dong Fu propped himself up, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, crying, "Master, please spare my life! It's... it's Fang Tangjing who gave me five hundred taels of silver to say that!"

"You sold my Chu family for five hundred taels? You ingrate!" Chu Deyun kicked him twice in anger.

Chu Qinghan, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke, "Father, calm down first. Dong Fu, why did Fang Zheng... Fang Tangjing come to the Chu family to be a servant?"

Dong Fu's mind turned, as if he had found a life-saving straw: "I remember! Master, I wasn't deliberately hiding it from you... Fang Tangjing came for the sake of the Eldest Miss! He has long admired the Eldest Miss, so he wanted to take this opportunity to get close to her."

"He said that his identity was not ordinary, and I saw that he had a good appearance and offered five hundred taels of silver, such a sincere person can be considered a good match for the Eldest Miss."

"The Eldest Miss hasn't married yet, and I'm very anxious..."

"Go to your mother's! You're sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, is my sister's marriage any of your business?" Eldest Young Master Chu cursed loudly.

Chu Qinghan's face suddenly turned red, and she stammered, "Impossible, I've only met him a few times. An excuse, this must be an excuse he used to deceive you, there must be other reasons for coming to the Chu family."

Chu Youyi's face turned pale, and she lowered her head, staring at her toes, wondering what she was thinking.

Chu Deyun was stunned, muttering, "Is that really so?"

Eldest Young Master Chu thought for a moment, and suddenly showed a look of ecstasy: "Yes! That must be it, Father! Absolutely right!"

"You don't know, I've seen him in a brothel, he's the Wine Demon God! This person is a hungry ghost for women, he must have taken a fancy to Qinghan at first sight, our family is going to prosper!"

"Amazing, really amazing... In order to find a woman, he is willing to be a servant, no wonder he can become the Wine Demon God..."

Chu Deyun's eyes widened, and he quickly said, "Are you sure? You must keep a close eye on him, this is related to the life and death of the family."

"I can't be wrong, Father, I go to the brothel twenty times a month, if I can't see through this kind of hungry ghost for women, then I've been whoring for nothing." A hint of pride appeared on Eldest Young Master Chu's face.

Chu Youyi slowly raised her head, glanced at her elder brother with disdain.

There really is someone who goes to the brothel twenty times a month, and he's right beside me....

Chu Deyun paced back and forth excitedly: "Good! Good! There's hope, the Chu family has hope, I'll go invite Master Fang, Qinghan, you go accompany him. Since he likes you, then you marry him as a concubine."

Chu Qinghan's pretty face immediately lost all color: "Father, what nonsense are you talking about? Dong Fu is just talking nonsense, and Big Brother is also talking nonsense. I am your daughter, are you just giving me away?"

A trace of embarrassment also appeared on Chu Deyun's face: "Qinghan, you have to marry sooner or later, it doesn't matter who you marry. Don't you appreciate Fang Zheng very much? You'll be satisfied marrying him, and the Chu family will be safe."

"He is a high-ranking court official, representing the face of the court! Unless you marry him, can this matter be resolved?"

"You are shrewd and capable, you should understand this, right?"

Chu Qinghan stood woodenly in place, as if she had lost her soul.

Now there is only disappointment and sadness in her heart... She has worked hard for the family's business, but in the end, she is just a tool.

What Chu Deyun said was indeed reasonable, and she was unable to refute it.

This should be the highest-ranking official she has ever seen, and he came from the capital, working as a servant in a merchant's family, no matter how you look at it, this matter cannot be resolved peacefully.

It's just... have her father and brother ever treated her like a person?

Chu Youyi also frowned, looking at her father angrily and said, "You're going too far! Fang Zheng is not that kind of person, why think so much?"

"And he wanted to come himself, what does it have to do with us? Is this fair to Sister?"

Chu Deyun said impatiently, "Youyi, go back to your room and rest! What do you know, being so young?"

"That's right!" Eldest Young Master Chu interjected, "Don't interrupt if you don't understand anything. Look at you, going to restaurants to eat all day long, and you've grown up like a bamboo pole since you were little, you're just wasting food, you won't be able to marry in the future."

Bamboo pole... since I was little... me?

Chu Youyi looked down, seeming to suddenly realize something, and her mind buzzed!

Raising her head again, there were already tears in her eyes, and she shouted at everyone, "Liar! Liar! This liar!"

With that, she ran away, wiping her tears....

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I'm late, one more chapter, it may be a little later tomorrow, I'm telling you in advance.