Princess Promotion

Chapter 130: Leave if you don’t agree

Fu Hongxuan searched all the homes of civilians in the encirclement over the past two days, but still found no trace of Zhou Chengxi.

Then Zhou Chengxi could only be hiding in the mansion of some rich or powerful person. There are two possibilities.

The first possibility is that Zhou Chengxi was hidden by the Yun family in a family that has allied with the Yun family, but Fu Hongxuan believes that this possibility is relatively small.

It’s not that no family would join forces with the Yun family, but the Yun family is unlikely to allow other families to live with Zhou Chengxi day and night. You know, trust is easiest to cultivate in times of crisis.

What if the Yun family went through so much trouble to help Zhou Chengxi ascend the throne, but in the end the family Zhou Chengxi trusted the most was not the Yun family?

That would be like making a wedding dress for others.

Therefore, Fu Hongxuan is more inclined to the second possibility, that is, the Yun family gave Zhou Chengxi a fake identity, and then sold himself to the mansion of a high-ranking official as a slave.

The wealthy families in the imperial capital had hundreds or even thousands of servants serving in their backyards, not to mention the mansions of these dignitaries, where there were even more servants. Zhou Chengxi took advantage of the situation by blending in.

Moreover, the imperial guards can search the homes of civilians at will, but can they search the residences of these high-ranking officials and dignitaries at will?

There was no other reason why Fu Hongxuan started searching the Zhao family first, it was simply because the Zhao family and the Yun family had a bad relationship.

Generally, the search is based on the Yun family, and the family that is closer to the Yun family is indeed more suspicious.

If the Yun family did the opposite and put Zhou Chengxi under the nose of the rival family, then if he was caught, they could also throw dirty water on the other side. Why not do it?

Fu Hongxuan also asked Fu Yuanyuan if she knew the whereabouts of Zhou Chengxi.

But Fu Yuanyuan only helped to take Zhou Chengxi out of the palace when the harem was in chaos. Fu Yuanyuan did not participate in the subsequent events, and Yun deliberately concealed it from everyone.

An Tian arrived at Zhao's house, and the maid came out to lead An Tian and his group into the house.

An Tian raised her eyebrows, thinking that Zhao Wanqing would deliberately have someone leave her outside the door to show her power, and then let her into the house to mock her after seeing enough of the joke.

The next second, An Tian was taken to a wing room. The room was simply decorated. Compared with the other magnificent rooms in the Zhao Mansion, it was not even a guest room and was obviously a servant's room.

An Tian looked at the maid leading the way and asked, "Where is Zhao Wanqing?"

The maid immediately scolded him, "How rude! You have no idea how to behave. How dare you address my young lady by her name? Just wait here. She will summon you when she is free."

An Tian: It turns out that I was overthinking it. Zhao Wanqing really only grows older but not smarter. She actually enjoys playing this trick that can be seen through at a glance.

Zhao Wanqing's maid came to Xueyue Tower and said that if a flower-viewing banquet was held, it would naturally be held in the back garden. They brought her here probably because they were afraid that if she was not allowed into the mansion, she might turn around and leave.

Now that she's here, Zhao Wanqing can make An Tian wait as long as she wants. At worst, she can say that the maid made a mistake and thought An Tian was a new servant, so she was taken to the servants' room.

No matter what Zhao Wanqing thought, An Tian had no interest in wasting time with her, so she said to the maid, "Since Miss Zhao doesn't have time to see me, I'll take my leave first. As for the visit fee, I'll send someone to collect it later."

After saying this, she stood up and was about to leave, but the maid hurriedly stopped her.

He Yuzhen stepped forward and pushed away the maid who was blocking her way. Zhou Pojun and seven or eight other strong men also stepped forward. They looked like they were not to be messed with.

The maids who surrounded the Zhao Mansion instantly lost their momentum in front of Zhou Pojun and others. There was no way these maids could stop them.

Only then did Sister Liu rush out to stop them.

I had originally expected that if An Tian wanted to leave, I would ask the maids who did the rough work in the mansion to hold him down. Unexpectedly, An Tian didn't care about the relationship between men and women at all. He only brought a maid with him, and the rest were all burly men.

Moreover, they all looked ferocious and seemed like bandits with murder cases on their hands.

Even the servants she urgently transferred over seemed no match for the other party.

Sister Liu racked her brains to delay, saying, "Manager An, you're leaving right now. If people get around to saying that Manager An is cheating people out of their visit fees, it's bad for Xueyue Tower's reputation!"

"You're at least running a business, but you're charging a visitor fee but aren't even willing to wait for the owner. Who will want to do business with Xueyue Tower in the future?"

Liu Jie'er thought she had found An Tian's weakness and straightened her back.

An Tian admitted directly and generously: "I came here just for the one thousand taels of silver. Now everyone has seen me enter the mansion. As for whether the Zhao family will give the silver or not, this is a question of the Zhao family's credibility."

An Tian was not afraid at all. Those who really wanted to do business with Xueyue Tower would only be interested in the things in Xueyue Tower. As for who delivered the things to the door, no one would care.

Only someone like Zhao Wanqing who wants to cause trouble would spend one thousand taels of silver to have An Tian come to her house. No normal person would do such a stupid thing.

Now An Tian is just being mean and saying that he is here just to cheat people out of their money. What can you do to me?