Being a Lady of an Influential Family

Zheng Ying retreated from the tea room where Mrs. Fu and Mrs. Liang were talking, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

That Mrs. Liang seemed to have a straightforward personality, but Zheng Ying was very uncomfortable when she looked at her occasionally.

Zheng Ying has experienced this kind of gaze many times these days - it is a gaze of contempt, ridicule, and disdain.

Many people, even though they were kind and even flattering to her on the surface, still turned their faces away and curled their lips contemptuously at her where she could not see.

Just like many people, even if they make sarcastic jokes and jokes on the surface, Leng Mingyue can't even keep her fiancé, but at most they just gloat and mock and pity a few words, they don't secretly look at the slut Look at Leng Mingyue.

Zheng Ying looked a little sad, she knew that no matter how proud she was on the surface, her reputation and eyes would follow her for many years.

But...she can't regret it, she has made a choice and can only keep going. What's more, if she loses even the superficial beauty, like Leng Mingyue guarding Fu Fengcheng to live a hopeless life, then it will be even more difficult for her to accept.

Turning around and walking out of the yard, the Fu family's huge garden is naturally not small, and a lot of thought was put into it back then. The natural scenery in the garden is beautiful and the flowers and trees are flourishing, which is not inferior to the royal garden.

It's just that Zheng Ying didn't have the heart to appreciate the beautiful scenery in front of her, and she didn't dare to go too far, in case Mrs. Fu sent someone to look for her, and she couldn't find anyone.

"Young Madam, let's go back and rest for a while?" Chunjuan whispered while supporting Zheng Ying.

Zheng Ying shook her head and pointed to the gazebo in front of her, "Let's go and sit for a while."

Seeing her appearance, Chunjuan couldn't help complaining, "Young Madam is too irresponsible. I left everything to you, and I don't know where I went."

The lady of their family had a big belly to deal with a large group of guests, and she had to pour tea and water beside the wife, but the healthy young lady ran off to nowhere on the way.

Zheng Ying's smile was a bit bitter. The reason why the young lady can leave is because she doesn't care about these things. She doesn't intend to make friends with these noble ladies to win their favor, and she is not afraid that Madam Fu will not like her.

But she can't.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense. The young lady is also something you can arrange?" Zheng Ying said in a low voice.

Chunjuan was a little unconvinced, "That's what it is, and the young lady didn't say to help you take care of it on this occasion."

Why should Leng Mingyue take care of her?

Mrs. Fu's attitude is very clear, if she is not afraid of outsiders talking about such a banquet, she might not want Leng Sa to attend.

With such an attitude, how many of those winking ladies would take the risk of displeasing Mrs. Fu to make friends with Leng Mingyue? Leng Mingyue obviously understood this truth very well, so she didn't get involved in it at all as she watched the whole process.

That way everyone won't have to worry about it.

"Fourth Young Madam." The two had just walked into the gazebo and before they had time to sit down, a somewhat cold female voice came from behind.

Zheng Ying firmly remembered this voice the first time she heard it. After all, there are not many women's voices in this world that are so arrogant, cold and forceful for granted, and there is also a trace of contempt and disdain that belongs to Zheng Ying in that force.

"Princess Chaoyang." Zheng Ying turned around, smiled and nodded to Xiao Nanjia who came over.

Xiao Nanjia frowned and looked at her, "Do you know where Leng Sa went?"

Zheng Ying was taken aback, "Princess looking for my sister-in-law? My sister-in-law hasn't come back since she went out before, and I don't know where she went."

Xiao Nanjia glanced at Zheng Ying with some dissatisfaction, as if saying "Why are you so useless".

Zheng Ying looked at Xiao Nanjia with a smile on her face, as if she didn't notice her disdain for her at all.

"Maybe sister-in-law is tired and should go back to rest first? If the princess is in a hurry, why not send someone to ask in sister-in-law's courtyard?"

Xiao Nanjia snorted softly, glanced at Zheng Ying, turned and left.

"I really don't know what a down-and-out princess is so proud of!" Seeing Zheng Ying being wronged, Chunjuan couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

These days, apart from the truly powerless ordinary people, not many people really put the royal family in their eyes.

Not to mention the princess, even if the prince can't inherit the throne, if he is lucky, he will be able to get a prince in the future and receive a fixed fee every month. However, the annual expenses allocated by the cabinet to the royal family are fixed. If the emperor has more births or spends more, everyone will naturally get less money.

As for the princess, she has nothing but a good name and a dowry when she gets married. Even the title and treatment of the princess will be taken back after marriage and only the title of princess will be retained.

Take Xiao Nanjia for example, after she gets married, others can still call her a princess, but there is no such thing as Chaoyang.

Zheng Ying looked calm, and said lightly: "Stop talking, it's not good for people to hear. I heard that the royal family intends to marry the Zhang family."

"Yes, young lady."

"A Ying!" Madam Zheng hurried over with a girl, and she was relieved when she saw Zheng Ying sitting in the gazebo.

"Mom, what's the matter?"

Madam Zheng's expression was solemn, she looked around and saw that no one was passing by, she pulled Zheng Ying and said in a low voice, "A Ying, something happened to your uncle!"

"Uncle?" Zheng Ying was taken aback for a moment, and then realized who Mrs. Zheng was talking about.

Mrs. Zheng's surname is Xue, and she was originally from a merchant family in six southern provinces, but she didn't expect that after marrying Zheng Ying's father, Zheng Lian, her husband would gradually rise to the top. Zheng Lian's smooth career in recent years is naturally indispensable to the help of the Xue family. After the Zheng family got up, Zheng Lian did not forget to support his Yue family.

Xue Bin is Mrs. Zheng's eldest brother, and his ability is not bad. Over the years, he has gradually achieved the position of the Deputy Chief of the Customs Administration. If there is no accident, he may be able to take the position of the Chief of the Customs Administration in the past two years.

"What happened to uncle?" Zheng Ying asked.

Mrs. Zheng said anxiously, "The news from Chunyan just now said...your uncle was arrested."

"Who is so brave to arrest people casually?" Zheng Ying was a little confused for a while, and glanced at the girl standing beside Mrs. Zheng, "Chunyan, start from the beginning!"

Chunyan's face was full of blankness and fear, "Miss... I don't know either. My uncle and wife called just now... saying that my uncle was taken away by someone who broke into the door early in the morning."

"Who?" Zheng Ying asked, frowning, very dissatisfied with the girl's vague answer.

Chunyan said tremblingly, "It seems...it seems to be someone from the police...the police station."

The office of the Customs Administration is not in Yongcheng, but has an office in Jiangcheng and Luozhou, which are close to the seaports near the coast. The General Administration of Yongcheng actually does not care about specific affairs.

Xue Bin is the deputy chief in charge of Luozhou Customs, but even if he is far away in Luozhou, no one knows that he is the brother-in-law of the Zheng family. How dare the police station in Luozhou arrest people for no reason?

Zheng Ying immediately remembered what happened yesterday, it was too coincidental.

Xue Bin just sued Fu Fengcheng yesterday, and was arrested today?

Mrs. Zheng was already at a loss, "A Ying, what should we do? Let's go and beg your mother-in-law? Mrs. Fu must have a solution!"

"Mother!" Zheng Ying quickly grabbed Madam Zheng, "Mother, don't worry! Let's find out what's going on before we can talk to Madam."

Mrs. Zheng nodded in panic, "You're right, you're right! What else did sister-in-law say on the phone? Did you say why you were arrested?"

Chunyan said in a low voice, "Those people... say that my uncle seized the customs-cleared goods privately, accepted bribes, and... also made profits from smuggling."

"How come? Brother would never do such a thing!" Madam Zheng burst into tears immediately, pulling Zheng Ying and saying, "A Ying, you must save your uncle, he must have been framed!"

Zheng Ying's heart sank, she didn't know if the other charges were true or not. But...the shipment from Wei's family before was not seized for inspection as the uncle said that something was wrong with the goods, but...the goods were detained on purpose to trouble Wei Changxiu, and it was found that there was something wrong with it. It was an accident.

Zheng Ying didn't know if it was Xue Bin's first time doing this kind of thing.

If... the Wei family insists on this one...

Zheng Ying suddenly remembered something. It is reasonable to say that Fu Fengcheng was fined for buying equipment privately, but Governor Fu did not make any statement to Wei Changxiu who helped him buy and transport things. This is obviously abnormal.

Is it just because the Wei family has a great career, Governor Fu doesn't want to offend her?

Zheng Ying shook her head, no.

"A Ying?" Mrs. Zheng saw Zheng Ying standing there motionless, shaking her head from time to time, wondering what she was thinking, and she couldn't help feeling a little anxious, "What are you still thinking about? Your uncle..."

Zheng Ying frowned, "Mother, I know! Let me think about it. Does my father know the news?"

"I have already sent someone to send a message to your father, so I should know by now, right?"

Zheng Ying nodded, "Got it, don't worry, I'll go to Yucheng first."

"Don't look for Mrs. Fu?" Even Mrs. Zheng knew that Fu Yucheng didn't have any real power now, and it was Mrs. Fu who could really talk.

Zheng Ying's face darkened, "Ma'am is talking to Liang Dushuai's wife now, you want me to go in and talk to her about this at this time? Don't worry, uncle will be fine in a while, and there will be Yu Cheng to help Madam It will be easier to talk over there."

Mrs. Zheng had no other choice, so she could only sigh and said: "Okay, listen to you. Go, I have to go back to see your father and see what your father plans to do." Speaking of this, Mrs. Zheng couldn't help but His eyes were red, and he wiped his tears, "Why did this happen? Your uncle must have been wronged!"

Mrs. Zheng has had a good relationship with her elder brother since she was a child, and now she has panicked.

Zheng Ying sighed in her heart, raised her hand and pressed her forehead to resist the feeling of dizziness and dizziness to stay awake.

"Mother, don't worry. Uncle will be fine." Zheng Ying looked at Mrs. Zheng and said softly.

Having said that, Zheng Ying's mood became more and more gloomy for some reason.