Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 214 Negotiation

Liu Mufang ignored Tong Jia'er, and Tong Jia'er's nagging was to no avail.

The jailer, having calculated that the time was almost up, chased Tong Jia'er away.

Tong Jia'er had no choice. He was heartless, so she couldn't be blamed for being unjust. She made up her mind and, with her maid, went straight to the Imperial Household Department to complain to Eunuch Hua.

This was her last chance to survive; otherwise, Madam Tong would surely make her suffer a fate worse than death...

At this moment, Madam Tong had just met with Granny Fang and Suozi's wife, and had heard them recount the general events of the matter. Even the prescription for Tong Jia'er's visit to the pharmacy was laid out in front of her.

"Giving me this list is useless. It was the servants in the house who caught him having an affair with the Third Mistress of the manor... You took this to prove that the child was already born and that the two of them were in love?"

Madam Tong didn't care whether it was Tong Jia'er's doing or not; she just wanted to pin the blame on the Liu family so that even if Eunuch Hua was unhappy, he wouldn't do anything to the Tong family.

"Then bring him up." Granny Fang smiled faintly. At her command, the servants brought up Tong Jia'er's cousin.

This person was captured by Fang Suozi's men on the way to the Tong residence. It was Fang Suozi himself who intervened; otherwise, the gambling den would have kept him at large.

Cousin Tong collapsed to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly upon seeing Madam Tong. "I was wrong, I am guilty. I shouldn't have made a private engagement with Third Sister. But we are already husband and wife, and Madam Tong is my mother-in-law!"

"My dear mother-in-law, could you lend me some money? I was so bored from studying that I gambled a few times, but I never expected to be tricked by those people!"

……

Madam Tong couldn't hear a single word he said after that; it was as if flies were buzzing in her ears.

But this man is her cousin's biological son. How could he be having an affair with Tong Jia'er? And the child is his?!

"Impossible, this is impossible!" Madam Tong resolutely refused to admit it.

Granny Fang clapped her hands, and the servants lifted up the cousin from the Tong family again. "When will our Third Master be released? When will this man be returned to Madam Tong?"

"Actually, this has nothing to do with our Liu family, and we don't want to get involved in this dirty business. But the third young lady of the manor is really troublesome and maliciously framed us."

“Your master is the Prefect of the Capital, and also the official in charge of caring for the people of the capital. Even if he is related to many powerful families and has the father-in-law of so many wealthy and noble people, he should still be reasonable.”

Granny Fang gave a slight curtsy. "Madam is still busy, so we won't disturb you any longer."

She turned and left with Suozi's wife, while the servants dragged Tong's cousin away as if he were a chicken.

Madam Tong's vision went black for a moment, and she almost fell over!

"Go, just say it's a misunderstanding, and quickly release that person from the Liu family!"

"That little hussy Tong Jia'er, I really shouldn't have listened to her nonsense, I should have just gagged her and thrown her into the well!"

She had just suffered such a humiliating and disgraceful experience for the first time in decades!

"Madam, something terrible has happened! Third Sister has taken Eunuch Hua to the county government office, and Eunuch Hua insists on upholding justice for her!"

"Plop!"

Madam Tong was so frightened that her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground!

"How did she get out? Who let her out?!"

Unable to get a reply, Madam Tong could only instruct people to prepare her clothes and get ready to go out.

At this moment, Tong Jia'er nestled against Hua Gonggong, looking like a little bird. She had never smiled so brightly before, after all, he was her last and only support!

She also remarked that she was lucky.

He went to the Imperial Household Department to request an audience, and it just so happened that Eunuch Hua was there.

The invitation she sent to request an audience was naturally signed as the younger sister of Consort Tong, not as a woman who wanted to become his concubine.

When Eunuch Hua saw her, she burst into tears, looking pitiful and charming. She even claimed that she had been violated and wanted to die in front of Eunuch Hua to prove her innocence, hoping that he would not blame the Tong family or her sister...

Consort Tong is currently very favored by His Majesty, how could Eunuch Hua not know this? The reason he agreed to send a concubine's daughter to Madam Tong was also to curry favor with the Tong family.

Unexpectedly, she was defiled by the Liu family? After careful questioning, it turned out that it wasn't Liu Musheng, but Liu Mufang from the third branch of the family.

Old Master Hua had no recollection of such a person and only thought of him as a scoundrel who was using someone else's power to bully others.

Recently, the Liu family has been gaining popularity, and because of the conflict between the Bai family, the Liang family, and the Liu family, Eunuch Hua has suffered a lot of grievances and criticism.

If it weren't for the fact that he had served in the palace for a long time and had a close relationship with the Imperial Concubine, he would have lost his position as the Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Department long ago.

Since it was the third branch of the Liu family anyway, he wanted to teach them a lesson and sell them to Consort Tong in a good way...

But when he arrived at the county government office, he realized something was wrong. He saw Liu Muchi and Uncle Chun there.

Although Liu Muchi was also a son of a concubine in the Liu family, he always only listened to Liu Yuechu's orders, and even Liu Musheng could not command him.

If it were just a lawsuit involving the third wife, how could he possibly appear?

Liu Muchi hadn't expected Eunuch Hua to show up. After discussing it briefly with Uncle Chun, he invited Eunuch Hua aside to talk.

Tong Jia'er was afraid of being exposed, so she insisted on staying by Hua Gonggong's side.

Liu Muchi didn't seem to care that she was there. "I originally planned to go to the palace to see you, but I didn't expect to see you here. A batch of new items from Yan Kingdom have arrived in the capital. My second sister asked me to send some to you for your enjoyment. When would be a convenient time for you to do so?"

The mention of the Yan Kingdom caused Eunuch Hua's mind to freeze.

How come the Liu family just became allied with the Meng Kingdom, and now they are also getting along with the Yan Kingdom?

“Our family hasn’t been too busy these past few days. We were thinking of going to pay our respects after the old lady passed away.” He was also being unusually reserved and cautious in his actions, after all, he hadn’t quite figured out what was going on.

"Second Sister knows that Father-in-law is busy, so she didn't dare to bother him. She just thought she would go to see Father-in-law after the hundredth day..." Liu Muchi glanced at Tong Jia'er and smiled, "But since we have seen Father-in-law today, there is no need to send him to the palace. We will send him to your residence in the south later. Anyway, they are all things that women like."

He had a half-smile on his face.

But this smile startled Eunuch Hua.

How did the Liu family know about his mansion and women in the southwest?!

This wasn't just polite talk; it was a threat...

If this matter were even whispered in Cheng Hai's ear, and a few unpleasant words were added, his head would be choked off.

"Nonsense! Our family has always served the palace; we have no residence in the southwest." Eunuch Hua immediately denied it!

"I just remembered that there are still some things to take care of in the palace, so I'll head back now..."

He ignored Tong Jia'er and turned to leave.

Tong Jia'er stood frozen in place, speechless. Just as she was about to say something, she noticed that Liu Muchi had also disappeared.

A bad feeling welled up in her heart; as expected, old eunuchs were unreliable!

Before she could figure out what to do next, people from the Tong family suddenly arrived.

They gagged her, put a sack over her head, and tied Tong Jia'er up tightly!