Chapter 147: The Scene of the Arrest

Chapter 147

The crowd at the long banquet widened their eyes, knowing the good show was about to start.

Third Master Wang nimbly stood up and extended an invitation to several close guests, "I wonder what the commotion is about. Would you all like to come along and take a look?"

Those close to him immediately responded, while those further away hesitated.

No host would invite guests to observe something without knowing what was happening first, unless those guests were his pawns.

But there were always those who couldn't resist curiosity and wanted to watch the excitement for free.

Not long after, Third Master Wang somehow gathered a large group of "viewers" who marched in grandeur towards the wing room.

Chang Yan walked with his hands behind his back, his wide sleeves swaying beneath his slender spine. He raised the corners of his lips, a complex look of sincerity and scheming in his eyes.

Soon, they arrived at the place where the maid was screaming.

Seeing the crowd, she shrieked even louder, pointing a shaky finger into the room, "There's...there's a man and a woman inside!"

A man and a woman alone together must be up to no good.

The man was undoubtedly someone from the Wang family, but who was the woman?

For a moment, the noblewomen who had followed along panicked, hurriedly looking for their own daughters. Those who found them sighed in relief, while those who didn't turned pale.

"Where is our Awan? Awan!"

"Jingshuang, where is our Jingshuang?"

The two missing girls were Zhou Wan, the second daughter of the Zhou family, and Liu Jingshuang from the Liu family.

Third Master Wang's brows furrowed as he had a bad feeling about this. He had chosen Liu Jingshuang for his son Wang Haoran, so why was there also a girl from the Zhou family?

Perhaps they had just gone to the restroom or were somewhere else, he reassured himself.

Then he proclaimed righteously, "A man and a woman together doesn't necessarily mean impropriety. Maybe they were collaborating on calligraphy or appreciating flowers and painting!"

Damn collaborating and appreciating. It was clearly a secret rendezvous.

But no one exposed Third Master Wang's lies.

After he finished speaking, he took a step forward. "Let us see who this young master inside is."

As he spoke, he pulled open the door and saw his beloved son's outer robes.

Although it was takeout, without the proper presentation, just having a whole table full brought Jiang Sheng great joy. She nibbled on fish tails and chicken feet with relish.

Her wandering memories were too deep, making these scraps her favorite foods.

Seeing this, her brothers felt pained and kept piling meat into her bowl.

Before Jiang Sheng, a little meat mountain visibly formed.

Only the best parts like fish bellies, fish eyes, and chicken thighs.

"Can you finish all that?" Zhang Auntie asked with concern.

After thinking for a bit, Jiang Sheng firmly nodded.

Since her brothers had served it to her, little Jiang Sheng had to finish it all, even if it was a lot. She would definitely not waste any.

Jiang Sheng turned into a little piglet, madly rooting around in her bowl. After coming across a perfect piece of top-grade pork, she smacked her lips. "I've never seen sausage with bones before."

Zhang Auntie smiled gently, finding the little girl truly adorable. Whether it was cured meat or sausage, they were made by drying and curing fine cuts of meat. How could they possibly have bones, unless it was cured pork ribs?

But how could ribs be cured?

Could they?

Zhang Auntie was startled, picking up a rib from the table to examine closely.

The next day, she bought a jin of pork ribs, evenly sliced them, cured them for a period of time, then stuffed them into pork intestines before drying and curing them like cured meat, wanting to test her guess.

At the same time, the Wang family's drama spread through Anshui Prefecture, with some watching for amusement and others laughing behind their hands.

But none of this affected Wang Fufeng. As family head, he arranged the bride price from his brother Wang Haoran to the Zhou family. The price was extremely low, the specifications extremely shabby. It was said that when Madam Zhou saw it, she nearly fainted from anger.

Third Master Wang furiously went to confront him. "You unfilial son, he's your own brother!"

"Illegitimate sons have set bride prices according to our ancestral rules. Would Father go against the regulations our ancestors left?" Wang Fufeng's face was full of sincerity. "If you want to follow the rules but make it look better, just add more privately for my brother."

But when the old master was alive, he hadn't split up the family property, leaving the four branches with pathetically little, the bulk still in the family head's hands.

Third Master Wang only had a few shops and manors. If he gave them away, he would have no spending money left.

After hesitating again and again, he left resentfully, still muttering under his breath, "Just wait until Haoran becomes top scholar, then we'll settle accounts, never ending accounts..."

Wang Fufeng pretended not to hear, raising a hand to pick through the three gifts from the Liu family. After some consideration, he kept one and hurriedly sent the others to Hairpin Courtyard by fast horse.