Chapter 118: Chapter 117: Don’t Disturb My Incense Offerings!
"Oh!" Yu Nianzhao said coldly, "That’s your own foolish act, what does it have to do with me? Is it reasonable for you to ask me for money?"
"But without you..."
"But what is it? Are you a baby still nursing? Do you not know that place is a den of dragons and tigers, a dark power?"
"I know..."
"The court has long wanted to root out the black market. You happened to run into it, and I saved your life. Do you think spending twenty thousand taels of silver can make Xie Yunzhe love you? That kind of thing can’t be involved with; after the backlash, your life will be at risk. Truly empty-headed, stupid as a pig."
After being rudely scolded by Yu Nianzhao, Pei Yunzhi’s eyes filled with tears, and she couldn’t help but burst into tears.
She cried out, "Grandmother, I can’t argue with Zhaozhao."
Mrs. Pei patted her hand in comfort and said coldly, "Don’t bother talking nonsense with her here. No matter what, we want money now, twenty thousand taels of silver, Yu Nianzhao, you have to return it."
"Not thinking straight, take a right turn to get treatment, don’t affect my incense money here!"
"Humph, we brought people here. Since you have money to build a temple, you must have these twenty thousand taels of silver too. Hand over the silver quickly, and I’ll take people away. Otherwise, don’t think this temple can open its doors." Mrs. Pei arrogantly pressed, determined to extort Yu Nianzhao’s money.
She also heard that Yu Nianzhao went to the palace, where the Empress Dowager and the Queen rewarded her with gifts, so there’s definitely some money in hand.
She was willing to put everything on the line to ensure Pei Yunzhi could marry Xie Yunzhe, even secretly using the Pei Family treasury. If discovered, and the twenty thousand taels couldn’t be recovered, her reputation would be in tatters, so she was determined to blackmail Yu Nianzhao regardless of the reason.
"So you’re here to rob me?" Yu Nianzhao raised her eyebrow, "You think too beautifully; it’s still time to leave now, or don’t blame me for being rude."
"Yu Nianzhao, will you give the money or not!"
"No! Get lost, you pauper!"
"Go! Shut down this temple!" Mrs. Pei went mad with anger; she waved her hand, and the nearby brawny men started moving, rubbing their fists and approaching them.
Dongfang Chenyuan shielded Yu Nianzhao, "Princess, I will protect you."
Yu Nianzhao pushed him aside, "Don’t block my way."
She sneered, "Close the door and release the dogs!"
"Huh? Where are the dogs coming from?" Dongfang Chenyuan looked bewildered.
Yu Nianzhao pinched a talisman at her fingertips and sent it flying toward them.
The talisman burned in mid-air, and then the air twisted.
The gates of King Yan’s Temple, closed and then opened, released Hell Three-headed Dogs that rushed out, baring their teeth and charging toward them.
"Ahhh! Help! Monsters!"
The brawny men were scared half to death, fleeing backward in terror, unable to outrun the three-headed dogs, they stumbled to the ground, getting bitten by the dogs, letting out horrific heart-wrenching screams.
"What the hell is happening?"
Mrs. Pei stared, dumbfounded, at the recruited muscle, stopping mid-walk and inexplicably starting to escape, now falling to the ground, issuing terrified screams as if possessed.
"It must be Zhaozhao doing it, she knows magic." Pei Yunzhi swallowed, having seen Yu Nianzhao’s skills and feeling a bit scared inside.
"What magic, it’s clearly sorcery!"
Mrs. Pei furiously pointed at Yu Nianzhao saying, "Does Prince Su and the Empress Dowager know you’re using sorcery? Are you actually trying to harm people with it?"
"Empty the water in your brain before you talk to me."
Yu Nianzhao flicked her fingers, sending a black beam of light into Mrs. Pei’s mouth, and Mrs. Pei hoarsely let out ’ah ah ah’ sounds, unable to utter other words.
"Zhaozhao, please stop." Pei Yunzhi was almost crying in urgency.
"Is it really this lively here?"
The Song Mansion’s carriage arrived, Song Caiwei and Song Jiling landed one after the other, both shocked at the scene.
"Mr. Song, Miss Song, it’s Zhaozhao doing magic on Grandmother. We weren’t trying to do anything? Just talking, and Zhaozhao made a move..."
Seeing them arrive, Pei Yunzhi immediately teared up, speaking pitifully.
"Magic?"
Song Caiwei and Song Jiling glanced at each other, trusting Yu Nianzhao unconditionally, standing beside her with expressions of standing firm.
"Mrs. Pei must have said something unpleasant, Zhaozhao is so good, she wouldn’t do bad things for no reason." Song Caiwei spoke gently.
"Exactly, my sister Yu only fights bad people!" Song Jiling hit the nail on the head.
"You all..." Pei Yunzhi’s tears couldn’t fall anymore, not expecting the Song siblings to have such a good relationship with Yu Nianzhao.
"Cousin, we’re here to add incense money."
Ling Xiangyun and Ling Shuhan also came, familiarly approaching, curiously asking while looking at the brawny men crawling chaotically, "What are they doing?"
"Performing being bitten by dogs."
"Oh, how interesting." Ling Xiangyun said naïvely.
Interesting, my foot!
Mrs. Pei, her voice hoarse and unable to speak, was filled with anger, staggering with a cane towards Yu Nianzhao to strike her.
"How could the old lady be so fierce?" Ling Shuhan wasn’t familiar with her, seeing her aggressive, instinctively tripping her.
"Ah!" Mrs. Pei fell to the ground disgracefully, her teeth chipping and bleeding.
In breaking her fall, Mrs. Pei found her voice returned.
"Ah! Yu Nianzhao, you little wretch, you’re harming me, why are your methods so vicious, you should find no peace in death! Return my silver coin!" Mrs. Pei shouted repeatedly, even with blood streaming from her mouth.
"Zhaozhao, what happened here? We heard the commotion from afar?"
Princess An Nan’s carriage arrived, as Yu Nianzhao’s top incense patron, she naturally delivered incense money personally, only to find people cursing her benefactor, and she was already displeased.
"Princess!"
Pei Yunzhi froze upon seeing Princess An Nan, hurriedly tidying her appearance and warmly saluting her, "Yunzhi respectfully greets the Princess."
"Why are you here?" Although Princess An Nan had a decent impression of Pei Yunzhi, had Xie Yunzhe not annulled the engagement, Pei Yunzhi still could be her daughter-in-law, having watched her grow up, she treated her warmly.
"Yunzhi came with Grandmother, heard Zhaozhao opened a temple and came to take a look." Pei Yunzhi softly bit her lip, speaking slowly, inwardly anxious and not wanting to reveal her imperfect side to her future mother-in-law.