The Great Queen Mau Lewat
Chapter 176
In a place.
" Basic is useless. Doing simple tasks fails. " A young man was angry that the subordinate had just reported the failure of his task.
" I'm sorry, sir. I didn't expect them to involve the officers then. Moreover, they have evidence. Everything was beyond my expectations. " His brother to the man he knew was his master. The man was a fellow master Hu who had previously defended master Hu and had secretly escaped when the officer arrived.
" stupid. That's because you underestimated them. Now finish everything. I don't want any stains left." Pekik the lord.
" Good sir. " The man disappeared after receiving the master's duty.
And the next day. As the morning guard was on patrol, Mr. Hu's body was found in a corner of the cell with an incision in his throat.
Officer Feng who was aware of the news was of course furious. Questioning the safety of his prison cell that is so easily entered by intruders.
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Sima rui and ziyan were having breakfast. Suddenly someone came, then gave something to Junyi. Immediately junyi gave the small object which turned out to be a scrap scroll.
" As you'd expect my wife. Hu was found dead with his neck slashed in a cell this morning. " Sima rui said calmly.
Upon hearing the news somehow Ziyan did not feel at all interested about how or Hu's condition when he died. He was thinking of Officer Feng. He was curious about his reaction when he found the fish caught were found lifeless. Especially just under his nose.
" I was expecting it. Than that how did Officer Feng react? I was curious about his response when I heard the news. " Ziyan chuckles.
Sima rui put down her chopsticks and looked at ziyan with a look full of jealousy.
Realizing Sima rui who suddenly kept silent and looked at him with a sour expression. Ziyan chuckled again.
" Come on, your jealousy is too great. I was just curious about his reaction. Given the overly honest nature of Officer Feng. We know how he. " Say Ziyan tried to persuade her jealous husband.
" I don't like it when you ask other men what else they're thinking about. You can only think of me. That'sthat's all. " Wish it felt like ziyan was crying hearing Sima rui's jealousy. Ziyan only shook her head at the husband's possessive remarks. The longer the possessiveness gets out of control.
" Suddenly I feel sorry for our son if born later. Being cheated on by his own father. "
Hearing the word son makes his jealousy less. There is a warm feeling when the wife talks about the child.
Sima rui smiled. The smile he only showed to Ziyan. " I'm gonna make our son a tough guy. So I can make sure there's no time for him to indulge with his mother. Another thing with our daughter. I'll spoil him and protect him so that even an insect can't hurt him. "
Ziyan gaped in disbelief at what he had just heard. Is her husband gender biased, she thought. How could he treat his children so differently. Surprisingly, he likes girls instead of boys. Because in general, the men in this world really want a boy to carry on the family name. And it seems that Sima rui doesn't care about the matter at all.
Unfortunately that's not the cause. Sima rui only used that excuse to hide his jealousy. Because for him ziyan only belongs to him and only himself can get all his attention.
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A week passed quickly.
Today ziyan checked the sales report in her reading room right next to Sima rui's workspace. The man made the arrangement so that he could easily meet ziyan even though both of them were busy. And again, the reason for sima rui's actions was because of ziyan.
Both ziyan eyebrows furrowed while reading the sales figures of one of his subsidiaries. " Is this number correct? there's no mistake? " ask ziyan to make sure.
Bingjie looked at the section that ziyan pointed to. After that he knew what was the problem of his boss.
" What is written is correct boss. Our restaurant has been in trouble for a week. Hu's case at that time turned out to result in a decrease in turnover. Even though the problem was solved. But everyone already has the thought that our restaurant food is not clean and some even consider it toxic. Because it's been almost a week our restaurant deserted customers. " Bingjie.
Ziyan shook his head not understanding the way the people thought here. " Don't the investigating officer also have given the results of his investigation that all that was just a trick of old man Hu. "
" It seems that the public still thinks that the investigating officer took a bribe. "
Ziyan's jaw almost fell upon hearing bingjie's reply. " Is their brain not at all used to thinking. " Anger ziyan.
" You may not know the boss. During this time many cases of injustice received by small people. Especially in the eyes of the law. If dealing with top people, it was certain that they would be the aggrieved party. The rich always used their money to buy the law by bribing the officers. Although not all officers are bad, but the public trust has already disappeared. "
" Therefore though we have managed to prove that we are innocent, yet in the eyes of the people what we do is only a stage show. "
All the bingjie words seemed to turn into a huge ball that fell right in front of the eyes of ziyan, which finally opened the eyes of the woman about how bad the legal system in this country.
After Ziyan learned the bad reality. He must look at the situation at his restaurant first and then think of a solution, what action he will take.
" all right. I'll check the situation first. Just do everything as usual. "
Then he asked Bingjie to come back.
Ziyan massaged the base of his nose. Not because of a headache, just want to relax his mind. Feeling quite tired, Ziyan decided to return to her room.
The first sight his eyes saw was Snowy eating his dried fish voraciously. Ziyan looked at the living Snowy as if without feeling any burden at all.
" Look at your body. I'm sure soon you won't be able to walk because of obesity. "katus ziyan.
" Stop that fake attention. You just don't want me to spend any more of your money on food. " Snowy snorted in annoyance.
Ziyan looked up at Snowy's complaint. " How did you know. "
" gr.. You're such a bitch. The more your nature becomes more and more similar to your husband. Your source of money is so much, but you're so stingy. "
Ziyan rubbed the corner of her watery eyes because of her laughter earlier. " I'm not stingy but frugal. We don't know until when all my resources will survive. Today I just received a report that my restaurant deserted customers because of the slander of old Hu at that time. There were hardly any customers this week. If it continues like this. I can assure you my restaurant will be out of business in less than three months. " Ziyan. Although he told of his misfortune, but his face looks ordinary. Because of that Snowy had guessed that the owner must have had a way to overcome the problem.
" Why do you sound like someone who's going to be short of money. Even though all your efforts went out of business, you can still live comfortably with your status as the prince's wife. Your husband, after all, is the great prince and general of this country. Especially Sima yan who is soon going to the country of wei. Sima Rui will succeed him as crown prince, and you will automatically become crown princess. In any case you will not be poor to spaciousness. "
Ziyan sighed, He rubbed Snowy's head. What he will do when he spills his heart.
" What you said is true. But you know for yourself I'm used to doing everything myself. I just don't want to rely too much on Sima rui. Even though he is my husband. I want to be a strong woman who can protect myself. Especially if everything goes according to plan and he becomes emperor. It could be that one day for the sake of politics he will marry another woman. And you know what I hate most. If that happens, I'd rather go. And this independence of mine will save me from falling. "
Snowy could see the dimming ziyan eye rays while speaking. The woman though on the outside seemed to place full trust in Sima rui. But he knew that Ziyan did not really hold on to the man's promise. Humans are creatures who can deny at any time. So he prefers to live and not be too hopeful. Instead of continuing to remember the promise of sima rui, ziyan prefers to see the actions of the man who is now her husband.