At the Birthday Banquet, Part Two

Third Watch—done, time to sleep.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Sun Shaozong returned to his original spot, frowning again.

Jia Yucun had indeed handed him a huge problem!

As it happened, Sun Shaozong had long heard about this matter—it involved Shi Daizi, the man who had once gone to Dali Temple to cry injustice.

Some days earlier, Jia Yucun had accepted a request from Jia She, Eldest Master of Rongguo Mansion, to throw Shi Daizi back into prison and give him a proper "lesson."

Ordinarily, this would not have been a major matter. Shi Daizi was merely a destitute nobody with neither power nor influence. Even if he was stubborn by nature, could he possibly smash through the prison's southern wall?

Yet just as the Shuntian Prefecture bailiffs were preparing to make their move against Shi Daizi, someone suddenly intervened.

Had it been an ordinary person, that would have been one thing. But this man was of considerable standing—the younger brother of Empress Zhao, a legitimate Imperial Brother-in-Law of the current dynasty!

Back when Jiang Yuhan had set up a stage to perform opera near the Prison God Temple, Jia Lian, the false Imperial Brother-in-Law, had clashed with this Uncle Zhao. In the end, Jia She and Jia Zheng had been forced to visit him together and apologize, talking him around with great difficulty before the matter was settled.

This time, however, the situation had changed.

Uncle Zhao remained as overbearing as ever, but Jia She refused to bow his head again, no matter what.

On one hand, Jia Yuanchun was pregnant, and Rongguo Mansion had risen along with her fortunes. Jia She felt his status was vastly different now, so naturally he was unwilling to lower his head to an Imperial Brother-in-Law destined to be cast aside.