Xia Wanwan was still riding the big fat cat around the courtyard for fun when Liu Wan quietly slipped away from her and went to the Charity Hall.
"Damn it! I used to call Wu Chang'an, the minister of the Court of Judicial Review, my brother. I often treated him to drinks, too. Two years ago, someone humiliated him, and I couldn't stand by and watch, so I beat up the Duke Who Guards the Nation's heir apparent. It blew up into such a mess that I even spent a few days in jail."
"Who would have thought that today, when I merely asked him to bend the rules a little, he would refuse without a second thought..."
For causing trouble in the streets, Xie Jin'an had been criticized for a long time.
He had even been impeached by court officials.
He had never imagined that his old friend would refuse to do him even this small favor.
Xie Jin'an was nearly mad with rage.
Hearing him bring up the past, Old Madam cast a tearful glance at Liu Wan. Only when she saw nothing amiss in Liu Wan's expression did she breathe a sigh of relief.
She knew better than anyone how Xie Jin'an had gotten out of jail that year.
But she had to keep this matter buried. No one could ever find out.
She said, "Don't you have plenty of other colleagues?"
Xie Jin'an grew even angrier.
"Lord Qin at the Government Office-I gave him no shortage of money in the past, yet this time, he had his men beat me out of the place."
Finally, Xie Jin'an said, mortified and furious, "They even beat me on the backside!"
Liu Wan suppressed the smile tugging at her lips.
Her guess had been right. With Xie Jin'an's current