The two did not linger in the Peach Garden. After leaving the woods and walking a little farther, they finally hired a carriage home.
A large crowd stood outside the gates of the Yin residence.
The passersby seemed used to it, and none stopped to watch.
Yin Chao spotted a lavishly dressed woman pacing anxiously at the front.
[Ding. This is Zhao Shi, the mother of the character you are playing in this Instance.]
Xu Yuan saw her too and could not help exclaiming, "Wonderful!"
Then he continued, "With Madam here, Master certainly won't dare punish you lightly!"
Sure enough, after Yin Chao got out of the carriage, Zhao Shi kept hold of him, looking him over from every angle and fussing over why his clothes were so dirty.
Before long, Lord Yin returned with a large entourage of burly household servants.
Seeing that his good-for-nothing son had actually made it back before him only fueled his anger.
He had just raised his riding whip and was about to go vent his anger when Zhao Shi stopped him in his tracks.
"Didn't you say Chao had gone to a brothel? Well, what sort of brothel opens up in the mountains?"
Lord Yin took a closer look. A few peach blossom petals still clung to Yin Chao's hair, and his boots were covered in fresh mountain mud.
Zhao Shi continued, "I've already sent someone to ask the coachman who brought Chao home. He said he picked Chao up on the outskirts beyond the city, not at that brothel you mentioned."
Lord Yin was left speechless. The rough, bearded man had no idea how to argue back.
All he could do was grin foolishly, coaxing his wife into laughter.
Just as the family was getting along happily and preparing to