Dressed as a mother-in-law, she leads the whole family to turn over.

Chapter 441: The First Time I Witnessed the Evil Heart of a Person

"Yes, yes, yes," Cui Yudie admitted it reluctantly.

Then a few common dishes were served, and then a steamed sea fish was served again.

The sea fish was estimated to weigh about ten kilograms. Such a big fish was caught from the sea and sent to the capital, so I'm afraid each fish must weigh several taels.

Cui Yudie observed carefully and found that the two ladies who had just spoken only ate sea cucumbers and sea fish, and left everything else untouched. It was not just them, most of the nobles were in this situation. After the entire banquet, there were a lot of leftovers on almost every table, only a few tables had all the food eaten up, and there were also one or two tables where almost no one had touched anything and they were still in good condition.

These are all silver!

Cui Yudie was so distressed that she immediately rushed to the kitchen to settle the score with the cook.

The chef and the servants of Yongtai Restaurant had been busy all day and were already exhausted. Just as they packed up and were about to leave, they were stopped by Cui Yudie and Cheng Jiaojiao and their people.

The chef knew that Cui Yudie was the mistress of the Cheng family, so he bowed respectfully and asked, "Madam Cheng, do you have any other instructions?"

Cui Yudie asked sternly, "You asked me what I wanted to do? I want to ask you! My Cheng family spent so much money to invite your Yongtai Restaurant to come and host the wedding banquet, but what kind of dishes did you cook? Even dogs wouldn't eat them!"

The chef's face suddenly changed, and he kept saying, "Mrs. Cheng, I've been a chef at Yongtai Restaurant for more than ten years, and I've never made a mistake! These are the dishes I cook every day, how could a dog not eat them?"

It was clearly Master Cheng who confirmed the dishes that day and said there was no problem!
The chef's mind was full of thoughts and speculations.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the guy hurried back to get help.

When Gong Haining arrived at Cheng's house, Cui Yudie had someone place an armchair in the front yard and was sitting there arrogantly sipping tea. The chef of Yongtai Restaurant was detained by her and the leftovers in the yard had not been cleaned up.

He stepped forward and bowed, neither servile nor arrogant, "Mrs. Cheng, I heard that you are not satisfied with the dishes made by Yongtai Restaurant today. Why is that?"

With a bang, Cui Yudie put down the teacup heavily and stood up suddenly. "The dishes are all here. You can see for yourself. We, the Cheng family, paid you to come to our house, not to fool our guests!"

The chef was trembling with fear and complained aggrievedly, "Master, I just cooked the dishes according to the usual methods, there is no problem!"

"I know, don't panic!"

Gong Haining appeased the chef and began to walk around the table, taking a closer look. He then had someone bring chopsticks and tried a bite of each dish, making some guesses in his mind.

He put down his chopsticks, smiled jokingly, and asked Cui Yudie, "May I ask how Mrs. Cheng came to think that there was something wrong with the dishes made at our Yongtai Restaurant? Did you ask the guests who came today or did someone bring it up with you?"

Cui Yudie snorted coldly, "Isn't this obvious? If the food is delicious, why don't the guests eat it? It's obvious that the food your chef made is unpalatable!"

"That's right!" Gong Haining walked over to the three tables with empty plates, "Then why are there almost no leftovers on these three tables?"

Cui Yudie laughed sarcastically, "Then why didn't the young master mention the two tables where no one was eating?"

Gong Haining remained calm and turned to look at the Cheng Mansion's housekeeper beside him, "Excuse me, housekeeper, who are sitting at these two tables?"

The butler was confused and answered truthfully: "One of the two tables is occupied by the guards who are escorting the princess's betrothal gifts, and the other table is occupied by several high-ranking ministers in the court, including the prime minister, the minister of rites, and so on."

"What about these three tables?" The butler's eyes fell on the three tables with empty plates, and without thinking, he said, "These three tables are occupied by the Wuya envoys."

Gong Haining smiled and said, "Thank you for clearing up my confusion, butler. You can go back to your work."

The butler looked at Cui Yudie, and seeing that Cui Yudie did not want to keep him, he left obediently.

Gong Haining then lowered his eyes and said, "Madam Cheng, although I am the young master of Yongtai Restaurant, I am also a scholar with the title of Juren. I don't want to say some things too much. It is better for everyone to be harmonious and make money."

Cui Yudie thought she was hallucinating. "What did you say? Young Master! I asked you to come here to give me an explanation, not to listen to your nonsense! Today I will give you two choices. First, return half of the money to my Cheng family, and I will not pursue this matter anymore. Second, you can choose not to return the money, but don't blame me for making a big deal out of it and making Yongtai Restaurant unable to gain a foothold in the capital!"

She was so arrogant that even a good-tempered person like Gong Haining was driven into a rage. He gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that the huge Cheng Mansion has fallen to the point of extorting money from people! Since Madam Cheng is so shameless, why should I, a man, be afraid? But my Yongtai Restaurant cannot be smeared for no reason! Someone, report to the police!"

"You dare!" Cui Yudie widened her eyes and glared at him.

Her original intention was to use her power to pressure the other party to submit, relying on her status as a princess. After all, she didn't want all the silver, but half. This way, she wouldn't let the other party go to extremes and could recover some of her losses. Unexpectedly, this person would not budge! She even wanted to report to the police. If she really reported to the police, today's incident would be spread out, and she would not be able to go out to the banquet in the future.

Gong Haining clasped his fists again, "I'm sorry, Madam Cheng, the government officials should be on their way here. This matter must be investigated thoroughly today. I absolutely cannot leave any hidden dangers for Yongtai Restaurant. You want a reasonable explanation again, isn't that great?"

"You..." Cui Yudie was so angry that she covered her chest and fell down on the armchair.

Cheng Jiaojiao saw that something was wrong, so she immediately put her hands on her hips, pointed at Gong Haining and scolded him in a tender voice, "How can a grown man like you be so ungraceful? You even made my mother sick!"

Gong Haining: “.”

This is the first time I’ve seen how unreasonable a lady from a noble family can be. It turns out that what the ancients said about only women and villains being difficult to raise is true!
"Ms. Cheng, everyone has their own say on right and wrong, and I won't argue with you." Gong Haining said indifferently.

Cheng Jiaojiao was so angry that she stamped her feet and shouted, "Someone, get this evil guy out of here!"

Several servants of the Cheng family looked at each other and walked towards Gong Haining hesitantly.

Gong Haining's face darkened instantly. "Let's see who dares! Today, you detained my Yongtai Restaurant staff without any reason. Now the matter has not been resolved, but you want to drive me out. What? Do you think we are easy to bully?"

"Who reported it to the authorities?" The prefect and four constables came over at this time.

The servants in the Cheng mansion were frightened and retreated quickly.

Cui Yudie cursed angrily, "Useless thing!"

Gong Haining hurried forward and explained the situation in detail.

This kind of thing is not a big deal. The prefect usually tries to smooth things over. What is difficult to deal with is that on one side is the princess's mother-in-law, on the other side is King Xiaoyao's support, and there is also a Xuanwu Ding standing there. It would be wrong for him to side with either one.

Just when the prefect was in trouble, someone else came.

"What's going on? What's going on?" Cheng Dongjiang staggered out with his drunken eyes supported by the housekeeper. He walked in twists and turns, and it was obvious that he was pulled out of the bed alive.