Chapter 1130: Crafty and Sly Old Fox
Wealthy Master Zhang looked troubled, raising his head to glance at Prince Pu, who wore an enigmatic smile, then turned to his utterly baffled daughter.
Suddenly, with a thud, he fell to his knees before Prince Pu, banging his head desperately. "Prince, I beg you, please spare my daughter. She is not suited to marry into the Prince’s Mansion."
Prince Pu’s face immediately darkened. "I never asked you to marry off your daughter. I simply told you to repay your debt—didn’t you understand?"
That was precisely his intention, yet Prince Pu, cunning as he was, adamantly denied it.
Wealthy Master Zhang looked utterly miserable, kneeling on the ground without a clue what to do.
Prince Pu shot him a sidelong glance and said with a charitable air, "Since you can’t repay the silver, I happen to have a compromise. I wonder if you’d be willing."
"Please, Prince, tell me."
"Since you’re unable to repay the silver, I’ll be merciful. I can’t bear to see you sell off your family property for this debt. It just so happens that our mansion is in need of a maid. Miss Zhang can come to our Prince Pu’s Mansion to work off the debt."
"What? You want me to be a maid?" Miss Zhang raised her head in astonishment.
Though her family wasn’t particularly wealthy, Miss Zhang had grown up pampered by Wealthy Master Zhang. She had always been surrounded by servants, and the idea of becoming a maid at Prince Pu’s Mansion was utterly shocking. She couldn’t believe that such a fate would ever befall her.