The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 575

Since ancient times, the common people have never fought against the officials. Ding Jun was just a businessman, and even among businessmen, he was not the best. He was neither the best nor the worst.

Not to mention that Chu Liu's current official identity is the head of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, backed by Zhou Chu, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Even the most ordinary members of the Embroidered Uniform Guards are not people that Ding Jun can afford to offend if he doesn't have any powerful backers.

"I've met Mr. Li."

When Chu Liu arrived at the Ding residence dressed in the official uniform of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Ding Jun was the first to bow to him.

The sixth day of the lunar month was born under the surname Li, so he also took the surname Li.

"Master Ding, do you still think that I am the one who ruined your family?"

On the sixth day, looking at Ding Jun, who was in the lead, he asked.

Ding Jun broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. He had originally thought that Chu Liu was just a waiter at Zui Xian Lou, and that in terms of status and position, he could never compare to his daughter.

In reality, he knew very well that it couldn't have been Chu Liu who swindled his family's money, but he was unwilling to admit that he had been deceived. Chu Liu then exposed the fact that he had been deceived in front of him and even helped him recover his family's assets, which was undoubtedly a slap in his face.

In his view, he was just a waiter at Zuixianlou. Even if he had some skills, he was not a good match for his daughter in terms of status and family background.

Ding Junke was hoping that his daughter would marry into a good family, which would only benefit his future business.

In fact, Ding Jun and his wife have always favored sons over daughters. Not only them, but most families in this era favored sons over daughters. Although Ding Lan had never suffered any disadvantages since childhood, and her husband seemed to love their daughter very much.

But Ding Jun never equated this daughter with his two sons. In Ding Jun's view, it was up to him to decide who his daughter would marry in the future.

In Ding Jun's eyes, it would be best if Ding Lan could marry into the family of an official in the Ministry of Works.

In the past two years, many merchants in the capital have made a fortune by doing business with the Ministry of Works, which made Ding Jun envious, but he had no way to get in touch with them.

Recently, after making inquiries from various sources, he heard that a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Works had a son who was of marriageable age, which piqued his interest.

That's why he didn't let Ding Lan see Chu Liu; he was afraid Chu Liu would ruin his plans.

Even though Ding Jun now knew Chu Liu's identity, and even though Chu Liu was now the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Ding Jun still did not want his daughter to marry Chu Liu.

Ding Lan marrying Chu Liu would not benefit Ding Jun at all. He had already offended Chu Liu anyway, and even with this son-in-law of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Ding Jun knew that he probably wouldn't benefit from it.

"Where's Lanlan?"

On the sixth day, after looking around, he found that Ding Lan was not there and asked with some doubt.

"I wonder what business you have with my daughter, sir? Men and women should not touch each other. If you have something to say, you can tell me."

Ding Jun forced himself to speak.

When Chu Liu heard this, he was speechless. He never expected that Ding Jun would still act this way even after things had come to this point.

However, in Chu Liu's eyes, this was, after all, his future father-in-law, and he couldn't afford to offend him too much.

It's not good to offend someone on the sixth day of the lunar month, but Shen Lian, who came with him on the sixth day, didn't have that concern.

Zhou Chu naturally wouldn't come. Given his status, it would be too much of an honor for the Ding family to come to them. However, Zhou Chu was afraid that there were many things he wouldn't be able to say on Chu Liu's behalf, so he specially asked Shen Lian to come along.

After learning about what happened on the sixth day of the lunar new year yesterday, Zhou Chu ordered the Imperial Guards to retrieve all the information about the Ding family, down to the smallest detail.

"Master Ding dislikes Chu Liu, is he still thinking of marrying your daughter to Lord Wu of the Ministry of Works?"

Shen Lian sneered.

"Who is this lord?"

Ding Jun looked at Shen Lian, who was wearing the uniform of a hundred-household officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard.