Chapter 417: The City Lord Invites You

Bai Ruozhu seemed quite calm, and coupled with the fact that Madame Du had learned that Bai Zepei was the favorite student of Mr. Xie, she was increasingly believing Bai Ruozhu's story.

Meng Liangshen, the prefect of Anxi Residence, was the city lord of Beiyu City and had significant influence in this part of the northwest. The Du Family did have some tenuous marital ties to him, but they were distant. Previously, the Du Family had found Meng Liangshen to recommend a teacher for Du Zhongshu, as they hoped to curry favor with Meng Liangshen and bring members of their family into his company.

But unfortunately, from the moment they leveraged these connections to find Mrs. Meng until Meng Liangshen eventually assigned Mr. Xie to instruct Du Zhongshu, people from the Du family hadn't even entered the City Lord's Residence, let alone met Meng Liangshen.