Yu Linlang looked at her with a half-smile, "Aunt Xiao, the victim is now suing you. Do you understand the current situation?"

"Yes, if a wealthy family beats and kills some maids and servants, the people won't report it and the officials won't investigate, so maybe you can get away with it."

"But you are not allowed to fool around now. The indenture is in the hands of the victim. You are not the owner of that girl. Do you understand?"

"Perhaps this is disrespectful to you. But in your era, a concubine like you is nothing more than a thing of the master. You are not much more noble than the victim, Xiao Cui."

These words were like a needle piercing Aunt Xiao's lungs, causing her to explode.

"Who said I'm not as good as that girl? After all, I'm the master's concubine, I..."

"So what? I am no longer a concubine?" Yu Linlang's heart-piercing words made Aunt Xiao stunned and speechless for a moment.

It took her a long while to find her broken voice. "What do you, young ladies and gentlemen born with noble birth and no worries about food and clothing, know? Do you understand us, the poor children at the bottom of society? Do you know how difficult it is to pull a family out of the mess?"

Yu Linlang looked at her with a half-smile, "You were born in a bad family, but it's not Madam Zheng's fault. If you want to pull your family out of that quagmire, why don't you be self-reliant and strive for self-improvement? What's the point of staring at other people's pockets? How can you be so shameless and use Madam Zheng's dowry to subsidize your own brothers?"

"Why not her? My life is so miserable because of her. If she hadn't interfered, I wouldn't be a concubine. She owes me, and she will never be able to repay me in my next life."

Chi Tu rolled his eyes and kindly reminded, "Aunt Xiao, are you a little too confident in yourself? We've read the information. Back then, Old Madam Zheng had chosen three potential wives for Mr. Zheng. The worst was the daughter of a scholarly family in Jiangnan. Although you are a distant cousin of Mr. Zheng's family, you don't meet Old Madam Zheng's standards for choosing a daughter-in-law."

"My cousin and I have known each other and fallen in love since we were young. We are a perfect match."

"Yeah, you two are indeed a perfect match." Yu Linlang nodded solemnly, "You are born shameless, you deserve to be locked up for life."

Ling He suppressed his laughter and coughed lightly, "Xiao, do you plead guilty?"

"What crime do I confess? What crime have I committed?" Aunt Xiao yelled hysterically, "Don't even think about putting the death of a maid on me. The dispute between the servants has nothing to do with me!"

"It's no use for you to deny it. We have the confession of the poisonous spider." Chi Tu's expression was indifferent, "It can prove that you bought the vicious poisonous spider and poisoned Zhou Lanting. The location was in Jinghong Pavilion."

"Me? I poisoned Zhou Lanting?" Aunt Xiao actually giggled. "Why would I poison that silly scholar? Just, just because you gentlemen can make up nonsense?"

"Because he's a nuisance to your entire family!" As soon as Yu Linlang finished her words, Aunt Xiao's rather crazy smile froze on her face.

"Aunt Xiao, I just said that you are very kind to your good-for-nothing brothers. You are too...well, I am tired of saying shameless things. I am probably used to hearing shameless people like you."

"Let's not even talk about whether your brother, who is good at eating, drinking, gambling, whoring and having nothing to do, and who is in his twenties and has no knowledge, can be worthy of the outstanding legitimate daughter of the Zheng family. Let's just talk about the two of them, there is a generation difference between them." Yu Linlang was speechless.

"Although you are not the legitimate daughter of the family, you are at least the concubine of the family's father. You want to match your husband's daughter to be your brother's wife? May I ask what's going on in your mind?" Chi Tu was more direct, "You are so shameless that you are crazy."

"You can imagine that Madam Zheng will not agree to such a thing. She will even sweep you out with a broom. No matter how much you whisper in Mr. Zheng's ear, it will be useless. After all, Mr. Zheng still has some common sense. At least he can't be as crazy as you. Even if he cares about his own reputation, he can't lose face like this."

"But if... Miss Zheng's reputation is ruined, then she won't be able to decide whether to marry or not."

Chitu gritted his teeth and said "Pooh" to Aunt Xiao, "Vicious."

"The nun at Shuiyue Temple has confessed." Linghe said, "You sent someone to knock Miss Zheng unconscious and send her there. The agreed amount of money for custody is five hundred taels. There is a banknote as evidence, and it also has your Zheng family's private seal. You can't deny this."

"In fact, you just want Miss Zheng to disappear for a few days and ruin her reputation, so that you can continue to manipulate her marriage later." Yu Linlang said lightly.

"As for Zhou Lanting, of course he must disappear. It should be said that since Zhou Lanting's family encountered misfortune and came to live with his aunt Nian Xiuyun and stepped into the Zheng Mansion, you have regarded him as a thorn in your side."

"Plus, your daughter..."

"Shut up!" Aunt Xiao screamed as if she had been poked in the sore spot, and glared at Yu Linlang, "Just talk about the matter, don't involve my daughter."

"Shrew." Chi Tu rebuked her mercilessly, "Your daughter is your treasure, isn't the other girl's too? You are still a mother, and you are so cruel and heartless. You know the consequences of losing the girl's reputation, and you still do this? Madam Zheng and her daughter owe you! You lie on Nian Xiuyun's dowry and suck her blood, and you still don't forget to plot against her only daughter. Ugh, you are so disgusting, you are not worthy of being a human being."

Aunt Xiao's eyes widened, she tightly grasped the comb in her hand, and screamed at Chi Tu, "Yes, they owe me, and I will never be able to repay them in ten lifetimes. She was willing to supplement her dowry to support my man, so what if I spend her money and use her things? She was willing to do that! She is a cheap woman, and her daughter is also a cheap woman. She would rather choose a good-for-nothing scholar than look down on my brother."

Qingniu Linghe looked at the crazy woman in front of him in silence.

"Fox is no longer able to bear it. I really want to beat her to death. What's going on?"

Yu Linlang knew how to beat someone without bleeding. She smiled and looked at Aunt Xiao, saying in a steady tone, "In that case, isn't your daughter Zheng Manyin even more despicable? She even tried to flirt with Zhou Shusheng, but he didn't want her."

"Shut up!" Aunt Xiao jumped up and screamed, hugging her chest tightly, looking like she couldn't breathe.

"You wanted to see Mr. Zhou dead or alive, not just because their engagement hindered your plans, but also because your daughter actually fell in love with Mr. Zhou."

"For you, this is like a bolt from the blue."

There was endless anger in Aunt Xiao's eyes.

"He is just a poor scholar from a poor family. How dare he do that?" How dare he seduce her Ah Yin and fall for such a thing. (End of this chapter)

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