Twelve Confrontations

  The maidservants inside the Spring Intentions Lodge were all holding their breath, not even daring to breathe loudly, fearing that they would accidentally offend Madame Liu at this time.

  Liu's family watched as her maid applied medicine to Gu Chengdong, her eyebrows furrowed into a "川" shape, feeling both angry and heartbroken.

  "Absurd!" After hearing the personal servant girl's words, she immediately scolded: "Are you all dead?! Are you just going to let your young master be bullied by others?! She is just a small servant girl, and you can't even stand up for yourselves. You're letting your young master suffer such a great loss!"

  Hongyan and several maids beside her quickly knelt down. The wet nurse, Liu Mama, took advantage of being a person recommended by the Liu family and having some face in front of Madame Liu, so she stepped forward and said: "Madame doesn't know, that Ninth Miss is simply not like a young lady at all, with such ferocity and gaze, it's as if she wants to devour our young master. And she's the mistress of the house - where can we reason with her?"

  Liu's heart felt even more uncomfortable, she had always been unfavorable to the second house, and after hearing this, she felt that it was the people of the second house who deliberately instigated Gu Man to do so - - - - - Gu Man was only eight years old, what did he understand?

  Mrs. Liu observed her words and expressions, and added fuel to the fire by saying some of the circumstances at that time, which made Mrs. Liu even more angry.

  "By the way, your young master is fine, how did he think of going to provoke Ninth Sister?" As she listened, Liu suddenly felt a sense of doubt. She knew her own son, who had been influenced by his environment and didn't like the second wife, but she had never seen him do something like this before. How did he happen to go looking for trouble today?

  Mrs. Liu arrived later, and this question naturally couldn't be answered. So Hongyan recounted to Mrs. Liu what the little servant who had followed Gu Chengdong earlier had said: "It was originally the young masters making a bet in school, a group of people gathered together, and they started talking about family matters. The fifth master deliberately used the status of the second house to pressure him, saying that their ninth lady from the second house was extremely favored by the old marquis, he didn't believe the young master dared to offend the ninth lady, the young master in a fit of anger, pulled people and went to Mingyue Tower."

  "We rushed to pick up the young master, but didn't see him. After inquiring, we found out that he had gone to Mingyue Building, so we followed him there. When we arrived, the young master was already quarreling with Ninth Miss, but at that time, the young master hadn't been at a disadvantage, so we..."

  It's said that Gu Chengyu is in charge, and Liu isn't a fool, what's there not to understand?

  "He's indeed clever, trying to stir up trouble between us and the second wife! He's truly a wicked spawn from the belly of a lowly woman!"

  Hongyan also understood that her master was being used as a gun, so she asked Mrs. Liu: "Madam, how should we handle this matter? Although our young master was beaten, but Ninth Miss seems to be seriously injured too." Her intention was that it's better to have fewer troubles than more, fearing that Mrs. Liu would still go and provoke the second wife's trouble. However, in the current situation, Gu Man might be more severely injured than Gu Chengdong, and it was Gu Chengdong who made the first move. If things really get out of hand, Ninth Miss will certainly be punished, but Fifth House might not end up well either.

  Liu's mother, however, was somewhat unconvinced and curled her lip, saying: "Hongyan girl, you're wrong to say that. Just now when we were carrying the young master over here, who didn't see? If the young master had been beaten like this without any explanation, wouldn't it be feared that the people in our household would think that the fifth house is in the wrong and also fear the second house? If word gets out, others will naturally say it's the young master's fault!"

  The Liu family had never intended to let things slide - she was not one to shy away from trouble, and immediately made up her mind: "Exactly! They're the ones who incite my son to fight their daughter, while also letting their daughter come and hit mine. Where's the fairness in that?" She then ordered her maid to fetch her cloak, and stormed off towards the Qingjiang courtyard of the second branch of the family.

  Liu didn't say a word, but Wang's face sank in front of the servants, and he shouted angrily: "Call someone! Get Old Man Cui to come in and see me!"

  Although she is usually good-tempered, it doesn't mean she has no temper. On the contrary, when she was at her natal home, she was also a proud and spoiled young lady from a wealthy family. It wasn't until after she married into this marquis's household that, due to her husband's coldness and her mother-in-law's dislike of her, she gradually restrained her own personality. Now, seeing the dried blood on Gu Manzhu's pale face and the bruises on her wrists, she couldn't bear it anymore and felt that Wu Fang was being too overbearing.

  Because Gu Man had not been with this cheap mother in the previous life, he did not understand what kind of temperament this mother was. He only heard from Pei Yin and the wet nurse that she was good-tempered, but also had a proud and arrogant air of a scholarly family, and was not very harmonious with several sisters-in-law in daily life.

  Seeing Wang's temper rising, she let out a sigh of relief. After all, although Wang was good-natured, she wasn't a spineless rabbit either. It was inevitable that the people from the other four houses would come to stir up trouble. What she feared was that her mother had a conciliatory nature and Lady Gu was biased, so she had pinched herself hard to prevent future troubles. Now it seemed, it was worth it.

  Before she could speak with Wang, Yuetong herself lifted the curtain and came in to report to Wang in a somewhat flustered manner: The Fifth Wife has arrived!

  Wang still hadn't spoken, when Gu Man reached out and grabbed her sleeve, calling out to her in a low voice: "Mother." Her expression was one of both fear and regret, with two large eyes welling up with tears, carefully staring at herself, as if afraid that she would blame her.

  Wang's heart softened, and he quickly hugged her, softly coaxing: "Aman is not afraid, mother is here, no one can bully our Aman."

  After coaxing Gu Man, Wang Shi ordered Yue Tong: "Please invite the fifth lady to the main hall, I'd like to see what she means now."

  Wang turned back and instructed Pei Yin and Pei Qin to take Gu Man to the kitchen to decoct a soothing tea, then frowned and glanced at Shanhu and Biyu who were standing still outside the beaded curtain, not daring to approach and serve. She coldly smiled and took Meng Yu to the main hall.

  Just as she stepped into the main room, Wang saw that Liu, who had been sitting behind a silk embroidered screen in the Shu Mountain immortal picture, suddenly stood up and quickly walked forward, firing off a series of questions at her, demanding an explanation, or else she would go to Old Lady's place to reason things out.

  "I've lived for so many years, but I've never seen a girl who dares to beat up her own brother! What's the dignity of being a noble lady?! Our Da Ge is still crying out in pain!"

  Wang only watched her perform repeatedly, until Liu said she was tired and picked up the teacup to drink tea, then calmly said: "If Fifth Brother's wife wants to go to Old Lady's room, let's set off now! I also have something to say to Mother." Wang gave Liu a cold glance, his face calm and unruffled, as if he hadn't understood the threat in Fifth Madam's words.

  Liu had just taken a sip of tea when she heard the sound, and it almost choked her. It was because Wang had always been neglectful of Old Lady Liu that she dared to use Old Lady Liu to pressure her. In the past, whenever Old Lady Liu was mentioned, Wang would definitely compromise. But now, seeing Wang's attitude, she hesitated for a moment.

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