Chapter 215: Accountability

Without thinking too much, Chen hurried forward and asked politely, "Patriarch, why are you here?"

Hearing this, Ji Nian, the head of the Ji clan, asked gloomily, "Why did we come here? If we hadn't come, would you have left your insane old woman in the old house to fend for herself?"

Chen's face jumped.

not good!

This is the time to bring punishment.

Chen quickly explained: "Patriarch, what you said, how dare I throw the old lady to the old house to fend for herself?"

"It's because there have been too many things going on in the Marquis' Mansion recently. As a daughter-in-law, I can't take care of the old lady, so I had no choice but to send her back to the old house."

Chen forced out a flattering smile, "After all, there are so many clansmen in the old house, they can take good care of the old lady."

"Do you think I will believe it?" Ji Nian snorted coldly, "When the old lady took her over, she was in good condition, but within two days, she became unconscious. I would like to ask you, what did you do to your mother-in-law to make her become like this?"

Upon hearing this, Chen's face changed instantly, and she quickly defended herself: "Patriarch, what are you saying? The old lady is my mother-in-law, what can I do to her?"

Once she is labeled as an unfilial mother-in-law, she won't be able to explain herself even if she has ten mouths.

What's more, she is not Shen Ningyuan, who is fearless and has the support of the Shen family behind her.

"Then tell me, why did the old lady, in her delirious state, keep shouting about the misfortunes of her family as soon as she returned to the old house?"

Ji Nian continued to cause trouble.

Chen made a bitter face and continued to explain: "This... I definitely don't know. The old lady has been here for less than two days. How can I know why she would yell about the misfortune of the family?"

Seeing her like this, Ji Nian frowned slightly, "Could it be that the old lady's becoming like this really has nothing to do with you?"

Chen quickly shook her head, "I swear, it really has nothing to do with me, clan leader, you must believe me!"

Having said this, Ji Nian couldn't say anything else, so he had to ask, "Then tell me, what kind of stimulation did the old lady feel after coming to the capital?"

"Clan leader, this matter... is hard to say." Chen said cautiously.

Ji Nian's expression turned cold. "Humph, what's so bad about it? If you don't say it, then I'll admit what you did to your mother-in-law!"

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you, I'll tell you." Chen waved her hands quickly.

Afterwards, he gritted his teeth and told everything about Madam Ji's entry into the palace.

After listening to it, the surroundings became very quiet.

Not only Ji Nian was stunned, but even the Ji family members who were gathered around the old lady were stunned.

Everyone stared at Madam Ji in amazement, as if they were looking at a monster.

Ji Nian was the first to come back to his senses. He held his forehead and sighed, "This time... it's all over. The image of our Ji family in His Majesty's heart is completely ruined!"

As he spoke, Ji Nian looked at Old Madam Ji, his eyes filled with despair.

Then he pointed the finger at Chen and angrily accused her, "You clearly knew that your mother-in-law was mentally ill and the imperial edict of the previous dynasty was nonsense, so why did you bring her into the palace?"

Chen was unhappy about being accused without reason.

"If I knew she was insane, would I let her into the palace?"

At this point, Chen also began to get angry.

He turned his attention to Ji Nian and the Ji family, "I wanted to ask you something. Why didn't you send us the news that the old lady was hysterical and mentally ill? Did you keep me and the Marquis in the dark?"

When Ji Nian heard this, his eyes widened instantly, and he pointed at Chen and scolded her, "You are talking nonsense! As soon as the old lady fell ill, we sent the news to you immediately, but we have not received your reply. I also want to talk to you. As children, how can we not pay attention to our parents' health?"

"I can swear that we haven't received any news!" Chen said righteously.

At this time, Madam Hai suddenly reminded her, "Madam, the letters from the old house have always been delivered directly to the Marquis' study by the servants. Could it be that the Marquis was too busy and missed these letters?"

When Chen heard this, she nodded seriously and said, "You are right, it is possible."

Then, Chen looked at Ji Nian and said loudly, "Did you hear that? The letters from the old house were all read by the Marquis and have nothing to do with me."

"You really haven't read those letters?" Ji Nian hesitated, "If you had read them, such a big thing wouldn't have happened."

Ji Nian wanted to say something else, but was interrupted impatiently by Chen, "Alright, His Majesty hasn't bothered with us yet, so let's not keep pursuing this matter."

"You are right." Ji Nian nodded, "That's the truth."

At this time, Chen suddenly looked at the Ji family members behind Ji Nian, frowned and asked, "You are just sending the old lady back to Beijing, a few people would be enough, why did you come with such a large group?"

As she spoke, Chen's tone became less polite, "You guys came here this time, I'm afraid you didn't just come for the old lady's matter, right?"

After hearing what Chen said, Ji Nian's face suddenly froze, and a hint of embarrassment disappeared in an instant.

Not only that, the other members of the Ji family looked at each other, and their faces became as embarrassed as Ji Nian's.

Seeing the strangeness of these people, Chen's face darkened instantly.

She knew that things were not that simple!