Chapter 61 Complaint

Erya still felt bad about the two hundred taels of silver.

She grumbled, "Mother, why don't you want the two hundred taels of silver? You can't even refuse the silver just for the sake of your dignity!"

"If a person has no backbone, is he still a human being?" Lu Qiniang said seriously, "I won't take Zhang Heyao's money today, and I won't take it in the future. And you can't do that either!"

"He originally owed you that. Back then..."

"The past is the past. We need to look forward." Lu Qiniang said, "The three of you should remember this: some people may sacrifice their dignity and get the money, but life is so short. If you take money you shouldn't have, you may feel happy for a moment but embarrassed for the rest of your life."

Since she had broken up with Zhang Heyao, she had to do it completely.

I got two hundred taels of silver from him, and I will remember his favor in the future.

Two hundred taels of silver is a lot, but Lu Qiniang feels it is not worth it.

Who said she won’t be able to make money in the future?

Two hundred taels of silver to buy her integrity? Don't even think about it.

Integrity is worthless, but without it, you are not even a human being.

"We have our own hands and feet. If we work hard, we can have food to eat. This is not a famine year. There is no need to beg for money."

"I just think," Erya said with gritted teeth, "that's too good for Zhang Heyao."

"What happened between him and me is in the past. Don't mention it again. Don't bear a grudge against him. Let's close the door and live our own lives well. Especially you, Arya——"

"What's wrong with me?"

"You shouldn't have hit him and scolded him today."

"Why can't I scold a bad guy like him? I scold him every time I see him!"

"You know he's a bad guy, and now he's an official. We're just ordinary people. If you offend him later, will he forgive you?"

Stay away from bad people.

"I've told you countless times that you'll suffer for your words sooner or later," Lu Qiniang said. "Remember, never mess with him again."

"Only people with a conscience will feel indebted," Daya said softly, "Those without a conscience will only get angry out of shame."

Erya stopped talking then.

"Okay, go back to bed."

When Lu Qiniang lay back on the kang, she suddenly said, "Xiao Yan, I still have to move out. Zhang Heyao is narrow-minded, and I will implicate you."

"My indenture is in your hands. The master and servant have always been in the same place." Xiao Yan said lightly.

"Then, then you don't have anyone else who can keep your indenture?"

Lu Qiniang felt that the responsibility on her shoulders was too heavy.

Zhang Heyao is fickle, but she hopes that she can remain a virgin for him.

He might really think of himself as a dead person and want me to remain faithful to him.

Lu Qiniang didn't intend to pay any attention to him.

But he was angry at the moment and it was easy for him to take his anger out on Xiao Yan.

"You don't know," Lu Qiniang said, "If it were anyone else, it would be fine. He would feel inferior to him and not bother to care. But you are different. You are truly more powerful than him. I'm afraid he will find an opportunity to step on you."

"How am I better than him?" Xiao Yan said.

"You're better than him in every way! When you were General Po Lu, he was just a soldier! And you're not the kind of person who abandons his lover like him. You're more open-minded than him..."

"Since I'm better than him, why would I be afraid of him?"

"The situation is different now. He's an official now. Even a dog wearing that hat would bite anyone!"

"It's okay. There are so many people who want to step on me, and he's not the only one who can do that." Xiao Yan said, "In fact, none of them will touch me easily."

"Why?"

"Because I have nothing left. Stepping on me will only give you a little pride, but you might be targeted by others and cause trouble."

"Oh, that's good."

Xiao Yan calmly changed the subject: "Tomorrow I will accompany you to Shuntian Prefecture to sue him."

"No, no, I can take them with me. Aren't you looking for someone to build a pigpen? You stay home and do that first, I'll go."

Lu Qiniang still didn't want Xiao Yan to get too involved.

She couldn't repay this favor.

Thinking of this, she sighed deeply, "I forgot to tell Zhang Heyao that I want my own door panel for recording things. I've written down all my interactions with people on it!"

Xiao Yan couldn't help laughing, "I will help you get it back when I have the chance."

"No, no, I was just saying it casually. The pigs and chickens were agreed upon by Zhang Heyao and I. Just come back later. As for the rest, don't let anything go wrong."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you at home."

The next day, Lu Qiniang took the petition written by Xiao Yan and went to Shuntian Prefecture with her three daughters to file a complaint by beating the drum.

After a while, a lawyer came out and asked Lu Qiniang in a low voice who she was suing for and what she wanted to sue.

Erya was already beating the gong, like a storyteller, and eloquently talking to the growing crowd of onlookers who had heard the news, about her own family troubles.

"My poor mother, she has been guarding our broken home for ten years, digging wild vegetables to feed us. Her life is as miserable as Wang Baochuan's—"

"In the end, Zhang Heyao came back to life, divorced his wife and remarried, forcing my mother into a corner—"

"Does Princess Zhaoyang know that she didn't find a good husband, but a wolf from Zhongshan—"

The master felt overwhelmed after hearing what Erya said.

This involves the princess of the Zhenbei Palace and an official appointed by the imperial court. Who dares to accept this petition?

It is not easy to do business under the imperial city. Anyone you grab can be a royal relative or a noble family.

"No, we in Shuntian Prefecture cannot take such a case. It involves an official appointed by the imperial court, so you have to go to the Ministry of Justice to file a complaint." The lawyer left this sentence and went in as if escaping.

Lu Qi Niang: "No, wait, how could that be!"

Xiao Yan told her to come to Shuntian Prefecture, there was no way he was wrong!

But no one paid any attention to her.

Lu Qiniang thought about it and simply sat on the steps in front of Shuntian Mansion, accepting the "baptism of eyes" from people passing by.

Erya was still scolding Zhang Heyao, and when she was moved, she raised her hand to wipe away her tears.

People who came to watch the fun came and went, and I don’t know how many groups of people changed.

"Lu Qi Niang? Is it really you?"

A carriage stopped and Songyan jumped out. "What are you doing at the gate of Shuntian Mansion?"

Lu Qinniang was a little embarrassed and didn't want to talk about those trivial things with him. She thought of a solution in a hurry, "Go to the sun, go to the sun, look how bright the sun is today."

"Are you sick?" Song Yan said with disgust.

"Yes, I just recovered from my illness, just recovered."

Songyan: "What happened? Were you bullied? If that's the case, tell me and I'll go back and tell the Fifth Young Master—"

"No, absolutely not." Lu Qiniang waved her hands repeatedly, "Don't dare delay the Fifth Young Master from meeting the Emperor. Don't delay him from taking the imperial examination."

Ever since she heard that there would be a palace examination, and that it was the most important exam, she had been counting the days, thinking about lighting a stick of incense for Zhou Xiaoyao when the time came!

It will only happen in half a month, so don't let it affect him, it will be a lifelong event.

Song Yan's expression softened slightly when she heard her say this. "I know what's going on. I definitely won't harm the Fifth Young Master. Talk to me first, and I'll see if I can help you."