"What are you saying?" Su's hand trembled slightly upon hearing Ning Hongze's words. Of course, she dared not swear. The person she cared about most was her son. She would dare to swear on herself, but Ning Hongze insisted that her son be the one to swear.

How could she dare?

“Of course it’s human language.” Ning Hongze’s voice was calm. “You keep saying that my sister abused you, I just wanted to make your words sound more truthful.”

Let alone people in ancient times, even modern people are very superstitious about these things.

He didn't believe that Su's mother would dare to swear an oath.

"Mrs. Su, if this is true, there's nothing wrong with making such a vow!"

The neighbors all chimed in, just as they had when they heard Su's mother speak ill of Ning Qiao'er.

"Yes, what's there to be afraid of? Since what you said is true, there's no need to be afraid of these things."

Mother Su's face turned extremely pale. Of course she was telling the truth; she had already sworn an oath. Why would she waste time here?

"Mother, how could you say that?"

If Ning Qiao'er hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that her mother-in-law, whom she regarded as her own mother, would say such bad things about her.

"Qiao'er?"

Hearing Ning Qiao'er's voice, Su's mother felt even more embarrassed.

At first, she didn't like Ning Qiao'er very much and always felt that Ning Qiao'er was not good enough for her son, but later she got used to it.

Although Ning Qiao'er is big and burly, she is actually very gentle.

Although he speaks loudly, he treats them with genuine kindness.

Putting everything else aside, all of her clothes and jewelry were provided by Ning Qiao'er. She even gave her some money every now and then as pocket money.

They have no worries about food and clothing, and are even served by servants.

Although there weren't many, only three, it was enough for a family like theirs.

She basically doesn't have to do anything or any work.

Over the years, my once rough skin has become much smoother, and I look younger as a result.

Most importantly, her son also had the money to attend the best school in town, Green Hill Academy.

They no longer had to worry about the money needed for the imperial examinations.

Life was easy and carefree.

Therefore, she actually felt a bit more favorably toward the chubby Ning Qiao'er.

However, people always strive for better things. Now, her son, Su Xiao, has passed the imperial examination and has even caught the eye of the Vice Minister of Rites, who has married his youngest daughter to him. The Su family's glory is just around the corner, but she can only feel sorry for Ning Qiao'er.

Unexpectedly, when she wanted to save face for her son, the usually quiet eldest brother of the Ning family stood up for her.

"Qiao'er, you want me to make such a vicious oath? That's your husband." Su's mother looked at Ning Qiao'er with displeasure. "I always thought you were very sensible. How could you be so wicked?"

"It won't be like that for long," Ning Qiao'er said, wiping away her tears. "Besides, didn't you say I was malicious and that I abused you?"

She is a girl who cries easily. She was spoiled by her family when she was young and has a rather simple mind.

A promise is a promise.

She's really quite different from the academic superstar sister from the last world.

"Mrs. Su, what is this?"

Judging from how they get along, Ning Qiao'er doesn't seem like the kind of daughter-in-law who would mistreat her mother-in-law.

"If you want to know the reason for this, just go to Madam Su's room and you'll find out."

Ning Hong suddenly stepped forward and opened the door.

"Come on, neighbors, you probably haven't been to Mrs. Su's room yet, right? Now I'll show you."

"You dare?"

Why did she let everyone see her room?

Su Liu scolded in a low voice, "Ning Hongze, don't go too far!"

"Did I go too far?" Ning Hong scoffed. "Mrs. Su, have you forgotten?"

"What?"

“This is the Ning family home, not the Su family home. We, the Ning family, are only temporarily lending you this house. Now, the Su family is going too far and wants to divorce my sister. Naturally, we want to take this house back.”

A single sentence stirred up a huge wave of discussion.

"What? This is actually the Ning family's residence?"

"He got a wife, and they even gave him a house as a gift?"

"I knew it! Back then, the Su family was dirt poor. Where would they get the money to buy a house? It turns out it was part of the bride's dowry."

Back then, the Ning family planned to give this house to the Su family.

Su Xiao was quite principled and refused to accept it.

They insisted that they register the house under Ning Qiao'er's name.

Therefore, this house has always belonged to the Ning family, not the Su family.

Su's mother's expression changed drastically.

Of course she knew about this.

She had even complained to Su Xiao about this. "Tell me," she said, "the Su family is so poor, why are they pretending to be so generous? This is a whole house!"

However, she always listened to Su Xiao, and even if she was unwilling, she would still do as Su Xiao said.

Now that Su Xiao has divorced Ning Qiao'er, this house should naturally be returned to the Ning family.

Su's mother was extremely displeased.

The neighbors didn't care about her mood and went inside anyway.

The first place to be affected was Su's mother's room.

As soon as they stepped into Su's mother's room, the neighbors couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"My God, is this Yun brocade?"

"I saw it in the fabric shop last time. This bolt of brocade costs over a hundred taels of silver. And it's being used to make curtains for Su Liu's family?"

"And this too, look at this quilt, it's made of top-quality silk, it feels so smooth to the touch, it must be even more comfortable to sleep on."

“And this—” a woman picked up a glass mirror from the table, “It’s actually a glass mirror?”

On the dressing table, there were many pieces of jewelry, some inexpensive and some quite expensive.

Various pastries were displayed on the table in the room, and there were also some exquisite pastries in the cabinet next to it.

This doesn't look like someone being abused at all.

"If this is considered abuse, then Miss Ning, why don't you abuse me instead?"

"I wish I could be treated like that too. To be pampered with good food and drink, and to wear so much jewelry."

"Don't touch my things, these are all mine."

Seeing these people rummaging around in her room, Su Liu quickly stood in front of the dressing table, saying, "These were all bought for me by my son."

"They're all mine."

These were all bought for her by Ning Qiao'er.

These were mostly valuable items, and Su Liushi naturally didn't want to keep them. These things were worth a considerable amount of money.

Having endured many hardships, Su Liu was anxious because she had no money.

In the few years since Ning Qiao'er married into the family, she has saved up two hundred taels of pocket money just from the allowance Ning Qiao'er gave her.

Thinking about this, she couldn't help but feel that her son was too foolish.

Why get rid of Ning Qiao'er? Why not just demote her from wife to concubine? That way, she can still enjoy Ning Qiao'er's filial piety.

"Qiao'er, how about this? I'll talk to Su Xiao and ask him not to divorce you. How about making you a concubine instead?"