"Pah, shameless whore, lowlife!" A strong old woman in her forties or fifties slapped Yang Meiqin twice. Qiaohong rushed forward to pull her away, but the middle-aged woman kicked her.

This time, Qiaohong reacted quickly and nimbly, then knelt on the ground with a thud, begging for mercy: "Auntie, please spare my life! My wife is pregnant, she didn't mean to offend you."

"Pah! Shameless slut, calling me 'Madam' all the time, I'll cut your tongue out later!"

Yang Meiqin was slapped several times by the strong old woman, and fell to the ground with a thud, her hair disheveled and her face red and swollen.

A growing crowd gathered to watch the spectacle. Yang Meiqin lay on the ground, wailing, "This is outrageous! Murder! My stomach hurts so much! This person is trying to kill my child!"

While shouting and yelling, he didn't forget to wink at Qiaohong. Qiaohong understood and took advantage of the chaos to slip out to find Wang Dafu.

People tend to sympathize with the weak, and Yang Meiqin's pitiful crying and heart-wrenching appearance only made her more endearing. People began to criticize her along the way.

"They're abusing their power! Just because they're rich and powerful, they ordered their old women to beat a pregnant woman. That's against the law!"

"Look at that young woman, how pitifully she is crying. She only has one maidservant by her side, yet she is bullying the weak with her numbers. It's truly hateful."

"Granny Cui, stop!" A richly dressed noblewoman spoke languidly, slowly stepping down from the sedan chair with the help of a young girl beside her.

The woman was very tall, looking to be in her mid-thirties, not quite forty, and her features hinted at a beauty she had been in her youth. However, she was stern and rarely smiled, with sharp, pointed eyebrows that gave her a strong and assertive appearance.

Gu Nanjiao happened to come out and narrowed her eyes when she saw the arrogant young girl in front of the noble lady.

Wang Fu?

The noblewoman next to her, whose features resembled hers, was her mother.

A legal wife having an affair with a mistress?

What a small world! Gu Nanjiao couldn't help but feel sorry for Yang Meiqin. Was Yang Meiqin just unlucky, or unlucky?

Gu Nanjiao glanced at Yang Meiqin on the ground. Her hair was disheveled, her face was swollen and red, and she looked miserable, which was in stark contrast to Madam Wang.

The show was about to begin, and Gu Nanjiao stepped back to watch.

Madam Wang glanced disdainfully at Yang Meiqin's belly: "Pregnant?"

Yang Meiqin was surprised for a moment, then became righteous and said, "Yes, you beat a pregnant woman. I'm going to report you to the authorities."

Madam Wang sneered contemptuously. She wasn't afraid at all. So what if the officials came? She was just casually disciplining her concubines.

Although it's not like that yet, that doesn't stop her from saying it.

Madam Wang knew that Wang Dafu was keeping a mistress, but she didn't know where she was hiding her.

What a coincidence that I ran into this vixen today. She heard from her daughter that she was pregnant with an illegitimate child, and she saw Wang Dafu doting on her, his face full of heartache.

Wang Fu naturally embellished the story, but it's still close to the truth.

Before Madam Wang could speak, Wang Fu scoffed, looking at Yang Meiqin as if she were something filthy, and his words were extremely contemptuous: "A whore, carrying someone's bastard child, dares to falsely accuse us."

"Oh, it's you!" Upon seeing Wang Fu, Yang Meiqin suddenly revealed a sinister smile: "How's the perfume going? Are any men falling head over heels for you?"

Madam Wang looked at Wang Fu with a puzzled expression.

"What nonsense are you spouting, Cuiyu? Shut her mouth!" Wang Fu was terrified, his mind only focused on tearing the vile woman apart, forgetting that he had taken the perfume from her earlier.

Cuiyu rushed forward, grabbed Yang Meiqin's chin, and stuffed the handkerchief inside.

Yang Meiqin waved her hand haphazardly, scratching Cuiyu's arm and drawing blood. She spat out the handkerchief in her mouth and gagged a few times.

Gu Nanjiao, who was standing to the side, was terrified. They were located on Meiweizhai's territory, and if Yang Meiqin vomited again, they would have to come and clean it up.

Fortunately, Yang Meiqin only gagged twice before stopping.

Seeing this, everyone looked at Yang Meiqin with sympathy, feeling sorry for her being bullied like this.

Yang Meiqin stared coldly at Wang Fu, and after a while, she suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, you're so embarrassed and angry that you had your maid gag me because you were afraid I would expose you. You dare to do it but not admit it? A young lady who hasn't even left her family yet is secretly hiding a perfume that bewitches men."

Wang Fu blushed slightly: "Stop trying to drag me into this!" Then, looking pleading, she shook Madam Wang's arm: "Mother, this whore is trying to smear my daughter. You must stand up for me!"

Madam Wang patted Wang Fu's hand reassuringly and gave her a look that said, "Take it easy."

"Granny Cui, take her to the manor. How dare a concubine slander the legitimate wife and daughter? I, the lady of the house, will personally teach her a lesson."

Having received her order, Granny Cui grabbed Yang Meiqin by the collar and said fiercely, "Go!"

Yang Meiqin shouted, "This is outrageous! This is bullying! They actually want to take me back to the mansion! They're trying to kill me to silence me!"

That damn Qiaohong, why isn't she coming over yet!

Those watching the spectacle couldn't bear it and began to criticize Madam Wang.

Madam Wang remained calm and composed, about to retort that it was perfectly reasonable for her to teach her husband's mistress a lesson.

This way, it will be perfectly reasonable to bring that vile woman back to the manor to deal with her.

"Who dares to bully my people!"

Wang Dafu arrived late, his face full of anger. Qiaohong followed behind him, taking small, quick steps.

Upon seeing Madam Wang, they immediately fell silent. They stammered, "What brings you here, Madam?"

Madam Wang said sarcastically, "It really is you! You arrived so quickly!"

Wang Dafu looked embarrassed and fell silent.

"Master, you've finally come! If you hadn't come, my unborn child and I would have been beaten to death! Master, please help me!"

When Yang Meiqin saw Wang Dafu, she rushed to his side and began to cry.

Wang Dafu stepped aside, instinctively glancing at Madam Wang, suppressing his fear: "Madam, what are you doing?"

Madam Wang glanced at Wang Dafu with a half-smile: "What's wrong? The beauty has been wronged, why don't you quickly help her up?"

Wang Dafu chuckled and said, "Madam is joking. What beauties are just playthings kept outside."

Yang Meiqin's face turned deathly pale instantly: "Master, I...I didn't you say you loved me the most?"

She never imagined that the sharp-eyed, wealthy woman before her was actually Wang Dafu's first wife. She hadn't even entered the mansion before being beaten, and Wang Dafu didn't dare stand up for her. Could she expect any good days ahead?

She used all her charms to seduce Wang Dafu, but little did she know that in Wang Dafu's eyes she was just a pet to keep as a toy.

Madam Wang didn't even glance at Yang Meiqin, and said to Wang Dafu, "Having so many concubines at home isn't enough, you actually go looking for prostitutes. I heard she comes from a brothel. If you don't mind, you can have any dirty or smelly one you want, I don't care about you."

Madam Wang was too lazy to investigate anything about Yang Meiqin; she heard everything from Wang Fu.

Wang Fu said she came from a brothel, so naturally she must be a dirty thing.

Madam Wang's words stung Yang Meiqin. She wiped away her tears and looked at Wang Dafu pitifully, saying, "Master, you know what kind of person I am. I didn't come from a brothel."