Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuwei immediately perked up. How was Ning Huaizhi involved in this?

So she quickly called for the oxcart to stop.

"Aunt Zhou, you all go back and take care of tomorrow's business. If there's anything you need to prepare at the small courtyard, just tell Huaizhi and ask Liu Shi and Daya to help you prepare."

Seeing Jiang Yuwei getting off the oxcart while talking, Aunt Zhou asked:

"Aren't you going back with us?"

Jiang Yuwei waved her hand.

"I'll go in and see what happened. You guys go first, don't worry about me."

After saying that, Jiang Yuwei pushed open the gate of the Ning family's courtyard. Just as she was about to step inside, a foot basin flew out in front of her. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and dodged it.

However, Aunt Ning, who was standing behind her and about to peek in to see what was going on, was not so lucky. The foot basin seemed to have eyes and hit her squarely on the nose.

Instantly, her nose turned bright red from the impact, and two streams of blood flowed down her nostrils.

Aunt Ning already harbored resentment towards Jiang Yuwei because of her son's imprisonment, and now that Jiang Yuwei had been hit by a foot bath basin, how could she let Jiang Yuwei off so easily?

She grabbed Jiang Yuwei, who was about to walk into the courtyard, and scolded her:

"You vicious woman, what grudge do you hold against me? Not only did you get my perfectly healthy son thrown in jail, but today you've also caused me to have my nose bleed from being hit. Do you think you can just run away like this?"

Jiang Yuwei, preoccupied with watching the drama unfold, hadn't noticed who the foot bath basin had hit. Only when Aunt Ning pulled her arm did she impatiently turn around. Seeing Aunt Ning's pathetic state, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Third Aunt Ning, are you stupid? Go find whoever threw this foot bath basin. Look at your pathetic state, if you don't smash this foot bath basin, who else should you smash?"

As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei flung Ning Sangu's arm away and glared at her fiercely.

“I didn’t even mention the shameful things your son did, but you spilled everything out like beans spilling from a bamboo tube. What? You think your son was wrongly arrested and imprisoned by the soldiers? Are you questioning the magistrate’s handling of the case?”

As soon as Jiang Yuwei finished speaking, Aunt Ning's expression changed immediately, and she hurriedly waved her hand, saying:

"I didn't question the county magistrate. Don't talk nonsense and slander me."

Without even caring about his still-bleeding nose, he turned and squeezed through the crowd, running home.

Seeing that the big trouble was finally gone, Jiang Yuwei felt relieved and went into the courtyard to watch the show. When she entered the courtyard, she saw Sun Shi pulling Xu Qianqian's hair, and Xu Qianqian grabbing Sun Shi's collar, and the two of them were fighting.

Neither of them was willing to let go, and Chen Guixiang, seeing this, was so anxious that she kept slapping her thigh.

"Oh dear, oh dear, please stop hitting each other. Why are you doing this to yourselves? If you ask me, Madam Sun, you should try to be more understanding. After all, Chunlin is now the young master of the Prince's Mansion. He can't just have you as his only wife. Besides, you can't even give birth to a son. In the future, Chunlin's family business will have to be inherited by someone!"

Upon hearing Chen Guixiang's words, Xu Qianqian hurriedly exclaimed:

"Mother-in-law, please come and help me! I can give Chunlin a son! I have a big bottom! Even my mother says I'm fertile!"

Ever since Sun learned that Chen Guixiang wasn't Ning Chunlin's biological mother, she no longer wanted to pretend to be a dutiful daughter-in-law. She grabbed Xu Qianqian's hair while turning to Chen Guixiang and yelling:

"You old hag, what are you up to? Even if I'm finding Ning Chunlin a mistress, I won't let him marry a widow like Xu Qianqian who killed her husband!"

As she spoke, Madam Sun also cursed Ning Chunlin, who was squatting in the corner:

"You shallow-minded fool, how could you even fancy someone like that? She's been with countless men, and you're the only one treating her like a treasure. If she were to kill you on the way, you'd probably be dead before you even managed to reunite with your family!"

Ning Chunlin was scolded by Sun Shi and wanted to retort, but when she thought that Xu Qianqian was indeed a widow and her husband had died, and that she hadn't had a single good day yet, she was afraid that she might really bring death to her. So, Ning Chunlin fell silent and squatted back in the corner like a quail.

Listening to the two arguing, Jiang Yuwei finally understood why Xu Qianqian had pulled her aside and asked those questions that day, and why she had seen them walking hand in hand in Ping'an Town today.

Jiang Yuwei thought that Xu Qianqian was really efficient. The news of Ning Chunlin becoming the young master of the Prince's Mansion had only been out for a few days, and she had already climbed into Ning Chunlin's bed.

Thinking this, Jiang Yuwei took out a handful of sunflower seeds from her pocket, cracked them open, and laughed as she spoke:

"Today I also saw my second brother taking Xu Qianqian to a rouge shop to buy things. Didn't he say he lost all his money gambling? Where did he get the money to buy rouge?"

Hearing this, Madam Sun was even more furious. She couldn't bear to buy Ning Xin a candied hawthorn skewer, but Ning Chunlin was so carefree that he actually took Xu Qianqian to a rouge shop. She herself had never used rouge before.

Thinking this, Sun increased the force in her hand and pulled hard, tearing off a large chunk of Xu Qianqian's hair along with her scalp.

Xu Qianqian clutched her head and cried out in pain:

"Ahhh, what are you doing? Chunlin, please save me! Grandma, look how she's bullying me!"

Ever since Madam Sun learned that Ning Chunlin was the young master of the Prince's mansion, she had never called Chen Guixiang "mother-in-law," which greatly displeased Chen Guixiang.

However, Xu Qianqian was a smooth talker, and she knew that if she wanted to follow Ning Chunlin, the only person she could rely on was Chen Guixiang.

For now, I'll just have my mother-in-law appease her. Once I and Ning Chunlin move to Beijing, I'll get rid of this old hag. Then, even if I call her "mother-in-law" again, she won't dare to respond.

Chen Guixiang was pleased by Xu Qianqian's repeated calls of "mother-in-law," so she stepped forward to try and mediate. Chen Guixiang helped Xu Qianqian up and tenderly checked her wounds.

Then, he turned to look at Madam Sun and said reproachfully:

"You've gone too far. The deed is done. Even if you don't want to, Qianqian has to stay with Chunlin. Even if she can't be a concubine, she can be kept outside as a mistress."

Upon hearing Chen Guixiang's words, Sun was so angry that her teeth itched, and she pointed at Chen Guixiang's nose and cursed:

"Hmph, a concubine's wife? If you like her, why don't you make her an old man Ning's concubine's wife!"

Upon hearing Sun's outrageous words, Chen Guixiang flew into a rage and slapped Sun across the face.

"I'm really giving you face. No matter what, I raised Chunlin from infancy. Who gave you the audacity to talk to me like that?"

Before Sun could speak, a group of burly men came in and rudely pushed aside the villagers who were blocking the doorway to watch the commotion, squeezing in.