The women watching the excitement around all showed surprised expressions.

Aunt Zhao was originally a concubine who was not worthy of being in public, and Xie Yuchuan acted as if he didn't care about her at all. As a result, they didn't have to worry about anything, and the discussion gradually became louder.

Public opinion and rumors are indeed sharper than swords.

At this moment,

Aunt Zhao personally experienced the feeling of being in the vortex, and she felt all the rumors and gossip that the out-of-place Chen Wei had endured in the capital.

It turns out that I feel so powerless and resentful.

So, that's the feeling...

"My Lord is right. A lowly concubine of low status is not worthy of being on the stage. On such a grand occasion, I should stay in my boudoir and not step out of the main door or the secondary door."

"She herself has a bad character, yet she had to come out and contradict Master Dong. She chose this time to stroll around the back garden. Who knows what her intentions are?"

"Maybe she seduced me first. Master Dong is a son of an official family, after all. How could he flirt with a talentless and unattractive concubine like her?"

"Even if Young Master Dong did something wrong, how could she destroy a man's foundation? Such a major event as the continuation of the family line has been ruined, which shows how vicious her heart is."

"In my opinion..."

It was these small, suspicious, and seemingly light slanders and defamations that made Aunt Zhao feel suffocated for a while.

She closed her eyes, clenched her fingers and said nothing.

Just like countless other times when Shen Wei was denied, she remained silent, no longer making excuses, and was too lazy to argue, because Aunt Zhao finally understood...

There is no point in explaining or refuting; this group of people won't listen.

"My dear, my dear son is upright and innocent, and he has never married. He was kind enough to celebrate the old lady's birthday, but he was slandered by a concubine and ended up like this."

"Old lady!"

"My young master's foundation has been damaged. No matter what your mansion does, you must give the Dong family an explanation." The servant demanded justice on behalf of Young Master Dong.

Master Dong curled up on the ground with a distorted expression, his head covered in cold sweat, his whole body shaking with pain, unable to utter a single word.

He could only grit his teeth and glare at Chen Wei viciously when no one was paying attention.

He glanced at the frightened Miss Lu unwillingly again!

It's her again!

It’s this Shen Wei again!

Madam Hou was very reluctant to let Chen Wei go.

But her own son was determined to protect Chen Wei, and even pointed out in front of all the distinguished guests that he wanted Aunt Zhao to take the blame. Not wanting to hurt the relationship between mother and son, Mrs. Hou had to give up.

then,

The old lady of the Marquis pretended to be furious: "What the Marquis said is not without reason. If you were upright and honest, why would you be wandering around at this critical moment?"

"How come Mr. Dong happened to see us?"

"After such a scandal, the Marquis' Mansion is too embarrassed to keep you here any longer. Since you injured Young Master Dong in the Marquis' Mansion, I will give the Dong family an explanation today!"

"Come here, send this lowly concubine to the Dong family for their own disposal!"

Send it to the Dong family for processing? What else can be done? I'm afraid it will go in vertically and come out horizontally.

Aunt Zhao suddenly raised her head, her pupils shrinking slightly.

She really didn't expect that the old lady would be so cruel that she would treat the lives of concubines in the harem so lightly, letting them die like ants.

That's when it happened!

Qin Shuyu, who was invited by Xiaoman, hurried to the back garden.

Chen Wei, who was standing next to Miss Lu, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qin Shuyu arrive.

Qin Shuyu walked over, and when she heard that Madam Hou was going to send Aunt Zhao to the Dong Mansion for disposal, her heart stopped for a moment.

She didn't know what words to use to describe her feelings at the moment: "Wait!"

"Mother, calm down. Aunt Zhao wasn't out strolling around. I called her to ask her something. I didn't expect to run into Master Dong when I passed by the back garden."

"While Aunt Zhao certainly did something wrong, she shouldn't have kicked Master Dong. But the backyard is a place for women. I wonder why Master Dong, a man from outside the family, would come here?"

Qin Shuyu shifted everyone's attention to Master Dong, and everyone was shocked.

Yes, why is Mr. Dong here?

Old Madam Hou stared at Qin Shuyu seriously. After coming out of the Buddhist temple this time, she felt that Qin Shuyu had changed.

The Qin Shuyu who used to be sensible and knew when to advance and retreat has now become a bit like Chen Wei, and even dared to contradict her in front of so many people.