"Mother, what exactly do you want to do?"
"What do I want to do? Have you forgotten who helped our family when we were desperate? It was Xiaoying's maternal grandfather. Do you want to be an ungrateful person?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Xuan's back suddenly hunched over, unable to explain: "Mother, I didn't."
"Why didn't you marry Xiaoying's aunt when I didn't ask you to? Why did you choose to marry a widow with two children of unknown origin? I've heard people say that widows are just mistresses who can't be brought to the table."
Upon hearing this, Chu Xuan glanced at An Zhi in a panic, then turned around and shouted, "Mother, how could you say that?"
Grandma Chu spoke without restraint, "What's wrong with me saying this? I even suspect that the reason they can still wear such fine fabrics is because you provided them. Tell me, isn't that right?"
"Hey, what's all this commotion about?" Changbai walked to the door with a nonchalant air.
When Old Mrs. Chu saw that it was a man she had never seen before, she said disdainfully, "What's it to you?"
Chu Xuan grabbed her arm. "Mother, he's someone close to the county magistrate."
Old Mrs. Chu scoffed, "So what? What does it have to do with him that I'm handling family matters? Even if I take it to the county magistrate, I'll still be in the right."
Grandma Chu walked up to Anran and looked the two siblings up and down. "What Madam Feng said is right. This Madam Liu is really cunning. She actually sent her children to harass my son. Does she really think my son is a fool? What a despicable thing."
An Ran couldn't stand others insulting her mother, so she instinctively cursed, "Old woman, you're the one who's despicable, your whole family is despicable, old witch."
Grandma Chu was so angry that her hands were trembling. "How dare you insult me! You've gone too far! Your mother doesn't know how to teach you properly. Today, I'll teach you a lesson on how to behave properly."
Chu Xuan tried to stop her but was hit with his cane. "You unfilial son, you little beast, you pointed your finger at your mother and cursed her, and you still protect her."
Just as she swung her cane at An Ran, before Chang Bai could even react, the old lady had already fallen to the ground.
It was Anzhi who made the move.
Anzhi threw his cane on the ground, his tone icy, "Who do you think you are, daring to lay a hand on my sister?"
Changbai felt a sense of déjà vu, as if he were very familiar with the situation.
Stunned by the fall, Old Mrs. Chu was helped up by Chu Xuan, who then began to berate and scold her, "You little bastard, how dare you lay a hand on an old woman like me! What are you standing there for? Can't you see your mother is about to be bullied to death?"
Chu Xuan was in great pain; he didn't know how things had turned out this way. "Mother..."
Anzhi looked at him very seriously, and said each word with great seriousness, "Lord Chu, I brought my sister here just to explain things clearly."
First, it was the girl who pinched my sister's hand, and my sister pushed her away because she felt pain. And she didn't use much force; she deliberately fell onto the rock. Believe it or not, it's up to you.
"Secondly, my mother and we have never thought about entering the Chu family. We will not in this life, nor in the next. It's not a matter of whether we want to or not; it's that we don't care and disdain it."
"Third, this material was bought with my own money. My family is not so poor that we need to be given charity even for a piece of rag."
"Finally, Grandma Chu, what you consider a hot commodity isn't something everyone covets. If you continue to insult me and my family, I won't hesitate to beat you, no matter how old you are."
"Sister, let's go home."
Changbai, Chuxuan, and the man surnamed Wan were all shocked. They never expected that a five or six-year-old boy could speak so clearly and logically.
Grandma Chu was initially startled, but after regaining her senses, she ordered the servants outside to stop them, saying, "Stop them! They've ruined my granddaughter's leg like this. I want that wretched girl to be like this too!"
"Mother, this is the government office, you can't do this."
Old Mrs. Chu shook off his hand, "You won't seek justice for your own daughter, and you won't even allow this old woman to avenge her?"
"If you want revenge, come at me. What kind of skill is it to lay a hand on a child?"
Upon hearing that sound, Changbai froze, unable to move. That sound…
He waited quietly for the owner of the voice to enter through the door. When he saw who it was, he felt his heart leap out of his chest. It really was the lady...
When Anran saw her mother arrive, she ran over and hugged her, crying bitterly, "Mom, she framed me, waaaaah, I didn't push her."
Liu Huan hugged the two children in her arms, "I know, don't be afraid, I'm here to take you home."
"Lord Chu, how come I had no idea that you and I were having an affair?"
Chu Xuan felt a chill run down his spine; he didn't want to talk to Liu Huan about this now. "Liu Huan, you take the child home first, I'll explain later."
"No need, let's make it clear in front of the old lady, so she won't think I want to marry into the Chu family with the child."
When Old Mrs. Chu heard this, she was furious. "You're a widow, all you want is to find a good family to marry into. If you can marry my son, wouldn't that be a stroke of good luck for your ancestors?"
Liu Huan couldn't help but burst into laughter, "My deceased husband was a fifth-rank official in the capital, and countless people pursued me in the capital. How could I possibly be interested in your son, a nobody official?"
Changbai hid in a corner, deep in thought. When did his master die? And what about the people chasing after the lady, the Third Master of the Prince's Mansion, the Third Master's servant, and...?
"Pah! With your vixen-like appearance, you're more like the wife or mistress of a Beijing official."
Liu Huan slightly raised her eyelids, her expression nonchalant, "It's not my fault that I'm beautiful, you can't be jealous of me."
"Didn't you say you wanted to seek justice? Let's go, let's beat the drum and appeal for justice."
"Hmph, report to the authorities? The magistrate isn't here today, who are you going to report to the authorities for?"
Liu Liu walked up to Chu Ying, looking down at the young girl. "I'm asking you, was your injury really caused by An Ran pushing you?"
"Yes, it was she who pushed him."
Liu Huan asked again, "Then how did she push it?"
Chu Ying swallowed hard and said, "I just pushed him with my hand."
Grandma Chu, standing nearby, asked warily, "What do you want to do, Chu Xuan? Someone is bullying your daughter. Are you dead?"
Ignoring the old lady's roar, Liu Huan asked again, "Are you sure she pushed you? Which hand pushed you? Who saw it?"
Chu Ying couldn't say it, "I... anyway, it was her who pushed me."
Liu Huan looked at Zhang Anxin beside her, "Zhang Anxin, did you see that? How did you push it?"
Despite Liu Huan's current life of detachment from worldly affairs, she still retains her former aura. A few questions from her left the two men causing them to avoid eye contact and stammer.
"Why are you accusing my daughter of pushing you? Do you think this will stop me from marrying your father?"
Chu Ying snapped out of her daze upon hearing this, "You can forget about marrying my father, you ugly woman."
“If you tell me how you fell, I won’t marry your father. Otherwise, I will stay at your house all the time.”
Upon hearing this, Chu Ying didn't think much of it and quickly said, "I fell by accident. You can't marry my father."
"Did you all hear that? It wasn't my daughter who pushed me. Can we leave now?"
"You've scared the child, so whatever you say is true. Without a witness, who will believe you?"
“I saw it, I can testify.”
As Liu Huan stared at the source of the voice, two words kept flashing through her mind: "It's all over!"
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