Chapter 149 Zhu's Rage
Cuilan was so frightened that her whole body was shaking like a sieve. She just kept crying and crying without saying anything.
Zhu's last bit of patience was exhausted, and she slowly lowered her eyes, "Since you can't do it, don't blame me for being ruthless. Let someone take Cuilan away later. I can't accommodate her here."
"Young Madam, please spare my life!" Cuilan kowtowed frantically and begged for mercy.
Bai Feng strode into the yard, his eyes burning with anger, "That's enough! Isn't it chaotic enough?"
Zhu sneered, "Messy? What's messy about it? I'm just dealing with my own maidservant, how can it be a mess? Have you dealt with your husband's affairs outside?"
Bai Feng choked, suppressed his anger and sat down next to her, and spoke to Zhu in a gentle voice, "I know why you are angry. Regardless of whether those rumors are true or false, you are also a member of the Bai family now. You should think about how to protect the reputation of the Bai family and find out those who harbor evil intentions, instead of being fooled and used as a tool!"
"My son is right!" Madam Bai came in with a group of servants and said seriously, "Now we should think about how to suppress the rumors outside."
Zhu laughed foolishly as if she had heard a great joke, "Suppress the rumor? If it's false, it's just a rumor. If it's true, it's a scandal!"
Mrs. Bai's face darkened.
Bai Feng was so angry that he turned his face and said, "Zhu! Is this never going to end? She's just a maid, is it worth it for you to be so serious about it?"
"I'm just being serious, so what?" Zhu stood up suddenly and yelled hysterically, "Bai Feng! Remember! No matter how lowly and worthless Cui Lan is, she is still my dowry! My things! My dowry! No one is allowed to touch them without my permission! If I want to beat her to death or sell her off, no one can stop me!"
The furious Zhu's eyes were as big as copper bells and bloodshot, like a devil from hell, which really frightened Mrs. Bai and her son.
Mrs. Bai immediately changed her tone of voice and said in a gentle voice, "Daughter-in-law, we are all family. If there is anything, let's sit down and talk it out. No matter if it's a rumor or a scandal, it's our own family's business after all.
If you are unhappy, you can ask us for any compensation you want. The most urgent task is to suppress the rumors outside. Now it is the end of the year and all the shops are doing booming business, but our business has been greatly affected because of this incident.
Not to mention that there are few customers, but no one wants to come to our store to buy things. If this continues, can you stay out of it?"
Her words really hit Zhu's sore spot.
Zhu calmed down a bit, but still stared at Cuilan with hatred. After a long silence, she said expressionlessly, "I can let it go, but I will punish Cuilan severely and sell her to a brothel to make her live a life worse than death. What do you say?"
Mrs. Bai and Bai Feng looked very unhappy, but they did not say anything against it.
Cuilan's remaining hope was shattered at this moment, and she kowtowed like crazy, begging for mercy, "Madam, I know I was wrong! Please forgive me this time! I will be loyal to you in the future. If you say go east, I will never go west. Please spare my life!"
Zhu turned a deaf ear.
Bai Feng couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he stood up and was about to leave. When he passed by Cui Lan, he was suddenly grabbed by her.
"Master, Master! Save me, save me! I don't want to go to the brothel, Master, save me!"
Bai Feng frowned and tried to break free, but found that Cui Lan was holding him tightly and he couldn't get away at all.
Nanny Li received a hint from Mrs. Bai and stepped forward and stepped hard on Cuilan's hand.
Cuilan screamed in pain and let go of her hand.
Bai Feng ran away immediately.
After a while, Cuilan's shrill cry was heard from the yard. The sound lasted for nearly half an hour, and even the maids and servants passing by were so scared that they took a detour.
After dealing with Cuilan, Zhu was still not satisfied, so she took Rulan back to her parents' home.
Madam Bai was so angry about this news that her heart ached. She scolded Li Ma, "She has already dealt with Cuilan, what else does she want? Is she trying to please me? Whose daughter-in-law is so arrogant and domineering! This is outrageous!"
"You still say that! If you hadn't indulged your son, you wouldn't have raised him to be the coward he is today!" Mr. Bai rushed into the main courtyard angrily.
Mrs. Bai was already unhappy, and she was completely furious after hearing this, "Blame me? Blame it all on me! You've been teaching my son since he was young, and I was just interfering in his affairs in the yard. Now that there's trouble, it's all my fault. You, as a father, have no fault at all!"
"You are such a loving mother but such a spoiled son!" Mr. Bai cursed angrily and argued with Mrs. Bai, "How dare you say that you didn't know anything about Cuilan's affairs? You knew the reason for our marriage with the Zhu family, but you indulged him to covet the maidservant who came with your daughter-in-law as a dowry!
That would be fine, but not only did you treat him unfairly, you also married Cuilan to a servant in an attempt to cover up your son's shame. Is there any mother like you?"
Mrs. Bai felt wronged and her eyes immediately filled with tears. She cried, "Master only blames me? I did this to maintain the relationship between the Bai and Zhu families! If the matter between my son and Cuilan was reported, with my daughter-in-law's temper, I'm afraid it would have caused a big uproar!
Now my daughter-in-law has been married for two years, and she is still pregnant. We don’t have to be afraid if the truth is exposed. It’s her fault that she is pregnant, and she is not in the right! We can take this opportunity to give our son two proper concubines.”
Mrs. Bai had already made all the plans and even had a candidate for a concubine in mind.
Mr. Bai was originally very angry, but he calmed down a bit after hearing this, "So this matter is not entirely a bad thing."
Madam Bai nodded vigorously, "Before, I was a little lenient with Cuilan because she was pregnant with our son's child. Now that she has had a miscarriage, her foundation has been damaged and it will be difficult for her to get pregnant in the future. My daughter-in-law needs someone to vent her anger, so it's a good opportunity to push Cuilan out.
When my daughter-in-law calms down, we can mention the matter of taking a concubine. I believe she will understand. Even if she doesn’t understand, we can still inform the Zhu family. The Zhu family will definitely not sit idly by. "
The rumors outside have not been resolved yet, and the two of them are here figuring out how to get people into their son's yard.
Zhu, who had returned to her parents' home, had no idea about this.
As soon as she entered the room, she started crying to Madam Zhu, "Mom, Bai Feng, that unfaithful man is really too much!"
Mrs. Zhu had heard the rumors outside a long time ago and was prepared for her daughter to come home and cry, but she didn't expect her to come so soon.
Seeing her daughter being so unruly, she subconsciously frowned and waited patiently until Zhu finished crying before asking seriously, "Tell me the truth, have you consulted a doctor in the past two years? Did the doctor tell you what's going on?"
Mrs. Zhu didn't say it explicitly, but Zhu understood it. Her face turned pale and she was a little embarrassed. "Mother, my daughter has been to the doctor for two months. The doctor only said that my daughter's body is relatively cold, and she needs to slowly adjust to have a child. My daughter has taken medicine on time, but there is no movement in her stomach. I don't know what to do."
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