Fight
Cang Yi was acting mysterious, but what he said was truly surprising. Tai Shi Zheng couldn't help but wonder, "Why is he talking so secretly? What kind of person is this Zhi Chou's wife?"
Cang Yi pondered for a moment, not knowing what words to use to describe her. He simply said, "Ming Yue is not a bad person. Although she is impulsive and careless in her work, she is easy to get along with. Our mansion is not big, so we will meet each other sooner or later. Wife Zhijun, it's getting late, let's go to Lingyuxuan quickly."
Cang Yi kept track of the time and urged Zheng to hurry.
When the two arrived at Lingyuxuan, the elders had not arrived yet, but they ran into Zou Shuangtong who was already leading people to set up dishes in the pavilion. This was a rare scene.
Cang Yi walked quickly, fearing that he would be late and be blamed.
"Uematsu's wife," Cang Yi greeted. "Why are you here today? Is it my aunt who's coming?"
But when Zou Shuangtong met the newcomer, she seemed not to hear or see him. She turned around and greeted Zheng, who had not yet entered the house. "Brother Yun's wife—you are really diligent. You came so early. You are a new bride, why don't you rest a little more? The elders won't blame you for coming late."
Zou Shuangtong smiled, she was not shy.
Ke Zheng was in a dilemma. She looked at the strange and flamboyant woman in front of her and smiled awkwardly.
Who is this person?
Cang Yi had long been accustomed to the feeling of being ignored. Not only did she not get angry at Zou Shuangtong, but she kindly introduced Zheng, "This belongs to the second house..."
But before she could finish her words, Zou Shuangtong interrupted her, "Wife Zhijun, I am Zou Shuangtong, the wife of Cui Zhisong, the second son of the second branch. My eldest sister-in-law is the Princess of Lingshan County. I was standing next to her yesterday. We even greeted each other yesterday. Have you forgotten?"
"Ah - the county lady, and you, Zou Shuang, right? I haven't forgotten, how could I forget what happened yesterday so quickly." Zheng pretended to be fearless, but lowered her head and silently touched her nose to see if it had grown longer.
Seeing that the person in front of him was about to talk about something else, Tai Shi Zheng quickly turned around and chased after Cang Yi, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, let me help you."
Zou Shuangtong's words of flattery were choked back.
How can a powerful family be considered so great? They're no different from the Lingshan County Lord. Seeing that Taishi Zheng had no intention of paying attention to her, Zou Shuangtong rolled her eyes at her and turned to rest lazily.
But before she could sit down properly, she heard the voices of Yu Yuelan, Cui Banqin and Chu Fanghua talking outside Lingyuxuan.
Several sharp voices, some high and some low, mixed together and entering people's ears and eyes will make people shudder.
Zou Shuangtong jumped up from the bench, and his expressionless face instantly turned into a bright smile.
Tai Shi Zheng looked at him in surprise. Did this guy learn face changing in the past?
"The mother-in-law is here. Don't take anything they say to heart. Just follow me. Don't be nervous." Cang Yi remembered the first time he came here to serve and the helpless scene when he was bullied, and couldn't help but comfort Tai Shi Zheng.
But how could Taishi Zheng be stage-frightened? What kind of situation had she not seen? And what about her bad temper that she couldn't control? It was just her sister-in-law's good intentions, so Zheng smiled and responded, "I feel at ease with my sister-in-law around."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people outside came into the house one after another.
The younger generation took the opportunity to pay their respects to the elders.
But as soon as Cui Banqin entered the room, after glancing at the various faces in the room, she deliberately smirked and said, "Look at how lucky my eldest sister-in-law is! This legitimate daughter-in-law came home the second day after she got married, and before she even went back home, she was already serving the elders dinner. I'm so envious. I say, second sister-in-law, does your family have such treatment? Do you have such good fortune?"
Today, the fence-sitter has once again turned to Yu Yuelan, the eastern wall.
Chu Fanghua glanced at her and said, "Yes, yes, who can be as lucky as my sister-in-law? The wives in the room are all excellent. This one is the daughter of the old uncle, and that one is an orphan who sells fermented rice wine and small fish in front of the Suzaku Gate. I'm not saying that when it comes to serving people, who in our house can compare to our wife Zhi Jian? All day long, wife Zhi Jian can make our maids have nothing to do, and she takes care of my sister-in-law to her heart's content. Wife Zhi Jun - you have to learn from your sister-in-law."
Can't afford to offend Taishi Zheng,
Can’t you squeeze out the powerless Cang Yi?
Cang Yi's background has always been a taboo for Yu Yuelan. Chu Fanghua turned the spearhead towards him just to save face for her second wife.
Unexpectedly, Yu Yuelan surprisingly didn't respond. She sat down in silence and only said, "If you don't speak, no one will think you're dumb. Sit down and eat. I don't think you can shut anyone up—"
The fire didn't start today.
Cui Banqin felt bored and pulled Chu Fanghua to sit down.
But listening to them fighting with each other in secret, not only did no one speak up for Cang Yi, but they also made fun of her, Tai Shi Zheng really felt sorry for her sister-in-law's situation.
How could these people be so rude? Birth and family, but she can choose it herself?
Being honest and upright is not a reason for them to bully people!
Zheng looked at them with distressed eyes, but Cang Yi continued to silently pick up food for those who looked down on her, without a trace of displeasure or any intention of disobedience. Their mockery seemed to have nothing to do with her.
For a moment, Zheng felt lost, as if Cang Yi didn't have her. But he also showed a strong determination.
"Wife Zhijun, is my son feeling better today?"
Yu Yuelan suddenly spoke, and Tai Shi Zheng looked at her, "Hmm? Don't worry, Grandma, he's fine. He was still asleep before I came this morning. He ignored me when I spoke to him."
Zheng responded in a straightforward manner, which surprised Zou Shuangtong and Cang Yi.
However, the more surprising thing is yet to come...
But Tai Shi Zheng had just finished speaking when he turned around, picked up the boiled egg on the table, and knocked it in front of Yu Yuelan.
As she kowtowing, she slowly sat down at the empty seat at the table. Zheng pretended to be innocent and said to them, "Mother-in-law, is everyone here? Sister-in-law, where are our dishes and chopsticks? Hurry up and ask them to bring them up. I'm hungry, and the elders should be hungry too."
Cang Yi was so frightened that he dared not say a word.
Everyone present was also dumbfounded by Zheng's behavior.
Cang Yi didn't know whether Tai Shi Zheng did it on purpose or was really bold and reckless.
When she recovered and wanted to remind the person in front of her, Zheng took out the peeled egg and put it into Yu Yuelan's bowl. She smiled and said, "Grandma, you must be hungry. Have an egg."
Who would have thought that the words would fall as fast as the egg.
But the slippery egg didn't seem to want to stay put in Yu Yuelan's bowl. It flipped over and landed on the plate in front of Cui Banqin. After several ups and downs, the egg, under everyone's gaze, used the plate's force to fly. Finally, Chu Fanghua "got the advantage," landing safely in her hands.
Chu Fanghua was stunned holding the egg, and Cui Banqin couldn't help laughing.
Her laughter was piercing. It made Yu Yuelan lose all her dignity. She had wanted to act compassionate today, but she had been forced to wield the "knife" of a butcher. Yu Yuelan could no longer endure it.
"Taishi Zheng——"
Yu Yuelan put down her chopsticks in anger, "Who allowed you to sit down?"
Tai Shi Zheng was startled by the chopsticks flying towards her, but she remained undeterred. "Mother-in-law, how can we eat if you don't sit down?"
"How ridiculous! Who said you were invited to Lingyuxuan to eat?" Yu Yuelan was irritated by this rebuttal. She had never seen such a reckless daughter-in-law before.
Zheng argued, "If I'm not eating, then why did Mother-in-law ask me to come? Isn't Lingyuxuan a place for eating?"
Cui Banqin watched the war between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law unfold with great delight. Chu Fanghua from the second house had already given up on Zou Shuangtong. Cang Yi hurried over to dissuade them, "Mother-in-law, please don't be angry. Daughter-in-law Zhijun, please be quiet too..."
But her words fell silently like a stone into the water.
Yu Yuelan ignored her presence as well and started to scold Zheng, "Wife Zhijun, I ordered you here to serve the elders. I didn't order you to come here to have a leisurely meal. If you want to have a leisurely meal, go back to your room."
Go back to her room?
Zheng wanted to turn around and leave right now. Who would want to serve you?
But she couldn't provoke Yu Yuelan's anger and just get away with it. Otherwise, her sister-in-law would surely be affected.
So, Zheng continued to argue with her in a serious tone, "Mother-in-law, I don't understand. We have so many servants in our house who are paid monthly wages. Why don't you use them? Why do you ask your daughter-in-law to serve as a nanny? Does that mean that if your daughter-in-law serves, you don't have to pay these servants? Do daughters-in-law marry into our family just to serve as servants for the elders? It's so unfair."
"What nonsense, what sophistry—"
"Doing everything personally is filial piety, how can it be compared?" Yu Yuelan retorted angrily.
Taishi Zheng, determined to risk offending her elders, voiced her discontent, "Filial piety? But why does it seem to me that you and the elders don't value filial piety? Although the elders didn't raise me, I do everything for them, and I can be considered what you call personally caring for them, treating them like your own parents. But even though she does such a good job, she doesn't receive praise or recognition from my mother-in-law and the elders, and sometimes even gets ridiculed. Since you and the elders can't approve of it, why don't you find someone else to do it?"
Zheng spoke gently, without a trace of force. When she looked up, she saw a cold, stern look in her eyes, but she still wanted to say, "I guess only when Erlang comes here will mother-in-law feel truly satisfied and happy."
What a sharp-tongued new daughter-in-law! There is always someone better than you.
In the past, in this family, Yu Yuelan was the only one who taught others a lesson, so how could anyone else be angry with her?
From now on, there will be more fun to watch.
Everyone in the room was thinking a different story, but Cang Yi stood alone amid the chaos, looking at Taishi Zheng, who was like a ray of light shining down on her. This was the first time since she married into this family that someone had spoken up for her, stood up for her. She looked at the person before her, who, though frail, held a tremendous strength.
Yu Yuelan was furious at this moment.
She must set some rules for Taishi Zheng today, to prevent her from acting like the Princess of Lingshan County from the second house and climbing over her mother-in-law and acting recklessly in the future.
Yu Yuelan slammed the table and shouted, "How can a man do such a woman's thing? You are so disrespectful to your elders and you are slandering your husband. This is really a violation of the woman's code of conduct. Taishi Zheng, no matter how willful you were in the past, I don't care. But since you married into my Cui family, you must abide by the rules of my Cui family. Today, on behalf of your family, I will teach you the rules-"
It’s over.
Cang Yi cried out in his heart that something was wrong.
Tai Shi Zheng, on the other hand, remained calm and composed, and was not afraid of danger.
Zheng's confidence wasn't solely due to her support for Taishi, but more so because she valued herself. She'd already thought of a plan; a woman of her stature could bend and stretch. Yu Yuelan couldn't tear her apart. But if she didn't speak out today, they would only intensify their strife tomorrow.
But at that moment, a maidservant suddenly called out in surprise outside the house: "Oh my god, it's so scary. Erlangjun, what are you doing here——"
Yu Yuelan's anger was interrupted, and everyone looked outside. Zheng was also stunned by the sound.
Who? Cui Jilang?
Didn’t this person say… that he wouldn’t come?
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