Chapter 180: Respect and Inferiority
"Miss, please don't stop me and let me fight this old rascal!"
Lan Yin wanted to break free, but unexpectedly, Shen Ningyuan gently pulled her behind him.
"Miss, why are you stopping me?" Lan Yin glared at Nanny Lian angrily, "This old rascal said you have no manners, I can't stand it!"
Seeing Chen Ningyuan stopping Lan Yin, even the nanny thought she was afraid, and the smugness on her face became more and more obvious.
He urged directly: "Young Madam, you should pack up and go see the old lady!"
But who would have thought that Shen Ningyuan would snort coldly, "What are you meeting? The most important thing now is to figure out another thing."
"What's the matter?" Nanny Lian was stunned and looked at Shen Ningyuan in surprise.
"It's fine if you say I have no rules. After all, I don't want to follow the rules in the Ji family."
"But we have to talk about this respect and inferiority!" Chen Ningyuan looked at Nanny Lian coldly, "I am the master, you are the slave, I respect you and you are inferior, but you are bossing me and my maid around in front of me."
"In that case, I will let you know what respect and inferiority are!"
Looking at Shen Ningyuan's momentum, Nanny Lian asked with a trembling voice: "What do you mean?"
Shen Ningyuan did not respond, and directly ordered the maids on both sides, "You guys, arrest Madam Lian."
After saying that, two maids took two steps forward, grabbed Nanny Lian's arms, and forced her to kneel on the ground.
"Madame Qin, slap her face!"
After seeing that Nanny Lian was controlled, Shen Ningyuan didn't say any extra nonsense and directly ordered a slap in the face.
"Yes, Madam!"
Nanny Qin responded and walked up to Nanny Lian, and without saying a word, she threw out
"If you know what's good for you, go back and tell the old lady that my young lady is going to the front hall now. Please stop shouting and disturbing my young lady's peace."
Nanny Lian was choked and speechless. She pointed at Lan Yin with trembling fingers, but she was helpless and could only throw her handkerchief away in hatred.
As she spoke, she began to dress up slowly and gracefully, not seeming flustered at all by the old lady waiting in the front hall.
Lan Yin returned to the house and helped Shen Ningyuan fix her makeup while whispering, "Miss, this Lian Ma usually relies on being the old lady's confidant and is always arrogant and domineering in the mansion. I have long disliked her. Today I can finally dampen her arrogance."
Chen Ningyuan pursed her lips gently in front of the bronze mirror, with a hint of coldness in her eyes, "This is just the beginning. The old lady came back this time, I'm afraid she has bad intentions, it must be because of Chen Moer's matter. When we get to the front hall later, you follow me and act according to circumstances."
Lan Yin nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, Miss, I won't have to worry about it."
After a while, Shen Ningyuan dressed neatly and walked towards the front hall with great grace. Along the way, the maids and servants saw her and saluted respectfully. Shen Ningyuan nodded slightly, her eyes calm as water.
As soon as I stepped into the front hall, I saw Madam Ji sitting in the main seat, her face so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out. On the chairs on both sides, there were also several elders from the Marquis' Mansion, all with serious faces, and the atmosphere was so depressing that it made people breathless.
Chen Ningyuan looked calm, walked forward gracefully, and bowed slightly, "The daughter-in-law pays respects to the old lady. I didn't know that the old lady would return today. I am sorry for not welcoming you. I hope the old lady will forgive me."
Madam Ji snorted coldly, and did not let Shen Ningyuan stand up. She shot her eyes at her like a knife, "Hmph, you are so relaxed. I, an old woman, have been waiting for you in the front hall for so long, but you seem to be fine and come late."
Shen Ningyuan was not in a hurry, and still had a faint smile on her lips, "Please forgive me, old lady, my daughter-in-law just woke up from her nap, which delayed her for some time. The old lady came back from a long journey, and she should have had a good rest, but she was still waiting for her daughter-in-law in the front hall, which is the daughter-in-law's fault."
These words seemed humble and polite, but in fact they were veiled, implying that the old lady should not be so anxious to bring charges in the front hall.
Madam Ji naturally heard the hidden meaning, and her face became more and more ugly, "If I am not anxious, I am afraid that some people will take advantage of me, an old woman! Tell me, why do you want to lock up Mo'er? She is just an orphan living in the Marquis' Mansion. As the young lady of the Marquis' Mansion, how can you embarrass her like this?"
Shen Ningyuan straightened up and said calmly, "Old Madam, you don't know that Chen Mo'er behaved improperly in the mansion and violated the rules of the Marquis' Mansion. As the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, my daughter-in-law naturally cannot sit idly by, so she was locked up and punished a little, also to maintain the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion."
"Improper behavior?" Madam Ji slammed the table. "You say that so easily! I have watched Mo'er grow up since she was a child. She has always been well-behaved and sensible. How could she do anything that violates the rules? I think it's obvious that you can't tolerate her and are deliberately making things difficult for her!"
Chen Ningyuan's eyes flashed with an imperceptible cold light, but she still maintained a polite smile, "Since the old lady said so, it is not convenient for the daughter-in-law to argue. But the facts are what everyone in the mansion has seen. If the old lady does not believe it, you can call the relevant people and confront them face to face."
At this time, an elder from the Marquisate who had been sitting on the side without saying anything spoke up: "Ning Yuan, the old lady has always loved Mo'er, and your actions are indeed inappropriate. Even if Mo'er really made a mistake, you should have informed the old lady first and let her make the decision. You made the decision on your own, which inevitably makes people think that you are too arbitrary."
Chen Ningyuan looked at the elder and bowed slightly. "Thank you for your teachings, uncle. It was just that the incident happened suddenly, and I was worried that if it was not handled in time, it would damage the reputation of the Marquisate. And I did think about informing the old lady, but the old lady was out and had not returned. The journey was long, so it was difficult to deliver the news immediately. As the young lady of the Marquisate, I can't just watch the rules of the Marquisate being broken and do nothing."
The elder was speechless for a moment after being told by Shen Ningyuan, not knowing how to respond.
Seeing this, Madam Ji's face became even gloomier. "Good, very good! You are getting better at making excuses now. Let me ask you, when do you plan to release Mo'er?"
Chen Ningyuan looked firmly in the eyes of Madam Ji without flinching, "When Chen Moer realizes her mistake and promises not to make it again in the future, I will let her go. Otherwise, if I forgive her so easily, it may be difficult to convince the public. How can the rules of the Marquis' Mansion be maintained in the future?"
“You——” Madam Ji was so angry that she was shaking all over, pointing her finger at Shen Ningyuan, but she couldn’t speak.
Just as the situation became tense, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the front hall, followed by a clear voice: "Grandmother, sister-in-law, what are you arguing about so fiercely?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Ji Yunnuo striding into the front hall...
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