Chapter 115 Stepping forward and slapping four times across the face
Aunt Deng bit her tongue to keep herself from getting angry.
But his descendants couldn't help themselves.
“Mother. It’s only right that you call us back to take care of you. But my mother…”
Madam Pei slammed her hand on the table and shouted sternly, "Who's your mother?! How dare you! Aunt Deng, is this how you've raised your two sons all these years? Now they're masters themselves, and they still have no manners! Guards, slap them!"
Granny Zhang stepped forward and slapped Aunt Deng across the face four times.
Aunt Deng was completely dumbfounded!
A chubby face, in the blink of an eye, became even chubbier.
The crowd below was stunned, and even Li Qingzhu, who was visiting the inner courtyard of Jingci Hall for the first time, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Ms. Qu gripped the handkerchief in her hand even tighter with nervousness.
So my mother-in-law is such a formidable person!
When one of the illegitimate sons angrily tried to get up, he was pressed back down by several nannies who had been waiting nearby.
With a thud, the illegitimate son knelt heavily on the ground again.
He was still filled with resentment: "You—"
"The old lady is just disciplining a concubine. Does she expect you two to put her in her place? What, are you two gentlemen going to back up our old concubine?"
Granny Zhang clapped her hands, and in an instant, more than a dozen skilled nannies surrounded her. Everyone lowered their heads under the pressure and intimidation.
Madam Pei glanced coldly at everyone in the hall before letting out a cold snort.
As soon as Aunt Deng returned, she was put in her place by Madam Pei.
Little did she know that the old lady would be so disrespectful to her.
Back in the village, she was the matriarch!
Rich and powerful, surrounded by children and grandchildren, how happy they are!
Originally, she was somewhat pleased when she heard that she was going back to the General's Mansion, thinking that her return would upset the old lady and give her children a chance to take over the General's Mansion again.
But at this moment, she felt a little afraid...
The menacing aura in the old lady's eyes was there back then.
But it was Li Chaojing who stopped her back then, which saved Aunt Deng from a lot of suffering.
But now, the master hates her to the core...
Will I really be skinned alive when I come back this time?
In an instant, Aunt Deng's arrogance subsided.
Finally, before Aunt Deng could even settle into her new place, Madam Pei punished her by making her copy Buddhist scriptures at Futang.
The two illegitimate sons are to come to Jingci Hall to pay their respects every day starting tomorrow.
Then Madam Pei dismissed everyone.
Li Qingluo knew that her grandmother had her own ways of dealing with people, so she felt relieved.
After she got up to say goodbye, on her way back to the Red Maple Pavilion, she heard a sobbing sound.
“My mother blames me. But it’s not my fault! I wanted to live in that courtyard too…”
"Stop crying. Don't you know? Father has always been filial. Today, Grandmother was punished, and Father is also feeling bad. He must be extremely angry, which is why he took his anger out on us. If you let him hear you crying again..."
Li Qingluo glanced at Que'er, who immediately nodded.
When Que'er returned, Li Qingluo was holding the invitation from the princess's residence, deep in thought.
Prince Su said that the princess's residence was going to hold a winter banquet and asked her to bring the drawings with her.
Li Qingluo had known this invitation would come, but the invitation said that she should bring her whole family of sisters with her that day.
"Our household is quite lively now. We already had three young ladies, and four more have arrived. Now there are seven young ladies. Are we really going to bring them all that day?"
Granny Deng smiled and shook her head.
The princess's mansion probably never expected that their general's mansion would suddenly have four more girls.
Li Qingluo: "The princess's residence can accommodate a few people, and the princess certainly won't mind. It's just... I don't want to bring them."
Que'er: "Then why don't you just take Huan'er with you, Miss?"
Li Qingluo looked at her: "How did the investigation go?"
Que'er quickly walked over and said, "Miss, I've asked around. The one who wanted to stand up for Aunt Deng today was the Second Master. The two girls we just saw were from the Second Branch. The courtyard they wanted to live in was taken by the girls from the Third Branch, and they were scolded by their father."
Granny Deng: "The third son is Aunt Deng's second son. He seems to have been more favored since childhood. I heard that he is a tyrant on the estate and always acts arrogantly. But today he looks like a quail to me."
Li Qingluo chuckled upon hearing this description.
The second and third wives were two sons born out of wedlock.
They are all married now, but because they are all seven or eight years younger than Li Chaojing, the oldest of the descendants who returned today is the eldest daughter of the second wife, who is only twelve or thirteen years old.
The rest are even younger.
Li Qinglu thought for a moment and said, "Then let's bring them all. If the princess asks about it that day, I'll have a good answer."
Otherwise, it would only displease the princess.
However, whether they embarrass themselves, gain face, or make a name for themselves is their own business.
Li Qingluo is thick-skinned and doesn't care about family honor.
"Go and inform the various departments that I will take those who are willing to go."
This was also an opportunity for her to find out about Aunt Deng's background.
The sparrow responded.
But then she suddenly thought of, "What about the Ziwei Hall..."
Li Qingluo didn't bother with saving face, "I won't shout!"
Li Qingluo was deliberately trying to provoke Li Qingzhu.
Li Qingzhu was naturally furious.
"She's willing to bring those newly returned young girls along, so why not me!?"
"I'm her nominal older sister, after all. Does she really not care about even that much face?"
"Am I, Li Qingzhu, not even as good as these country girls?"
"Why should the Princess's residence send her an invitation! I am the eldest daughter of the General's family!!"
In a fit of anger, Li Qingzhu swept everything off the table and smashed all the porcelain pieces on the floor.
When Zhuang Wei came in and saw the mess on the floor, his jaw almost dropped in shock.
"Pearl, what's wrong? Did someone make you angry?"
Li Qingzhu was surprised that Zhuang Sanlang had seen what she had just done, and she panicked for a moment.
But soon, with tears still streaming down her face, she threw herself into Zhuang Sanlang's arms again.
"Waaaaah, Saburo... I was just angry with myself, that's why I lost my temper like that!"
Seeing how heartbroken she was, Zhuang Wei's doubts vanished instantly.
He held Li Qingzhu in his arms, tenderly wiping away her tears: "What happened? Who bullied you? Tell me, and I'll go find him and get revenge for you!"
Li Qingzhu sobbed, "It's not that anyone bullied me... it's my own fault for not being a good older sister. It was also because I was willful before, afraid that my parents would no longer love me, that I caused the self-immolation incident. Now that I'm home, my younger sister Luo'er must be extremely angry with me, so I..."
"So this time, the princess's invitation was sent to the Red Maple Pavilion. I heard that Sister Luo'er is going to bring all the sisters in her family, including the cousins who just came back today, but I'm not going."
"Sanlang, I feel so ashamed, I have no face left! Waaah..."
Zhuang Wei: "How could she be so petty? I'm going to confront her!"
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