"Acquiesce? Why should she acquiesce? The Shen family doesn't belong to her alone." The sharp voice of my third uncle's grandmother was about to blow the roof off.
The nanny hurriedly advised: "Old Madam, please don't get angry. I have heard a piece of news."
"What news?"
"I heard that Yang has already handed over the warehouse keys and the matching cards."
"Okay, no wonder that old woman allowed Yang to enter the family! It turns out that she was dragging our Shen family into her shoes! I'm going to find her now..."
"Madam, you can't do that. The old lady in the main courtyard has only been the housekeeper for a few days, but she has already greatly reduced the allowances for each courtyard. Now she has completely taken back the power to manage the household. If you go against her openly now, our West Courtyard will have a hard time in the future. The old master and the others still need good medicinal herbs to recuperate..." The nanny hurriedly advised.
"So is that the end of it?"
"Madam, we can't go find the old lady, but we can find Yang."
"She no longer has any power over the family, and her body was defiled. She shouldn't have returned alive. As long as we deal with Yang and announce that she committed suicide out of chastity, we can definitely restore some of our Shen family's reputation."
When Third Uncle's grandmother heard this, she hesitated: "I'm afraid that old woman won't agree. After all, Yang Zhao can still find official positions for her children and grandchildren..."
"Madam, that's why we have to take action."
The nanny leaned closer to Third Uncle's grandmother and lowered her voice. "The people we sent out to follow Xia Ying have already found out the details of the people she has come into contact with in the past few days. This time, Yang's accident is our opportunity."
"Have you really figured it all out?"
"Yes, we've got it all figured out. Those people are indeed influential figures in the Ministry of Personnel. One of them is Lord Mu. He's been having tea and dinner with Minister Lu at the restaurant every day these past few days. Our people have already secretly contacted him."
Hearing this, Third Uncle's grandmother immediately laughed: "If that's the case, then don't blame me, as an elder, for being cruel. Go call a few maids and go with me to Qin Garden."
"Madam, this matter cannot be done by our West Court alone. We need to involve people from other courtyards, otherwise others will reap the benefits and we will be at a disadvantage."
"Then what are you still standing there for? Go get someone to shout!"
An hour later.
People from all the courtyards of the Shen family gathered together, and then, with a group of maids and servants, they went to the main courtyard, Qinyuan, with murderous intent.
By the time Mrs. Shen got the news, it was already too late.
The next day.
Market in Beijing.
"Have you heard about the Shen family's wife who was escorted back to the Shen family by the City Guard yesterday? I heard that after she returned, she was almost strangled to death in the house by a member of the Shen family."
"Are you talking about the Madam Shen whose innocence was slandered by bandits yesterday? If that's the case, she might as well be strangled to death!"
"That's right, what's the point of living for a person who has lost his innocence?"
"I heard that Madam Shen was carried in through the main gate. This Shen family is truly worthy of being a century-old scholarly family. They actually allowed such a disgraceful person to be carried in through the main gate. If it were me, I would probably strangle her to death outside the door with a white silk."
"That's right. She should have hit her head against the wall and died to show her chastity."
"Come back alive and harm others and yourself."
"Strangle to death..."
The news spread quickly.
Soon, the streets and alleys of the capital were full of discussions about this matter, and most people's conversations and discussions were exactly the same as before, all of them felt that the woman who had lost her innocence should not be alive! !
Fame seems to be more important than anything else!!
He is extremely harsh on women.
But what's even more ironic is that most of the people who are discussing this are actually women...
It was two days later when Mrs. Wei, who was recovering from her injuries, heard the news.
"Strangled to death? They actually strangled her to death? How dare they--" Madam Wei was so angry that flames almost burst out of her eyes, and she even smashed the medicine bowl in her hand.
Seeing this situation, Nanny Song, who told the news, hurriedly said: "Madam, don't worry. Madam Shen is not dead. I heard that she was almost strangled to death, but in the end she was protected by the loyal maid beside her and she is still alive."
“He’s still alive now!”
Madam Wei glared at Nanny Song, her chest still heaving.
"What on earth is going on? Explain it clearly."
Nanny Song immediately told everything that had been rumored outside over the past two days.
After hearing this, Mrs. Wei almost laughed out of anger.
"Mrs. Shen was with me at the time and never left me. How could she be considered to have been raped by bandits? Then what about me? This is simply ridiculous!"
"I don't know how this matter got spread like this."
In fact, Nanny Song has been paying close attention to it these past two days. After all, her wife came back with Madam Shen. But the strange thing is that the only thing that has been rumored outside these two days is Madam Shen, and her wife has nothing to do with it.
It feels like someone is controlling me...
Mrs. Wei thought of something at this time, and asked with a cold face: "In the past two days, hasn't anyone from the Shen family stood up to speak for her?" She didn't believe that Yang Zhao would not explain the situation after returning.
Nanny Song shook her head: "No, but I did hear another piece of news about Madam Shen."
"What news?"
“I heard that the day Madam Shen returned, the old lady of the Shen family took away her power as the head of the family.”
"You mean, her power as head of the family was taken away from her?"
"yes."
"Oh!"
Madam Wei laughed, her teeth gnashing as she said, "The Shen family, to the man who has protected them for six years, can be so ruthless. This really opened my eyes."
"Madam, please don't be too angry. Although Madam Shen is innocent, rumors are rampant. Now that the news has spread like this, the Shen family probably wants to take care of the women in the family, so..."
"fart!"
"What do you mean by considering the female relatives?"
"When the Shen family was in trouble, it was Yang Zhao who married into their family, protected the women of their Shen family, and even supported their Shen family. Now, just because of a false rumor, he wants to strangle her to death? And he wants to take away her power as the head of the family? Pah!"
Nanny Song's eyelids twitched: "Madam, please be careful with your words."
Madam Wei didn't know why she was so angry, but she felt a lump in her throat. "Alright, that Yang Zhao is my savior. If she is really labeled as someone who was abused by bandits, then my reputation will be ruined."
"Madam Song, take my business card and go to the Shen family for me..."
*
Shen family.
Old Madam Shen had been so busy these past two days that she looked haggard. She had never dreamed that those old guys in the East and West Compounds would be so bold as to attack Yang Zhao.
Thinking back to that day when she rushed to Qin Garden and saw the blood all over the ground...
A chill ran down her spine.
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