God is so unfair.

Madam Ning San was fanning herself with a whirring fan.

"He risked his life to save the emperor." She said, "What the hell is going on."

Mrs. Ning Si was sitting cross-legged on the kang. Although she was not fanning herself, she was waving her handkerchief.

"It's a fabrication full of loopholes," she said. "It's ridiculous."

Madam Ning, who was sitting on the other side of the kang table, still had a peaceful expression, and her eyes and eyebrows were even more kind.

"But it is true that karma will be rewarded and Buddha will help those who are kind-hearted," she said.

"Sister-in-law." Madam Ning San shouted in dissatisfaction, "There is no such thing as an absolutely kind person. They are kind to the emperor, but they will not be kind to us. Look at what they have done."

"Killing people and searching the city is just short of setting it on fire." Madam Ning Si added, "Could it be that the emperor's decree allows them to be so arrogant?"

"It's to find someone," Madam Ning said softly, "The child at home is missing, and the adults are inevitably worried."

"Yes, it's just a fifteen-year-old child who didn't come home at night." Madam Ning Si emphasized the fifteen years old, "and it caused a great disturbance in the city, and people searched the city and broke into houses like wolves and tigers."

"Has the eldest brother told the second brother about these things? The Fang family's actions must be told to the emperor." Madam Ning San said.

When they were talking about this, Master Ning came in, followed by Ning Yunyan.

After staying at home for several months, doing needlework in the yard and learning how to manage household chores, she looked much more plump.

It also looks a bit ruthless, listless and boring.

After entering the room, he bowed to his mother and two aunts, then stood aside without saying a word.

"How can you let your second brother tell me about this?" said Grandpa Ning, frowning. "You don't need to tell me about this either. The Jinyiwei will report it to Taiyuan Prefecture."

"It's been so long, why is there no movement at all?" said Lady Ning Si. "Why are the Jinyiwei so obedient this time?"

"Of course, His Majesty the Emperor has forbidden any movement." Master Ning said, "Needless to say."

Needless to say, the women of the Ning family were not so stupid as to guess it, but after confirming the fact, they were still furious.

"It's really unfair." Mrs. Ning San said, shaking her fan angrily.

"You don't have to laugh at the ridiculous story the Fang family made up." Mr. Ning said, sitting down on the chair.

Ning Yunyan immediately poured tea and brought it over.

Master Ning took it and took a sip.

"This story is meant for the common people to hear. It naturally suits their taste. It's weird and bizarre." He said, looking at Madam Ning, "Cause and effect go round and round. Good deeds are rewarded, there are gods and Buddhas, there are emperors, there are thrilling events, there are turns of events, there are unexpected rewards for not asking for something, and only twists and turns can attract people. Only then can the story spread. As for loopholes and absurdities, the common people don't care."

"Then the officials don't care?" Mrs. Ning San said.

Master Ning smiled.

"Of course the officials are in charge," he said. "They only need to worry about whether the imperial edict is real. As for how the imperial edict came about, they can ask about it in private. They can discuss it. Can they still raise doubts? That happened during the time of the previous emperor."

He took another sip of tea.

"Your Majesty is a filial son." He said meaningfully.

The emperor was appointed to the throne in a time of crisis and was highly controversial. It is said that he agreed to the throne out of filial piety to the late emperor, otherwise he would have committed suicide to show his determination.

Since the Fang family said that this was an imperial decree from the late emperor, how could the emperor question it?

Besides, it has been verified that it is indeed the handwriting and seal of the late emperor, and it has been recorded in the book.

Madam Ning San and Madam Ning Si looked at each other, feeling somewhat aggrieved and helpless.

"Then no one can mess with the Fang family," they said.

"Whether they can be offended or not does not depend on others, but on themselves." Mr. Ning twisted his beard and said, "Those who do unrighteousness will be punished by themselves."

"How come this thing appeared in Yangcheng?" Mrs. Ning San said angrily.

The most important thing is that this object is somewhat related to their Ning family.

"Why would I bother with him? If he comes to search our house, I will open the door and let them search it. They can search it however they want." Mr. Ning said with a smile, "It's okay if they search our house."

As he said this he burst into laughter.

"The person holding the imperial edict is not the same as the person writing it. Don't lose your sense of propriety and forget your duty."

In the past dynasties, there were many high-ranking officials with great merit who, with red-lettered and iron certificates, eventually acted recklessly and escaped death.

It was arrogant but tolerable for the Fang family to use the imperial edict to seek revenge and clear their grievances and mobilize soldiers and officials, or to find someone to search the city. However, this kind of thing could only happen once or twice, but not three times. Especially when the imperial edict was used to make trouble and involved court officials, it would not just be the common people who would come out to speak up and question them.

Madam Ning Da, Madam Ning San, Madam Ning Si and others all had smiles on their faces.

"But what if they don't want to search our house, but instead use the imperial edict to force us to acknowledge our engagement with the Jun family?" Ning Yunyan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said.

The laughter in the room suddenly died down, and the expressions of the four people froze.

After all, the reason why they were so concerned and attentive about the fact that the other family had an imperial edict was because of the dispute that had occurred in the past.

Because of their different status, they should have had the upper hand in the dispute.

But we have suffered losses time and again. If we can't afford to provoke, we can avoid it. We should take a step back and wait and see.

As a result, before they had taken a few steps and had not yet come up with a long-term plan, the Fang family took out the imperial edict again.

A person who issues invoice numbers was treated like a founding hero.

This is really depressing.

Mr. Ning twirled his beard and made a sound.

"You said that the reason why father arranged the marriage with the Jun family was because he knew that the Fang family had an unusual origin of the imperial edict?" he suddenly said.

Madam Ning slammed her hands on the table.

This action startled the people in the room again.

Madam Ning rarely loses her temper like this.

"You, how could you think of father like this?" Mrs. Ning said angrily, "Who do you think father is?"

That's why.

The atmosphere in the room became more relaxed, and Mr. Ning also smiled awkwardly.

It was indeed disrespectful to say that to Old Lady Ning, so he coughed lightly to ease the awkwardness.

"Yanyan, don't worry about this." He looked at Ning Yunyan and said, "The Fang family's imperial edict is only known to Old Madam Fang. Miss Jun didn't know it at the time. When Miss Jun made such a fuss, Old Madam Fang didn't use it to threaten her, and she won't do that now."

"Yes, now Miss Jun is already a wife of the Fang family." Madam Ning San said, fanning herself with disgust, "If the young master of the Fang family died of illness and became a widow, it would be shameless for her to take out the imperial decree to force her to remarry into our family. But the young master of the Fang family has recovered from his illness and can't die. Do you think she still needs to take out the imperial decree to cuckold herself?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Madam Ning glared at her and said angrily, "In front of the child."

Madam Ning San looked at Ning Yunyan.

"Yanyan, that's why I told you not to go out. If you get entangled with Miss Jun, you will get yourself dirty," she said.

Ning Yunyan smiled and said thank you.

"I understand, Auntie." She said obediently, patting her chest again, with full of relief, "Fortunately, my brother escaped. I told you, my brother is such a good person, it's impossible for him to be so unlucky."

"Speaking of which, it's been a while since you wrote a letter to Yun Zhao, right?" said Mr. Ning. "Write a letter to ask him how he's doing lately."

"You are not a child anymore, why are you still thinking about him so much?" Madam Ning said with a smile, looking at Ning Yunyan, "Write a letter to your brother."

Ning Yunyan replied yes.

As they talked about the people and things in their family that were worthy of pride, the atmosphere in the house became cheerful. At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door, and a maid lifted the curtain and walked in with a panicked look on her face.

"Madam, madam, people are talking about the Fang family again." She said hurriedly.

Haven't we been talking about the Fang family for a long time? There's nothing surprising about it.

"Are you annoyed?" Mrs. Ning Si said unhappily, "I've heard so much that my ears are almost tangled."

"No, this time we are not talking about the Fang family's imperial edict," the maid said hurriedly, "but about Young Madam Fang."

Madam Fang?

These words startled everyone in the room.

Jun Zhenzhen? What is there to say about her?

…

With a crisp sound, the crowded teahouse fell silent, and all eyes turned towards the platform.

The storyteller on the platform opened his folding fan.

"Today we are talking about the old family affairs and the new people."