When Xu Miaomiao saw the two people coming, her brows frowned slightly, and she had a bad feeling in her heart.
When she saw the two of them, Gu Yuanniang looked at Madam Zhang with some confusion.
Madam Zhang received Gu Yuanniang's gaze and then explained, "These are my sister and brother-in-law. You should call them aunt."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yuanniang immediately bowed to the two people in front of her and said, "Xu Jia Liuniang greets my aunt and uncle."
They had never heard of the Xu family having any relatives in the capital, so how could an uncle and aunt suddenly appear? Xu Miaomiao was still a little confused, and Gu Yuanniang was also a little puzzled by the sudden situation. Before the two of them spoke, the woman on the stage was dissatisfied. She frowned and looked at Gu Yuanniang and said, "You are the new wife of Qingshan."
"My aunt..." Gu Yuan's mother hadn't finished her words.
The woman frowned and looked at her and said, "Don't interrupt your elders when they are talking."
Upon seeing this, Gu Yuanniang immediately pretended to remain silent.
The woman continued, “I heard that you are a second-married woman with a child.”
As the woman spoke, she picked up the teacup beside her and took a leisurely sip.
When Gu Yuanniang heard this, she was slightly stunned and looked at the woman in front of her, somewhat at a loss.
No woman was invited to the wedding that day, but now there was suddenly this relative who came forward to ask her what to do. She really didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Mrs. Zhang, who was standing by, was also amused when she saw this. She immediately smiled awkwardly and said, "I was busy the past two days and forgot to give this visiting card to you, sister. I hope you won't mind."
When the woman heard this, she glanced at Aunt Zhang and slowly placed the teacup on the table beside her, making a loud clatter. She said in a dissatisfied voice, "How can I care about your Xu family's affairs? But after all, you are also a branch of our family. If the reputation of marrying a second wife gets out because of this, and it ruins your reputation, that would be bad. You have to think carefully about it."
As the woman spoke, she looked at Madam Zhang with a sharp gaze. Madam Zhang was slightly stunned.
Xu Miaomiao, who was watching this scene at the side, found it somewhat shocking. She originally thought that Madam Zhang was a very powerful character, but now compared with this woman, she was really at a disadvantage.
After all, this person was from the Xu family, so Xu Miaomiao couldn’t say anything and could only watch the scene from the side.
"Okay, today we are here to talk about serious matters."
Seeing that both of them had finished speaking, the man on the side spoke first. Looking at Gu Yuanniang in front of him, he was a little puzzled: "After all, you just got married, why do you want to send my niece to the government? What did she do to deserve you to treat her like this?"
"Brother-in-law, what are you talking about?" Madam Zhang, who was standing by, heard this and immediately said, "Honglian is naturally well-behaved and sensible, but who knows what evil she has done to want to murder Ling'er. Ling'er is just a few years old. How could she bear such treatment from her? She almost lost her life. If we keep such a person at home..."
Before Madam Zhang finished her words, the woman beside her slapped the table in dissatisfaction: "I watched Honglian grow up, and she has a kind heart. You said she wanted to murder the child, but I don't believe it at all. Maybe there is something behind it."
"Misunderstand?"
Hearing the woman say this, Mrs. Zhang fell silent and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Seeing this, Gu Yuanniang smiled awkwardly and immediately handed over the written charges in her hand.
The woman did not accept the accusation, but looked at the red lotus on the ground and said, "Tell me what happened."
Honglian kowtowed to the woman, with tears in her eyes, and pointed at Gu Yuanniang and said, "You have to make the decision for me, aunt. My parents died and I was entrusted to you. You said that the Xu family was a noble family and that you would not make it difficult for me to be a maid. But now that Gu Yuanniang has married into the family, she has been making things difficult for me. I really can't live like this, so I came up with this despicable method. But I didn't intend to harm the young master's life. I just wanted to teach him a lesson. Who knew that he didn't hold on firmly and fell out. It's not my fault."
"Where did you learn this skill of confusing right and wrong?"
When Gu Yuanniang heard this, she looked at the woman on the ground angrily and said, "When have I ever blamed you? I haven't even said a few words to you since I came into the mansion, yet you slandered me like this."
When Honglian heard this, her eyes turned red with grievance. She looked at the woman and said, "When Miss Liu Hong was here, Madam Gu insisted on interfering, making it impossible for Mr. Xu and Madam Liu Hong to be together. Now I just spoke up for Madam Liu Hong, but Madam Gu actually wanted to kill me. She just found a fault and wanted to send me to the government office for punishment. How can this be justified?"
Liu Hong started crying as she spoke, looking extremely pitiful.
Xu Miaomiao couldn't help but admire this acting. If she hadn't witnessed the whole incident, she would have been impressed by Liu Hong. Her words were flawless and in just a few words she blamed all the mistakes on Gu Yuanniang, portraying Gu Yuanniang as a narrow-minded woman who could not tolerate others.
"Mother, please tell them quickly that this is not the case." Seeing this, Gu Yuan's mother could only look at Madam Zhang for help.
Madam Zhang lowered her head and straightened her clothes, remaining silent. The woman next to her saw this and said, "Since this is the truth, you can't treat a maid like this. Since you've married into the Xu family, I have nothing to say. I just hope you can be strict with yourself and lenient with your children. Don't arbitrarily put the blame on others because of your own negligence. Fortunately, we came to take a look today. If we hadn't come, you would probably just find a fault and drive my niece out."
"My dear lady, it's not my fault. Why should I bear the consequences?"
Gu Yuanniang was a little stubborn and spoke stubbornly.
When Xu Miaomiao heard this, she immediately pulled her sleeves, but Gu Yuanniang seemed to be in a state of madness at this time, and she would not listen to anyone. When the woman on the high platform heard this, she suddenly frowned, but her eyes relaxed a lot. She looked at Gu Yuanniang and said to me, "Good child, I know you feel wronged. You just married into this family, and because you are a second wife, you must have suffered a lot of rumors from people around you. But even so, you can't beat and scold a servant like this."
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