These words were as sharp as a knife. Zhang, who was always good at dealing with people, knelt down immediately and said in a trembling voice: "Madam, you are too kind to me. You are the wife of the Crown Prince, a first-rank official. Who are we? How dare we disrespect you? Even if you ask us to do something, we will do it for you without hesitation."
As she spoke, tears began to fall: "You're using your status as the Crown Prince's wife to pressure us servants. This isn't just killing a chicken with a butcher knife, this is using a machete to chop a chicken. Grandma, you don't follow the rules. That's the status of the Crown Prince's wife, and you're using it to pressure others so casually. Is there any justice in the world?"
"Just respect it." Su Nuannuan showed a smile on her face, and said leisurely: "Since you respect it, you can give the order for me. I don't think you will use some lame excuse like Zhaocai was beaten up outside to fool me in the end, right?"
"No, no, we wouldn't dare to do it even if we had ten guts." Zhang kept saying this, and seeing Su Nuannuan nod, she said, "That's good. Unfortunately, the master was busy yesterday and hasn't returned home yet, otherwise I wouldn't bother you with this matter. Okay, you ask someone to investigate it for me, I'll wait in the room. If the investigation is still not done by the time the prince comes back, I won't need you to do this, and just let the prince solve it for me." Humph! Duan Tingxuan's tiger skin should still be useful, it's a waste if he doesn't talk about it.
What do you mean? Do you think that the status of the Crown Prince's wife is not enough, and even the Crown Prince is being used to pressure us? Are you going to leave us no chance of survival?
Zhang watched Su Nuannuan leave with tears in her eyes. She was not just trembling with fear, but all her organs were trembling: It's over, it's over, this time she was so happy that her grandmother had been more obedient after her return, but she never thought that she was obedient. But she turned out to be a needle in a cotton ball, and once someone provokes her, she will prick you and kill you.
The Dong family's wife understood Zhang's feelings very well. After giving her enough time to grieve, she said softly, "Sister-in-law, what should we do?"
"What else can we do?" Zhang got up and said fiercely, "Investigate. Order someone to investigate immediately. Whoever reports the clue first will be allowed to go to the grandmother to collect the money."
"Do we need to investigate this? It's obvious that the second grandma sent someone to do it." Dong's wife smiled bitterly, thinking that this foolish sister-in-law should not only care about the first grandma. Forget about the second grandma? That one is not someone to be trifled with.
"Then what can I do? Are you really waiting for the prince to come back and deal with this matter?" At this point, Zhang suddenly became confused and looked at the Dong family's wife and said, "Do you think the prince will really help her out? Didn't the prince dislike her unreasonable behavior the most in the past?"
"Oh, my sister-in-law. That was in the past. The grandmother is totally different now. Not to mention the prince, didn't you see that even the old lady doesn't care about her? She doesn't go to pay respects every other day, but the old lady often calls her over to talk. Even Miss Qiu Ling said that if the grandmother is with her, the old lady will have no worries for the whole day and can even eat an extra bowl of rice."
Zhang gasped. Then she rolled her eyes and said, "Then what else did you tell me? Send someone to investigate immediately. We can't afford to offend either the eldest or second grandmother. The only thing we can do is to handle this impartially."
When Su Nuannuan returned to her room, Honglian said worriedly, "Grandma went there in person, but she only said a few words and came back. What if people say they didn't see it? Second Madam is one of the heads of the family. Although her power is not as great as that of Madam Yun, who would be willing to offend her easily? Your move is not very clever."
"Haha! Duan Tingxuan and Second Madam, which one do you think the servants will lean towards?" Su Nuannuan glanced at Honglian: "Besides, I went there in person. Do you think the Lu family dares to come to me empty-handed and say that no one saw who beat Zhaocai?"
Honglian was speechless, and after thinking for a while, she said distressedly: "But Grandpa is good to Grandma, but in our courtyard, others may not know it."
Su Nuannuan shook her finger and said, "Wrong, wrong, wrong, what do you think is the easiest thing to spread in the mansion? It's these gossips, especially for a hostess like me who has turned over a new leaf. It's probably the topic they like to talk about. Didn't you see how many little girls come to talk to Cong'erhua'er every day? How do you know they are not trying to find out the news? As long as one person knows that Duan Tingxuan treats me well, the whole mansion will know it within a day. Haha! It's been half a month since we moved back here, right?"
Honglian nodded gently. Facts have proved that what Su Nuannuan said is absolutely correct. Zhang knew that she was using a tiger skin to make a big banner, but she did not dare to neglect it at all. If this does not satisfy the grandmother, who knows whether the tiger skin of the prince will really become the banner of the grandmother?
In less than half an hour, a maid came over and swore that how Zhaocai was beaten. It was indeed done by several maids in the Shi family's courtyard. The maid described it vividly and was not afraid of confrontation. I guess she really saw it with her own eyes, otherwise a maid could not make up such detailed details.
Su Nuannuan nodded and said, "Very good, I keep my word. Honglian, take out ten taels of silver and give it to this mother. Also, go tell Grandma Yun that I am still short of a night watchman in my courtyard. I want to keep this mother."
The old woman had a patient at home, and she gritted her teeth and stepped forward to earn the ten taels of silver for urgent use. Now, seeing that the eldest lady had done things so well that even her worries were relieved, her original desire for profit suddenly turned into gratitude, and she hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank her.
Su Nuannuan stood up and said, "Since there is a witness, let's go and ask Second Grandma for the person."
"Grandma, this won't do..."
Honglian was shocked to hear that her grandmother was going to use such a simple and rough method. She was about to stop her, but she heard Su Nuannuan snorted coldly, "What else? It's just a simple matter, but I have to play five or six tricks, and finally let the second grandmother suffer a loss, and let this matter end in tacit understanding? Humph! I'm too lazy to waste my energy with them, it's better to be simple and rough, let's go."
Honglian wanted to say that all the fights in the backyard were like this. Grandma, you are simply trampling on the unwritten rules with your simple and rough approach. The consequences of doing so are unpredictable. I don't know if the old lady will help you. But seeing Su Nuannuan's firm expression, she knew that if this master made up her mind, the prince would not be able to stop her, so she swallowed the words back into her stomach.
As soon as he went out, he saw Duan Tingfang and Duan Xinqi, brother and sister, walking in. Master Duan had a blank expression on his face, and his eyebrows and eyes were full of arrogance. However, Duan Xinqi was more relaxed than before because he was familiar with Su Nuannuan. When he saw her coming out with someone, he pulled his brother forward to greet her, and then smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, are you going out? Why are you so murderous?"
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