At the moment when Yu hit Ren, not to mention maids like Qin Yi Niang were frightened, even Yao Niang was shocked. Her mother had been abused by Jiang Yi Niang before and had to swallow the bitter fruit. Now she had sons and daughters and a husband to support her, and she stood up again.

Furthermore, when Yao Niang heard that Ren was causing trouble for her, saying that she had tricked Shi Fang into going to Meilin for fun, she felt that she was making it up. When she was about to explain, her father, who had never been involved in any matter, also stood up.

Luo Zhizheng frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, you are becoming more and more unbecoming now? The fourth girl is one year older than Yao Niang, and she is followed by four or five other girls. She ran around by herself, but you came to find fault with us. What's the matter? Last time your daughter let the dog bite your daughter-in-law, and she extorted two hundred taels from us. This time you have no money again. Look at this place, what is your turn to make trouble?"

After being slapped by Yu, Ren had become a little timid. Normally, she was the one who had the final say in the Luo family because of her arrogance, and now Luo Zhizheng also started to help her.

Her face flushed red and she wanted to curse a few more times.

Yao Niang couldn't help but say, "Aunt, as soon as the teacher said that school was over yesterday, I was hungry, so I ran back with my sixth sister. I didn't even tell my fourth sister, so how could I let her go to Meilin? If you hadn't mentioned it today, I wouldn't have known that she went to Meilin yesterday."

"Third brother, are you going to scold me? Sister Fang was frozen for most of the night yesterday and passed out. We don't know if she can live long. I just came to ask you, you blame me for your woman beating me?" Ren covered her face and cried.

Because she heard what Yao Niang said, she would not think that the fact was that Shi Fang was just playing around. Instead, she thought that Yao Niang was mean and deliberately instigated it, but did not leave any evidence, which showed that she was vicious.

She still used the same trick, crying, making a fuss, and then hanging herself. Once she started, everyone followed her.

Luo Zhizheng did not show any mercy this time. He said to his servants, "Open all the windows so that everyone can see what our eldest wife looks like. Then call our great-aunt and tell her that there is no room for her in our house anymore."

The servants had long disliked Ren, who had been causing trouble time and again. Although Fan was feeling uneasy and thought things were going to get out of hand, she was also secretly happy.

Soon, the doors of Wenhua Hall opened one by one. Although the servants did not dare to peek in, Ren felt very embarrassed.

Although she often hopes that the entire Luo family will be unlucky and pull everyone into trouble, anyway, my family has no ability, so let's destroy it together.

But when she realized that if something really happened to the Luo family, her family member Shifang's marriage and the future of her sons and grandsons would all be over, she began to fear again.

In the past, Yu would certainly give her a step down, but now Yu pulled Yao Niang and looked at her coldly without saying a word.

When Old Lady Dou came over, she understood a little bit when she saw Ren's expression, so Luo Zhizheng first ordered people to close the windows.

Then he sighed again: "Such a small matter should not have been known to the whole city, nor should it have disturbed the old lady. As the saying goes, you must first stabilize the country before you can resist foreign aggression. The eldest sister-in-law is indiscriminate and calls the younger generation a whore as soon as she enters the house. If she gets her way every time, what reputation will our Luo family have in front of relatives in the future? If there is unrest in the family, we will all have to return to our hometown in Gaoping."

Ren saw that the situation was not good and cried out in injustice: "Old lady, I was just in a hurry. I went to look for Shi Fang in the snow late last night. The child almost froze to death in the garden. She said that Yao Niang told her that Meilin was beautiful and scared her into going alone. I felt sorry for my daughter, so -"

"Sister-in-law loves her daughter, so how can she not love your daughter-in-law Zhou? You don't know that she is unstable. Shi Fang teased the dog and the dog bit Tian Ge's daughter-in-law, and you angrily found my daughter-in-law and said that we deliberately sent the dog over. It was clearly you who used your authority as an elder to let my daughter-in-law send it over, and you said a lot of words. I thought that my eldest sister was going to get married, and we had just arrived in Beijing, so I secretly gave Zhou two hundred taels of silver as you said, and donated money to her brother for prison, and then the matter was over. How could I have known that today, you would come to our house and scold us for no reason?" Yu stood up and said righteously.

Old Lady Dou knew that the eldest branch had turned the tables, and Luo Zhizheng had come out to make the decision for Yu. This time, she had offended the other party. She knew that Ren was such a person that she couldn't live well, as if the whole family owed her something. If she didn't feel sorry for her son, she would have wished that she would have let her stay in her hometown.

"Ren, what else do you have to say? If you don't repent, you can go back to your hometown and leave you to the care of your third uncle. Otherwise, who knows how much trouble you will cause." Old Madam Dou looked at her disappointedly.

Ren's face was filled with shame. She seemed to have never suffered such a humiliation before. She knew that her situation was hopeless and was afraid of being sent back to her hometown, so she knelt down and kowtowed: "Madam, it's me, I was blinded by greed."

She stood up again and apologized to Mrs. Yu: "I was too worried about Shi Fang about Yao Niang's matter, Third Sister-in-law, it's all my fault."

Seeing this, Old Lady Dou suddenly remembered that when Ren came to marry, she was very careful and cautious, just like a lady from a rich family. When did she start to change? It was probably after Luo Zhizheng passed the imperial examination, she became sharp-tongued. After Luo Zhixiao passed the imperial examination and was appointed an official, she could no longer calm down.

In response to Ren's apology, Yu also said generously: "Sister-in-law, you and I are sisters-in-law, just like real sisters. I will not be angry with you. We are family, so it's better to talk about the matter. Only when the family is harmonious can everything be prosperous."

Ren gritted her teeth and had to put on a smile: "Yes, yes."

Aunt Qin stood outside the door. Although she didn't know what happened inside, she felt that Ren's life must be difficult...

In this backyard, if your man is willing to support you and at the same time, he is a capable man, then your life will definitely be easy, and that's the case with Luo Zhizheng.

But if Ren was like this, her husband might listen to her, but this Mr. Luo has no fame and his son still has to rely on his uncles for support. Ren is used to being domineering in her own small family, but when she meets Luo Zhizheng, she has to be submissive.

What worries Aunt Qin even more is that the master really has his wife in his heart, otherwise, he would not care about such trivial matters.

Before Yu came into the family, she was still favored because the original wife Wang and Luo Zhizheng did not have a harmonious relationship, and she was also not on good terms with her mother-in-law. Although the housekeeper was very strong, as a woman, she was too strong. At that time, she was able to take advantage of the opportunity and gain the favor of her husband.

But now, it is no longer possible. The old man has not come to her place for a long time, and she has almost fallen out of favor. Moreover, looking at the situation today, the old man clearly intends to make a big fuss and tell everyone that if anyone in this house wants to bully the mistress and bully her as a successor, it is impossible.

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After this battle, Yu's prestige in the family increased greatly, the servants serving Yao Niang and Jing Hao became more diligent, and Luo Zhizheng's relationship with Yu also became better.