Chapter 9: Cheating



Yu was relieved to see that Yao Niang was young and understood things.

She was afraid that Yao Niang didn't understand the relationship, so she explained to her: "Your third sister is not my daughter. She and your eldest brother have the same mother and grew up in her maternal grandfather, Marquis Yanping's mansion. So, you just listen to what she says. If there is anything wrong, just tell me, but don't tell your father."

If there is no reliable witness, her husband will think that she is instigating the incident, which will make Yao Niang's reputation worse. Now Jing Rou has a very good reputation, and Yao Niang has just returned. If the two of them confront each other and something goes wrong, who will people blame? This is clear at a glance.

Now, Luo Jingrou probably doesn't know that they have already known her little tricks. This way, the enemy is in the open and I am in the dark, so I can be on guard, which is a good thing.

Anyway, in three years, she will be getting married after she reaches the age of 15.

Yao Niang understood what Yu said, knew that Yu had begun to become alert, and felt that she had achieved her goal.

It is also said that young Jiang received instructions from Old Madam Dou to arrange the marriage of the eldest daughter Luo Shilan, and she was eager to show her skills.

Yu was also discussing this matter with Luo Zhi: "Although this is a family event and I should help, the old lady pointed to Fa Ge's daughter-in-law. I think that although she is young, she is smart and capable, and I think it is feasible." In fact, the main reason was that the second branch had to pay for the wedding, and the two sides had already separated, and Yu was unwilling to interfere too much in other people's affairs.

"That's true what you said, but if you hand over your pair of cards when you come to Beijing this time, you will be wasting your martial arts. In this case, you still have to keep your pair of cards. We can't control the money in their accounts and the people in their mansion, but we can let her come to you for ours." Luo Zhizheng said after a moment of hesitation.

Yu suddenly realized: "I am so sorry for you, old man. Otherwise, I would have lost all my dignity without even realizing it." After going to the capital, the two families lived in the same place, but Yu was in charge of the pair. Little Jiang naturally wanted to set up a pair, intentionally or unintentionally, and made everyone listen to her without making a sound.

"I knew you were like that." Luo Zhizheng raised his chin.

Yu came forward and suddenly kissed his chin. Luo Zhizheng's ears turned slightly red, and Yu hugged him again.

Ever since Luo Jingrou brought the "Thousand Character Classic" over last time, she has come over every now and then. Every time she does, she either brings food like thousand-layer cake or comes to talk about homework with Yao Niang. She never mentions anything else.

Even Yao Niang admired her for her ability to keep calm.

However, Luo Jingrou discovered that Yao Niang not only did not dislike her father as she thought, but her relationship with her father deteriorated and she became more favored. She had no choice but to suppress her unhappiness and wait for the right time.

Soon the group arrived at Tongzhou Port. Steward Sun hired a horse-drawn carriage. This time, it was Yu who brought the girls from the eldest house back to Beijing. After everyone was seated, the carriage took a long time to move.

Yu couldn't help but lift the curtain and ask the servant: "What's going on? The carriage won't move?"

I saw housekeeper Sun running over breathlessly and saying, "Madam, it's not that we don't want to leave, it's that something happened over there."

"What happened?" Yu frowned.

"The fourth lady borrowed our great grandmother's Pekingese dog to play with a few days ago. The dog was very well behaved at first, but somehow it went crazy and bit our great grandmother Tian. Great grandmother Tian seemed to be frightened and had a miscarriage." As a man, Manager Sun was ashamed to mention such a thing as miscarriage, but he had to tell Yu the whole truth.

Yu was surprised and asked, "What?"

Apparently, the girls had heard it as well. Yu told them to stay seated in the carriage and then hurriedly led everyone down.

Yao Niang thought to herself, she never thought such a thing would happen. She knew Fan Shi. She and her eldest brother Luo Jingxi had a very respectful relationship. Since they had no children, they raised a little Beijing dog. Because its belly was particularly white, they named it Fanxue. The dog was so adorable that even Yao Niang would tease it when she saw it.

The last time she went to pay her respects to Old Madam Dou, Shi Fang said that she was bored on the boat and told Mrs. Fan that she wanted to borrow Fanxue to play with. Although Mrs. Fan had some concerns, Mrs. Ren, the eldest lady of the second house, asked her to do so, so she had to agree.

I didn't know that something big would happen today.

"Third sister, why did Fanxue suddenly go crazy?" Yao Niang asked Jingrou.

Luo Jingrou shook her head: "I don't know about that. Fanxue is usually very well-behaved." She just hated Shi Fang for being nosy and now causing trouble for Fan. She had an average relationship with Fan, but she was her sister-in-law after all.

As for Shi Yu, he snorted coldly: "I know that Fourth Sister likes to tease dogs all the time. The dog must have gotten tired of being teased, so it bit people."

Yao Niang nodded: "It's not impossible." She was thinking about whether Fan's sudden death next year was related to this matter? But if the person she offended was Jiang, then it would be fine. Zhou was usually cautious and respectful, but she was timid and didn't care about worldly affairs. She probably didn't have the courage.

Besides, if she really wanted to blame someone, it should be the fourth girl Shi Fang.

When Yu got off the carriage, she saw Fan. Fan was a little uneasy and called out, "Madam."

"Calm down for now. No one wants this to happen. Let's go and take a look first." Yu treated her daughter-in-law very kindly and was always on good terms with her. She liked her steady and gentle temperament.

But even so, Yu was still uneasy.

With her mother-in-law's comfort, Fan felt better, but when she came over, Ren looked very unhappy.

Yu hurried forward and said, "Sister-in-law, how is Brother Tian's wife? If not, how about we go to the capital earlier and use the old man's invitation to invite someone to come and treat her?"

Treatment? How could Ren feel relieved? She sneered, "I dare not trouble my younger brother and sister-in-law. Your daughter-in-law was so eager to give us a pug, and she kept saying that it was well-behaved. Now, this has happened. I know that I am not influential in this family, and I am not as influential as you. I will not say anything."

It seemed as if Fan said this on purpose. At that time, Yu also knew that it was Ren's daughter Shi Fang who insisted on taking Fanxue to play.

Yu said, "Sister-in-law, you see, no one wanted this to happen. Besides, Shi Fang was young, and maybe the servants who took care of the dog were not careful enough to cause such a disaster."

She has given Ren enough leverage by saying this. Even if you don't want to bear the responsibility of your daughter causing your sister-in-law to have a miscarriage, you can't blame my daughter-in-law, right?

Ren snorted coldly: "Sister-in-law, this servant who is taking care of the dog is really from your eldest son's family."

Yu immediately glanced at Fan, who explained, "My fourth sister asked me to give the dog to her. I was worried that the animal might bite someone, so I thought of letting Zao'er, the girl who often holds the dog, look after it. But Zao'er is a diligent person and would never -"

"I heard it, sister-in-law, did you hear it? The one who raised the dog is also Xige's daughter-in-law's. Don't blame Shi Fang. She is only a few years old. She just teases him a few times on weekdays. How could she do that?" Ren became more and more unreasonable.

Mrs. Fan had no idea that Mrs. Ren was so unreasonable. If Mrs. Ren had not put pressure on her as an elder, she would not have sent the dog over so easily. But she was afraid of something happening, so she took the cage over.

Seeing that Yu and Fan, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were silent, Ren felt even more angry. Fan had no children of her own, but she wanted to harm other people's babies. How despicable!

At the same time, she also knew that if this matter was brought to the attention of Old Madam Dou and others, it would surely be reduced to a small matter, but it could not be let go.

So she said in embarrassment: "Alas, although I am angry, we are all family. The brother of Tiange's daughter-in-law originally wanted to go to Beijing to donate money and go north with us. He has a bad temper. I can calm down by myself, but I am afraid of his brother..."

Yu and Fan looked at each other and both felt that Ren had really stated this purpose, which was to cheat money.

The money was in the eldest son's family, but Yu knew that she couldn't give it to him. If she gave it to him, it would mean that Fan was the one who did it. But if they continued to argue, since officials were the ones who came and went in Tongzhou, it wouldn't be a good thing if someone tried to find out about it.

Therefore, Yu said, "Sister-in-law, if you have any family matters, wait until you go to the capital to discuss them. Otherwise, the old lady will know about it and get scared."

Ren had never thought that she had also run into a soft nail, and the usually calm Yu had also become treacherous. She was certainly not afraid of causing trouble to the old lady. Anyway, the old lady was really gone, and they would all have to worry about it, and everyone would be the same again.

In the past few years, Ren no longer had to watch her two younger brothers and sisters-in-law, who were given imperial titles and were so glorious. Now that they were in the capital, it seemed that everyone was clearly distinguished: Yu and Jiang were both women of noble rank, while she was still a commoner.

Therefore, she felt unbalanced, but she was not afraid of wearing shoes because she was barefoot. Ren sneered and said, "Going to the capital? What are you going to the capital for? Third sister-in-law, you have to come up with a solution. It's your dog that bit my daughter-in-law."

She even specifically called out the word "Xiaochan" loudly, so that even Yao Niang and the others who were not far away could hear it.

Yu and Fan's expressions suddenly changed, wondering if she had gone crazy.

At this time, a man's voice was heard saying loudly: "Sister-in-law, aren't you leaving yet? And if you don't leave either, go home and tell all your family matters."

The three looked over and saw that it was Luo Zhizheng coming over. Ren thought to herself, what does a man have to do with women's affairs? For a moment, she was ready to say, "Third brother, I'm not doing this because..."

"Sister-in-law, stop talking nonsense and go to the capital first. If you want to stay in Tongzhou for something, I will send a few people to look after you. Let's go." Luo Zhizheng is not an ordinary person. He passed the imperial examination at a young age, is the first in the family, is the most proud disciple of the current Yuan Fu, and is also the patriarch of the family.

Why? I'm not here to ask you why. I don't have time to waste my time talking to you. If you want to leave, then leave. If you don't want to leave, then forget it. Then you can stay. Who are you trying to threaten?

Yu quickly followed Luo Zhizheng and asked in surprise, "Why is the master here?"

"It was Yao Niang who told me that I came here. Okay, let's go." Luo Zhizheng urged.

Yao Niang, it turns out to be Yao Niang...

Yu suddenly felt warmed.


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