"This is so rude! This is the Earl's residence, not the Jiang residence."
Madam Bo hurriedly chased after her, but Jiang Shuwan walked slowly without any rush.
When she arrived at the gate of Jiang Yao's courtyard, she saw Jiang Yao straddling Li Mama and slapping her in the face from afar.
"You old bastard, how dare you lock my yard?"
"Who are you?!"
You deserve to die!
Jiang Yao slapped Li Mama several times, turning her head into a pig's head.
Granny Li cried out "Ouch! Ouch!" as she tried to dodge while concealing the fist-sized lock in her hand.
Jiang Shuwan glanced at Jiang Yao's courtyard gate, then at the lock.
Then they knew that what Madam Bo wanted to clean up was the matter of her locking up Jiang Yao's courtyard.
Madam Pei and her relatives asked her to teach Jiang Yao manners, but they didn't tell her to lock the door.
That would be going a bit too far.
"How can you do this job!"
"You can't even do this simple thing right!"
The lady of the house kicked Li Mama directly.
She had already sent Granny Li over beforehand, so how could she still be caught?
Granny Li cried out in pain, hating Jiang Yao even more now.
She was the most trusted and influential woman by the Countess's side.
If Jiang Yao hadn't pestered her and wouldn't let her leave, she wouldn't have been scolded.
"Madam, it's all my fault. I knew my in-laws' wife was coming."
"I was thinking that I must let the young mistress know such good news, but who knew that the old woman who guards the gate at night got drunk and hung the key to the second gate on the young mistress's door and locked it."
"As soon as I unlocked the door, the young mistress started hitting and kicking me."
"This servant is truly wronged!"
Granny Li cried and protested her innocence, then casually hid behind the Lady of the House.
"So that's how it is."
"Jiang Yao, don't be angry. I'll take care of the old woman guarding the gate for you."
Granny Li's words were quite shrewd; she directly blamed the old woman for locking the door.
They completely absolved her and her aunt of any responsibility.
Lady Bo also took the opportunity to back down, following Li Mama's words and blaming the unfounded old woman.
"You're talking nonsense. It was clearly you, you old witch, who locked me up on purpose."
"It was locked up for several days!"
Jiang Yao stood up unsteadily, her face pale and her breath coming in gasps.
Young people have a good constitution, so even when they are sick, they still have some strength.
However, after beating up Granny Li, she had used up most of her strength.
"Mother, you've come to help me?"
"Mother, didn't I tell you to bring Yulang here? Why isn't he here..."
Jiang Yao also saw Song Shi and rushed over, then looked around for Pei Lingyu.
But then I saw Jiang Shuwan.
She paused for a moment, then immediately hid inside the door.
She always compared herself to Jiang Shuwan, so how could she want her to see her in such a disheveled state?
"Mother, why is Jiang Shuwan here? Why is she here? Why did you invite her?"
Jiang Yao was filled with shame and indignation. While pulling Song Shi into the house, she hurriedly asked the maid to fix her hair and dress her.
Pei Lingyu has been away from home for the past two days due to other matters.
I didn't know that the aunt wouldn't give her charcoal, and that's why she got sick from the cold.
She then sent her personal maid to inform Madam Song that she should send someone to bring Pei Lingyu back.
When Pei Lingyu sees her like this, she'll be heartbroken.
As long as Pei Lingyu is of one mind with her, she doesn't believe she can't defeat Madam Bo.
"I'm looking for him? Where am I supposed to find him?"
“I’ve searched all the bookstores and teahouses he used to frequent, but I haven’t found a single person there.”
"I heard that he went on a winter hunt in the countryside with some noblemen, and I don't know when he will be back."
Song was furious.
She certainly didn't want Jiang Shuwan to see her and her daughter in such a disheveled state.
Unable to find Pei Lingyu, and fearing that Jiang Yao wouldn't be able to withstand the tyranny of her aunt, she swallowed her pride and begged Jiang Shuwan.
"Has Yulang gone winter hunting in the countryside?"
"That's impossible! Yulang clearly said he went to study with a group of classmates..."
Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment.
After the New Year's Eve reunion, Pei Lingyu said she had invited a few classmates to study together.
Little did she expect that Pei Lingyu would not return for several nights in a row.
She wondered if studying together would be more effective, so she decided to stay there.
As a wife, she is overjoyed when her husband is ambitious.
Why would I stop them?
However, the aunt took the opportunity to lock the courtyard and refused to give her any charcoal, so she was only given leftovers to eat.
She was simply made sick.
In this era, getting sick can be fatal.
She was frightened, so she sent her personal maid to inform her mother to send someone to find Pei Lingyu.
This would both relieve her of her predicament and let Pei Lingyu know about the wickedness of the madam.
At that time, wouldn't the Earl's mansion still be under her control?
But Song told her that Pei Lingyu had gone out to play with a group of people.
There must be some misunderstanding here.
Yulang knew perfectly well that the Lady Bo was targeting her, so how could he abandon her to go hunting?
They won't be back for several more days.
Yulang is not that kind of person.
Now is not the time to argue with her mother, Jiang Yao said as she dressed.
"If you couldn't find Yulang, you shouldn't have called Jiang Shuwan!"
"Couldn't you go and ask the old lady for help?"
"Old lady? Who do you think I am? Do you think I can see Madam Pei?"
The Song family was speechless.
What is Madam Pei's status? What is her status? How could she possibly be seen so easily?
Moreover, even if they met, it was impossible for Old Madam Pei to come in person.
She begged Jiang Shuwan to hurry up.
Jiang Yao felt a surge of resentment and anger.
"What's the use of begging her? She's useless..."
She had seen how respectful Jiang Shuwan and Pei Yanzhi were to each other on the day of her return visit.
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