Chapter 358 Leaving in a huff
Seeing that she couldn't afford to offend the unreasonable Gu family, Madam Ji turned her attention to Ji Wenjin.
But to everyone's surprise, Ji Wenjin didn't buy it at all. "What do you mean by that, Second Aunt? I think everyone is right. This plum garden was planted by Grandmother for Father and Aunt. Now that Grandmother and Father are gone, this plum garden naturally belongs to Aunt. Shuer said you can't come in, so naturally you can't come in."
"What are you all arguing about during the Lunar New Year?"
Suddenly a majestic voice rang out from behind them, and when everyone looked over, they realized that it was Old Madam Ji who had arrived.
“Grandmother, that little bitch Gu Shuyan wouldn’t let us into the plum garden, and she even had us kicked out.”
As expected, Wang Fuling immediately started tattling again. Gu Shuyan rolled her eyes at her unoriginal behavior. She was thirteen or fourteen years old, and all she could do was tattling.
After hearing Wang Fuling's words, Madam Ji looked at Gu Shuyan's face for a moment, then glanced at Madam Ji the Second. Seeing Madam Ji the Second nod, Madam Ji then asked Gu Shuyan, "Shuyan, why did you drive your aunt and uncle out?"
"Why? Doesn't the old lady know? Why did my maternal grandmother plant red plum trees here back then? And how did she pass away? Doesn't the old lady ever feel afraid when she wakes up in the middle of the night?"
Gu Shuyan's casual remark made the old lady take a step back. Meeting Gu Shuyan's clear gaze, the old lady wondered for a moment if this girl knew something.
"What are you saying, girl? My sister was sick back then, which is why she didn't make it. Everyone knew that back then!"
Gu Shuyan had only a slight guess at first, but seeing the old lady's appearance, that tiny guess had turned into certainty.
She said that her maternal grandmother, who could plant an entire plum garden all by herself, could not have died of illness. She was afraid that this old lady Ji was involved in the matter.
Whether in her past life or this one, Gu Shuyan had no affection for anyone in the Ji family except for her maternal uncle's family, not even General Ji.
If it weren't for General Ji's favoritism towards his concubine over his wife, my maternal grandmother wouldn't have been bullied by this concubine, and in the end, she wouldn't even know how she died.
Ultimately, all the blame lies with the old general. If Madam Ji is responsible for her grandmother's death, then the other half of the blame lies with the old general.
“Grandmother, look at how she treats you. She doesn’t understand the proper order of seniority at all. If this continues, I’m afraid the General’s Mansion will become the Marquis of Yi’an’s Mansion.”
Wang Fuling is also brainless. All she does is complain and tattle. Besides complaining and finding someone to back her up, she can't do anything else.
But Aunt Ji chimed in, "Mother, are you just going to stand by and watch us get bullied?"
Looking at this brainless mother and daughter, everyone present, including the old lady herself, couldn't help but frown deeply.
There's a limit to how bad one's eyesight can be. This mother and daughter are clearly very bad at recognizing each other's features; they're just incredibly oblivious.
"All you do all day is cry and whine. I invited you back for a family reunion dinner, not to bring me bad luck. Crying during the New Year, don't you know any taboos?"
Old Madam Ji showed no mercy to the two women. Now that they needed her help, even she had to give Gu Shuyan some face, let alone a daughter who was already married.
Although Madam Ji had indeed doted on this daughter since she was a child, she could completely abandon her daughter when it came to absolute benefits.
The mother and daughter were naturally indignant after being ignored by the old lady twice in a row, but since they were in the general's mansion, they could only glare at Gu Shuyan and shut their mouths.
"Shu'er, your grandmother knows you're still angry about what happened before. Don't worry, your grandmother will definitely teach Fuling a lesson for you."
When Madam Ji used the same excuse as before, Gu Shuyan couldn't help but chuckle.
"My maternal grandmother passed away thirty years ago. Don't call any Tom, Dick, or Harry 'grandmother' in front of me. As for those 'discipline' things, if you didn't discipline her to her face, how can I believe you would discipline her behind her back?"
Gu Shuyan's words were extremely rude, and she even slapped Old Madam Ji's face repeatedly. However, the old madam was so angry that her face turned ashen, and she couldn't punish her.
In the past, the old lady would never have been able to tolerate such anger. However, considering that her grandson's future still needed the Gu family's help, she forced out an ugly smile.
"It doesn't matter whether you acknowledge me as your maternal grandmother or not, Shu'er, but Fuling was wrong today, and I will definitely explain it to you."
After speaking, the old lady looked at the old woman beside her. The old woman understood and stepped forward, slapping Wang Fuling's face again until it was swollen.
"Mother, what are you doing? Fuling is still laughing. How can she withstand such a beating?"
Aunt Ji begged for mercy frantically, but Old Madam Ji acted as if she hadn't heard a thing and turned a deaf ear to it.
“Mother, let’s go home and tell Father that Grandmother not only doesn’t love me but also beats me. Let’s never come to this General’s Mansion again.”
Wang Fuling tearfully recounted that her face was so swollen that she spoke haltingly.
"Alright, Mother will take you back. They say daughters are the most precious guests of their mother's home. The General's Mansion doesn't treat us mother and daughter like human beings, so let's go back!"
Aunt Ji felt extremely sorry for her daughter, especially since Wang Fuling was drooling as she spoke, which made the people in the General's Mansion, including the old lady, resentful.
She was clearly upset that her own granddaughter was being bullied, but instead of helping her, she hit her to curry favor with that little bitch Gu Shuyan.
Seeing the somewhat disheveled mother and daughter being helped away by their maid, Madam Ji Er hurriedly tried to call them back, but Madam Ji Lao Madam scolded them first: "Let them go, a bunch of troublemakers."
After the old lady finished speaking, she looked at Gu Shuyan and asked, "Shuyan, are you satisfied now?"
The old lady's words were laced with gritted teeth. When Gu Shuyan nodded seriously, the old lady almost spat out a mouthful of phlegm in anger.
"Let's go back to the main courtyard." The old lady really didn't want to see Gu Shuyan. She was afraid that if she saw her like this, she would lose her temper.
"Madam, please don't be anxious! There's one more thing I forgot to mention. You can go wherever you want in the rest of the General's Mansion, but this Plum Garden is the only place where anyone dares to set foot. Be careful, or you might not be able to stand up again."
After Gu Shuyan finished speaking, her sharp gaze swept across everyone's faces, the threat in her eyes undisguised.
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