Chapter 76 How could Madam not care about me?
"Drag this b*tch out and beat her to death with sticks." The eldest lady gave the order coldly.
After being slapped, Xichun’s face was swollen like a pig’s head. She knew she was doomed. The resentment and hatred that surged to the sky even made her forget her fear for a short time. She was still mumbling insults: "Chen Zhi, you idiot, you were just born better than me, what’s so great about you... You still have to be fooled by me... Why didn’t I drown you that time you fell into the water? Without me, you would never know who your savior is..."
Shen Wangshu had never seen such a stubborn person. Even after it came to this, Xichun could still curse without struggling at all?
"And you... Miss Xiahou? Everyone knows that you are the daughter of a criminal who escaped. How dare these blind people protect you... Sooner or later you will harm the general and the Duke's Mansion!" Saliva and blood flowed down the corners of her mouth. Xichun seemed not to feel any pain and said viciously: "You are still... still entangled with the prince Bao. Sooner or later, the general will see your true face! Then you will be dead... Don't think you can live well for too long..."
What she said was so shocking that the maids who were dragging her quickened their pace. They heard a deep male voice coming from the gate: "Who is making a noise at the gate? Why is no one here to stop it?"
It’s Chen Ting.
It was lunch time, and he hurried back home, but saw an old woman and a man crying and begging for mercy at the door. The door of the Duke's Mansion was closed, and no one came out to check.
Chen Ting was puzzled. He had just asked the servant at the door when he looked up and saw the scene in the yard.
"Aunt." The man's eyes swept over everyone one by one. It looked like the eldest wife was handling a private matter... Wait: "Madam?"
Shen Wangshu smiled at him: “Husband.”
"What happened?" Chen Ting, who had just looked indifferent, immediately stood beside his wife: "Does it have anything to do with you?"
Seeing Chen Ting, Xichun smiled on her swollen and ugly face. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she broke free from the two servants. She ran to the man's legs and knelt down. She raised her head and loudly accused him: "General... General, don't be fooled by this beautiful woman. She has already cheated on Prince Bao! She doesn't really care about you!!"
Shen Wangshu: “…”
She just knew it.
Chen Zhi was also dumbfounded. She didn’t know that the couple had already solved the matter last night. She was more anxious than Shen Wangshu himself and almost jumped up in anger: “Why don’t you take this nonsense-talking slave away quickly!”
Chen Ting had an inexplicable expression on his face, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry: "Wait."
Chen Zhi wanted to say something else, but was stopped by the eldest lady's look - as a cousin, Chen Zhi was meddling too much in the matter between them, so let's see how Shen Wangshu solves it himself.
"What did you say just now?" Chen Ting asked, "Madam, don't you really care about me?"
Xichun was stunned. Shouldn’t the main point be that the general’s wife was having an affair?
However, the general's eyes fell on her for the first time. This realization made Xichun tremble with excitement. She seemed to be encouraged and said, "Yes, I reported that she had an affair with the prince Bao! Chen Zhi even tried to protect these two people!"
"Nonsense." Chen Ting said calmly. The heavy sword behind him, which was rarely unsheathed in the Duke's Mansion, flashed with a cold light. Everyone could only see a shadow passing across Xichun's face. The next second, she covered her face and rolled on the ground wailing.
The eldest lady, who was the bravest among the female family members, took a closer look and saw that Xichun's mouth was full of blood, and half of the blurred flesh fell to the side - it turned out that Chen Ting had just used the tip of the sword to cut off Xichun's tongue.
[You can't even make up a decent lie. My wife treats me sincerely. 】Chen Wangshu heard Chen Ting thinking:【My wife clearly loves me very much. 】
"......"Okay, as long as you don't doubt her randomly.
Chen Zhi didn't expect Chen Ting to cut off someone's tongue without saying a word, and asked stupidly: "Brother, you... don't you believe her?"
Even when she saw the note, she couldn't help but wonder if Shen Wangshu really had something going on with Prince Bao. Looking at the affectionate words on the paper, the two were clearly childhood sweethearts who were only a little bit apart from each other.
"Madam, is there anything going on with Gu Ziliang?" Chen Ting turned to look at Shen Wangshu.
The latter shook her head helplessly. She had explained this matter countless times. How else could she show her loyalty to prove her innocence?
"Did you see it?"
Chen Ting said: "Madam said she didn't recognize any Gu Ziliang."
"If I knew that someone spread a single word of the slanderous words that this maid had said today, the consequences would be the same as hers."
"I will definitely keep my mouth shut." Wutong knelt down first. Seeing this, the other maids also knelt down hurriedly to express their determination that they would never tell anyone.
The babbling Xichun was finally dragged away like a dead dog. Seeing that her elder brother believed in Shen Wangshu so unconditionally, Chen Zhi felt relieved, but at the same time, she thought of how she was deceived by her former lover, and she felt even more sad.
"Apart from this, is there anything else?" Chen Ting noticed that the little girl's expression was not right. The aunt and sister-in-law seemed to be much closer in the past two days, so he asked a few more questions to show his concern.
The eldest lady briefly explained how Chen Zhi had been deceived, and finally sighed, "Speaking of which, it was all thanks to your wife's intelligence, otherwise I don't know how long Zhi Niang would have been deceived."
"The mother and son at the door are Xichun's mother and brother. Magistrate Xiahou only sentenced Bai Qinglan and Xichun, but did not do anything to the mother and son." The eldest lady glanced coldly at the mother and son who were stopped at the door.
“I wonder if they will say anything unfavorable to the Duke’s Mansion in the future.” Shen Wangshu whispered.
Today she has witnessed Xichun's ability to confuse right and wrong. Like daughter, like mother. When people were eating melons and watching the show in the Bai family's yard, Ge's mother's fighting ability should not be underestimated. Public opinion is the easiest to be misled. If they go out and shout something like "The Duke's Mansion bullies others by taking advantage of its power", it will be disadvantageous to them.
Seeing that she looked a little worried, Chen Ting said without hesitation: "Madam, don't worry, I will make them shut up forever."
Everyone who was caught off guard and had their mouths full of dog food: "......"
The eldest lady smiled and said, "Ting'er and Wangshu really have a deep affection for each other."
Chen Zhi whispered, "Why didn't I know that big brother would protect his people like this?"
Chen Ting glared at his useless sister: "How dare you say that? You hang out all day and do nothing. Are you honest now that you've been cheated?"
Chen Zhi, who was scolded, shrank her neck and dared not say a word. She glanced at Shen Wangshu for help, and the latter understood: “Now that the matter has been resolved, let’s go back to Xuanji Courtyard, husband, I’m hungry.”
"Okay." Hearing her say she was hungry, Chen Ting immediately put away his heavy sword and looked at the blood on the ground in embarrassment: "I always forget... Will it affect Madam's appetite?"
"It's okay, let's go." Shen Wangshu smiled and said, "Aunt, we'll take our leave now."
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