As soon as Madam Wan and Yao Bingjie entered the door, Liang Xinrong's mother, Madam Song, and Liang Xinrong's sister-in-law, Madam Wei, also arrived.
Yang Cui smiled faintly: "My humble abode is quite lively today."
When Wei and Song saw Yang Cui, they really wanted to slap her a few times.
Because of Liang Xinrong's matter, the relationship between the Liang and Wan families is now somewhat delicate.
However, Wan Songbai's official rank was higher than Liang Baozhong's, and since all of this was caused by Liang Xinrong, Song Shi seemed somewhat lacking in confidence when facing Liu Shi.
Liu pushed the exquisitely carved rosewood box in front of Yang Cui: "Miss Yang, please be lenient."
Yang Cui smiled faintly: "I don't know what you mean by this, Madam Wan."
“Miss Yang, we’re not fools. Liang Xinrong has already been punished, but the others are innocent,” Madam Wan said. “Children are innocent, so let’s be lenient. Here are two hundred taels of silver. Please be merciful.”
Yang Cui paid no attention to the money on the table, only glancing at it briefly before saying, "I can't control the rumors outside; there's really nothing I can do about it."
Everyone was somewhat surprised to hear this, after all, two hundred taels was not a small amount, but Yang Cui remained unmoved.
When Wei saw Yang Cui's living conditions, she looked down on Yang Cui from the bottom of her heart, thinking that Yang Cui was poor and that the reason she refused must be that she wanted to raise the price.
So, Madam Wei said with disdain, "Two hundred taels is already quite a lot. Our Liang family has also prepared two hundred taels, making a total of four hundred taels. You could never earn that much money in your entire life."
This makes it sound as if Yang Cui got a huge advantage.
Upon hearing this, both Liu and Yao Bingjie were stunned. Was this tone and expression really a plea for peace?
Yang Cui chuckled coldly, and Madam Wei immediately felt insulted, pointing at Yang Cui angrily and saying, "What kind of attitude is this?"
"And what's your attitude?" Cen Xiao arrived and said to Yang Cui, "Don't let this kind of brain-dead idiot in!"
How dare they come to his house and treat his woman like this! Does his woman really need such a small amount of money?
The word "brain-dead" was something Cen Xiao heard from Yang Cui, and he felt it was the perfect way to describe the Wei family.
As soon as Cen Xiao finished speaking, Dao Ba picked up Wei Shi with one hand and threw her out. Immediately afterward, there was a scream of pain as Wei Shi crashed heavily to the ground. She felt as if her buttocks had been split into four pieces!
Unfortunately, he happened to step on a pile of dog poop, and Mr. Wei felt nauseous and vomited.
Liu, Song, and Yao Bingjie were stunned!
Cen Xiao glanced at them coldly and said, "If you don't want Liang Baozhong and Wan Songbai to lose their official positions, get out of here right now!"
None of them knew Cen Xiao, but since he dared to address the county magistrate by his given name, coupled with his overall demeanor, they concluded that Cen Xiao was no ordinary person! Moreover, an ordinary person wouldn't have a subordinate like Dao Ba!
So what will his identity be?
At this moment, Yao Bingjie suddenly remembered the banquet held by Madam You. Normally, even if Yang Cui and Su Murong had cooperated, Yang Cui would not be qualified to attend the banquet held by the county magistrate's wife. However, Madam You actually invited Yang Cui to attend!
Moreover, Madam You's attitude that day was also very strange. She was very warm and affectionate towards Yang Cui. As the wife of a county magistrate and the most prominent woman in Wan'an County, why would she be so enthusiastic towards a village woman?
Could it all be because of this man in front of me?
Thinking of this, Yao Bingjie wished she could immediately return to the city to ask Madam You.
Liu and Song wanted to speak, but Yao Bingjie stopped them. Yao Bingjie lowered her posture and bowed slightly to Yang Cui: "Then we will go back first. These small gifts are for Miss Yang to calm her nerves."
Inside the carriage, Madam Liu was furious and resented Madam Wei. If it weren't for her, she wouldn't have been kicked out!
"Not a single woman from the Liang family is any good!" Liu complained.
Yao Bingjie's mind was still on Cen Xiao. After hesitating for a moment, she told Liu Shi her guess.
Liu sighed and said, "If it's really as you guessed, I'm afraid Liang Xinrong won't be able to survive."
...
Meanwhile, in another carriage, Madam Song was also furious with Madam Wei. She was, after all, the wife of a member of the household, yet she was being driven away. She had completely lost face!
The crucial matter hasn't been resolved yet, and I don't know how I'll explain myself when I get back!
Throughout the journey, Madam Wei kept complaining and cursing Yang Cui, saying that she had no manners of a proper lady. Madam Song felt that she had been blind to have chosen such a daughter-in-law!
...
Upon returning to the city, Liu immediately went to see her best friend Chen Shujun, who was You's sister-in-law. She thought that if You knew the identity of the man in Yang Cui's family, the You family, as You's maternal relatives, should also know something. Even if they didn't know, it would be more convenient for Chen Shujun to ask You about it than for her.
...
After leaving the You family, Liu felt a chill in her heart.
She never imagined that Yang Cui, an abandoned woman, could climb up to such a noble person!
No wonder Madam You was so warm and affectionate towards her; she was invited to banquets in the elite circles!
No wonder she dared to go against the Lin family!
No wonder the Star Gazing Tower was willing to clear up the rumors for her!
Fortunately, I didn't embarrass Yang Cui today in Anjia Village, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Back home, Liu told Wan Songbai the news she had gathered. Wan Songbai was shocked, and after the shock came fear!
Liang Xinrong, that troublemaker, has actually caused such a huge problem for the Wan family!
After a long silence, Wan Songbai uttered a few words: "If that's the case, then the Liang family cannot be allowed to live."
Liu remained silent, which clearly meant she acquiesced.
………
Liang Xinrong, who had always been pampered, was locked in the ancestral hall. She couldn't eat or sleep well, and with her injuries, she finally developed a fever that night.
Although Wan Simin resented Liang Xinrong for making her lose face and being disliked by her father and grandmother, she was still her mother after all. When she saw Liang Xinrong lying on the ground of the ancestral hall covered in wounds and delirious with fever, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
At this time, the servants had all gone to rest, and the door to the ancestral hall was locked from the outside, so Wan Simin couldn't get out at all.
"Someone come quick!" Wan Simin shouted loudly from the ancestral hall, but there was no response.
Just as Wan Simin was about to give up, a familiar voice rang out: "Minmin, Mother, are you alright?"
It's Wanside!
Wan Jiahao forbade Wan Side from visiting Liang Xinrong, so Wan Side could only sneak out at night after everyone had gone to sleep.
"Brother, Mother is sick. She keeps talking nonsense, and she doesn't respond no matter how I call her. Please go find a doctor, please beg Father to let Mother and me go, sob sob sob..."
Upon hearing this, Wanside also became anxious: "I'll go and beg my grandmother right now!"
After saying that, Wan Side rushed to the main courtyard, where Wan Songbai and Liu Shi had already gone to sleep.
But Wan Side didn't care about anything else. He knelt in the courtyard and shouted, begging Wan Songbai and Liu to find a doctor for Liang Xinrong.
Is Liang Xinrong sick?
Wan Songbai and Liu Shi exchanged a glance, the couple knowingly agreeing on what to do.
...
The next day, Liang Xinrong, dressed in white, hanged herself under the acacia tree in the East Market...
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