At the city gate of Qinzhou, a low-key carriage was parked there, and Aping stood in front of the carriage with a frosty expression.
"How can you be like this? How can you stop your own mother from seeing her child? Get out of my way!" Liu Yuqing disregarded the difference between men and women and stepped forward to pull Aping.
However, A-Ping didn't let her get close at all. He pointed his long sword forward and said coldly, "Take one more step and I'll be rude to you!"
Liu Yuqing was startled by the long sword, but her eyes quickly darted around and she realized that the reason these people hadn't dared to lay a hand on her was because they were wary of her being Shufan and Pan'er's biological mother.
Taking advantage of this, Liu Yuqing puffed out her chest and leaned forward, completely shameless, "Come on! Let's see how you're going to treat me! Let me tell you, I'm Shufan and Pan'er's biological mother. You'd better think carefully before you lay a hand on me..."
Before she could finish speaking, the carriage curtain was suddenly flung open by a pair of small hands, and Shu Fan's cold, aloof face appeared in Liu Yuqing's eyes.
“We don’t have a mother like you!” Shu Fan’s childish voice was firm and resolute. After saying that, she said to A Ping, “Uncle A Ping, you don’t need to pay attention to her. Pan’er and I have already broken off all ties with her.”
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuqing immediately lay down on the ground, looking every bit like a madwoman, throwing a tantrum and crying loudly.
"God, you must do justice for me! My sister-in-law has been raising my child for seven or eight years, and now the child doesn't even recognize me as his own mother! I can't live like this anymore, I'd rather be dead..."
She didn't say anything else, just kept repeating those few words, which quickly attracted everyone around her.
A bystander asked, "Sister-in-law, whose daughter-in-law is this woman you're talking about?"
When Liu Yuqing saw someone asking, she immediately stopped crying and said with snot and tears streaming down her face, "You people in Qinzhou might not know this person, but in our Yukang Prefecture, everyone knows him..."
As she spoke, she revealed Jiang Qinyu and Lu Yanzheng's identities, and then twisted the truth, claiming that she had left a letter back then and that she had not given the child to her sister-in-law at all.
All of this naturally drew sighs from the onlookers.
"Oh dear, I know this general's wife she's talking about! What a coincidence!"
"Tell me quickly, what's going on with this general's wife?"
“I heard it from my husband: the Lu family, the wealthiest family in Qinzhou, has given many of their shops to this general, and the general has left his wife here to handle these matters…”
Those in the know quickly shared everything they knew about Jiang Qinyu, then said, "But my master said that lady is a very good person. Even after she became the boss, she didn't just dismiss the old employees. She even raised the wages of all the capable people!"
"Such a thing is true? Then this lady is indeed not a bad person."
"Who knows if they're bad or not? People like them are all about putting on a show..."
More and more people gathered around, saying all sorts of things.
Aping and Shufan both turned pale, but Aping wasn't good at talking to a group of people, and Shufan was a child with a soft voice, so they couldn't argue with these people.
Seeing this situation, Liu Yuqing almost showed her delight, but fortunately she quickly remembered the purpose of her visit and asked in a sobbing voice, "Everyone, tell me, shouldn't my sister-in-law give my child back?"
"It is indeed right to pay it back. After all, you are her own mother. What kind of sister-in-law raises two nephews?"
"That's right, regardless of whether this general's wife is a good person or not, it's wrong to take someone else's child and raise it!"
"Could it be that she can't have children herself, which is why she doesn't want to return someone else's child?"
"..."
The discussions in the crowd gradually veered off course, inexplicably turning into attacks on Jiang Qinyu for being unable to have children.
Aping was furious and shouted, "Enough! How dare you talk about my wife like that?"
However, his words angered the public.
"Oh my, your wife is really something. She can't have her own child, so she's going to steal someone else's to raise? Look how powerful you are! We've been talking about it, so what?"
"No matter how formidable your wife is, she's from the border town. This is Qinzhou, our territory. Who are you trying to intimidate?"
"Look at him, everyone. Can you guess who that general's wife is?"
"That's right, that's right..."
Ah Ping was furious, but the ones who spoke the most hurtful words were all old women. If he got involved with them, he estimated that not only would he be unable to win an argument with them, but he would also make his wife's reputation even worse.
What should we do?
Shufan and Pan'er were almost in tears when they heard those words, and they both looked at Uncle Chen who had come with them.
"Grandpa Chen, they're talking nonsense! My aunt isn't that kind of person at all!"
"Waaah... Grandpa Chen, what should we do? Have we caused Auntie trouble again?"
When Uncle Chen saw the tears on the two girls' faces, he felt extremely distressed and quickly comforted them, "Young master and young lady, don't be afraid. It's nothing serious. Let's go see Madam first, and these people will disperse in a little while."
He wanted to go out and say a few words, but he didn't know what the situation was like at his wife's house!
Hearing this from outside the car, A-Ping slapped his forehead. "What an idiot I am! Why am I wasting my time here with them? Let's go into town!"
He then went to drive the car himself.
Upon seeing this, Liu Yuqing quickly blocked the carriage, shouting, "Don't leave! Leave the child here!"
The others quickly stepped forward to help, surrounding the carriage to prevent Ah Ping from driving it away.
"How could you do this? You think you can just leave without leaving your child behind?"
"That's right, that's right, leave the child here right now, you can go wherever you want..."
The scene became quite chaotic for a while.
Jiang Qinyu arrived at this time.
"Girl, what's going on?" Old Master Lu was also a little confused.
When Jiang Qinyu saw Liu Yuqing blocking the carriage, she understood without anyone saying a word.
Her face instantly turned cold and grim. "You actually dare to come?"
Seeing that her expression was not quite right, Old Master Lu did not ask any further questions. He simply signaled his attendants to separate the crowd and escort Jiang Qinyu to the carriage.
“Madam!” Aping almost burst into tears when he saw Jiang Qinyu.
This was the first time he had encountered something like this. No matter how high his martial arts skills were, it was useless. He couldn't hit these people, and he couldn't scold them either.
Jiang Qinyu ignored him and stared directly at Liu Yuqing, her gaze sharp and piercing. "Liu Yuqing, Shufan and Pan'er have nothing to do with you anymore, so why are you still chasing after us?"
"You think it's okay just because you say so?" Liu Yuqing was frightened by Jiang Qinyu's expression, but thinking that she would rely on her two children for the rest of her life, she immediately became bolder. "They are my own flesh and blood!"
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