"Ha, what a fine example of 'there's no smoke without fire.' So now can I also say, without any evidence, that you're having an affair with Tu San Gou, the widower from Liujia Village?"
"You're slandering me!"
Huang Moli was furious and wanted to rush over and slap Liu Yingying, but she hesitated.
After all, she had personally experienced Liu Yingying's past achievements.
To lay a hand on her would be asking for trouble, wouldn't it?
"Didn't you say yourself that there's no smoke without fire? If you didn't do it, why would I slander you?" Liu Yingying's tone was full of sarcasm.
Seeing that the Liu family couldn't argue with her at all, Zhu Ziqian became a little anxious, cursing the Liu family members as useless people who couldn't do anything right!
Then he quickly gave Su Daqiang a wink.
Su Daqiang understood, turned around and hugged Liu Funian and Chen Xiufu, the elderly couple, and begged them.
"Auntie, Yingying and I are truly in love, but as a woman, she is afraid to admit it because of the rumors. Today, in front of everyone, I beg you two to grant us your blessing!"
Chen Xiufu reached out to pull Su Daqiang's hand, choking back tears, and said, "You're a good kid too, you just fell in love with the wrong person..."
Beside her, Liu Yingying's fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
Disgusting! Absolutely disgusting!
She glanced towards the village entrance; her reinforcements should be arriving soon...
At this moment, Zhu Ziqian solemnly addressed the crowd again: "Fellow villagers, things have come to this point. I've already told you all before that I left home for a year and many things happened during that time. But Yingniang and I were husband and wife after all. Now that she has fallen in love with someone else, I am willing to grant her wish to be with Su Daqiang!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd erupted in uproar!
"Ziqian is a man of great loyalty and affection. What ordinary man could tolerate such a thing?"
"That's right..."
Public opinion shifted quickly, and many people began to sympathize with Zhu Ziqian…
Now, only four people, including Shi Sanmei, still stand firmly behind her.
Liu Yingying took a deep breath, looked at Zhu Ziqian with a sneer, and asked, "Zhu Ziqian, what makes you think you can agree to let me and Su Daqiang be together?"
"You just wait and remember this, I'm not some object of your Zhu family that you can manipulate at will!"
Sister-in-law Zhang also stood up to speak for her: "Yes, Yingying's status now is no ordinary commoner. She is the Lady of Ning'an County, personally appointed by the Emperor. Who would dare to deal with her casually?"
"Heh, what a fine Lady Ning'an! I'd like to know if word gets out that you're having an affair, will you still be able to keep your title as Lady Ning'an?"
Ma Qiumei was overjoyed.
Zhang Dasao and the others didn't look too happy. Today, the Zhu family and the Liu family were clearly trying to confirm that Liu Yingying and Su Daqiang were having an affair.
The most urgent task right now is to clear her name...
At this moment, the Zhu family patriarch and others also arrived. Ma Jinhua's eyes lit up immediately, and she rushed to the patriarch's side, bursting into tears.
"Chieftain, you must do us justice..."
"The Zhu family has only produced one scholar in generations, and now that he has finally passed the imperial examination, it should be a great honor for the family. But... but his wife has brought him immense humiliation, she's cuckolded him!"
The clan chief and the third uncle were unaware of this matter; it was only after the younger members of the family saw the situation that they went to invite them over.
He then looked at Zhu Youcai and asked with a serious face, "Youcai, what exactly is going on?"
“Jiang Jian… Zi Qian’s wife cheated on him, and now Su Da Qiang has confessed to everything. Is my son stupid? He actually wants to let this adulterous couple have their way!”
"What? Such a thing has actually happened?"
The clan chief remained silent, but the third uncle looked at Liu Yingying with disbelief.
"Mrs. Liu, is what your in-laws said true?"
"They are slandering me!" Liu Yingying denied the allegations with just a few words, offering no further explanation.
Those present immediately felt a headache coming on; lately, anything related to Liu Yingying had become a source of trouble.
Besides, this is a major matter that involves the reputation of the clan!
Ma Qiumei seized the opportunity to loudly remind the clan leader: "I remember a few years ago, a woman from the neighboring Wangjia Village was also cheating on her husband. When she was discovered, her clan had her drowned in a pig cage on the spot."
“Now that this has happened in our village, if we don’t deal with it strictly, we’ll probably be ridiculed by others for our clan’s lack of strict family discipline!”
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed; these words hit the nail on the head!
In order to uphold the clan's reputation, even if the clan leader wants to cover up the truth, it is not allowed. Liu Yingying must be severely punished today!
"Chieftain, I think you should have someone tie this vile woman up first?"
Ma Qiumei was very pleased with herself.
You bitch, you're dead today! Hahaha!
Although the clan leader was in a difficult position, he was the clan leader and had to uphold the clan's reputation.
After struggling internally for a while, he finally looked at Liu Yingying as if he had made up his mind.
"Liu, until this matter is thoroughly investigated, I have no choice but to detain you for now!"
As soon as she finished speaking, two young men carrying ropes stepped forward to tie her up.
Sister-in-law Zhang and Sister Shi were all sweating bullets for her.
Just then, Jin Wu led several farmers out of the crowd and stood in front of Liu Yingying.
"Let's see who dares to lay a finger on the Lady of Ning'an County today!"
As he spoke, Jin Wu drew the long sword that was worn at his waist.
This was specially made for him by Liu Yingying during her last trip to the county town; it was a New Year's gift for him.
I didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly.
Seeing the chilling glint in the long sword, everyone involuntarily took a few steps back.
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