Chapter 95 The Zhu Family is Great
"The Zhu family is great." As this majestic voice fell, Shen Zhi supported Old Lady Song and came over.
Song Xun immediately stepped forward to support the old lady, "Why is mother here? Don't let these people get angry and hurt your health."
Old Madam Song glanced at the Zhu family and said, "No problem. I'll see which group of monsters dare to harm my precious granddaughter."
Bai said awkwardly, "Aunt, this is all a misunderstanding."
"Shut up, I told you to take your two daughters back a long time ago, but you didn't listen and kept bringing trouble to the Song family. Ah Fu, bring the two pieces of cloth sent by the garrison and tell them to take them back quickly." Old Mrs. Song was still furious and pointed at Bai's nose and cursed.
"Aunt, are you going to burn your bridges after crossing them? Your father-in-law was so good to you, his sister. I heard that you had a grand wedding with a huge bouquet, all prepared by your father-in-law. Now that you're living a good life, have you forgotten about your parents' home?" Bai knew that there was no way back then, and could only resort to moral blackmail as before.
The old lady glared at her and snorted, "You have used this trick on me time and time again, and I turned a blind eye and didn't make it a fuss. You know how many good things you have taken from me. Today I will tell you clearly that no matter how good your father-in-law is to me, it is only natural because I am his biological sister. When he fell into the lotus pond when he was a child, it was me who called for help. To him, I am his savior, and it is not too much for him to spoil me. Also, my ten-mile red dowry is good. It was prepared for me by my parents when they were alive. I deserve it. It has nothing to do with you, the daughter-in-law of a concubine's son."
Mrs. Song paused, and then continued, "Of course I remember that my maternal family is the Zhu family, but your mother-in-law is just a concubine who retains her slave status. When my mother was still alive, she made my mother angry a lot. You want me to treat her as my maternal family. My maternal family is only the lineage of the first branch. Ah Fu, from now on, no one from the second branch of the Zhu family is allowed to enter the gate of my Song family."
Ah Fu answered yes immediately.
Bai was panicking. Without the Song family's subsidy, she was afraid that her life would be even more difficult. She begged, "Aunt, what should we do with these two children? After all, the accident happened in the Song Mansion. Otherwise, the Song Mansion should prepare a generous dowry for each of them, and I will find someone from a small family to marry them off."
Old Lady Song was so angry that she laughed and said, "Do you think I'm a fool? I originally thought that their surname was Zhu and I didn't want to make a big fuss. Since you are so dissatisfied, then send them all to the government and let the government make the judgment. If the government determines that it is our fault, we will not say a word about how much money we should pay."
Bai's face turned green with fear. Her youngest daughter Zhu Mingyang had already been sent to prison by Xue, so she had to save her eldest daughter. Bai immediately begged, "Aunt, we don't dare. We'll leave now." Then she turned around and took her daughter's arm and left.
But Zhu Minglan just stood there and refused to move no matter how Bai pulled her.
Zhu Minglan suddenly knelt down in front of Song Xun and begged, "Uncle, please save me. You are a general, you must be able to see the imperial doctors in the palace. Please ask them to save me. That Boss Cui, he... he has... he has a heart disease. Uncle, you must save me."
Everyone's face changed. What was Zhu Minglan thinking? She knew that Boss Cui was infected with a serious disease, yet she still asked her to harm Song Rou.
General Song was furious. He had finally seen his daughter, a precious girl that he was afraid of dropping, but Zhu Minglan was so blind that she dared to harm her. Now that he had been tricked, she still had the nerve to beg him.
"Hmph, you brought this upon yourself. Ah Fu, send these three people to the county government office." General Song could no longer tolerate this. Such a vicious woman must not be let off.
Seeing that Song Xun was serious, Bai cried and begged on her knees, "Cousin, please spare Minglan. She is still a child. She has already been punished."
Song Xun remained unmoved.
Bai saw Master Zhu shrinking his neck in the crowd, so she hurried over, grabbed Master Zhu's clothes and cried, "Master, please save Minglan. Go and ask General Song. He is your cousin and will definitely listen to you."
Master Zhu shook off her hand and cursed, "You're such a disgrace, you deserve it," then he walked away.
Ah Fu and several maids pulled the three kneeling people away, and Bai followed behind crying.
General Song adjusted his mood and bowed to the guests, saying, "Today's farce in the Song Mansion has disturbed everyone's interest. I would like to apologize to everyone here."
"This is not General Song's fault. Every family has one or two confused relatives."
"Yes, General Song, Madam Zhu has plotted against you, and you will get what you deserve."
Everyone tried to comfort General Song, but only Old Lady Song was scared. If Shen Zhi hadn't had a sharp nose and smelled the aphrodisiac scent on Zhu Mingjuan, the boss might have fallen into his trap. Zhu Mingjuan actually bribed the doorman privately and asked the doorman Lao Wei to report to the boss that a distinguished guest was coming. The boss almost went out to greet her, and Zhu Mingjuan hid on the only way to the door. Later, Ah Fu told the boss the message that the old lady had passed on to him privately, and then he sent a servant out to investigate and learned that the doorman Lao Wei was lying. The boss sent someone to tie up Zhu Mingjuan and took her to the guest room where she had changed clothes before. He lit the aphrodisiac scent on her body and locked the door from the outside. He left Zhu Mingjuan to suffer alone in there.
Later, when Zhu Minglan's maid tricked Rou'er out, she was on guard and secretly sent someone to follow Zhu Minglan, and discovered her and Cui Lao's plan. Old Madam Song was so angry that she directly ordered people to lock the three of them in a room and let them die.
It was Shen Zhen's first time attending a banquet hosted by a wealthy family. Seeing the secretive inner world of the wealthy family, she felt deeply saddened and at the same time, felt sorry for Song Rou.
Seeing that the farce had come to an end, everyone said goodbye and left. Shen Zhen and Shen Zhi also said goodbye and left. Old Lady Song held Shen Zhi's hand and said thank you. Shen Zhi saw that Old Lady Song looked tired and looked bad, and knew that she was hit by the betrayal of her family, so he comforted her before leaving.
After all the guests were sent away, General Song personally dealt with the bribed doorman, Old Wei. After returning to the study, General Song wrote a letter, describing everything that happened today in detail, and mentioned that the second branch of the Zhu family was resentful of Xue's sale of the property, and was worried that they would retaliate against the first branch of the Zhu family later. After writing, the letter was sent to the first branch of the Zhu family in the capital by carrier pigeon. As for later, after receiving the carrier pigeon letter, Mr. Zhu and Xue had no mercy on the second branch of the Zhu family. They directly sent people to take back the ancestral house where the second branch of the Zhu family lived. At the same time, they cleared the money that the second branch had collected from Xue's dowry over the years and asked them to spit it out within a time limit. It's just that the second branch of the Zhu family has always been extravagant and wasteful, and has long spent it all, but they were forced by the power of the first branch to scrape together. Even the second wife of Zhu Taigong had to take out her coffin book, and finally filled the hole and returned it all to the first branch. Of course, this is a later story for the time being.