[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

Cui and others returned to their seats.

Madam Meng winked at the maid beside her, who then shouted, "Silence! Silence!"

The old woman was already over fifty years old, but she still had a straight back and a loud voice.

The old woman had a solemn expression, and even her voice was full of majesty when she spoke.

She only shouted twice, and Wang Xueyao and others immediately quieted down.

Madam Meng glanced at a few people, and finally set her eyes on Princess Anyang. She asked in a cold tone, "Princess Anyang, do you know your mistake?"

Princess Anyang raised her eyebrows and was about to speak when Ruhua poked her in the back.

The Princess of Anyang County turned her head and glared at Ruhua. In just a moment, Madam Meng's face darkened and she snorted, "You are indeed disrespectful to your elders!"

Princess Anyang frowned, stood up and bowed in the direction of Madam Meng, then said calmly: "Madam Meng has already determined that Anyang is guilty before the matter has been clarified. Such a person who cannot distinguish right from wrong seems unworthy of Anyang's respect as an elder."

"You're so sharp-tongued!" Old Madam Meng was furious, and she was more and more convinced that Anyang was at fault. "No wonder he caused trouble as soon as he arrived."

As she spoke, Madam Meng looked at Madam Yu and then at the other second-rank imperial ladies, "What do you think?"

The Princess of Anyang curled her lips in disapproval and sat down again. She seemed to care nothing about anything. Ruhua was so anxious that she was sweating profusely and didn't know what to do.

Rong Enqing looked at the angry Madam Meng, and then at the other ladies who also looked unhappy. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Madam Yu say, "The Princess of Anyang did have some inappropriate words and deeds, but considering that she has just arrived in Beijing and does not know the rules, it is better to give her a small punishment and a big warning."

Madam Meng snorted, "You call this ignorance of rules? This is called bullying and lawlessness. At such a young age, she dared to push someone into the lake. Fortunately, no one was killed. If someone had died, it would have been a big deal! In my opinion, she should be severely punished and taught a lesson."

The anger in Madam Meng's words was almost overflowing.

When these words were spoken, the other ladies had different expressions, but no one spoke and they all looked at Madam Yu.

Madam Yu pondered for a while, and finally nodded and said, "Madam Meng is right." This meant that she agreed with what Madam Meng said.

As soon as these words were spoken, the two most important people agreed that the Princess of Anyang should be severely punished, and the tone of the matter was set.

Rong Enqing was about to speak up to refute, but at this moment, the wife of the Minister of War, Mrs. Zhao, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke.

"Madam Meng, can you forgive the county lady this time for my sake?"

What Zhao was talking about was forgiveness, not leniency or severe punishment, but simply no punishment.

Everyone was startled and looked at Zhao.

Zhao smiled slightly and said calmly, "To be honest, the county lady's father, General Xie, was a close friend of my husband. This time, when the county lady came to Beijing, her adoptive father, General Yang, also wrote to our family in advance, asking us to help her."

Madam Meng looked unhappy. "According to what you mean, Madam, we should just pretend that what happened today never happened? Ha! Madam Zhao probably doesn't have that much face."

Madam Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Why not give her a light punishment but a heavy warning? This will prevent others from saying that we are bullying an orphan girl from outside."

"Yes, a small punishment is enough."

Several other ladies echoed this.

Zhao was about to speak, but Madam Yu spoke first: "Madam Zhao, the incident was caused by the county lady after all, and the three young ladies from the Liang, Wang, and Liu families did fall into the water. If we just leave them unpunished, I'm afraid it will be hard to convince the public. To avoid trouble in the future, it's better to settle the matter today."

Madam Yu looked at Cui who was staring at her with a meaningful look. Behind Cui was the Imperial Concubine. If things couldn't be resolved peacefully today, the county lady would only face endless troubles in the future.

Zhao obviously understood what Madam Yu meant, so she didn't say anything else.

"In my opinion, let the county lady apologize to the young ladies in person and prepare a generous gift as compensation. As for the maid who pushed others, let the Liang family deal with it. Madam Meng, what do you think?"

Madam Yu looked at Madam Meng.

But before Madam Meng could say anything, Princess Anyang suddenly stood up from her seat.

Mrs. Yu and the others did not hide their words from others, but spoke in the hall in front of everyone. The Princess of Anyang County naturally heard it clearly.

"You want me to apologize to them? Pay them money? And hand over Ruhua to them for whatever they want to do with her? Bah! You are dreaming!"

Princess Anyang lost her composure. Her eyebrows were raised and she said angrily, "You keep saying that I pushed someone into the water. Where is the evidence? Where are the witnesses? It was clearly because they were not paying attention and fell into the water. And you still dare to spit blood and slander me!"

As she spoke, she glanced at Liang Yulan and the others viciously, and added, "Also! They said that I was a rootless duckweed, an orphan! Yes! That's right, I am an orphan! But why did I become an orphan?

"That's because my father died heroically for the Great Zhou Dynasty in order to resist the barbarians in the northwest. My mother was so heartbroken that she followed my father!"

At this point, Princess Anyang couldn't help but shed tears.

She wiped away her tears stubbornly and continued, "Also, they insulted me as a bumpkin and compared me to a merchant girl from a silver shop! This is such a disrespectful crime. As a county lady, is it too much for me to slap them in the face?

"Do you think I'm going too far?"

Princess Anyang's eyes were red as she glared angrily at Old Madam Meng and the others.

Madam Meng and others did not expect that there was such a secret behind the matter, especially when Princess Anyang talked about the cause of death of her parents, everyone fell silent.

Seeing that the situation was about to get worse, Liang Yulan quickly spoke up to remedy the situation: "Ladies, please do not listen to the county lady's one-sided words. These are just the county lady's accusations. We all grew up under your eyes. When have we ever said bad things to you? Don't you ladies trust our character?"

Everyone looked at Liang Yulan with a sincere face, and then at Anyang County Master with an indignant face. For a moment, it was difficult to tell the truth from the false.

At this moment, Yun Shu suddenly pointed at Liang Yulan and shouted, "She's lying! It was clearly them who took the initiative to pick a fight. The county lady ignored them, but they still deliberately said bad things about her to annoy her. That's why the county lady said she would slap them in the face!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the little girl who had been huddled in the corner as a decoration. Her face was flushed and her whole body was trembling, but her eyes were determined.

Seeing everyone looking at her, she shuddered with fear, but still insisted, "Also, the county lady's maidservant didn't touch Miss Liang and the others at all. They stepped back and accidentally fell into the lake.

"I saw clearly that it was Miss Wang who fell into the water first. She grabbed Miss Liang with one hand and Miss Liu with the other, and then dragged them both into the water. Because there was no third hand to grab Miss Li, Miss Li did not fall into the water."

Yun Shu said as she pointed out the four people one by one.

It was not until this moment that everyone noticed Li Qingyun's existence.

At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Li Qingyun.

Soon after entering the room, Li Qingyun stood beside Yun Shu, acting as a decoration like her. She wanted to stay out of it, but who knew that Yun Shu would suddenly stand up and speak, and even bring her along.

Facing the stares of a large number of ladies with royal titles, Li Qingyun had a thousand words of greeting she wanted to say to Yun Shu.