A car accident, our family of three crossed

Zhou Ru couldn't help but roll her eyes in her heart. Is this saying that she was born by her mother but not raised by her?

They are the only ones who understand the rules, their whole family understands the rules, and understanding the rules means that they can call people in and question them without any investigation.

She would not be intimidated by their power. She knew that Zhou Yin had been following her secretly. If they really wanted to attack her, Zhou Yin would appear to protect her.

As long as she is not the one in the wrong, she can naturally refute them with confidence. As long as she has not done anything outrageous, they can't do anything to her.

"I'm not talking back, I just don't know what crime I've committed. Please tell me clearly, grandmother and aunt."

"Why, even if there is nothing wrong, as an elder, can't I ask you to teach me a few words? Look at your current habits of a small family, I don't know who learned them from."

The old lady still had a bad tone, but she was no longer as tough as before.

The Marquis's Mansion was still counting on Zhou Ru to be the replacement bride! They had called Zhou Ru over, but they had no intention of really doing anything to her.

However, Zhou Yan was wronged in Xiangguo Temple today. Afterwards, in order to give Xiangguo Temple an explanation, they had to reluctantly donate two thousand taels of incense money to quell Zhou Yan's crime in Xiangguo Temple.

The Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion was not wealthy to begin with, and giving out another two thousand taels of silver would be like cutting the old lady's flesh with a blunt knife.

The old lady was unhappy, so she took out all her resentment on Zhou Ru. Even though she couldn't do anything to her, she relied on her status as an elder to lecture her and give her a scolding, which made her feel better.

"There's no reason to make someone kneel down without any reason."

Zhou Ru muttered something, not paying attention to what the old lady said. The women in this big house only knew how to enjoy belittling and suppressing others all day long. She was used to it and didn't care.

Zhou Yan, who was waiting to see the show, became unhappy when she saw the old lady's tone change and it seemed that she was not going to punish Zhou Ru severely.

"No matter what the reason, you just talked back to grandma, and you refused to obey her even when she lectured you. Look how angry you made grandma. According to the rules, if a younger generation dares to talk back to an elder, they will be slapped in the face. You disrespect your elders, so you deserve to be slapped in the face."

She pointed at Zhou Ru and scolded her. Without waiting for the old lady to give her attitude, she directly ordered the maids and old women around her to come forward, "What are you standing there for? Go and slap her in the face."

The maid and the old woman hesitated for a moment and looked at the old lady, but the old lady at this moment seemed not to have heard anything. She held her forehead and closed her eyes to pretend to be asleep, as if she was very angry.

The old lady had been repeatedly contradicted by Zhou Ru today, and she thought it would be okay to take this opportunity to give Zhou Ru a lecture. After all, it was Zhou Yan who ordered someone to slap Zhou Ru in the face. If the news got out, she could say that it was caused by the conflict between the girls in her family, and the most she could do was that she didn't have time to stop it.

Therefore, when the old woman and the maid looked at her, she pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Seeing this, the old woman and the maid knew that the old lady had acquiesced, so they looked at each other and walked towards Zhou Ru with unfriendly eyes.

Xiang Huan saw that the old woman and the maid had come with ill intentions, so she quickly stood in front of Zhou Ru and said, "What are you doing? The young lady didn't do anything wrong, why do you want to slap her in the face?"

"How dare you, a servant, butt in on the master's business?" Zhou Yan saw that the old lady had acquiesced to her actions, and she became even more arrogant. She said to the maidservant in front of her, "Slap that dog servant who can't tell the difference between the master and the subordinate."

Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion from top to bottom was looking forward to what would happen next. Only Zhou Rong was secretly worried. She was not worried that Zhou Ru would be slapped in the face, but she was worried that because of this incident, if the Fourth House and the Marquis' Mansion broke up, who could they find to marry in her place? Wouldn't all their plans be in vain?

No one cared more about it than she did since it concerned her lifelong event. However, when she turned around and looked at her grandmother and mother who were sitting in the main seat, one pretended to be so angry that she had a headache, while the other pretended not to hear anything and was drinking tea leisurely, as if they both acquiesced to the matter, and she did not dare to spoil it at this time.

As a servant, Xianghuan knew that if she was punished, she would only be beaten and could not fight back, otherwise it would be considered disrespectful and she would receive more severe punishment.

So, when the old woman and the maid raised their hands high, she stared stubbornly and protected Zhou Ru motionlessly. No matter what, she would not let her master be bullied.

However, the expected slap did not land on her face or body. Instead, she was pushed aside by Zhou Ru, and the slaps from the old woman and the maid missed her.

"Get off."

Then Zhou Ru lifted her skirt, kicked a maid to the ground, and slapped another maid with her backhand.

The scene suddenly became chaotic. No one expected Zhou Ru to be so fierce all of a sudden and dare to beat people in front of the master of the Marquis' Mansion.

Originally, the old woman was strong and wouldn't fall to the ground after being kicked. She just fell down to exaggerate Zhou Ru's evil deeds, and then howled in an unusually exaggerated manner.

"Oh my! This is outrageous. You dare to hit someone in front of the elders. As the saying goes, you have to look at the owner before beating a dog. Miss Ru, you don't take the old lady seriously at all!" The old woman cried and fell in front of the old lady and said, "Old lady, you have to make the decision for this old slave!"

Now, even the old lady and the marquis’ wife could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb. The old lady had just pretended to be so angry that she had a headache, but this time, she was really angry.

"How outrageous." She pointed at Zhou Ru with a trembling finger, "You are outrageous, you are really outrageous."

Madam Hou also added fuel to the fire: "You are so unruly. It's fine if you don't obey discipline, but you dare to hit others in front of your elders. If I don't teach you the rules, will you dare to hit your grandmother?"

Zhou Ru retorted sarcastically: "Aunt, you don't have to put the blame on me. I didn't grow up in the Marquis' Mansion, nor did I learn the rules of the Marquis' Mansion, so I didn't know that the rules of the Marquis' Mansion are to make people kneel down without any reason, and to slap them in the face if they disagree with you."

"My father only taught me that it's not the loudness of the voice that matters, but he never taught me to just stand there stupidly and wait to be beaten. If you must punish me today, please give me a reasonable reason, otherwise, I won't accept it."