An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

But how could Madam Zhaoyu really let this matter remain vague?

After all, I was just waiting for an opportunity after being tolerant for so many years. I didn't expect that as I waited, I had more and more concerns.

Now that Sang has pushed her to take this step, it's time for her to be ruthless and settle all these old accounts at once.

She waited for several days on purpose, only waiting for the day when the court officials had a day off, and then she quietly entered the Chang Garden in the West Palace.

Shen had gone to look for her these past two days, but she had been hiding. Later, she also went to the Hall of Disputes, and when she heard that the old man had not seen her, she knelt in front of the door of the Hall of Disputes before dawn this morning, which also gave Madam Zhaoyu a chance to meet Nie Zhongxu.

Things have come to this point, one is dead and the other is still locked in the house. It is hard for Nie Zhongxu not to know.

"Sister-in-law." Nie Zhongxu motioned for her to sit down, his face difficult to conceal his solemnity.

Madam Zhaoyu glanced around the hall without being polite. After the servant poured tea on the table in front of her, she got straight to the point, "I came here today, I think you already have an idea in your mind."

Nie Zhongxu's eyes were on the food plate in front of him, and he didn't say anything.

Madam Zhaoyu continued, "No matter how the younger generations fight and quarrel, they are still young and hot-tempered. As time goes by and they grow older, some things in the past will become insignificant. Therefore, I tolerate it and don't mention it, and the family is still harmonious. Even if my second brother's wife is angry, I never argue with her. If she wants to manage the family, just let her be. There is nothing to argue about these things. Whoever has the spare energy to manage it should do so. The sisters-in-law help each other, and the whole family can get by. It will also make the old man happier. Second brother, don't you think this is the truth?"

After saying this, the person sitting there nodded slightly, cleared his throat, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end, he didn't say it.

He rarely stayed in the West Palace in the first place. Not only was he busy with official duties, but when he had free time, he would go to appreciate paintings and discuss philosophy with a few good friends.

He never cared about these things at home.

Madam Zhaoyu was also aware of all these. She did not expect Nie Zhongxu to be able to explain all these things to him, but because he was still the head of the West Mansion, he could play a decisive role at the critical moment.

The woman sitting at the side looked back and thought to herself, taking a deep breath, "I didn't expect that Lian Chengyong would be killed now, and he would have to drink medicine for the rest of his life. You and I both know what kind of person he is. He was taken in by my eldest brother at the age of fourteen, and a child of that age already knows everything. He has lived his whole life very carefully in front of us, and has never made any mistakes. When my eldest brother was still alive, he also told you to let us sisters take good care of him."

"Although I can't say that I'm doing my best as a sister-in-law, I've always remembered what my brother said." When she was moved, she couldn't help but shed a few tears, "After all, I'm sorry to my brother for not taking good care of him."

Nie Zhongxu couldn't help but sigh, and said the two words "A Guang——" first. Madam Zhaoyu's eyes rolled slightly, and she wiped away the tears with a handkerchief, leaving the room quiet for a while.

When the sound of water drops dripping on the eaves became clear, Nie Zhongxu's next words came out, "A Guang has a bad temper. Shen and I didn't discipline him well. Now that he has done these things, I can't deny the blame. However, he is my blood after all. I hope that my sister-in-law will forgive him this time because he is young and naive."

Not only for Nie Chengyong, but also for Nie Ce being poisoned on his wedding day. Nie Zhongxu also knew about it now, including the fact that Shen went to Wuyuan to make trouble a few days ago... He clenched his palms, his brows gloomy, "I will send Shen back to her hometown to repent. As for A Guang - I will take him away from here later."

Madam Zhaoyu didn't understand what was said, so she looked over and asked, "Does Grandpa know?"

She didn't ask Nie Zhongxu where he was going.

Nie Zhongxu said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I will take care of these things next."

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Before noon, Cheng Lao came walking down the corridor, took off her shoes in front of the main hall, and opened her mouth to say something when she realized that the Marquis had returned.

Sang Ling was watching Xiao Yuanxing and Wei Chu serving the dishes while talking to Nie Ce who had just changed into a dark robe. "I had two bowls of eight-treasure lotus seed soup this morning. I thought I wouldn't be hungry at noon, but now I see these dishes and I feel hungry again."

"I have a good appetite." Nie Ce sat down cross-legged and looked at each dish on the food table, including Hu pancakes, boiled tofu, steamed fish, goose meat soup, a plate of fried mustard greens and a plate of stir-fried celery.

"If I didn't know you were coming back, I wouldn't have so much fat." Sang Ling raised his chin and looked at him.

"why?"

"The doctor told me to eat more vegetarian food these days." She didn't say it directly. In fact, it was just that her stomach couldn't digest the meat. If she ate too much meat, her bowel movements would not be smooth, so she had to eat more vegetables with crude fiber.

Nie Ce said "Oh", not knowing whether he understood or not, he picked up the food with his chopsticks, and the first piece of celery was placed in Sang Ling's bowl. She was about to ridicule him, but when she looked up, she saw Cheng Lao standing by the door with smiling eyes.

"Eat, let's talk after dinner." Aunt Cheng was happy from the bottom of her heart, and in order not to disturb this scene, she did not come in.

Sang Ling leaned to one side and was about to get up. "The more you say that, the less I can eat." Nie Ce casually signaled Wei Chu, who was about to come up to help him, to leave. He helped Sang Ling up and said, "Let's talk while we eat."

He follows the rules at home and in front of his elders, but outside, he does whatever is convenient. Now, he is not so particular in his own room. In private, Sang Ling is even more unruly than him. He doesn't talk while eating or sleeping. But when he is the master of the house, he does whatever is convenient.

So this lunch was spent in the midst of chatting.

Old Madam Cheng said, "The first lady went to the West Mansion early in the morning to talk to the Second Master, and then the Second Master went to the Hall of Justice and came out a few minutes ago." She hesitated for a moment and glanced at the Marquis, "Grandpa has spread the word that the Second Lady - the Second Lady should leave for her hometown in Liaodong tomorrow morning and reflect on her sins at the Nie Family Ancestral Hall."

The couple stopped eating their chopsticks, and Sang Ling also glanced at Nie Ce quietly. He raised his eyebrows and looked fine. When he noticed her looking at him, he smiled again.

The young lady put down her chopsticks and asked again, "How long will it take to come back?"

Cheng Ai shook her head. Nie Ce sneered and said, "They have gone there, how can they come back?"

Since he said so - Sang Ling lowered his eyes, picked up the chopsticks again, and said nothing more.

I just felt that it was different when Madam Zhaoyu came out. She even dragged out Nie Zhongxu, a transparent person in the inner house, and she was very ruthless. But even though Shen had sent him away, how could Nie Guang's matter be covered up? Now that everyone in the family knew about this scandal, whenever Nie Chengyong and Nie Ce were in the mansion, uncles and nephews, brothers would not be able to see each other. Unless Nie Guang never came to the East Mansion and the family reunited, he would never show up.