Zheng Sisi looked at the two people walking away from her and tried hard to pry open her hands that were covering her mouth. Maybe the marquis’s wife had used all her strength, and Zheng Sisi couldn’t pry them open, so she simply gave up.

The houses here were almost burnt down, so there was no point in putting out the fire. The Marquis ordered his servants to keep an eye on the surroundings and prevent the fire from spreading to other courtyards.

It was a very lively night. All the neighbors around the Marquis' Mansion were awakened and saw the flames rising from the Mansion. They were all wondering what had happened.

There aren't many entertainment programs here, but everyone loves gossip. They will talk about any little thing, and the news will spread further and further, becoming more and more distorted.

It was already late at night when the fire was put out, and the Marquis ordered everyone to go back and rest, and to deal with the fire tomorrow morning. The masters of each courtyard had no choice but to go back, and some who disliked Liu Linfeng were waiting to see the show tomorrow morning.

When Zheng Sisi returned to her courtyard, the maids and servants in the courtyard had also returned. Two servants, three servants, and Chuncao, the maid she brought with her as a dowry, were all there. Chuncao was shocked to see the young lady coming back, wearing a wedding dress and with a white cloth wrapped around her head.

"Miss, what's wrong with you?"

"Oh, it's okay, I just knocked my head." Zheng Sisi knew that the maid didn't really care about her, so she said this and went back to her room. She closed and locked the door, not letting the maids in.

The people outside the door looked at each other, no one spoke, and then they went back to their own rooms. The master was relieved that he didn't have to serve them.

Zheng Sisi knew that Liu Linfeng would never come back, so she fell asleep after returning to her room.

When she woke up the next day, it was already bright. Since the groom was not there, she didn't have to serve tea to her parents-in-law. She now had to stay alert for the next battle.

After eating the breakfast brought in by the maid, Zheng Sisi slowly cleaned up her dowry in the room. Seeing the items on the dowry list, Zheng Sisi curled her lips and said, "Fang, this stepmother is really stingy. She sent Xie Yunmei away with such a small amount of things."

Zheng Sisi shook her head. "Even a little bit of meat is still meat. It's better than nothing."

Before they had finished counting the items in the box, the maid and a woman from the Marquis's wife in the main courtyard came in. After seeing Zheng Sisi, they bowed and said directly, "The Marquis and his wife invite you to the front courtyard reception room to discuss matters."

Seeing her arrogant look, Zheng Sisi didn't care and stood up and left, "You lead the way."

The maids and old women were stunned for a moment, thinking that it would take some effort to invite the person over. Unexpectedly, Zheng Sisi agreed so readily and quickly walked in front to lead the way.

When we arrived at the front yard reception room, it was already full of people. The old lady of the Marquis's mansion sat at the top right, the Marquis sat on the left, and the Marquis sat next to her. The first person sitting on the left was Liu Linfeng, and next to him was Li Jingjing. The other second and third wives sat on both sides, and there were nearly twenty people sitting there.

Everyone had different expressions. The Marquis's face was gloomy. When he saw Zheng Sisi coming in, he looked at her with gloomy eyes. No wonder, there was a fire in the mansion last night, and Zheng Sisi made a scene, which embarrassed her son. This morning, the steward and the doorman who went out to purchase came to report the rumors outside, "It's said outside that the Marquis's mansion married a jinx, and something bad happened as soon as she entered the mansion." Xie Yunmei's reputation was not good to begin with. The Marquis and his wife didn't like her before, and now they hate her even more.

Zheng Sisi didn't even bother to look at other people's expressions. She walked to the middle and bowed to the main seat in front, then said, "Where is my seat!"

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