The Wan family arrived late.

The other three people were dressed in gorgeous clothes, while Wen Yan's clothes were neat but not expensive.

When Mrs. Wan saw Wen Yan, she was about to hit her with the cane in her hand. But Xu Xiaorou pulled her back and she just glared at Wen Yan and stood there quietly.

In front of the Wan family, Ma Zhengwen asked again: "Wen Yan, you want to sue the Wan family for defamation and slander, is that right?"

Wen Yan: "That's right."

"You know, even if you lose today, you will be infamous and everyone will despise your name! Even if you win, the result will be damage to the Wan family's reputation, which will not do you much good."

Ma Zhengwen still felt that Wen Yan shouldn't be so radical. It would be harmful to others and not benefit herself to sue her husband's family for such a thing. He originally thought that Wen Yan was gentle, but he didn't expect her to be so hard and not consider the overall situation at all.

"Why is there no benefit? Am I supposed to bear this stigma for nothing?" Wen Yan asked back.

Xu Xiaorou was a little anxious. She had seen Wen Yan's personality change drastically before. "Sister-in-law, we are all family. Why do we have to make such a fuss?"

Wen Yan sneered, "Aren't you the ones who wanted to make such a scene?"

Ma Huo slammed the gavel: "Silence! Xu, Wen said she never accepted any money from you. Do you have anything to explain?"

Xu Xiaorou bowed pitifully, "Your Excellency, I did give money to my sister-in-law, but I don't remember how much. I just gave her whatever I had. Otherwise, why would my sister-in-law have so much money? She even spent 16 taels to buy a jade pendant. How can an ordinary family earn so much in a short time..."

"Okay, Xu, I'll settle the score with you today. I was kicked out of the Wan family and I was penniless. Do you recognize me?"

This is what Xu Xiaorou once said, and she nodded.

Wen Yan: "When I left the Wan family, the children were all hungry. I had no choice but to pawn a silver hairpin given by my late husband so that I could have a full meal with the children. The pawn ticket is still in my hand, with the date and amount here."

"The next day I took the child back to my parents' home. In the following months, I went into town no more than ten times. I kept records of every purchase and expense, and adults can check them."

Wen Yan took out a receipt and an account book and handed them all to Magistrate Ma.

"The accounts may be falsified to harm us! Who knows how long it took you to prepare this account book!" Old Mrs. Wan pointed at her angrily with her cane.

"I don't have time to lie. I came to Xiahe Town today and found out that my reputation has been ruined. I have a witness. Shopkeeper Qiu of Baijia Inn can testify! I would like to ask Xu, since she said she gave me money many times, I don't know when and where Xu gave it to me, and how much she gave each time. Do you have evidence and witnesses?"

Xu Xiaorou was speechless and stammered for a long time without being able to utter a word.

After reading the account book, Ma Huo believed Wen Yan for the most part, but he still had doubts: "The account book said that you made a hundred taels in one day. What's going on?"

"I sold the ginseng that my second daughter picked by accident and made a profit of one hundred taels. Mo Anfu of the Yue family can testify to this!"

Ma Huo nodded and looked at Xu Xiaorou: "Do you have anything to say?"

Xu Xiaorou never thought that Wen Yan would be so bold as to sue them all. How could she have any countermeasures?

"You bitch! I've kicked you out, but you're still harming my Wan family. Are you going to be satisfied only if our family is destroyed?" Old Mrs. Wan raised her cane and pretended to hit Wen Yan.

The incident happened so suddenly that no one had time to stop it. Wen Yan's legs were numb and she couldn't dodge at all.

"Stop! Don't dare to hurt my mother!" A figure flew in from outside the yamen and kicked Mrs. Wan's crutches away.

"Erbao!" Wen Yan exclaimed in surprise after seeing who was coming.

Wan Xiaqing stood in front of Wen Yan, and his body was obviously much stronger than before.

Wen Yan's children and Wen Yangu all came.

Wen Yangu was born a scholar, so Magistrate Ma had to give him some face. "Don't be afraid, Xiaoyan. We are here to support you."

Wen Yan was so moved that her nose felt sore, but if she wanted to cry, she had to go back and cry.

Wan Dongling was wearing a coarse linen dress, but it couldn't hide her elegant temperament. "My Lord County Magistrate, Old Madam Wan said that she treated mother and us very well in the mansion, but it was mother who didn't respect the elderly. But I have evidence to prove that what Old Madam Wan said is false."

"What evidence?" Maho asked hurriedly without bothering to punish them for disrespect.

Wan Dongling: "In the secret compartment under the bed of Old Madam Wan's residence, there is an account book that records all the expenses of the mansion that year. It happens to be December now, so you can go and check it out, and everything will be clear."

"Little bitch! How did you know that?" Old Mrs. Wan yelled madly.

Wan Dongling gave him a mocking look, "Don't you often ask my mother what she bought for me? Take me to your room, and I'll tell you while you write it down. Have you forgotten?"

Wan Liangzhe also knew about this account book, but he didn't expect that the little bitch Wan Dongling also knew about it.

How could this happen? Why was Wan Liangzhe's official career so bumpy!

Now he could only sacrifice the car to save the king. Wan Liangzhe shouted angrily: "Xu Xiaorou, why do you always do such things! For the sake of your own face, do you want to kill all my Wan family members?"

The slap made Xu Xiaorou see stars. Why did the man in front of her look so strange?

She had once again become Wan Liangzhe's abandoned child!

Wan Liangzhe grabbed Xu Xiaorou's hair and dragged her in front of Wen Yan: "Apologize to me now!"

"Sorry……"

Wen Yan looked at them coldly, "Is she the only one who should apologize? Aren't you three the ones who slandered my reputation together?"

"You want me to apologize to you? No way!" Old Madam Wan got angry when she heard this. "You gave birth to so many bastards, and you still dare to jump around in front of me. You should be thrown into a pig cage and buried with my son!"

Wen Yangu didn't expect his daughter to live like this in the Wan family. He shouted angrily, "Watch your mouth! I married my daughter to you because your family begged me to do so! I didn't expect you to go back on your word!"

"Alright!" Ma Huo shouted angrily, "How shameless! If you keep making noise, I will give you twenty lashes each!"

He looked at Wen Yan, the protagonist of this incident, and said, "I probably already know everything. You are indeed innocent. But there is no way to punish a person for this kind of thing. How about asking them to pay some silver?"

Wen Yan said indifferently: "I will obey you, sir. I have only one request. The government office should post a document to explain the whole story. I want to live a clean life!"

Maho agreed.

In his heart, he thought that the Wan family had hit a wall. This woman was brave and resourceful, but she didn't get hurt at all. The Wan family fell apart and became the laughing stock of the entire Xiahe Town. This woman was not simple.

As soon as the court was dismissed, the noise started again.

"Xiao Rou! Xiao Rou, don't scare me!" Xu Xiaorou gave birth prematurely!

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