Zhang Momo understood what she meant, and cleared all the maids and old women out of the yard. She gave them a few more beatings before returning to the old lady.

"cousin."

Qiao Bing was tied up and stood in the yard, looking at Bai Yaoyao with affectionate eyes, full of love and tenderness.

Seeing such a disgusting look, Bai Yanlang's facial muscles tensed up, and he walked up and slapped him in the face.

"Snapped!"

Qiao Bing's face was hit and tilted to the side, and a clear red mark from the slap soon appeared on his face.

"Evil beast, tell me why you want to harm your cousin!"

Bai Yaoyao took a few steps forward and said in a gentle voice, "Cousin, my grandmother and father are here. You don't have to be afraid of my fourth sister. Tell me everything you know. My grandmother and the others will take care of it for you."

Her face was covered in blue and red, and she acted as pitiful as before, but she didn't look pitiful at all, and instead looked a little funny.

Yao Shan'er looked up at the sky, and tried to suppress the corners of her mouth again and again, but still couldn't, and they turned up.

"Third cousin, just tell me the truth about what happened."

Bai Mulin had lost his former dignity. His brocade clothes embroidered with silver thread were covered in mud. Half of his face was raised high, and he squinted at Bai Youyou with a sinister look.

"Brother Bing, just tell me everything you know." Aunt Qiao walked up to Qiao Bing and untied the ropes that bound him. "I know you were coerced into doing this, and I don't blame you."

Aunt Qiao and her son tried to persuade Qiao Bing, but Lu sneered, "Why don't you just tell him to say that he was ordered by my son? Why bother with this?"

"I guess my father is not going to give me justice." Bai Youyou said to Lu Qi, "Lu Qi, go ask the Jingzhao Yin to come and judge the case."

"Yes!"

Lu Qi flashed and ran quickly towards the door.

"Come back, you are not allowed to go!"

"stop!"

The old lady and Bai Yanlang spoke at the same time.

"Bai Youyou!"

Lu Qi only listened to Bai Youyou's instructions. Bai Yanlang gritted his teeth and said, "Call them back quickly!"

Bai Youyou smiled coldly and said sarcastically: "You won't give me justice, and you won't allow me to find someone to do it for me?"

"Who won't give you justice? Your grandmother is still here."

Facing her mocking eyes, Bai Yanlang's eyes flickered, "There is no one else in this courtyard today. Even if there is something, it will not be spread out, and your reputation will not be damaged."

"Ah!"

Bai Youyou was so angry at his shameless words that she laughed, "So, today this shit pot has to be put on my head?"

"Dad knows you feel wronged—"

"You know I'm wronged, but you still want me to suffer?" Bai Youyou interrupted him and looked him in the eye, "Dad, am I your daughter?"

What kind of father would treat his daughter like this?

"You are naturally my daughter."

This was really unfounded, and Bai Yanlang turned his eyes away guiltily.

Lu roared and pointed at him with a trembling finger, "You black-hearted bastard! You want my daughter to take the blame? Do you really think that the people in my Zhenguo Mansion are dead?!"

Bai Youyou tugged at Lu's sleeve, raised her head and looked at Bai Yanlang without any emotion, "Five thousand taels."

Everyone around was stunned.

Bai Yanlang asked: "What do you mean by five thousand taels?"

"Five thousand taels to buy your daughter's innocence, otherwise," Bai Youyou said in a very cold voice, "Don't even think about it!!"

"We are all family—"

"No, I can't be a family with you guys."

Bai Youyou raised her hand to stop him from playing the emotional card, "If you are willing, I can admit what Qiao Bing said in public. If you are not willing, I will ask someone to do justice for me!"

Bai Yanlang frowned, looking embarrassed, "Five thousand taels is too much, Dad can't afford it, can you see if...?"

"You can't afford it, but Aunt Qiao can." Bai Youyou sneered, "Five thousand taels to buy Bai Yaoyao's innocence. If you think it's too expensive, you don't have to buy it. I didn't force you to buy it."

Without waiting for them to weigh the pros and cons, she crossed her arms over her chest and raised her chin towards Lu Qi, "Lu Qi, go report to the police! Do you really think I'm made of clay? You dare to put all this shit on my head!"

"and many more!"

Bai Yanlang got anxious and grabbed Bai Youyou's arm. He looked at Aunt Qiao and said, "Go back and get the silver."

"My dear, how can I afford five thousand taels?"

Aunt Qiao's lips were trembling.

She had previously given more than one thousand taels to her third son, and another one thousand taels to Mrs. Lu. A few days ago, she donated another two thousand taels to disaster relief. Now, she had less than six thousand taels of silver in her hands.

If all this is given away, what should I do in the future?

Bai Youyou kindly reminded: "If you don't have silver, you can also use the shop to pay for it."

"You are blackmailing!"

Bai Muchen dragged his dislocated arm and stared at Bai Youyou.

Bai Youyou ignored him and her eyes fell on Bai Yaoyao. She raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Fifth sister, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. You know whether this matter can withstand investigation or not. Now it's your mother who is unwilling to spend money to eliminate the disaster for you, so blame her if you want to."

Bai Yaoyao clenched her fists, tears welling up in her eyelashes, and looked at Aunt Qiao with pleading eyes, "Aunt~"

The old lady watched this farce, her forehead throbbing. She pounded the ground with her cane and shouted angrily, "Is your daughter more important, or is the money more important? Why don't you go back and get it!"

"Aunt, my son can earn money, but my sister is more important."

Bai Muchen glanced at Bai Youyou, his expression unable to conceal his pride: "The set of four treasures of the study used by Zhuang Daru that my son bought last time has found a buyer, and this time he made a full profit of six hundred taels. This little money will be earned back for you soon."

Bai Youyou looked back at him and sneered in her heart.

I really thought I had a sharp eye and incredible luck.

idiot!

It's just a fish in someone else's net, yet you're still feeling complacent about it.

"Aunt, my brother is smart. He can earn money later."

After repeated persuasion from the brothers Bai Mulin and Bai Muchen, Aunt Qiao felt relieved. She gritted her teeth and turned back to get the banknotes.

After a while, Aunt Qiao came over with five thousand taels of silver.

Bai Mulin was afraid that Bai Youyou would take the money and not acknowledge it, so he said coldly, "Sign the receipt."

If he hadn't mentioned it, Bai Youyou was also prepared to write a note, which was exactly what she wanted.

Lu frowned, a little worried, "Youyou, mother has silver, we don't want theirs."

Bai Youyou patted her hands, signaling her to be at ease, "Mom, I have my own plans, you don't have to worry."

Bai Mulin wrote a note.

Bai Youyou looked at it, signed her name after finding no problem, and took the banknote.

A smug look appeared on Bai Muchen's lips. He rolled his eyes, walked out quickly, and gathered all the maids and old women who had been dispersed before.

In order to discredit Youyou, he also called several maids and old women from the first and third rooms over.

The old lady frowned when she saw this scene, but didn't say anything.

Compared to being caught in bed, poisoning your concubine's sister would give you a better reputation.

In addition, Bai Youyou is the granddaughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, so others dare not humiliate her when she goes out.

Choose the lesser of two evils; this is the best outcome.

She didn't stop him, and Bai Yanlang didn't stop him either. They both acquiesced to his behavior.

Bai Youyou's eyes wandered over everyone's faces with a cold expression, "Do you really want to do things to this extent?"

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