Shipin Dalizheng

"Your Majesty is holy."

After the court meeting, Jin Shizhao didn't know how he walked out of the hall. His expression was dull and his steps were unsteady.

Nangong Jing walked up to him, still speaking in a cold tone, "Master Jin, don't forget that your son, Jin Yaoyang, must be present in court tomorrow at the Jingzhao Prefecture. Otherwise, he will be considered a fugitive."

Jin Shizhao's eyes were fierce, "Prince Jing, don't go too far!"

Nangong Jing snorted contemptuously and walked away.

The officials who used to be on good terms with him suddenly became distant, as if they had never known him.

He knew it was over, his son's future, and even his own future, were over.

At Rong Fei's villa, early in the morning, Old Lady Jin came to scold again.

This old lady also came from a peasant family, and her background was not much worse than Ma's. Although she had been an old lady for many years and no longer swore, she had more strange and bizarre theories than Ma, and they were more justified.

Just as Jin Shizhao said, although he did not recognize Rong Tang as his son, he could still scold Rong Tang like a son. If Rong Tang did not obey him, he would be considered disobedient and unfilial.

Old Lady Jin was spitting out foam and crying and cursing, her words inevitably brought up the deceased Rong. Neighbors and passers-by who did not know the truth also followed suit and blamed Rong Tang for driving his grandmother crazy.

At first, Rong Quan just locked the door and pretended not to know how the old woman was making a fuss. This went on for more than an hour until the old woman insulted Madam Rong's reputation. He became so angry that he went to Rong Tang to seek a solution.

After a night's rest, Rong Tang finally regained some strength and was able to take care of himself.

Hearing that the old woman was making trouble outside, the servants were unable to step in to deal with it and frowned.

The Third Master rolled up his sleeves and was about to go out to reason with her. "I'll go meet her. No one can cure her yet."

"Grandpa, you can't."

Rong Tang shook his head. He remembered that the old woman got angry and hit him with her head the day before yesterday. As her grandson, he was helpless and he was afraid that the third master would also suffer.

When men are shameless, women suffer, but when some women are shameless, men also suffer.

Chuncao said, "Then I'll go. I'll kill her."

"Neither can you."

To a certain extent, Chuncao represents his position, which is wrong to varying degrees.

As a result, everyone turned their attention to Rong Xiu, the oldest female elder present.

Rong Xiu had known that this moment would come, but she didn't expect it to come so soon. Just like what Nanny You had said to her, whether she would live the rest of her life in wealth and honor, or live in Baimei Temple with coarse food and vegetables, it all depended on whether she could deal with this old hag.

Rong Tang didn't wait for her to stand up and spoke first, "Grandma, go and give her a slap on the face before you leave to wake her up."

The Third Master was startled, and Cailan also hurriedly said no, "Sir, she is your grandmother, you must not hit her. Besides, she is a third-rank imperial consort, and Xiu-gu is a commoner. It would be a big deal if she hit her."

Rong Xiu's heart was beating fast. She looked at Rong Tang, waiting for what he would say.

Rong Tang guessed that Rong Xiu didn't dare to take action, as she still needed some training.

"Well, go out and deal with her and drive her away."

Rong Xiu responded and took Cai Lan out. Rong Tang then said to Ma, "You go up and cheer. Just remember not to swear. You can do whatever you want with the rest."

Ma had been eager to try it for a while, and upon hearing the news, she hurriedly chased after him.

Laifu's wife and the other two asked in unison, "What about us?"

"You three, go out through the back door as usual and wander around Shangjing. Remember, don't bring up yesterday's topic today. Just listen to what others have to say and make some comments. Are you good at making some comments?"

The three of them were making faces at each other. Isn't that the gossipy woman's specialty?

After the tasks were assigned, they came to the gate, either climbing over the wall or peeking through the cracks in the door to watch the excitement outside.

While Old Madam Jin was jumping up and down to think about Madam Rong's faults during her lifetime, the door suddenly opened and three women of similar age came out.

The masked Frost in the lead had a cold face and came up with a big fight without saying a word.

Both the one who beat him and the one who was beaten were stunned.

Mrs. Jin had never thought someone would actually hit her. Rong Xiu had never thought she would actually hit him, and with such smooth and decisive movements.

"You, you dare to hit me?"

Madam Jin pointed at her in disbelief, her hands shaking, "Do you know who I am?"

After the fight, Rong Xiu also gave up. This is how it is, so he should do what he has to do.

"I'm beating you, you disrespectful old woman. Ever since your son married into our family, he's brought your whole family to eat for free. You eat our food, drink our drinks, use our things, and live in our houses. How have I treated you unfairly? Now, a family of outsiders has occupied the Bo Mansion, forcing the real Rong family members to have nowhere to go. Everyone, please judge for yourself. Is there anyone who behaves this way?"

Old Madam Jin was furious. "I, you... who are you? What does this have to do with you? This is our Jin family's family affair."

"Why are you having your Jin family's family affairs and causing trouble in our Rong family? I'm not afraid to tell you that I'm the Rong family's great aunt. I'm the eldest in the Rong family. If you have any problems, come to me. Don't take advantage of your seniority and bully my great-grandson."

"What do you mean by your great-grandson? He's the grandson of my Jin family, so he has to listen to me. Ask him to come out and answer, and I'll ask him how he injured my Yaoyang and why he still can't recover."

"Madam Jin, you should be a conscientious person. How come your grandson of the Jin family has the surname Rong? You are a person from another family. Even if you come to beg for food, you can give some alms if you are willing. If you don't want to give alms, you can beat him with a stick and no one will say anything."

Old Madam Jin had been a noblewoman for over a decade, and she couldn't stand the words "begging" or "alms." She immediately threw a tantrum, "Great! Is this Rong Tang's attitude towards Grandmother? Is this the upbringing of Rong's son? Everyone come and listen, come and judge the etiquette. I came to find my grandson, but this wicked woman won't let me see him and even beats me."

The onlookers couldn't tell right from wrong and started pointing fingers. "Yeah, they came to see their grandson, why are they hitting people? And the one they hit was the old lady of an official family."

After all, Rong Xiu had been away from Beijing for twenty years and had not interacted with people for a long time, so he immediately fell into a disadvantage.

Seeing she had no answer, Cailan chimed in, "Everyone, I'm sure you've all heard the rumors about the Jin and Rong families. This old lady Jin's son, Lord Jin, is our uncle's son-in-law. His illegitimate son nearly beat our uncle's legitimate son to death the other day, and he's still bedridden. If you don't believe me, ask Doctor Zhang at the Imperial Hospital. Old Lady Jin was the one who acted unreasonably first, so it's only right for our uncle to teach her a lesson."

Madam Jin jumped three feet high, "The master is speaking, do you have the right to speak as a lowly servant? What is this old lady...ah~~"

Old Madam Jin suddenly thought of someone. Could it be this one?

"Could you be Rong Xiu? The unlucky star who killed three husbands twenty years ago? What bad luck has befallen the Bo family to have a murderer like you? Everyone, come and see, what a rare person! A vicious woman who kills men!"

Some of the older people in Beijing still remember that there was such a person in the Jian'an Earl's Mansion. They didn't expect that after so many twists and turns, this unlucky star would come back again.