Golden Branch

Mrs. Cui's miserable laugh woke Dugu up.

Only then did she realize that she was actually suppressed by her mother-in-law's aura.

Dugu was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed.

The most important thing is that she doesn't want to admit certain facts.

For example, she didn't love Lou Yu that much.

Mrs. Cui's words exposed her disguise to her face, proving that she was an unkind and very selfish person.

Lou Yu is the deepest guilt and concern in her heart.

It is her most untouchable reverse scale.

Madam Cui used Lou Yu to hurt her, and she would never tolerate it.

After taking a few steps forward, Dugu approached Madam Cui.

She bent down, leaned close to Madam Cui's ear, and whispered, "Even if it was A Yu who did it, so what?"

"Wasn't it Lou Rang who murdered A Yu first?"

"Why? Lou Rang is allowed to order the guards to assassinate A Yu, but A Yu is not allowed to 'defend herself and fight back'?"

"Lou Rang failed to kill A Yu, but was killed instead. This only means that he was inferior to his opponent!"

Stupid and bad, but always likes to be smart.

He has no ability to harm others, but he always thinks of plotting against them.

Such an idiot deserves to die.

Dugu didn't say the word "you deserve it".

But her meaning was very clear.

A pair of fox eyes that are almost identical to Lou Yu's, which should be sparkling and charming, are now full of mockery.

She was silently telling Madam Cui: You and your stupid son deserve what you have today!

Mrs. Cui's eyes suddenly widened, and her old face became ferocious: "Bitch! How dare you--" laugh at her and Valang!

Her Valgen is dead!

Death is the greatest thing, do you understand?

Valang was killed by Dugu's son. How could the murderer's family have the nerve to be so arrogant and rebellious in front of the victim's family?

Madam Cui regretted that she shouldn't have chosen Dugu to seduce Lou Jin.

Lou Jin was indeed fooled and seduced by the beauty.

He did so many ridiculous things for a lowly maid.

But so what?

Lou Jin is now the powerful Duke of Anguo, and that lowly maid has transformed into a noble lady of the state!

And the little bastard born of that lowly maid... Ah! Ah! My Shiyilang! It was your mother who harmed you!

"I am a lowly servant? Yes! I am the servant you ordered someone to buy and bring into the mansion."

Being called a lowly servant in front of her again, Dugu, who was used to being honored, did not explode. Instead, she followed Madam Cui's words and sneered in a low voice:

"Madam, how noble and respectable are you? You are a daughter of the Cui family, yet you marry an old widower who is almost the same age as your father."

Is it a proud thing for a lady who is getting married for the first time to marry an older man who is getting married for the second time and has children?

"Now, you have to become mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with a lowly servant like me."

If someone calls others a slut right away, how noble can someone be if he becomes a "family member" of the slut?

This is not the most ridiculous thing. The most ridiculous thing is, "As noble as you are, your son is not even as good as my lowly son!"

Dugu was unwilling to say these words that would hurt people's hearts.

It was really because Madam Cui was too aggressive. She insisted on tearing off Dugu's fig leaf and exposing her past... Being a maid was definitely the humiliation that Dugu was most unwilling to face in her life.

In order to get rid of this identity, she even abandoned her own son!

How could she allow herself to be cursed by a cheap mother-in-law who already had a grudge against her?

"you you!"

Mrs. Cui was already angry and grief-stricken after her scars were exposed one after another and her innocent son was implicated several times. At this moment, she completely collapsed.

Her eyes were filled with resentment, and she pointed at Dugu with trembling hands.

She wanted to curse, to hit someone, to...

Unfortunately, she was traumatized. She had not eaten or drunk anything for a whole day and night, and had been crying for a long time. She was in a bad mood and weak. After being scolded by Dugu, Mrs. Cui felt dizzy and her body became weak.

thump!

Mrs. Cui fell straight back.

Dugu didn't move. Even though she was so far away from Madam Cui that she could just reach out and grab the person, she didn't even raise her hand!

Even though her mother-in-law was so angry that she fainted, Dugu was not at all panicked or afraid.

She slowly stood up, looking down at the old woman on the ground coldly, with a flash of relief in her eyes.

After a moment, she feigned worry and called out:

"Mother! What's wrong with you?"

"Shiyilang is gone. You are sad, but you must also take care of your body!"

"If anything happens to you, even if Shiyilang knew about it in the afterlife, he wouldn't be at peace!"

Dugu called out in sorrow, not forgetting to call for help: "Come! Come quickly! Call the court physician! Oh no, take my husband's invitation and go to the Imperial Medical Bureau to call for the imperial physician!"

As for acting, Dugu had already learned it a long time ago.

Having been the wife of a duke for several years, she had fought openly and secretly with Old Lady Cui and other female members of the Lou family for hundreds of times. She had already honed her acting skills to perfection!

Anyone who sees Dugu's appearance at this moment will believe that she is a good daughter-in-law who is filial to her mother-in-law.

No one knew that just now, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had experienced a quarrel that exposed each other's scars.

……

"Doctor, how are my mother and father doing?"

Wang Heng personally supervised the court physician and treated Madam Xie and Wang Lin one by one.

After the court doctor finished taking the patient's pulse, Wang Heng hurriedly asked in a low voice.

"Reporting to Ninth Lady, the Madam was already suffering from a stroke, and her anger overwhelmed her, causing her to faint. I will give her acupuncture and medication, and she should be able to wake up soon."

The court doctor bowed and stood aside, saying respectfully, "Young Master's condition is a bit tricky."

"His head was hit by a heavy object. Although there didn't seem to be much damage on the outside, there was blood accumulation in the brain, which led to his coma!"

"I've never treated this condition before, but I've heard it can be treated with acupuncture. However, I can't say if it can be successfully awakened!"

The court physician was the court physician of the Lou family's fortress, and he had superb medical skills.

Even he said it was "tricky", which was enough to show that Wang Lin's situation was really not optimistic.

Wang Heng's inner villain: ...Really! So good?

Wang Mian, who rushed over after hearing the news, was just outside the door and happened to hear what the court doctor said.

She couldn't help but exclaim in amazement: He is indeed a little pervert, every move he makes is a sure kill!

This is probably the decisiveness and killing that a superior should have.

Knowing that Wang Lin and Madam Xie were Wang Heng's elders and had the power of life and death over her, Lou Yu took direct action and solved the problem at the root.

Instead of being like the protagonists in many farming novels, who always let go of the best things when faced with them.

He says "it's fun to avenge someone", but in fact he procrastinates.

A group of top-notch people jumped around the protagonists repeatedly, like indestructible cockroaches, and forcibly put together a bloody plot of hundreds of thousands of words.

Lou Yu’s behavior is a bit like the villain in online novels.

Cruel!

No mercy!

And there won't be any trouble left!

Lou Yu didn't seem to worry that his cruel treatment of Jiu Niang's biological father and grandmother would cause Jiu Niang's dissatisfaction.

Wang Heng: ...Dissatisfied? I'm absolutely delighted!

Perhaps Wang Mian has not yet realized that someone who can play happily with a pervert, even if she is not a pervert, is not a kind-hearted saint who repays evil with kindness.

"Okay! Then please give me acupuncture and prescribe medicine!"

Wang Heng bowed slightly and saluted the court physician politely.

She acted like this not out of respect for the court doctor himself, but for her own elders.

When a person in a high position kneels down to a person of a lower position for the sake of his or her loved ones, it can better demonstrate his or her filial piety!

Sure enough, when the court doctor saw Wang Heng like this, a touch of emotion flashed in his eyes:

Alas, Jiu Niang is indeed a very pure and filial person.

He was so noble on ordinary days, but now, for the sake of his family, he paid him the courtesy of a doctor.

The court doctor felt touched, but he did not delay and hurried to prepare.

Both seriously ill patients needed acupuncture, and he also had to prescribe medicine and boil medicine, and he was very busy.

The court doctor was busy with the diagnosis and treatment, while Wang Mian walked in.

"Jiu Niang, is everything going well?"

Wang Mian asked with concern.

She didn't care about the current situation of Madam Xie and Wang Lin, she only cared about whether her best friend was doing well or not.

"...Grandma and Aye are still alive, which is a blessing in disguise."

Wang Heng's delicate little chubby face was filled with relief.

However, this expression seemed a little artificial in the eyes of people who knew her.

Wang Mian: ...I knew it, my Jiu Niang is not a saint.

She is very clear about gratitude and resentment, and is never bound by blood ties or morality.

There is definitely a difference between taking care of a scumbag father and grandmother and serving them sincerely.

Wang Mian felt that with Jiu Niang's intelligence, she would be able to "repay" the two of them without giving them any room for criticism.

But soon, Wang Mian was "slapped in the face" again.

Wang Heng did not try to deceive Madam Xie and her son Wang Lin at all, but served them sincerely and personally.

Wang Mian: ...No, honey, it’s just a show, there’s no need to take it so seriously, right?

Wang Heng: ...Sister, you don’t understand this. If you want to do something, you have to do it completely.

acting?

Haha, no one in this world is a fool.

Fake is fake. It may deceive one person temporarily, but it cannot deceive forever and everyone!

It would be foolish to let her lose all her previous efforts and fail completely because of the slightest bit of "fakeness".

Wang Heng was just pretending to be stupid, she wasn't really stupid.

Wang Heng will definitely not leave any loopholes!

……

In the Duke's Mansion, the big red lanterns were covered with white cloth.

Night falls and the lights shine brightly.

At first glance, everything is white.

Dugu went to Madam Cui's room again and acted like a filial and good daughter-in-law.

Seeing her pretentious face, Mrs. Cui hated and was angry, but she could do nothing——

Her Shiyilang's body has not been brought back yet.

Lou Jin will also be responsible for the subsequent funeral and burial.

Oh, by the way, there is also Lou Rang’s “crime”. He is also charged with forcing river workers to rebel and neglecting river affairs.

The person is dead!

But the charges were not cleared.

And this also requires Lou Jin's help.

Mrs. Cui didn't want her son to bear the stigma after his death.

She wanted her son's reputation restored, and it would be best if he was posthumously honored by the court. In this way, the standards of his funeral and tomb could also be improved!

“…Just bear with it for now!”

If you want to use Lou Jin, you cannot offend the Dugu family.

This woman is simply Lou Jin's treasure and lifeblood.

If Dugu was unhappy, her pillow talk would make Lou Jin dizzy and he would not care about any rules or feelings at all!

Madam Cui no longer dared to lose her temper with Dugu. Dugu once made Madam Cui faint from anger, and after venting her anger, she no longer bothered with her.

Well, by "living in harmony" like this, at least Lou Rang's problem can be solved, and Lou Yu will not be "slandered" anymore!

This matter is completely settled.

Swish!

A dark shadow nimbly flashed through the layers of courtyards in the Anguo Mansion...