Noble Lady

Taking advantage of the three days of kneeling at Jishan Hall, Xue Chenyu asked a doctor to come to her home for a consultation.

Then the news came out that Mrs. Xue of the He family had injured herself while seeking medical treatment for her mother-in-law and had to stay in bed to recuperate.

People in Kyoto were praising her pure and filial piety, and some scholars and students even wrote poems and essays for her. The reputation of the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an spread throughout Kyoto, and Xue Chenyu successfully made everyone remember her filial piety.

Gaining a good reputation is the most important thing, and everything she does afterwards is inseparable from the preparation of this incident.

She could also take this opportunity to put aside the He family's messy affairs.

Just like she didn't care if the sky fell on the He family, no one would say a bad word about her, saying that she had ruined her body because of seeking medical treatment for her mother-in-law.

After doing all this, Xue Chenyu finally fell asleep peacefully.

I slept for a whole day and a night.

After waking up, I heard Yumei say that the He family's homecoming banquet was also a mess.

Cui Hua felt that the He family had lost face on the wedding day, so he refused to accompany his wife back to his parents' home.

He Minzhi worked hard to find someone to book a banquet at Heyue Tower, but was unhappy to see He Ruyi show up.

He Ruyi was also dissatisfied with her dowry which was a pile of stones. She felt it was not only shameful but also shabby, so she made a scene with He Minzhi when she returned.

She also kept saying, "This is all because of you. If you hadn't let that bitch Ji Minrou be the housekeeper, how could she have had the opportunity to steal my dowry so blatantly to enrich herself?"

"I see that Mrs. Ji came specially this time. Could it be that Ji Minrou took the opportunity to secretly give her all the money?"

"You are a dignified editor of the Imperial Academy, yet you let a foster girl living in our house be your housekeeper? Don't you think it's shameful?"

"Do you know how I felt when the dowry was overturned in the street and all it showed was stones? I wished there was a crack in the ground so I could crawl into it!"

He Minzhi was already very angry, and when He Ruyi became more and more angry, he couldn't help but get angry and overturned the whole table.

The servants were so scared that they ran away with their heads in their hands. Xiaocao was smart and asked Chunhua to go and ask the old lady to come quickly.

He Minzhi stepped on the broken pieces of pots and pans, his face as black as the bottom of a pot. "Is this all you can do to rage here? Why don't you go to the Cui family and make a scene? If you're really capable, can you go back home on your own?"

"He Ruyi, I've been putting up with you repeatedly because you're my biological sister, born of the same father and mother. Don't think I'm afraid of you. A woman like you who lost her chastity before marriage should have been hanged by the neck long ago and apologized to my father and grandfather in the afterlife!"

"In folk culture, people like you who lose their virginity before marriage and are pregnant with an illegitimate child would be beaten and thrown into a pond!"

He Ruyi's face turned blue and red, "He Minzhi, you, how can you say that to me?"

"You clearly wanted to cling to the Cui family's power, and you pretended to get such a large dowry. Now that you've done everything you can to get rich, you're scolding me again. Do you still have any shame? You're a scholar!"

"If you were down-to-earth, you wouldn't have made such a big fool of yourself! How dare you scold me now?"

"Do you think the He family is still the same He family as before? Do you think you are still the same He Minzhi as before? Without Xue Chenyu's money, you are nothing!"

"You're flipping the table! What gives you the right to do that? How much does this table of food cost? With your monthly salary of a few cents, can you afford it?"

The sentence "Without Xue Chenyu's money, you are nothing!" completely hit He Minzhi's sore spot.

He became furious and grabbed He Ruyi's neck.

"You've been eating and using the He family's food and supplies since you were little. What contribution have you made to the family? Now I thought you could finally make a small contribution to the family, but I didn't expect that you would lose someone even more."

"You're a slut who's been having an affair with a man without a matchmaker and even got pregnant. What qualifications do you have to tell me what to do?"

"Which of your dowry wasn't bought for you with my own money? Even if I failed to supervise properly, it's not your turn to point your finger at me and scold me!"

"He Ruyi, just because you're married doesn't mean you've severed ties with the He family. Your last name is He! I'll always be your eldest brother. Killing you is just a snap of my fingers!"

"Sir, you can't do this! Second aunt is coming back home today. If something unexpected happens, it will be very disadvantageous to the He family." Xiaocao, the concubine, was still persuading him diligently.

But she didn't dare to go forward, for fear that He Minzhi would go crazy and beat her up too.

Zhang arrived just a step late, and all she saw was the mess.

"Da Lang, stop it immediately! This is your own sister. Ruyi is coming home today. Do you want to strangle her to death?!"

"And you guys, there are so many of you standing there, why don't you go up and stop the adults? Second Aunt is pregnant, what if something goes wrong?"

Zhang shouted at the top of her lungs. As an elder, she actually mustered up the courage to step forward.

After being yelled at by her, He Minzhi finally regained some of his rationality, and with the help of a group of servants and maids, he was stopped.

The force that was pinching He Ruyi loosened, and she fell directly to the ground. Qiuyue supported her, gasping for breath and coughing for a long time.

Amidst the commotion, Liu finally arrived.

Seeing the mess on the ground and the blood-red eyes of the brother and sister, he almost fainted.

"What sin have I committed to raise two such evil creatures?"

Originally, they hoped that marrying into the Cui family would help the He family move to a higher level.

Now, look what happened. They made a fool of themselves on the wedding day, and everyone in the city knew about it. On the day of returning to the parents' home, the two siblings overturned the table and choked each other, almost causing a death!

Who knows what will happen in the future.

What a sin, what a sin!

"Mother, mother, please don't be angry, mother!" He Minzhi finally recovered and hurried forward to support the staggering Liu.

There was a pinch mark on He Ruyi's neck, and He Minzhi looked a little scared.

"Mother, look, my eldest brother is really crazy! He really wanted to kill me just now!"

"Shut up, don't you think you've caused enough trouble?!"

The two siblings were about to quarrel again.

Liu simply closed her eyes and ignored it.

"Second sister-in-law, please take care of this place. Aunt Zhao, please accompany me back."

She didn't even look at He Minzhi or He Ruyi.

After all, she finally understood that even the children she gave birth to and raised by herself might not be reliable.

When she was sick, it was Xue Chenyu who sought medical treatment for her; it was Aunt Zhao who took care of her during her illness.

But what about Ji Minrou, whom she has always felt sorry for? She is the culprit of all this!

If she hadn't been greedy, stolen Ruyi's dowry, and used the stone as a disguise, how could this result have happened?

Liu has made up her mind to find out what immoral things housekeeper Ji Minrou has done.