Noble Lady

Ji Minrou just hummed in silence.

Liu then spoke up, "Da Lang, calm down first. The account book is only part of the story."

He Minzhi roared angrily: "How can I stay calm?!"

No one knew where the money came from. He had borrowed it from Xue Chenyu by signing a promissory note with the He family's belongings. Who could understand his hardship?

Liu grabbed a teacup and threw it at him.

"Bang."

The light yellow tea soup wrapped with a few emerald green tea leaves bloomed at He Minzhi's feet.

He was startled and then came to his senses.

"Mother, please forgive me. It was my fault."

Liu waved her hand. "You are an official after all. How can you lose control of your emotions so easily over such a trivial matter? How will you conduct yourself in the officialdom in the future?"

He Minzhi hurriedly bowed and said he knew his mistake, then sat down reluctantly.

On Mrs. Ji's side, Madam Huang handed her a cup of hot tea and said, "Aunt, at this point, you should be more open-minded. You still have something to say."

Mrs. Ji drank some tea and slowly calmed down. She could no longer sit still, so she stood up, walked to Ji Minrou, and pulled her up.

"Cousin and Dalang trusted you and let you run the household. How could you do such a thing as enriching yourself? It's over 8,300 taels. What do you want so much money for? Did the He family give you less food or clothes?!"

At this point, she was too powerless to care. Why did the He family let her daughter take charge of the family when they already had an old lady from the first and second wives, and He Minzhi also had his own wife? At the very least, his two cousins ​​were also married.

But the incident of embezzlement has already happened. If she pursues those things again, people will think that she is protecting her own shortcomings and making excuses.

"Speak up. You didn't even have the courage to admit you did something wrong? Then why did you do this in the first place? You came to the He family of your own free will. It would have been fine if you hadn't wanted to go home for so many years, but now you want to live in the He family and do something like this!"

"Where do you put me and your father? Where do you put the face of our Ji family?"

"What qualifications do you have to criticize me? Why did I come to the He family? Why didn't I go home for so many years? Why don't you look for the answer in yourself? As a mother, I'm a failure if I do what you do!"

Ji Minrou sneered coldly, then lowered her head and remained silent.

Mrs. Ji almost suffocated, and Mother Huang quickly helped her sit down.

To He Minzhi, this scene of mother and daughter quarreling seemed like they were acting, trying to justify everything Ji Minrou had done and to protect Ji Minrou.

"Mother, didn't you say there was a witness?" he reminded deliberately.

Liu glanced at Camellia and said, "Go and bring the person out."

Camellia hurried there.

"No! Don't call him out!" Ji Minrou, who had been silent until now, suddenly jumped up and knelt down in front of Liu.

"Aunt, I beg you! I will find a way to pay you back the money, please don't let him out—ah!"

Before she finished speaking, she saw the broker that Camellia brought out, and she immediately burst into a sharp scream.

Everyone present was shocked.

Ji Minrou, however, seemed to be crazy, rushing up to tear the broker apart, "Get out, don't come to the He family, I don't even know you, get out."

Although the man was a man, he was caught off guard and could not withstand her punches and kicks.

"Pull her away! Pull her away quickly." Liu shouted hurriedly.

In the chaos, Camellia, Huang Mama, Xiaocao and others all went up to try to pull Ji Minrou away.

But she, who usually looked weak and frail, as if she could be blown away by a gust of wind, was now possessed by something and had astonishing strength.

When they pulled her away, the man's hair was a mess and his face was scratched several times.

"Madman! You're absolutely crazy! If I had known you were such a lunatic, I shouldn't have helped you when you approached our firm and said you wanted to buy that house!"

"Shut up, shut up, don't say anything!"

"You said your mother-in-law is old and in poor health, and you wanted to buy a house for her to recuperate. That's why I ran around so much for you, and now I haven't made a penny, and I'm almost dying here! You lunatic!"

Ji Minrou seemed to be out of control, and she kept shouting in a shrill voice: "Madman, you are the crazy one! I told you not to say it, but you still said it, and I told you not to say it!"

It really looks a bit crazy.

Mother Huang had no choice but to let two strong mothers come in and press Ji Minrou down on the chair.

Mrs. Liu pinched her brows tiredly, took out a piece of paper, and asked Mother Huang to show it to Mrs. Ji.

It was the house deed that Ji Minrou had originally held in her hand, which had not yet been taken to the mansion for transfer and signing of the red deed.

"Sister-in-law, don't you want to know why she needs so much money? Maybe you will get the answer after seeing this."

Mrs. Ji felt the house deed was so hot in her hand that she stared at it with wide eyes.

"Ladies, madams, and sirs, I am only a pawnbroker and cannot get involved in the feuds of you great men. Now, whether you want to buy this house or not, you must give me some rules."

"Shut up, you are not allowed to say anything!" Ji Minrou yelled excitedly again.

Liu said directly, "Sister-in-law, this is the agent from the pawnshop. Rou'er told him she wanted to buy a house. She paid the deposit, and then she asked her uncle to pay the balance of several thousand taels of silver to the pawnshop. But the pawnshop didn't receive it, so I have to tell you about this."

Mrs. Ji covered her chest with her hands, wishing she could faint.

"Ji Minrou, have I ever told you that your uncle is a thug who roams the streets and is a scoundrel?"

"I warned you last time not to soften your heart just because he comes to you and says something. He's a drunkard, a whoremonger, a gambler, and everything in between. He even took your aunt and the child away. How could you possibly put thousands of taels of silver in his hands? It's like throwing meat buns at a dog; there's no return!"

Mrs. Ji wanted to faint, but couldn't, so she kept pounding her chest.

Ji Minrou obviously knew that she was wrong, so she reacted so strongly when Liu asked her to bring the agent up.

But now that things have come to this, her behavior is just an attempt to cover up the truth.

Nothing can be changed.

……

One afternoon, Xue Chenyu wanted to take a nap, but she could hear screams coming from the direction of Ciwenyuan.

That voice was undoubtedly Ji Minrou. I didn't expect that she would be so helpless and furious, and could only rely on roaring one day.

It's really satisfying.

Xue Chenyu didn't feel any regret for not going to the live event.

Just by hearing the screams, she knew that the situation in Ciwenyuan was terrible. She didn't want to get involved in such a mess and get herself into trouble.

By evening, the screams from the direction of Ciwenyuan stopped.

This also means that the "trial" of Ji Minrou has come to an end.

After seeing Mrs. Ji off, Xiaocao came to Furongju and talked about Ji Minrou's crazy appearance at that time, and she was almost dancing with joy.