After being reborn with my scumbag ex-husband, I became his sister-in-law.

Upon hearing that the matter had reached the Emperor's presence, Marquis Anding fell silent again.

The Huang clan had prospered in the past, and there was a princess who married the eldest son of the Huang clan. Now that the eldest son had died, only this princess remained. She was of a very high generation, and according to seniority, she was the grandmother of the clan leader. So she had been in charge of the Huang clan.

The people below all called this lady the Old Lady.

This old lady was not only influential within the Huang clan, but also highly respected.

She was very dissatisfied when she heard that the Marquis of Anding wanted to divorce his wife. Today, she finally came to the Marquis of Anding’s residence in person to make things clear to him.

Marquis Anding recounted everything that Lady Huang had done in the Marquis's residence.

She not only dismissed the Marquis of Anding's harem out of jealousy, but even tried to extend her reach into He Jingyan's harem, causing great displeasure to the Crown Prince and forcing the Marquis of Anding to marry Huang Suyi as his concubine.

She couldn't manage the backyard, yet she still turned it upside down. She mixed abortifacient incense into Huang Suyi's yard, which also brought up Song Ruoan's fake pregnancy.

If it weren't for Song Xizhi and the divine physician Rihua in the Marquis's mansion, Huang Suyi's unborn child might not have survived!

Now that the Marquis of Anding's mansion has become like this, with He Yunce unable to speak and completely useless, this is absolutely related to the Huang family's lax management.

Upon hearing this, the matriarch of the Huang family turned her sharp, eagle-like eyes toward Song Xizhi at the door. She sneered, "Huang has no manners? Then she does?"

Following the old lady's gaze, everyone looked in Song Xizhi's direction, and then heard the old lady's voice continuing:

"I also spent some time in the palace. According to palace rules, someone like Song Xizhi would be drowned in a pig cage!"

“Song Xizhi did such a thing, and it became known throughout the capital, making the Marquis of Anding's mansion lose face. Huang Jiaxian only made a concubine infertile, what problem could there be?”

"Besides, isn't that concubine perfectly healthy and pregnant? She's such a bewitching vixen!"

As she spoke, Old Madam Huang tapped her cane heavily once more:

"Old Madam He manages the Marquis's mansion like this; she can't teach anyone properly. Song Xizhi has lost her innocence and can't be a good person. That vixen has turned the Marquis's mansion upside down, and she can't even protect her own belly, let alone give birth to a healthy child!"

"Now you want to pin all the blame on Huang Jiaxian? I disagree!"

Old Madam Huang's words were practically an insult to everyone in the Marquis's mansion.

However, she was already quite old, and Marquis An Ding and Madam He were both very easygoing and honest people.

These words caused the faces of Marquis An Ding and Madam He to turn pale and then red, and they were speechless for a long time.

The large flower hall was completely silent. The Huang family's disdainful gaze lingered on Song Xizhi's face, as if she had some kind of stain on her.

Song Xizhi took a deep breath, but before she could speak, a voice spoke first in her ear:

"Where did this old coffin come from, spouting such nonsense? His old mouth is so wicked, isn't he afraid of divine retribution?"

Song Xizhi was slightly taken aback. He turned his head in the direction of the voice and saw the figure of the Divine Physician Rihua.

The face of the Divine Physician Rihua was now extremely gloomy. Song Xizhi had never seen her so angry before. She was so angry that it seemed her bright red fingernails were turning black.

It was the same color as her face.

The Divine Physician Rihua walked up to Song Xizhi and protected Song Xizhi's body, blocking the contemptuous gazes of the crowd.

Old Madam Huang was so angry that she couldn't speak for a long time. The Huang clan members then suddenly came to their senses and stood up abruptly: "Who is this lowly person who dares to speak like that? Offending our Old Madam?"

"You're like our living ancestor!"

The Divine Physician Rihua sneered, his face expressionless: "So only your Huang family has a maternal family, while my disciple has no maternal family?"

"I stayed here briefly to see what kind of life my disciple was living, but who knew that you all bullied the weak and oppressed her. Just because she is of low status, you picked on her and started to insult her!"

"If you want to deal with your family matters, then do so behind closed doors. But if you want to use my disciple as a scapegoat, none of my disciples and grand-disciples on this mountain will agree."

As the divine physician spoke each word, Song Xizhi's heart began to pound.

She turned to look at her master, her eyes welling up with tears.

But when the Divine Physician Rihua looked at Song Xizhi, he glared at her and said, "Shut up! If anyone's going to cry, it'll be that old woman!"

Song Xizhi was so frightened that he quickly wiped away his tears.

Old Madam Huang has lived for so many years and is the oldest living person in the entire capital. Even His Majesty has to give her some respect. This is the first time someone has spoken to her like this.

She was so angry that her eyes were seeing stars. She slowly stood up, leaning on her cane: "If you're talking about settling accounts, this old woman is going to settle accounts with Song Xizhi!"

"Isn't your Marquis's mansion going to punish Huang Jiaxian? Saying she's jealous, saying she's vicious, and that she's violated one of the seven grounds for divorce. Song Xizhi's licentiousness is also a violation of the seven grounds for divorce. If your Marquis's mansion is willing, then divorce them both and send them to be drowned in pig cages. I won't say anything!"

Knowing that the Marquis of Anding's mansion was unwilling to divorce Song Xizhi, Old Madam Huang seized on this matter and kept using Song Xizhi's innocence as leverage, which made the Divine Physician Rihua increasingly angry at the old man.

"On what grounds? The Crown Prince himself said that my disciple was acting for the greater good of the country. You old codger, you're spouting nonsense about the calendar of the underworld, wanting to drown her in a pig cage?"

"Fuck you! I think you're the one who deserves to be soaked!"

The curses that Old Madam Huang heard today were more than she had heard in her entire life.

Her eyes were blazing with anger, and she staggered as she addressed the renowned physician, "Someone come here!"

"This commoner has no respect for rank and has shown disrespect to this Lady of the County. Seize her and give her fifty slaps!"

No sooner had Old Madam Huang finished speaking than a servant brought by the Huang clan said "excuse me" to Marquis Anding and then swarmed forward to seize the Divine Physician Rihua.

Hearing Old Madam Huang's increasingly presumptuous manner, and even her presumptuous behavior of disrespecting her master, he was deeply impressed.

For Song Xizhi, being insulted by her was even more infuriating.

Song Xizhi's face was gloomy. She slightly raised her hand, and all her personal guards appeared to protect her master.

"I am a rank-holding judge. Let's see who dares to step forward!"

When Old Madam Huang saw this, she was so angry that she took a few steps back. She never expected that even Marquis Anding and Madam He would not dare to contradict her.

On the contrary, this Song Xizhi is so disobedient to me!

She had lived a smooth and successful life, and this was the first time someone had ever disobeyed her like this!

She was a defiled woman, abandoned by the Crown Prince, and even worse than a concubine!

Then Old Madam Huang sneered, tapped her cane heavily, and spoke again: "A court judge with a rank?"

"I am a second-rank county princess, and today I will teach you the rules of the palace!"

"Guards, bring Song Xizhi before me and let this old woman teach her what it means to be innocent and what it means to have any shame!"

Madam He was the first to stand up, and Marquis Anding frowned at the same time. "We're all family. Song Xizhi is now the first female official in the Great Qian Dynasty. It's not good for the old lady to treat her like this!"

After saying this, he waved his hand, intending for all the servants to leave.

But when Lady Huang was thwarted for the first time, she was relentless. She smiled slightly at Marquis Anding and said, "I'm afraid it's not too much to ask a fourth-rank deputy judge to come before me and kowtow."

After saying this, she waved her hand and ordered her men to bring Song Xizhi to her: "Guards! Bring her to me and make her kneel!"

Marquis An Ding swallowed hard, and the face of the Divine Physician Ri Hua was already cold and hard.

If this old coffin-bearer were to rely on his age and demand that Song Xizhi kowtow, then it would be perfectly legitimate.

The divine physician, Rihua, thought expressionlessly as he pulled a packet of powder from his sleeve with his red fingernails and stepped forward in place of Song Xi.

But just then, a hurried report came from outside:

"Master! Master!"

"An imperial edict has arrived! An imperial edict has arrived! The eunuch is ordering everyone in the Marquis's mansion to go out and receive it!"