A lucky little peasant girl is reborn and brings prosperity to her entire family.

What happened next was almost inevitable.

The soldiers brought by Su Qiwei rescued Li Xiuli and the others from the side courtyard.

The constables sent by Zhou Yi, who had been arrogant towards Li Xiuli and her group, now knelt obediently in a circle.

Xiao's face was ashen as she was led into the courtyard along with Luo Jinyu.

Li Xiuli and the others helped each other out of the side courtyard, all of them somewhat apprehensive.

They did not recognize Su Qiwei, who was standing in the middle of the yard in casual clothes.

But Tian Denghua knew Xie Youchang.

Her eyes widened: "Lord Xie?!"

Xie Youchang stepped forward and asked with concern, "Is Madam alright?"

Li Xiuli and the others stared wide-eyed at Tian Denghua.

Tian Denghua was flattered by Xie Youchang's concern: "It's nothing, it's nothing. We were just arrested too."

She glanced at the soldiers in the courtyard, then at Xie Youchang, and tentatively asked, "Officer Xie, what is this...?"

"It's Miss Song..." Xie Youchang's voice hadn't even finished when Song Yanyan, panting heavily, rushed in.

"Auntie!"

Song Yanyan rushed excitedly to Tian Denghua: "Are you alright, Mother!"

It's still early January and the weather is still cold, but Song Yanyan was already sweating profusely. Her bangs were wet and stuck to her forehead, and her face was flushed from running.

She was panting as she pulled Tian Denghua around, looking her over from left to right.

Tian Denghua tenderly took a handkerchief to wipe her daughter's sweat, and said reproachfully, "I'm fine, but you've sweated so much. What if you catch a cold if you're exposed to the wind for a while?"

Surrounded by soldiers, Luo Jinyu watched the scene of motherly love and filial piety outside, her eyes surging with dark energy.

She said that every time she ran into Song Yanyan, everything went wrong for her!

Xiao's voice trembled as she forced a smile: "Lord Su, what do you mean by this?"

Su Qiwei laughed and said, "You're the wife of Registrar Zhou, right?... I haven't asked you yet, what does Registrar Zhou's wife mean by this? Using so many yamen runners to illegally detain these common people in the mansion, Registrar Zhou has quite the power of an official."

Xiao's face paled little by little as Su Qiwei spoke.

She trembled slightly, trying to find the right words, when Luo Jinyu, who was beside her, suddenly knelt down and said tearfully, "Your Honor, please understand, it's really, it's really because these people surrounded my house. My godmother was afraid, so she had them invited into the house to ask what was going on..."

Tian Denghua was furious. Although she didn't know Su Qiwei, she could tell that he was a high-ranking official from the sight of Luo Jinyu kneeling before him and addressing him as "Sir."

—At least higher rank than Zhou Yi, the registrar!

Tian Denghua shouted, "Sir, don't listen to this little hussy's nonsense! Zhou Yi committed adultery, which angered our village's old lady, Hua, to death. We came here to seek justice, but we did nothing, and they called the yamen runners to lock us up!"

Su Qiwei couldn't help but cough.

This country woman's choice of words is truly too unrestrained...

Li Xiuli knelt down with tears in her eyes and recounted her grievances.

Su Qiwei waved his hand, and ordered his men to bring Zhou Yi back from the yamen.

Upon seeing this scene, Zhou Yi knew something was wrong. He was so frightened that his legs trembled and he almost wet his pants.

Su Qiwei laughed: "Is that all the courage you have? How did you manage to do such a thing?"

Zhou Yi's face turned deathly pale, and he was speechless.

“According to the laws of the Great Yin Dynasty, those who commit adultery are punished with twenty strokes of the cane, and both the man and woman are sentenced to one and a half years of penal servitude; if married, two years.” Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, repeatedly kowtowing to Su Qiwei, “My lord, please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me! It was that vile woman who seduced me, it was that vile woman—”

Xiao was also terrified and knelt down.

No matter how much they begged for mercy, Su Qiwei remained smiling, but his methods were swift and decisive. He had someone find Zhao Ruanxiang from one of Zhou Yi's private residences and bring her over.

Zhao Ruanxiang was still quite arrogant along the way, but when she entered the courtyard and saw Zhou Yi kneeling on the ground cursing at her, she realized what was happening, trembled with fear, and knelt down as well, no longer daring to be arrogant.

When Li Xiuli and the others saw Zhao Ruanxiang, it was as if they were enemies meeting again, their eyes filled with intense hatred!

It's not that they don't hate Zhou Yi; to them, Zhou Yi is ultimately an outsider.

Zhao Ruanxiang is different!

Zhao Ruanxiang is the daughter-in-law of their Lao Cheng family, and is a family member whom Grandma Hua loves and cherishes like a daughter!

But how did Zhao Ruanxiang treat Old Lady Hua?

After her shameful deeds were discovered, instead of feeling ashamed, she beat and scolded the old lady who treated her like her own daughter!

This is the reason why Grandma Hua became increasingly sad and upset after returning home, and eventually died of anger!

"I'll tear you to pieces, you vile bitch!" Li Xiuli lunged at him, her eyes red with rage.

There was a guard next to Zhao Ruanxiang. The guard took a step forward, and Song Yanyan cried out "Ouch!" and "coincidentally" fell down in front of the guard, grabbing his clothes.

Su Qiwei: "..."

Xie Youchang: "..."

The officer looked helpless, glancing at Su Qiwei for help.

Su Qiwei coughed and turned his face away.

The officer understood.

He slowly bent down to help Song Yanyan up, and gently scolded her, "You little girl, how could you be so careless?"

While the officers and soldiers were taking their time, Li Xiuli had already pinned Zhao Ruanxiang to the ground and started beating her while straddling her!

As the officers and soldiers slowly helped Song Yanyan up, the background noise was the sound of Zhao Ruanxiang screaming in agony as she was being beaten!

Grandma Hua's three daughters also joined the fray, one of them holding Zhao Ruanxiang's hand down to prevent her from resisting, another grabbing Zhao Ruanxiang's hair, and the third taking the opportunity to slap Zhao Ruanxiang's face several times!

Seeing that things had gone far enough, Su Qiwei coughed and, with righteous indignation, slowly warned, "Although you are the family members of the victim, this is still going too far. Get off her immediately."

Li Xiuli and her group mainly listened to advice.

They got up from Zhao Ruanxiang with their hair disheveled. Li Xiuli glanced at Zhou Yi kneeling to the side, and finally couldn't hold back. She went over and kicked him twice more, spitting out a curse: "Adulterous couple!"

Grandma Hua's three daughters couldn't help but step forward and started punching and kicking her again.

Led by Su Qiwei, they all turned their heads away, tacitly pretending not to see anything.

Su Qiwei finally ordered Zhou Yi and Zhao Ruanxiang to be taken to the street and beaten with twenty strokes of the cane right there in the street!

That wasn't the end of it; what awaited them was two years of exile!

Xiao's face turned as white as paper, her body went limp, and she fainted.

"Godmother! Godmother!" Luo Jinyu knelt down beside Madam Xiao, weeping bitterly.

She crawled on her knees to Xie Youchang, crying and pleading, "Lord Xie, Lord Xie, please help us! I am willing to be your slave and serve you!"

As she spoke, Luo Jinyu raised her pitiful face, her tears falling like rain, making her extremely endearing.