The Eldest Daughter Returns: Imperial Uncle, I'm Pregnant!

"Manager Liu, your son took my sister away in front of so many people. Do you think everyone is blind? Although you are the manager of this estate, it still belongs to the Ning family. The Ning family has always had rules. Aren't you afraid of the head family if you act so domineeringly and unreasonably by forcibly taking a woman like this? If you push me too far, I'll go and ask the head family if they will still intervene!"

The man who was speaking was dressed in shorts, with his trousers tucked in unevenly at the ankles, and there were many puddings on his trousers. He was wearing only one shoe, and the other shoe was nowhere to be seen. He looked red-faced and his neck was thick, with veins bulging on his arms. If it weren't for the people next to him holding Gu Qingwan back, she would have thought that he was about to fight someone to the death.

Such a person is truly rare in such a hierarchical place. Putting aside everything else, even if servants in this era were bullied, they would only complain and blame others. It is truly remarkable that someone would shout and go to the master to seek justice like this.

Gu Qingwan couldn't help but take a few more glances. Such a seemingly unruly person could be a very useful tool if used correctly, and even more so if guided onto the right path.

"These people! Miss, I'm going down to check..."

Gu Qingwan shook her head and said, "Let's wait and see."

Siqi, who has a very short temper, was so angry that her head was practically steaming. The young lady's carriage was already right in front of her, but she acted as if she hadn't seen it at all.

Manager Liu had a round waist, and from a distance he looked like a bucket. He had a mustache and triangular eyes, and he looked like a sleazy person.

"Wang Dazhu, don't spout nonsense here. Our Ning family has always treated you well. How can you slander our family like this? Do you have any conscience?"

"Filthy your master? Fine, then let's hitch up a carriage and go to the Duke's mansion to settle this matter! You've been treating us so badly! The rent you collect increases year after year, and you don't care whether we live or die. You even let your son bully men and women here. Come on! Let's go and settle this matter!"

"Nonsense! The Duke is far away on the border protecting the country; he has no time to deal with insignificant people like you!"

"The Duke isn't home, but the Old Madam is! There's always someone in the Ning family who can settle this case for us!" Wang Dazhu clenched his fist.

"I think you've gone against me!" The voice, like that of a rooster being choked, was both loud and shrill: "Surround him! Wang Dazhu is being too kind to you! Even if your sister did enter my son's household, that's her good fortune. Who knows, maybe she seduced my son! She's had that thought for a while, but she just didn't tell you, her brother."

"If you dare slander my sister again, I'll kill you!" Wang Dazhu's eyes were bloodshot, and seeing that the crowd was about to lose control, he roared, "Even if I die, I'll drag you all down with me! Even if I crawl over there, I'll make sure the master knows there's such a scourge in this place!"

"This is outrageous! This is outrageous! They're going to beat me to death!" Steward Liu hurriedly hid behind the servants, shouting as he retreated, "Go at them! You're asking for it! Let's see who kills whom today!"

Seeing the servants hesitate, Steward Liu stomped his foot and howled viciously, "What are you all standing there for! If you kill them, it's on me! Let's see who's going to take responsibility!"

"Can I control you?" Gu Qingwan's voice was cold as she was surrounded by the crowd. "Your name? How do you mean it? Are you part of the Ning family or the Gu family?"

Liu Yuan had never met Gu Qingwan before, and seeing such a beautiful woman standing before him, her bright red dress dazzlingly radiant, he dared not offend her. After all, her attire clearly indicated she was not from an ordinary family.

"Miss, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. Do you know whose estate this is?"

"Oh? Whose house is it?"

"This is the estate of the Ning family, the Duke of Ningguo! And with the Prime Minister's patronage, and the young lady's appearance being so outstanding, I advise you not to get involved in this mess," Liu Yuan said smugly.

"You lackey, do you even know this is the Ning family's estate! Our young lady has arrived, what are you still standing there for!" Siqi stepped forward and scolded.

"Young lady? Humph!" Liu Yuan sneered disdainfully, "Our Ning family consists entirely of men; we've never had a young lady."

"Good servant, you've probably even forgotten my mother, haven't you?" Gu Qingwan asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan broke out in a cold sweat. The estate had been given as dowry to the eldest daughter of the Ning family, and after her death, it was all given to her biological daughter. However, he had heard that she had gone to the frontier with the Duke. How come she's back now?

"You claim to be Miss Gu, but do you have any proof?"

"Is this enough?" Gu Qingwan took out the Ning family's waist token. "If this isn't enough, how about this?" Gu Qingwan then tossed him the Gu family's waist token.

With that, what else could Liu Yuan not understand? This was his master, Miss Gu, who had come. What bad luck! How did she manage to run into him?

"Hehehe. Miss, I was blind to your greatness. Please don't mind. I don't know what brought you here."

Upon hearing that someone from the Gu family had arrived, Wang Dazhu immediately knelt down and kowtowed, pleading, "Please, young lady, do something for me and save my sister!"

The guards quickly surrounded Gu Qingwan to prevent others from getting close, but Gu Qingwan waved her hand and said, "It's alright."

"Are you sure your sister was taken away by his son?"

“It’s absolutely true. His son, Liu Jin, has long harbored ill intentions towards my sister. He has harassed her many times, but I managed to coax him away. Now, while I was away, he forcibly took my sister away.”

"That's good." Gu Qingwan looked at Ning Yi, "Take some people and go take a look."

"Yes." Ning Yi waved and instructed Ning Er to take the servants inside to take a look. He always brought a full complement of people with him when he went out, but he was the only one who could not leave the young lady, as instructed by the Duke.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yuan immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "Hey, hey, what are you doing? Trespassing!"

Gu Qingwan walked towards him with a cold gaze. Liu Yuan retreated repeatedly, tripped over the threshold, and fell flat on his face. Gu Qingwan ignored him and led her people straight inside.

When Liu Yuan realized things were going badly and that his family's dirty secrets were about to be exposed, he thought that since the Duke was far away from the emperor, he could just be a local rich man in this manor. He never expected to attract the attention of the master of the house.

The manor is a three-courtyard house. The back courtyard was reserved for guests of the host family, the front courtyard was where Steward Liu and his family lived, and there was another courtyard next to it that was relatively secluded and rarely inhabited, where guests might stay overnight.

Ning Er and his group were quite experienced; they could tell at a glance that although people lived in the front yard, they probably didn't live there permanently, so they went straight to the back yard...

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

From afar in the backyard, they could hear a woman's screams and a man's painful howls. Ning Er kicked open the door, and several people rushed inside.

Inside the house, a woman wearing a bellyband and with her clothes torn, stood in a corner, terrified and at a loss.

Beside the bed lay a pale, fleshy man, stripped down to his underwear. His bloated flesh was disgusting to look at. He was rolling around on the floor, clutching his groin. Hearing someone enter, he assumed it was a servant coming to help him. "You bitch! How dare you kick me! I'll kill you!"