The cousin's family is extremely wealthy; she deserves to be a concubine.

Hua Sirong was slightly taken aback by Zhang Mama's decisive action. "Have any of the guests in the flower hall noticed anything amiss?"

At this moment, Wang's mother was starting to admire Granny Zhang a little. "No."

However, some curious noblemen sent a maid to inquire what was causing the loud noise. Granny Zhang explained that the maid serving in the side hall had mistaken a straw rope for a poisonous snake, which was why she had screamed in fright.

Hua Sirong nodded, "Mom, come with me to the pavilion. If anyone asks later, you can choose which one to return."

As for the side hall, it seems we'll have to wait until the guests have left before we can deal with it.

Speaking of the incident of Miss He falling into the water.

He Zhihuan, a young lady from the Marquis's mansion, was also assigned the task of entertaining noble ladies today.

She was having a meal with the noble ladies when a stranger appeared and said that someone was waiting for her by the lake.

Before she could ask any more questions, the person had vanished.

Having no other choice, she had to bring a maid with her when she came out.

While waiting for someone, she saw her second brother arrive with a group of men, and she wanted to go up and ask what had happened.

Unexpectedly, in that split second, she fell into the water.

After she was rescued and regained some consciousness, she belatedly realized, amidst the shocked gaze of her maid and the furrowed brows of her second brother, that the person who saved her was not one of the old women in the manor, but a man she had never seen before.

A man of questionable character! A scholar whose attire was merely decent.

When the man hugged her, she wanted to faint again, but suddenly her eyes widened.

It's unbelievable, she actually saw Meng Silang.

When Meng Silang looked into each other's eyes, she suddenly felt that being saved by a stranger wasn't such a terrible thing after all.

Compared to Meng Silang's ruthlessness, an unknown scholar seems like an excellent choice.

Besides, today is the wedding banquet of the eldest son of the Marquis's family. How bad could the guests who can attend the banquet at the Marquis's mansion be?

He Zhihuan fainted with relief, and was then carried back by maids and servants to change her clothes and receive a medical examination.

Meng Silang gazed in the direction He Zhihuan had left, thinking about the slight upturn of his fiancée's lips before she fainted. Although the movement was extremely small, he had seen it nonetheless.

That's really interesting!

He Zhilang, the second young master of the He family, was in charge of cleaning up the mess and was extremely troubled.

But what still needed to be dealt with still had to be dealt with. In front of Meng Silang, he arranged for a servant to escort the kind man to a guest room to change and rest.

He then clasped his hands in a salute to Meng Silang, but didn't know what to say.

He couldn't make the decision regarding the marriage between the He and Meng families.

With such a thing happening at the Marquis's residence, the Fourth Prince, being very perceptive, took the initiative to offer his leave.

The eleventh princess was still somewhat reluctant to leave, but it was getting late, and if she didn't go back soon, she feared she wouldn't be able to get out again if she had the chance.

After the Marquis's residence saw off its two most distinguished guests of the day, the other guests, knowing that something had happened at the residence, all took their leave.

In an instant, everyone in the Marquis's mansion sprang into action again.

Although many people wanted to stay and watch the excitement, the excitement at the Marquis's residence was clearly not something to behold, and they were forced to follow the crowd and be sent away.

After seeing off the last group of guests, the Marquis's mansion quickly closed its gates. Apart from Marquis He and his son, everyone else gathered in the Fushou Hall to begin the joint trial.

The first to be affected were the men and women locked in the side hall, who had already been brought over by Granny Zhang's men.

Jin had wanted to see her two sisters-in-law have some fun, but now she realized that the fun was actually happening to her.

"Granny Zhang, have you tied up the wrong people? Do you know who these people you've tied up are?"

Hua Sirong also glanced at Wang Mama discreetly. Wasn't it supposed to be just a man and a woman? How come there are three of them, and all three of them look disheveled?

Isn't this a bit shocking to our values?

After bowing to all the masters in the room, Granny Zhang explained to Madam Jin, "Replying to Third Madam, although this old servant is old, my eyesight is still good."

Those whom this old servant has bound today are all those who deserve to be bound.

Jin pointed at Granny Zhang, "What people should be tied up? These three are my niece, my nephew, and a maidservant who serves our third branch. Tell me..."

The old lady couldn't stand it anymore. "Enough! Madam Jin, you said that these three people have intricate connections with your third branch of the family. Why don't you keep this a secret? Why do you act like you want to make it known to everyone?"

"Do you intend to destroy the Marquis's mansion?"

Jin knelt down without hesitation and replied in fear, "Your daughter-in-law wouldn't dare."

At first, seeing my beloved child being tied up haphazardly made me anxious.

Now that the old lady has yelled at him, his intelligence has finally kicked in.

She turned to the side and questioned Jin Yaoyao and Zeng Xiucai, who had been carelessly thrown to the ground.

"Why are you all together? What happened?"

Unfortunately, the two of them had their mouths gagged, their faces turned bright red, and they kept making muffled noises, but Jin couldn't hear a single word.

The old lady gestured, "Let them speak."

Jin Yaoyao, with a rag stuffed in her mouth, didn't answer Jin Shi's question first. Instead, she pounced on Zeng Xiucai and bit him.

With his hands and feet still bound, Zeng Xiucai curled up and cursed, "Jin Yaoyao, you crazy woman, let go!"

Jin Yaoyao spat out a mouthful of blood, "It's all your fault, it's all your fault! You ruined me! You ruined me!"

Jin Yaoyao wished she could kill Zeng Xiucai, drink his blood, and eat his flesh.

Ms. Kim was shocked. Could someone tell her what had happened?

She looked at Jin Yaoyao, "My child, what's wrong? This is your cousin, you..."

Jin Yaoyao's eyes were bloodshot at this moment, and she didn't care about her cousin and aunt at all. She wanted nothing more than to kill all the people who knew the truth.

Ignoring the mad Jin Yaoyao, Granny Zhang ordered her to be forcibly pulled away before recounting the whole story to the masters inside the room.

Upon hearing that Zeng Xiucai had violated the two girls, Jin Yaoyao and Sanhao, Madam Zhan covered her daughter's ears with her hands, saying, "Mother, these girls haven't been married yet. It's not good to let them see such a filthy place."

The old lady was also angry, and snorted heavily, "No need. Our family's girls can't be so fragile." She'd seen it all in her life, what was this?

Are those girls still young? How old can Jin Yaoyao be? But is her mind not as sharp as it is?

As someone's daughter-in-law, even if she felt it was inappropriate, she did her best.

He simply held his daughter's hand and remained silent.

After listening to what Granny Zhang said, Madam Jin looked around at everyone in the room and inadvertently caught sight of Hua Sirong in the corner.

Looking at the unharmed Hua Sirong, then at the badly injured Jin Yaoyao, and the dejected Zeng Xiucai, he glared at Hua Sirong with his sharp eyes.

"That side hall was originally intended for Hua Sirong, but it was my two good-for-nothing sons who got into trouble."

If it weren't for that wicked girl's machinations, I'd give her the position of Third Madam!

These words shocked everyone present.

Hua Sirong thought to herself, "Who cares about your position as the third wife!"