The Plot of a Concubine's Revenge

Chapter 18 The Returned

Since she was a child, Mrs. Lin had been well-dressed and well-fed, and had never suffered any setbacks. Now, she has been secretly counted by Auntie Fang, whom she has always despised, how can she swallow this breath? With no place to vent her anger, she went straight to the Ronghua Courtyard in a rage, intending to find Old Madame Ren to complain. At that time, Mrs. Ren was having lunch with Dagu Xiao, the two of them were sitting around the exquisite Eight Immortals table, the table was full of elegant vegetarian dishes, and the tranquil aroma filled the air.

As soon as the Fifth Mistress barged in, she was like an out-of-control beast, crying and screaming, accusing Aunt Fang of harboring evil intentions, and in order to get her own daughter out of the way, she even designed to frame Ren Yaoyu. She was so agitated, her words were so fierce that even Xiao Da Gu, who was sitting quietly by the side, was not spared and was scolded by her as well. Xiao Da Gu looked embarrassed, like sitting on pins and needles, and could only get up to say goodbye, trying to escape from this embarrassing scene.

Seeing this, Old Mrs. Ren immediately sank her face and scolded, “How dare you! Who allowed you to be so insolent as to throw your weight around? The face of the Ren family has been lost to you! Get back!” This kind of harsh words, is Lin's never seen, she froze for a moment, then tears like broken beads slipped down, crying pear blossom with rain.

The First Mistress arrived at the news and pulled Lin to the side to console her, trying to calm her anger. Xiao Da Gu took the opportunity to get up and take her leave, although the old lady was annoyed at Lin's lack of understanding, but she was also unwilling to lose her etiquette in front of outsiders, and said a few words to retain the scene, and then winked at Gui Ma Jiao. Sister Gui understood, whispered to the big maid Jinlian to get the silver, and then accompanied with a smile to send Xiao DaGu out, is to give her a decent step down.

When Xiao Da Gu left, Ren old lady's anger increased: “It's because I have indulged you too much on weekdays that you have no sense of propriety like this! From today onwards, you will go to the ancestral hall with Yu'er to ponder over your mistakes behind closed doors! When you've come to your senses, come out!” The fifth wife was aggrieved to the extreme, the reason why she was so unrestrained in front of Mrs. Ren was because Mrs. Ren treated her like her own daughter, occasionally Mrs. Ren would cover up for her in front of her sisters-in-law and juniors.

Her mother, Mrs. Lin, had reminded her many times that her mother-in-law could not be her own mother, allowing her to be cautious in her in-laws' home, but she had never taken it seriously. Now that Fang Yaru's calculations had put her in a difficult situation, she realized that her mother's words were not nonsense.

“Mother, if it wasn't for that b***h Fang Yaru setting up my Yu'er, why would I be in a hurry?” The Fifth Mistress softened her tone a bit and cried. Old Mrs. Ren was so angry that she slapped the table and said, “What b***h? Even if she didn't marry into my Ren family, she's still your cousin! You said that Fang set up Yu'er, do you have any witnesses or physical evidence? Yu'er has already admitted that the muppet was her handiwork!”

The Fifth Mistress was speechless, she really couldn't produce any evidence. But she had dealt with Fang Yaru for more than twenty years, and she knew the other party's character very well. If she said that Fang Yaru had not been involved in this incident, she would never believe it. Fang Yaru had always been good at killing people with a borrowed knife, she could always benefit when others were unlucky, this kind of bridge had been repeated countless times in her life, and she had risen to the top by constantly stepping on others.

“Have someone remove the table, I'm not eating!” Old Mrs. Ren saw that she didn't say anything and decided that she was being disruptive, and was very furious. The First Mistress saw that the table of vegetarian dishes basically hadn't been touched yet, so she accompanied and carefully persuaded a few sentences. Over there, the fifth wife was unwilling to say: ''Mother, I have no complaints about you locking me up in the ancestral hall. But Yu'er is weak, can you let her come back first? As for the evidence you said, I ...... can't get it out for now, but I'll have someone go to my mother's house and ask my mother to send a powerful granny over, whether or not that muppet has been tampered with I don't believe that I can't find out!”

Old Mrs. Ren's forehead veins popped, “Boss daughter-in-law! Lock her up in the ancestral hall! Anyone who dares to leave the house without my permission will be beaten to death with a stick if found!” The First Mistress busily went forward to pull Lin to a halt and whispered, “Fifth Sister-in-law, why are you so confused? Although you were once a Lin family daughter, you are now a Ren family woman. There is a saying that family scandals should not be publicized, how can you let your mother's family interfere in this kind of matter? Isn't this an obvious way to tell your mother's family that you've been wronged in your in-laws' home?”

The first wife glanced at the old lady and added: “Besides, the elders of your mother's family are naturally all good, but ...... those in-laws are not necessarily all good. Do you still remember that Sister Chen by your side in the past?” Lin froze, seemingly remembering something, her face turning white. Sister Chen used to be a capable dowager by her side, but when she was caught stealing a man, she almost dragged Lin's reputation to the ground, and in the end, it was Old Madame Ren who took care of the situation. Since then, the Lin family has not dared to send anyone over.

Now listening to the first wife mention this matter, Lin's natural body is full of uncomfortable, and do not dare to say again to go back to the mother's home to move the words of help. “What are you doing here? Didn't you hear what I said?” Old Mrs. Ren coldly chased people away. “Yes, Mother. I'll take fifth sibling out.” First Mistress respectfully said, then pulled the stifled Fifth Mistress outside.

Just at this moment, Sister Gui hurriedly ran back and said with a joyful face, “Old madam, the third and fifth masters have returned! The carriage is already at the door!” Old Mrs. Ren's face looked much better, “Third Master and Fifth Master are back? Didn't you say that the road was blocked by heavy snow and would be delayed for a few days?” The Great Zhou Dynasty did not prohibit people from merchant families to participate in the imperial examinations, the second old master of the Ren family had wanted to take the imperial examinations when he was young, but unfortunately he failed to pass the exams, and finally won a scholar. To his generation, the Ren family is not short of money, they spend money to let his brother seek an official body, although no serious errand, but became Yanbei based in the capital of a large chamber of commerce of the president.

The second old master's eldest son Ren Shiyuan stayed in the town of White Crane to wait for his mother, ranked fourth youngest son Ren Shixu with the second old master in Beijing, married the first daughter of the fifth grade Beijing officials, and in the help of the Yue family to seek out the Office of the Interior Ministry of procurement of the post. Ren Shimao, the fifth oldest son of the eldest family, followed his uncle to the capital for a few months each year to learn how to socialize in the officialdom. The third master, Ren Shimin, did not like doing business or being an official, but was interested in poetry, painting, playing the qin and dancing with the sword and other elegant things, comparing himself to the famous scholars of the Wei and Jin dynasties. He went to the capital this time to participate in the capital once every five years of painting, has been away from home for half a year. Today, the two brothers returned together, bringing new hope and vigor to the Ren family.