Zhenfubao waved his hand and the warehouse was full of grain, and the whole family regretted it

Chapter 726: Then why did you lock up your own mother in the woodshed?

Bai Wanwan looked at them with a half-smile and said, "Wow! You're so powerful, yet you were actually driven out of the capital."

Lin Zao Zao looked at her and said, "Bai Wanwan, are you an official now? You're actually wearing an official robe."

Bai Wanwan looked at her coldly and said, "Isn't this the daughter of the Ding'an Marquis? Can't you make it in the capital now?"

Lin Zao Zao looked at her and said:

"It's all you, Bai Wanwan, how on earth did you do it?

The price of salt should have skyrocketed, but because of you, my salt price has been falling again and again."

Bai Wanwan sneered:

"Do you think I can control the price of salt in the capital?

I don't have time to waste on you. You all know the grudges between us. I have nothing to do with your Lin family."

Lin Dasheng looked at her and said, "Wanwan, we are related by blood, how could we not have any relationship at all?"

The prefect, Wei Mingli, came out and said, "Bai Wanwan, these are your family members who have come to seek refuge with you, right? This is wrong of you. How can you deny your connection?"

Bai Wanwan looked at the prefect Wei Mingli and said, "These people have nothing to do with me. My last name is Bai, and their last name is Lin."

"Are we no longer a family just because we changed our surnames? This is extremely unfilial!" Wei Mingli shouted.

Bai Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "Oh? Really? Lord Wei is actually such a filial man. Then why did you lock your own mother up in the woodshed?"

Wei Mingli was stunned and said, "You...you are talking nonsense."

Bai Wanwan looked at him and said, "Then do you dare to let me in? Lord Wei, don't be a coward! What are you afraid of? Come on, let's go to the woodshed."

She led a large group of people straight to the woodshed. The ladies whispered to each other, "Isn't it said that Lord Wei is the most filial? How could he lock his own mother in the woodshed?"

"Isn't it? That's sheer nonsense. We all know how filial Lord Wei is.

I remember someone even wrote a memorial praising his filial piety!"

"Yes, how could it be possible that he did everything himself?"

Wei Mingli gave a wink, but as soon as his subordinate gave the tip-off, he was stopped by Bai Wanwan's men.

When they arrived at the woodshed, Bai Wanwan's men kicked open the door and saw an old man lying dying in a pile of straw.

Bai Wanwan stepped forward and said, "Someone, come and see the old lady."

Bai Wanwan's men came over quickly with a medicine box, squatted beside the old lady and said:

"This old lady is so weak. I just felt her pulse and it's almost impossible to take it.

She hadn't had a full meal in several days, and her stomach felt empty. She probably had a stomach problem, and the slightest exertion would cause her to break out in cold sweats.

He paused, then pointed at the old lady's exposed arm, and said in a deeper tone:

"Look again, her arms and legs are covered with wounds, bruises and purples overlapping each other, and some places are swollen. It's obvious that she was hit with a hard object.

This injury hasn't been properly treated, and some parts are almost festering. If it's delayed any longer, I'm afraid it will get infected, and then it will be even more difficult to save."

Bai Wanwan looked at Wei Mingli with a half-smile and said, "Sir Wei, you are the prefect. Do you know that your mother has become like this?"

Wei Mingli wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Bai Wanru, I handed the backyard over to you to take care of, and this is how you manage it?"

Bai Wanru said calmly, "My dear, I'm afraid you've forgotten that your concubine Zheng is in charge of our family, and the old lady and I have no say in it."

Wei Mingli shouted loudly: "Nonsense, don't try to shirk responsibility. You are my mistress. If it's not you who is in charge, who else could it be?"

Bai Wanru looked at him and said coldly:

"Everything in our family is managed by Aunt Zheng. Even if the old lady wants a single stitch, it has to go through Aunt Zheng.

Today I was asked to set up an autumn banquet, but Aunt Zheng refused to even give me money for the food.

I really have no other choice but to find the magistrate of Qingshui County. Fortunately, she is willing to help me, otherwise..."

"Oh! How can this be called managing a household? This is clearly favoring the concubine over the wife! How can the wife be left alone to take care of things and the concubine be allowed to run the household?" A lady in a royal blue jacket said with a pout.

"Look at how badly the old lady was beaten. She's almost dead, and no one in the mansion knows about it! This concubine is the head of the household. She's so cruel!"

Another lady wearing a golden hairpin said with disdain:

"Previously, there were rumors that the prefect was very generous and filial, and that he cared deeply about his elderly mother. Now it seems that was all false!

What reputation? It's just a rumor to fool outsiders!"

“And the wife of the prefect, her life is so miserable!

In the final analysis, she still hasn't given birth to any children of her own, can't even hold her head high in the family, and can't even protect her own mother-in-law from being bullied."

As soon as the words fell, someone lowered their voice and said in a somewhat secretive tone:

"Don't forget Madam Zheng. Who doesn't praise her for her ability and resourcefulness?

But her drive was mostly due to the support of her family! Who didn't know about the things her family had done in the local area over the years?

Seizing fertile farmland and oppressing merchants, which one is not evil to the core?

She can walk around the prefectural government so freely, all thanks to the support of her mother's family!"

Bai Wanwan cried like a pear blossom in the rain. Bai Wanwan sneered and said, "This is their family affair now. It's not appropriate for us to interfere. I believe that Lord Wei will handle it impartially."

Wei Mingli said with a cold face: "Pull out Aunt Zheng..."

Soon, Aunt Zheng came out limping and bowed to everyone:

"Sister, Master, what did I do wrong? I really don't know how this could happen...

This old lady has always been taken care of by my wife, so why is it that now that something has gone wrong, it's all my fault?"

Bai Wanru immediately took a step forward, speaking in a hasty and harsh tone:

"Don't try to get away with it! It's true that I take care of my mother on weekdays.

But a few days ago, your mother felt unwell and vomited something. You thought she was dirty and disgusting, so you ordered people to lock her up in the woodshed on the spot!

I've tried everything to visit my mother these past few days, but the people you sent have stopped me. I'm at a loss, and that's why my mother has suffered so much!"

Aunt Zheng shrank back in fear, tears instantly rolling down her cheeks, looking as if she had suffered a great injustice:

"How could I dare to do such a thing? I am just a concubine in the mansion, with the prefect above me and the wife below me.

How could you have the right to lock the old lady up in the woodshed? Sister, you are wrongly accusing me! "

Bai Wanru looked at her and asked, "Aunt Zheng, are you trying to put the blame on me?"

Suddenly the old lady woke up and said:

"Wanru... Wanru, you're here, Aunt Zheng, you're going to hurt me! Wuuwuwu...

I was nearly beaten to death by her people. Son, how could you be so foolish as to find such a thing?