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Chapter 319: Has Madam Confessed Her Sins Today?
Tao Ziyi said solemnly: "I know, thank you for reminding me, second sister-in-law."
At this time, Shen's voice came from outside: "Ziyi! I have something to tell you."
The three of them quickly shut up. Shi Yao rolled up the bamboo curtain. Tao Ziyi approached the car window and said respectfully, "Madam, please speak."
Shen said gently, "Take good care of yourself and don't think too much. I'm not your friend. I'll give you a few people, you can use them. If someone wrongs you, don't keep it to yourself, tell them to pass on the message, and I'll teach you a lesson."
Tao Ziyi's red eyes suddenly burst into tears: "My wife is a good person, and she will be blessed in the future."
Shen thought that she was only thinking about her grandson and was not worthy of the word "good person". She smiled at her and said, "Good child, go ahead. I have wronged you all these years."
Tao Ziyi nodded and shouted, "Let's set off."
The carriage slowly left the Duke's Mansion.
Behind them, there were people from the Tao family, people from the Shen family, and people from Shi Mingzhen.
When they arrived at the ancestral temple, Tao Ziyi could no longer hold on and went back to her room to lie down. The maids and servants hurriedly made the bed for her.
Wang Fan saw what was going on and helped settle the servants.
Only then did he realize that Shen had sent more than just "a few people". There were maids to serve, a nanny who understood pharmacology, and female soldiers who were comparable to guards. In addition, there were all kinds of food and daily necessities, all of which were top-quality goods.
Wang Fan was extremely envious. The Second Wife was so generous and thoughtful.
If it were her, she might just endure it - the widowhood patience that requires the mother-in-law but not the husband.
However, the Tao family is better off than the Wang family, and Tao Ziyi would definitely not tolerate this.
Shi Yao looked around. The ancestral temple was a brick and tile house with moss growing on the tiles. The yard was dilapidated, with weeds growing at the base of the wall. The yard was bare except for a few vegetable plots, where green leeks were sprouting.
Perhaps Tao Ziyi and the others just wanted to stay for a few days, so they didn't clean the house seriously and just gave it a rough cleaning.
This shabby courtyard cannot really be compared with the Duke's Mansion with its carved beams and painted buildings and flying flowers surrounding the water.
Wang Fan pointed to a separate house with three rooms and whispered, "See? The wall of that house is twice as thick as this one. The first wife is locked up in there. She can only come out for half an hour every day. The rest of the time, she has nothing to do except worshiping Buddha, reciting scriptures, and confessing her sins."
Two sturdy old women were guarding the door.
When Shi Yao and the others first arrived, the two old women were sitting on chairs eating melon seeds. Now they were standing upright outside the door. When they saw Shi Yao and the others looking at them, they squatted down and bowed to them. The melon seed shells on the ground disappeared without them knowing.
Shi Yao nodded and had no intention of dealing with Zheng.
Unexpectedly, Zheng suddenly opened the door and stood at the door. She was wearing a simple Zen robe and smiled sinisterly, "Shi Yao, I heard you were here. Why are you so rude and don't even greet me, your elder? You are a wild girl who grew up in the countryside. You are really uneducated."
Shi Yao smiled slightly: "Madam, you are well-educated, so Madam, have you finished reading the scriptures today? Have you finished confessing your sins today?"
Zheng's face instantly turned pale, and she pointed at Shi Yao and cursed, "You vicious little girl, you trapped me in the family temple, and you still dare to be so arrogant! I already know that your future husband's family is the Xie family. Hahahaha, this is retribution. You are a daughter of a noble family, but you have to be the wife of a businessman!
What a joke! Zhuzhu did a good job. In the future, I can crush you like an ant! I want to see if the Xie family can protect you! Don't be arrogant. Just wait. Your fate in the future will be even worse than mine!"
Shi Yao raised her eyebrows slightly, and said calmly: "Madam, you can only be furious here. It was your Zhuzhu who caused you to enter the family temple, and it has nothing to do with me. I know it very well, and you know it very well too. No matter how hard your mouth is, you can't change the truth.
Although the elder sister is a concubine of the royal family, she also has wealth and splendor to enjoy. When has she ever come to visit you? Madam is a good mother. She has been imprisoned and has to eat coarse food, but she still loves your daughter without regrets and without asking for anything in return.
Madam's words reminded me, Sixth sister-in-law, how did the eldest madam know the news outside? Passing news to her all the time is not conducive to her concentrating on her practice and reflecting on her sins. This matter must be investigated. "
She looked at the two old women at the door.
The maids were shocked and waved their hands, saying, "Second Miss, please understand. Sixth Madam, please understand. It's not that we are being nosy! We never talk to the First Madam!"
Wang Fan asked coldly, "Who said that? If you can't name a person, I will just ask you for your crime."
Zheng laughed sarcastically, "You said it yourself. At noon, Tao and Qi left, and their maids couldn't control their mouths. I heard it. How about you find those maids and servants one by one and pull out their tongues? Hahaha, you despicable little bitches should go to the hell of tongue pulling out!"
Shi Yao smiled and said, "Madam, you are really 'thinking out of a hurry' and adding unnecessary details. I didn't ask you, why are you so eager to answer? Who are you covering up for?"
Wang Fan ignored what Zheng said and asked the maids, "Who has entered the eldest wife's room today?"
The maids were timid and knew that there were more than just the two of them in the yard. With people coming and going, Sixth Madam could have found out by interrogating others. And Sixth Madam should have known who it was, but she insisted on hearing it from them:
"Yes, the eldest wife's two maids, Renqi and Yunchu."
Zheng was so angry that she raised her hand and started to hit people: "You damn old woman, you eat our Shi family's food, but you betrayed the master of the Shi family. I really deserve to tear your mouths off! I will beat you to death, I will beat you to death!"
The old women were slapped twice and quickly closed the door.
Zheng refused to leave no matter what. She cursed the old woman and Shi Yao viciously, with her hands on the door and her feet outside the threshold.
The old women were very experienced in dealing with her. They pushed her back hard, and the door closed with a bang. They then bolted it from the outside and locked it.
Zheng fell to the ground, banged on the door, and shouted frantically: "Let me out, let me out! I am the wife of the Duke, a lady of the highest rank conferred by the Emperor. How dare you treat me like this? One day in the future, when I get out, I will definitely kill you and chop you up and feed you to the dogs! Shi Yao, Wang Fan, you will all die a miserable death..."
Wang Fan frowned in disgust: "The first wife has committed verbal sins today and is disrespectful to the Buddha. Don't give her dinner, otherwise the Buddha will blame you."
The women replied fearfully, "Yes."
"Second sister, are you scared?" Wang Fan turned around and asked.
"No, Sixth Sister-in-law is very powerful here. I feel relieved that she hasn't been wronged." Shi Yao smiled calmly and pointed at the chives and asked, "Did the sisters-in-law plant this?"
Wang Fan smiled shyly and said, "Well, we don't know how to grow anything. Only leeks are easy to grow and have sprouted, but other vegetables haven't shown any signs of growth. We said we're here to grow vegetables, so we have to do something to show off."
After chatting for a while about life in the ancestral temple, Wang Fan sent people to take Renqi and Yunchu, intending to drive them out of the ancestral temple and send them to a manor in the nearby Duke's Mansion. They would be detained today and she would send them off in person tomorrow.
Zheng screamed like crazy in the house, cursing and threatening them more viciously.
Wang Fan simply said, "Madam, you have not changed despite repeated admonitions. The Buddha is very angry. We will skip tomorrow's meal. Anyway, Madam can't eat the simple food in the family temple. It is also a good deed to waste less."