After Becoming the Villain Mother-in-Law, I Launch My Redemption Arc Chapter 84: Mother, Don’t Go

The County Magistrate ordered soone to fetch the silver and insisted on paying ng Yao the consultation fee.

A full ten taels of silver.

ng Yao thought about it for a mont and accepted it.

Initially, she was pondering whether this favor could get her into the County Magistrate’s good graces.

But by offering the consultation fee voluntarily, it indicated a clear-cut transaction.

It seems that he truly is a good official.

ng Yao gave so instructions on precautions, bowed, and took her leave.

"Mother, don’t go." ng Yao’s sleeve was held by An Ge, whose small eyes were filled with reluctance, "An Ge misses you so much."

ng Yao looked embarrassed.

The County Magistrate also appeared awkward as he stepped forward to pick up An Ge, gently coaxing him, "Be a good boy, An Ge, let go, you’ve mistaken her for soone else; she’s not your mother."

An Ge clung tightly, unwilling to let go, "She is my mother, she is."

ng Yao found herself in a predicant, unable to neither pull away nor remain still.

"Bad father, you are bad, you won’t let be with mother." An Ge was very angry.

The County Magistrate, steeling his heart, pried An Ge’s hand away and placed him in the arms of a servant, "Apu, carry the young master back to his room."

An Ge struggled and cried out, but it was all to no avail.

He couldn’t break free, only able to cry in heart-wrenching anguish.

The County Magistrate’s eyes were filled with both reluctance and helplessness.

"Sir, the child has just gone through a lot, and his trachea and vocal cords must have been affected; it’s best not to let him cry like this," ng Yao cautiously spoke.

She wasn’t naive, or brainless; knowing that in such a critical mont An Ge’s mother did not appear, and An Ge was calling her mother, it was likely that the mother was no longer in this world.

Most likely, An Ge had never even t his mother.

Sure enough, the County Magistrate couldn’t suppress his grief, "My son was rude to you, madam; I hope you can forgive him. His mother died during childbirth, and she couldn’t be saved. I’ve been keeping it from him, fearing he would grow up blaming himself because of this."

Well, ng Yao didn’t know how to respond; after a long pause, she squeezed out two words, "My condolences."

"Co, I’ll see madam out," the County Magistrate said.

ng Yao kept a proper distance, following behind the County Magistrate.

When the two appeared in the rear governnt office, the village chief finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The County Magistrate appeared as usual, thank goodness Mada ng didn’t act out of line to provoke the County Magistrate.

"You all can go back; if there’s anything, I’ll send a governnt officer to inform you," the County Magistrate stated.

The village chief hurriedly agreed, leading the Zhao family’s whole brood out.

Once outside the county governnt, the village chief let out a long sigh of relief, and the villagers who ca along straightened their backs.

"Mistress ng, how could you be so bold just now? The county governnt is not a place you can casually intrude! Just because the County Magistrate is kind, otherwise..." the village chief couldn’t hold back.

ng Yao said calmly, "A matter of life and death, I couldn’t care about much else."

At this point, ng Yao felt there was nothing left to hide; her dical skills were bound to be revealed sooner or later.

"You also knew it was a matter of life and death, why did you get involved?" ng Qingshan glared viciously at ng Yao.

Now, his old wife, son, and daughter-in-law were all detained in the governnt.

The whole family was left with only him and his granddaughter.

And all of this was thanks to ng Yao.

ng Yao slowly took out a silver ingot, held it in her palm, allowing everyone to see it clearly.

"This silver, given by the County Magistrate. Why was the silver given? Naturally, because I saved the young master of the County Magistrate’s family," ng Yao said calmly.

The glistening silver ingot captured people’s gaze.

Most people didn’t even clearly hear what ng Yao was saying.

However, ng Qingshan heard it clearly, and the village chief heard it clearly too.

But instinctively, they didn’t believe it.

How was it possible? How could Mistress ng, a rural woman, have the ability to save the young master of the County Magistrate’s family?

"ng Shi, you shouldn’t talk nonsense like this. Such words, if known to the County Magistrate, could bring punishnt upon you!" the village chief said sternly, "Dahe, quickly tell your mother, this is the county governnt, that’s the County Magistrate, not our rural people!"

"Village chief uncle, if the County Magistrate wanted to punish my mother, he wouldn’t have just courteously sent her out just now," Zhao Dahe said pointedly.

Indeed, the County Magistrate hadn’t uttered a single word of accusation.

In fact, he seed to speak a bit more politely than a mont ago.

So, could Mistress ng really possess dical skills?

"How can that be?" ng Qingshan questioned loudly.

She was raised in the ng family; if she had such skills, how could they not know it?

Moreover, all these years, no one heard of her practicing dicine.

dical skills aren’t sothing one can acquire so casually; hence, there must still be so issue with ng Yao!

"You definitely are not ng Yao!" ng Qingshan shouted.

"Whether I am or not, didn’t you confirm it with the Daoist you sought out? Oh, right, that Daoist you found was unreliable!" ng Yao chuckled lightly, "Now they are all detained. Why don’t you find another expert? See who I really am?"

Not waiting for ng Qingshan to retort, ng Yao continued, "Besides, my identity, does it concern you? Don’t forget, now I’m no longer associated with your ng family."

The County Magistrate agreed to ng Yao’s request.

"No matter what, it was the ng family who raised you! How could you be so ungrateful?" ng Qingshan said furiously.

"Ungrateful? One hundred twenty taels of silver given to the ng family, and you have the gall to call ungrateful?" ng Yao sneered.

The village chief gave ng Qingshan a fierce glare; the ng family caused this disastrous outco by themselves.

Greedy hearts devour more than they can swallow.

Acquiring one hundred twenty taels of silver, a modest life could have been sustained.

Yet unable to remain quiet, they brought endless trouble upon themselves, leading to over half their family being taken away.

"The County Magistrate stated that the lock plaque should be returned to ng Yao. Also, don’t forget the fine silver of one hundred and five taels; I still have to make another trip to the county governnt to hand it over!" the village chief said irritably.

ng Qingshan was clearly aware of the silver in the house.

Although he didn’t know the exact amount, it wouldn’t be less than two hundred taels.

"Where on earth will I co up with so much silver?" ng Qingshan lanted.

"Whether you can gather it or not, that’s your matter. If the fine silver isn’t paid, additional labor will be added by half a year," the village chief said.

What’s the worry about doing an extra half-year of labor? After all, the old wife and son wouldn’t earn over a hundred taels in a year either.

ng Qingshan was determined to keep the over hundred taels.

In the late afternoon, the group returned to Shanghua Village, with soone always watching at the village entrance; soon, almost the entire village ca out.

Voices clamored as they questioned the village chief.

The village chief briefly explained the situation to everyone.

"So, there’s no issue with Mistress ng, right?" soone asked, worried.

"If there were an issue, would the County Magistrate let her return?" chid in one of the n who went along, "The issue is with the ng family; the ng family did no good deeds, and the County Magistrate took them all in custody. Not only gave them beatings but also sentenced them to labor, and fined them silver!"

The notable people of the ng family went to the governnt office, yet ng Qingshan was the only one returned.

"Grandfather, where are my grandmother, my father, and my mother?" ng Ruyu finally squeezed to the front, anxiously asking.

ng Qingshan opened his mouth but said nothing, sheepishly pushed through the crowd, fleeing toward ho.