This statent was undoubtedly the fuse.
Suddenly, Cui Xuan stood up. Even the most gentle person couldn’t hold back at this mont.
"Aunt, is there such a thing?"
"I was planning to discuss this matter with you as well."
After glaring at the maid, Dowager ng then reluctantly turned to Shen Hua, who was propping up her chin.
"Miss Shen may co from a lesser background, but it was with my agreent that she entered our ho."
Shen Hua: ...
Damn old hag.
The girl, clutching her handkerchief, barely stood up about to erupt when she saw Cui Yun glance at her soothingly.
Oddly enough, stroked the right way, Shen Hua slowly sat back down.
"Aunt!"
At this mont, Cui Xuan spoke with a stern face.
"Your grandson doesn’t have any achievents nor prospects, and there isn’t a single person in the ng Family who can support the family threshold! What Yun just said wasn’t wrong at all."
"I am still your aunt!"
"So what? I am an Imperial Decree Madam personally bestowed by the official family, and by all ranks and hierarchies, even if you kowtow to I am fit to accept it!"
Dowager ng: ...
Cui Xuan: "In these years, hasn’t the ng Family received enough favors?"
"As for Miss Shen, don’t even think about it, Aunt! ng Zhi? Is he worthy enough?"
There she goes talking!
Why on earth would Cui Yun bring Shen Hua here!
Is his daughter-in-law soone for Dowager ng to pick on?
It was with great difficulty that Cui Yun nodded in agreent, and Shen Hua was the person she was satisfied with.
With such reluctance, could she expect a friendly face?
Cui Xuan’s stance was very clear.
Only then did Cui Yun respectfully look towards Dowager Xuan, his pace of speech calm and unhurried.
"In these years, the actions of the ng Family have been perverse, bound to cause disaster sooner or later. Many residences have made concessions out of consideration for the Xuan Residence, and there is already discontent. ng Zhi’s foolishness has repeatedly caused trouble. If grandmother shows favoritism, it is tantamount to abetting tyranny. Previously, the Xuan Family might have been able to keep things under control, but there will co a day when they can no longer cover it up. Although my cousin has entered the court to be an official thanks to uncle’s connections, pulling one hair affects the whole body. Please, grandmother, think thrice before you decide."
Upon hearing this, Dowager Xuan closed her eyes in disappointnt.
She can’t risk the future of the Xuan Family for Dowager ng, especially when the enemies of the ng Family will ultimately be borne by the Xuan Family.
Dowager ng said with a sour face, "Is this how you speak to your elders? Now I truly see it clearly, that you, with your noble status, do look down on relatives like us."
As for ng Zhi, who is used to throwing his weight around at ho, he was utterly cowardly at this point, unavoidably panicked. Without the support of the Xuan and Cui families, the ng Family would hardly be able to move forward or backward in Shengjing these years.
"I’m wrong, I won’t dare anymore."
He hastily raised his voice, tears streaming down his face in an embarrassing display.
"Grandmother, don’t say anymore."
"What are you wrong about?"
Dowager ng had never felt so humiliated.
"Sister!" She looked towards the dignified Dowager Xuan.
"Enough!"
Dowager Xuan tapped the floor heavily with her walking stick, producing a ’bang bang bang’ sound. She heaved a heavy sigh.
"Mama passed away early, leaving just the two of us sisters. What she was most concerned about before her death was you, so I have been very tolerant towards you. These years you have been misusing my na to behave atrociously outside, even when this mischief forcefully abducted a civilian girl, I turned a blind eye and accepted it. Isn’t it enough that I helped you clean up the ss afterward?"
"Let’s put aside the matter of the maids in the residence for now."
"Shuyu is indeed your junior, but why should she tolerate you?"
"Whom the ng Family covets, if she does not agree, are you still prepared to steal her away?" Anger surged within her as she thought about it, feeling unbearably stifled in her heart.
In these years, let alone Cui Xuan, even the sons, daughters-in-law, and grandson Xuan Chen of her residence have endured the ng Family for her sake, swallowing their pride.
Now, with Cui Bai gone, Xuan Shuyu has left only this one son!
The entire Cui family is counting on him to carry on the family line!
Cui Yun brought the person over and asked for her diation — every move was linked, clearly showing there was no room for turning back on this matter.
She felt as if she aged several years all at once and said wearily, "Yun, my child."
"Yes?"
"What do you think should be done?"
Cui Yun still stood there, his deanor calm and detached as water.
"From now on, except for the New Year’s holidays, people from the ng Family shall not set foot within Yongchang Marquis Mansion’s doors."
"The Xuan Family will no longer protect the ng Family, and the ng Family should not even dream of getting any more benefits."
Dowager ng’s pupils dilated, she couldn’t accept it.
Every ti she ca, she would casually take a stack of silver notes and jewelry with her. If she didn’t co, wouldn’t she lose all of these?
"The shops and villages given by the Xuan Family, all of them will be taken back."
"No way!"
Cui Yun sneered with a glance at her.
"With so many descendants in the ng Family, Grand Aunt, are you still worried that if you leave your eldest sister to fend for herself, you won’t be able to get by?"
"This..." Dowager Xuan was hesitating after all.
"Grandmother."
Cui Yun called out.
"The profits from the shops and villages in previous years were not small, not demanding their return already shows utmost benevolence and righteousness."
Dowager Xuan said nothing more.
Dowager ng’s vision turned black, and she fainted on the spot.
"Grandmother!" ng Zhi exclaid in shock.
Seeing this, how could Dowager Xuan not be anxious? She was about to call for the dical Staff, but before she could speak, she heard Cui Yun’s indifferent voice.
"Let the ng family take her away."
Cui Yun didn’t spare a glance, as if looking would sully him.
"Yes."
The matter was settled.
After finishing these things, he slowly walked over to Shen Hua.
"Let’s go."
Shen Hua hadn’t had enough of the spectacle.
Thinking of ng Zhi’s ugly bruised face, she couldn’t help but feel sowhat unfulfilled.
The matter of the Maid was now an inner household affair, and would naturally be handled by Madam Xuan E, the Family Head.
Although the punishnt appeared light, it was indeed the heaviest blow to the ng Family.
The troubleso affairs of the ng Family were bound to be one after another.
In the future, those with grievances would probably co knocking one by one.
"Oh."
The girl weakly rose to her feet.
Just as she left the main courtyard, Cui Yun paused and asked Shen Hua to wait for him for a mont.
He walked off into the distance to speak with Ying Yi.
"My lord?"
"You, go to the gambling house."
ng Zhi was prone to gambling addiction, and Cui Yun had never enticed him. But as long as ng Zhi gambled again, all that the ng Family had skimd over the years would have to be coughed up.
No one was going to clean up his ss anymore. If the Silver Coins weren’t forthcoming, the rule at the gambling house was to chop off fingers; for larger amounts, the penalty was death.
Those who entered the gambling house signed their life away.
The descendants of the ng Family, all of them were good-for-nothings who couldn’t make a public appearance.
Cui Yun really wanted to see if Dowager ng, who loved him the most, could bear to splurge all the Silver Coins saved using the Xuan Family’s shops and villages over the years.
Scoff.
Perhaps it wouldn’t even be enough to cover the debts.
Dowager Xuan was getting on in years; it’s best not to let her trouble herself with these matters.
He would handle these greedy people who have brought trouble upon themselves properly.
The girl pursed her lips.
She kicked the small stones on the ground, but her neck couldn’t help but stretch out, eager to eavesdrop.
Most likely, it’s still about the ng Family’s affairs at this critical juncture.
With this thought, she itched to move step by step closer to that side.
Hehe.
Not long ago, she was allowed to watch the excitent in the main courtyard, but now she wasn’t even permitted to listen.
She had just moved a few dozen steps when the man caught her actions with a glance and furrowed his brows.
The girl, trying to cover up, looked up at the sky.
After a long while.
She murmured very softly with a deep and lancholic pretense: "Tonight there will be a significant change from cold to warm from night to dayti. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy turning to overcast, with the possibility of showers or thunderstorms."
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