Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 229 Dealing with the Zhao family

Li Lingjingshu and his wife were about to go back when Xu Wanning and a group of servants came up to them. When she saw the two of them, she said: "The Zhao family has come to pick them up three times, and I have sent them back. Today, that Zhao family has come to pick them up three times. Ying has come to pick up our second girl in person again, I think it’s time to let go?”

Jingshu replied: "Their family is not stupid, they are quite sensible."

Li Ling teased his wife: "How could they dare to be so bold when they were criticized like that by you last time?"

Xu Wanning said with a smile: "If someone like the Zhao family is too polite to them, they will get slapped on the nose."

Jingshu echoed Xu Wanning and said, "Sister-in-law is right! You just can't be too polite to people like the Zhao family."

 Some people want to repay kindness after receiving kindness from others.

Some people will covet more benefits when they get a good one. If they are greedy for too much, they will develop wolfish ambitions. The Wang family is such a person, and the Zhao family is also such a person.

As the saying goes, one suffers a loss and one gains wisdom. After experiencing the lesson of being framed by the Wang family, Jing Shu's current state of mind is no longer the same as before.

"Let's go, I'll go with you to see off the second girl." Jing Shu said, and then headed towards Xiyuan with Xu Wanning.

 Zhao Ying was waiting in the living room. When he saw the two of them, he no longer made fun of Qiao as before. Instead, he stood up with a smile and greeted them respectfully.

Xu Wanning sat down on the chair, glanced at Zhao Ying and said with a strange look, "Has Zhao Erlang been promoted again these days?"

Zhao Ying said with a smile: "Where did Gao Sheng come from? Sister-in-law, please don't make fun of me."

Xu Wanning snorted coldly: "I saw you smiling so much today, I thought you were in high spirits on a happy occasion. I guess you have been promoted again."

The Zhao family had originally made up their mind that Mrs. Guo would not stand up for their concubine. Only when Li Xian became like this again did he have the courage to act arrogantly. How could they have expected that the mistress of the second room would support the concubine in the next room. Since they were snatched away by Jingshu last time, she wanted to alert the government to take back the dowry, and wanted to sue him for spoiling his concubine and killing his wife. Everything hit Zhao Ying's mark. How could he have the courage to divorce his wife?

Zhao Ying is a flexible person. When he saw Xu Wanning's aggressive momentum, he was neither shy nor annoyed. He just kept smiling and said: "I was blinded by eating lard a while ago. I have figured it out in the past few days. Sister-in-law, please Don’t worry, I will treat Yu Yan well from now on.”

With that said, he stood up and bowed to Jingshu and Xu Wanning: "I hope my two sisters-in-law can forgive me for being abrupt and let me take my wife back."

Xu Wanning said reluctantly: "You have bullied our girl over and over again. Do you think we are easy to fool? With just a few kind words from you, I will let the girl go back with you."

Zhao Ying saw Xu Wanning looking helpless, and looked at the matchmaker Mrs. Wang who was accompanying him to make peace.

Mrs. Wang also said with a smile: "The young couple are both young, and it is inevitable that there will be some stumbling. As the saying goes, 'It is better to destroy ten temples than break up a marriage.' Since Mr. Zhao sincerely repented, the two ladies will Just give him another chance."

 Zhao Ying bowed to Jingshu Xu Wanning again and said, "Please ask your two sisters-in-law to help you."

Xu Wanning looked at Jing Shu who was aside. Jing Shu then raised her eyes to look at Zhao Ying and said calmly: "You have hurt our girl so deeply. Even if we are willing to let her go, it depends on the girl's own wishes."

 Zhao Ying immediately answered: "I'd like to trouble you two sisters-in-law to ask my wife to come out. I'll apologize to her in person."

Xu Wanning listened to Zhao Ying's words and ordered people to invite Aunt Zhou and the second girl over.

 After a while, Aunt Zhou led the two girls into the meeting hall. Zhao Ying was a sweet-talking person. When he saw Aunt Zhou, he respectfully gave a junior salute: "My son-in-law has met my mother-in-law."

  The Zhao family had never taken this humble Aunt Zhou seriously in the past.

Seeing Zhao Ying acting like this, Aunt Zhou replied calmly: "I'm just a concubine, but I can't be called a mother-in-law."

Zhao Ying smiled and flattered, "My wife was born and raised by my aunt, so she should be able to bear the burden."

After saying that, he apologized to Li Yuyan who was sitting aside with her head downcast: "Madam, the misunderstanding a while ago is all my fault. Please forgive me, madam." Li Yuyan is a soft-hearted person. It was her idea. The first few times the Zhao family came to pick her up, she couldn't wait to follow her back, but she was stopped by Xu Wanning. Now seeing Zhao Ying's compromising appearance, she forgot all the grievances she had suffered.

Li Yuyan was about to respond to Zhao Ying when she raised her eyes and caught Xu Wanning's glance towards her. Li Yuyan bit her lip and held back her words.

Zhao Ying kept up his efforts and said: "The eldest sister and the second sister miss my wife very much, especially the second sister. I have not eaten or slept thinking about you these past few days. I have lost a lot of weight before my eyes."

As soon as Li Yuyan heard that her daughter was ill, she couldn't sit still and asked anxiously: "Second sister, is she sick like this? Have you asked the doctor to come and see her?"

Jingshu cast a comforting look at Li Yuyan, and Li Yuyan sat down again, lowered her eyes, and wiped away tears again.

Aunt Zhou stood up and said to Jingshu Xu Wanning: "Since I sincerely seek my best, please allow me to go back."

Seeing Aunt Zhou speaking, Jingshu said, "Let's go back then. It's just that my sister-in-law is worried that the girl won't be able to take care of herself when she goes back, so she has found a few suitable people to follow her there."

After hearing what Jing Shu said, Xu Wanning said to Aunt Qiu next to her: "Mom, go and bring the few people we selected over here, and let my uncle take care of them first."

 Mother Qiu agreed and went, and within a short time she had brought over a dozen people.

Once these dozen people came in, even the huge hall seemed a bit crowded.

Those people lined up in front of Zhao Ying. Aunt Qiu introduced to Zhao Ying: "These four girls are literate and help the girl take care of her dowry. These two girls take care of the girl's daily life. The wet nurse the girl took with her when she got married died of illness last year."

Aunt Qiu pointed to the two strong cow-like women who could easily empty Li Xian after he swallowed a foreign object last time, and said to Zhao Ying: "These two nuns will follow and take the place of the girl." Wet nurse, just stay with the girl and take care of her."

Zhao Ying glanced at the two evil-looking women, and said with a smile: "Mommy is really thoughtful."

Mother Qiu rolled her eyes at Zhao Ying and said with a cold face: "Our girl has a weak temper, so we have to think carefully about some things."

As she said this, she specifically told the two stout women: "Listen carefully, you two. When you are with the girl, be sure to take good care of her. If anyone looks at our girl's temper without good reason, If you dare to bully her, let alone who she is, you must give her a good beating first."

After Zhao Ying heard what Mother Qiu said, she didn't know that the "ignorant" person in her mouth was referring to his beloved concubine.

Those two rough women, if they even raise their hands, their delicate concubine will die.

Zhao Yingshan looked at Jing Shu with a smile and said: "Little mistress, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. We are the solemn ruler of the Duke's mansion. Do we still have any rules that condone slaves beating others?"

Jingshu met Zhao Ying's gaze and replied: "Aunt Qiu just said that if someone deliberately offends our girl, she would let her mother-in-law protect the Lord like this."

She turned to Zhao Ying with a dull face and said, "Our girl is the righteous lady of your house. Is it possible that your house is so unruly? Is there really anyone who dares to offend the lady regardless of dignity?"

Zhao Ying was so stunned that she almost lost her breath. It took her a long time to squeeze out a few words through her teeth: "Of course there is no such thing."

Jing Shu said with a cold face: "If it is really as my uncle said, that would be the best."

With that said, she ordered the two rough women: "If they are really as disrespectful as Aunt Qiu said, you just have to do what Aunt Qiu told them."

After listening to the mistress's instructions, the two women replied with a loud "Yes!" like a bell.

Zhao Ying, who was next to the two women, was startled by the sudden loud noise and almost fell off her chair.

 (End of this chapter)