Farm Tough Girl
Chapter 572 - 572 573 Rampant_1

Chapter 572: Chapter 573: Rampant_1 Chapter 572: Chapter 573: Rampant_1 Rong Liming stood there, dumbfounded, “Father, what are you talking about?! Are we, the Rong Family, actually afraid of her? She’s just a servant girl, what’s there to apologize for?!”

Old Mr. Rong, however, didn’t want to exchange another word with Rong Liming and stormed off with a flick of his sleeve.

Considering the seriousness of the incident caused by Bingyu, it was inevitable that Muniang would have reported it to Marquis Chen Mansion at first opportunity. And indeed, as soon as the letter arrived there, all hell broke loose.

Marquis Chen’s mustache bristled in anger, “What kind of servant girl did you send? With behavior so indecent, she even dallied with another man, bringing shame upon Ze’er! Disgracing Muniang! Look at the mess you’ve made!”

The Marquise was also utterly distressed, regret and resentment festering in her heart. How had she come to send such a wicked little wretch over?

Just a few days ago, she’d received a message from Nanny Li, stating that Muniang had already taken Bingyu into her service, intending to send her to Yu Ze’s chamber after a period of discipline. She had been somewhat relieved, not expecting that this superficial girl would dare to commit such an act! All her careful planning had been in vain.

As the Marquise was ruing her mistake, Marquis Chen noticed some other details in the letter.

Emboldened by their connection to Lady Rong, the Rong Family did not take the Yu Family seriously. Now their son had slept with the concubine prepared for Yu Ze, they even dared to point their fingers at Muniang’s nose, scolding her for failing to recognize favors. As if such an incident needed to be blown out of proportion!

Marquis Chen was so enraged that he immediately wanted to enter the palace, firmly intending to report the matter to the Emperor. The Rong Family had really overstepped their bounds! Could their merchant status compare to the generations of honor at Marquis Chen Mansion? Even with the support of that enchantress, Lady Rong, they should not be so arrogant!

The Emperor had just returned to the palace not long ago. All the way there, Lady Rong was scheming to ingratiate herself with the Emperor, but Long Yi remained cool toward her. Her last action had wounded the dignity of an emperor, and furthermore, there was He Fangfei nearby, fanning the flames.

With gritted teeth and no alternative, Lady Rong had to play her trump card: she took a cold bath in the middle of the night, and by the next morning, she began to run a high fever. The Emperor was ultimately soft-hearted; seeing her sick and haggard, even his greatest anger would subside by much.

Before the person whom Lady Rong sent to summon the Emperor could return, Long Yi had already arrived, filling her with perplexity, yet she stuck to the original plan. Dragging her sick body out to greet him, she had expected Long Yi to feel pity for her pretending to be well despite her illness. Instead, she was greeted with a severe scolding the moment Long Yi entered.

“Lady Rong! You are exceedingly bold, relying on my favor to grant your natal family so many conveniences. I have turned a blind eye, but now you grow increasingly audacious. Do you think my subjects are so easily bullied?!”

Lady Rong was stunned at once and after a moment’s haze managed to say, “What do you mean, Your Majesty? Your concubine doesn’t understand.”

“You don’t know?! Look at the wonderful things your natal family has done!” Long Yi threw a document at Lady Rong’s feet.

Supporting herself upright, Lady Rong picked it up and read, her face gradually darkening.

“I had no idea before, but your Rong Family has grown so brazen. Daring to bully the concubine of Prince An so recklessly, is there nothing you fear?!”

“Your Majesty must be mistaken; the woman has not yet been sent into Prince An’s chambers, she was only being prepared…”

“The woman that Marquis Chen Mansion specially sent, whether she was sent into the chambers or not, she’s Yu Ze’s concubine. How bold must your brother be to be so brazen with him? Do you really think that with the little favor I have shown you, your Rong Family can do as it pleases and cover the sky with one hand?!”

The reason Long Yi was so furious was not actually because Rong Liming slept with Yu Ze’s concubine, but because of the audacity of the Rong Family. The fact that they would commit such acts showed how arrogant they had become, and the root of this arrogance was simply because Lady Rong was in favor.

Lady Rong clenched her teeth. In favor? What favor did she hold now? Thinking about it, she assumed it was Qiao Muniang’s doing. She didn’t believe for a second that such a petty woman would actually find a concubine for her own husband!

But now, whatever she said was useless. The Rong Family had caused trouble, and in the end, she would have to take the fall. The thought made Lady Rong feel like vomiting blood.

If it had been during her time of high favor, Lady Rong wouldn’t have worried at all. She would’ve just coaxed the emperor, explained the situation, and pushed all the blame onto Rong Liming himself. But now that she herself was like a clay Bodhisattva crossing a river, and the Rong Family dared to drag her down at this critical juncture, how could she not be angry?

“Your Majesty, I am wronged, I only found out about this matter just now…”

“Wronged? If not for the courage you gave them, would the Rong Family dare to be so arrogant? Marquis Chen, an elderly man, was so angered he was nearly half-dead and came to my chambers early this morning to report the Rong Family’s evil deeds. Marquis Chen Mansion has been a family of great achievements for generations, what is the Rong Family that you dare to be so rampant?!” Long Yi was absolutely livid, and he ended up flinging Lady Rong to the ground.

Lady Rong had intentionally exposed herself to the cold yesterday, and now she was extremely weak. Long Yi, blinded by rage, was in no condition to care for her.

“I was indeed too lenient with you in the past. You’d better start reining in your thoughts!” Having said that, Long Yi left in a huff.

Lady Rong was so angry she nearly crushed a silver tooth. A great opportunity had been completely ruined, and now she still had to clean up the Rong Family’s mess!

Muniang received the reply from Marquis Chen Mansion, and the matter had to be suppressed. Especially externally, it could not be said that Bingyu was sent as a concubine for Yu Ze. Otherwise, Yu Ze would lose face, and that girl Bingyu could not stay and had to be dealt with immediately. Muniang wasn’t surprised at all, and regarding Kelan, the Marquise’s attitude was also very cold, instructing Muniang to sell her off as far away as possible.

Muniang smiled wryly, as expected, the Marquise was ruthless with Kelan as well. When Nanny Li took out the vial of poison given by Jian Yue, Muniang understood that in fact this mother-in-law wasn’t the gentle woman she appeared to be on the surface. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been luck that allowed her to hold the position of Marquise for so many years.

Muniang simply wrote Kelan’s name as the person who had disclosed the affair, according to the facts. It seemed that this incident did not affect her, but in the Marquise’s heart, things had changed.

The matter with Bingyu hit the Marquise hard, making her feel as if she had been blind to misjudge people. Naturally, she would now scrutinize the other maids she had sent more carefully. There was nothing more to say about Caiyun, but as for Kelan, who had been the one to expose Bingyu, she previously seemed so honest and simple, yet was capable of betraying her sisters. This showed how cunning she was, and who knew what trouble she might stir up in the future!

Jian Yue only wanted someone who was obedient and could win a bit of Yu Ze’s favor, the most important thing being to keep a low profile. But these kinds of underhanded tactics, to someone who had been an official wife all her life, they were intolerable grains of sand in her eyes.