Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 625 - 321: Hard to Distinguish True from False_2

Niuniu was so scared by the quarrel between Lady Chiang and Zhao Xiue outside that she nearly burst into tears, and kept clamoring to find her mother. Lian Zhizhi coaxed her with snacks, saying that Lady Chiang would come to find her in a short while. At this time, they naturally could not let Niuniu go to find Lady Chiang.

Lian Zhizhi was comforting Niuniu, and Lian Manman came out of the West Wing Room. She wanted to know what Lady Zhou would ultimately decide, and, truth be told, she also really wanted to know if there was something illicit between Lady Chiang and Constable Zhou.

In the Upper Room, Lady Zhou was sitting on the kang bed, Lian Jizu was sitting with a stern face beside her, Lady Chiang and Zhao Xiue stood on the ground, and Lady Zhou was questioning them sentence by sentence. Zhao Xiue accused that it was Constable Zhou who had a secret meeting with Lady Chiang, based on what a neighbor’s older child had seen. Lian Duo was also called over to testify for Lady Chiang, stating that on the day Erlang was married, she and Niuniu were with Lady Chiang the whole time.

Lian Manman could tell something was amiss from outside, and Lady Zhou inside slightly furrowed her brow.

"Mother, all of what Erlang’s wife has said is nonsense. I swear to heaven, if I harbored any improper intentions, may I be struck by lightning," Lady Chiang swore again, then slowly knelt to the ground.

"Mother, please stand up for me," Lady Chiang pleaded tearfully to Lady Zhou, "For a woman, reputation is the utmost importance. I am clean and have been wrongfully accused. How am I to live in the future? Not to mention myself, even Niuniu is implicated. Niuniu’s father still has to sit for the imperial examinations... Everything Erlang’s wife accuses me of, I can overlook, but she shouldn’t fabricate stories in this regard. She’s not just harming me, but Niuniu’s father too."

"And it doesn’t make Niuniu’s grandfather look good either. Our whole Lian Family will be ridiculed and despised because of the nonsense coming from Erlang’s wife. The old maid is reaching the age for marriage, Sanlang is also about to take a wife, and then there are the other younger brothers and sisters in the family... Erlang’s wife is so malicious..."

What Lady Chiang was implying was that Zhao Xiue had fabricated this rumor out of malice towards the entire Lian Family.

Lady Zhou sat with legs crossed, her fingers twitching slightly. Lady Chiang had said she was with Niuniu and Lian Duo the whole day; Lady Zhou did not believe this because Lian Xiuxiu, when she had gone out to find Si Lang and Liulang, had seen Lian Duo and Niuniu but not Lady Chiang. Lian Xiuxiu had mentioned it to her casually when she returned, and she hadn’t taken it to heart.

Today, however, Lady Chiang and Lian Duo were so certain, which made Lady Zhou suspicious.

Even so, just based on Zhao Xiue’s words that Lady Chiang had an affair with Constable Zhou, Lady Zhou couldn’t fully believe it.

Emotionally, Lady Zhou was more inclined to believe that Lady Chiang was innocent. And the words of Lady Chiang accusing Zhao Xiue of harboring ill will towards them had moved Lady Zhou even more. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Quickly help Jizu’s wife stand up," Lady Zhou called out to Lian Xiu.

Lian Xiu went over to help Lady Chiang, but Lady Chiang refused to get up. This gesture from Lady Zhou had, in fact, already shown whose side she was on, but Lady Chiang couldn’t let it go so easily.

Lady Zhou, of course, understood Lady Chiang’s demands.

"Being pregnant and already showing, why can’t you just stay quiet?" Lady Zhou scolded Zhao Xiue, "Who has fed you all these jumbled stories, and why didn’t you slap them? Now you run to Jizu with gossip, you wish-bringer of disaster, are you not content until this house is in turmoil and ruined? If you hate us and don’t want to stay in our house, go wherever you want; our temple is too small to accommodate the likes of your grand Buddha."

Just moments ago, it was Lian Jizu who wanted to divorce Lady Chiang, and in a blink of an eye, Lady Zhou was driving Zhao Xiue out. How quickly the tables had turned.

"Mother, don’t be fooled by her sweet talk. Duoduo and she had already conspired beforehand. Mother, you are a shrewd person, didn’t you notice how Duoduo kept looking at her while speaking? There’s definitely something fishy here," Zhao Xiue said.

Unlike Lady Chiang’s strong reaction to the mention of divorce, Zhao Xiue seemed completely numb to the idea of being driven out or divorced. She still insisted that she was telling the truth.

"You’re still talking back? You may be shameless, but we, the Old Lian Family, value our reputation. You had better apologize to your sister-in-law. If you dare to spread any more of this vile gossip, even if you had a golden fetus in your belly, the Old Lian Family cannot keep you," Lady Zhou declared decisively while signaling to Lian Jizu.

"Aren’t you going to come over and help your wife stand up? You’re too soft-hearted, unable to discern people’s true nature, ready to catch the slander thrown at you, subjecting your wife to injustice. I won’t settle this account with you now, but if you make the same mistake in the future, I will settle the total account with you!"

Lian Manman outside was nodding in agreement with Lady Zhou’s quick judgment from within. Indeed, the old are wiser; Lady Zhou must understand that matters like these cannot be touched even slightly, and her swift decision was best for everyone, preserving the reputation of the Lian Family.

Lian Jizu and Lian Xiu both helped Lady Chiang stand and sit beside Lady Zhou.

Seeing that Lady Chiang, within a few words, had received Lady Zhou’s support and she was now completely at a disadvantage, Zhao Xiue couldn’t help but snort coldly, feeling aggrieved.

"Didn’t you hear that you’re to apologize to your sister-in-law? If you don’t make amends today, then don’t consider yourself a part of the Lian Family anymore." Lady Zhou patted Lady Chiang’s shoulder and then raised her head, glaring at Zhao Xiue with an imposing demeanor.

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The second update, asking for pinks.

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Recommendation for Ruoyan’s completed book: "The Brocade Screen Chronicles," a light house fight farmland tale set within the intricate family life of a large household.

Book number:1771214

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