Seventy-Nine Fights

  "Spare her, I'll give you whatever you want, just let her go!" Zou Shi exclaimed, seeing the blood oozing from Liu Jie's neck.

  "Heh heh......" Seventh Sister's gaze fell on her, then she couldn't help but let out a cold laugh. "Is that so, Eldest Maternal Aunt? Then I'll take your life... will you give it to me or not?"

  Everyone present was taken aback by his words, and Zou's expression changed.

  "Haha……" Seventh Sister burst out laughing again, the evening wind blowing her hair into a mess. "Won't you give it to me? My respectable and beloved elder aunt, didn't you just say you'd give me anything? Are you going back on your word again, trying to deceive people?"

  Without waiting for others to speak, and not even waiting for Zou's explanation, the seventh sister looked down at the sixth sister who was tied up with her hands behind her back and a knife pressed against her neck. "Take a good look, Sixth Sister. If you haven't seen clearly, take another look. This is your mother's true face - cunning, ruthless, and poisonous. She's always playing tricks, despicable and shameless... Haha... Also, today you're suffering this punishment, but it's not my fault. It's all because of her... she ruined everything for me. I'm also forced to do this, and you're just atoning for her sins."

  The sharp blade was placed on her neck, Liu Jie couldn't open her mouth, she could only stare with a pair of eyes.

  Those complex eyes fell on Zou's face through the increasingly thick dusk, and Zou's face involuntarily flushed with blood, adding to Li Taijun's stern gaze and the strange gazes of others that also cast over, Zou enjoyed an unprecedented sense of embarrassment and panic in her life, she had an urge to rush into a hole in the ground immediately.

  " Wen Qi Jie, you... what nonsense are you talking about..." However, Zou Shi was still Zou Shi, and in an unfavorable situation, she quickly took a deep breath, calmed down, and turned the tables. "Everything is still your own fault, you've been obsessed with marrying into the Wang Fu as a concubine, and for this, you even forgot about your own family, fawning over me and the main wife every day, not hesitating to frame your sisters and ruin their reputations. Now that things have fallen apart, you're like a mad dog, betraying your family, kidnapping your sister... Ha ha..." Later on, she glanced at the people around her with a cold smile, "Look, this is someone who is so glib-tongued, yet says others are despicable and ruthless. In fact, it's just an excuse for their own actions."

  It's true that this statement is technically correct, as it not only attacks the enemy but also pulls in two allies - Zhen and Jiu - to prove her victim status, thereby crushing public criticism.

  The ninth sister couldn't help but admire her elder aunt again, who was always so extraordinary!

  She naturally nodded in agreement with Zhen, what else could she do? Jump up and plead for justice for Seventh Sister, tell people that Seventh Sister was actually being used, and she wasn't even sick.

  Besides, Zou has one sentence right, Qī Jiě also indeed is self-inflicted...

  "Haha... Eldest Aunt, you're still as formidable as ever, best at turning black and white upside down. Little Seventh is truly no match for you!" Of course, it's not just Ninth Sister who feels this way. "However, rest assured that today I'm not here specifically to expose your hypocritical nature. You'd better hurry up and prepare the silver notes and carriage for me. Otherwise, I won't guarantee that my hand won't tremble. If my hand trembles, Sixth Sister's life will be in danger, haha..." As she spoke, her hand gripping the knife slightly moved.

  "Halt," Ningping Houye Wen Chongjiang, with a stern expression and a robust physique, his only unrefined feature being the prominent belly he was sporting, spoke again in a severe tone, "I'm telling you, if you harm Xiaoliu, you won't survive either."

  "Hehe......" However, Seventh Sister didn't buy it and laughed again, "Uncle, you really don't understand. Since I dared to take this step, I never planned on living. It's just a pity that Little Seven died in vain. But as for you and Auntie, you have a daughter who is about to become a princess, yet she has to be buried with Little Seven. In that case, shouldn't Little Seven's death be worth it? Haha......"

  “……”

  "Great uncle, how do you think my sister and I should die? Why don't we just jump from here and see if we can avoid getting killed. If we really do splatter our brains out, it's a pity for this courtyard, probably no one will dare to pass by here again."

  The seventh sister said, putting her other hand, which wasn't holding the knife, on the back of the sixth sister, as if she really was going to push the sixth sister down first, to test whether this mountain could kill someone.

  "No, I'll send someone to get what you want. Don't move again." Zou Shi couldn't help but rush.

  "Qī yā tóu, kuài zhù shǒu!" nà Lǐ tài jūn yě dà hǎn.

  Translation: "Seventh daughter-in-law, stop it at once!" Mrs. Li also shouted loudly.

  Zou Shiwen and Li Taijun then conferred with each other for a while, and really sent someone to fetch the silver ticket to rent a horse-drawn carriage.

  "Haha……" As things developed in the direction she wanted, Seventh Sister couldn't help but laugh again, her gaze suddenly falling on Ninth Sister who was standing to one side giving orders to several maids. In an instant, it seemed like she understood something.

  She sneered again, what's the use of all the calculations? Can it change her fate? She thought she would end up with an even more miserable outcome, and she looked forward to it...

  The ninth sister naturally also received the cold gaze shot by the seventh sister, but she didn't bother to turn her head back to look at her. It can be imagined that after this incident, the servants in the mansion will face another major reshuffle.

  What she needs to do now is to take advantage of the fact that the leaders in the mansion are busy, and quietly dismiss these people, save more innocent lives, and reduce the number of innocent people like Qingzhao who died in the struggle at the gate.

  She wasn't worried about Liu's sister because Qi's sister was a clever person and Zou's wife was even more clever!

  It turned out that she was right in thinking so —

  Before long, the carriage and silver tickets were brought over. The seventh sister immediately pulled the sixth sister down from the artificial hill, specially selecting a coachman to drive the carriage. Then she pulled the sixth sister into the carriage and they sped away in the gradually darkening night.

  The crowd stood in silence, gazing at the smoke and dust soaring into the rising night sky for a long time, before dispersing with complex expressions. Meanwhile, Lin's wife's mournful wailing continued to echo in their ears...

  The sixth sister was taken by Wen Chongjiang and Wen Jingyue to chase the horse-drawn carriage, which was found in a ditch outside the city. The first one to be discovered was the charioteer, and then after walking for another mile, it was this sixth sister, but there was no trace of the seventh sister or the horse-drawn carriage.

  The cart driver was fine, just knocked unconscious, but Liu Jie had suffered severe injuries, not only the knife wound on her neck, but also a severe head injury.

  Naturally, they found a doctor for Liu Jie that very night to treat her, but the situation seemed not to be good. By the next day, Liu Jie still hadn't woken up...

  "Not up yet?"

  "No!"

  Early in the morning, Jiu Jie heard this news from Qing Xiang's mouth, and her delicate eyebrows couldn't help but furrow instantly.

  That seventh sister is really ruthless, and in the end she actually poisoned her.

  But why did she feel something was off about this matter...

  "Not awake yet." In the afternoon, when she heard this news again, Jiujie couldn't care about the doubts here anymore, and her heart was filled with worry.

  Because these six sisters are also innocent, although they have a bit of a bad temper, their nature is not bad.

  The triumphant joy in her heart also began to turn a bit sour...

  She didn't want to do anything else, went to find the tenth sister to prepare to go see the sixth sister, but was stopped by Jiang Shi, saying that Zou Shi said that the doctor had ordered it, now can't visit, and the sixth sister needs rest.

  "...You'd better not go, you know what your aunt is like, and your kindness might be taken for granted. What's this about resting... Ah, it's just that she's afraid of being laughed at. I heard that almost all the maids in the main house have been replaced, and Qingxiang and Qingdou are barely hanging on, locked up in the woodshed. Alas, she's reaping what she sowed, but why drag others into it? How could we not have seen before that she was such a ruthless and heartless person?" Jiang Shi lamented.

  It can be seen that after this incident, Jiang thoroughly offended his former respected sister-in-law.

  It's not just the Jiang family, after yesterday evening's commotion, everyone naturally dislikes Qī Jiě (Seventh Sister), but they also have a change of heart towards this Zhōu Shì, the eldest lady of the main house.

  "It's all her fault, that's why such a big mess happened!" It is said that even Wen Chongjiang pushed the blame onto Zou when he was handing over to Li Taijun.

  Under such pressure, Zou Shi naturally felt both angry and hateful, and with his concern for Liu Jie added to that, he became truly ill.

  "She's fallen ill...... Ah, it's hard for her with so many things." Li Taijun seemed to sympathize with Zou Shi after hearing this.

  "Huh..." The crowd was taken aback, feeling that the old lady was being unfair, and yet she still seemed to be favoring the Zou family.

  "Alright, second daughter-in-law, in order to let your elder sister-in-law focus on her recovery, you'll be temporarily in charge of the household for now. Go get the keys from her place later and have third and fourth daughter-in-law help out a bit." But unexpectedly, this old lady still had more to say.

  Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes again, while Miao Shi was almost ecstatic.

  Without power, the Zou family naturally became even less prestigious. So, people like Jiang openly slandered her in front of their two daughters. Who let Jiang be a wallflower in the mansion all along?

  The ninth sister sighed deeply and returned to the house, but she still couldn't stay there, so in the end, she took Qing Xiang out again.

  It so happened that she met Zou Zhenni on the road who was helping Mrs. Zou find something, and immediately asked her about Liu's situation.

  "I don't know why, but she just won't wake up. The doctor said it's not that serious, so it shouldn't be like this..." Zou Zhener's face was filled with worry.

  "Oh!" Ninth Sister's mind moved as soon as she heard the words, and after a moment of contemplation, she suddenly said to Zou Zhener, "Zhener sister, come closer and listen..."

  "Uh..." Zhen'er hesitated for a moment, but still did as she was told. Then Jiu'jie whispered a few words in her ear.

  "..." Zou Zhener couldn't help but look surprised all over her face.

  The ninth sister smiled and nodded at her.

  "Miss... Miss, Sixth Miss is awake..."

  In the evening, Qingtao hastily pushed open the door and came in, reporting this good news to Jiu Sier.

  "Miss, you..."

  But didn't get the expected effect, Xiao Yao's eyes widened in surprise.

  Judging from her expression, the girl should be worried about Liu Jie, but at this moment...

  "What's wrong with you? Quickly go and pour a cup of tea for the young lady, she's thirsty." Qing An urged her while helping Jiu Si'er pick up the embroidery.

  Qing Tao didn't ask again, scratched her head and went to pour tea.

  "Upon reflection, Sixth Young Mistress is actually a good mistress too." Suddenly, Qing An let out a sigh.

  "What a good master? Not at all, with such a big temper, always beating and scolding the maid, where is half as good as our young lady?" Qing Tao, who had just placed the tea cup in front of Jiu Sier, immediately retorted.

  The little girl thought she had said something clever, so after finishing speaking, she immediately looked at Jiu Jie, hoping to get her master's praise, even if it was just a glance.

  "Yes!" But unexpectedly, Jiu Jie didn't even glance at her and instead spoke to Qing Xing.

  Why?

  Qīng táo jìn bù zhù mǎn liǎn yù mèn.

  Translation: Qingtao couldn't help but look gloomy all over her face.

  "Qing Xiang and Qing Dou just had a check-up with the doctor." Qing Xiang suddenly added.

  Qīng táo yī zān, suí hòu sì hū dǒng le.

  Translation:

  The green peach was taken aback for a moment, and then seemed to understand.

  Just as everyone was immersed in the joy of Liu Jie's awakening, another piece of bad news came out. That is, Liu Jie's brain was smashed and she became stupid, only remembering her two personal maidservants, but not recognizing anyone else, including her father and mother.

  "What about the green beans?" Six sister asked as soon as she woke up.

  Zou's family, who had almost beaten the young green bean to death, couldn't produce anyone for her, so they quickly comforted her first and then secretly sent someone to invite a doctor for the two of them.

  "Who are you?" But unexpectedly, Liu Jie looked at her and said a sentence.

  This sentence shocked Zou, and she quickly said she was Liu's mother.

  But unexpectedly, Liu Jie shook her head repeatedly and later burst into tears, insisting that she wanted to go out and saying that this was not her home.

  Zou Shi hastily had someone pull her away and then ordered someone to invite Wen Chongjiang.

  Who would have thought that Liu Jie saw Wen Chongjiang again, still pretending to be me. Wen Chongjiang was a man after all, and couldn't help but get extremely annoyed by his daughter's behavior, raising his voice slightly as he spoke.

  The sixth sister seemed to be frightened and immediately hid under the bed, no matter how she was called, she wouldn't come out.

  Later, she came out again, holding her head and rolling around on the bed, shouting in pain, making Wen Chongjiang and Zou Shi so anxious that they wished to kneel down and kowtow to her.

  Alas, what a chaotic scene!

  After making such a fuss for several days, Mrs. Zou was indeed bedridden with illness.

  And yet, the Zhōu family received another visit from the Imperial Palace to discuss marriage, so Madame Zhōu had to muster up her energy to respond. But unexpectedly, the person from the palace said that the Empress had sent two jade pendants for Sixth Sister and insisted on delivering them in person.

  This episode scared Zou Shi out of her wits, and after much persuasion and fabrication, the matter was finally glossed over. After seeing off the people from the Wang Mansion, Zou Shi immediately went to Li Taijun's place to cry and ask for advice.

  Mrs. Li was also worried and scolded Zou's family severely before secretly seeking a famous doctor through her own channels.

  However, things didn't go smoothly. The famous doctors didn't dare to come, fearing that the people in the palace would find out. But the doctors they found seemed to have poor medical skills and couldn't see anything.

  "This is a severe head injury, resulting in mental retardation!" A doctor seemed to have really seen the way.

  "How can it be cured?" Wen Chongjiang and his wife naturally looked forward to it with joy.

  "It's hard to cure, because the head is a crucial part of the human body, and if you're not careful, it can backfire. You can only wait for your body to slowly recover." The old doctor said, stroking his goat-like beard.

  "When will it recover?"

  "This... is hard to say, maybe tomorrow, maybe in ten years, maybe a lifetime..."

  But the old doctor's words were left unfinished, as Zou lost consciousness and everyone rushed to rescue her.

  Of course this was not fatal, the most severe blow to Zou Shi was that a few days later, someone from the Wang Fu came and said that due to the old queen's serious illness, the wedding would be postponed.

  Zou Shi naturally did not agree, and unexpectedly the old lady's envoy was quite tough. Zou Shi got angry again, and it ended up being very unpleasant.

  Days passed one by one, and before long, it was autumn. The marriage date set for Liu's sister was approaching, but the King's palace suddenly stopped sending people over.

  Although divorce was not mentioned, it seemed to be no different from divorce. In this way, the depression was not only the eldest house, but also the entire Wenfu was affected.

  The madam fell ill, Old Lady Tian fell ill, and Sixth Sister's foolish sickness had yet to recover, the entire Wen Manor was plunged into a state of low spirits.

  But at this time, the fourth sister had a problem again. Yuan Shihuan's pregnant concubine fell ill and accused the fourth sister of being unlucky, and actually beat her up.

  Fourth sister was taken back home by the Wen family two days later, her face still swollen and her left eye socket a dark purple, it can be seen how severe that domestic violence was at the time.

  Fourth Sister cried, Miao's wife cried, and even Li Taijun couldn't help but shed tears. Others naturally felt uncomfortable too. The atmosphere in the Wen Mansion was not just gloomy, it was sorrowful!

  "The Yuan family is now even more powerful than our Wen family, and yet they dare to cheat us like this. We must go and demand an explanation from them."

  "Yes, this way of doting on his wife and bullying his concubine will only lead to a big scandal, making the Yuan family unable to show their faces."

  "This won't do, if it really gets out of hand, how will Fourth Sister be able to go back in the future?"

  In Yan Shou Tang, the leaders of the Wen family were discussing the fourth sister's matter, but in the end it was vetoed by a single sentence from the second master who had just rushed back from his post.

  “……”

  Everyone fell silent.

  "Grandma, Father, Mother, I'd rather die than go back to that place again." Unexpectedly, the fourth sister stood up and said firmly.

  Everyone was stunned.

  "Nonsense!" Wen Chonghe, the second old master, said decisively, "Yuan Shihuan has been muttering about divorcing his wife all day, aren't you giving him an excuse?"

  "Yes, Fourth Sister, if I were really divorced, what would become of me..." Miao's wife also said tearfully.

  "If I'm going to give up, then I'll just give up. I don't plan on living a life like this anymore... really, I've had enough, really had enough..." Upon hearing her parents' objections, the fourth sister immediately burst into tears.

  Everyone in the other rooms looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

  "If Fourth Sister has made up her mind, then... let it be!" At this time, the highest leader, Li Taijun, suddenly sighed and spoke.

  "Thank you, Grandmother!" The four sisters immediately "thud" and knelt down on the ground crying.

  "Tomorrow, find someone to pack up the fourth sister's dowry first, and hurry back!" The old lady said.

  "Oh..."

  The matter of the fourth sister has been decided like this!

  But as it turned out, doing is much harder than wanting.

  The next day, the tall mother-in-law brought people to prepare dowry, but not only was the dowry not prepared well, but she was also beaten by the Yuan family's people on the grounds of stealing things.

  "They said I... they said I sneaked into their house, but it was clear that we were led in by the servant girl beside Mrs. Yuan. And yet... and yet they accused us of wanting to steal things. But it was clear that we had an agreement with Master Yuan... no, Yuan Shi Huan said so himself, and he nodded in agreement..."

  That old lady was also a rather proud person, just like the second wife. Having suffered such humiliation, she naturally couldn't bear it and cried non-stop.

  The second lady Miao and the fourth sister naturally accompanied her in crying, while others were sighing on the side, the air in the second house was depressing and dull...

  The venue of the meeting was changed to the second house because Mrs. Li had fallen ill again after a series of setbacks and was bedridden all day today.

  "Why don't we just go to the government office and make a clean break of it?" Wen Jing Shui said, her heart aching for her sister.

  "No way!" The second master immediately opposed, "If it's like this, the whole court will know about this matter, which will greatly affect our Wen family's reputation. Moreover, if that's really the case, we'll be at odds with the Yuan family. Although Yuan Shihuan is not good, his uncles are still okay, and they have a close relationship with me and your great-uncle, taking care of each other in court."

  In this era, the most decisive way to sever a marital relationship is to cut off all ties, which usually occurs when the two parties have become sworn enemies. Once things have gone this far, it's difficult for them to face each other again. Although Wen Conghe's consideration may be a bit too compromising and concerned with saving face, it also makes some sense.

  "What can be done?" The crowd couldn't help but show a difficult expression.

  "It doesn't matter, naturally we have to go to the Yuan family to ask for dowry." At this time, a string of clear and crisp voices was suddenly heard, then Wen Jing Shui's legitimate wife Xiao Shi walked in, followed by several girls from the Wen Mansion.

  "What? How?" Wen Jing Shui scowled at his wife with a face full of acne.

  Xiao Shi fell silent and just looked at Jiu Jie with his eyes.

  "Fourth Aunt is taking us there!" Jiuer's gaze fell on Zhen Shi who was sitting in the corner.

  "Me?" Zhen's expression changed slightly as she was taken aback.

  "Mother, of course it's you, your tongue is the sharpest. You charge forward, we follow behind, and bring along a few capable men from our family to see if the Yuan family still dares to bully us. We vow to seek justice for our fourth sister!"

  The little eleven standing beside Jiu Jie immediately went up to her mother and said with a fierce look on his face.

  "Uh..." Unbeknownst to Zhen Shi, everyone was stunned.

  "This method... isn't bad!" Wen Chonghe couldn't help but slap his thigh later.

  For such a thing, it's not very glorious for the men to come out after all. Moreover, the ones who beat people are also several wives, and the Yuans can find ten thousand excuses to excuse themselves. It's really inconvenient for their men to deal with this matter.

  But the ladies are an exception...

  "Good!" Everyone thought for a moment and also nodded in agreement.

  At this scene, Jiu Jie couldn't help but turn her head and exchange a smile with Xiao Shi.

  This was what she had just discussed with Xiao Shi outside the second house, and the way to deal with Junren was to use his own method to cure him. She wanted to see how Yuan Shihuan, who dared to beat women, would react when faced with such a large army of Wen's female family members.

  Since Wen Chonghe nodded, things naturally went smoothly. The next day, early in the morning, all the women of the Wen family were fully armed.

  The wife of Da Shao Ye Wen Jingnian, Feng Shi, was pregnant with her second child and was about to give birth, so everyone didn't let her go, but Bao Ge insisted on following, holding a slingshot in his hand.

  Mrs. Zou has been bedridden for over half a month, but that silly Sixth Sister secretly got on the carriage with her Pekingese dog and wasn't discovered until they had traveled quite some distance, so naturally she couldn't be sent back.

  And so a whole cartload of old and weak women and children rushed straight to the Yuan family...

  ……

  Digression

  The male lead seems to have changed, hehe...