When Madam Wang learned that the Third Branch was packing up and moving out, she immediately brought people over to keep an eye on them. She was afraid that Madam Pei would take something else away. Madam Pei was so angry that she opened all the boxes and let Madam Wang take a look.
"Third Sister-in-law, don't misunderstand, I'm just here to take a look." Madam Wang said with a fake smile, "Nowadays, the family is not like before, so we don't need so many servants. I came to take a look and pick some useful ones. I sent the useless ones away."
Ye Zhen looked at her coldly. "If you want to sell maids, go to your place. What are you looking at here?"
Madam Wang still hated Ye Zhen's slap in her heart. She snorted coldly, "This house is ours. Can't I come over? You can leave, but the servants cannot leave. "
"Oh, you mean, the servants of our third branch are under your control?" The smile at the corner of Ye Zhen's mouth turned cold. Wang Shi was becoming more and more arrogant. Now that the servants of the third branch were brought here, they were actually under her control.
Madam Wang thought that since they had already shed all pretense of cordiality, it didn't matter if she didn't care about her face anymore. "Aren't they servants of the Lu Clan? Since he's a servant of the Lu Clan, he's the Lu Clan's property. Why can't I control him? "
"Second Madam, their contracts are with Third Madam. They are not considered servants of the Lu Family." Chen Zhao had appeared out of nowhere and was standing behind Madam Wang as he spoke.
Chen Zhao 'er had served Old Madam Lu for most of her life. Before Old Madam Lu passed away, she had allowed Chen Zhao' er to return to her hometown. Hence, she was no longer considered a servant of the Lu Family.
In the past, Madam Wang had been polite to Chen Zhao because of Old Madam Lu. Now, she naturally did not need to care about anyone. "You old b * stard, who asked you to speak? Didn't they use the Lu family's silver to buy the contract?"
"So what if I used the Lu Family's silver to buy it?" Pei shi looked at her coldly. Even a clay figurine had a temper. Wang shi saw that the third branch did not fight for it, so she thought they were easy to bully, right?
"Hand over the indenture contract," Madam Wang said confidently.
Pei-shi sneered, "So what if I don't hand it over? Since First Uncle hasn't left, it's better to redivide the family. Why should the first branch and the second branch take all the advantages? Your second branch has lost more than half of the Lu family's money. Our master still has to pay his salary to the public every month. Go, go and invite First Uncle back. "
Wang shi had always been a person who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Seeing that Pei shi was angry and wanted to invite Great Maternal Uncle Chen, she restrained herself. "Hmph, it's just a few servants. You're lucky."
"There's no need for you to take advantage of us. We'll go find First Uncle to make the decision. We'll also ask the other uncles in the clan to come and uphold justice. Just who is taking advantage of who?" Pei shi said angrily. She acted as if she was going to drag Wang shi to find someone.
"Let go of me. First Uncle is about to return. Why bother him?" Wang shi cursed and angrily left. She thought that Pei shi was a soft persimmon, but she didn't expect that she could also act like a shrew.
Pei shi watched coldly as Madam Wang fled and snorted. "What a shameless woman."
Ye Rou smiled. "People like her bully the good and fear the evil."
"Hurry up and pack your things. We need to leave as soon as possible in case they try to steal our things again," Pei shi said. She turned to look at Chen Zhao Xuan. "Chen Zhao Xuan, what are your plans? If you don't want to go back home, why don't you leave with us? We're missing a housekeeper anyway. "
Chen Zhao Xuan hadn't married and had been serving the old madam all her life. She did have a nephew in her home, but she didn't know if that nephew would take care of her and be filial. She didn't know what would happen if she went back, so it was better to stay with the third madam. In the future, she could take in a little maid as her granddaughter.
"Third Madam, I can't thank you enough for taking me in," Chen Zhao Xuan said gratefully to Pei shi.
"Then it's decided." Pei shi smiled.
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Wang shi returned to the house in a huff. Seeing Lu Shixun, who hadn't been willing to go out because his face was still swollen, she snorted and sat down beside him.
"Who made you angry?" Lu Shixun looked at her and asked faintly. Wasn't she happy about separating from the family just now?
"Master, do you really think there's something fishy about the third branch not wanting anything?" Wang shi asked in a low voice. "They're all packing their things. I think they'll be moving out in the next two days. Could it be that they've already bought a house outside?"
Lu Shixun said, "Don't you know if the Lu family has a house outside?"
Wang shi curled her lips. "I haven't been back for more than a year. Who knows if the old madam has secretly given money to the third branch?"
"Third Brother is an upright person. He won't take money from the old madam in private. Don't think too much about it. Anyway, we've already separated from the family. Don't make trouble anymore. It'll be easier to ask Third Brother to do things in the future," Lu Shixun said. Although his third brother was Ding You, he was still a Hanlin Scholar. Lu Lingzhi was also a Tanhua Scholar, so his future would definitely not be too bad.
"Hmph, it's good that you don't get implicated when you ask the third branch to do things. Just you wait, Lu Yaoyao will implicate the whole family." Wang shi said gloatingly. She couldn't wait for the Emperor to quickly convict Lu Yaoyao.
Lu Shixun thought for a moment. "Did you go to see sister-in-law? Is she willing to open a shop with us? "
At the mention of the Liu matriarch, Wang shi became angry again. She had spent a lot of effort to persuade the Liu matriarch to separate from the family. Originally, they had agreed to listen to everything she said. Unexpectedly, the Liu matriarch, who usually seemed to be useless, became shrewd when it came to separating from the family. She bit away half of what originally belonged to the second branch.
"Is your sister-in-law a person who can negotiate things? All she knows is that she has a daughter who is an Imperial Consort and a son who is a Marquis. Now that we have divided the money, she will definitely not listen to me. Master, we don't need to cooperate with her. Anyway, I still have a dowry, so we will make a comeback. "Wang shi said.
Lu Shixun thought of the Liu matriarch's sometimes crazy appearance and nodded. "Then I'll listen to you. When you have time, go and warn sister-in-law not to always mention Shuang 'er. Those who don't know might think that Shuang' er is still alive."
"Okay." Wang shi nodded. "By the way, Master, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you. It's about Jing 'er's marriage."
At the mention of Lu Jing, Lu Shixun frowned. "Jing 'er has a bad reputation in the capital. I'm afraid she won't be able to find a good family."
"Do you still remember Old Zhou? The last time he mentioned this to me, he wanted to find a girl for his eldest grandson. If we can become in-laws with the Zhou family, that would also be good. The Zhou family's shipyard is not a joke. In the future, if we still want to go out to sea to do business … "
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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