"What are you afraid of?" Bian Ruohan glared and sneered, "She's a coward, but am I the same? Right now, she's shrinking her neck and refusing to speak up. This is the perfect opportunity for me to take revenge. If I don't use this opportunity to teach her a lesson, won't she think I'll let her go? "
"Madame, you should carefully think about what Master and Madame said when you left, and think about Niang niang's advice. Furthermore, it wasn't easy for you and Master Bo to reconcile. You should be in a loving relationship. You clearly know that Master Bo has some thoughts about the Qin Clan, so why bother to provoke him? If it were up to me, we should stop while we're ahead. In any case, you've already vented your anger, haven't you? "
Bian Ruohan looked coldly at the wet nurse. After a while, she said, "Since you're my wet nurse, I grew up drinking your milk, and you're also loyal to me, I won't pursue the matter this time."
Bian Ruohan sat with her back to the embroidered stool and fiercely slammed the table. "What? You think you can bully me? Can't I let them suffer in return?"
The wet nurse saw that Bian Ruohan didn't understand her efforts and was so angry, so she immediately stopped trying to persuade her. She submissively bent her knees and replied, "This servant has spoken too much. I won't speak nonsense again and make Madame angry."
Only then did Bian Ruohan feel a little better. She coldly replied with a "hmm" and dismissed the wet nurse.
After the wet nurse left, she was still sulking for a long time. Originally, she had vented her anger today and was very happy. Who would've thought that someone who didn't know what was good for her would suddenly appear? What a disappointment.
Bian Ruohan washed up and went to sleep.
Regardless of what the wet nurse and servant girls said behind her back,
The next morning, Bian Ruohan was woken up by the panicked cries of the servants.
"Madame, Madame, quickly get up. Something bad has happened!"
"What's going on? Why are you wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves?" Bian Ruohan was woken up by the noise and was full of impatience. He hugged the quilt and sat up, glaring at the maidservant with displeasure, as if he would punish her severely if she didn't tell him the reason.
The maidservant said anxiously, "There are dozens of commoners gathered outside our mansion. They are blocking the door and scolding us!"
"Scold us?" Bian Ruohan said coldly. "What do those poor bastards want to do? Rebel? Didn't you say that this is the residence of the Lu Family, the future county magistrate of Huichuan County? "
"I did. However, they still didn't show any signs of backing down. When they heard that it was our house, they made even more noise. "
"What exactly are they arguing about?" Bian Ruohan lifted the blanket and got off the bed, opening his arms to let the maidservant help him change his clothes.
The two servant girls deftly helped her dress and comb her hair, but they didn't dare to repeat the words of the people outside. They only said, "You'll know when you see it later."
Bian Ruohan tidied her hair in front of the mirror and sneered, "Of course I'll go and see. I'd like to see if the commoners of Huichuan County aren't afraid of the officials!"
Bian Ruohan didn't have time to eat breakfast. He walked along the corridor with the maidservant holding an umbrella and went outside.
When he arrived at the outer courtyard, the closer he got to the gate, the louder the noise of the commoners became. The gatekeepers and servants put down the bolts of the gate in groups of three to five people. A few people carefully piled up in a group and looked out through the gap of the gate, as if they were afraid that someone would directly break in.
Bian Ruohan stood in front of the gate and only heard the people outside shouting:
"What county magistrate's mansion? Maybe it's a corrupt official! He hasn't even taken office yet, but he's already bullying others. He even dared to smash and rob the prince's mansion. Do they still have any tolerance for us commoners? "
"That's right. Even a great hero like Prince Zhongshun was bullied by them. Do you think we'll have a good life in the future?"
"Have you heard of Prince Zhongshun's heroic deeds?"
"I've heard, I've heard. Such a great hero was suppressed to this extent, and now he's being bullied by County Magistrate Lu?"
"You don't know! County Magistrate Lu hasn't arrived yet. This time, the one who brought people to the prince's mansion to cause trouble was County Magistrate Lu's wife. County Magistrate Lu has a noble title, so Mrs. Lu thought she was a countess and ran over to bully others! "
"Sigh! There's actually such a shrew in this world! "
"This couple isn't anything good! Prince Zhongshun hasn't even taken office yet, and they're bullying the princess consort! "
"Shrew, they're worse than my wife!"
… …
Bian Ruohan was so angry that his face turned purple. He clenched his fists, "I'm so angry! 'Who are those people outside?' How dare they block our door and gossip! Get them out of my way! "
Bian Tong's clothes were half wet. He had been standing at the door for a long time. Seeing Bian Ruohan so angry, he hurriedly tried to persuade her, "Madam, this really isn't a good time to stand out. Let's just close the door. It's raining heavily, and they'll leave after making a ruckus for a while."
"No!" Bian Ruohan was furious, "I'm the young miss of the Bian family, Zhong Yibo's official wife. My sister is Your Majesty's concubine, and I'm also a relative of the imperial family! Now that I'm being scolded by a bunch of poor people at the door, how will I have any face left if word gets out? All of you, get out and chase them away! "
She turned around and angrily pointed at the group of martial arts experts who were hired with a lot of money, "What are you waiting for? Don't tell me you want to go against this madam's wishes? "
The dozen or so men didn't immediately follow Bian Ruohan's orders. Instead, they looked at Bian Tong inquiringly.
It was true that they took this job for the money, but they weren't brainless idiots. There were so many commoners gathered outside. Not to mention how many they could crush with a flick of their fingers, if they really got into a fight and someone died, wouldn't this master push them out to take the blame?
At that time, the Bo family would push the blame to others, and the ones who did the wrong thing would be them, who were paid to do the job.
In their hearts, they naturally didn't trust a woman who ordered them around. Compared to Bian Ruohan, Bian Tong, who had always been courteous to them, was much more trustworthy.
Bian Tong saw the crowd's reaction and understood their intentions. He smiled and persuaded Bian Ruohan, "Madam, please calm down. Those people outside are all bumpkins who haven't seen much of the world. If Madam gets angry with them, wouldn't you be lowering your own status? In any case, all we have to do is close the door, and they won't be able to barge in. "
"Good, you're so powerful now that you won't even listen to my orders! If you're like this, then don't follow me around in the future! There's naturally room for you elsewhere, but I'm afraid that I can't accommodate a big Buddha like you here! "
When he heard that Bian Ruohan had the intention to chase him away, Bian Tong's expression changed. He was about to speak when Bian Ruohan quickly stepped forward and pulled open the door's latch with both hands.
"I'm going to die! What are you doing blocking my door so early in the morning?! Be careful, this madam will find a bailiff to arrest all of you! "
In front of the manor, the commoners didn't expect to see a beautiful young woman so domineering as soon as the door opened. She kept talking about arresting people.
Someone in the crowd sneered, "You're so powerful, woman. You don't even know what rules are. You can't even compare to my family."
"That's right. One look and you can tell that this woman is sharp and unkind!"
"I heard that she was the one who brought people to Prince Zhongshun's manor to cause trouble and stole all of his valuables!"
"Bah! She's a noblewoman. She's worse than a bandit! "
… …
The commoners' emotions had long been stirred up. Their hearts were filled with righteous indignation at the fact that Prince Zhongshun had been bullied. In addition, Bian Ruohan had stepped forward and demonstrated what it meant to be sharp-tongued. Such a mean woman actually stood in front of the door with her hands on her hips and quarreled with so many people. It was simply unbearable.
Originally, Prince Zhongshun was angry that the great hero had been bullied. Now, his disdain for Bian Ruohan increased by quite a bit.
Tang Xiu and a few others were mixed in the crowd. They pointed at Bian Ruohan and scolded her. They scolded her with whatever vulgar words she could and finally vented their anger.
Bian Ruohan had been pampered and spoiled since she was young. She had never lost in a quarrel with others. She believed that she had seen a lot of things. However, to be pointed at and scolded by so many strangers in front of her and even scolded her with vulgar words, she had never imagined that such a situation would happen to her.
Bian Ruohan was already unable to restrain her anger. She flew into a rage and said, "Men, arrest these poor bastards! Lock them up in the yamen. I want to chop off their heads! "
When Bian Tong saw that Bian Ruohan had begun to spout nonsense, he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her.
Unexpectedly, before he could open his mouth, someone among the commoners at the door shouted loudly, "This vicious shrew, you're still saying that you're not abusing your power? Your man hasn't even taken office yet and you dare to order people to chop off our heads! Who do you think you are?! "
"That's right, this shameless shrew. She stole Wang Ye's family's property and now she wants to treat people's lives like grass!"
"I wonder if they have any connections to the Heifeng Stronghold. I wonder how much wealth they have hidden away in their house!"
Someone in the crowd spoke like this. It was unknown who started to push forward.
There were even people who shouted loudly, "This kind of rich and heartless local moneybags robbed us of everything in their house. They should return it to us!"
"That's right! Return it to us! "
The fifty to sixty commoners at the door all began to shout. Such a domineering shrew must be the wife of a bandit leader!
With someone taking the lead, there would be others who would follow suit out of greed. With Tang Xiu and the others adding fuel to the fire, these commoners who had been arguing with Bian Ruohan for a long time finally couldn't endure it any longer. They surged forward like a tide and tried their best to rush through the door.
When Bian Ruohan saw the first person rushing through the door, she cursed loudly and reached out to stop them. Unexpectedly, she wasn't able to stop them. Instead, she was knocked back several steps. Fortunately, the maidservants reacted quickly and supported her. Otherwise, wouldn't she have been trampled into a pile of mud?
Even so, Bian Ruohan and the maidservants, as well as Bian Tong and the others, were pushed back by the surging crowd. Otherwise, they would have been trampled underfoot.
"Fellow villagers, snatch it! This rich and heartless shrew's house was robbed by her. We can't let them get away with it! "
Someone roared loudly. Immediately, many people echoed.
The commoners were used to being poor. When they suddenly entered the house that Bian Ruohan had meticulously decorated to welcome Lu Heng, how could they not be envious?
Everything they saw was new and fresh. Everything they saw was green with envy. The decorations, antiques, calligraphy, and paintings were all shining silver in their eyes.
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