"What nonsense are you talking about?" First Madam Luo looked at her amusedly, "Am I crazy? No matter how much discord there is between the third branch of the family and the first branch of the family usually, we are all one family. You can’t write the na Luo without ’Luo’. Why would I want to harm the third branch of the family? Besides, titles, whether they belong to the third branch or the first branch, are ultimately part of the Luo Family. Although my surna is Li, I am a mber of the Luo Family. As a mber of the Luo Family, why would I harm it?"
"But you, you truly open my eyes. In order to raise your daughter’s status, you can do all sorts of sordid things. Such people absolutely must not marry into our Luo Family. It’s often said, ’like mother, like daughter.’ With your ruthlessness, I estimate your daughter isn’t any better. If she marries into the Luo Family, it would harm the entire Luo Family clan."
Yang Chuxia listened to the words coming from the front while behind the scenes, nodding involuntarily. What First Madam Luo said was indeed reasonable.
"Madam, it seems this ti we can’t arrest First Madam Luo as well," Ming Lan said behind her.
"No worries, if we can’t do it openly, we will do it in private." In any case, we won’t let her go.
At this point, in the front hall, First Madam Luo and the Madam of Pri Minister were already engaged in a fierce argunt.
Seeing that both noblewon were about to co to blows, the bailiffs had no choice but to step forward and pull them apart.
The final outco was that the Madam of Pri Minister was sentenced to three years. As the wife of a high-ranking official, her sentence was not too severe. That Nanny Gui and Old Third Chen were exiled, while First Madam Luo had no evidence against her, hence couldn’t be convicted.
Even with such results, it still caused quite a stir in the Capital City. In the past decade in the Capital, rarely had wives of prominent families been sentenced at the yan, aside from Madam Tong in earlier days. It was truly disgraceful.
Initially, the Pri Minister’s Mansion could have maneuvered a little, offered so silver for compensation, or resolved it privately with Prince An’s Mansion. Unfortunately, there were hardly any people in the court who would give the Pri Minister any respect; his official position was already nominal.
As for Prince An’s Mansion, they simply did not give him a chance to resolve it privately and made the matter public directly.
"First Madam Luo was quite shrewd this ti, letting the Madam of Pri Minister do her bidding, and ultimately it wasn’t her who suffered the consequences."
"Without that old fox, she definitely learned to be more cautious."
Yang Chuxia and Ming Lan exchanged a few words and then left the yan.
At the entrance, they happened to run into First Madam Luo.
Seeing Yang Chuxia, First Madam Luo might have felt a little guilty, awkwardly smiled, and got into her carriage.
"First Madam Luo!" Just as the carriage wheels were about to move, Yang Chuxia called out to her.
First Madam Luo lifted the curtain and asked sowhat embarrassingly, "Madam Ye, what is it?"
"Oh, it’s nothing, just wanted to remind you that if you walk too many nights, you’ll run into ghosts."
Finishing her words without checking her expression, Yang Chuxia also left.
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"Is this dicine effective?" Yang Chuxia asked Mu Shaoling, holding a dicine bottle in her hand.
"Of course it is," Mu Shaoling replied, "It’s colorless and tasteless. If soone consus this dicine, I dare say no one could find out, and just a drop of it ans the other person will never have children in their next life."
"That’s good!" Yang Chuxia put the dicine bottle away.
Mu Shaoling looked at Ye Zi’an, "Are you just going to let her do whatever she wants?"
"Why not?"
"Don’t you think it’s too ruthless?"
Ye Zi’an placed a chess piece down and responded faintly with three words, "I don’t!"
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