Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 283 - 281

Chapter 283: 281

In the room...

Everyone first greeted Liu Jingshu and, seeing that her spirit was not bad, they all felt relieved.

"Jingshu’s vigor is even better than mine when I gave birth to Zhewei."

"Isn’t it? I think she could give me four great-grandchildren next year; she’s that capable."

Four great-grandchildren? Quadruplets? A pig? So productive! The mere thought terrified Xiao’er.

"I will try my best to provide our family with more grandchildren the next year." Lai Zhewei was delighted to hear this.

Upon hearing these words, Jingshu’s pale face flushed to the color of pork liver.

People have no shame when they speak!

Hearing this, everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was quite good for the moment.

"These three children don’t quite resemble each other! I see that twins in other families look exactly alike." Mrs. Tan carefully compared the three infants and sighed.

"Right, I find the eldest looks like their father, the second one looks like their mother, and the youngest... why do I feel like he slightly resembles the Rui’an county lord?" Madam Lai squinted her eyes and observed seriously.

"Cough cough..." The words choked Xiao’er on her saliva.

It is no big deal if the late child looks like her. But, don’t say the youngest one resembles her, okay?!

As for the youngest one, she considers herself incapable of that sentiment.

"The youngest one is too delicate, she was certainly bullied by her two elder brothers in the womb." Mrs. Lai looked at her obviously frail granddaughter, and her heart ached.

"Isn’t that so? This child is a little skinny. When she grows older, we need to strengthen her body. A girl needs a strong body for future childbirth. Don’t worry, little one. If your brothers bully you now that you have all been born, granny will help you fight back," the old lady touched the hand of the youngest tenderly, her face filled with love.

"Yes, as elder brothers, they should protect their sister. If they bully you in the future, tell Daddy, and Daddy will break their legs." Lai Zhewei looked at his small daughter with a frown. The little thing was as small as his palm, which was distressing to see.

Madam Lai saw that everyone spoiled and liked the little girl so much. She had never seen such affection and liking for her own daughter. She felt unhappy and unbearable sourness bubbled up within her. The words from her mouth became harsher:

"These three children are too delicate. Just born puppies are better than them. How can such frail children survive? I doubt it!"

Did she think they couldn’t survive?!

Just-born puppies are superior to them?!

Can a human say such a thing?!

Everyone present was collectively angered.

Jingshu’s face turned utterly pale from rage.

Madam Lai was shaking all over with anger, speechless for a long while, she only pointed at the woman.

She barely managed to regain control of her emotions, "Divorce! Divorce! We... cannot keep her!"

She is the legitimate first granddaughter-in-law. She will rule the whole Lai family in the future. With such an unhinged mouth, a malicious personality, such petty jealousy and grudges, keeping her would only cause the Lai family to disintegrate and fall apart in the future. She could almost see this happening.

Mrs. Tan naturally possessed a hot-tempered personality and, despite having been patient with this woman again and again, still found her unbearable. She decided to explode. If she didn’t express her anger, people would really think she was easy to bully.

Mrs. Liu was also extremely angry upon hearing those words, but they were in the Lai Mansion. If they took matters into their own hands and directly berated this person, it would be too embarrassing for the Lai family, and using such an approach would inevitably cause problems for Jingshu.

Seeing that Mrs. Tan wanted to explode, Xiao’er lightly tugged her sleeve and said in a voice that only the two of could hear: "Aunt, let me handle this."

It wouldn’t look good if Mrs. Tan went overboard in dealing with this matter. But Xiao’er was different. She had many ways to make the woman suffer without being able to voice her grievances.

"Slap!" Xiao’er rushed forward in a flash and slapped Madam Lai’s face.

The room instantly quieted down after this.

The noble Rui’an county lord was too fierce, she directly resorted to physical violence!

Madam Lai felt her face burn with a searing pain. When she finally realized she had been slapped by Xiao’er, she immediately created a fuss: "You dare to hit me! You..."

"Madam Lai, you misunderstood. I didn’t hit you! I was just trying to kill a mosquito for you!" With an innocent look on her face, Xiao’er spread open her palm, revealing a squashed mosquito with a trace of blood in her fair palm.

So, that was what happened. Others came to a sudden realization when they saw this. They had all thought that the Rui’an county lord was fierce.

But even if the Rui’an county lord had actually hit her, the people of the Lai family wouldn’t have said anything. Who made Madam Lai’s comments cross the line?

And what’s more, Rui’an county lord was going to be the future Imperial Consort. They wouldn’t dare to say anything!

"Is it necessary to use such force to kill a mosquito? My face is swollen because of your slapping! You did it on purpose!" Madam Lai felt numbness in half her face.

Madam Lai, what you’re saying is beyond my understanding. There’s no ill will between us, so why would I purposefully slap you? I sincerely wanted to help you kill the mosquito!" With an innocent and aggrieved expression on her face, Xiao’er responded.

"Is it necessary to use such force to kill a mosquito? If you truly wanted to help, you would have told me a mosquito was about to sting my face. I could have shooed it away myself. You deliberately slapped me in retaliation for what I just said!" Madam Lai saw the innocent and aggrieved look on Xiao’er’s face. It appeared as if she was the one who had bullied Xiao’er, which infuriated her! Just as her cousin Yun Ning had said, Xiao’er conspired strategically and was hard to deal with!

"Retaliate for what you just said? So, you also know that your words just now were malicious! Kept cursing that Young Master Lai would have no heirs, what was your intention?!" Xiao’er looked at the person who’s instigating trouble and snorted coldly.

"What are you talking nonsense about?! When did I curse her to have no heirs?! What malicious woman you are!" Madam Lai did hope that Lai Zhewei had no heirs. In this way, nobody would vie for the position of the family head with her husband in the future. But she didn’t expect that someone would see it clearly.

But now that Xiao’er had reasoned it out in such a way, how could the old lady let herself off?

Thinking of this, her rage ignited. Without thinking, she took a step forward and, raising her hand, smacked it down towards Xiao’er.

Xiao’er didn’t expect her to lash out. Although she instinctually wanted to dodge, she then thought better of it.

While Xiao’er could put up with it and not dodge intentionally, Mrs. Liu couldn’t do so. Seeing her own daughter being hit was not something she could bear. So, she tried to pull Xiao’er away but was too late. The slap landed on Xiao’er.

"Stop it!" Madam Lai’s reaction was a little too late. And then she realized that the situation had gotten out of hand!

The Rui’an county lord, as a county master, was gifted by the emperor’s personal edict and was the future wife of the Sixth Prince! You could say she had a regal connection!

Striking the Rui’an county lord was equivalent to slapping the face of the imperial family, the Sixth Prince, and the Emperor himself!

Didn’t you see that the "family letter" for the Rui’an county lord, when the Sixth Prince was campaigning, was sent back with the battle report?!

And neither the Emperor nor the Empress objected to it!

Seeing such riveting behavior displayed, what couldn’t the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty understand?!

After returning home from court, they reminded their wives to be more respectful whenever they encountered the people of the Rui’an county and those of Marquis Shengping.