The Humble Family’s Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!
Chapter 753 - 673, Use Their Own Ways to Counter Them_1

Chapter 753: Chapter 673, Use Their Own Ways to Counter Them_1

The butler nanny by Madam Guo’s side was lured out by a scheme of Daohua, and once she came out, she was tightly grasped by the eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi.

"You must come with me to see our Clan Leader, and tell him it was you who invited our family to Ningmen Prefecture to find the Prefectural Governor’s wife, and it was also you who instigated us to cause a scene at the Prefectural Governor’s Residence."

Seeing the surrounding townspeople stop to watch, the butler nanny was so frightened she immediately denied it, saying, "Where did this madwoman come from? Get her away from me, I don’t know her at all."

The gatekeeper of the Guo Family quickly rushed over, attempting to pull away the eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi.

Seeing this, the eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi quickly sat down on the ground, while slapping her thigh and crying out, "Everyone, come and judge this for us, ah! It was this old woman who came to our village in September and urged us to go to the Prefectural Governor’s wife."

"We didn’t dare to come!"

"Yes, my mother-in-law is the stepmother of the Prefectural Governor’s wife, but when they divided the family assets, it was made clear in front of the clan members that as long as the Prefectural Governor’s wife and her two brothers didn’t want the family property, there would be no need for further interactions."

"But this old woman told me that because the Prefectural Governor’s family has great wealth and cares about their reputation, as long as we made a big scene, the Prefectural Governor’s wife wouldn’t be able to ignore us."

"We were bewitched by greed and instantly made a scene at the Prefectural Governor’s doorstep, and afterwards, we committed many wrongs, ruining the reputation of the Prefectural Governor’s Residence."

Several Imperial Censors of the Ducha Courtyard, upon hearing this, all looked simultaneously at Governor Guo, whose face was darkened with anger.

However, the butler nanny, having been through many things by Madam Guo’s side, quickly calmed down from her panic. Observing the lord and the Imperial Censors not far away, as well as the increasing crowd of passersby, she knew she couldn’t let the woman in front of her keep talking.

Thus, the butler nanny, with a furious face, pointed at the eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi and scolded, "You slander me! When have I ever met you? Do you have any evidence?"

The eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi showed a smug expression, "Of course I have evidence. Although I can’t recognize a single character, I’ve heard from operas that the hearts and souls of big households like yours are thoroughly corrupt."

"When you suddenly came to our village before and even asked us to find the Prefectural Governor’s wife, whom we hadn’t had any contact with for over twenty years, I became suspicious. Look, what’s this?"

As she spoke, she took out an exquisitely made purse from her bosom.

From the fabric and craftsmanship of the purse, it was obviously from a wealthy household.

The eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi proclaimed loudly, "Our family didn’t want to come to the Prefectural Governor’s wife initially, it was you, it was you who lured us with a purse full of silver, that’s why we came."

Seeing the purse, the heart of the butler nanny tightened, for indeed the purse was given by her; she never expected the stupid and greedy Li Family to have such a trick up their sleeve.

Daohua, sitting in the carriage across the street, was also somewhat surprised, seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi could handle the Guo Family’s butler nanny, she did not have the Li Family clan members who had seen the butler nanny before in Li Family village come forward.

Watching the pointing and murmuring of the surrounding crowd, Governor Guo suppressed the anger in his heart and glared at the butler nanny, saying sternly, "Get back to the residence immediately!"

The butler nanny also knew how shameless Li Wangshi’s family was; talking reason to them was simply futile, so she meekly nodded and turned to return to the residence.

The eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi wouldn’t let her leave so easily. She scrambled up using her hands and feet, and then suddenly clung to the waist of the butler nanny, "You must not leave, our family caused trouble at the Prefectural Governor’s Residence, costing them their reputation, and now the Prefectural Governor has summoned our Clan Leader to expel us from the clan. You must go and tell our Clan Leader the truth, that it was you who incited us to come, not that we genuinely wanted to cause trouble."

The butler nanny was in a panic, trying to shake off the eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi, but sadly she couldn’t break free.

Seeing that the situation was becoming too unsightly, Governor Guo glanced quickly at his trusted aide, signaling for the aide to take the people into the residence.

The trusted aides of Governor Guo were all battle-hardened, with an air of fierceness about them. As the trusted aide approached, the eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi was startled and shrieked almost piercingly, "Help! Murder! The Guo Family is so rotten that pus is oozing out! Not only did they find us to make a scene at the Prefectural Governor’s Residence, but they also let the beggars in the city spread rumors about the Prefectural Governor’s wife’s lack of filial piety."

With these words, the nearby crowd instantly became noisy.

Suddenly, a cry that everyone could hear rang out, "I heard that in the past, the Yan Family had even provided high-yield grain to help the Guo Family."

"For the Guo Family to treat the Yan Family like this, isn’t this repaying kindness with ingratitude?"

"I never imagined the Guo Family would be such people!"

Hearing such comments, Governor Guo’s face turned ashen, and holding back his fury, he approached the eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi, "Do you know what crime it is to frame an Imperial Envoy?"

The eldest daughter-in-law of Li Wangshi looked frightened and glanced at the carriage across the street before her trembling voice said, "I didn’t frame anyone." She then pointed at a butler emerging from the entrance of the Guo Residence.

"I personally saw him handing out silver to the beggars in town, and heard him ask the beggars to spread nasty rumors about the Magistrate’s wife, claiming she was unfilial."

"Right, those very beggars, don’t believe me? Ask them yourself."

Governor Guo looked towards the crowd and, by a stroke of luck, his eyes fell upon a few beggars who had shown up over there. He then glanced at the horse carriage across the street and at this moment, he knew all too well that today’s scene had been premeditated, and thus, he had no intention of questioning those beggars.

He didn’t ask, yet someone did on his behalf.

In the three years that Yan Zhigao had served as the Magistrate of Ningmen Prefecture, he had genuinely done several good deeds for the common people, and had indeed won their good graces.

"Speak up, have you or have you not spread slander about the Magistrate’s wife?"

The beggars had already been frightened ever since they were seized by Cao Chuan and others, but after Daohua promised to let them work on her estate if they dared to publicly disclose the deeds of the Guo Family, they no longer had any reason to cover up for them.

With that in mind, the beggars didn’t hesitate to confess. They poured out every word that the Guo Family’s butler had instructed them to spread about Mrs. Li being unfilial.

With the beggars’ testimony, the onlookers started boiling with anger. Though they feared Governor Guo’s dark expression, they still occasionally pointed and whispered towards the Guo Residence.

It wasn’t long before Yan Zhigao, who had received the news, hurried over: "What are you all gathering here for, disperse immediately!"

"Magistrate, the rumors about your family that circulated in the city recently were all spread by Mrs. Guo," shouted someone from the crowd.

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhigao turned his gaze towards Governor Guo.

Just as Governor Guo happened to be looking at Yan Zhigao.

Yan Zhigao withdrew his gaze and loudly declared, "Everyone, do not speak nonsense. The matter with my wife’s stepmother, more than twenty years ago when my cousin took my wife away from home, was settled within our clan with a clear understanding that we would renounce the inheritance in exchange for not continuing to support the elderly."

"Now that the Li Family Clan Leader has come over, my wife’s stepmother’s family will be returning to their hometown soon, and this matter should be put to rest. Please, do not bring it up again, and go back to prepare for the New Year."

"Alright, alright, everyone disperse now."

"It’s freezing out here, gathering outside; aren’t you cold? Go on home now!"

Listening to the Magistrate’s caring words, the surrounding commoners laughed and dispersed in good humor.

The Imperial Censor from the Ducha Courtyard watched the scene and exchanged a quick glance with another.

An official stepped forward to smooth things over: "There must be some misunderstanding regarding today’s incident. Why don’t Governor Guo and Magistrate Yan sit down for a proper talk to clear up any miscommunication?"

Governor Guo looked at Yan Zhigao, "Would the Magistrate honor me with his presence?"

Yan Zhigao immediately responded, "It would be my honor to accept Governor’s invitation."

Governor Guo led Yan Zhigao into the residence. Just as he was about to step through the gate, he halted, turned around, and looked towards the horse carriage across the street: "Magistrate Yan, do you recognize that carriage?"

Yan Zhigao paused for a moment, looked towards the carriage, and shook his head: "I don’t."

Seeing Yan Zhigao’s expression did not seem feigned, Governor Guo gave the carriage another glance before stepping into the residence.

On the carriage across the street, Wang Manman asked, "Miss, shall we go back now?"

Daohua: "...Let’s go for a stroll on the street."

Wang Manman signaled the coachman that they could depart.

After making a round on the main street and hearing the commoners all discussing the Guo Family’s conspiracy against the Yan Family, Daohua let go of her worries.

Mrs. Guo had gone to great lengths to find the Li Wangshi’s family to deal with the Yan Family; now it was time for her to taste the bitterness of retribution.