MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming

Chapter 44 Asking the reason

"you!"

Shang Wulang was so shocked by Du Jingyi's rebuke that all his internal organs were displaced, his seven orifices were filled with smoke, and he almost stopped pouting.

 But he really couldn't come back, after all, what Du Jingyi said was absolutely right.

 With his status, he absolutely cannot be called that.

 But in the past, no one at home called him like this, and I was used to it when I came and went.

 But habits are customs, and the laws of the country and the family are here to stay.

Even if he wanted to make trouble, he couldn't make it happen!

Seeing that his son was deflated, Shang Yu'an couldn't stand it anymore.

 He narrowed his eyes and said to Du Jingyi angrily.

"Wu Lang is not worthy of calling him, so what about me, the uncle? Should I kneel three times and kowtow nine times to say hello when I see him?"

Du Jingyi nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile.

“The fact that my fourth uncle has this enlightenment shows that he is smart. The fifth uncle finally has eyes.”

"you!"

 Father and son were both stunned and speechless.

　　With his eyes widened, he couldn't say anything.

They were very aggressive when they arrived, but now they were detained and their words were blocked, which made the people in the fifth house completely lose their face.

When Wu Lang’s wife saw this, she wanted to do her old trick again.

 "Ouch", and when he saw this, he fell asleep on the ground again and began to howl and cry in sympathy.

Unfortunately, before she could say her next words, she heard Du Jingyi smile at her.

"Fifth sister-in-law is also going to be a mother. You said that this child is destined to have a good future when he is born. Whether it is a daughter's marriage or a man's success in the world, he must have the help of his family. But if he will My uncle and aunt, who are the most capable, have been greatly offended, and I don’t know what the consequences will be in the future, right?”

　　With one word, the lifeblood of Wulang's wife was strangled to death.

 Her mouth opened wide, but she was so stunned that she didn't dare to say a word.

Hands tightly protected his stomach, but tears welled up from his eyes bit by bit.

 It is rather like the home of an innocent daughter who was forced into prostitution.

The fourth lady next to her, Mrs. Ni, had long been frightened and trembling violently.

If it weren't for the fear that something might happen to the child in her daughter-in-law's belly, she would have fainted and died.

 At this moment, I can still hold on, completely in one breath.

 The people from the fifth house who came to pick a fight all shut up, and then Du Jingyi stood up.

 The expression on his face changed, and he returned to his past calm and indifferent appearance.

 Said to Shang Yu'an and Shang Wulang.

"Secretary Qi's hands and feet were not clean. He stole the owner's things, and he was punished by the general for taking the stolen goods. However, he himself had poor health and died within a few seconds. How can you blame the general for this? On the head, don’t you think so, fourth uncle? Fifth cousin?”

 She was calling more cordially at this time, and even her expression was much more lively and innocent than before.

 Those who don’t know think that she really has always looked like this.

 But there was a suppressed fifth-old lady lying on the ground, and two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sitting there who dared not say a word. Shang Yu'an could not say a hundred words at this moment even if he had a hundred words.

 Seeing that he remained silent, Du Jingyi walked up to Shang Wulang. Then he changed his seriousness and ferocity and said it rather politely.

"The general is kind-hearted. Now that something happened at home, he specifically asked me to take one hundred taels of silver from his private treasury to give Qi Er's manager to handle the posthumous affairs. This is considered a master-servant relationship, but I am a concubine. The woman has never seen much of the world, so naturally she can’t handle it well.”

"I wonder if my fifth cousin is willing to bother? Don't let the servants of the Duke's Mansion and the uninformed outsiders say that we, the masters, are mean? Right?"

 A slap in the face and a sweet date.

Shang Wulang didn't want to keep his head down, but Du Jingyi opened his mouth and asked for one hundred taels of silver.

You know, for a person with five houses, this money can be enough for food and clothing for several months if they save some money.

Qi Er is dead as long as he dies, and it is already good to get three or two taels of silver to take care of the funeral arrangements.

 As for the rest, naturally it belongs to their fifth house.

　　When they heard one hundred taels, the eyes of the other five people in the house lit up.

Even though I have lived in the Duke's mansion for so many years, I can't develop such a thing as vision.

That greedy face is true to everyone from old to young.

But the more this happened, the more Du Jingyi liked it.

 After all, using money to manipulate these people is the easiest thing she thinks.

It’s just a hundred taels of silver, and it can buy Dongyuan a few months of peace and quiet. This is a very good deal.

Seeing that Shang Wulang was hesitant, Du Jingyi looked at Wulang's wife who was still sitting on the ground, and said pretending to be concerned.

"Ah, why is fifth sister-in-law still sitting on the ground? Get up quickly. It's autumn now. Be careful to catch a cold. Winter is coming soon, and you are pregnant. If you don't have something good to eat, or some thick clothes to protect you, Wait, I'm afraid the child is going to suffer, right, fifth cousin?"

　　The biggest weakness of the five-room people is their bloodline.

Hold on to this, don't worry they won't let go.

As expected, her words had just fallen.

Then Shang Yuan regained his composure and said.

"What Rokuro's wife said is that if Qi Er gets into trouble, he will naturally be punished with a stick. However, this person is gone after all. If we just use some money to get rid of him, I'm afraid outsiders will say that we use money to buy our lives!" "

"Besides, it's not appropriate for Wulang to be a white man and ask him to do these things. He's afraid that people outside will look down on him. Wouldn't this also affect Liulang... Oh no, the general's reputation? You think so? "

Shang Yuan is a good negotiator. Seeing that the timing was wrong, he immediately changed his tone.

 In any case, their goal was never to seek justice for Qi Er, but to give Shang Wulang an errand to do.

Since the hard one is not enough, it is natural to be soft.

 In this regard, he is more flexible than his parents.

The words sounded a lot softer, and Du Jingyi then answered.

“My fourth uncle is right. It’s just an external matter. As a woman, I can’t make any decisions. But since it belongs to the family, I don’t think the general will really let it go.”

"How about letting the fifth cousin take care of this matter first? If he can gain a good reputation, I think the general can trust him and give him some errands."

Du Jingyi’s words are not true, but they are all true to the ears of the people in Wufang.

 Automatically ignored that possibility, but felt that the matter was a certainty.

So neither of them cried anymore, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were sitting on the ground also helped each other and stood up.

 (End of this chapter)