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In the afternoon, Madam Ning's "mother" broke the silence of the room. At this moment, Old Lady Su was changing her clothes and combing her hair in the room.

"Mom, where are you going?"

"Of course I'm going to see Wan. Wan knocked her head out this morning. Only now do I know that she really worried me to death." "How dare they neglect such a big matter when it's just a bunch of servants." Old Lady Su said.

Wan is already awake. "When Wan is done, I'll ask Wan to come to your place and greet you. It's such a hot day, how can mother bear this trip?"

Madam Ning took over from the old nanny and helped Old Lady Su with her hair. The old nanny handed over a box of jewelry. Madam Ning picked out a few red crescents with pigeon blood on them, and a hairpin with a vermilion dot on the tail of a phoenix. She put it on Old Lady Su.

Old Lady Su looked at herself in the mirror and rebuked, "I'm already this old, and yet you're still putting on such a beautiful act. Aren't you afraid that others will call me disrespectful?"

Madam Ning smiled and said, "Look at what you're saying. You only look five or six years older than me. I even find this hairpin to be a bit old!"

"Pi Hou!"

Old Lady Su was amused by Madam Ning's words. Her earlier anxiety about Su Wanrou's injuries had eased quite a bit.

Madam Ning came from a family of generals and had grown up in the borderlands. Her personality was different from ordinary beauties in the capital and she had a unique boldness and unruliness that was unique to the borderlands.

The madame had experienced too many years of scheming between her sister-in-law and concubine when she was young. She could not bear to look back on the past, so she liked Madam Ning's personality when she was old. Madam Ning also sincerely treated the Old Mistress as a filial mother.

"Since you came running over here in such a hurry, you definitely aren't here to see me, this old woman."

Madam Ning stuck out her tongue, "I can't hide anything from mother. Wan's injury was not caused by her own body, but caused her to be tripped by Third Young Madam. Wan couldn't bear to give the trash to the Third Miss because she wanted to steal Wan's possession, so she held a grudge against him. "I was looking for the prime minister, but he …"

The madame's face turned cold. "Alright, I understand." Ku Jin, go call the Ji Clan and the Third Miss over. " She knew that her son doted on this concubine.

Madam Ning bowed and said, "This matter requires me to work for you, mother. It's because my wife is unfilial, but mother knows that my master is biased towards Aunt Ji and my third daughter. My wife punished her herself, so I'm afraid my master will mess with me."

The old mistress sighed. "How would I not know?" You haven't even given birth to the eldest son, yet he dares to let the Ji Clan have a son. Fortunately, he is a girl, otherwise, when the eldest son comes out, he would suffer greatly! " The old mistress held Madam Ning's hand and said confidently, "You better work harder and have a son by your side. That way, you'll have enough confidence to teach your concubine a lesson. Don't keep bringing me out."

Madam Ning lowered her head and said, "Mother, I understand."

In the Autumn Snow Courtyard, Aunt Ji dismissed Su Xiuting and was in the middle of thinking about how to wrap things up when maidservantli, sent by Old Lady Su, arrived.

As Madam Ji brought Su Xiuting to the main house, her mood was extremely perturbed. Aunt Ji still had a trace of fantasy in her heart that the madame had come looking for her for some other reason. When she saw Madam Ning standing next to the madame, she felt that a disaster was about to befall her.

Aunt Ji and Su Xiuting greeted him, but the madame did not stand up. On a hot day like this, Aunt Ji and Su Xiuting knelt at a place where the sun was just high in the sky. After a while, they started sweating profusely.

Seeing that she was almost done, the madame answered and did not get up.

"You should know why I've called you here, right?"

Aunt Ji answered honestly, "Yes."

"What do you think we should do?"

Aunt Ji pondered as she replied, "Reporting to the madame, I think the third miss will be her punishment."

Upon hearing that she was going to be punished, Su Xiuting called out softly, "Aunt!"

Aunt Ji glared at Su Xiuting to shut her up.

Aunt Ji continued, "Third Miss injuring First Miss must be Third Miss's fault, but after all, children are always fighting and sometimes they even fail. Why don't we just punish the third young miss with a grounded? "

The old mistress slammed the table. "Nonsense!"

Aunt Ji and Su Xiuting shuddered.

"A little concubine, disrespectful, intentionally harming the eldest sister, almost causing someone to lose their life. Yet, in your mouth, it's just a child's play?!"

Upon hearing such heavy words, Aunt Ji immediately lowered her head to the ground, kowtowing loudly while crying out, "Forgive me."

In the entire Su Mansion, the person Aunt Ji was most afraid of was Old Lady Su. Aunt Ji dared to use Su Qiu's favor to contradict Madam Ning, the mistress, but Old Lady Su was Su Qiu's mother. Old Lady Su couldn't even help Aunt Ji out of her filial piety.

"Someone, send the Third Miss to the temple, repent and come back in a month."

Su Xiuting was still young and didn't know what kind of place the temple was, but judging from the tone of the madame, it definitely wasn't a good place. She hurriedly turned to look at Aunt Ji.

When Aunt Ji heard this, she did not care about the etiquette. She turned around and hugged her daughter, stopping the servant who was walking forward.

"Madame, please reconsider!" "If you send it to our temple, our Third Miss' reputation will be ruined!"

The temple was used by large families to house the wrong women and make them confess their sins. Su Xiuting was only five years old and had committed a grave sin and was locked in the temple. If this matter were brought up when they were talking about marriage in the future, what good family would Su Xiuting find for her to marry?

The old lady was upset when she saw Aunt Ji and said, "You are always on the wrong side of things. "Aunt Ji is grounded for a month. Third Miss doesn't need to keep it for Aunt Ji anymore after she gets it back. She can send it to Aunt Zhao." Aunt Zhao was the concubine Su Qiu took in two years ago. She was a little transparent in the mansion.

When Aunt Ji heard that the mother and daughter were separated, she cried her heart out. "Old madam, please be merciful!"

The old mistress waved her hand and had the mother and daughter be taken away. It was still alright for the man to have tears on his face. In the madame's eyes, it was bad luck!

"That daughter-in-law will take her leave as well." Madam Ning said.

"Don't go yet. After punishing Ji Shi and Third Young Madam, when the brigand returns, he will definitely cause trouble for you. Let him come to the house and argue with the old woman, you can stay here and have dinner together. If he wants to talk to you when you get back, you can stay with me. " said the old lady.

"Yes, Mother." Madam Ningfu was blessed.

Su Qiu returned and told Ji Shi what happened that day. However, when he heard that it was Old Lady Su's order, he immediately shriveled up. Not only did he not find Madam Ning any trouble, he even sent someone to apologize to the madame, Madam Ning, and then gave Su Wanrou a box full of tools to calm her down.

In Su Qiu's heart, he often felt that since ancient times, only his mother-in-law would suppress their daughter-in-law. How could she be like his family? When his mother treated Madam Ning as her daughter, his son was instead like a son-in-law!

Su Wanrou spent the whole day at her own Aumei Courtyard. When Su Qiu's present arrived in the evening, Su Wanrou sent someone to inquire about what had happened in the afternoon.

Su Wanrou had never thought that her attitude towards Su Xiuting and her daughter would be enough for them to be humiliated. In his previous life, the reason they were able to dance so happily was actually because he was trying to fuel their arrogance. Thinking of this, Su Wanrou once again cursed herself in her previous life. Stupid!