Chapter 931
Exposed
Chapter 931 Exposed
Liu Fangyu was also shocked, and the color drained from his face quickly... To say such ruthless words in public shows that Qin Mei has decided to break ties with the Liu family.
"Miss Qin, please calm down. My mother and Aunt Qin are like sisters. She thought this golden lilac suited you well, so she wanted to give it to you. There was no other ill intention." Liu Fangyu bowed and apologized, her manner and words impeccable, but inwardly she was thinking…
Ha, look at us, listen to us. We are respectable people, but you, a disaster victim and an old maid, have too many thoughts and take my mother's good intentions as malice!
Liu Fangyu then said, "If you think my mother did something wrong, I apologize to you here. Please don't hit my mother."
Honestly, even Liu Fangyu should applaud his own methods.
Ha, a family of disaster victims, do you really think that after becoming rich overnight and getting a minor official position, your Qin family can stand on equal footing with aristocratic families and officials?
Bah! Your Qin family hasn't even learned the kind of open and honest tactics that our aristocratic families use. How can you expect to be on equal footing with us?
Liu Zhengshi took a few steps back, looked at Qin Mei, and said hesitantly, "Mei girl, I'm sorry, it was Aunt Liu who was too enthusiastic and made things difficult for you."
On the surface, she looked like she was about to cry from being bullied by the younger generation, but in her heart she was already gloating... Ha, this pretense of being reasonable to show your unreasonable schemes, I, Liu Zhengshi, have been doing this my whole life, let's see how you, a disaster victim girl, can turn the situation around.
If you can't change the situation, you'll be branded as someone who openly bullies their elders.
Taking advantage of this incident, she sent someone to spread rumors that Qin Mei was overly agitated over a trivial matter and might have a brain disorder.
If someone has a mental illness, that's related to dementia or insanity. In order to protect themselves, the Qin family must get rid of Qin Mei as soon as possible.
If her family were to generously propose marriage, they would not only gain a reputation for righteousness, but also a large dowry and the Qin family's influence!
With the Qin family's influence, her son could take them to the capital and, using the Qin family's name, directly climb up to the Duke of Yan's mansion.
Relying on the power of the Duke of Yan's mansion, the mother and son were able to trample on the Zheng family and make the head of the Zheng family bow and scrape to them!
Liu Zhengshi really should see a doctor. She has delusion. If she doesn't get treatment, it will turn into hysteria, and if it gets worse, she will go completely insane.
The other villagers who had stopped to watch the spectacle all looked over and thought, "Old Master Qin's niece has indeed gone too far."
"It's a good thing to receive gold jewelry as a gift. If it were given to my old woman, I would definitely accept it."
"Of course you want to accept it, but unfortunately no one is giving it to you."
"You're old enough to be unafraid, but Old Master Qin's niece is still unmarried..."
The Liu family mother and son used a strategy of retreat to advance, but were aggressive and pushy; the villagers talked all over the place; and everyone in the Qin family was worried for Qin Mei.
Qin Mei remained calm. She stood up, slammed her long stick heavily against the high platform, and stared at the Liu mother and son with a composed and unyielding gaze. She said loudly, "I am unmarried, yet you two openly sent me golden cloves, attempting to create the illusion that I, Qin Mei, have something going on with your son..."
“People in the countryside love to gossip. Don’t you know that your actions will tarnish my reputation?”
"You all disrespect me so much, scheme against me like this, and want to kill me. Why should I be polite to you?"
“Liu Zhengshi, Liu Fangyu, let me tell you, I disdain to play cowardly games with you. If you disrespect me and try to test me, then I will beat you directly, and I will do so with a clear conscience and without any qualms!”
Wow, well said!
These words, this fearlessness in the face of rumors and the courage to expose others' secret schemes, are truly admirable.
Those present who saw through the Liu family mother and son's subtle scheme all felt: "Miss Qin, you did the right thing. Liu Zhengshi really went too far!" "That's right, how can you give something brought by an adult man to an unmarried girl? They're not engaged yet."
Seeing that none of them were getting to the point, Zhong Baihu seized the opportunity to shout, "This is clearly an attempt to openly embroil the young lady in controversy; their intentions are despicable!"
He immediately lowered his body after shouting, making sure no one knew it was him who shouted, otherwise he would be seen as doing more harm than good.
"That's right! If Meizi hadn't fought back immediately and exposed this insidious scheme, I don't even want to imagine how many rumors would have circulated about the Qin and Liu families in town tomorrow!" It was Old Madam Guan who shouted.
Madam Guan was speechless. She had just returned to the herbal medicine shop to rest when this incident happened at the main gate.
She hurriedly took a car to come and support the Qin family.
Madam Guan shouted again: "All families with daughters, remember this: if you encounter someone who doesn't know the rules and takes advantage of your enthusiasm, kindness, or gifts to bully and scheme against your daughter, fight back on the spot. Don't be polite. Otherwise, if you miss the opportunity, your daughter will be killed by false rumors!"
"Madam Guan is right!" Qin Xiaomi exclaimed.
He then gestured to all the female physicians of the Qin family.
"Madam Guan is right. If any family encounters someone who disrespects their daughter and doesn't know the rules, they should immediately beat them back! That's how the chief eunuchs taught us when we were in the palace!"
They shouted five times, and since there were many female healers, their shouts were quite deafening. They were also the ones His Majesty had bestowed upon the Qin family to process medicinal herbs, so no one dared to contradict them.
Their shouts were very powerful and effective.
The villagers chimed in, "The female doctors from the palace are right! We support the palace doctors, we support the Qin family! Liu Zhengshi and her son are bullying us too much!"
Looking at the people on and off the stage criticizing them, and at Qin Xiaomi's contemptuous yet smiling expression, Liu Zhengshi and Liu Fangyu felt as if all their strength had been drained away.
At that moment, one sentence popped into Liu Fangyu's mind: "Overwhelming arrogance!"
The Qin family has already established its power, and in this rural area, its influence is overwhelming; it's beyond his ability to control.
But he absolutely could not admit to this scheme, otherwise there would be no chance of a positive turn of events.
With a thud, Liu Fangyu openly knelt down, feigning grief and repentance, and said, "Miss Qin... ouch!"
With a flick of her long stick, Qin Mei struck Liu Fangyu's arm with a bang, making him only aware of the pain. Then, she flicked the stick under his arm and with another force, made him stand up.
What a heroine!
If the timing hadn't been so inappropriate, even Commander Zhong would have wanted to applaud Qin Mei... This girl Qin Mei is amazing! Her skills are no less than those of soldiers. No wonder she's from the Qin family, no wonder she was trained by Elder Qin.
Zhong Baihu wanted to become Qin's apprentice and ask him to teach him some special skills.
Don't bother worshipping her, it's pointless. Qin Mei's martial arts technique of using skillful force to defeat enemies was taught to her by Qin Xiaomi.
Qin Mei raised her voice again: "Manager Liu, if something happens, resolve it. What do you mean by kneeling in public all the time? Are you trying to tell the villagers that my Qin family is bullying you because of our power? Or are you trying to force my Qin family to pretend nothing happened and drop the matter?!"
Did your Qin family bully my son and me in public?
Is what happened today even a big deal?
Your Qin family is holding on so tightly, isn't it just trying to blow this small matter out of proportion so you can crush my son and me in one fell swoop?!
But Liu Fangyu still had to pretend to be wronged and explain, "Miss Qin is right to reprimand me, but I really didn't mean to disrespect Miss Qin..."