The Mute Wife Who Brings Prosperity

Chapter 840 - 798: Fish in the Kitchen, Ready for Steaming

Returning to the Western Marquis Mansion, it was already 9:45 PM. As Xu Jia just stepped into her courtyard, she found several maidservants standing outside, some from Mrs. Xu’s courtyard and others from Song Fang’s.

Upon seeing her, the maidservants bowed and saluted in unison.

Inside the house, Song Fang heard the commotion and hurriedly came out through the curtains, her face full of anxiety, "Jiajia, where did you go so late at night?"

Xu Jia glanced at her maid Mo Xiang.

Mo Xiang whispered, "Madam and Young Madam insisted on seeing you, and I couldn’t stop them..."

Xu Jia didn’t hold it against her and instead turned to Song Fang, quickly revealing a smile on her face, "It’s so late, why haven’t mother and sister-in-law gone to bed yet?"

"I can’t sleep." Song Fang couldn’t sleep a wink, thinking of her husband being detained at the Princess Mansion. "Jiajia, did you go out to find a solution?"

Xu Jia naturally couldn’t tell them she was with a man elsewhere late at night, so she just nodded, "I went to Vice Minister Li Mansion."

Song Fang was shocked, "You went to their house? Could Vice Minister Li let you return unscathed?"

It was Vice Minister Li’s daughter who was insulted, and Xu Jia is Xu Shu’s younger sister. Whoever it was, it wouldn’t be possible to treat Xu Jia kindly.

"There was a misunderstanding." Xu Jia patiently said, "Mrs. Feng, Mrs. Li, has already written a letter detailing all the ins and outs and sent it to her family. I believe Vice Minister Li won’t confuse right and wrong. This matter should have results in a few days."

Listening to this, Song Fang was still inevitably worried and pulled Xu Jia inside to sit down.

Mrs. Xu was also too anxious to sleep. Seeing her daughter-in-law and sister come in, she immediately asked what happened.

Xu Jia could only repeat what she had just said to her sister-in-law and then comforted her mother, telling her not to worry and saying that her brother had a clear conscience and wasn’t afraid of shadows. No matter how big the Princess Mansion was, it couldn’t be above the laws of Chu Country, and so forth.

Only then did Mrs. Xu feel somewhat relieved.

Xu Jia, afraid that they would pursue questions on where she had been, used the excuse of being too tired and wanting to sleep to quickly send her mother and sister-in-law away.

Once the room was left with only Xu Jia and Mo Xiang, Mo Xiang patted her chest in lingering fear, "Miss, if you hadn’t come back, I really wouldn’t have been able to hold them off." She then asked, "Is everything taken care of?"

"It should be settled." Xu Jia sat leisurely on the couch, taking a sip of tea. "If nothing unexpected happens, the Feng family won’t be able to proceed with this lawsuit."

...

As Xu Jia had expected, the Feng family was unable to pursue the lawsuit.

Early in the morning, Vice Minister Li, wielding a whip, rode a horse and personally went to the Eldest Princess’ Mansion. Before anyone could respond, he directly barged into Feng Chuan’s courtyard, dragged his drowsy son-in-law up, and without a word, gave him a severe beating.

Feng Chuan, in pain, cried out for father and mother, rolling on the ground.

The Eldest Princess received the news in the inner courtyard and hurriedly came out, only to see Feng Chuan already covered in injuries. The servants were all standing by with pale faces, but none dared to intervene.

Vice Minister Li, with his thick eyebrows and square face, was tall and robust, not at all a match for the servants. Anyone who stepped forward would suffer.

The Eldest Princess, upon seeing this, briefly blacked out, then furiously said, "What explanation can a son-in-law give for coming to our house to beat someone so early in the morning?"

Vice Minister Li put away the whip and kicked the bloodied Feng Chuan aside, then sat boldly on a stone bench, "Since the Eldest Princess is not this bastard’s biological mother, I have nothing to say to you. Have someone bring Prince Consort Feng here!"

Prince Qing Shui’s Eldest Princess usually hated it when people mentioned her marriage to a merchant as a second wife. Now, she was brutally exposed by Vice Minister Li in front of so many servants. She immediately felt a surge of old blood up her throat, her face turning increasingly dark and ugly. She angrily shouted, "Insolence! This is the Princess Mansion granted by the late Emperor, how dare you act wildly here? Someone, throw Vice Minister Li out!"

In her fury, she no longer addressed Vice Minister Li as her in-law.

Vice Minister Li, however, sat steadily, glaring at Feng Chuan as if with daggers, and then looked towards the Eldest Princess, "Since you, the Eldest Princess, want to take charge, I must explain this. My daughter has been married into the Feng family for so many years, managing the household, affairs, and raising children, believing she hasn’t wronged the Feng family. Yet this beast spends his days in drunken revelry and whoring, not even caring about his own house, and not protecting his woman, allowing such bullying. Shouldn’t he be beaten?"

This question left the Eldest Princess of Qing Shui utterly speechless.

Feng Chuan never expected before he could even file the lawsuit at the government office, his father-in-law would arrive and beat him up first.