Xia Wan'er snorted, "So what if they are from the Chen family? Can't we afford to offend them? I used to be the daughter of the prime minister, but now I am just mud under the ground for anyone to trample on me."
Chen Linglong was furious, "Aren't you afraid that the Chen family will come to your house? Do you think that old lady from the Chen family is so easy to mess with?"
"Come to my house?" Xia Wan'er looked indifferent. "What evidence does she have? The Crown Prince was here at the time. How dare she involve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? What's so great about her Chen family? Aren't they just dog officials who eat the court's salary? To put it bluntly, the Chen family is a dog of the Murong family, a guard dog. It is only valuable during wars. Now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, who would still trust her?"
Chen Linglong shook her head and said, "You are too ignorant. Well, since you want half, I will give you half and I will move out."
She couldn't possibly wait until the Chen family came to settle the score before leaving. Would she still be able to leave then
Xia Wan'er was eager for her to leave, "Get out, pack your things and leave immediately, and leave the money behind!"
Chen Linglong took out twenty taels and threw them on the ground. "It's only twenty taels. If you want it, take it. If you don't want it, forget it."
"You're a loser. Sooner or later you'll go crazy with poverty." Xia Wan'er picked up the silver, snorted coldly, and went back to her room.
Chen Linglong packed up her things. She already had a place to stay. She met a man and lived with him for some time. The man was a butcher and his wife had died. He asked him to move in with him. At that time, she disliked his house because it was not good, but now it seemed that she had to live there for the time being and move out later when she found a better place.
She walked to the door, thought for a moment, and went back to knock on Xia Wan'er's door, "Do you want to come with me?"
"It doesn't stop you from finding a strange man. Let's go." Xia Wan'er's voice came from the house, with indescribable contempt.
"How can you talk like that? Isn't it also to earn some money for my expenses?" Chen Linglong was furious.
"I can't afford it. You go away." Xia Wan'er naturally would not go with her. In fact, it was just right for her to leave. It would not hinder her. The silver was enough for her to buy two maids to serve her well.
Chen Linglong asked, "Are you really not afraid that the Chen family will come knocking on your door?"
She stood there for a while, and when no sound came out, Chen Linglong snorted, "It'd better be alright, otherwise I won't come back to help you collect your body."
A cup was thrown out of the window and broke into pieces on the ground, accompanied by Xia Wan'er's furious voice, "If you want to leave, then leave immediately. I don't need you to care whether I live or die. Remember, once you step out of this door, don't come back to me even if you want to beg. When I'm rich, don't even think about coming to me to get close to me."
Chen Linglong was so angry that she was stunned. "Okay, okay, I'll leave. If I'm not your mother, would I be willing to put my warm face on your cold butt? I want to see how capable you are. But remember, if you are reduced to begging and come to my door, I will still give you a bite of food."
After saying this, he resolutely left with his bag on his back.
Xia Wan'er sneered, begging at your door? Do you really think you can live with that butcher for the rest of your life? When you are old and ugly, he will just throw you away like garbage.
She took out the banknotes and counted them again, thinking about how to spend the money.
Ten taels of silver could buy a clever maid, and twenty taels could buy a sturdy servant. This was generally the price for a five-year term. Then you could buy some furniture to decorate your home, and some nice clothes. Although you were not a lady from a wealthy family, you could still be a pretty girl.
Looking at her appearance in the mirror, although there were faint scars on her face, which damaged it a bit, she looked okay. At least, she was prettier than many girls from next-door families. With this appearance and if she was a little more well-behaved, she could at least coax the prince for two or three years. By then, if she gave birth to a child from the Murong family, her status would not be a problem.
Thinking happily, she couldn't help but smile proudly.
There was a bang at the door. She stood up, furious. She opened the door and shouted angrily before she could see who was there: "Don't you want to get out? Go ahead and don't come back to bother me..."
Before she could finish her words, a long sword was pointed at her forehead, forcing her to retreat continuously. She raised her hands and watched the twelve generals of the Chen family come in from the door, followed by the old lady, the head of the Chen family.
"You...what do you want to do?" Xia Wan'er panicked, but thinking that no one knew about that incident, and the prince would not tell anyone, she immediately became confident and said, "You are trespassing. I can report you to the police and have you arrested."
Chen Taijun kicked the door shut in one go, not looking old at all. She walked in front of Xia Wan'er, her sharp eyes like two cold arrows, with ice between them, "The prince said that you hurt our Liu Liu, is that right?"
"Nonsense, I didn't!" Xia Wan'er thought that the prince would never betray her. Once he admitted it, he would be in no way free from the matter. "It was us mother and daughter who saved Chen Liuliu. Do you, the Chen family, want to repay kindness with enmity?"
"Repaying kindness with hatred?" Chen Taijun sneered, "We repay kindness with hatred."
After she finished speaking, she ordered sternly: "Search, turn this place upside down!"
The twelve generals went in quickly, and in a moment, they came out with Chen Liuliu's purse and jewelry. Chen Hu took out an axe from the woodshed, which was stained with blood.
The things were thrown to the ground with a clang, and Xia Wan'er's face turned pale. "I didn't take it, and that room is not mine, it belongs to my mother."
"Liu Liu was stabbed eight times, and we in the Chen family are not trying to take advantage of others. We will return the eight stabs to you and then send you to the hospital. If you can survive, it's your luck. If you die, it's because heaven will not tolerate you." Lady Chen slowly raised her hand, then lowered it, signaling to take action.
"You... don't come over here, don't come over here, it wasn't me who did it, it was the prince, go find the prince, what is the point of bullying a weak woman like me?" Xia Wan'er screamed and backed away, her face pale with fear.
Chen Hu looked at her with hatred, then turned back to look at Chen Taijun, "Grandma, these eight cuts, your grandson suggested that they all fall on her face. We don't want her life, so let her get away with it, how do you think?"
Chen Taijun found Chen Hu's suggestion very useful. "Okay, I'll do as you say. I'm old and can't stand the sight of blood. You go ahead and I'll be waiting for you in the carriage."
After saying that, she turned around and walked out. Leng Yi's face was still as cold as ice, and she really had some of the majesty of a heroic female general riding on horseback.
She got on the carriage, and the eleven generals of the Chen family also came out and stood beside the carriage, listening to the sharp screams coming from inside. The screams alarmed the people around, and everyone gathered around to watch.
Chen Long cupped his hands and said, "My uncles, brothers, aunts and sisters-in-law, this is our personal grudge. You may watch, but please do not interfere."
No one would interfere. Although Xia Wan'er had only moved in recently, she was arrogant and often offended her neighbors and was unpopular. Now everyone just watched, feeling very happy.
Chen Hu was very meticulous in his work. Drawing eight cuts on the little face was a technical job and the facial features had to be avoided. So, after these eight cuts, Xia Wan'er became a calico cat.
Chen Hu was very careful and considerate in stopping her bleeding and applying medicine to ensure that she would not die from excessive blood loss. Xia Wan'er fainted from the pain. When she woke up, the people from the Chen family had already left and they were very considerate in closing the door to prevent people from watching.
She staggered to her feet, rushed in, looked at her own face, and cried sadly, "It's better to kill me, it's better to kill me!"
(End of this chapter)