She was about to be the high and mighty Third Madam Nan.
Xiao Yi was merely a neglected lowly adoptive child, worse than the position of a servant, how dare he treats her like this?
She wanted to take this opportunity to establish some authority in the Nan residence, letting all the servants know that from now on, she was a proper mistress in the residence!
But she had not said anything when an aged voice suddenly sounded:
"Could it be that you people are making an unreasonable scene and causing trouble because you think that I am dead?!"
Everyone looked over.
He Ye supported Old Madam's arm and walked in through the doorstep.
Nan Baoyi came forward and helped Old Madam, "Grandmother is here…"
"If I'm still not here, the residence would be in a complete mess by this pair of old monsters!"
Old Madam took her seat, her face darkened.
Nan Guang's face turned sour when being scolded as old monsters.
He was only about forty and his darling Xiaomeng was not even forty yet, still looking very delicate and pretty!
Liu Xiaomeng respectfully bowed in greeting, "Mother-in-law, what happened today, Xiao Yi was indeed in the wrong ―"
Old Madam interrupted her ruthlessly, "He Ye, you tell me."
In front of all the guests, He Ye talked about how Zhang Yu and Madam Zhang tried to snatch gifts, stating every detail.
The look on each guest suddenly became very subtle.
Madam Liu felt even more ashamed.
She invited this group of women to witness her good fortune, not for them to cheapen her class!
She glanced resentfully at Madam Zhang and decided to turn against them to protect her position.
She scolded, "Zhang Wan, I never thought that you are such a greedy and cheap person. All of you are at fault first, how could you blame Xiao Yi? You need to quickly get out of here. From today onwards, I, Liu Xiaomeng, do not have friends like you!"
Madam Zhang was shocked, "Liu Xiaomeng, are you still considered as a person?! All these years I did take care of the three of you, mother and children!"
Nan Baoyi raised her eyebrow.
This dogfight was about to begin.
She grabbed some melon seeds and watched the show.
Madam Zhang continued to yell:
"Today you were the one who invited us here to your wedding! You said you wanted us to see how impressive you are in the Nan residence and said how you wanted to harshly bully your stepdaughter! You even scolded and said Nan Old Madam was an old monster who was hard to get rid of, and being able to enter the residence was all because of your resilience! Liu Xiaomeng, now that you are all high and mighty, you want to kick away your poor friends?!"
All of Liu Xiaomeng's blood rushed up to her head!
Zhang Wan would actually go as far as this to be ruthless!
How could she repeat these words in front of other people!
"I did not!" She hurriedly denied, kneeling on the ground with a grievance, "I beg my lord to check properly, I did not say these things!"
Nan Yan hated her mother for being stupid.
But she could only help by saying, "Father, Aunt Zhang is probably saying these things out of humiliation and accusing Mother. All these years, Mother was cautious and gave birth to a grandson and granddaughter for the Nan family, isn't all this enough?"
Liu Xiaomeng used this opportunity to quickly add on, "Yes my lord, I gave birth to two children for you!"
She crawled to Old Madam's feet in tears, "Mother-in-law, Jing'er performed well in Wanchun Academy. He is very filial. The last time he wrote and asked if you are well…"
Since things reached this stage, she could not take care of her face anymore.
She wanted to marry into the Nan residence for more than twenty years. Today, this was the final effort to achieve her dreams.
As long as she could marry into the residence, not only was she willing to be a small concubine, she was even willing to die!
Nan Guang looked at his beloved wife with tears in his eyes, his heart aching.
He wanted to help her to get up when suddenly a loud noise crept in from outside.
A filthy lowly man forced into the main hall and fiercely grabbed Nan Guang, "How could you marry my woman?!"
Everyone was stunned.
The man shouted and waved his hands, "Dear guests, Liu Xiaomeng is my woman. Third Master Nan used his position to bully the weak, used his family wealth, and snatched her away from me. This is unacceptable, unacceptable!"
Madam Zhang came from a lowly background and recognized this man as Niu San, a street hoodlum who was difficult to get rid of.
She didn't care that the matter had become complicated. Ignoring the pain in her hand, she deliberately said, "Niu San, this person is a well-known star actress from Spring Jade Hall, Third Master Nan's mistress. How could she be your woman?
"She is my woman!" Niu San said harshly, "Third Master Nan if you do not return her to me, I will go to the government office and report to an official, report you for snatching my woman!"
"A load of rubbish!" Nan Guang's appearance looked distorted, "Someone chases this person out!"
"Hold on."
Nan Baoyi started speaking.
Her actor just arrived on stage and hasn't performed for long yet, how can it be the end already?
She tossed away the melon seeds and wiped her fingertips with her handkerchief, "Father, this person keeps saying he wants to report to the officials, perhaps he has an ulterior motive. In order not to provoke any lawsuit, you should just let him clarify things properly."
Nan Guang was timid and afraid of lawsuits. He quickly nodded, "Makes sense! Niu San, why don't you tell us what this is all about?"
Niu San proudly said, "I used my entire savings to purchase this woman, Liu Xiaomeng, her indenture for sale of oneself is in my hands. She is definitely my woman, isn't she?"
Indenture for sale of oneself?
Everyone looked at each other in dismay.
Even Nan Guang was stunned.
When he took Xiaomeng out from Spring Jade Hall that year, Xiaomeng made it clear that she did not sell herself to the opera group, she was a pure and innocent girl.
He looked at Madam Liu doubtfully.
Madam Liu screamed, "My lord, this man is talking nonsense, he must have hit his head somewhere! Someone stuff his mouth and throw him into the river and let him drown!"
"Slut!"
Niu San slapped her face fiercely!
"You bitch, I am your master. You abandoned me for riches and now you want to drown your master. Wait till we get home, I will teach you a lesson! Let's go, follow me back!"
He grabbed Madam Liu without a second thought.
Madam Liu was anxious and quickly hugged Nan Guang, "My Lord, save me! He is a madman! I do not know him at all!"
Nan Guang was utterly humiliated. He kicked Niu San aside and took his wife in his arms, "Servants, throw this bastard into the river!"
The servants in the house rushed in with bats.
Niu San sat on the ground and howled:
"Look at this, Third Master Nan is using his position to bully people! My poor wife is snatched away by him, these two adulterers are completely heartless and inhumane!"
He shouted in a very cheerful way, all the guests laughed together.