Chapter 48: Aunt‑in‑Law Feud

As Li Shi waved her hand, Shen Shen and his brother could only temporarily withdraw.

Although they all lived in the same residence, some secrets, if the parties involved don't speak, outsiders really have no way to find out.

"Lao Er, what exactly is going on between our mother and Lao San?"

Shen Shen felt a headache.

Many things in the household seemed shrouded in a mist; he constantly felt as if he were being kept in the dark. It was as if he were actually an outsider.

"Big Brother, if you ask me, who should I ask?"

Second Master Shen glanced at his own elder brother and said, "Over these years, I've been managing the family's business, spending more than half the year away from the manor; if you don't know what's going on at home, how could I possibly know?"

"However, listening to Mother's meaning, this matter seems related to Third Brother's Wife!"

Shen Shen rolled his eyes and said, "I don't think so!"

"The relationship between Third Brother and his wife is not good!"

"If Third Brother were to oppose Mother for his wife's sake, how could the relationship between his wife and him be like this?"

"Then why did Third Brother earlier mention his deceased mother-in-law?"

Second Master Shen still felt that the root of the matter lay with Lady Lu.

But he felt it was useless.

Moreover, he couldn't possibly go to Lady Lu to ask for clarification.

As for letting his wife, Lady Song, go, there's no such suggestion.

Besides, as the Second Uncle, caring for his younger brother's wife's affairs is improper both emotionally and rationally.

Shen Shen let out a long sigh and said, "Forget it, let it be, whatever happens, happens!"

"If the parties involved aren't anxious, why are we getting worked up here?"

"That's true, the emperor isn't in a hurry but the eunuch is!"

Second Master Shen shook off his hand.

The two brothers exchanged a glance and gave up.

"Whoever loves who!"

Li Yifu was killed by his personal attendant, and this news was quickly sent to the Li Clan.

Li Yifu's wife, Lady Zeng, upon receiving the news, immediately brought her two sons, Li Xin Zhe and Li Xin Min, and rushed to Liu Cheng.

Upon arriving at the Shen Family residence, Lady Zeng certainly had to first go pay her respects to Lady Li.

As Lady Zeng's elder aunt, Lady Shi actually never held her in high regard, feeling that the Zeng family had little talent and could not offer much help to her brother.

Lady Zeng was merely a daughter of an ordinary scholarly farming family; her father, Zeng Yue, was only a licentiate.

When the Li and Zeng families first formed the marriage alliance, they hoped that Zeng Yue would pass the imperial examinations and achieve honors.

But who would have thought that shortly after Lady Zeng married into the Li family, Zeng Yue decided not to go to the capital to take the exams, but instead opened a private school in the town.

For this reason, Lady Shi and Lady Zeng had argued several times.

Later, when Lady Shi and Li Yifu completely fell out, during this period Lady Zeng also frequently stirred up pillow talk.

"Now, are you satisfied?"

Upon seeing Lady Shi, Lady Zeng did not humble herself but instead adopted a confrontational posture, as if bringing charges.

Lady Li was left stunned and speechless.

"What does it mean for her to be satisfied?"

"What did she do?"

Seeing Lady Li dazed, Lady Zeng continued, "Are you still pretending to be clueless here?"

"If it weren't for your refusal to help, how could my husband have met with disaster?"

"It's all your fault!"

"You are nothing but a harbinger of death!"

"You kill fathers, mothers, and husbands—now you've even killed my husband!"

"Why don't you just go die yourself?"

Lady Zeng's shameless tirade directly drove Lady Zeng into withdrawal.

At her age, she had never before heard anyone call her a harbinger of death who kills fathers, mothers, and husbands.

She could not bear this injustice!

"You Zeng family slut, besides splashing dirty water on me and putting a shit bucket on me, what else can you do?"

"It's clearly because you're unworthy and mistreat my brother!"

"If it weren't for your harsh treatment of him, why would he have kept a concubine outside?"

"Ever since you married into our Li family, our Li family has been going downhill day by day."

"You are the harbinger of death!"

"Your whole family are harbingers of death!"

Lady Li launched a counter-tirade against Lady Zeng.

Thus, inside Wenxi Hall, the two elderly ladies, like mortal enemies, first hurled insults at each other, then came to blows.

Although Lady Li lived in comfort at the Shen residence and appeared sturdier than Lady Zeng, Lady Zeng may look thin but her physique is actually not lacking.

After they grappled, it wasn't long before Lady Li fell to the disadvantage.

Only when Wang Mama brought people to separate them was this aunt‑in‑law fight temporarily halted!

Although they could no longer strike each other, their mouths were not idle, spewing all kinds of vulgarities.

At this point, the two of them had no decorum whatsoever, being exactly like the foul‑mouthed women scolding in the street.

……

"It really is that outsiders don't enter the family gate!"

Shen Yunyao heard of the battle between the two old ladies inside Wenxi Hall, and she was also very admiring.

She was very curious.

After the incident, Li Shi came to her senses, wondering if she would want to find a crack in the ground to hide in.

The Shen family's old matriarch, the kindly old lady famous in Liu Cheng, ended up like this?

If this fight were to spread, the Shen family's reputation would also be swept away.

Shen Shen immediately issued a gag order after the incident.

Anyone who dares to spread a word of this will have the whole family sold off.

But where in this world is there a wall that doesn't let wind through?

Shen Shen can control the Shen family's people, but not the Li family's people.

"Well, it's just for the money!"

When the Zeng clan stated their purpose, Shen Yunyao finally realized: this old lady came just to fight with the Li Shi, and it turned out they had planned it all along.

"Miss, isn't this old lady of the Li clan afraid of losing face?"

"Compared to losing face, she might be more afraid of having no support in old age!"

No support in old age!

As long as one is a normal person, nobody is unafraid of it.

Shen Yunyao, too, is afraid!

But truly expecting her to reach the Zeng clan's level, Shen Yunyao feels she probably can't do it.

But no matter what, the matter is considered settled.

Any problem that can be solved with money, for the Shen family, is temporarily not considered a problem.

The Zeng clan got the money, took their two sons, and that same day brought Li Yifu's corpse back to the Li clan.

And her departure means that the marital ties between the Shen and Li families are now completely severed.

Shen Shen was very happy.

Before, he still thought of cutting off the source, helping the Li clan find good marriages for their marriageable daughters, so that Li Yifu would have no usable pawn.

But now, there's no need for all that trouble.

The troublemaker is gone!

Shen Yunyao was also quite happy.

Although occasionally she would feel that she seemed a bit too cold-blooded.

But whenever she thought of the schemes Li Yifu would use to cause trouble for her, Shen Yunyao felt no guilt at all.

This should count as having solved the person who created the problem!

No wonder people often say, if you can't solve the problem, just get rid of the person who created it.

One has to admit, this method really is simple and crude, but effective.

When the Lu clan received the news that Li Yifu was gone, they were also quite bewildered; she had just written a letter asking her older brother to give the Li clan a lesson, but before the letter could be sent, Li Yifu was already gone.

"Even dead, he doesn't let people rest in peace!"

The Lu clan could only write another letter, telling her older brother not to bother.

(End of chapter)