Chapter 300: then title translation. Then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities

Yeah, today we don't see a single person from the Lan Cang Institute coming out; Liu Qingzhu's days these days are really not easy, huh.

Karma!

What happened to Liu Qingzhu?

Li Qingluo has been too busy lately; she hasn't even paid attention to what happened to Liu Qingzhu after she stayed at the Jiangjun Fu.

But before they could continue, the gatekeeper came running in to report: 'It's the old lady!'

This old lady is none other than Qu Shi's birth mother, Madame You.

Madame You stormed in fuming, and upon seeing Qu Shi pressed to the ground, she immediately flew into a rage, slapping her thigh and shouting: 'What are you doing?!'

Heavens, Pei Lao Furen, you really are putting on quite the airs.

As soon as you're back, you're already bullying and mistreating your daughter-in-law; she's after all my Qu family's daughter, not here to suffer your rude abuse!

Why aren't you coming? Quickly rescue the lady!

Madame You waved her hand, pointing at the servants of the Jiangjun Fu and the few she'd brought with her, and Chang Mama rolled up her sleeves, ready to charge forward.

Li Qingluo took a quick step and personally rushed out——

Li Qingluo stepped forward, grabbed Chang Mama's hand, and twisted it hard.

With a 'crack!', Chang Mama's arm was snapped cleanly.

Chang Mama let out a miserable scream.

The matter wasn't over; Li Qingluo grabbed Chang Mama and kicked her hard again.

Moments later, the ground was filled with miserable cries.

Everyone was stunned.

Pei Lao Furen nodded in satisfaction.

The people from the second and third branches all looked shocked.

Even Qu Shi, who was being held down motionless on the ground, was stunned……

Is... this Luo'er?

Li Qingya looked excitedly at Li Qingluo, never expecting her elder sister to be so formidable!

She... she really grew up in the mountains and wilderness?

Indeed, only by staying beside the Old Lady can one become the person they aspire to be.

Li Qingyu, meanwhile, wore a look of disdain—truly crude!

However, no one dares to provoke Li Qingluo anymore.

Li Qingluo clapped her hands and walked toward Madame You.

Madame You screamed in fright: 'What are you doing!? You wretch, I'm your maternal grandmother!'

Li Qingluo punched the wall beside her.

People with foul mouths, be careful when you sleep at night—someone might sew your mouth shut with a needle, grandmother!

Li Qingluo gave a faint smile, but Madame You shuddered violently.

Truly, truly rebellious—this is the fine granddaughter that Pei Xiuzhen raised!?

With such bearing, how could she be fit to be a noble lady of Jinling!?

This is truly overturning the natural order—she's practically plotting rebellion!

Madame You was so angry she stomped her feet, yet she dared not utter another word.

Li Qingluo couldn't be bothered to give her another glance, turned and walked back to Pei Lao Furen's side: 'Today my grandmother is handling the Li family affairs; any outsider who dares to meddle will have no one to blame but ourselves—these rash, crude folk will greet them with fists.'

By the way, I wasn't talking about you, grandmother.

Madame You's face flushed red then turned pale.

Qu Shi cried out with a sobbing voice: 'Mother, save me—mother!'

Madame You scolded: 'You foolish thing, I told you not to do this, yet you insisted on bringing them back!'

Now you've got something coming; do you think they'll still spare you?

Qu Shi wept and choked: 'But Mother, the daughter really can't come up with any money……'

Luo'er won't listen to me either; she won't marry into the Qu family!

During your time here at the manor, you've taken all the good things from my daughter's room—how is she supposed to live?

My daughter also needs to plan a future for the Jiangjun Fu; she can't watch you greedily devour the entire Jiangjun Fu over and over——

If it weren't for this, Qu Shi wouldn't have thought of inviting the Old Lady back to preside.

It's because the master has gone mad, the Old Lady and Luo'er have left, and the manor is declining day by day.

Qu Shi is indeed anxious.

The Li family cannot be destroyed in her hands!

So after careful consideration she made this decision, but she never expected that the invited Old Lady would immediately move against her!

Faced with her daughter's accusations laid bare one after another, Madame You was so angry she wished she could step forward and slap her twice.

You, you foolish thing! What have I done to you? What I took wasn't your dowry; it's all the things I originally gave you—it's not anything else from the Jiangjun Fu!

Besides, I was just keeping it safe for you; if you ask me for it, could I possibly refuse?

I did this only because I feared you'd ruin the family; now you're turning the tables on me—do you really think I'd greedily take your things?

Fine then, if that's how it is, I won't bother with you anymore!

Madame You finished speaking and tried to run, but Pei Lao Furen waved her hand: 'Seize her, don't let her escape!'

Then she had people arrest Chang Mama and everyone Madame You had brought.

Madame You, anxious and stomping her feet, cursed loudly—then Zhang Mama personally shoved a foul rag into her mouth to gag her.

Seeing her mother-in-law dare to seize even her own mother, Qu Shi was overwhelmed with terror; she immediately turned and sobbed toward Li Qingluo: 'I know I was wrong…… Luo'er, Mother truly knows she was wrong.'

Regardless of the past, everything I do now is for the Jiangjun Fu!

Actually Mother also knew she had missed… but Mother was bewitched by Liu Qiongzhu, and now Mother has completely given up on her, only then realizing how excessive she had been toward you.

Mother already knows regret; how could you really not forgive Mother?

Everything Mother says is true; otherwise how could I watch your elder brother torment Zhu'er and never intervene?

Li Qingluo didn't want to hear her hypocritical weeping.

Gave Zhang Mama a look, Zhang Mama immediately also stuffed a clump of stinky cloth into Qu Shi.

Such means thoroughly frightened the people of the second and third branches.

One by one they were silent as cicadas in cold, not daring to even look at Li Qingluo and Pei Lao Furen.

Li Qingluo coldly said: "All entrances and exits of the Jiangjun Fu are today completely closed to guests. No one may step out even half a step without my or grandmother's personal permission."

Otherwise, they will be bound and dealt with just like the mistress.

This is to prevent anyone from going out to leak news, which would further ruin Li Qingluo's affairs.

She today intends to thoroughly clean up Qu Shi.

Then she had the people of the second and third branches return to their respective courtyards first.

Qu Shi and You Shi were both thrown into the haunted neighboring room of Hongfenguan.

She herself accompanied Pei Lao Furen back to Jingci Tang.

The entire Jiangjun Fu was quickly brought under control by Zhang Mama and the other mamas under her leadership.

Luo'er, what are you waiting for?

Now that everyone has returned, Pei Lao Furen also doesn't know what Li Qingluo intends to do.

Clearly, with her methods, if she were directly subjected to severe punishment, she would confess everything even without speaking.

Why go through all this trouble?

Pei Lao Furen is someone who extremely dislikes trouble, and even more dislikes beating around the bush.

Li Qingluo: "Grandmother, Luo'er is waiting for nightfall. Moreover, what is confessed under severe torture is not entirely true."

Luo'er wants them to confess orally and in detail, to completely purge all the sins they have committed.

Pei Lao Furen instantly understood.

This girl must have been plotting for a long time, right?

When did it start?

After I was poisoned?

Or was she already considering these before I was poisoned?

It's really hard on her to think about these all day.

Pei Lao Furen instantly felt a pang of sympathy again.

Alright, then grandmother will entrust this matter entirely to you this time?

Li Qingluo happily took on the task: "Then Luo'er will thank grandmother."

Li Qingluo was really sleepy.

She fell asleep in the small cottage where Pei Lao Furen's residence once had her stay.

Then she was awakened by her gurgling stomach.

When she woke up, Pei Lao Furen had ordered Zhang Mama and the others to personally cook something for her, which was still hot in the Small Kitchen.

Li Qingluo then went to Pei Lao Furen's room to eat.

You. Your day-night schedule is inverted, you're becoming more like a night owl. Be careful you'll turn into an ugly lass, and then you really won't be able to marry!

Li Qingluo laughed as she leaned on Pei Lao Furen's shoulder: "Grandmother, granddaughter will not marry! Granddaughter has decided to bring in a son-in-law who will live with us, and granddaughter will be the head of the household!"

Pei Lao Furen gave a pfft laugh: "Naive. I'm afraid some people won't be willing."

Li Qingluo: "Me? Why wouldn't I be willing? Luo'er is very willing!"

Pei Lao Furen scolded her: "Blockhead. Can't be bothered to talk to you, hurry up and eat."

Li Qingluo ate the steaming hot buns, drank the thick meat congee, and showed a satisfied expression.

She suddenly thought of a question, so she quickly finished a plate of buns and then hurriedly asked: "Grandmother, could there be a problem with the Qu family's finances?"

Pei Lao Furen: "Your mind works fast."

"The Qu family is indeed short of money, because grandmother dealt them a series of blows to their various businesses, leaving them unable to get back on their feet!"

Li Qingluo's eyes lit up: "Really? So it was you, grandmother? Grandmother, quickly tell Luo'er how it happened."

As it turned out, after Pei Lao Furen recovered from the previous poisoning, she also discovered that the Qu family was behind the mischief.

It was that plump old lady He Shi with a Bodhisattva-like face, who wanted Li Qingluo to marry her feeble grandson Qu Daoxun, while Pei Lao Furen absolutely would not agree, so she summoned Qu Shi back home and, with strong threats, gave Qu Shi this order…

Qu Shi actually didn't do much.

It was all arranged by the Qu family behind the scenes.

Including the little widow's family on the manor, those problematic vegetables, that poison…

"They probably guessed that I might one day pass on my Tianfeng Trading House to you, so they took a chance on this opportunity."

"That He Shi, with a Bodhisattva face, actually has the most vicious heart in the world!"

"The highest official in the Qu family is none other than He Shi's husband, Qu Shangshu; given their wicked, greedy nature, how could they be clean?"

"So grandmother merely employed a slight tactic, causing the Qu family to lose at least 100,000 taels of silver recently."

"They are desperately trying to plug the leak, so naturally they're short of money."

100,000 taels of silver!?

Li Qingluo hard swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Her delicacies restaurant now yields a daily net profit of only about 500 taels.

One hundred thousand taels—she'll need a little over a year to earn that!

Grandma, it's only a moment…

Li Qinglo looked admiringly at Pei Lao Furen: "Grandma, you're amazing!"

In just a short time they could have thrown the Qu family into disarray; if it weren't for them being so greedy, rushing to the Jiangjun Fu to meddle and loot, my mother wouldn't have panicked and sought a doctor in desperation, trying to invite you back to steady the Jiangjun Fu that was about to collapse completely.

Pei Lao Furen was greatly pleased by her granddaughter's admiring gaze.

Just after letting out a few "haha" laughs, Zhang Mama hurried in and said: "Old Lady, the Li family elders have all come. Please come over for a moment."