Chapter 280: The Marriage of Sister-In-Law (1) Translator: Iris

Thanks to Sheng Hong, Minglanwaslucky towitnessthe act of theangelic bitchfor over ten years.ConcubineLinwasable to irritate Wang shi very easily with all kinds of excuses. Minglan was certain that there had been a few times Concubine Linwanted to receive the punishments such as standing or kneeling for a long time.Getting a few bruises would fit in withConcubine Lin's wish even more. After that, when Sheng Hongcame back, he would definitely have aserious quarrelwith Wang shi.

Mama Fangsaid secretly that Concubine Lin's treatment was far worse than before. At that time(before Yao Yiyi transmigrated to the ancient times), Concubine Lin didn't need todoanything except for shedding tears inthe presence ofothers(to imply how much grievance she had suffered) or stayingsentimental(expressing how sad her lifehad been) or even puttingon a sad look on her face. ThenSheng Hong would definitely get emotional and went to defend her against the injustice by reproaching Wang shi or presenting lots of gifts or money toConcubineLin.

Minglan concluded: All the angelic bitches neededone or a few men who were willing to protect them firmly. Those men were always easily moved by the concessions those angelic bitches had made or the considerate words they had said and then continued to fight the forces of evil.

Actually, Minglan felt that Concubine Lin was not capable enough since the latter had only managed to instigate Sheng Hong to fight for her. The concubine in the top level was even able to draw the children of the madam to her side and let those kids speak out against injustice for the woman who had jeopardized their family. That really was impressive.

In a word, the fighting style of the angelic bitches required them to hide behind others the whole time and ask for help from the 'righteous persons'. Once they went to the battlefield by themselves and made threatening gestures, they wouldbe callednotangelic bitchesbutcannibals.

Therefore, Minglanfeltexcitedsomehowright now. She knew that she would run into lots of troublein the next few days,butshe was still expecting those things to happen in high spirits.Shewasreallycuriousaboutwhat Old Madam Qin who was known as a wise and generous woman would do when there was no one she could use as herpawns.

A few days after the funeral, Gu Tingye, with the paper which recorded how the family property would be divided in his hand, said straightly in front of everyone in the room, I want to know when Fourth and Fifth Uncle will move? If you need help, just tell me. I'll definitely lend my hand.

Fifth Old Master who had had a hard time lately got furious at once when hearing that, Boy, are you trying to drive us away now?

Gu Tingyedidnot even bother to utter a word.Heshookhis sleeves in anger and took the hand of Minglan who was pretending to be a tame girl. Then, they both left.

As the saying goes,Great waves are able to sweep away sand. Only at a critical moment like this would everyone expose their true colors.

After Gu Tingye had acted arrogantly, Fifth Old Master who still had the conceit of a scholarshowed his backbone right away by insisting on moving away in a loud voice. He even saiddecisively, Even if you want me to be here, I won't stay anymore. Hearing that, Fifth Old Madamfeltquiteanxious.Afterfailingto persuade her husband, shecould only stall the time with the excuse:the mansion which was distributed to us has been empty for too long, it should be at least furnished or repaired for a while.

Gu Tingyang who had been threatened in the Imperial Prison had been hiding in his room drinking andhavingfunwith his beautiful concubines and maids all day long.Henever came out. Madam Yang didn't say anything as always. Since the members of the Fifth family couldn't reachan agreement, Gu Tingdi and his wife could only preparefor movingata very slow speed.

Hearing that story, Minglan smiled and turned around,Like I said, Fifth Uncle truly is a lofty person, but Fifth Aunt is a hypocrite.

Gu Tingye said, When Sister-In-Law Yangmarried into the Gu family, someone said that Fifth Uncle is not sophisticated enough but always keepshis promise as anobleman.However,Fifth Auntis just a mother who pampers her child too much.

Minglan agreed with that a lot.Then she couldn't help but ask, Who said that?

With a gloomy look on Gu Tingye's face, he replied sadly, My father.

In contrast withthe chaos in the Fifth family, the Fourth family seemed quite peaceful. Fourth Old Master lay on the bed moaning and groaning all day to'recover hisbody' as if hedidn'thearGu Tingye's words that day. The whole family also kept silent the whole time.

Minglan twitched her mouth without giving any comments on the people of theFourthfamily, feeling contempt for them inwardly.

After around half a month, Old Madam Qin gradually recovered from her 'illness' and started to visit all the members of the Gu family. She coaxed and comforted them and persuaded the people of the Fourth and the Fifth family to stay sincerely. She also told them that Gu Tingyeonly uttered those words casually that day and everyone should not takethemto heart.

When Minglan came to give obeisance to Old Madam Qin, the latter mentionedthis again.

It has been a hundred days since Tingyu passed away, so it is not inappropriate to begin construction. Since His Majesty has already granted you the land between our mansion and the Cheng Manor, when are you and Tingye planning to break the wall and combine the two mansions?

Minglan knew she would ask that and replied smilingly, The land and the wall willnotrun away. There's no hurry to do that.

The look in Old Madam Qin's eyes changed,andshe fiddled with the beads on her bracelet, I know there's no hurry, but you have to make a plan. It's not right to leave it like this all the time. We areafamilyafter all, the wall between our mansions shouldn't exist.

Minglan covered her face with her sleeve and chuckled, Old Madam, what are you talking about? The Gu's people live in Jinling, the Qing City and the capital. Thereare so many walls which separateall our family members, but it doesn't mean that we are not relatives. We are tied by blood.Once anyone in our family runs into a problem, we will do our best to help. A wall wouldn't influence our blood relationship. You have considered too much.

Old Madam Qin got dazed first and thenforcedasmile, That's right. Afterpausingfor a while, sheshoweda distressed look again, There's another thing. Your Fourth and Fifth Uncle did have made mistakes at that time, but now those are all bygones, we should hang the inscribed board of our mansion again. These days, I've always dreamed of Tingye's father and couldn't help but feel ill at ease.Nowour family has regained our influence relying on Tingye's power. Otherwise, otherwise Idon'tdaretomeet his father when I die.Saying this, she already got tears in her eyes.

Most of the people would be touched by that look of an elder. However, Minglan only looked outside the window while saying slowly, Is it Old Master's wish? I don't think so. No one has treated his last words seriously, right?

Hearing that, Old Madam Qin changed the look on her face right away.

Gu Tingye was never the person who would submit to humiliation. Since he had already pleaded for the people of the Gu family and held the funeral for Gu Tingyu, which gave him a lot of grievances, he had straightly exposed all the things in front of Gu's clansmen who were from Jinling and the Qing City to vent his anger.