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  Chapter 16: The Cost

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  Hong Xiu yelled at the top of her lungs and scolded me, "You hit me to death, you shameless little hoof, she scratched my face"

  She was furious, but the maids were wide awake and only dared to support her from around, without really approaching.

  "Miss, miss, hurry up and leave! This is a noble and dignified young lady's home, don't be like this..." She was so flustered that she went to push Qingguo and Jing'er to quickly pull the young ladies away.

  Chu Ke'er remained unmoved by Hong Xiu's insults, smiling as she reached out to gently press on her shoulder, signaling for her to calm down. In a low voice, she said, "If it were about maintaining dignity and respect, then of course we couldn't do this... but now I want to destroy this dignified and elegant image..."

  Liu Yiniang was stunned, Qing Guo looked at Chu Ke's silly face, but Jing Er suddenly understood and hastily said, "That girl should also retreat a bit, otherwise it won't be good if she gets touched by these dirty people..."

  Hong Xiuniang also turned around and came over, no longer daring to use harsh words to scold Chu Keqi. However, the anger from having her face slapped still lingered, and she forcefully pushed the maid, wildly pointing this way and shouting as she rushed up to hit me.

  Desperately ordering the maidservants to avenge her, the maidservants were not foolish, they quarreled loudly but none of them dared. Chu Keqi suddenly looked down on Hong Xiuniang's cowardly appearance and rushed out like a cannonball, kicking Hong Xiuniang to the ground again and scolding loudly: "Who are you calling to beat? Who dares to hit me?"

  Qing Guo and Jing Er rushed up and supported Chu Ke'er, then a loud shout came from the courtyard door behind them: "What's going on here?"

  Chu Nancai has arrived.

  Chu Gaoshi also came together with them.

  Chu Ke's last kick was actually for the benefit of these two, especially Chu Gaoshi, who would definitely go and report to the old lady, hoping that the old lady could understand that she was indeed a shrew.

  Maybe it's useless, maybe it's counterproductive, but Chu Ke could only try her best to stir up some trouble first, just like Brother Zhu Yuhuan said, muddy the water and then think of a way to escape. Anyway, now there's something more serious, that is, Chu Yun Ting framing Chu Yun Qing, with that matter on top, even if she makes more trouble, it's still a small matter.

  As soon as Chu Nan entered the door, he saw that Chu Ke had kicked Hong Xiuniang to the ground with one foot. He let out a thunderous roar, pointing at Chu Ke with his hand, and was so angry that his whole body was shaking and he couldn't utter another word.

  Chu Ke's eyes were wide with anger, her face set in a stubborn expression.

  "Dry... want to dry... is there no end to this?" Chu Nancai finally stuttered out a sentence.

  Chu Ke's face turned cold as he sneered, "That cheap woman dared to order her servants to beat me up. I'll kill her with my own hands."

  Chu Nancai's eyes turned black and he almost fell over. Is this something a human should say? Is this something a respectable young lady should say?

  "Chu Gaoshi hastily supported Chu Nanzai, turned her head and scolded loudly: 'A young lady like you, don't you have any respect? How can you fight with your father's sister-in-law, what kind of behavior is this?'"

  Chu Ke heard this and quickly put away her hands, tidied up her hair and skirt, and smiled at Lady Chu Gaoshi, saying: "It was I who was wrong, Mother. You wanted to scold me, punish me, and blame me, but I have no complaints."

  There was no explanation for the sentence of Chu Gao's family, but instead he immediately recognized it and said a sentence. The sarcastic words that were about to come out of Chu Gao's mouth were stuck in his throat. Looking at Chu Nancai's face, which had turned into a purple liver color, trembling uncontrollably, and feeling dizzy wave after wave, she didn't dare say anything else to stimulate him. Her complexion was urgent and attacking her heart, and if she said another sentence, she would have lost face. So she tightly supported him, with one hand gently swaying in front of Chu Nancai's chest, softly comforting him not to be angry, "It's really not worth it for this kind of person."

  Hong Xiuniang quickly got up, her loud wailing turned into weak sobbing, she covered her face with a handkerchief and knelt at the feet of Chu Nancai, crying: "Third sister beat me like this, I, your humble wife, won't have the face to live on"

  Chu Ke smiled coldly, too lazy to watch her performance, turned around and said a sentence to Liu Niangniang: "Father is here, I suppose this person won't dare to make another move. Niangniang can go in now, if anyone hits again in the future, just come find me, I'll deal with her."

  Liu Yiniang hastily said in a low voice, "Quickly apologize to your father..."

  Chu Ke shook her head and clearly refused, turned around and bowed to Chu Nancai and Chu Gaoshi: "Father and mother are going to file a lawsuit against the two aunts, it's not convenient for daughter to stay long, goodbye."

  Saying so, he paid no attention to the looks on their faces, turned around and left with a flick of his sleeve.

  Jing'er and Qingguo followed behind, the two of them exchanging glances, involuntarily sticking out their tongues at each other. This young lady is too formidable! The two maidservants were left with nothing to do. The young lady alone had handled both the rough and the refined ones with ease. The four eyes of the two people shone with excited, sneaky smiles...

  Seeing Chu Ke'er walking away with a swagger, Chu Nan was so angry that he jumped up and down, pointing at Chu Ke'er's back and unable to say a word for half a day. He lowered his head and saw Hong Xiuniang kneeling at his feet, which was a good position to vent his anger, so without thinking, he stretched out his foot and kicked her with force.

  "Having no shame is one thing, but daring to lay hands on a girl is another."

  His kick was much more powerful than Chu Ke's, and it happened to hit the chest position, Hong Xiuniang was kicked flying far away, unable to breathe, and fainted.

  The maidservants shrieked and rushed forward, but the old women dared not approach, all retreating to one side. Even Chu Gaoshi couldn't help but let out a scream, trembling as she looked at Chu Nancai.

  Chu Nan kicked his foot and turned his head to glare at Liu Niang with a fierce expression, asking loudly "What's going on?"

  Chu Ke walked away, and Liu Niang also calmed down, tidied up her hair, looked up at him and said: "Can't you see? This is my courtyard. Hong Xiu Niang rushed in without saying a word, grabbed my hair and beat me. If the young lady hadn't come, I would have had a chunk of scalp torn off. What are you asking about?"

  Being beaten without reason, even the most temperate person can't stand it. How could Liu Niang be an exception? She only had no temper in front of Chu Ke'er.

  Chu Nan had just kicked Hong Xiu and was still fuming, but upon hearing what Liu Niang said, she calmed down a bit. She stood up straight, shook off Chu Gaoshi's supporting arm, and strode over to Hong Xiu, pointing at her and loudly asking, "What's wrong with you, suddenly going crazy?"

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  No one answered, and Hong Xiuniang was still unconscious. The maids were originally crying bitterly, looking pitiful as if they had been bullied, but now seeing the master pointing at their mistress, they were also scared into silence.

  Chu Gaoshi saw that the old man seemed to want to let Liu Niang off, shifting all the blame onto Hongxiu Niang's head. She couldn't help but speak up, coldly smiling at Liu Niang and saying "It's indeed formidable, Hongxiu has already fainted, of course it would be said like that now."

  Chu Nancai immediately gave Liu Yiniang a sideways glance again.

  Liu Yiniang turned her head to look at Chu Gaoshi, bowed slightly, but with a cold attitude and voice. "Madam, you are teaching me, but Hongxiu is not the one I knocked unconscious. If Master wants to ask questions, can't I answer? I'm telling the truth, yet it's not allowed. Am I supposed to admit that I dragged Hongxiu into my courtyard to fight?"

  "Chu Gao's eyebrows shot up, hot blood rushed to the top of her head, and she was about to raise her hand to slap her for being disrespectful."

  "Chu Nan shouted loudly, 'Alright, alright! Must you also learn from San Yatou? Don't you have any respect for your mistress's dignity?'"

  Chu Nancai's cry startled Chu Gaoshi, who hastily put down the hand she had raised high and coughed lightly.

  Before she knew it, Liu Niang had already turned and left with a flick of her sleeve.

  The Chu family's anger was so great that they almost fainted from rage.

  Chu Nan had just seen Hong Xiu's maid still crying on the ground, and in anger, he stepped forward again, wanting to kick her. "Quickly carry her away, all of you are giving me a loss of face."

  Chu Gaoshi was taken aback again, thinking to herself: "Does Grandfather's words have a deeper meaning? Is it a veiled criticism?" In fact, she felt disadvantaged because she was just a concubine, and her age was too young. She wasn't as mature as Chu Yunshi in the past, nor did she have the stability of Liu Niangniang. But what bothered her most was that she was a concubine who had entered the household through hot coals, and this made her suspicious of everyone, thinking that they all looked down on her for these two reasons.

  She is always suspicious and thinks too much, others' casual words can make her think for half a day.

  Chu Nan couldn't help but look at the maid with disgust as she helped the fainting Hong Xiuniang away. This aunt, originally just a concubine, was only promoted because of his mother's wishes, and he didn't think much of her. But his mother insisted on promoting her, and as soon as she did, it was like she had taken some kind of medicine - every day she would rave and rant, making a big show of herself.

  Having thought of this, even Chu Gao's wife became annoyed and turned around, flinging her sleeve behind her back, and entered the house of Liu Niang. She left Chu Gao standing alone in the courtyard, where he was stunned for a long time, unable to react, until a maid came up and softly called out, "Madam? Madam?"

  Chu Gaoshi reluctantly turned and left.

  ……

  Chu Ke returned to her residence without making a big fuss, and instead urged Jing Er and Qing Guo to quickly pack up.

  Jing'er and Qingguo were both stunned. The two of them stuttered, addressing the girl... The girl was packing up... "I thought she was so angry that she wanted to run away from home."

  Chu Ke said that in two days, she would be leaving to burn incense and naturally had to pack up. She should bring more clothes and daily necessities, thinking that this trip would take a long time.

  Jing Er and Qing Guo became even more foolish, both with a silly expression... but just as they were about to leave...

  Chu Kei shook her head lazily and didn't bother to explain, "Let's just go." She said as she went to change into a different outfit and swap shoes.

  Jing'er and Qing Guo stared at each other, just about to go collect the clothes, when they heard the young lady instruct Jing'er to quickly take away the newly changed clothes and wash them clean.

  She also stretched out her hand to trim my fingernails for me, all cut short."

  The two of them could only come back and attend to what she had just ordered, both of them were puzzled in their hearts.

  Chu Ke was still anxious and repeatedly urged Qing Guo to cut her fingernails short. After looking at them again, she felt very satisfied and nodded before going into the house.

  Chu Nan followed Liu Niang into the house and saw her sitting in front of the dresser with her hair down, silently combing it without a word. There were also two books placed beside her. Suddenly, he remembered that Liu Niang was originally from a scholarly family but had been reduced to being a concubine. Now she still had to fight with someone as lowly as Hong Xiu... He couldn't help feeling a bit guilty and his voice softened greatly as he asked in a gentle tone, "What's going on?"

  "Yuan Niang paused for a long time before speaking, saying that what I said just now was very clear and not a big deal. But Hong Xiu rushed in and started tearing at me, I repeatedly asked her why, but she just cursed and hit wildly. Later, San Gu Niang came, saw me being beaten and got anxious, lost control... But it's also because Hong Xiu scolded Gu Niang, she's an unmarried girl, can't bear to hear those dirty words, that's why she went crazy."

  Chu Nan just listened and deeply agreed, thinking that it was Hong Xiu who couldn't hold back her usual street-ranter's insults, and the three daughters had never heard such things before, so they were naturally furious...

  She couldn't help but say angrily, "This shrew is being manipulated by someone again. Wait for a moment, I'll go ask and give you an answer."

  Yulan put down the comb and turned around to look at him seriously, saying: "I don't dare to trouble you, sir, nor do I dare to investigate whether Hongxiu was instigated by someone. I only ask one thing of you, sir. This matter has nothing to do with Third Young Miss today. If Old Madam or Madame asks about it, please put in a good word for Third Young Miss."

  As soon as Chu Nan said the words "being instigated by someone", he immediately regretted it, and now that she had caught him saying it seriously, he felt a bit embarrassed. After a long while, he said, "That's natural... but it shouldn't be Old Lady and Madame... it must be those lowly servant women around Hong Xiu who are instigating her."

  Madam Liu didn't argue with him about this either, it was pointless to argue, Chu Nan wouldn't go against the old lady's wishes anyway, let alone for the sake of this concubine and her illegitimate daughter.

  She indifferently turned around and continued to comb her hair, the maid was lingering at the door because Master was here, she didn't dare come in. Madame Liu said a sentence "What's taking so long? Hurry up and come in to comb my hair."

  Chu Nancai originally wanted to say something, but seeing the maid come in, he could only swallow his words and sit down on the chair, closing his eyes and sighing, "Serve tea."

  Another maid responded with a voice at the door and went to pour tea. On this side, Liu Niang gave a soft order to the maid to simply comb her hair into a simple bun, use a hairpin to hold it in place, stand up, tidy up her clothes, and say to Chu Nancai: "Master, please sit back and relax, I'll go take a look at Third Young Lady."

  Before Chu Nan could even speak, he turned around and left. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe, reward on Starting Point website (), your support is my greatest motivation.)

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