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Chapter 1707 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 28
Seeing that Chen's condition was alright, Linlang left.

As she was leaving, she saw the maidservant beside Madam Li peeking around the main house, probably thinking that she was unhappy that Madam Li hadn't visited her first, but only went to Madam Chen. But Linlang didn't care about her displeasure. She visited Madam Chen and left without even making a follow-up visit to Madam Li, which probably made Madam Li furious.

But Linlang didn't care about any of that. All she knew was that this woman was bullying Chen Shi, so she couldn't associate with her.

If this woman is just a scoundrel of Master Li Si who made her his official wife and she did nothing, then it's not her fault. After all, she's just an ordinary woman in ancient times and wouldn't dare to disobey her master's decision. So Linlang wouldn't have any ill feelings towards her; at most, she would just ignore her.

However, after being made the official wife, this woman did not obediently act as her legal wife, but instead frequently caused trouble for Chen and her three daughters.

Of course, she knew that her position belonged to the Chen family, so she didn't dare to directly cause trouble for the Chen family and her three daughters. Instead, she used her influence to speak ill of the Chen family and her three daughters to Master Li, so that Master Li would scold them.

It would be strange if Linlang didn't dislike Madam Li. She was always protective of her own. Madam Chen was her sister-in-law's mother, so she would naturally protect her. She wouldn't have any good feelings towards Madam Li, who had taken Madam Chen's position. Moreover, Madam Li had bullied Madam Chen, so she definitely wouldn't give her a friendly look.

She wasn't afraid of upsetting Madam Li, since Madam Li couldn't do anything to her anyway, nor was she worried that Madam Li would be able to bully her and then take her anger out on Madam Chen and her two daughters, letting Master Li deal with them. Because she had already decided to deal with Master Li, once she had no backer, who else could she let deal with Madam Chen and her two daughters? Was she planning to do it herself? If she really did, she wouldn't mind dealing with this woman as well.

As Linlang had predicted, Madam Li was indeed unhappy that Linlang didn't take her seriously. However, since she had been promoted to the position of principal wife and her husband had demoted her to a concubine, there was a lot of gossip in the household. Therefore, she didn't dare to directly cause trouble for Madam Chen. She only dared to whisper in Madam Li's ear and speak ill of Madam Chen, hoping that Madam Li would deal with Madam Chen.

Now that he was unhappy, he started badmouthing Chen to Master Li again.

She immediately recounted what had happened during the day, and then complained to Master Li, saying that Linlang did not respect her as her fourth aunt, which was a slap in the face to Master Li.

Upon hearing this, Master Li Si became furious and immediately disliked Linlang.

But as an uncle, he couldn't very well go and scold his nephew's wife for not respecting his own wife.

Unable to scold Linlang, Master Li could only scold Madam Chen.

When Madam Chen saw that Master Li had inexplicably scolded her again, although she didn't know why, she had been brainwashed and felt that she must have done something wrong. So as soon as she heard Master Li scold her, she started to apologize. Anyway, she was used to it.

After giving Chen a severe scolding, Master Li Si didn't feel relieved. After all, Chen was now completely obedient, and she would listen respectfully as long as he scolded her. What was the point? He still wanted to teach his niece-in-law a lesson so that she would know to respect her elders.

Immediately, Master Li found Li Yu and scolded him, saying that when his wife came to the fourth house, she didn't pay her respects to his wife first, but instead went to his concubines first, which was very impolite. He told him to go back and teach Linlang proper manners.

When Li Yu first saw his fourth uncle looking for him, he wondered what business his idle uncle could possibly have with him. But it turned out to be about this very matter, leaving him speechless. To be honest, everyone in the household thought that Master Li was quite unkind. You think it's bad that Chen didn't bear a son, so you demote your wife to a concubine, fine, but to constantly berate her and then take her money—what is this if not unkindness?

He already felt guilty towards his wife for demoting her to a concubine over the sake of the title, and then he scolded her every day. Not only that, but he also took her money. Is this something a normal person would do?

Because of these things, the people in the mansion actually looked down on Master Li.

Unexpectedly, Master Li Si had the nerve to scold him now. Li Yu then said calmly, "Aunt Chen is my wife's sister-in-law's birth mother. Before my wife went to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, she repeatedly instructed my wife to take care of her birth mother. It's perfectly normal for my wife to visit Aunt Chen. As for not paying respects to Fourth Aunt first... is there such a rule? When you go to see someone, do you have to pay respects to the principal wife first?"

There is no such rule at all; it's just an unspoken rule. It's like when people visit someone's house, they first pay their respects to the master before asking to see the concubines. In the Prince of Ying's mansion, the various rooms are shared, but the courtyards are almost independent, which is also an unspoken rule.

Unless it's a servant or another concubine coming to see Madam Chen, who is of equal status, they don't need to pay their respects to Madam Li; they can just meet her directly.

If any mistress comes to see Madam Chen and doesn't first pay her respects to Madam Li and explain her purpose, it would indeed be somewhat disrespectful to Madam Li as her mistress.

But these are all unspoken rules, not official rules. Some people don't follow these unspoken rules, even though it's not explicitly stated. Since it's an unspoken rule, and people don't recognize it, what can you do?
At this moment, Li Yu acted as if he knew nothing, which made Master Li Si angry. He slammed his fist on the table, puffed out his beard, and glared at him, saying, "Is this your family upbringing? How dare you talk to me like this?"

Actually, he doesn't really dote on his current wife that much. He only married her because she gave birth to a son.

However, his current wife was someone he had chosen to be his wife. If others didn't respect his current wife, they were disrespecting him. This is why he would get angry if anyone didn't respect Madam Li.

Li Yu was speechless and said, "I don't know where I did something wrong, Fourth Uncle, please give me your instructions."

He wasn't afraid of Master Li. Although his fourth uncle's mother was more favored than his grandmother back then, and thus became a concubine first, making the fourth branch of the family always a little better than his own, now that his fourth uncle's mother, Concubine Wu, was getting old, she was no longer favored, so he had nothing to fear from her.

If Consort Wu were to gain favor, he would have to worry about offending Master Li. If Master Li complained to Consort Wu, she would whisper in his ear to his grandfather, saying bad things about him, and then his grandfather would reprimand him.

Now that Consort Wu is out of favor, even if Master Li complains to her, she can't influence her grandfather to reprimand her.

In fact, his grandfather also disapproved of his fourth uncle's behavior of demoting his wife to a concubine and then frequently scolding his ex-wife and three daughters. He had reprimanded his fourth uncle before. So even if Consort Wu complained to his grandfather, his grandfather would probably not only not help him, but might even scold his fourth uncle for making trouble out of nothing.