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Chapter 1708 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 29
Master Li Si had a falling out with Li Yu, and then he brought up the matter with Master Li Er, asking him to discipline his eldest son, who was really rude.

When Master Li the Second saw Master Li the Fourth blaming Li Yu, he hurriedly asked what had happened.

Then, Li Si said that when Linlang came to the fourth branch of the family, she didn't pay her respects to Li Si's wife first, but went to see Chen Shi. Li Yu didn't care about this either. Li Er thought Li Si was being very strange.

However, Master Li Er didn't want to get entangled with him, so he didn't directly confront him. He only said that he would tell Li Yu when he got back. Of course, he definitely wouldn't tell Li Yu, since he didn't need to mention such a trivial matter to Li Yu.

And so the matter was left unresolved. Madam Li was naturally unhappy that all the fuss had amounted to nothing and that Master Li had failed to get her revenge.

But after a while, she didn't have time to be unhappy anymore.

Master Li is known for his extravagant spending. Although he doesn't gamble, he enjoys visiting brothels.

That day, he went to a brothel to drink and got drunk. He collapsed to the ground, unconscious. After being carried back, he was not dead, but he was paralyzed and bedridden.

This is naturally Linlang's doing.

Linlang originally intended to kill Master Li, but then she thought that if she killed Master Li, it would be bad if Madam Li abused Chen or sent Chen back home because of her status as the mistress of the house.

Although she was in the mansion, she didn't live in the same courtyard. She couldn't possibly know what was happening on their side all the time. Even if she kept an eye on them with her personal camera, she couldn't watch it live because there was no internet. She could only watch it afterward. So, when something happened, she couldn't get there in time and therefore couldn't protect Chen Shi.

Even if Madam Li Si didn't dare to mistreat Chen Shi, if Chen Shi were sent back home, given her personality, she probably wouldn't be able to accept it. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so grateful to Master Li Si for only demoting her from wife to concubine and not sending her back.

In that case, it would be best to paralyze Master Li.

As long as Master Li is alive, Madam Li has no right to drive away his concubines.

There's no need to worry about Master Li being paralyzed. Madam Li has made Chen serve him, causing Chen immense suffering. Even if Madam Li makes Chen serve him, Master Li's birth mother, Consort Wu, is still not at ease and will definitely send an experienced servant to take care of Master Li. After all, Master Li is a grown man, paralyzed in bed, which is simply beyond the ability of a weak woman like Chen to take care of. For example, can Chen carry Master Li to the toilet? Can she help Master Li bathe and dress? Impossible, she doesn't have that kind of strength.

Just thinking about Chen's small stature, even if Madam Li wanted to torment Chen and make her serve others, Consort Wu would never agree.

Sure enough, after Master Li brought him back, Consort Wu was extremely anxious. After weeping bitterly, she assigned several strong and healthy servants to take care of her son, leaving Madam Chen with nothing to do.

After arranging the matter, Consort Wu went to Prince Ying and cried, asking him to deal with the brothel.

She never thought there was anything wrong with her son. Now that he was so young, and something like this had happened, it must be the brothel's fault. After all, he was her son, and the Prince of Ying couldn't remain completely indifferent, so he did take action, but only managed to get some compensation for his fourth son. It was impossible for him to shut down the brothel, because he had inquired and found out that the brothel was owned by the Empress Dowager's family. Although the Prince of Ying held a high position, he was just a prince with little power and wouldn't dare to bring down the Empress Dowager's family's business.

When Consort Wu heard that the brothel was owned by the Empress Dowager's family and that the Prince of Ying couldn't bring it down, she could only shut up. At least the brothel lost 10,000 taels of silver, which was better than nothing.

This is also why Linlang chose to target Master Li Si at a brothel. Although Master Li Si also spends a lot of money at restaurants, restaurants are at least respectable places. But brothels are different. Brothels have harmed countless girls, and they are even owned by the Empress Dowager's family. If Linlang doesn't deal with them, who else should she target?

Of course, it's not just this brothel that has a prestigious background. Any brothel in the capital with a slightly better reputation has a powerful backer. After all, such dens of iniquity can't survive without a strong backer.

So it was the Empress Dowager's family's bad luck. Who told Linlang to go to their brothel when she wanted to make her move? If it had been a different brothel, Linlang would have done the same.

After Master Li Si fell from power, Madam Li Si's life became difficult.

You should know that before, she was able to get a lot of money from Master Li.

Master Li received his monthly allowance and annual stipend, as well as money from Consort Wu and Madam Chen. He spent it all on himself, and some of it ended up in the hands of Madam Li.

She relied on her son and said that Master Li was never home and that she was the one raising the son and needed money. Master Li thought that made sense and that he couldn't let his son suffer. So some of the money that Master Li had swindled from various places ended up in her hands.

Now that Master Li has fallen, although all of Master Li's monthly allowance and annual stipend are now hers, that's only a small part. The bulk of it still comes from Consort Wu and the money she got from Madam Chen. Since she can no longer get money from those two sources, her life is naturally going to be difficult.

Consort Wu would naturally be willing to give money to her son; she might also be reluctant to give money to her grandson; but giving money to Madam Li would be impossible.

In her eyes, Madam Li was just a maid who had been born into wealth. She was lucky to become the mistress of the fourth wife by giving birth to a son, which was already quite good. How could she possibly give her money if she wanted to ask her for it?

If Madam Li Si tries to use the excuse of raising her son to ask her for money, she won't be as easily fooled as Master Li Si. She'll definitely say that the mansion provides food and lodging, so why would she need to spend money on her grandson? Besides, Madam Li Si already has monthly and annual allowances for both her son and grandson, which she currently manages. In addition to her own money, she manages all three of their allowances, so there's no shortage of money for them.

She would also say that she wanted to save her money for her eldest grandson when he grew up, and that she would never give it to him.

They were both born as concubines, so she didn't know Madam Li's ulterior motives. With so much money, she still needed more; it was all just a way to make more money.

As for what she'll do with the money, it's not necessarily for her grandson. Maybe it's for her family to come and take advantage of her, and she'll pretend to be rich and give them money to use as a "blood bag" for her family. Maybe she'll eat well, dress well, and use the best things in the world. Or maybe she'll even keep a lover outside the marriage, since her son is like this, and she's afraid she can't keep him. All of these are possible.

Therefore, she would not give the money to Madam Li Si, but would give it directly to her grandson, so that if the money ended up in this woman's hands, it might not end up in her grandson's hands in the future.