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Chapter 1724 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 45
When Madam Zhou and Master Zhou heard from the matchmaker that the second aunt's son wanted to take their child as a concubine, they were furious. They said, "My daughter will be the legitimate daughter of the Duke in the future. How could she possibly be a concubine to that son of hers!"

Madam Zhou and Master Zhou have been in the capital for several years now, and they know what a Duke's title means in the capital. They know that the Duke's family is definitely the top noble family. Even if no one in their family holds an official position in the court, so their status is lower than those nobles with real power in the court, they shouldn't be so destitute as to have their legitimate daughter become a concubine of a member of the imperial clan who is a general in charge of assisting the state. If this gets out, won't they be laughed to death?

Upon hearing the angry outbursts of Madam Zhou and Master Zhou, the matchmaker immediately signaled for the two to dismiss the servants, and then told them about how Zhou San Niang and the second aunt's son had gotten together.

Then he said, "Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to marry her. Otherwise, if we wait until the Third Miss is pregnant, it will be bad for our reputation. If we marry her now, at least we can tell outsiders that we are in love and that's why we are getting married. Once she is pregnant, everyone will know that we are together because of an affair. If we have an affair before marriage, it will be bad for the Duke's mansion."

When Madam Zhou and Master Zhou heard that their daughter was with the son of their second aunt, they were furious. However, they did not think their daughter had done anything wrong. They immediately concluded that the son of their second aunt must be a bad person who had seduced their daughter.

As mentioned earlier, apart from Old Master Zhou, the rest of the Zhou family members are not very bright. So when Madam Zhou and Master Zhou heard that their daughter had a relationship with the son of their second aunt, their first thought was naturally not that their daughter had seduced the son of their second aunt, but that the son of their second aunt was a bad person who had seduced their daughter.

They thought this way because they believed that the two women were all from the countryside and were honest people, unlike the second aunt's son, who was from the city and was not honest. He was a womanizer and could easily bewitch their daughters with a little trickery, which was quite normal.

Well, they weren't entirely wrong, since the second aunt's son also wanted a daughter of a duke as a concubine, so he deliberately catered to Zhou Sanniang, making her plan succeed. In a sense, the second aunt's son seduced their daughter.

When Madam Zhou and Master Zhou heard from the matchmaker that their daughter had an affair with the son of their second aunt and had no choice but to agree to the matchmaker's proposal, they immediately told Linlang about it, wanting to ask them for advice on how to deal with the second aunt.

They didn't tell Old Master Zhou, fearing he would scold their daughter for being foolish and messing around with people, so they only asked Linlang for advice.

When Linlang saw that Madam Zhou had come to the Prince's mansion to ask her for advice, she said, "If we deal with Second Aunt, what if it affects my younger sister?"

Madam Zhou said, "Dealing with her won't affect Third Sister. Even if she dies, her son has a title and will move out to live separately in the future. Your sister won't have a bad life."

That's different. With Second Aunt dead, her son will lose one source of income, and his life will become much harder.

Since the second aunt's son is having a hard time, Zhou Sanniang's life will definitely be affected as well.

Linlang didn't mention this point. After listening to Madam Zhou's words, she nodded and said, "Then I will keep Mother's instructions in mind. Once I think of a solution, I will tell Mother."

In fact, she had already planned to deal with her second aunt. After all, things were temporarily calm at the Prince Ying's mansion, and there was nothing troublesome anymore, so she had time to deal with her second aunt. It just so happened that dealing with her second aunt would disrupt Zhou San Niang's life and make her miserable, which was also part of her plan, so she could certainly do it.

Dealing with Second Aunt is not difficult. After all, Zhou San Niang insisted on marrying her son, which made Second Aunt very dissatisfied with Zhou San Niang. Once she was dissatisfied, she would definitely cause trouble for her.

She knew that Zhou San Niang wanted to marry into a noble family, so no matter how much she tormented Zhou San Niang, Zhou San Niang would not beg to leave. This meant she could do whatever she wanted to her.
She wasn't worried that her son would feel sorry for her. Her son just wanted the prestige of being a concubine of a duke's daughter, and he probably didn't like her much. She didn't need to worry about her son feeling sorry for her when she dealt with Zhou Sanniang.

Once the Second Aunt deals with Zhou San Niang, Zhou San Niang will be unable to bear it. Given her personality, she certainly won't sit idly by and wait to be killed. She will definitely find a way. When the battle begins, it's quite normal for the Second Aunt, who is old, to die of anger or have a stroke.

—This is Linlang's method: taking advantage of the battle between Zhou Sanniang and Er Gu Tai, she kills or maims Er Gu Tai, and pretends that Er Gu Tai died from anger caused by Zhou Sanniang.

Afterwards, the second aunt's son will definitely be unhappy that Zhou Sanniang hurt his mother, and then he will cause trouble for Zhou Sanniang. In the end, Zhou Sanniang will be in big trouble, and that's how she avenges the original owner of the body.

After receiving Linlang's agreement, Madam Zhou felt relieved and went home to wait patiently.

The reason she trusted Linlang so much was because, apart from the old master, Linlang was the most capable person in the Zhou family (her eldest daughter-in-law was also good, but she felt that the other party was not as shrewd as her eldest daughter). If she didn't trust her, who else could she trust? So, as soon as Linlang agreed, she naturally felt at ease.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhou Sanniang entered the house, her second aunt immediately started causing her trouble.

Zhou San Niang never expected that her second aunt, whom she had always thought was a nice person, would become such a monstrous person as her mother-in-law. Naturally, she was unhappy. After failing to reason with her second aunt, she resorted to scare tactics, saying that if her second aunt treated her badly, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion would not support her in the future.

When the second aunt heard Zhou San Niang's threatening words, she was speechless. She thought, "Does she think the Zhou family won't support her? She's doing quite well in her husband's family and doesn't need the Zhou family to back her up at all."

Besides, with the Zhou family's abilities, how could they possibly support her? Absolutely not! If something really happened to her, and she asked the Zhou family to say something on her behalf, they probably wouldn't dare utter a word once they saw her husband, Prince Yonghe. What a joke to say they'd help her!

Therefore, Second Aunt was not afraid of Zhou Sanniang's threats at all. On the contrary, seeing that Zhou Sanniang dared to threaten her, she became furious and made trouble for Zhou Sanniang even more.

Zhou Sanniang was not someone to be trifled with. Moreover, she now felt that as the legitimate daughter of the Duke, she had a very high status and was not afraid of her second aunt at all. So when she saw that her second aunt was still causing trouble for her after she threatened her, she started to fight back. She thought, what was there to be afraid of? If her second aunt dared to do anything to her, she would have her father and brothers cause trouble for her in the future.