Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Linlang was so angry that she almost laughed when she saw that Madam Song had been stripped of her title and her family property confiscated, yet she still had her eye on the two sets of jewelry that the old Duchess had given her. Then she went around in circles saying that her family had raised the original owner of this body, and now that her family was in dire straits, she should repay them by asking Linlang to give them money.

In particular, Madam Song's letter contained a veiled threat, saying that if she didn't give it to them, she would be branded as ungrateful if word got out, which made Linlang's blood pressure rise.

The Chengen Duke's Mansion did raise the original owner for a few years, but not for long, only about three or four years, because the original owner's parents passed away when she was very young, around ten years old.

When Linlang arrived, the young girl had just finished her mourning period.

Then, about a year after Linlang arrived, she was thirteen years old when she married into the Zhou Prince's Mansion. In total, she spent less than four years in the Chengen Duke's Mansion, so it can't really be said that the Chengen Duke's Mansion raised the original owner of this body.

Of course, the Chengen Duke's Mansion did indeed do the original owner a favor, but the person who did the favor was the old Duchess, not the Song family. They never spent a single penny on the original owner and even bullied her.

If Linlang wanted to repay someone, she should repay the old Duchess, not the Song family. After all, every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor. Otherwise, if the Song family bullied the original owner of this body, and she had raised the original owner for several years to repay the old Duchess, but couldn't repay the old Duchess, would she go and repay the Song family instead? Wouldn't that be incredibly frustrating?

Fortunately, the old Duchess had more than one son, as well as the Song family. The Song family treated Linlang very well, and Linlang usually treated her as a proper relative, sending her generous gifts on the three major festivals and two birthdays as a way of repaying the old Duchess.

Therefore, Linlang ignored Madam Song's letter. If Madam Song dared to do as she said in the letter and go to the capital to say that she was ungrateful, she would directly break ties with her and say that she was raised by the old Duchess, and that the eldest branch of the family had never raised her with a single penny, and had even hindered her marriage and bullied her. They had done her no favors. Even if she wanted to repay the old Duchess's kindness, she could repay her second uncle's family, not the eldest uncle's family that had bullied her.

Linlang ignored Madam Song, but Madam Song naturally wouldn't let her off the hook. Sure enough, she sent Liu Si Niang home to spread rumors about Linlang, hoping to get them out through Empress Liu's family. After all, their family was now in decline and couldn't get into the upper circles by spreading these rumors on their estate, which would only cause trouble for Linlang.

Linlang had known they would do this for a long time, and she didn't take it to heart, because she knew that Madam Song was on good terms with her and would definitely stand up for her.

Sure enough, as soon as such rumors spread in the capital, Madam Song the Second spoke up, saying that Linlang was raised by the old lady in the Chengen Duke's Mansion, and the eldest son's family had never contributed a penny to support her. On the contrary, they had even obstructed Linlang's marriage and bullied her. They had shown Linlang no kindness whatsoever, so it was normal for Linlang not to take care of them when they were down on their luck.

Then they said that their family had never bullied Linlang, and that Linlang had always had a good relationship with them, giving them generous gifts during holidays, which showed that Linlang was a grateful child and not the ungrateful wretch described by the eldest branch of the Song family.

The Song family had killed so many people through usury and taking on lawsuits, and people in the capital already knew they were no good. So, not many people believed the rumors spread by Liu Si Niang. After all, only a fool would believe the words of someone who is wicked to the core. At most, some people might be jealous that Linlang, an orphan, was able to marry well and might gossip behind her back, echoing the rumors spread by the Song family's eldest son. But most people didn't join in attacking Linlang.

Now that Madam Song has stood up for Linlang, naturally no one calls Linlang an ingrate anymore. After all, the old Duchess has two children, and she doesn't get along with one of them. So even if she wanted to repay someone, she wouldn't repay that child, but rather the old Duchess's other child. That's acceptable. Liu Si Niang, seeing that her rumors had no effect, wanted to continue slandering Linlang, but was stopped by her family.

At that moment, Liu Si Niang's mother scolded her, saying, "The Cheng'en Duke's Mansion has fallen, don't you dare bring our family down with you! Stop talking bad about Fourth Madam Chu outside. I've heard rumors that the Zhou Prince's Mansion is very unhappy about these gossips. They'll retaliate against our family, which could harm your sister. You don't want your sister's son to fail to become the Crown Prince, do you? If your sister doesn't achieve her goal, your family will never be able to recover."

Liu Si Niang was initially unconvinced, arguing that offending the Zhou Prince's Mansion shouldn't affect her sister. However, after hearing her mother's words, Liu Si Niang became somewhat hesitant. She had placed all her hopes on her sister; if her sister failed to become Empress Dowager, she would lose all hope of turning her life around. Therefore, she truly didn't want to affect her sister at all. Hearing her mother's concerns, she had no choice but to abandon the idea of ​​causing trouble for Lin Lang, thinking that it was better to settle scores with her later when she had turned her life around.

In fact, the reason why the Zhou Prince's Mansion was unhappy was naturally because Linlang spread the rumor. Since the Zhou Prince and his heir were unaware of the rumor, they had no way of knowing whether they were happy or not.

Chu Yue had been keeping an eye on the eldest branch of the Song family and knew what they had been doing, which made him very angry.

However, Chu Yue is not currently the head of the Zhou Prince's Mansion, so his anger cannot affect Empress Liu. Therefore, the Liu family's concern that angering the Zhou Prince's Mansion would affect Empress Liu is just a rumor spread by Linlang to prevent the Liu family from cooperating with Liu Si Niang in spreading rumors.

As long as the Liu family doesn't cooperate, Liu Si Niang and the other members of the Song family's eldest branch won't be able to spread rumors in the capital. After all, they have disappeared from the upper echelons of the capital and no longer have the ability to spread rumors.

As expected, the Liu family was still afraid that this matter would bring them trouble, so they rejected Liu Si Niang's suggestion to spread all sorts of unpleasant rumors.

After the Liu family stopped cooperating, the rumors quickly disappeared. After all, most people had no grudge against Linlang and would not help Liu Si Niang and Madam Song spread the rumors for free.

Although the minor incident ended there, both Linlang and Chuyue felt even more disgusted with Madam Song and Liu Si Niang.

Last time, Chu Yue took the initiative in dealing with Madam Song and the others; this time, Lin Lang made the first move.

Dealing with Madam Song and Liu Si Niang was incredibly easy for her; she didn't even need to hang any unlucky charms. She simply mentioned the locations where Madam Song and Liu Si Niang lived, along with the families Madam Song had previously harmed, and people came seeking revenge. (End of Chapter)