After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 102 The slave deceives the master
"Thank you so much, Aunt! I feel really bad for troubling you, Uncle, and Cousin to make this trip and wait for me for so long. I'll stay here and have something to eat before I leave." Ke Yunyun handed the package to Xiao Xi and headed towards the kitchen.

Madam Wan hurriedly followed, and when she saw that Ke Yunyun had actually started a fire herself, she immediately became furious, "If I remember correctly, Granny Zhang is the one who serves you food! The master is already awake, and she hasn't gotten up yet? This is outrageous!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xi, who had just put her things down and entered, immediately began to complain, "Auntie is right, but our girl is gentle and easy to talk to, and can't control the wicked servant at all. That old woman considers herself to be someone close to the master, and doesn't take the girl seriously at all. She cooks when she wants to, and makes excuses when she doesn't want to, such as having a headache, a fever, or being old and feeling unwell."

She can always find a reason, so what can our young lady say? She can't possibly be accused of mistreating her servants!

Madam Wan was furious. "Why didn't you tell Young Master Zhu? Doesn't he dote on your daughters?"

Xiao Xi sighed, "It's true that Master dotes on Miss, but Miss is also afraid of losing favor! Right now, Miss hasn't figured out Master's temperament yet, and doesn't dare to speak up, so she can only endure it for now!"

Mrs. Wan stomped her feet, clearly quite angry. However, she didn't rashly stand up for Ke Yunyun. Instead, she took the spatula and took the initiative to cook breakfast for Ke Yunyun.

The family ate breakfast, but did not see Granny Zhang again until they left.

On the way, Wan told Su Chunsen and his son about the situation.

Su Chunsen kept sighing, "I was worried when that child wanted to become Young Master Zhu's mistress. How can a mistress compare to a noble concubine? Oh well, we'll just have to take better care of her from now on."

"Father, when we get back, Madam and the eldest young master and mistress will surely scold us, causing you trouble." Su Chuan was already planning to launch his scheme, and his words contained many hidden meanings, but unfortunately Su Chunlin did not realize them.

"What's the big deal? We're family, it's only right that we share joys and sorrows."

When Madam Wan returned to the backyard of the Bai residence, before she could even tidy up, she hurriedly inquired about Cuilan's whereabouts. Upon learning that Cuilan had returned to the residence, she began to complain to the maids, servants, and young men, accusing Cuilan of being arrogant and domineering in front of her relatives in the countryside, showing her no respect, and portraying herself as as pitiful as possible.

When Granny Li heard that Madam Wan had returned, she rushed to the courtyard. Unexpectedly, she overheard Madam Wan complaining to a group of people about Cuilan. She immediately frowned and said, "Su Chunsen's wife, why are you arguing with Madam instead of paying your respects to her?"

As if waking from a dream, Madam Wan admitted her mistake with a wronged expression, "Granny Li is right to reprimand me. I also need to go to Madam to make a decision for me! After all, my son's marriage was arranged by Madam, and our family really can't afford to support such a big shot as Cuilan!"

The veins on Li Mama's forehead throbbed, and her face changed instantly. She quickly stopped Wan Shi, saying, "Tell me what's troubling you, and I'll take care of it for you. Don't cause trouble for your mistress during the New Year!"

Wan immediately seized the opportunity to escalate the situation, bursting into tears and wailing, "Do you know how hard it is for me? My son finally got married, but she hasn't even met any of the relatives yet. I was thinking of taking her back for the New Year so she could meet the people and the elders in the countryside."

But she was different! She complained about everything the whole way, and I tolerated all of that. But what about her? As soon as we arrived at my uncle's house, she started looking down on us, complaining that the conditions in the countryside weren't as good as in the mansion. My sister-in-law prepared a delicious meal for us, with fish and meat. But she flew into a rage, saying she was pregnant and couldn't stand the sight of fish. We were deliberately trying to make things difficult for her! Tell me, our elders personally prepared a delicious meal for her, and she's wrong about that?!
Not only was she ungrateful, but she also embarrassed my sister-in-law in public. Do you think I shouldn't teach her a lesson?

After all, she came from our Bai family. How can she be so arrogant? What will people think of our Bai family? They might think that we keep unruly servants who have no manners and disrespect their elders! She's ruined the reputation of our family!

I just cursed at her once, but I didn't lay a hand on her. She got really angry, saying that I couldn't tolerate her and even threatened me, saying, "Just you wait and see." Look at that, what kind of daughter-in-law talks to her mother-in-law like that?
Waaah! My life is so miserable! I thought that as the eldest young mistress's head maid, she would be better than the other maids, but I never expected her to be so outrageous!

"How come I never noticed how ill-mannered she was when she was serving the young mistress? Does she think she can disregard her mother-in-law just because the young mistress is backing her up? I'll go pay my respects to the young mistress later and have a proper talk with her, lest she think I've mistreated her head maid!"

Granny Li's face was extremely grim. She grabbed Wan Shi, who was trying to leave, and forced a smile, saying, "Alright! I know everything you're talking about. Judging from your confident tone, there must be something going on. You must be tired after traveling for so long. Go back and rest. I'll talk to Madam for you."

Madam Wan was flattered and overwhelmed. "Wouldn't this be too much trouble for Granny? Besides, I haven't even paid my respects to Madam yet! That's against the rules!"

“I said it’s nothing, so it’s nothing!” Granny Li was determined not to let Madam Wan go to Madam Bai’s courtyard.

Wan deliberately argued with her for a while before reluctantly returning to her room.

Granny Li stomped her foot inwardly and cursed, "That damned slut Cuilan, I'll settle the score with you later!"

She hurried back to report to Madam Bai.

Madam Bai was indeed waiting to punish Wan Shi. Seeing that only Granny Li had come, she immediately frowned and asked, "Where is she?"

Granny Li rushed to Madam Bai's side and chased away all the other maids and servants in the room. "Oh dear! Madam, I just spoke with Su Chunsen's wife first, and that's when I found out that that wretched hussy Cuilan didn't tell a single word of truth!"
Things are really not as she said! Seeing how certain Su Chunsen's family is, not only are they going to complain to the madam, but they also want to confront Cuilan at the eldest young mistress's place, so that the eldest young mistress won't misunderstand her. Nine times out of ten, what she said is true.

The whole thing is Cuilan's fault. I think that girl has lost sight of her own identity because she's pregnant.

If you were to punish Su Chunsen's family according to the young master's wishes, it would inevitably give others grounds for criticism, and the servants would likely think you are unable to distinguish right from wrong. That's why I just sent her away and came back to report to you."

Madam Bai slammed her teacup down in anger. “You wretch! She’s nothing but a worthless piece of trash, yet she dared to instigate the young master and use him as a pawn! And that useless Zhu Shi! She can’t even keep an eye on her own maid, and she lets Cuilan run rampant, tarnishing the reputation of our Bai family. She’s utterly despicable!”