The next day, Fang Ruomeng appeared in front of everyone with red and swollen eyes.
Upon closer inspection, Fang Ruomeng's delicate right face actually had a bruise. It was clearly the mark left after being slapped hard!
All the girls saw this and were all angry. Yin Xiaoxiao grabbed Fang Ruomeng's hand and said angrily: "What happened to your face? Did you get beaten?"
Anger flashed in Lin Weiwei's eyes: "A slap in the face is not a slap in the face! I know that you have to come to the academy every day for classes, but to treat you like this, I really don't have any dignity as a legitimate mother."
"Even your aunt is going too far!"
Fang Ruomeng cleared her throat: "Actually, I only received one slap..."
"Okay, don't explain anything. We have eyes, can't we see it?"
"You were beaten and cried for a long time, so your eyes are so red and swollen."
"Your aunt is deliberately teasing you and letting you come to the academy like this just to humiliate you."
Before Fang Ruomeng could speak, he was surrounded by indignant classmates.
Xie Mingxi was not in a hurry to speak. She looked at Fang Ruomeng for a moment, her eyes fell on Fang Ruomeng's shining face, and asked suddenly: "Did Sister Fang suffer a loss yesterday?"
Fang Ruomeng said immediately: "No, I only received one slap. My sister-in-law was slapped twice by her father, and my mother-in-law was also scolded and temporarily deprived of the power of the housekeeper. Speaking of which, it was them
Mother and daughter suffer."
Then, he admitted with some embarrassment: "I did cry for a long time yesterday. However, it was because I was too happy and cried with joy. That's why my eyes were red and swollen."
Girls: "..."
This turn of events is so amazing!
Only Xie Mingxi smiled slightly and said: "That's fine. However, you don't deserve that slap! Just to file a complaint, Fang Ruolan deliberately caused trouble and caused trouble at your birthday party, which is enough.
Why did you say something to anger them and get slapped on purpose?"
"In the end, the one who suffers first is yourself."
Fang Ruomeng's eyes flashed with surprise and admiration: "Sister Xie, you are really amazing. You guessed what was going on before I even said it."
Xie Mingxi smiled faintly.
What's so hard to guess?
If you don't have enough strength, you need to take advantage of the situation. Fang Ruomeng is gradually showing his light. Fang Ge and his son are neither blind nor fools. How can they not pay attention to it?
Luo was used to being domineering and arrogant. After being contradicted by Fang Ruomeng, he was so angry that he beat Fang Ruomeng. Fang Ruomeng went to cry and complain, and naturally he was right!
…
Fang Ruomeng quickly opened his mouth and told what happened yesterday.
Just as Xie Mingxi expected, Luo Shi personally scolded Fang Ruomeng and ordered Fang Ruomeng to apologize to Fang Ruolan. Fang Ruomeng deliberately contradicted her a few words.
In anger, Luo Shi beat Fang Ruomeng. Then, he punished Fang Ruomeng to kneel outside the yard.
As expected, Fang Ruomeng knelt down honestly all afternoon. Later, even when Luo Shi ordered her to get up, she did not get up. She knelt down until Mr. Fang returned home.
When Mr. Fang saw Fang Ruomeng, whose young face was covered in bruises and was very weak from the sun, he was furious and asked Luo what was going on.
Luo Shi had never seen Mr. Fang so angry, and he was panicking. He was about to open his mouth to excuse himself. Fang Ruomeng cried and said: "Father, my mother is not to blame for this. It's all my fault!"
"I am a concubine. I shouldn't be smarter than my second sister. I shouldn't be admitted to the Lotus Pond Academy, which will embarrass my second sister and make my mother unhappy."
"I shouldn't have invited so many classmates to be guests on my birthday. Even if my second sister led my third cousin to make trouble, I should have endured it. I should have endured my mother's questioning and anger. Who made me come from a humble background?
?”
"It's just that I am a concubine and my father's bloodline. I can't bear it when my mother lets Mother Zhou slap her. Otherwise, once word gets out, won't it ruin the reputation of the Fang family and make people laugh at the chaos in my father's house?"
"My mother was angry when she saw me contradicting Mother Zhou, so she beat me and made me kneel outside the yard. It is natural for mothers to discipline their daughters, and I have absolutely no complaints in my heart!"
"I only ask my father to make the decision for me, so that I will not be humiliated as a slave in the future!"
After saying that, he kowtowed three times and then passed out.
Mr. Fang's face was livid, and he slapped Fang Ruolan twice: "You bastard! As a sister, you have no tolerance for others! If it's Ruomeng's birthday, and your classmates are having a banquet, you just don't help greet them, but you go to make trouble.
It’s really a shame for all our Fang family.”
Fang Ruolan was slapped hard twice and cried heartbrokenly.
Luo Shi was heartbroken and bleeding, and stepped forward to protect Fang Ruolan: "If you feel angry, you will come at me. Ruolan is still young, how can you understand this..."
"She is young and ignorant, are you ignorant too?"
Mr. Fang cursed angrily: "Lianchi Academy is such a noble place. Ruolan was lucky enough to be admitted to the academy and became the Queen's disciple, which was a favor to Mr. Fang. The classmates and friends she invited to the banquet were all ladies from famous families in the capital, and they had good contacts.
It’s also good to make friends.”
"Ruolan went to make trouble and angered everyone. Who can't talk about it when she returns home? What kind of reputation will Ruolan have by then? When she gets haircut in a few years, what kind of good family will come to propose marriage?"
The more Mr. Fang thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he scolded him, the angrier he got: "I see, you are simply out of your mind! That's all it used to be. Ruomeng was still young and a concubine, and never left the Fang family. You are a mean mother-in-law."
No one knows about this. Now if Ruomeng goes to the academy to study every day, you slap her in the face and she goes to school, who can't see it?"
"My mother is old and has entrusted you with the affairs of the inner house. Is this how you manage the house?"
Luo Shi's face turned pale after being scolded.
Unfortunately, it's too late to regret.
When Mr. Fang Ge returned home and heard about this, his face turned dark.
Mrs. Fang simply took away the housekeeper's right from Luo family and temporarily handed over the inner house to her second daughter-in-law, Zhao family.
Seeing that the keys to the ledger and warehouse and the steward's cards were taken away, Luo was so upset and regretful that he wanted to vomit his knowledge, and that night he "fell ill".
…
Luo's "disease" quickly turned around in the inner house.
This morning, when Fang Ruomeng went to pay his respects to the old lady, even the maids around the old lady became much more enthusiastic.
Fang Ruomeng also had an epiphany overnight.
In the past, she was too cowardly and trapped herself. In fact, her mother-in-law and sister-in-law are not as scary as she imagined! She is not weak and helpless either!
She is the most outstanding daughter of this generation of the Fang family. Her outstanding intelligence is her biggest trump card! It is enough for her to stay in the inner house of the Fang family and protect herself and her own mother!
"...Grandma wanted me to take a leave of absence for a few days." Fang Ruomeng whispered to Xie Mingxi: "I told my grandmother that the academy competition was about to begin, and I wanted to actively strive to participate and could not take leave, so my grandmother asked me to come.
"
A smile flashed in Xie Mingxi's eyes: "I already have an idea about the candidates for the college competition, and I just want to tell you about them." (To be continued)
