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Chapter 211 Driven out of Jinwan Village

"What? This can't be true, it can't be true." Old Mrs. Zhang looked incredulous, her body trembling slightly.

“Old Mrs. Zhang, what’s impossible about that? Look at her, she’s a general’s wife. Would a general’s wife lie to you?” a villager reminded her.

“Even if my eldest daughter-in-law becomes a first-rank imperial consort, I will still be her mother-in-law,” Old Lady Zhang said arrogantly.

Although she knew that this daughter-in-law and that granddaughter were no longer the same, she was still an elder, and the Northern Sheng Kingdom valued filial piety the most.

If a junior dares to disrespect his or her elders, he or she will be drowned in spit.

“Old Mrs. Zhang, don’t forget, you’ve signed a letter severing ties. Even if you were her mother-in-law before, once the letter is signed, you’re no longer related!” another villager reminded her.

“Even if the kinship is severed, those children are still my Ruan family’s children,” Ruan Dongchang said firmly. He felt that his mother’s words made a lot of sense, so he said it as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

“The village chief and clan head are both here. You can’t just say it like that. Your severance papers have already been filed with the government.” Another villager shouted.

"What business is it of yours? Why are you so nosy?" Old Mrs. Zhang said, seeing that none of the villagers were speaking up for them, and started acting tough again.

After saying that, he raised his foot as if to rush forward and kick someone, but was stopped by the guards standing next to him.

"Old woman Zhang, you shameless old woman, you're the one trying to frame me. I was just telling the truth, and you still want to kick me!" The villager glared fiercely at Old Woman Zhang.

Seeing that no one was helping her, Old Lady Zhang became so angry that she lay down on the ground and wailed, "I can't live anymore! I can't live anymore! Ruan Xiaojun, you unfilial descendants, just watch me being bullied like this!"

Everyone was stunned by what they saw.

This was the first time Wang Hui had ever encountered such a unreasonable and argumentative person, which truly refreshed her understanding of human nature.

She looked at Ruan Mumu, as if wanting to ask if this old woman was always this unreasonable.

As if she knew what Ruan Mumu was trying to say, she whispered in her ear, "Mother, you haven't seen her skills in crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide! There's nothing she can't do, only things you can't imagine."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hui felt a chill run down her spine. Although her mother-in-law could be unreasonable at times, people from wealthy and influential families always maintained a certain level of decorum and would never truly break off relations.

This old woman has no shame whatsoever.

Wang Hui's face also turned very pale.

"Guards, drag this woman and her son away! Not only have they been spouting baseless accusations against a first-rank imperial consort, but they have also dared to behave inappropriately towards this general, disturbing his wife!" Qiao Feng shouted.

Old Mrs. Zhang and Ruan Dongchang collapsed to the ground, while Old Mrs. Zhang muttered: "You are bullying us by taking advantage of your power."

Then, when the guards approached, Old Lady Zhang started throwing a tantrum again, and Ruan Dongchang also used his hands and feet to prevent the guards from getting closer.

"How many times have I told you not to mess with us? Today you even tried to smear my mother. Do you think you're worthy? It seems you'll never know what pain is until you taste what it's like to be driven away." A layer of frost covered Ruan Mumu's face, and her words were even colder than her expression.

Seeing the anger on Ruan Mumu's face, Qiao Tinghao quickly shouted, "Men, immediately drive these two out of Jinwan Village and never let them set foot in Jinwan Village again. If they are found to be in this village again, kill them without mercy."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Zuo nodded, and four people immediately stepped forward, picked up the two of them, and tried to walk towards the outside of the village.

"Village Chief... Village Chief... We know we were wrong!" Old Mrs. Zhang quickly admitted her mistake under pressure.

"Chieftain, chieftain, please plead with the general for us! We don't want to leave the village! We can't survive if we leave!" Ruan Dongchang cried out to Chieftain Ruan for help.

The villagers watched as the two men were carried away by the guards, simply enjoying the spectacle, with not a single person stepping forward to plead for them.

"Xiaojun, Xiaojun, please plead with the general and the others. I am your own grandmother, and you are my eldest grandson whom I raised since you were a baby..." Old Mrs. Zhang turned her gaze to Ruan Xiaojun, hoping that Ruan Xiaojun would help her plead for mercy.

Ruan Xiaojun coldly said, "Grandma, my sister said in the village before that if you come to cause trouble for our family again, we will drive you out of the village."

You've caused trouble at my house many times, and we've let you off the hook. But today you've come to humiliate my mother, and you expect me to plead for you?

"You brat, who gave you the right to talk to your elders like that?" Ruan Dongchang, though being held captive, still wanted to teach Ruan Xiaojun a lesson.

"Drag him out! Don't think that I, the princess, am someone to be trifled with. Even now, you still don't know how to repent!" Ruan Mumu shouted.

Upon hearing Ruan Mumu's words, the villagers exclaimed in surprise, "Mumu is a princess now?"

"Old Mrs. Zhang, this is the granddaughter you used to despise. Now she's not only a princess, but she's also earned an imperial title for her mother. If you had treated them better back then, you would be enjoying a life of luxury now," an old woman of about the same age as Old Mrs. Zhang sighed.

"That's right! Now that their grandchildren are so outstanding, it's one thing to not treat them well, but they're always thinking of bullying this widow and her orphan," another villager chimed in.

Old Mrs. Zhang and Ruan Dongchang looked rather grim when they heard the villagers' comments.

Just then, someone pushed through the crowd, saying as they did so, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, can you give Mother and Second Brother another chance?"

When everyone looked, they saw that the person who had arrived was Ruan Dongyu, followed by Liu Xiaowan.

Ruan Xiaojun then asked, "Third Uncle, do you know why they came here?"

Ruan Dongyu looked at Granny Zhang and Ruan Dongchang and asked, "Mother, what are you and Second Brother doing here? Didn't we tell you not to bother them?"

Hearing his third brother's accusatory tone, Ruan Dongchang roared, "What are we doing here? The woman you call 'sister-in-law' might have already done something to betray our eldest brother. Of course we came to the general to talk to a shameless slut like her, but who knew they would want to drive us out of Jinwan Village..."

Upon hearing her second brother's outrageous words, Ruan Dongyu was so angry that she punched him in the face and roared, "What kind of nonsense are you spouting? How dare you talk about your own sister-in-law like that? Don't you know what kind of person your sister-in-law is? It seems that kicking you out of the village is too lenient for you."

"Why aren't you dragging him out?" Qiao Feng shouted sternly.

"Get out of here right now."