TPITWOHEF

Chapter 24

In the small courtyard, Master Liu was directly stunned.

Lord Zhou, the lead Imperial Censor admonishing him, brazenly looked upon his own granddaughter-in-law?

What propriety was this!

"Cough cough cough, this sour and spicy noodle, it's a bit choking, a bit choking..." Master Liu turned red and tried to cover it up.

The Old Madam Liu stepped hard on his foot.

But Xiao Chuchu in the carriage continued to complain.

[Lord Zhou, showing no respect for age, took advantage of his grandson's absence and forced himself on his granddaughter-in-law!]

The entire room fell silent.

Concubine Liu almost stabbed through the jade bowl with her chopsticks!

He had actually succeeded in his vile act!?

[Ah, I remember now, it was after this Winter Sacrifice that it happened!]

[Lord Zhou's grandson was a patrol officer in the capital, responsible for night patrols. He thought that on the night when his grandson went on patrol, he could sneak into his granddaughter-in-law's room and force himself on her, even threatening that if she told his grandson, his grandson would definitely divorce her!]

Xiao Chuchu felt angered just thinking about it and clenched her fists. [Later, that poor granddaughter-in-law, unable to bear the humiliation, hanged herself, but he claimed she died of illness!]

[The maidservant who knew the truth was also burned in the throat by Lord Zhou and sold far away.]

Master Liu stared wide-eyed.

The Old Madam Liu and Concubine Liu's chests heaved with indignation.

This old man had completely disregarded the law!

He was a beast!

[Grandfather, you are now an Imperial Censor in the Censorate, responsible for supervising all officials.]

[You must quickly expose this old man's ugly face and not let him get away with it!]

[Wah, when can I speak? Ah, if only Grandfather could hear my heart's voice.]

Master Liu: "!"

He was pointed at by his great-granddaughter.

The Old Madam Liu's expression was complex, but she still refrained from turning to look at the great-granddaughter in the cradle.

The main wife Concubine Liu, looking at the appetizing sour and spicy noodles before her, found it difficult to swallow.

Lord Zhou's granddaughter-in-law was none other than her friend Minrou before she entered the palace.

When her father had just passed the highest imperial examination and became a scholar-official, her mother brought her to the capital to attend the autumn celebration.

It was then that she met the maiden Minrou, whose father worked at the Hanlin Academy.

At that time, the Min family's official rank was far above the Liu family's, yet this Miss Min never looked down on her and kept her company whenever she was alone.

Later, when the Liu family followed Old Master Liu to take up an official post away from the capital, they still kept in touch through letters.

It was only after she entered the palace that she heard Minrou had married into Lord Zhou's household that their contact gradually faded away.