"I didn’t go to prison! I didn’t go!" Yang Aoshuang naturally did not want to admit it.
However, at this time, another prison guard appeared from outside, who was the one who served with Ms. Huang’s husband. He came forward to confirm that Yang Aoshuang had indeed visited Yang Xiao’an.
For a moment, the situation suddenly turned around.
Ms. Ye’s family was all stunned.
When they finally reacted, Ms. Ye and Yang Lichun could not care about anything else as they pounced on Yang Aoshuang. When women become ruthless, they tend not to care about anything else.
Yang Aoshuang was grabbed by Ms. Ye and Yang Lichun and slapped a few times, while her little maid was held tightly by Yang Qingwen.
The County Magistrate shouted a few times, but there was no response.
"Separate them for me. If anyone moves again, I’ll award them twenty lashes!" the County Magistrate said angrily.
This group of people was truly a horde of troublemakers, so impolite and unruly.
Especially the daughter of a Dean of some academy, who was supposedly a well-bred young lady from a scholarly and noble family. She turned out to be so vicious and shrewish.
"As for Yang Xiao’an’s case, I hereby declare that Yang Chuxia is innocent. In regard to Yang Aoshuang’s suspected poisoning of Yang Xiao’an, an investigation will be launched. Once the truth is uncovered, severe punishment will be given. Now, take them away! Dismiss the tribunal!"
"Let me go! Let me go!" Yang Aoshuang struggled to escape as she was taken away, along with her little maid.
As they walked out of the yamen, Yang Chuxia looked coldly at Ms. Ye’s family.
"So stupid, you were sold without even knowing it!"
Yang Lichun’s face turned pale as she retorted, "Even if we were wrong this time, do you dare say you didn’t visit my father, do you dare say his arm injury has nothing to do with you?"
"Snort? Want to trick me into confessing? Try again in your next life!"
Yang Chuxia shot her a disdainful glance before saying, "I was in a good mood when I came and let you ride my ox cart, but now my mood has soured and I won’t let you have it anymore. Whether you walk back or hire a carriage is up to you."
Yang Lichun was furious but could only watch as Yang Chuxia ordered the ox cart to be taken away.
"Chun’er, I’m afraid we were really wrong this time!" Ms. Ye said after they had left the yamen, "Your father is gone, and so is your mother. We have lost our support. Stop causing trouble in the future and live a good life. Don’t think about things you shouldn’t. Brother An is not someone you can dream of. If we continue to make trouble, I’m afraid we won’t be able to stay in Yangshu Village. Where would you want me to take you and your brother then?"
Ms. Ye’s words left Yang Lichun and Yang Qingwen silent, as the issue was crucial. Although the siblings were unwilling, they had no choice but to yield.
"Let’s go, let’s go home. We have no money to use, so we have to walk back!" Finally, Ms. Ye spoke again.
Yang Qingwen and Yang Lichun exchanged helpless glances, then followed Ms. Ye home.
Meanwhile, Yang Chuxia and her family went to their shop in the county town.
She liked to buy shops with a harem in the back, where they could sell things and rest when they came to the county town without having to stay in an inn.
"Father, how about it? This is our family’s shop in the county town!" Yang Chuxia said with a smile, "I plan to hang two signs, one called Taste Fruit and the other called Artistry Pavilion. It just so happens that there are two separate doors here, and one shop has been divided into two."
Yang Dachuan shook his head when he saw her unaffected by the earlier incident, "You can still laugh, you know that your father’s heart almost jumped out in fear just now."