"Husband, it's about time. Let's head back too. We still have to prepare to send them over tomorrow."
"All right. Take them away, and come here less often from now on. What if these fools with a death wish make you ill with anger?"
Zhou Yunshen took her hand and brushed it lightly against his lips.
The Old Madam and the others were shooting daggers from their eyes.
Who exactly was angering whom?
Jiang Wujie immediately said, "It was the Jiang Family's failure to observe proper courtesy that subjected my little sister to this treatment. We'll enforce stricter rules from now on. Unwelcome outsiders will no longer be admitted to our home."
Jiang Mother immediately ordered, "Steward Chen, pack their luggage and have them find somewhere else to stay. Our Jiang Family cannot afford to entertain such exalted guests."
The Old Madam hurried forward to stop them. "You can't do that!"
"They're our own relatives, and they've come from far away! If we turn them out instead of letting them stay with family, people will jab fingers at the Jiang Family's backs when they hear!"
"Besides, the Spring Imperial Examination is almost here. Lodgings outside are so expensive! Does our money blow in on the wind?"
Jiang Wujie said expressionlessly, "Our guests were rude. Merely asking them to leave is already lenient. If they weren't relatives, their heads would have hit the ground by now. Even if outsiders heard about it, they would only praise the Jiang Family's magnanimity."
"Many households have made vacant houses and separate courtyards available this time, so accommodation isn't particularly expensive. They'll be spending their own money, which has nothing to do with the Jiang Family. Grandmother needn't concern herself so much."
"Someone take them to pack their things. They are to leave the Jiang