Though it wasn't quite accurate here, that was the only way to put it.
Liu Shuyue sighed. [No wonder Old Madam Zhuang didn't show up when that old woman came to make trouble that day. She was probably still dazed from being beaten with that big stick and hiding at home.]
Huahua: [When the emperor caught her, Old Madam Zhuang was still limping. The bloody scratches on her face had been left by her daughters-in-law. Seeing that she was old and injured, the emperor merely scolded her for failing to raise her son properly and having the gall to defy all bounds, fined her five hundred taels of silver, and sent her home.]
[After she went back, she still wanted to take her anger out on her two daughters-in-law. But neither of them was any saint. Seeing that the household was completely finished, they took Old Madam Zhuang's private savings and ran off, leaving not so much as a needle behind.]
Old Madam Zhuang had married into the Chen Family, and Wang Dapeng was her nephew. Ultimately, the Wang Family's daughters-in-law didn't have much to do with her.
Liu Shuyue grew curious. [Would the Wang Family really allow their daughters-in-law to do that? Wasn't she afraid they'd retaliate?]
Huahua: [Don't forget, the Wang Family relied on your father too. Everyone knew it. Once the Spring Imperial Examination scandal broke, the emperor immediately settled accounts with your father. The Wang Family can barely save their own skins now. Wang Dapeng's daughter-in-law fled to her parents' home. When the Wang Family went to demand her return, her family splashed chicken manure all over them. Both sides are at each other's throats, and neither the local headman nor the people at the Government Office dare help the Wang Family.]
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