The old lady was so angry that she just breathed out through her nose, but now she gradually calmed down and told Qiuju to bring the things up.

Qiu Ju immediately took out something from the inner room, and everyone saw that it was just a piece of paper.

"You must be thinking, what's the use of a piece of paper, but what if it's a complaint?"

After hearing this, everyone in the third room fell silent. Shen Yiran stood up and said, "Something must have happened. The old lady should have talked to us and figured out a solution together. Why did she go alone?"

Shen Yiran's genuine concern was revealed in his expression and words.

Seeing this, Xu and Rong Qingqing were unwilling to be left behind and followed suit with a lot of words.

The old lady waved at Shen Yiran, motioning her to sit down, and sighed, "It will be useless for you to go there!"

Bo Jinxiu set a trap for Bo Jinnian: "The old lady is too tired to talk now. Qiuju, please give her a massage. Third brother, you are going to follow her anyway, so you can talk."

Bo Jinnian was about to speak, but was stopped by Shen Yiran: "Now is the time for the old lady to speak, who dares to speak first?"

As he spoke, Shen Yiran stood up and walked over, offered the old lady a cup of tea, waited for her to drink it, and then gave her a massage himself.

"Old lady, please bear with it. I learned this technique from someone else. It needs more force to be effective."

Everyone could only watch Shen Yiran massaging from the shoulders and arms all the way up to the head and face. After the whole process, they saw that the old lady's face looked much more energetic.

"Oh, Third Sister-in-law is really amazing. No wonder the old lady likes you so much. We really can't compare to you."

Rong Qingqing began to speak with a smile.

Shen Yiran's hands were so weak that he couldn't even lift them up, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead.

Qiuju was quick-eyed and came over immediately to offer a hot handkerchief.

Shen Yiran wanted to raise her hand but couldn't. Bo Jinnian stood up, took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her face, then helped her sit down.

The old lady took another sip of tea and said, "It's no wonder you say I'm biased. It's just that the first and second wives are too different!"

As she spoke, the old lady asked Qiuju to take the petition to show Bo Jinxiu.

Bo Jinxiu took a quick look at it and quickly handed it to Bo Jinjue.

Bo Jinjue looked carefully.

"Suing us for forcing us to sell the farmland at a low price? How come this person also claims that he is the illegitimate son of the Marquisate? This is too ridiculous!"

Hearing this, Xu narrowed her eyes and raised the corners of her lips and said, "Didn't you leave the affairs of Zhuangzi to your care? Something happened, and you didn't know anything about it?"

Shen Yiran was not afraid of her finding fault, and immediately held the armrest of the chair and was about to stand up, but was stopped by the old lady.

"This is not Ran Ran's fault. This person has evil intentions and has been planning for a long time. How could he reveal his tracks so easily?"

Xu did not let it go and said calmly, "I think it's because my third brother's wife is busy running a restaurant and making her own money, and has no time to manage the manor, so she doesn't get any news. When the matter gets out of hand, our entire mansion will be in a passive position."

Shen Yiran had just learned about this matter. Hearing that Xu had been making a fuss about it and that the second wife was also watching the show, he simply walked to the middle and knelt down.

"On the day that the old lady handed the farm to me, I went to see it myself. I met Lai Sheng, the farm manager, and even met all the tenants. I didn't pay attention to the man named Bo among them."

"Although I have been negligent, I still go down once a month to collect the account books, visit the tenants, and check the fields. I think this is the best I can do."

The old nanny who had been standing nearby smiled faintly and said, "The manor was originally entrusted to a steward to manage. They are all old family members for generations. How could it be possible that the master would go to check on them? Wouldn't this make the old family members feel disheartened?"

Everyone knows that the old nanny's son is also on the farm now, following Lai Sheng. Xu was only concerned with finding fault with Shen Yiran and didn't expect this.

Xu had no choice but to blush and smile, "What the old lady said is true. I have never managed a farm before, so I manage it like a shop. I think I still have to listen to the old lady as to how to do it."

The old lady knew that whatever she said would be seen as favoring Shen Yiran, and she would not believe that Shen Yiran was managing the business well, so she ignored her.

"This man said his surname was Bo. Not only did he want to expose us for the sake of justice, he also wanted to divide the property of the Marquisate with you three brothers."

Bo Jinxiu immediately jumped up and cursed, "Where did you come from, you bastard, to dare to covet the family property of the Marquis' Mansion? It's all because you, Third Brother, have no prestige, so any cat or dog dares to come and cause trouble!"

Bo Jinnian said calmly, "Brother, you know that most people don't dare to cause trouble like this, but you can imagine that there must be someone behind the scenes directing this. The difficulty of this matter lies in the fact that it is impossible to prove it. He can still make a big fuss with his mouth and the people behind him."

Bo Jinxiu felt uncomfortable after hearing this: "What do you mean by that, Third Brother? What do you mean even I know about it?"

Xu pulled Bo Jinxiu to sit down, squinted at the old lady's expression, and advised him: "You are being played like a monkey. You jump every time someone pokes you. Just sit still!"

As he said this, he looked towards the second room. Bo Jinjue and Rong Qingqing didn't say a word after reading the complaint.

Bo Jinxiu realized it later and immediately said, "I am worried about the safety of the Marquis' Mansion."

Bo Jinjue sneered and looked at the old lady: "No matter who is behind this, his intention is just to disgust us. If this matter gets out of hand, it will not be good for the reputation of our mansion, and it will affect our official duties in the court to some extent."

Bo Jinjue keenly realized that the person behind this incident might be related to Marquis Yongyi, but Marquis Yongyi secretly made trouble for him without informing him, which made him very resentful.

"So the old lady went to deal with it without saying a word. It was really hard work for the old lady."

Bo Jinjue stood up and saluted the old lady, then raised his head and asked, "I don't know how the old lady dealt with it. Has the person behind this been found?"

The old lady nodded, her expression eased a lot, and nodded to Bo Jinnian: "You did it all, you tell me."

Bo Jinnian sat down and said calmly and briefly: "Although the person behind the scenes is hiding very deeply, I still found some clues."

Bo Jinnian turned to look at Shen Yiran and said, "It was thanks to my in-laws that I found out that the whole thing was actually caused by the Wang Clan of Langya. They wanted to hoard land in Kyoto. They bought a mountain next to our manor, and they wanted some land as well."

Bo Jinjue clenched his fists and asked in surprise, "Wang Clan of Langya?"

Bo Jinnian nodded, and then he glanced at Bo Jinjue before continuing, "Langya Wang Clan knew that the land belonged to our family and it was not easy to take it, so they planned to make the matter bigger and force us to take action."

After saying this, Bo Jinnian stopped talking and everyone looked at the old lady.

"The matter was discovered and resolved by Jinnian. I went there in person to uncover the identity of that person. I heard that the person had already escaped, so I told Jinnian not to catch him. It's enough for the people in the manor to understand."

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