Chapter 487 - 320: Solitary Confinement_2
The sisters exchanged a look, then scurried to their parents’ side and pretended to cry:
"Wuu wuu, Aunt Lai wanted to beat us this morning, and the driver, to prevent Aunt Lai from getting off the carriage to hit us, drove the ox cart faster so she wouldn’t have the chance to get down and strike us."
The pretended weeping sisters put on a face of grievance as they finally narrated the morning’s events.
Hongji and Mrs. Li, who had been standing at the door enjoying this spectacle, became alarmed upon hearing their daughters allege that Aunt Lai wanted to beat them. How could this be tolerated?
They looked at Aunt Lai with eyes full of reproach.
"It’s not like that, Old Master, you must believe me, I was only joking, how could I bear to hit these clever and adorable children!"
Aunt Lai sensed something was wrong—she couldn’t afford to not complain, else she might end up being scolded by the Old Master!
"Hmph, a temptress is always pretentious. No sooner does she enter our home than she bullies my granddaughters. Servants, take Aunt Lai and confine her in the little house next door; she is not to dine here tonight. Let her be confined for three days."
Mrs. Lai now felt triumphant. With this drama, she had grounds to deal with Aunt Lai and believed her son and daughter-in-law would also take her side.
As for the young girls, they would surely be grateful to their grandmother. She professed her deep affection for her granddaughters, but it was only because they were of some use to her.