Tan Ting was left behind and wanted to follow up, but he didn't know how. He could only watch her leave quickly without looking back.

However, Tan Ting did not stay too long at Zhao's place. He called Zhengji to give instructions and went to Tan's ancestral hall.

When passing by the main courtyard, I couldn't help but pause and take a look inside.

The main courtyard was as quiet as usual, as if nothing had happened.

The concierge saw him and came over quickly and asked, "Master, do you want to enter the courtyard? Madam has just come back."

Tan Ting hesitated for a moment and said forget it.

At least, he should give her an explanation for what happened today.

He raised his feet to leave, thought for a moment and said again.

"Let my wife rest at home. There is no need to go to the ancestral hall."

Xiang Yi did not go to the ancestral hall and ended up in peace.

It's just that Qiao Yun's face was very dark, as if someone owed her a hundred taels of gold. "Two stupid and poisonous women dare to join forces to bully Madam. If Madam makes even the slightest mistake, wouldn't they take advantage of her?!"

she said The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, until Chun Zun came running over with the news from the ancestral hall.

She came up and said that the uncle did not punish Mrs. Fusan and Mrs. Qiu directly. Qiao Yun almost jumped up when she heard this.

But Chunsun said again: "The uncle asked the rich man and Tan Youliang to come over."

When Qiao Yun heard this, she blinked quickly and asked her to tell her everything quickly.

Chun Sun immediately said, "The uncle did not punish the two women. Instead, he made them kneel in front of the ancestral hall in front of the whole clan, and asked the elders of the clan to read the clan's injunctions to them one by one. Every sentence would make people tremble. With one whip, after reciting that chapter of the family motto, the two masters almost fainted from the pain."

Qiao Yun couldn't help but open her eyes.

Xiang Yi listened and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Since Tan Ting succeeded his eldest son, apart from punishing the rebellious tribesmen with thunderous means at the beginning of his succession, he has never opened an ancestral hall to punish such heavy people.

Xiang Yi thought about it for a moment, but Chun Sun laughed, with a look of disgust on her face.

"My wife and sister were not present. When they punished the two gentlemen severely, the two women watched. The whip did not hit them, but it was more severe than the whip. Mrs. Fu San was unconscious. The past three times, Mr. Qiu's eyes were wide open and he was trembling all the time..."

Qiao Yun couldn't help but get excited, "Really?"

She was confused again, "But did you really not whip them?"

Chun Sun said no. , "But the uncle ordered the two gentlemen to clean up the family tradition. If they do it again, it won't be as simple as a whip. When the two gentlemen heard this, they started to clean up the family tradition on the spot."

Chunsun laughed.

"Master Fusan directly called someone and sent Mrs. Fu back to her parents' home because the small temple couldn't afford the big Buddha. Mrs. Qiu was different. There were no people in her parents' home. Master Liang Wu didn't send her back to her parents' home, but sent her to her parents' home. He was imprisoned in the clan temple and was not allowed to run around in the streets for three to five years!"

After saying this, Qiao Yun's face suddenly turned gloomy, "You deserve it!"

Those two people finally deserved it for their evil deeds.

However, Qiao Yun turned to look at his wife, only to see that her expression had hardly changed, and she was just thinking silently for a while.

Qiao Yun hummed and muttered, "This means that our young master doesn't know. If the young master knew that the Tan family bullied Madam like this, then..."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Madam.

"Don't let Brother Yu know what happened today."

Qiao Yun choked and wanted to say something else, but stopped in the face of Madam's serious gaze.

She reluctantly agreed.

Madam cares about my young master's career and the future of the Xiang family more than herself.

But she really hopes that the young man will know and help his wife...

Before Tan Ting left the ancestral hall, he stood on the high corridor in the courtyard and glanced at everyone.

"All the children of the clan should study diligently and work hard. Anyone who stirs up trouble, slanders the clan, or despises the clan rules will be severely punished. In severe cases, they will be expelled from the Tan clan."

The words fell to the ground, and there was nothing . One dares to make a sound.

Everyone understood that the clan they must not slander and must respect also included Mrs. Xiang, who was from a commoner family.

The third rich man and Tan Youliang who were punished were even sweating profusely on their backs.

You must know that they have the protection of a huge clan to live such a stable and promising life.

Once they are expelled from the clan, given the current conflicts between the humble clan and the aristocratic clan, they will be like duckweeds in the water, helpless.

The two of them didn't even dare to take a breath.

Tan Ting slowly looked back at the tribesmen and left the ancestral hall with his hands behind his back.

Tan Jian had never seen his elder brother punished so coldly and severely, but thinking about what Mrs. Fusan and Mr. Qiu did, he felt that he deserved it.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw Yang Zhen beside him throwing away him and chasing his eldest brother.

Tan Jian was startled, and just as he was about to ask his wife what he was doing, he saw his wife rushing to his elder brother's face in two steps at the critical moment when no one dared to offend him.

"Brother, not only did I wrong my sister-in-law about Mrs. Rich and Mrs. Qiu, but also about the bracelet I gave her last time."

She said with a cold tone.

"A clan wife like my sister-in-law doesn't even have any decent jewelry. I can't stand it anymore, so I gave the jade bracelet to my sister-in-law. It's not what the elder brother thought."

This sentence was full of anger. Three points of ridicule, no secret.

Tan Jian's scalp was about to explode. He wanted to smooth things over for Yang Zhen, but he didn't know where to start.

He couldn't help but look at his elder brother.

However, Tan Ting just remained silent for a moment, without any anger at all. Instead, he lowered his eyes slightly and sighed softly.

He guessed from Yang Zhen's behavior today that he had indeed misunderstood Xiang Yi about the jade bracelet.

From the day she stood in front of Tan's house holding the marriage certificate, he thought she was the same person as her father Xiang Zhiyuan.

It was the third day after the death of the third old man, a highly respected member of the clan, and the whole clan was grieving.

The third old man was very kind and generous during his lifetime, and he was a man of great generosity, not to mention being extremely kind to him.

At that time, he personally posted the obituary notice. The disciples of the Third Old Master will come to Qingkan one after another in the next day or two.

On days like this, she arrived at Tan's house with the marriage certificate and stood motionless in front of Tan's house...

Tan Ting thought about the past and sighed again.

However, no matter what happened in the past, this time he understood that

she was different from what he thought.

"Thank you for reminding me, sister-in-law. I'll note it down."

With Tan Ting's attitude, Yang Zhen had nothing to say.

Tan Ting didn't waste any more time and walked back to the main courtyard without stopping. However, when he reached the corridor of the main room, he couldn't help but hesitate a little.

At this moment, the door curtain moved, and Qiao Yun came out. She was stunned for a moment when she saw him, then bowed angrily and left.

Tan Ting was embarrassed and his eyes were stuck in the room behind the curtain.

The curtain blocked her figure, and he couldn't see her, but it was indeed his fault, and he should express his stance to her in person.

Tan Ting paused for a moment, then raised the curtain and entered the room.

The room was quiet and empty, and there seemed to be no lingering fragrance. Tan Ting looked down at the window.

On weekdays, she spent most of her time just sitting under the window doing needlework.

But today there is no one under the window.

Tan Ting subconsciously thought that she was not in the room, but the next breath, the gauze curtain in the inner room moved slightly.

She lifted the curtain and walked out, and her eyes met his as he looked over.

Tan Ting paused slightly, thinking about what kind of attitude she would have. No matter what, he accepts it.

Unexpectedly, she looked as usual, as if nothing had happened, and walked forward calmly, no different from before.

"Master is back."

Tan Ting was stunned.

He had thought about many of her reactions, but he never thought it would be like this.

Tan Ting was stunned, watching her calmly walk forward, raising her hands to undress him as usual.

She was not tall, especially when she stood in front of him with her head half bowed, she looked even more slender and petite.

There was no emotion on her face, and her eyes were covered by thick eyelashes under Yuanshan Qiandai's eyebrows. Tan Ting could not see the eyes, only the white tip of her nose and chin.

She neatly untied his brocade robe, turned around and put it aside.

Her back was not thick, standing half upright like a thin bamboo in the deserted room.

Tan Ting thought of how today in Qiuzhaoyuan, with her back as thin as a bamboo, she was being slandered and questioned, her accounts for many years were checked, and her private affairs were spread out and searched...

He couldn't help but think I paused in my heart and secretly thought about how to apologize to her.

She had brought him a set of regular robes with tooth-colored embroidery of ten thousand characters on the head.

She was in front of him again. Tan Ting didn't keep her busy anymore. He took the clothes himself and said softly "Thank you."

As she thanked her, she paused almost imperceptibly, and then took the girdle over again.

When she tied his girdle, she always fastened it from the front, then turned it to the back and hung the pendant in front of his waist. She had never put it around his waist and tied it in the back for him.

It was the same today. Tan Ting's eyes fell on her toes, and he realized that although she was close to changing clothes for him, her feet were not close, or even a little far away...

Tan Ting didn't pay attention to how long he looked at her, until Her hand holding his girdle was a little dazed.

The jade buckle on the girdle seemed to be stuck. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't buckle it for him. Yuan Shan's dark eyebrows frowned slightly.

There was something wrong with this jade button, and Tan Ting came to his senses.

He whispered, "I'll do it."

At the same time, he stretched out his hand and just touched her fingertips.

Her fingertips were cold, not warm at all.

Tan Ting felt relieved.

In the past three years, he did not do well, and he wrongly blamed her in advance.

No matter what, he had no intention of denying his fault or refusing to admit it.

Tan Ting noticed the person in front of him and was about to say something.

The jade button clicked shut.

But under his inadvertent touch, she suddenly withdrew her hand, then took a step back and backed away from him.

Tan Ting looked at her blankly.

As if aware of his gaze, she raised her eyes and asked without emotion.

"Do you have any other instructions?"

"No..."

Before Tan Ting could finish her words, she saw her nodding, then bowed and left the inner room neatly.

The bead curtain swayed slightly, and silence emerged from the cracks in the ground.

What Tan Ting wanted to say was stuck on the tip of his tongue. He stood awkwardly where he was just now, looking at the direction she left.

He didn't say a word of what he wanted to say.

As for her, Tan Ting understood a little bit. She didn't seem to have thought about hearing anything from him...

The room was clearly lit with light and refreshing lights. Fragrance, but Tan Ting's heart seemed to be blocked by something, and only a sour and swollen unknown emotion emerged from the small cracks.