The Fourth Lady

Qingyan was very confident that this so called Su Jiashi in front of her, wasn't her real grandmother. After all, her grandmother had been managing the Su manor for many years now, she wouldn't just push all the blame on to Qingyan without even listening to her side of the story.

Su Jiashi was kind and had always treated her the best. Even if she did do something wrong, Su Jiashi would help her take on all the blame. But this time, Su Jiashi not only didn't listen to any of her explanations, but immediately made her apologize to Ning Siyao and Chai Yiyun.

Something felt fishy just thinking about it. And the most probable explanation was that this Su Jiashi in front of her, was not the real Su Jiashi. Or rather, she was some old lady someone found to pretend to be Su Jiashi.

Suddenly, a small snake appeared before Su Qingyan. It flickered its long tongue and told her everything that had happened recently. When Su Qingyan heard these words, she happily smirked.

Luckily, Su Jiashi had just went ahead to Ganyun Temple, else she would've been worried about Su Jiashi's wellbeing.

However, just who in the world was this person before her? She also really wanted to know.

"Are you sure this old lady is grandmother?" Qingyan turned to Ning Siyao and Chai Yiyun, who were kneeling on the ground, and said in a cold manner.

"Su Qingyan, don't be so disgraceful*, isn't the person in front of you precisely mother-in-law. If anything were to happen to mother-in-law, your second and third uncle definitely won't forgive you." Ning Siyao looked to Qingyan and spoke arrogantly.

(*TN: The original idiom, I feel, is more severe in meaning than just 'disgrace', despite that being the dictionary translation of it. It roughly means more along the lines of greatly straying from the path of filial piety and acting against the social etiquette.)

She heard that the appearance altering pill couldn't be easily discovered, and it wasn't possible to be seen through either. That was why she brazenly let Wei mama take the appearance altering pill. But now, why was Su Qingyan able to immediately tell this old madam wasn't the real Su Jiashi.

Qingyan clenched her fist, making a sound, "Second aunt, you shouldn't be so confident in what you say." Qingyan spoke as her lips curled up, "What if when the time comes, this old woman isn't grandmother, how should you explain yourself then?"

"This early in the morning, not paying respect to mother. What are you arguing about here?" Su Ming and Su Yan's voice sounded.

Today was a holiday, and as per usual, Su Ming and Su Yan came to pay their respects to Su Jiashi. Yet, when they walked in, they saw Ning Siyao and Chai Yiyun kneeling on the ground and Su Qingyan choking Su Jiashi by the throat.

"Su Qingyan, what are you doing? How can you do something so disgraceful!" Without even thinking, Su Ming yelled out when he saw Su Jiashi under Qingyan's hand. "Qingyan, how could you do that, this is outrageous!" Su Yan, seeing Qingyan's actions, was also frowning.

Qingyan looked to the two of them and smiled, "Second uncle, third uncle, you came just at the right time. Qingyan was just thinking of asking you, what kind of sin it would be to conspire against grandmother!' "My lord, don't believe what the fourth girl is saying. That is clearly mother-in-law. Yet, she keeps saying that it's a fake." Ning Siyao looked to Su Ming and tearfully said. Chai Yiyun, who was next to her, also chimed in, in support.

Chai Yiyun didn't fully understand the situation. This morning, when she'd arrived here, Ning Siyao had already taken action, and what followed was certainly out of her expectations. But for the sake of yesterday's insult, she wasn't going to let go of Qingyan that wench so easily today.

"Qingyan, no matter what, she's your grandmother. You can't treat her like this." Su Yan looked to the pale Su Jiashi and said with a frown "If elder brother finds out, even you would be punished by house rules."

"Third uncle, don't be so hasty to make judgements." Qingyan still spoke in a cold manner. "However, since you all don't believe what Qingyan says, and second aunt and third aunt even said that this person is unrelated to them, then there's no need for me to hold back." With that said, she reached out and grabbed the so called Su Jiashi's cheeks.

The elderly Su Jiashi was too weak to defend against this. And just like that, a thin layer of skin was ripped off Su Jiashi's face. That so called Su Jiashi was Ning Siyao's Wei mama.

"Oh my, it seems I've accidentally ripped an entire mask off. Looks like this appearance altering pill isn't made by some skilled master!" Qingyan spoke as she played with the skin mask in hand, her tone abruptly turning cold.

"Second uncle, third uncle, now you should believe what I said, right?!" Qingyan slammed the skin mask onto the table as she spoke, "Second aunt, didn't you say that this person was unrelated to you?" "My lord, I don't know what's going on either, must be the fourth girl framing me." Ning Siyao look to Wei mama. Right now, in order to save herself, she could only abandon Wei mama.

"This is just nonsense!" Su Ming turned to Ning Siyao and slapped her across the face. "Just where did mother go?"

"Don't worry second uncle, grandmother has just gone ahead to Ganyun Temple. After finishing the arrangements, she will contact us. But I would never have thought that second aunt would use this opportunity to set up such a scheme." Qingyan didn't intend on letting her off the hook.

"Fourth miss, I beg of you, please let go of this old servant." When Wei mama saw that Ning Siyao was abandoning her, she knew that she was already at the end of her road. She had watched Ning Siyao grow up; she already knew what kind of person Ning Siyao was. Yet she still couldn't help but to help her scheme; perhaps this was the so called 'karma'.

"Don't worry, you're not going to die. I still need you when grandmother returns." Qingyan said as she let go of her, and with a single wave of her hand, a python appeared in Meixiangyuan. The python swallowed Wei mama at once.

"In order to prevent anyone with ulterior motives to make a move, I'll just have my beloved Yun'er keep that servant in its stomach for now." Qingyan said as she began to leave.

"Su Qingyan, you little wench, even if I were to die, I won't forgive you." Ning Siyao no longer looked like a mistress of a house, as she screamed out to Qingyan with a ferocious expression. Qingyan turned her head around to Ning Siyao and dully said, "I'll be waiting, second aunt."

Returning from hell, did they think she'd be afraid of an evil spirit?

"That's right, second uncle, third uncle, it's best if you think about how to explain this to grandmother. After all, this isn't a small matter." With that said, Qingyan turned and left.

Su Ming glanced to Ning Siyao with an angry look, but knowing Ning Siyao's background, he really couldn't just give her a kick, "Well, just what in the world is going on?"

Ning Siyao looked to Su Ming and didn't know how to explain either. She could only helplessly open her mouth, "It's all because that little wench gave me a kick yesterday. I was thoroughly embarrassed." Listening to Ning Siyao's words, Su Ming furrowed his brows. He looked to Chai Yiyun and said with a stern look, "Sister-in-law, why don't you say something, just what happened?"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐