Chapter 580 - Scheming (1/2)

After this decree was pa.s.sed down, anguished howls immediately echoed throughout the entire room.

Old Madam was bewildered.

When did she ever sincerely want to leave the marquis’s estate? Where else could she live in such comfort?

She was only wailing this offhandedly; how could it be taken for the truth!

They had just moved from a small estate to such a grand marquis’s estate, so she hadn’t enjoyed her fill of these pleasurable days. Yet the crown prince decreed for her to move out and live outside with her youngest son and daughter-in-law?

How could this do? Ahhh! She wasn’t leaving! Where could her set of old bones go?

Glimpsing at Old Madam and noticing that she was about to start protesting, Xu Jiao very swiftly used her filthy, black hand to m.u.f.fle Old Madam’s mouth.

Only if they brought the old lady out with them could they still have connections to the eldest branch later on.

Otherwise, how could they continue to claim connections to the eldest branch in the future after being tossed out this time?

Xu Jiao wasn’t foolish. Just the opposite, she was actually very shrewd.

She knew that she had to keep a hold on Qiao Zhongbang’s mother, because due to that man’s honest and considerate character, he would definitely give in one day.

At that time, their third branch would certainly be able to return…

Pulling along her son Qiao Long, Xu Jiao groveled on the ground with her husband Qiao Zhongheng, and the family of three kowtowed humbly several times in succession. Then, the soldiers brusquely hoisted them up and beat each person with 30 planks before promptly tossing them out the main door.

Granny Niu’s eyes rolled around in a calculative circle, and she cried out, “Ziqin, ah. I’m from the same village as you…”