When County Magistrate Fu left, he heard voices coming from the room next door, easily piercing through the thin barrier, dominated by Fu Wenhua's loud voice.
He was complaining to Mrs. Fu, "Mother, you have no idea how detestable that old pious woman from the Yue family is. When I was leaving, she was leaning against the door, smearing our family's good name."
Mrs. Fu's face and neck had turned bright red with anger upon hearing from Nanny Fu and Chuncao about the dangers faced on the day of the childbirth. Hearing her son speak like this, her anger intensified, "Fortunately, your father is now of equal rank with him. Even if an outer official is slightly lesser than a capital official, we have nothing to fear!"
"Exactly, if push comes to shove, we can just bring Second Sister back home, along with the nephew. Humph, let's see if they dare to bully Second Sister again."
