Chapter 399: Did She Finish Copying the Family Teachings?

Qi Bailing’s words actually got the approval of the old ladies.

Tang Li sneered and asked her rudely, “What did you call Wenjing?”

“Tan Wenjing.”

“Since you still call her Tan Wenjing, why should she take care of your mother? Isn’t that what you should do as a daughter?”

“She’s about to marry my second brother!”

“Since you know that she’s about to marry your second brother, she should be your second sister-in-law. As her sister-in-law, how can you speak to her like that?”

“I…”

“Qi Bailing!” Tang Li’s face suddenly darkened, and a powerful cold aura emanated from her body. Not to mention Qi Bailing, even the old ladies were stunned.

Tang Li said sternly, “As the daughter of a rich family, hasn’t your etiquette teacher taught you that you have to show respect for your seniors? Wenjing is about to marry Qi Hao, so it’s not right for you to call her by her name. Since you said that she hasn’t married into the family and shouldn’t come to entertain the elders, why should she take care of your mother?”

“Also, First Madam is crazy. As her daughter, you don’t even dare to take care of her. Why are you expecting someone else to do so?”

“I…”

“Shut up!” Tang Li glared at Qi Bailing, making her speechless.

Tang Li, “Your grandfather always says that he wants peace in the family. But look at you. Wenjing hasn’t even married into the Qi family yet, but you’re already making things difficult for her. Is life in the Qi family too comfortable for you? Why don’t I find you a husband and marry you to him? That way, you won’t have time to deal with your own family.”

“I… I don’t want to marry! I’m still young.” Qi Bailing was furious. She didn’t want to get married. Who knew if she could marry the right person? What if her husband bullied her? She wanted to wait for her mother to recover before marrying, so that she could stand up for her.

“Young? Ha! If I remember correctly, you’re a little older than me.” At this point, Tang Li suddenly called Butler Zhang, who was standing by the door.

Butler Zhang quickly walked in. “Madam.”

Tang Li asked, “I just asked you to take her and those girls to copy the family teachings. Did she finish it?”

Hearing that, Qi Bailing’s expression changed.

Butler Zhang replied, “Fourth Miss hasn’t finished yet.”

“Since she hasn’t finished it, who let her out? Doesn’t she think she can get away with it just because she is the fourth miss?”

“Fourth Miss threatened me to let her out.”

“Humph!”

Tang Li looked at Qi Bailing and said with a cold face, “Go and copy it immediately. If you can’t finish it, don’t come out.”

Qi Bailing was finally scared to tears. She questioned loudly, “What right do you have to make me copy!”

“Because I’m your elder and the Madam of the Qi family.”

“You’re a woman who can’t have children. You have…”

She was slapped on the face before she could finish.

“Ouch…”

Tang Li looked at her with a straight face and said to Butler Zhang in a low voice, “Send a few bodyguards to watch her. If she doesn’t finish copying the family teachings, she can die in the ancestral hall.”

“Yes, Madam.”

“Take her away.”

Butler Zhang walked up to Qi Bailing and grabbed her arm, pulling her out.

Qi Bailing struggled with all her might. “Let go of me. Let go of me. Ah… I’m molested… Help!”

In front of everyone, Tang Li threw a talisman at Qi Bailing. Then, Qi Bailing became obedient.

Everyone was shocked by what Tang Li did.

“Tang Li, what did you just do to Bailing?”

“A talisman to shut her up. Why? Do you want to try it too?”

Tang Li’s words immediately shut everyone up.

Who wanted to try?

They were not stupid.

At this moment, Third Madam finally spoke.

“As the Madam of the Qi family, Fourth Sister-in-Law has the right to punish her. I think copying the family teaching is too light a punishment.”

Tang Li glanced at Third Madam.

Third Madam nodded at her imperceptibly.

Tang Li continued, “Then how do you think we should punish Bailing?”

“Our Qi family is a hundred-year-old family. As a daughter of a rich family, she is supposed to be ladylike and demure. However, all Bailing is thinking about now is how to deal with her family. She’s no different from those bad girls. Why don’t we send her to Country E’s royal training class for a period of time after Xiao Hao and Wenjing get married? That way, she’ll learn to behave like a lady.”

“Third Sister-in-law, that’s a good idea. Let’s do that.”

Third Madam nodded and continued, “You can also send the other girls there if you want.”

“Third Sister-in-law is right.” Tang Li looked at the crowd outside the door. “Who wants to go?”

When the young girls heard that, they subconsciously took a step back.

They had heard of Country E’s royal training class. Although the people sent in were all ladies from big families, the trainers did not treat those ladies as ladies at all. If they did not learn well, they would be grounded or punished severely. They were not willing to go.

However, the old ladies felt that that kind of place was very good.

One of the old ladies quickly said, “Sure, let my granddaughter go too.” When her granddaughter came back after learning to behave like a lady, she would be able to find a good husband.

The other old ladies thought the same and agreed at the same time.

This frightened the group of young girls outside the door.

Tang Li and Third Madam looked at each other and smiled.

The news that Qi Bailing was punished and was slapped twice by Tang Li quickly reached First Master’s ears.

He had been looking for Qi Lingxuan for the past few days and was in a rage already. He rushed to Qi Yihan’s office and shouted at him angrily,

“Fourth Brother, what is your wife trying to do? She actually hit Bailing in front of so many people and even made her go to the ancestral hall to copy the family teachings. Does she really think she can do whatever she wants at will?”

Qi Yihan already knew about it. When he heard First Brother scold Tang Li like this the moment he entered, he said coldly, “First Brother, do you think it was appropriate for Bailing to talk back to her elder in front of everyone? Also, Li is the madam of the Qi family, so she has every right to discipline the juniors. I think what you need to do is go back and tell your daughter to behave herself next time.”

First Master was at a loss for words.

Qi Yihan continued without reserve, “First Brother, Qi Hao is getting married in a few days. When the time comes, everyone will be busy. Don’t forget about the project in your hands. Even if you want to rest, the project has to go on as usual. If anything goes wrong, you’ll have to be responsible.”