Their strategy was not particularly brilliant, they knew that. All they wanted was to deceive Song Hailong, as for the Lian Family members, with those several hundred taels of high-interest silver debt and Lian Shouren's future prospects, Lady Zhou and others, even if they understood the truth, would not divulge it on their lips.
And indeed, everything went just as she had anticipated, all quite smoothly.
They thought the matter was settled, but Lian Yeye, who had not reacted earlier nor later, chose this moment to settle old scores in front of Scholar Zhao's Wife and Scholar Li's Wife.
Lady Gu and Lian Huahua, of course, did not know that this moment was precisely chosen by Lian Yeye and Lian Manman: they wanted to bring up the matter only in the presence of distinguished female guests.