After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

When I came to the inner room, I felt a strong medicinal smell. Then I looked at the person lying on the bed. He was sleeping with his eyes closed, but his eyebrows were furrowed, and his sleep was extremely uneasy. Her complexion was sallow, her thin cheekbones were bulging, and her eyes were dark, like someone who was about to die.

Seeing her daughter-in-law like this, Mrs. Dingyuanhou felt very distressed. She hurriedly stepped forward and called out: "Wenlan, mother is here to see you."

When the restless sleeper heard this, he seemed to be frightened, and opened his eyes suddenly. When he saw the person in front of him, and saw that it was the old lady, his eyes widened even more, and his body was actually trembling.

Seeing her like this, the old lady felt even more distressed, "Wenlan, you..."

The old lady choked up as she spoke, "You and Zheng'er are deeply in love with each other, but no matter what, he is gone. You have to relax and stop torturing yourself like this."

Mrs. Hou called out tremblingly: "Mother..."

"Wenlan, I lost my husband when I was young and lost my son when I was old. I can't survive this. You still have a long way to go. You still have two sons. You have to grit your teeth and get through it." The old lady wiped her tears and said Thinking of something, he hurriedly said: "Wenlan, the eldest princess is here to see you."

When Mrs. Hou saw the eldest princess behind the old lady, her face became even paler. She subconsciously stepped back and covered herself with the quilt. "My wife, I would like to thank you for your concern, but I am sick and I am afraid that I will infect the eldest princess."

When the eldest princess saw Mrs. Hou like this, she couldn't help but sigh, "Madam, please relax. Mr. Hou's spirit is in heaven, and he must not feel at ease seeing his wife like this."

"Thank you to the eldest princess and mother. I...I really don't have much energy, so I won't leave two more." Mrs. Hou said weakly.

The old lady nodded, "Lie down quickly."

Mrs. Hou breathed a sigh of relief and lay down, "I would be rude if I asked Aunt An to see you two out."

The old lady patted Mrs. Hou's hand on her chest and said gently: "This room smells of medicine. I don't know what prescription you took. It's probably not a good prescription, otherwise you wouldn't be so sick. Mom has brought some doctors from the city and asked them to look at it together and come up with a prescription for recuperation. When you recover, you will return to the Marquis Mansion as soon as possible. You have to support such a big family."

When she heard that the old lady had brought the doctor, Madam Hou was trembling with fear.

"I, I'm fine, I don't want to see a doctor, I..."

The old lady couldn't tolerate Mrs. Hou's refusal and stepped aside to let the doctors come forward, "I'm sorry to bother you."

"Mom, no! No!" Mrs. Hou yelled in panic, hiding back and covering herself tightly with the quilt.

The old lady frowned, "Wenlan, what are you doing? It's making people laugh."

"I really don't want to see a doctor. I can't see a doctor. I..."

"Nonsense! Mom is not trying to harm you by asking you to see a doctor. Why are you so resistant!"

"No, no, no..." Mrs. Hou shook her head and cried, becoming more and more emotional, "Unless...unless you want to force me to death..."

"You!" The old lady pointed at Mrs. Hou, her fingers trembling with anger, "Are you stunned, or..."

When she thought of something, the old lady's expression immediately changed, but she quickly denied it, "Impossible! The rumors can't be true!"

The eldest princess could see clearly from the sidelines. Although she also frowned, and although she didn't believe it, the current situation was just scary...

"Excuse me, the doctors, please go out first. I and the old lady have a few words to say to Madam Hou."

The doctors actually understood it in their hearts and hurriedly left. Not only that, the eldest princess also went out and told the two nuns outside to guard the door of the main room and no one was allowed to approach.

When the explanation is given and the eldest princess comes back, everything inside and outside the house will be clean.

She looked at Mrs. Hou. She was covering herself with the quilt, still shaking, tears streaming down her face, and she didn't dare to look up at anyone. The old lady was holding on to the bed rail. She was so angry that she couldn't even stand.

The eldest princess first helped the old lady sit down, poured her a glass of water, and then said: "Old lady, don't be anxious, maybe we are overthinking."

The old lady raised her head and looked at Madam Hou with a stern look, "There are rumors that you are pregnant. I didn't believe it at all. I brought these doctors here today just to let them help dispel the rumors and safeguard your innocence. You …”

The old lady let out a heavy breath, "Why don't you let the doctor show it to you? You...do you have something to hide?"

Mrs. Hou lowered her head and just cried but said nothing.

The old lady was so anxious that she had no patience. She slapped her palm on the table and said, "The doctor is outside. If you don't speak, will you let them in?"

"No!" Mrs. Hou shouted.

The old lady leaned back on the chair as if she was weightless, her eyes widened to the point of confusion, "So you...are you really pregnant with the seed of some wild man? As the wife of the Marquis of Dingyuan, you don't keep your husband's integrity, and you actually... You actually have the nerve to have an affair with another man, you... you ruined the reputation of my Hou family, I can't spare you!"

"Old Madam!" Madam Hou shouted, "Why is it all the woman's fault when something like this happens?"

"You still don't think you were wrong?"

"I was raped!"

"Who? Who is that man?"

"He..." Mrs. Hou covered her mouth and shook her head in tears, "I can't say it, I can't say it."

"You are just living with a man, and yet you want to protect him!" The old lady was so angry that she stood up quickly, rushed to the bed, raised her hand and slapped Madam Hou hard, "Don't tell me!"

Madam Hou covered her face and forgot to cry for a moment. She just looked at the old lady blankly, "You really want me to say it?"

"Say!"

"You won't hesitate to destroy the Hou Mansion?"

"You... what do you mean by that?"

Mrs. Hou covered her face and cried and laughed, "One month after Han Zizheng's death, I told you that I wanted to leave the Hou Mansion, but you did not agree. You said that a woman whose husband has died cannot leave her husband's family and must serve her parents and raise children and grandchildren for her husband. , you must abide by your reputation, never marry a second time, dress in plain clothes, and regard yourself as your sister-in-law. You also said that in ten or eight years, you will go to the palace to buy a chastity arch for me. When the time comes, there will be two chastity arches in the palace. Chastity Memorial Arch, that’s so much dignity. Oh, it’s not what I want at all to lose this kind of dignity for the rest of my life and keep a chastity for an unworthy person!”

The old lady gritted her teeth angrily and couldn't help raising her hand to hit Madam Hou again.

"Hit me! It's best to beat the child in my belly to death, and then the entire Marquis Mansion will be buried with him!"

"You, what are you talking about? Who is that man?"

Mrs. Hou growled, "Han Zi is a polite Marquis of Dingyuan in front of outsiders, but at home he has a bad temper and will beat me if I don't get my way. You often see it, but you tell me that men beat women, and women You just have to endure it, you can’t cry, you can’t feel aggrieved, and you have to serve a good man with all your heart!”

"I asked you who that man is and why are you talking about this?"

"I can't do it for such a man!"

"Who is he!"

Mrs. Hou snorted and said, "I won't tell you in order to protect the Hou Mansion. But if you insist on asking and put all the blame on me, I can only tell you."