Shen Rong was the one who paid the monthly wages for the servants in Pingyang Marquis's mansion every month. Since she did not agree to announce the death, none of the servants in the mansion dared to act rashly.

It would take a month to travel from the capital to the southwest at full speed. Plus the round trip and finding people, it would take Wang Qing until after winter at the earliest.

Shen Rong was waiting for the result.

Naturally, many people in the capital were discussing this in private, but they did not bring it to the attention of the people in Pingyang Marquis' Mansion for the sake of the emperor's face.

After Chen Yuan learned that Changsheng was in trouble and Shen Rong's five-year-old son inherited the title, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

She never expected that Changsheng would be so short-lived. Fortunately, she did not put all her goals on Changsheng.

But when she thought about her current life, she felt as if she had eaten bitter herbs, unable to express her pain. Even though she was thick-skinned and was willing to tell her mother about Yang Cheng's torturous methods in bed, this was the life she had chosen on her own initiative.

At the beginning, she insisted on divorcing Gu Zhaoming for the sake of her so-called status and position.

Now she has status and position, but her life inside is worse than that of a lowly prostitute.

Chen Yuan's misfortune was surprisingly balanced after hearing that Shen Rong was a widow at a young age and was living with her two children.

It seems that we are all miserable people.

After Zhang Liuniang and Qu Lian learned that something happened at Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, they didn't know for a moment whether they should continue with the plan.

After all, if the Pingyang Marquisate lost power again, it would be inconvenient for them to do many things.

The steward of the Yiyong Marquis's Mansion occupied fertile farmland in the suburbs of Beijing and abducted women. If the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion gained power, the victims would naturally dare to sue the Yiyong Marquis's Mansion. If the Marquis's Mansion did not have the power to make the decision for them, those people would naturally not show up.

What's more, the current Pingyang Marquis Mansion, with orphans and a widowed mother, has no time to make friends with the nobles in the capital, let alone make enemies with the Chen family.

Due to Changsheng's disappearance, the Marquis' Mansion lost its head, and Zhang Liuniang and Qu Lian's plans were shelved.

Fortunately, Qu Lian had bribed the servants in the general's mansion before, and had intentionally or unintentionally whispered some words in General Yang's ears.

From the information passed on by the servants, they learned that although Chen Yuan's life seemed good on the surface, it was not easy inside.

Thinking of this, the two felt somewhat comforted.

Ever since Changsheng got into trouble, Shen Rong had no intention of plotting against Chen Yuan.

After the news of Changsheng's accident came back, the lady fell ill and her health was getting worse.

Shen Rong stayed at Minghui Court to take care of the patient, and even asked for leave for the two children.

That day, Shen Rong sorted out the chores in the mansion and brought her two children to the lady's courtyard to take care of her.

The lady was sober for a while, so she took Shen Rong's hand and whispered:

"My goodness, my days are numbered.

I have suffered the pain of separation in my life. When I was young, I saw my husband off, and later I saw my parents off...

Then there was that useless son...

But I never thought that even my grandson would..."

The lady's gaze slowly moved from the sky-blue tent ceiling to Shen Rong and the two children beside her.

"Ms. Shen, you promised me that you would raise Ping Ping and An An well and support our Gong family."

The lady held Shen Rong's hand with all her strength.

She wanted Ping'er to work hard and bring honor to the family, but she thought about how she had only raised a useless son in her lifetime, who had almost ruined the family fortune. Her grandson would also do something for the glory of the Marquis' Mansion... She felt she did not have the face to ask Shen Rong to teach her child well.

In the past few years in Pingyang Marquis Mansion, Shen Rong knew the knot in the madam's heart. She nodded and said, "Madam, don't worry. I will raise the child well and let Pingge'er support the Gong family and bring honor to the ancestors."

The lady forced a smile on her face and gently patted Shen Rong's hand, "Good boy, take the child back. I'm tired and want to sleep for a while."

After Shen Rong pressed down the corner of the lady's quilt, she took the two children and left Minghui Courtyard.

Coming out of Minghui Courtyard, Pingping looked back at the Madam's courtyard and said with an uneasy look on his face:

"Mom, is grandma going to heaven?"

In a short period of time, he lost his father, and now he was about to lose his loving grandmother. His young heart was in great pain.

An An is not much better than his brother.

With tears in her eyes, she leaned tightly against Shen Rong's side, as if she was afraid that her mother would suddenly leave her.

Shen Rong felt very uncomfortable when she thought of what the doctor said.

The lady lost her husband and son in her early years, and now she has lost her grandson. She has made up her mind to die.

What's more, the old lady used to chant scriptures and eat vegetarian food in the cold Buddhist temple day after day and year after year, and her health had long been depleted. Now that she has collapsed, she has the determination to die, and her health has suddenly become terminally ill and there is no way to recover.

After Shen Rong and the other two left, the old lady opened her eyes again. She looked at Nanny Hua who was wiping her tears.

"Madame Hua, help me up!"

When Aunt Hua heard her master's weak voice, she wiped away her tears and said, "Master, you are sick and need to take good care of yourself. Why are you getting up? If you need anything, just call me, this old servant."

Madam, "Please prepare your pen and ink first!"

Aunt Hua guessed what her master might be going to write and wanted to persuade her, but after seeing her master's expression, she nodded and said, "I will prepare it right away."

After a while, Nanny Hua prepared the pen and ink, and the lady asked Nanny Hua to help her up again.

Aunt Hua didn't dare to delay her master's business, so she could only call a little maid in, and the two of them worked together to carefully help the master off the bed.

The lady sat down at the desk, picked up the pen, and said to Nanny Hua and the little maid Lingzhi, "You two be witnesses. Today I will write a divorce letter to Chen on behalf of my son. After I die, if Chen is willing to go to the ancestral temple to practice, this divorce letter will be given to Shen. If Chen is unwilling to go to the ancestral temple, then this divorce letter will be given to her. Nanny Hua, do you remember this?"

Aunt Hua never thought that the master was going through all this trouble just to write a divorce letter to the old lady, but thinking of what Chen had done before, Aunt Hua quickly responded, "I'll remember this. I will never let the master down."

The lady took the pen with great effort and wrote down word after word: My daughter-in-law Chen, forty years old, entered the Gong family at the age of sixteen, has no children, is an unkind mother, and an unobedient daughter-in-law. Now my mother-in-law Gong Li divorced her for her son...

The lady finished writing the letter of divorce with one breath, and then she collapsed as if all her strength had been drained out.

Nanny Hua and Lingzhi immediately held the person and carefully moved him towards the bed.

The Madam was afraid that Nanny Hua would not understand what she meant, so she said with all her might, "I finally feel a little energetic today, and I should explain some things clearly. You know something about what Chen did in the past. If I let her stay in the mansion, I will be worried about the orphans and widows of the Shen family who are the only ones in the mansion.

After I leave, you take this divorce letter out. Shen will remember your kindness and let her take care of you in your old age...

Xiaohua, you are in better health than me, I ask you to help me take good care of Pingge'er and Anjie'er, I feel relieved to have you watching them grow up..."

The lady's voice suddenly weakened and she fainted again.

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