The second wife finally saw the true face of her husband's family and regretted divorcing Master Feng.
After all, the Chen family abides by the rules. No matter how sincere she is, as long as she follows the rules, they will always give her a place to stay and she will be included in the three meals a day.
What’s more important is that her biological son is by her side. After a year or so, when he marries a daughter-in-law, she will become a mother-in-law.
If the old woman wants to show off, then let her do it. How many years can she live at most? She has survived for more than 20 years. If she can survive for a few more years, when the old woman dies, the eldest lady is a sickly woman who spends most of the year in bed. Will she still have the final say in the Feng family?
Now she has become a poor creature who can only depend on her mother's family, otherwise she has nowhere to go.
The second wife regretted it so much that she fell ill on the bed.
When Chen Baobao heard that the Second Madam was ill, he pretended to be Xingxing and went to her bedside to admit his mistake, vowing that he would never do it again. With the money he had, he redeemed the Second Madam's things and returned them to their original owners.
However, he did not even mention hiring a doctor for the Second Madam. Instead, he asked her in a roundabout way how much private money she had.
When the second wife got married, the old man was still alive and ran a school. His family was well-off and he loved face and didn't want to be looked down upon, so the second wife's dowry was quite generous.
But no matter how generous the dowry was, it was already very little as she had been secretly supporting her parents' family for so many years.
Seeing that her parents did not really treat her well, the Second Lady was certainly not foolish enough to spend all her last bit of savings. She only said that the two thousand taels of silver she brought to the Feng family when she got married had been used up, and she had several dozen taels left to use as her coffin money, which she would not touch until the day she died.
Chen Baobao saw that he could not get any money, so he stopped coming to the Second Madam, and neither did the Old Madam. The Second Madam was accompanied by only a trusted maid, who secretly went out to invite a doctor to come over, seeing that she was very ill.
The doctor felt the second wife's pulse and said it was caused by anxiety. He prescribed two doses of medicine, and after taking them, her condition improved slightly.
The second wife stayed in the room for several more days and finally recovered. However, she suffered from heart palpitations and her complexion was not good. She looked like she had aged by ten years.
Fang Cheng reported Chen Baobao's situation to Xie Liuzheng, and also mentioned the second wife's illness.
Xie Liuzheng sneered, "She had a good life but she had to do these things. She deserves it."
Fang Cheng didn't dare to comment on others casually, and asked Xie Liuzheng in a low voice, "What does the young lady mean?"
The Second Madam had harmed Xie Liuzheng several times, and Chen Baobao had almost ruined her innocence. How could she easily forgive him with such a deep hatred?
Xie Liuzheng said casually, "Whatever you have to do, I want the Chen family to have no place to stand in Yangzhou."
Fang Cheng left in response. Chun Lian brought a bowl of Tremella and Bird's Nest porridge and said softly, "Madam said that Miss is prone to coughing during the spring and autumn seasons. A bowl of bird's nest today is the best for nourishing yin and qi. Miss, please eat it while it's hot."
Xie Liuzheng took the small bowl in her hand and ate it mouthful by mouthful. Qiuyue immediately brought her some light tea and asked her to rinse her mouth.
"Is there any news from the Madam?"
"Yesterday, Madam sent someone to say that she would be busy at the factory for a few more days and told Miss not to worry. After that, she didn't send anyone back." Qiuyue replied as she took away the empty bowl.
Xie Liuzheng groaned for a moment, "My eyelids have been twitching these past two days, and I always feel like something bad is going to happen. You two can accompany me to the factory to pay respects to mother."
It’s not that Xie Liuzheng believed all this, but the silk factory was only a few streets away, not thousands of miles away. It wouldn’t take much effort to take a trip there just to make himself feel at ease.
Xie Xiangyu was naturally happy to see Xie Liuzheng, but she was also a little surprised, "It's raining, why are you here?"
"It's just a little rain, don't take it seriously." Xie Liuzheng held Xie Xiangyu's hand, smiled and acted coquettishly, "My daughter misses her mother. Let alone rain, even if it rains knives, I will come to pay my respects to you."
Xie Xiangyu liked what she heard. She smiled and pinched Xie Liuzheng's face. "You are becoming more and more slick. I don't know where you learned this from."
"My daughter is telling the truth, there is no way she is being glib." Xie Liuzheng coaxed Xie Xiangyu to smile, and seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, he felt much more at ease, and his eyelids seemed to stop twitching.
Not daring to disturb Xie Xiangyu for too long, he got up and went back.
When they walked to the gate, they almost bumped into a woman carrying silk threads. Qiuyue quickly supported Xie Liuzheng and scolded the woman. "How can you walk like that? You don't know how to watch your step. Can you afford to pay for bumping into the young lady?"
When the old woman heard the word "young lady", she fell to her knees with a plop, lowered her head and kept apologizing.
Xie Liuzheng glared at Qiuyue and said, "It's just a small matter. Why make a fuss about it? It would be bad if it scared others."
He personally reached out his hand to help the old woman, but she lowered her head and dodged left and right, refusing to get up.
Xie Liuzheng gradually realized that something was wrong and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
"I am just an old woman, doing odd jobs to earn a living." The old woman answered with a grumble, looking so terrified that she dared not see anyone. "I just bumped into the young lady without paying attention. Please have mercy on me and don't chase me away."
Xie Liuzheng smiled.
"Qin Wan, do you think that if you deliberately lower your voice to speak, I won't be able to recognize your voice?"
Xie Liuzheng hated all of his enemies from his previous life so much that he would be able to recognize them even if they turned into ashes.
When Qiuyue heard the name "Qin Wan", she hurriedly stood in front of Xie Liuzheng, fearing that Qin Wan would hurt Xie Liuzheng with bad intentions.
Qin Wan just raised her head and smiled bitterly, "I just want to earn a living. If the young lady doesn't want to keep me, I'll leave."
Xie Liuzheng didn't want to let her go.
"Come with me, I have something to ask you."
He brought the person onto the carriage and looked at Qin Wan indifferently. He saw that her hair was tied behind her head and she was wearing a gray coarse cloth dress.
Her face was sallow, with fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and her hands covered with calluses, a stark contrast to her previous appearance as a middle-aged woman.
Qin Wan was so nervous that she kept pinching the corner of her clothes and couldn't help but speak.
"Just ask whatever you want to ask, Miss. I will tell you everything I know."
Xie Liuzheng raised his eyebrows, "If I ask about Qin Shou, will you tell me too?"
"Aren't you afraid that I might harm him? I remember that you were willing to do anything to support your good son to pass the imperial examination."
Qin Wan smiled bitterly and said, "The eldest lady also said it was at the beginning."
"There is no mother in the world who doesn't love her child. Qin Shou is a piece of flesh that fell from my body. How can I not love and care for him?"
"But when I became ill and could no longer earn money to support them, they no longer cared about my life or death."
"My dear Miss, you can't imagine how I managed to get through the days when I was sick."
"Qin Guangjin and Qin Shou are not human beings, they are beasts."
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