Chapter 2310 gave him ten taels of silver.

The second madam took a deep breath, raised her head, and said, "I know you and the sixth young lady are close, so you must know where she is now, right? Then pass on a message to her, asking her to come back and offer incense to her father. Her father has passed away; is it appropriate for a daughter to ignore him?"

"Just deliver the message to her yourself, what does it have to do with me?" Shu Yu sneered, and said to Xia Yan and Ying Xi, "Let them go."

"Yes." Xia Yan and the other man immediately pushed and shoved the Second Madam and Shu Quan, trying to push them away.

When Xia Yan's hand touched Shu Quan, a piece of paper was slipped into his palm.

As it grew dark, none of the onlookers noticed each other's subtle actions.

Xia Yan silently put it away, and the force of his shoving lessened.

The second wife exclaimed, "If we could deliver a message to her, would we be coming to you? Princess Wen'an, I didn't ask you to do anything, just to pass on a message. If you truly care about Sixth Miss, then please help us with this. After all, our master is Sixth Miss's father. Now that she's married and her mother has married into a wealthy family, she should still consider her reputation. Master treated them well before, at least raising Sixth Miss to adulthood without worrying about food or clothing. Now that she's living a good life, she didn't even get to see her father one last time, and she's not even willing to offer incense? If this gets out, it won't be good for her. What will Lord Wan think of Madam Hou? What will Sixth Miss's husband's family think of her?"

Shu Quan chimed in, "That's right, Princess Wen'an, you don't need to care about us, but Sixth Sister is still a member of the Shu family. You're her friend, you wouldn't want her reputation to be damaged, would you?"

Shu Yu sneered, "You're threatening me?"

"We wouldn't dare. We just wanted our sixth sister to fulfill her filial duty; it's what children should do."

"you……"

Meng Yunzheng grabbed Shu Yu's hand. "Don't argue with them." He instructed Xia Yan, "Give them the money."

Xia Yan immediately took out a silver note and stuffed it into Shu Quan's hand.

Meng Yunzheng said, "Sixth Miss is currently far away in the capital and it is indeed inconvenient for her to come over. But I heard from Aunt Hou that upon hearing the news of Second Master's passing, Sixth Miss set up a memorial tablet at home and regularly offered incense. However, it is still not as good as personally handling Second Master's funeral arrangements. Consider this money as a gift from Sixth Miss. Since she cannot come in person, she can only trouble you to help buy some incense, candles, and paper money to visit Second Master. This way, Sixth Miss can fulfill her filial piety."

The second wife squeezed the silver notes, finally satisfied.

Shu Quan told her to stop while she was ahead, and she immediately smiled and said, "It's really inconvenient for Sixth Miss to come over, and we, as her family, understand. We'll accept the money and buy offerings to visit Master another day, so he can know Sixth Miss's filial piety."

"Can we go now?" Aunt Fang asked. "We still need to eat."

"Let's go, let's go right now." Shu Quan immediately helped the second wife turn around and headed towards his own home.

Once they were out of Shu Yu's sight, the second lady lowered her head and unfolded the silver notes. It was dark and visibility was poor, but she still managed to see the amount by the moonlight and exclaimed excitedly, "Ten taels of silver!"

Ten taels of silver would have been nothing to the second wife of the Shu family in the past.

But for the Shu family now, that would be two years' worth of expenses.

These past few years, the second wife has truly had enough of a hard life.

(End of this chapter)