"As long as I can be in charge of my own affairs, I will never suffer such injustice again."

After thinking about it, she decided to involve Huo Jiwen in doing those things; after all, they were husband and wife.

Moreover, with his help, things will be much easier.

Huo Jiwen's gaze was uncertain. After a moment of silence, he said, "I don't want my parents to pass away so soon. It's enough for them to stay in bed."

If both parents were to die of illness, it would likely arouse suspicion from outsiders.

Moreover, given how cruel his parents had been to him lately, he was going to retaliate by tormenting them in return.

After she became bedridden, he could do whatever he wanted with her.

He wanted to show them whether they gave him the Duke's mansion or not, it was all his.

Shi Lingqiao understood immediately, "I get it."

The wicked mother-in-law and father-in-law deserve it; she'll make them suffer the pain of losing their son in the future.

Huo Jiwen was bedridden and unable to get up, so Shi Lingqiao asked a maid she had previously bribed to put something in the meals of her wicked mother-in-law and father-in-law.

She would first slowly corrupt the bodies of the two women, then find an opportunity to strike back at the wicked mother-in-law and Huo Xi, employing a two-pronged approach.

Qingyou had placed a small paper figure in Huo Jiwen's room, so she was aware of their conversation.

Sure enough, this char siu bao was a heartless ingrate who agreed to and condoned Shi Lingqiao's misdeeds against her own parents.

Qingyou and Huo Xingchen pretended not to notice that the food had been drugged, which put Shi Lingqiao at ease.

However, after Huo Jiwen's wounds healed, Shi Lingqiao did not find an opportunity to strike.

Before long, Huo Xi participated in the provincial examination and won the top score, and then participated in the palace examination and won the top score again.

On the very day Huo Xi became the top scholar in the imperial examination, the Duke of Zhenguo submitted a memorial to the emperor requesting that Huo Xi be made the heir of the Duke's mansion, and the emperor granted the request.

This news made Huo Jiwen so angry that he vomited blood, and Shi Lingqiao couldn't sit still any longer.

Soon, the opportunity that Shi Lingqiao had been waiting for finally arrived.