The world is a bitter sea, and people struggle within it.
Is genuine sincerity always belittled? Are kindness and gentleness always bullied? Are ugly commoners always mocked? Is unparalleled ...
Chapter 676: The Foot-Washing Girl Wants to Get to the Top (19)
The third wife, Wang Linlang, was the daughter of Wang Feng, the owner of the largest pawnshop in the city, Wang's Pawnshop.
When Zong Ying's father was still alive, Wang Feng opposed him in every way. Zong Ying's father always took into account their relationship and always left a way out, so he did not completely ruin the relationship. Later, Zong Ying's father passed away, and Zong Ying took over all the affairs of the Zong family. Wang Feng instigated the villagers to provoke him. Zong Ying did not care about his face and directly exposed his conspiracy. Only then did he stay quiet for a while.
The first wife, Li Muting, had not been pregnant for a long time, and the newly married second wife only gave Zong Ying a daughter. Wang Feng saw the opportunity to ruin his daughter's original engagement, and secretly bribed the people who served Zong Ying
. When Zong Ying was drunk, he sent his daughter to his bed, which gave birth to the third concubine of the Zong family. These were all Zong Ying's concerns for a long time, and he had never told anyone. Today, facing Wang Linlang, he completely exploded.
"Master, it's not like that, it's not like that! Father came to me just to care about me. Father has no other intentions. After Linlang married you, she gave birth to Baoer for you. You have to believe that Linlang loves you." He had already guessed the matter. Wang Linlang really didn't know what to say. She could only keep begging, pleading for herself and her father.
"Feelings? What feelings do you have for me?!" Zong Ying laughed, "Wang Linlang, if you really have feelings for me, you wouldn't have taken the initiative to step into my East Courtyard for four years."
"Master, listen to my explanation." Wang Linlang really had no words to say.
After marrying into the Zong family, she always thought that Zong Ying hated her, so she didn't want to take the initiative to suffer his bad temper. In addition, she gave birth to Baoer, the heir of the Zong family, and thought she had won the victory, so she naturally disdained to take the initiative to compete for favors with other second wives. But this actually became the reason for Zong Ying to criticize her for not caring about him. How could she accept it!
If she really didn't care about Zong Ying, would she rack her brains to give him another child?
Wang Linlang's eyebrows were full of bitterness. Some time ago, she felt nauseous and vomited every day. She thought she was pregnant and secretly asked a doctor to come and see her, but she didn't know that she just ate something bad. God knows how happy she was during that time, and how disappointed she was afterwards.
"The third wife should move to the side yard, and the servants who used to serve her should move with her. Qiu Garden will be closed from now on, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, and they are not allowed to mention the young master anymore." Zong Ying left a very disappointed look and stepped out of the gate of the yard.
Wang Linlang hugged her legs tightly and sat under the eaves, her eyes dull and lifeless.
The maids behind her were even more pale. Will a concubine who made the master angry have a chance to make a name for herself in the future? These maids followed a concubine with no hope, and there was no hope for the rest of their lives.
The eldest wife, who was discussing Bao'er's funeral with the mage and Taoist priests, grinned when she heard the news reported by Lianlian.
Bao'er, the most important bargaining chip in Wang Linlang's hand, is now lying in the mourning hall, and she herself has been banished to the side hospital, so she, the wife of the main house, doesn't have to worry about it anymore. No, no, no, I still have to worry about her belly.
Wang Linlang, that idiot, is really hopelessly stupid. She has given birth to a child, but she still knows nothing about the signs of pregnancy.
Yes, she bribed the doctor that Wang Linlang trusted and asked the doctor to tell Wang Linlang that she just ate something bad. I thought Wang Linlang would find another doctor to see the doctor and confirm it, but I didn't expect there would be such a stupid person who actually believed it all.
Counting now, Wang Linlang's belly should be two months, and it will probably be obvious in a while. So, I have to make arrangements quickly during this time. Otherwise, when Wang Linlang realizes what is happening and uses the unborn child in her belly to return to Qiu Garden, she, the eldest wife, will be in trouble again.
Well, it seems like a good idea for a mother to pray for her dead son, be deceived by a witch, drink holy water, bleed profusely, and die unexpectedly.
The eldest wife, Li Muting, lowered her head and fiddled with her nails, smiling seductively.
Lianlian, who was serving on the side, noticed the smile on the eldest wife's lips, and the hair on her back stood up, wondering who she was going to be calculated by again.
Shi Yi asked Wu'er about everything that happened in Qiu Garden this morning. She reviewed it carefully, but felt something was wrong.
This Qiu Garden, logically speaking, should be the territory of the third wife, Wang Linlang. The maid that Wang Linlang could put by her side and use must be someone she trusted. But the person she trusted betrayed her.
On the surface, it seems that the maid did not want to deceive the master, but if you look deeper, the maid may have betrayed her. A maid who could abandon her original master and denounce her must have some ulterior motive. Shi
Yi was ready to tell Zong Ying her guess, but she was afraid of encountering the previous incident with Nanny Su, so she held back and decided to investigate secretly.
According to what Wu'er said, she secretly found the maid. At night, she noticed that the little maid was sneaky, so she followed her quietly. After turning around in the backyard of the Zong family, she was unexpectedly brought to the Spring Garden of the eldest lady.
"Shi Yi, come here. Sit down." The eldest lady was sitting under a big tree in the yard, drinking tea, without even raising her eyelids to look at Shi Yi, and behind her happened to be the maid that Shi Yi had just followed.
At this moment, what else did Shi Yi not understand in her heart! She quietly looked behind her and wanted to run, but the door had been closed by someone at some point.
"The first time I saw you, I thought you were a sensible girl, so I thought of taking you back to the Zong family." The eldest lady in plain clothes walked towards her, her figure swaying, as if she had no legs.
"Who would have known that I had misjudged you, girl. You have nothing but the most cunning minds." The eldest wife Li Muting pinched her chin with one hand and smiled very gently, "Look at you, if you were not so curious, Nanny Su's family would not have to be buried with your curiosity."
"You sent someone to kill Nanny Su!" Shi Yi pushed her hand away and stepped back to the door.
The eldest wife Li Muting just looked at her, as if everything she was doing now was a meaningless struggle, and there was even a touch of sympathy in her eyes, "Look at you, you are just a girl of fifteen or sixteen, why are you talking so unpleasantly? It's a pity that I don't have the chance to teach you how to speak."
Shi Yi looked at her vigilantly, but didn't notice that a sharp knife suddenly stabbed into the crack of the door behind her. If she took another step back, she would...
(End of this chapter)