Chapter 318 Who will collect the body?
Mrs. Zhu is already dead, and she has tried all the methods the Zhu family could use. Since there was no result, she can only go to the Bai family to find Zhu.
When Zhu saw Cui, she was furious, "How dare you, a bitch, appear in front of me?"
Cui looked at her with pity, "Scold! You can keep on scolding! Your mother has already been buried, what do you think your eldest brother will do next? It's fine that the wedding didn't take place on such a happy day, but his promising career was delayed because he had to observe three years of mourning for his mother's death. Although the instigator of all this was your mother-in-law, you brought her into the family, what do you think your eldest brother will do to you and the Bai family?"
"What exactly do you want to say?" Zhu's face turned pale, but she tried hard not to show her fear. In fact, she was very panicked inside.
Cui saw through her, but she didn't point it out. She just said slowly, "Although you still have your natal family and your husband's family, the two families have broken up. The Bai family is bound to be beaten into the mud by the Zhu family. You, the eldest young lady of the Bai family, will soon be nothing! The people of the Bai family will definitely transfer all their anger to you. Your natal family hates you and takes their anger out on you, and you can't go back. Sister, Madam Bai, your situation is much worse than mine!"
Zhu was really frightened by Cui so much that tears welled up in her eyes and her whole body was shaking.
Rulan stepped forward worriedly to support her master, and looked at Cui warily, "What on earth are you doing here? If you are here to make fun of yourself, please leave."
Bilian took the conversation slowly, "Rulan, my lady is just stating the facts. It's useless for you to deceive yourself. However, my lady is kind-hearted and can cooperate with your master. As long as your master is willing to help, my master can take you in when your master has nowhere to go."
Zhu came to her senses and cursed, "Bah! Who do you think you are? You took me in? Don't you see what situation you are in? Cui, no matter how angry my eldest brother is with me, he won't kill me. But it's not necessarily the same for you, a divorced woman who doesn't stay at home and laughs at the Zhu family. You gossip in front of my eldest sister-in-law. Do you think my eldest brother will deal with you?"
Even if he forgets you, I will kindly remind him! If I don't get any good results, everyone will be buried with me!"
Cui's face looked grim. She snorted coldly and left decisively with Bilian.
Rulan quickly helped her into the yard, "Miss, why did you do that just now? Although Cui ridiculed us, she was right. The eldest master will not let the Bai family go, nor will he let you off easily. Even if he won't deal with you, he will definitely not recognize you again."
Zhu's cold hand held Rulan tightly, "So we can't just sit there and wait for death. Cen's family doesn't look reliable either. We have to save ourselves!"
Having said that, she decisively took Rulan to see Master Bai.
Mr. Bai fell ill due to the series of events. Zhu didn't care about the taboo between father-in-law and daughter-in-law, and went straight into Mr. Bai's room and anxiously explained the situation.
"Dad, we don't know whether my husband died because of my elder brother. If my mother-in-law had hatred in her heart, she could have told you and taken her time to deal with it later. But she didn't. She chose the most decisive way. Now my elder brother hates our Bai family so much that he has taken his anger out on me, his sister. Our Bai family can't stop his revenge at all. You must find a solution as soon as possible!"
Mr. Bai coughed several times in succession, and only after he recovered did he smile bitterly and said, "I know what you mean, but I just can't accept it! The family fortune that the Bai family ancestors worked so hard to build is ruined in my hands, I will not be able to rest in peace!"
Zhu looked anxious, "Father-in-law, I want to take the children away from here, far away. Please prepare some money for us! If we can't win, can't we just escape?"
Mr. Bai was a little surprised, "Are you planning to take the child away?"
In his opinion, Zhu was not a good wife and mother at all. She adopted children only for her own future. Fortunately, those children were all from the Bai family and were the children of his legitimate son. He was happy to see Zhu's willingness to adopt them, because the children of the Bai family would be his grandchildren in the future anyway.
Now that the Bai family is about to disappear, those children are no longer of any use to Zhu. He thought that Zhu would abandon those children without hesitation.
Zhu nodded without hesitation, "Dad, although they are not my own children, since they are adopted by me, they are my sons. I will naturally take good care of them."
She did dislike these illegitimate sons and daughters before, but she listened to what her mother said. In the current situation, she couldn't rely on anyone else and could only count on those children.
Mr. Bai was finally somewhat relieved, and said thoughtfully: "Okay! I will prepare gold and silver for you, and all the properties outside Zhaohua County will be transferred to you and your children's names. You can take your things and leave now."
In fact, he had already started preparing on the day Liu killed someone, but everything was done quietly and no one knew about it.
Zhu was overjoyed. After thanking Mr. Bai, she immediately went back to make preparations. She left in a carriage with her children and luggage that day.
Just a few days after Zhu and the children left, Liu died in a dark dungeon.
The county government notified the Bai family to come and identify the body.
Mr. Bai was bedridden and unable to go out. His illegitimate sons were extremely resentful of Liu. In addition, Liu had offended the Zhu family, so no one was willing to show up and they all found excuses to avoid him.
Liu had lost both her son and her daughter, and her illegitimate sons had all gone into hiding. The housekeeper had no choice but to ask a few illegitimate daughters for help, and the closest one was only Bai Rong.
Bai Rong was embarrassed when she knew the housekeeper's intention. "Housekeeper, it's not that I don't want to help, but I'm the wife of the Ma family now. I have to listen to my husband and father-in-law in everything I say and do. I can't make my own decisions!"
The housekeeper knelt down in front of Bai Rong and said, "Miss Rong, I really have no other choice but to beg you. I know that Madam is not a good person, but the master is really good to you. Among the concubines, you are the only one who is really in the master's heart. For your marriage, the master even went beyond Madam to arrange it.
Even if you don't want to see the monk's face, you should at least see the Buddha's face!"
Bai Rong also wanted to kneel down to the housekeeper. "I know my father treats me well, and I want to help him, but our Ma family is not even as good as the Bai family. If we are targeted by the Zhu family, I... I can't bear the responsibility!"
The butler seemed to have lost his strength, and there was no light in his eyes.
In the teahouse opposite the Ma residence, Ma Xingteng stared at the door of his house with a serious expression, without saying a word.
Liu Tiechui beside him sighed softly, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. Who could have known that the Bai family would end up like this? It's true that marrying a virtuous wife ruins future generations! Don't get involved in the affairs of the Bai family. Just be patient, they will leave soon."
Just now Ma Xingteng wanted to go over to help, but was stopped by Liu Tiechui.
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