As they walked, the old lady suddenly remembered something. She said to her three daughters-in-law, "This Liu Chanru is the daughter of General Liu. She married a fourth-rank official from another place. Unfortunately, her husband died more than four years ago, leaving no children."
"Ah? How come the daughter of the Grand Marshal's Mansion married a fourth-rank official from another place?" Yu asked in confusion, "Does this Miss Liu have some hidden illness?"
Wang was surprised: "Hidden disease? What could it be?"
Yang frowned and thought for a moment, then thought: "Miss Liu doesn't have any hidden illness, but she is arrogant and unreasonable. She lost her mother when she was young and was spoiled by her stepmother, which made her lawless.
It was difficult to find relatives in the capital back then, so I found someone outside the gate and sent him away."
Yu suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. I thought that widows from other places could come to Baiyan Temple in the capital to burn incense."
The old lady looked at her three daughters-in-law and warned them, "Let's walk slowly. We don't know what we will see. No matter what we see, don't make a fuss."
Yin'er is shy, it has nothing to do with us, let's sneak away and not let her know we've been here."
Yang smiled and nodded slightly: "Got it, we must not make any noise or talk nonsense."
Yu and Wang nodded, and the four of them looked at each other, then walked slowly forward tacitly.
In front are the maid and Chu Zhiyin.
Shizi Lake is located in a remote place in the back mountain. There is a low fence and a pavilion beside the lake. The lake is always shrouded in mist and the surrounding mountains are all stone, so it is named Shizi Lake.
The maid led the people to the lakeside, and Chu Zhiyin saw a beautiful woman standing by the lake from afar.
Liu Chanru didn't have a very good relationship with her, they just knew each other. She was a rather domineering person, she had to win in everything, and she would never give up if she lost.
Chu Zhiyin was a smart person who always praised her. In her eyes, Chu Zhiyin was a person she could talk to. But in Chu Zhiyin's eyes, Liu Chanru was just an ordinary friend.
It's not that there weren't people who were close to Chu Zhiyin, but they weren't many, just two or three. Later, because she couldn't have children and rarely went out, they gradually stopped communicating.
The maid brought the person over and shouted, "Miss! Miss Chu is here!"
Liu Chanru turned around and saw Chu Xiaoxiao in Chu Zhiyin's arms. She paused, "Zhiyin! Why did you bring a child here? Who is she to you? Is she your niece?"
Without waiting for Chu Zhiyin to answer, she started asking and answering herself.
"Oh! I forgot that you have no children. Like me, you are now alone. I am a widow, which is better than your divorce."
After hearing this, Chu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at her and yelled "ah" at her fiercely.
[My sister-in-law's divorce is much better than your widowhood. Divorce means two people can't live together anymore and go their separate ways. But widowhood means you have a bad fate and can't keep your husband.]
After hearing what Naituanzi said to defend her, Chu Zhiyin felt sweeter than eating honey.
Although her child Xiaoxiao is only a few months old, she sees things more clearly than anyone else, which is really rare.
"Chanru! You called me here just to compare who is more unlucky between the two of us?" Chu Zhiyin's tone was a little teasing, a little sarcastic, and eight parts dissatisfied. "Whether I am divorced or you are widowed, to the world, we are both unlucky people, what do you think?"
Without waiting for her to answer, Chu Zhiyin followed suit and asked and answered his own questions.
"I'm better than you. My brother, sister-in-law, parents and grandparents don't despise me for being a divorced woman. They still treat me like a girl who has never been married. But it may not be the same in your family, right? Will your parents allow you to return home?"
Speaking of this, Liu Chanru's arrogance suddenly shrank. The Taiwei Mansion had always been run by her stepmother, and before she got married, her grandmother loved her more because her mother died early.
Later, her grandmother passed away and her marriage fell into the hands of her stepmother.
I don't know where she got the fortune book from, but it said that she was a bad luck to her mother and husband, so she was married off to another place with a dowry. Her husband was a weak and sickly man, who barely lived for a few years before finally passing away.
She had no children and could not survive there, so she took part of her dowry and sneaked back to the capital.
Her stepmother said that she dared not take her in openly because it was against etiquette, so she had to live in a farm outside the city with her maids and servants. Chen was her husband's aunt, and she went to visit her a few days ago and learned that she was plotting against Chu Zhiyin.
Liu Chanru wanted to curry favor with her aunt, so she volunteered to come up with this idea, hoping that the Prince of Pingning would make his dream come true.
"No more talking, Zhiyin! Let's sit down and talk together."
Liu Chanru pulled Chu Zhiyin to sit in the pavilion as if nothing had happened, and the maid served them tea and snacks.
This pavilion is unique and is built right by the lake, connected to the fence on the side. There are also steps on the side near the lake where you can go down to wash your hands and get water.
There are fish in the lake and water lilies planted. It is very pleasant to sit in the pavilion, watch the fish and drink tea.
They sat for a while, Liu Chanru stood up to look at the fish in the lake, and then called Chu Zhiyin to join them. Chu Xiaoxiao's big eyes looked around.
[Where is the Prince of Pingning hiding? How come I didn't see him? Little aunt, be careful, the maid is going to push her into the lake soon.]
Chu Zhiyin was shocked and her face changed slightly. She subconsciously looked at the maid, then hugged Chu Xiaoxiao and stood in a very delicate position.
Finally, I thought it was not a good idea. If she didn't avoid it and really fell down, my little niece wouldn't be hurt with her.
She put Chu Xiaoxiao down and let her play by herself holding the railing of the pavilion. She stood beside Liu Chanru and looked into the lake.
"Oh! There really is a fish. Look, over there, hiding in the water grass. It's a big red carp."
Liu Chanru saw that she was looking at it seriously, and the smile on her face deepened a lot.
"Really? Let me see, let me see, where is it? Oh! I saw it, over there, over there. Zhiyin! We saw the red carp today, are we lucky people?"
Chu Zhiyin pretended to think: "Does it count? I don't know, anyway, I feel like I'm a person without blessings."
She had known for a long time that Liu Chanru had invited her with no good intentions, so she watched her perform and followed her, not wanting to be left behind.
[Alas! Life is like a play, and it all depends on acting. I don’t know if my aunt knows that something bad is going to happen soon. Miss Liu’s acting is so perfect that it would be a pity if she didn’t set up a stage and take a few steps.]
Looking back at his niece who was complaining seriously, Chu Zhiyin felt his heart melt. His mother was right, his niece was here to save their Chu family.
She didn't know about others, but it was true that they came to save her. If it weren't for her, she would have been schemed against until nothing was left.
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