Do you recognize the person in the painting?
Ye Yunniang looked up and examined the portrait closely. "I recognize her. Her name is Ziyuan. She used to be the head maidservant of the madam."
"Why didn't she change later?"
"The lady has kicked her out of the manor."
"Why did you kick her out of the manor?" Bao Min pressed.
"I don't know," Ye Yunniang shook her head.
“You know.” Bao Min saw through Ye Yunniang’s deception at a glance and slammed his hand on the table. “Tell me, why did you kick her out of the Jiang residence?”
Ye Yunniang gritted her teeth and told Li'er what she had overheard.
Do you know why she betrayed her master?
"I...I guess it might be...because of Master Jiang." At this point, Ye Yunniang no longer hid her guess and shared her speculation.
Ye Yunniang's guess helped Bao Min sort out the whole matter.
Zi Yuan had an affair with Jiang Mingyu and leaked information about the fourth branch of the family. Jin Huifang, knowing this, expelled Zi Yuan from the mansion.
Zi Yuan was taken back by her family, and less than three days later she was married off to Niu Liqiang.
Niu Liqiang was a gambler and womanizer who would beat his wife when he got home.
Zi Yuan's days were not easy, and she missed the days in the Jiang family mansion and her lover Jiang Mingyu more and more.
She harbored deep resentment towards Jin Huifang, who had driven her out of the mansion. Day and night, she cursed the Jiang family, wishing for their downfall.
Unexpectedly, the Jiang family really lost, and even more unexpectedly, Jin Huifang would bring her son to rent the courtyard next to hers.
Zi Yuan, in her former servant status, showed concern and care for Jin Huifang.
Jin Huifang was desperate about both her family and her husband's family at that time. Zi Yuan appeared at this time, took good care of Jin Huifang, and gained her trust.
After figuring out Jin Huifang's background, Zi Yuan turned on her. First, she instigated Niu Liqiang to force himself on Jin Huifang, and then she used Jin Huifang as a tool for them to make money.
When Jin Huifang refused, they drugged her and beat her.
Jin Huifang managed to escape, but having nowhere else to go, she came to a dilapidated temple.
"Father, Mother, please let me come back. I promise I'll stay here and not go anywhere else."
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