This has caused the once thriving Ling family businesses to plummet in value.
The Ling family, who had initially maintained a relatively harmonious relationship, gradually became more argumentative and their verbal clashes increased.
As a result, Zhou Caiying, who couldn't help, became the most bullied person in the entire Ling family.
Seeing that she was useless and that her family wouldn't support her, Madam Ling would come and bully her whenever she had the chance.
Knowing full well that it was her own son who refused to share a room with her, she still humiliated her.
They say she can't win her husband's heart and is a barren hen.
Furthermore, they constantly imposed rules on her, and even openly sold off the personal maids she brought from her maiden home.
They even threatened that if she dared to go back to her parents' home and complain, they would use the excuse of having a serious illness to nail her to death in the room.
Zhou Caiying had no choice but to endure it again and again, but her forbearance only led to Madam Ling becoming more and more unreasonable.
She blamed all the misfortunes of the Ling family on Zhou Caiying, and would beat and scold her at the slightest provocation.
Zhou Caiying couldn't take the beating anymore, so she went to Ling Bin, hoping he could put in a good word for her.
But Ling Bin was only focused on the imperial examinations the following spring. He agreed verbally, but then completely forgot about it afterwards.
At this point, Zhou Caiying was completely disappointed in Ling Bin. She hated him, hated everyone in the Ling family.
She hated even more those family members who, for the sake of the dowry, disregarded her life and death.
So, she changed her timid attitude and took the initiative to go to see Master Ling for the first time.
She claimed she had a way to persuade her father to intervene and help the Ling family reverse their business decline, but she feared it would require some sacrifice.
Upon hearing this, Master Ling immediately assured him that he would agree to any condition as long as the Ling family could be restored to its former glory.
With his assurance, Zhou Caiying returned to her parents' home the next day.
When the prefect's wife saw her return, she assumed she had come to complain to her again and didn't want to pay her any attention.
Unexpectedly, she brought back good news for the Zhou family.
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