Chapter 2200 The Wei Family, Missing
When the Wei family went to the door, they were blocked at the entrance by the wealthy merchant's servants.
In a completely unfamiliar place, facing a cunning, wealthy, and powerful businessman, the three members of the Wei family could only endure being beaten.
They not only have to pay for their own livelihood, but they are also unable to leave the area.
The dowry that the wealthy merchant gave to the Wei family when he married the Wei family was quickly spent by the Wei family.
After a long time, Wei Tang finally found an opportunity to infiltrate the wealthy merchant's household, hoping to get help from his elder sister, Wei Shi. After all, Wei Shi was their lawfully wedded wife, and so many people had witnessed it.
Now that she's the wife of a wealthy businessman, Madam Wei can't just stand by and watch her parents and brothers suffer outside.
When Wei Tang met Madam Wei, he realized that this so-called mistress of the house was just a figurehead.
The wealthy merchant didn't even consider Wei Shi attractive. Although Wei Shi was reasonably pretty after dressing up and taking care of herself, she was only reasonably pretty. What kind of women hadn't this merchant seen? His concubines were all delicate and beautiful, like water lilies emerging from the water. Compared to Wei Shi, whose fingers were rough from years of manual labor and whose face was thin, which one wouldn't be more endearing?
Moreover, Wei was a widow who had given birth to a son, and her previous husband was an idiot.
If it weren't for the fact that her birth time was just right, the wealthy merchant would have been too busy looking down on her to even consider marrying her.
Therefore, the banquet was quite grand, and the wealthy merchant didn't even go to the bridal chamber that night, but went straight to his concubine's room.
However, even though Lady Wei was merely a figurehead, the wealthy merchant still took good care of her. He allocated her a small courtyard and provided her with two maids, and Lady Wei lived there.
Just think of it as having another idle person in the family, as long as they have some food and clothing.
This arrangement, while seemingly considerate, actually severely restricted personal freedom. Wei was not even allowed to leave the courtyard; she was confined to her room every day, facing two old women who didn't particularly respect her.
Occasionally, when the two old women got lazy and didn't want to take care of her, she couldn't even go out to find something to eat.
This is no different from being imprisoned.
Given this situation, it was impossible for Wei Tang to ask her for help.
Wei Tang was furious, and Wei's parents were filled with regret.
But now that things have come to this, their resentment and desire to return to the capital are futile.
Just as the divination had foretold, the wealthy merchant's fortunes truly turned around after marrying Lady Wei. Within a few short years, his concubines bore him two sons and a daughter, and his business flourished even more.
Aunt Hong was furious. "That man is a real scoundrel. Since it was Wei who brought him such good fortune, he should at least repay the kindness and treat her well."
Wei Tang quite agreed with this point; if he had treated his sister better, the Wei family wouldn't have had such a difficult time.
"And then what happened?" Shu Yu asked.
Wei Tang said in a low voice, "Life was supposed to go on like this, but who knew that last year, my brother-in-law's harem would turn into chaos. Both of his concubines, who had given birth to sons, wanted to fight for the family property for their own children, and the methods they used to frame each other were one after another."
As a result, the two fought like madmen, which allowed the concubine who had given birth to a daughter to reap the benefits by stirring up trouble between them.
The final result was that one concubine pushed the son of another concubine into the river and drowned him.
This is outrageous! The wealthy merchant had finally gotten two sons, and one of them was killed before he even grew up.
The entire mansion was in chaos; Lady Wei had disappeared.
(End of this chapter)
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