Seeing that the servant in the yard was looking at her warily, Chu Yin quickly wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief and quickly walked back to her own yard.
But just as he closed the door, he heard the sound of breaking it open, and then a middle-aged woman led two maids in.
"Bitch, why did the Ye family come to Yuhua Town?"
Seeing that it was her mother-in-law Qi Liu who came to accuse her, Chu Yin was so frightened that her face turned pale and she hurriedly shook her head: "Mother, I don't know, I really don't know."
Qi Liu slapped her across the face without giving her any explanation. "How dare you say you didn't know? A while ago, you lied to Yun Sheng and said you were going to raise money for him, which made me let down my guard against you. Did you secretly write to her at that time, asking her to support you?"
Chu Yin didn't dare to admit it and just kept shaking her head.
Qi Liu was so angry that she grabbed her hair and slammed her against the edge of the bed, causing a pool of blood to form immediately.
"You bitch, are you trying to kill my son? You begged me to marry him, and now my niece and grandson are still being raised away from home."
Pointing angrily at Chu Yin, Qi Liu cursed, "Now that I've made you my principal wife, you can't give birth to a legitimate son for my Qi family, and you can't help your husband get promoted. You've even forced him to stay in this remote place, working as a humble staff member."
Chu Yin cried and explained, "This is not my fault. My husband was not able to stay in Lin'an because he behaved disrespectfully in front of the palace, so he was sent back to his hometown. Ever since I became pregnant with Shuang'er, my husband has been staying away from home for the past three years. How could I have gotten pregnant for him..."
“Pah.”
Before she could finish her words, Qi Liu slapped her in the face again: "You jinx, you still dare to quibble? Ever since you came into our family, our Qi family has never had an easy time."
At this moment, Qi Yunsheng walked in from outside. Seeing Chu Yin crying heart-wrenchingly, his stiff face turned gloomy.
"Mother, please go back first. I will take care of my son's affairs myself."
Qi Yunsheng asked someone to send Qi Liu away. When only the couple were left in the room, he slowly bent down to help Chu Yin up, and wiped the blood oozing from her forehead with heartache.
"Why are you doing this?"
Qi Yunsheng sighed and said, "I've already told you that as long as you write a letter to my father-in-law to raise two hundred thousand taels of silver for me, I will definitely let you and Shuang'er live a good life when I become the magistrate of Yuzhou. But you called that person from the Ye family instead. I'm so disappointed."
"Husband, please don't hurt Wanwan. I didn't ask her to come here. She must have just happened to be passing by and came to see me."
Chu Yin sobbed, "You should know how important she is to the brothers in the Rongguo Mansion. If anything happens to her, the young master and the second young master Gu will never let you go."
"And the Duke of Rong's Mansion? It seems that you dared to invite her here just because of this."
Qi Yunsheng laughed coldly and said, "You don't know yet, but her engagement with Duke Rong has already been broken off, and she's not favored by Prime Minister Ji. You're actually relying on a poor, despised creature to back you up. It's ridiculous."
"What? Wanwan's engagement was broken off by the Duke of Rong's Mansion? How could that be?"
Thinking of her attitude towards Wanwan just now, Chu Yin felt as if her heart was cut by a sharp knife, with excruciating pain.
Wanwan's life was already like this, yet she still wanted to come all the way to see her. That girl has always been very attentive, and she must have noticed something from the letter, so she came all the way here.
But Yuzhou is not Lin'an after all, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and she does not want to drag Wanwan into her quagmire.
The letter was originally a farewell letter, but I never thought that I would see her again before I died.
"Ayin, don't blame me for being cruel. I did all this just so that you wouldn't be looked down upon by your mother again."
Qi Yunsheng said, "There's a perfect opportunity right now. You know my boss, Governor Xue, is Prince Yan's brother-in-law. He stayed in Yuzhou to raise money for Prince Yan. But a few days ago, Prince Yongning suddenly issued an order to exempt all counties in Yuezhou from taxes for two years, cutting off everyone's financial resources."
"Now is a critical period for Prince Yan to establish a crown prince. The most urgent need is silver. These days, Governor Xue has been extremely anxious. If you can raise 500,000 taels of silver for me, I will not harm Miss Ye and will also release Shuang'er from the cellar."
"Five hundred thousand taels?"
Chu Yin felt suffocated after hearing this, and felt desperate: "Husband, where can I raise 500,000 taels for you?"
"That's your business."
Qi Yunsheng forcibly dragged her to the cellar and had someone open the cellar door. Looking at his daughter imprisoned inside, he pushed Chu Yin in forcefully and shouted, "If you don't want to stay in this dark cellar with Shuang'er forever, then find a way for me."
Under the dim light, Chu Yin stared at the skinny Qi Shuangshuang and cried until her voice was hoarse: "Shuang'er, it was my mother who failed to protect you."
"Mother." Qi Shuangshuang kept coughing, her voice weak: "I'm fine, don't be sad, don't cry."
Touching her daughter's burning forehead, Chu Yin choked up and said, "My husband, Shuang'er is sick. Please take her out and see a doctor. She is only a child under three years old, and she is also your own flesh and blood."
Qi Yunsheng put his hands into his wide sleeves indifferently and said, "That's because she's just as disobedient as you. She always wants to go out and talk nonsense, which makes mother unhappy. What can I do? Unless you can raise the money, you will stay here with Shuang'er from now on."
Chu Yin's eyes were filled with bitterness. "My dowry was used to bribe Envoy Xue for you. I even broke off relations with my family when I married you. Even if I begged my father, they wouldn't be able to come up with such a large sum of money."
"Then I'll show you a way."
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