Since Lu Meihua was the daughter-in-law of the Marquis of Jing'an, she was also beheaded.
Lu Meihua should have been buried on the day she was beheaded.
But Wang heard from somewhere that a person who has been beheaded must undergo a 49-day ritual to be reincarnated, otherwise they can only remain a wandering ghost.
So, Wang invited a monk to chant sutras for Lu Meihua to help her pass on to the afterlife, and it has been forty-nine days since then.
"Mother, don't cry, let's bury my little sister."
"Waaaaah, my poor daughter, why is your life so miserable..."
"How can you bear to let your mother, an old woman, bury her young son..."
As Wang's sister-in-law and also Lu Meihua's aunt, Zhou should have come over to offer incense.
Seeing Wang crying so sadly, Zhou went over to comfort her. After all, they were both people in the same family, and she couldn't bear to see her like this.
Unexpectedly, Wang pushed Zhou to the ground and straddled her like a madwoman, cursing and hitting her: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault, give me back my daughter's life."
"It's all the fault of your good son and good daughter-in-law, otherwise my plum blossom wouldn't have died so tragically, sob sob sob..."
The two daughters-in-law of the eldest son's wife stepped forward to stop her, but Lu Ziwei kicked Wang Shi to the ground.
“Second Aunt, you should speak with conscience. What does Lu Meihua’s death have to do with my mother? She deserved it.”
"If Second Sister-in-law has forgotten, I will help you remember."
"Initially, Lu Youcai provoked Wang Heng's concubine, killed someone, and was captured by Wang Heng, who demanded that Xiao Zhu marry him as a concubine, offering her life in exchange for his own."
"It was you who had no conscience and forcibly tied up Jiaojiao and sent her to the Marquis's mansion."
"Lu Meihua was even more shameless, giving Jiaojiao that kind of dirty drug."
"Later, in order to save your son's life, you chose to sacrifice Lu Meihua."
"Now that Lu Meihua has been implicated by the Marquis of Jing'an, what does that have to do with our main branch?"
"From beginning to end, you were all utterly depraved and deserved to die. She deserved to die!!"
When Wang saw that her eldest daughter not only did not repent but also dared to curse her own tragically deceased daughter, she went mad and attacked Lu Ziwei.
"You little bitch, I'll scratch your face until it's bruised and battered."
Lu Ziwei had always looked down on the second wife's family. They had been sucking the blood of the first wife their whole lives, yet they still dared to do bad things to the first wife. She had long been harboring a lot of resentment towards them.
Anyway, she's a divorced woman and has no intention of remarrying, so her reputation isn't that important to her anymore.
So she didn't hold back at all when she started, scratching Wang's face until it was covered in marks.
"Enough! The elders are not behaving like elders, and the juniors are not behaving like juniors. What kind of behavior is this?" Old Madam Zhu roared.
“Weiwei, apologize to your second aunt. How could you, a junior, lay a hand on your elders?”
Lu Ziwei said indignantly, "Second Aunt should apologize to my mother first, then I will apologize to her."
“An elder sister-in-law is like a mother, and my mother is also her elder. How can she beat and insult her at will?”
Even if the grandmother is biased, there must be reasons and evidence.
"Otherwise, let the Empress Auntie judge the matter."
Old Madam Zhu was furious, her face turning ashen. That wretched woman was always trying to intimidate her by using the Empress's name.
Everyone knows that the Empress has always favored the eldest son's family!
"Since you're not here to pay your respects in good faith, then leave. Otherwise you'll just be a nuisance."
"Hmph, who cares!"
As Wang watched the back of the eldest son's family member, intense hatred flashed in her eyes.
She didn't think she or her children had done anything wrong; the fault lay entirely with the first wife.
The eldest son's family, relying on a little merit and a stroke of luck, became a favorite of the emperor and oppressed the second son's family for their entire lives.
It's one thing for her to suffer, but why should her own children have to suffer along with her?
Why is it that all three sons of the eldest son's wife are officials, and all three daughters-in-law are daughters of officials?
However, none of her three sons could obtain any official position, and one of her two daughters was disfigured and the other was beheaded.
The three daughters-in-law all came from humble backgrounds and were not considered respectable.
Isn't it said that relatives should help each other? Why won't the eldest son's family help the second son's family?
If Lu Jingming really cared about his nephews, he could at least get his son a top scholar and a general!
Otherwise, she wouldn't still be a commoner and unable to become a titled lady!
Waaah, is her life so miserable?
It was bad enough that Zhou Shi bullied her, but now even the younger generation of the eldest son's family has started to bully her.
Who does Lu Ziwei think she is? A divorced woman, a worthless piece of trash that nobody wants. How dare she bully her? Does she really think she's a pushover?
If her daughter is having a hard time, the eldest son's daughter won't have an easy time either.
And that bitch Su Yujiao, she's the one who started all this tragedy.
If she had obediently married Wang Heng as a concubine, Chrysanthemum's face wouldn't have been ruined, and Plum Blossom's head wouldn't have been cut off!
She wanted to avenge the plum blossoms and chrysanthemums!
After Lu Meihua's funeral, Wang went to Zhu and cried, "Mother, if it really doesn't work, let's separate the family. The eldest son's family is too arrogant. I can't live like this anymore."
"What's wrong now?"
"Can't you just give up for a few days?"
"Ask your grandsons how they've been living lately!"
“Ever since that bitch Su Yujiao left, apart from you and Father having the same food and clothing, we’ve been living worse than pigs and dogs.”
"The eldest brother is really powerful. With just one word from him, we second branch of the family can't even get a meal."
"Now that bitch Lu Ziwei dares to beat and scold me in public, how am I supposed to live like this?"
The three brothers, Lu Youfu, Lu Youjin, and Lu Youcai, listened to their mother's sobbing and pretended to be pitiful as well.
“Grandmother, let’s divide the family property. From now on, our second branch will eat coarse food and we don’t want to be beholden to the eldest branch anymore.”
“We three brothers are not even as good as dogs in front of Lu Ziqian.”
"He's a mighty general, what are we? Nothing at all!"
“If he really considered us brothers, he should have appointed us as deputy generals.”
"Yes, the eldest son's family is going too far."
“Grandmother, the Lu family’s current prosperity is all thanks to you. Everything in the family belongs to you. You can give it to whomever you want. Anyone who dares to disobey is unfilial.”
“When the family is divided, please give us a larger share so that we, the second branch, won’t end up homeless and starving.”
Old Mrs. Zhu was somewhat tempted by her three grandsons' words.
How could she have been so foolish before, thinking that everything in the family was earned by the eldest son and that he should be in charge?
No matter how capable the eldest son is, he is still her son, and what belongs to a son is hers, isn't it?
Since it all belongs to her, is it wrong for her to want to share it with the second wife?
The eldest son isn't her biological child, so she'll definitely side with her own.
According to her, the entire General's Mansion should be given to the second wife.
The eldest sons are all officials and are not short of money. Even if they lose their family property, they will still have plenty of opportunities to make money in the future.
The second wife's family is different. None of them produced officials, so they had no opportunity to amass wealth. No matter how much money they had, it was all going to the second wife.
However, her eldest son, that unfilial son, would definitely not agree. What should she do to kick the eldest son's family out?
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