Chapter 64: Madam Chen of Jian'an Marquis's Mansion
Xue'er pursed her lips, looking confused. "I'm ready, but what does Miss want this for?"
Liu Qingyin lowered her eyes, a sinister glint flashing in them. Since Song Tingchen was unwilling to marry her, she had to resort to some extraordinary means.
"You don't need to ask too much. It will be useful when the time comes."
Xue'er didn't ask any more questions. After all, what the young lady asked her to prepare was not a poison. At most, it would cause stomachache after taking it.
Seeing the mess in the mansion, Xue'er clenched her fists and couldn't help feeling a little worried.
"But Miss, now that Mr. Su has returned, he's demanding her previous dowry. The old woman even wants money from you to make up for it. This..."
"Are you sure you want to stay in the General's Mansion?"
If the Song family starts living in poverty from today, what's the point of the young lady following them?
In the past three years, the young lady has invested all her gold and silver money into it.
Even today I still have to endure this humiliation.
Liu Qingyin clenched her fingers tightly, "If we don't stay here, where else can we go?"
She has family wealth.
But if it loses its protection, it will probably become a pile of bones by the river in less than a day.
She stared at the messed-up items in a deep manner. Su Tan's behavior actually helped her. "Originally, when I saw Su Tan coming back, I was a little nervous. I was afraid that Song Tingchen had lost his mind and would definitely reconcile with Su Tan for Song Xiao's sake."
"But now I'm not afraid anymore."
The old lady of the Song family is such a face-conscious person, but Su Tan forced her to borrow money from her. If Song Tingchen wants to welcome Su Tan into the family again, the old lady Song will really die.
Xue'er bit her lip, feeling relieved for Liu Qingyin, but still a little melancholy. "Miss, it's not that I want to help others and destroy my own prestige, but I think Song Tingchen is not a good match."
"The woman from the Su family was able to get her dowry back because she was once married to Song Tingchen. Coincidentally, she also performed meritorious deeds in front of the emperor. But what about the money you put in over the years?"
Su Tan was a noble lady from a prominent family, yet she ended up like this.
Little did he know that Su Tan’s yesterday was his young lady’s tomorrow.
As the old saying goes, when a rabbit dies, the fox mourns, and all creatures feel grief for their own kind.
No matter how Xue'er looked at him, she felt that Song Tingchen was not someone she could trust.
"hiss!"
Liu Qingyin endured the pain in her back, took a deep breath, and frowned in pain.
She bit her lower lip hard, not realizing it as a few beads of blood welled up on it. "That old woman from the Song family is so hypocritical. Over the years, she's never asked for anything she wants, just staring at you hoping you'll give it to her in person. She even pretends to refuse repeatedly, hoping you'll beg her to accept."
How could a noble lady tolerate her bad temper?
I am willing to hold her in my arms.
"Song Tingchen can't marry someone better than me, someone who will be more in line with her mother's wishes. You don't have to worry that I will end up like Su Tan."
Su Tancheng was also a noble lady from a high-class family.
The defeat was also due to the noble lady from a high family.
Whenever Su Tan had a temper, the Song family members thought that she was being pretentious, that she was arrogant and looked down on the Song family who had lived a poor life in the past.
Su Tan can't do the same thing, but she can.
The worry in Xue'er's eyes remained unchanged.
I hope so.
Thinking of something, she sneered again, "Speaking of which, I don't know what that old woman from the Song family is thinking. She's always trying to be the best and compete with Old Lady Chen from the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion."
"Then is Old Lady Chen someone she can compare to?"
"She doesn't even look at herself for what she is."
Liu Qingyin's eyes also revealed a bit of disdain, and she turned and ordered: "Send someone to find out if Old Lady Chen is not well in the next few days."
She had overheard something at a palace banquet earlier, and it seemed that someone said that Old Madam Chen had not been feeling well recently and seemed to be seriously ill.
Old Mrs. Song was harboring evil intentions and was hoping that something bad would happen to Old Mrs. Chen.
Just now she heard from Nanny Gao that Su Tan seemed to be a guest at the Marquis of Jian'an's mansion.
I don’t know if something strange happened in the Jian’an Marquis Mansion, so I asked Su Tan to go over and take a look.
Xue'er nodded, but then became a little confused. "Doesn't Old Lady Song really dislike Old Lady Chen? Ask someone to find out about the Jian'an Marquis Mansion. If she finds out, be careful she won't say bad things about you in front of General Song."
Just like how Old Lady Song treated Su Tan.
The reason why Song Tingchen divorced Su Tan was not entirely because of his young lady's instigation.
If it weren't for the help from Mrs. Song, the mother-in-law who disliked Su Tan in every way, how could Song Tingchen have such a deep dislike for Su Tan?
Liu Qingyin snorted. Saying bad things about her? This trick might work against Su Tan.
If it was used against her, Song Tingchen would feel that it was Old Lady Song who was making things difficult for her.
Liu Qingyin waved towards Xue'er and whispered in her ear, "When the time comes..."
Xue'er frowned when she heard this. Although she didn't understand why the girl did this, she nodded subconsciously.
"Yes, I will arrange it immediately."
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Jian'an Marquis Mansion.
Old Lady Chen is in a very bad condition at the moment. To put it nicely, she is terminally ill. To put it bluntly, her life is in danger and she may not survive for a day.
At this time, she was breathing out more than breathing in.
It's just using ginseng to keep those few breaths alive.
"County Lady Jiayi, my mother's current situation..."
The wife of Marquis Jian'an, that is, the mistress of Marquis Jian'an's mansion, Chen, was worried at the moment, and her face was gloomy.
My mother-in-law was fine before.
Just half a month ago, I don’t know what happened, but I suddenly became very ill and no matter what medicine I took, it didn’t get better.
My health was deteriorating day by day, and I lost a lot of weight.
Putting aside the fact that Old Madam Chen was her mother-in-law, the two of them were also aunt and niece. Old Madam Chen suddenly became so seriously ill, and Chen's anxiety was no less than her husband's.
Su Tan frowned. A thick black aura was shrouding Old Madam Chen's bed, and only a faint golden light was still protecting Old Madam Chen.
If those wisps of golden light were finally swallowed up, even gods would be unable to save us.
But she looked at Old Lady Chen's face and saw that she had been doing good deeds and being kind to others all her life. Ordinary ghosts could not get close to her at all, let alone pester her.
This matter is probably unusual.
Su Tan lowered his eyes, his brows tightly furrowed, and a trace of solemnity appeared in his eyes. "Madam Chen, could you please call all the masters of the Marquis' Mansion to one courtyard?"
Mrs. Chen frowned.
This was somewhat against the rules.
But after thinking about it, the Jian'an Marquis Mansion did not invite Su Tan over to have tea with her.
I originally wanted to ask Su Tan to take a look at the condition of Old Madam Chen.
Even if it is against the rules now, there is no need to worry about it.
While she ordered someone to invite the other masters to the flower hall, she walked forward with Su Tan, frowning slightly.
She lowered her voice and said, "County Lady Jiayi, our mansion has invited many doctors recently. When they saw my mother-in-law's condition, they shook their heads."
Not just doctors.
Even the master has looked for it.
But everyone was hesitant.
Chen's brows were furrowed tightly. "County Lady Jiayi, could you please tell me the truth? Is my mother-in-law ill, or did she bump into something?"
"That thing is trying to take my mother-in-law's life?"
"If not, can we negotiate with it? No matter what the conditions are, we will do our best to meet them. We just hope it won't bother my mother-in-law anymore."
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