When Zhen'er saw Shen Lijiao on the bed, her eyes flashed with resentment.
Chen Lijiao owed money, what did it have to do with her? She asked Chen Lijiao to take the main road, but Chen Lijiao refused, and that's how she met Mr. Zhou and the others.
If they hadn't met Mr. Zhou and the others, how could Shen Lijiao and herself have been humiliated like this?
Fortunately, Mr. Zhou entered the room first, and the group of people outside wanted to leave their hair to Shen Lijiao, so they just touched her and didn't really do anything to her.
But such humiliation was not something Zhen'er could endure. Why? What did everything that happened today have to do with her? It was because of Chen Lijiao, this rat shit, that she was brought to this situation!
Zhen'er wanted to kill Shen Lijiao, but she couldn't.
Zhen'er's mother was He's dowry, and her whole family worked under the second house. If she killed Shen Lijiao out of anger, her whole family would have no way to survive.
Seeing that she would be married into the He family with Chen Lijiao as a dowry, Zhen'er was unwilling to accept it.
She originally had no other thoughts, because she and her cousin had been in love for a long time. She just waited until she was old enough to ask for the grace of the master's family to let her go out and marry her cousin. If the master's family was kind, she would be willing to come back and continue working for the master's family after the marriage.
Who would have thought that she would suffer such a great humiliation today? Even if her virginity had not been broken, Zhen'er still felt that she was dirty and no longer worthy of her cousin.
But she can't do anything now. The lives of her family are in the hands of others. If this matter gets out, not only will this family die, but even if they survive, they will be nailed to the pillar of shame for the rest of their lives.
Zhen'er moved step by step to Shen Lijiao's side, and saw that there was no good flesh left on Shen Lijiao's body, and it was covered with purple scars everywhere.
When Chen Lijiao saw Zhen'er, she immediately made a vicious expression, "Don't reveal a single word about what happened today, otherwise I will kill you."
Zhen'er turned her head away and stopped looking at her, as if she would be nauseated and vomit if she looked at Chen Lijiao for one more moment.
“Yes, this servant knows.” Zhen’er responded in a low voice, and came over to slowly put clothes on Shen Lijiao.
Shen Lijiao's clothes were all torn and could not be worn again. Seeing that Zhen'er's clothes were still intact, she ordered: "Give me your clothes to wear."
Zhen'er covered her clothes and kept shaking her head, "No..."
Chen Lijiao didn't have the energy to talk too much nonsense with her, and signaled Zhen'er to take her purse.
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to wear your dirty clothes. Go buy me a new set of clothes. Hurry up." Shen Lijiao ordered.
Zhen'er took the purse and rushed out without caring about her physical discomfort.
It got dark earlier and earlier, and the temperature dropped at night. There was no shelter around Shen Lijiao. In addition, she had been sweating before, and the wind blew in through the window, making Shen Lijiao shiver with cold.
Fortunately, Zhen'er came back with a new set of clothes. Shen Lijiao glanced at it. She didn't like the clothes, but now it was the only one she could wear, so Shen Lijiao resisted the urge to curse.
Zhen'er helped Chen Lijiao put on her clothes. Chen Lijiao felt sticky all over and was very uncomfortable.
"Burn the original clothes and don't let others see them." Chen Lijiao ordered.
"yes."
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It was almost night, and Chen Lijiao returned home without attracting anyone's attention. She quietly returned to her room and ordered someone to get a large basin of bath water so that she could have a good bath.
After taking off her clothes, Shen Lijiao saw that her body was covered in bruises. She felt that what happened that day was extremely terrible, ten times or even a hundred times more terrible than what happened in Qinfang Tower that day.
Fortunately, no one knew about what happened today, even Zhen'er. Shen Lijiao was sure that she would not dare to tell anyone.
The next day, Chen Lijiao didn't dare to go out alone. She remembered Mr. Zhou's warning to her and was afraid that Mr. Zhou and the others would come looking for her again.
Although she had already paid them back one thousand taels of silver yesterday, she had no idea how much the interest had accumulated.
There was no telling whether Mr. Zhou and the others would come again today, so Chen Lijiao simply stayed at home.
The clothes Zhen'er bought yesterday were cheap and didn't cost much silver in total. Chen Lijiao scraped together the money in her purse and barely got together a thousand taels, which she gave to the servant to buy her dowry.
After the second branch split up, He Yinxue naturally could no longer follow him. Firstly, it was inconvenient, and secondly, it was impossible for Shen Wanghong to spend money to support such an outsider. After He Yinxue returned to the He family, no one knew what the He family had planned. Perhaps they were afraid that the night would be long and dreams would arise, and He Yinxue would do something like Shen Lijiao again, or perhaps the He family felt that He Yinxue was no longer valuable and did not want to support her anymore, so on a dark and windy night, she was sent to the Yong'an Marquis Mansion in a sedan chair.
When the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion heard that the He family had sent someone, they opened the side door and let her in.
He Yinxue's reputation has been ruined. If the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion no longer accepts her, it is hard to say what she will do out of desperation. The Yong'an Marquis' Mansion can no longer withstand the blow. If they let her in, she would be just a concubine, not someone who is not presentable. They would just give her a yard to live in.
On the second day after He Yinxue entered the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, Madam Fang assigned two maids to her, saying that they were there to take care of her. In fact, they were just there to keep an eye on her and prevent her from doing anything to embarrass the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, and to prevent her from using money to support the He family.
The Yong'an Marquis' Mansion hated the Shen and He families deeply. He had said such nice things at the beginning, but her daughter did such a shameless thing, which made Fang Zhiran unable to hold his head up in the officialdom.
Fortunately, the marriage was broken off and the emperor knew about it. This time, the emperor didn't say anything, after all, it was not Fang Zhiran's fault.
Moreover, the war situation at the front is tense now. I heard that fighting is about to break out again in the northern border. Fang Zhiran felt that his chance to make a contribution had come.
The Yong'an Marquisate is currently in a state of transition. The older generation has all died in battle, leaving only Fang Zhiran, the only remaining heir. However, Fang Zhiran has not yet married and has no children, so his mother has been unwilling to let him go to the battlefield.
Fang's mother was afraid. If something happened to Fang Zhiran again on the battlefield, the Fang family would be extinct.
So when Fang Zhiran once again asked to go to the Northern Frontier for support, Fang's mother still used the same excuse.
Fang Zhiran was really annoyed, "Mom, can you please hope that I get better?"
"The Yong'an Marquisate is in such a state now. I have a whole family to support. My grandmother is sick and needs to spend money on good medicine. If I don't make military achievements, who will support this whole family?"
"The Emperor is already displeased with me because of the engagement. If I don't find ways to make merit, how will I cope with the situation at court?"
"Mother only sees that the Fang family needs an heir. But what good is an heir? Will it leave him with an empty shell or a mountain of debt?"
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