The maidservant beside her said coldly, "Of course it's good tea. This cup costs two taels of silver. An ordinary woman can't afford it."
Two taels? Shen Heng's heart trembled when she heard this. How great it would be if it could be cashed in. "I have opened my eyes today. Thank you, Madam Yu."
Yu lowered her eyes and took a sip: "I'm tired. Madam Shen has finished her tea, so please go back home early."
Chen Heng heaved a sigh of relief and bowed, "Then I will not disturb your rest, Madam. I'll take my leave." With that, she turned and left.
Seeing that she was being held captive, the maidservant became anxious: "Madam, are you going to let her be held captive like this? We wanted to ask her today, but we haven't gotten a single word out of her."
"Is there any need to ask?" Yu sneered, "It's almost certain."
"What should we do then? If the son-in-law is really the elder brother of the Xie family, and he still has a wife, then the madam is..." She really couldn't say the word concubine. The maidservant said, "Madam, the Xia family cannot be kept."
"Shut up. Don't have such thoughts." Yu's face suddenly darkened.
"Madam, you finally accepted your son-in-law. He is a man worthy of entrusting your life to. But now that Xia is here, if your son-in-law remembers you one day, what will you do?"
"What should I do?" Yu murmured, her thoughts drifting away for a moment before she finally said, "After losing her husband, Xia Shi braved all the hardships and shouldered the burden of the Xie family single-handedly. That's admirable. I feel the pain of losing a husband myself. How could I let that hurt another woman who shared my pain and sympathy?"
"Oh, my lady, your uncle is your husband now." The maid cried anxiously.
"If what we guessed is true, how could he be mine?" For so many years, she had indeed kept her husband in her heart, intending to spend her life together, but she had her pride and dignity. Yu Shiyi said, "Remember this, my father and my relatives must not know about this. If you let out a single word, I will beat you to death and expel your father from the Duke's Mansion."
The maid was startled. She had been serving the Madam since she was a child, and she had never heard the Madam speak so harshly. "I've made a note of this. Madam, don't worry, I won't say a word. So what did the Madam call Madam Shen here for today?"
"If she is smart, she will understand that I have no ill will towards her." Yu straightened her back. It was time for her to talk to her eldest brother about what happened in the past. How did her real husband, her eldest brother's best friend, die?
Six years ago, she and her elder brother could do nothing.
Six years later, Mr. Xie might be a breakthrough.
After leaving the teahouse, Chen Heng was indeed thinking about what had just happened.
When I was invited to get on the carriage, many abusive plots flashed through my mind, such as arrogance, aggressiveness, bossiness, and overbearingness. Nine out of ten noble ladies in novels seemed to be like this. If they didn't like someone, they would slap him in the face.
Not to mention someone like Yu who comes to steal a man.
But Yu's behavior was really unexpected. She just passed the information to her directly. You said you had checked it, and the Xie family members had confirmed it. Even if there are thousands of similar people in the world, it would be suspicious if it was such a coincidence.
The answer was obvious, but Yu did nothing.
Is she hammering her?
Or is he reminding her of something?
She didn't sense any malice from Yu.
It's hard to guard against.
Therefore, at noon, Shen Heng did not go home. Thinking of what the man said in the morning, she went to Lord Lu's house.
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