She thought of everyone, and finally, a name she least wanted to remember and hated most surfaced in her mind.
Gao Dekai.
Her husband.
The newly appointed third-ranking scholar who once abandoned her and her daughter like trash is now riding high on success.
[Gao Fei is Gao Dekai. Gao Dekai, you absolutely must help me.]
[Beware! The third-ranked scholar might turn his back on you!]
[The villainous female supporting character's hope lies with the beautiful silkworm girl.]
Now, we've reached a dead end.
Even if it meant begging that Zhongshan wolf, even if it meant offering herself to the tiger, she had to try!
Meican Niang entrusted Niu Niu to a trusted cook and walked alone toward the unfamiliar mansion of the third-ranked scholar.
She inquired along the way and finally stood in front of that magnificent mansion gate.
"The Residence of the Third Scholar".
The three large, gilded characters, under the pale glow of the lantern, looked like three sharp knives, piercing her eyes fiercely.
She seemed to see again the man from many years ago, kneeling before her father's bedside, vowing to give her a good life.
But now, Gao Fei has become Gao Dekai, and the yellow earth of his hometown has long buried his father's withered bones.
But she had to bow down to this heartless man for the sake of another benefactor.
How ironic.
May that scumbag's whole family die.
[Don't forget, there's also Chunqin and Jiang Shu. That damned Gao Dekai is cheating on her with three women at once.]
Meicanniang stood in front of the door, raised her hands, roughened by years of labor, and slammed them heavily on the door knocker with all her might.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The door opened a crack.
A sleepy-eyed servant boy poked his head out, his face full of impatience.
"What are you doing, knocking on our necks in the middle of the night? Don't you know we adults are resting? Where did this country bumpkin come from? Get out!"
He reached out to push her, but found that the woman in front of him was as still as a rock.
A hint of surprise flashed in the servant's eyes, which was then replaced by even deeper contempt.
"Oh, he's got a tough one?"
Mei Can Niang stared at him, her words clear and sharp: "I'm looking for Gao Dekai, Lord Gao. Please inform him that Mei Can Niang from Gao Family Village has something extremely important to discuss with him."
"Gaojia Village? The Beautiful Silkworm Girl?"
The servant chuckled, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"We adults don't have poor relatives like you! You want to curry favor with us but don't even know where you're from. Get out of here, or we'll report you to the authorities!"
Meican Niang's heart grew colder and colder, but instead of retreating, she stepped forward and shouted loudly into the courtyard: "Gao Fei! If you don't come out, I will beat the Dengwen Drum! I will make your official reputation as a third-ranked scholar resound throughout the capital overnight!"
The servant's expression changed drastically. This woman actually knew the master's childhood name?
Just as they were hesitating, a figure strode out from the inner courtyard. Under the moonlight, the person was dressed in fine clothes, but his face was as pale as paper.
Gao Dekai stared intently at the woman at the door, his eyes filled with overwhelming horror and resentment.
This woman, the woman he thought had long since rotted away in the countryside, actually came looking for him!
"Who are you? I don't know you!"
Gao Dekai rushed to the door, his voice extremely low.
"If you dare to spout nonsense here again, don't blame me for making you disappear from the capital without a trace!"
Seeing this, the servant immediately started yelling, "Did you hear me? My master doesn't know you! Get out of here!"
Meican Niang looked at the man before her, a man who was both familiar and unfamiliar. The face that had once made countless vows to her was now filled with indifference and murderous intent.
Tears finally broke free.
"Gao Fei, I am the Beautiful Silkworm Girl!"
"Have you forgotten how you knelt before your father's bedside and swore an oath before he died?"
"Have you forgotten Niu Niu? She's already four years old. When you left, she was still in my belly!"
Gao Dekai trembled violently, and the panic in his eyes could no longer be concealed.
He never dreamed that he would have a daughter.
The beautiful silkworm girl smiled sadly, knowing that old feelings could no longer win back this wolf in sheep's clothing.
She wiped away her tears, her voice becoming unusually calm, a calmness that held a resolve capable of destroying everything.
"Gao Fei, I'm not here for myself today."
“It was Princess Heyi who saved my life and Niu Niu’s. Now she has been framed and is imprisoned in the imperial prison, her life hanging by a thread.”
“I’ve run out of options, that’s why I’ve come to you. I don’t want your future or your status, I just want one hundred taels of silver to save her life.”
"Give it to me, and my daughter and I will disappear from your sight forever. If you don't give it to me..."
The beautiful silkworm girl raised her head and looked directly into his terrified eyes.
"Then I took Niu Niu to beat the Dengwen Drum, to the Ministry of Justice, and to all the civil and military officials, and told them the story of our Gao Family Village, word by word!"
Gao Dekai's face turned deathly pale instantly. He quickly took out some silver and told her to get lost.
Meican Niang smiled sadly and kowtowed sharply to Gao Dekai.
"It turns out I've mistaken you for someone else. Thank you so much for your generosity, sir. I am deeply grateful for your great kindness and virtue. I will never bother you again, and I have never seen you before tonight!"
She left in a hurry, and the servant, with a stern expression, stepped forward and asked, "Sir, do you want to...?"
Gao Dekai, however, did not want to cause trouble at this time and ruin his promising future.
"Fine, nothing happened today. But if I hear any rumors about what happened today, I won't let you off the hook!"
The beautiful silkworm girl went to the prison with the silver, but was refused entry at the door.
In prison, they only said that the master had already rested, and that even if they were to send money, they would wait until the master woke up.
The silkworm maiden understood perfectly well that they were deliberately stalling for time!
She kept knocking on the door, shouting that she had collected enough silver, but the guard was unreasonable and snatched the silver away, ordering people to lift up the beautiful silkworm girl.
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