On the stone road, wine flags fluttered. There were many shops with a long ancient charm.
The sarcastic woman acted superior and glanced at the old woman serving behind her.
The old woman had a heavy gold bracelet on her hand, which looked very decent. She stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Everyone come and take a look!"
"This second Madam Cao is really amazing! She has been married into the Cao family for three years, but she has no children so far, and has not added a single child to the Cao family."
"Since she is from a scholarly family, why doesn't she ask to leave? Not only did she have the nerve to sue the entire Cao family to the Censorate, but she also asked for a divorce."
"How can a woman ask for a divorce?"
She spat: "Marrying such a daughter-in-law, the Cao family is really unlucky for eight lifetimes! But she is so shameless that she is still walking around the market."
When passers-by heard this, they stopped and looked at her.
"Cao family? Is she the second wife of Cao who was seduced by the eldest uncle when she was drunk?"
The old woman with a basket on her shoulder had a head of white hair and spat when she heard the words.
"What seduction? Cao Bogong's first wife passed away for many years, and he never remarried. It can be seen that he misses the old woman. He has all the women he wants, and he has already established a family outside. Why does he have to get together with his brother's wife who he only sees a few times a year? I think this woman is not decent and took advantage of the alcohol to get close to Cao Bogong."
"She didn't get any benefits after the success, so she was unhappy and made false accusations."
Someone nodded in agreement.
The second master of the Cao family is not even as good as Cao Bogong's finger.
"That's right. The Cao family has relied on Cao Bogong to gain a foothold in Shangjing all these years."
"She wants to climb up the ladder, she is ambitious and shameless, so she did such a despicable thing."
These days, the second wife of Cao has heard enough gossip.
Even if she is angry, she is a woman after all, and she can't show much confidence.
She wanted to explain, but how could these people really care about the truth?
She was just a topic of conversation for others.
Her face turned pale.
"No, it's not like that."
"The Censorate will give me justice."
"What kind of thing is that?"
The old woman sneered: "Why don't you tell me and let everyone help to figure it out."
Madam Cao II fell into silence.
In fact, she didn't know... either.
She just drank too much on the birthday party of her grandmother at her husband's house, and when she woke up, it was her eldest uncle lying beside her.
The marks and soreness left on her body told her that something had happened that shouldn't have happened.
Madam Cao II didn't dare to recall it.
But voices rang in her ears.
It was the voice of her husband's family.
——"Shu, listen carefully, a married woman should obey her husband. Since you marry into the Cao family, you have to inherit the incense."
Her grandmother who loved her most at her husband's house held her hand.
——"Aqin, I won't hide it from you. Your stomach has not moved. I have invited many women who specialize in treating women's problems to see you, and they all said that there is nothing wrong. I had no choice but to ask a doctor to see your husband."
Grandmother's tone was embarrassed.
——"I didn't expect that he couldn't have a baby."
——"So you have taken a lot of bitter medicine to have a child over the years, and I am sad. But the incense of the second room can't be cut off."
——"Grandmother discussed it with your mother-in-law and let his brother take over the two rooms. You and Dalang are uncle and daughter-in-law in the morning and husband and wife at night until a baby boy is born. Your husband agreed, and Grandmother came to ask for your opinion, okay?"
At that time, she seemed to have heard a big joke.
It was against human ethics, how could she agree.
If the husband is not in good health, why can't he be adopted?
But the mother-in-law sneered.
——"What can we adopt? Who can we adopt? Your eldest sister-in-law passed away early, leaving no children."
——"Are you going to adopt one from outside? That won't do. We can't let outsiders share the huge fortune of the Cao family."
Her husband knelt down in front of her.
——"I know I have wronged you. It may sound a bit harsh to say that the son-in-law is a son of a noble family, but there are precedents. But as a daughter-in-law, you have to understand."
——"You are not happy about it, and maybe your elder brother is not happy about it either, but we have grandmother to mediate. Your elder brother has set up his own family outside. If you give birth to a son, won't the property and title under his name belong to us?"
——"It doesn't matter if you make some sacrifices for a better life in the future. After the success, I will take care of you and won't mind your dirty body."
She realized how unbearable the man beside her was.
And her opinion was obviously not that important.
Even though they were all in the capital, it only took two hours to go back to her parents' home, but the Cao family was afraid that she would get into trouble, so they locked her up for seven days!
If it weren't for her father coming to visit, she...
Madam Cao's body swayed and she was a little unsteady.
The old woman glanced at her, with a proud tone, and continued: "Our lady is of high status, has some connections, and has some relationship with the He family."
She paused and glanced around.
"I'm sure you've all heard of the He family. It's the He of He Yushi, the family of Princess Jiashan."
"Look at how pitiful you are, Madam Cao, maybe you'd be willing to lend a hand and help clarify the case before the result comes out."
Chun Yao was so angry that she intentionally protected her cousin behind her.
"Enough."
"You really--"
But she had only said a few words.
"Miss Chun."
The sarcastic woman interrupted, pushed the old woman aside and walked straight over, raising her hand to lift Chun Yao's chin.
"If I were you, I would be too ashamed to go out."
"Your father killed your brother, and your mother couldn't bear the blow and hanged herself. Now that your family is broken, how can you be so cold and indifferent and not sever the father-daughter relationship with your father?"
This sentence made Chun Yao speechless.
She wanted to say that her father was not wrong, and it was her brother who committed the crime. As a censor, she couldn't cover up for her own selfishness.
But it was true that her mother couldn't bear the blow and died, and it was also true that her father's hair turned white overnight.
At this moment, a plate fell from the sky.
With a purpose, he smashed at the woman.
It rubbed her ear hard, cutting the earring hanging on it and pulling it off.
There was a snap.
The plate fell at her feet, and broken pieces of porcelain flew everywhere.
The woman touched her ear, which was full of blood and still dripping down. She screamed in pain.
"Ah!"
"Which blind bastard dared to hurt me!"
The crowd looked at the window on the second floor next door.
The old woman was horrified. Seeing the woman trembling in pain and her lips turning pale, she quickly covered her ears with a handkerchief, but the blood quickly soaked the handkerchief and flowed down through the nails.
"Madam! Madam, are you okay? This old servant will take you to see a doctor right away."
"If someone can help go and report to the authorities, our Dong family will be very grateful."
The people around looked at each other. Just as someone was about to stand up,
a soft voice was heard.
"Oh, why did it tilt?"
On the other side of the window grille on the second floor next door, a woman with willow eyebrows and red lips, eyes full of autumn water, did not panic, but smiled.
It was indeed tilted.
Everyone sighed.
But even if the plate was not held firmly, it should have fallen in front of the teahouse door, why did it fall diagonally to the next door?
Tan Jiang: "I am guilty, I didn't hit the right direction."
Yu Tingwan said softly: "Then you have to reflect on it. Why didn't you hit her head?"
(End of this chapter)
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