Yan Ronghua hurriedly smiled and said, "My mother asked me to come over."
"Really?" Pan Lan sneered, "I heard that you talked to your mother for a long time at the second gate? Did you complain to your mother? Do you think the Marquis' Mansion treats you badly?"
"No, no!" Yan Ronghua said anxiously, "How dare I!"
"Oh," Pan Lan sneered, "Yes, if Prince An doesn't support you, His Highness won't even see you. No matter how much you say to your widowed mother, what can she do!"
Yan Ronghua said anxiously: "I really didn't say anything!"
Pan Lan put down the book and stood up.
She stepped back in fear. Pan Lan smiled and said, "I didn't tell you not to say it. Just say it if you want to. Say that you are unsatisfied with your desires and want a man. Say that your husband can't satisfy you..."
He smiled and lowered his head, as if whispering, "But you carefully planned to make me your husband. Who told me at that time... that my young master is as gentle as jade. As soon as I saw him in broad daylight, I dreamed of him... Hahahaha!"
He used a shrill voice and imitated her way of speaking, which was really scary. Yan Ronghua's hair stood on end. She let him rip open her clothes in vain and stepped on her.
Yan Ronghua screamed, struggled violently, and tears flowed like rain.
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Sun received fifty taels of silver.
But she is, after all, the daughter-in-law of the prince's palace. Meng Min often helps her, and she has monthly allowance. Although Mrs. Dong is mean, she will not go too far for Meng Min's sake. She has lived a life of luxury all her life, and now...how long can these fifty taels of silver last!
So a few days later, she came to see Yan Ronghua again.
Yan Ronghua had no choice but to pawn her jewelry and gave her forty taels.
It was gone after a few days, so Sun had to come again.
This time, Yan Ronghua didn't come out until more than an hour later, and asked anxiously: "Mother, what's the matter again!"
Sun cried, "Mother is out of money again, and the shop needs money too! How long will forty taels last? Think about Mother, too!"
Yan Ronghua closed his eyes and said, "Go borrow some from your aunt."
Sun said anxiously: "How could she lend it to me? If I go, she will definitely tell me to go find Meng Min! But how dare I go..."
Yan Ronghua said: "You have several shops, sell one first!"
"No way!" Sun cried, "I'm a widow, and my shop is my livelihood! How can I sell it?"
Yan Ronghua said anxiously, "Didn't Second Aunt give you so many nice clothes? You can't let someone steal these too? You can just pawn a few of them to deal with the emergency!"
"No way!" Sun was still crying, "If I pawn my clothes, the servants will know about it. How can I discipline them in the future?"
Yan Ronghua was a little irritable: "Then what do you say we should do!"
Sun sobbed and carefully held her hand, "Hua'er, you are my only daughter. You are married to the Marquis's Mansion anyway. I gave you a lot of dowry back then. Mother doesn't want much. Give me two hundred silver coins first. I will deal with this matter first."
Yan Ronghua looked at her quietly.
This is her own mother. Is she trying to force her to death by going back and forth like this?
Her dowry was all in the hands of Pan Lan, and she was very cautious when handling even fifty taels, so how could she afford two hundred taels!
Why did God treat her like this? Not only did her parents fail to help her, but they also wanted to kill her?
Yan Ronghua looked at her for a long time, and suddenly became gentle: "Mother, you go back first. I will find some time to come back to you and we will talk in detail."
Sun was startled, "Then now..."
"It's not convenient now," Yan Ronghua said, "I'll go back tomorrow, you can stay one more night." She pushed Sun and said coquettishly, "Mother, go back first."
Then she turned and left.
Sun looked at her hesitantly, but had no choice but to turn around and leave.
As expected, Yan Ronghua returned home the next day.
Sun burst into tears as soon as she saw her. Yan Ronghua comforted her for a while, then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Mother, I have an idea."
She has always been smart and has her own ideas, so Sun asked, "What's the matter?"
Yan Ronghua said, "Originally this matter was indeed very serious, but Second Aunt is kind and soft-hearted, and you and I have been good sisters for many years. Besides, Yan Shiyue is safe now, so the resentment about what happened back then is naturally much less. I just want to think that it was Yan Liangchou who lost the person back then, and now, isn't Yan Liangchou still known as the adopted son of the Yan family?"
Sun couldn't help but nodded: "Yes. My son is right. So what should we do now?"
Yan Ronghua said, "If you want Second Aunt to forgive you, the usual methods won't work. I think Aunt can pretend to commit suicide."
Sun shuddered: "Seeking death?"
"Yes, pretend to commit suicide," Yan Ronghua said, "First hang a rope in the room and pretend to hang yourself. Then I will go to the Prince of Chengping's mansion to invite Second Aunt... If she comes, I will ask outside, and say, "Is mother here? Second Aunt is here!"
She spoke every word clearly, looking at her: "Just this sentence, and then Ah Niang quickly pretended to hang herself, and I and Second Aunt came in and rescued Ah Niang. If Second Aunt hadn't come, I wouldn't have said anything, and we would have thought of other ways."
Sun was a little hesitant: "Is this okay?"
"There is no other way, only this one way," Yan Ronghua said softly, "Mother, otherwise, you will offend Yan Shiyue and Meng Min, and you will have no money. Mother, do you want to eat coarse food in the future?"
Sun couldn't help but look bitter.
Yan Ronghua said softly, "Don't worry, mother, it's just a show. Second aunt and I will be in right away. Nothing will happen."
After the mother and daughter discussed it in detail, Yan Ronghua went to Prince Chengping's palace to invite Meng Min.
Sun got some chili peppers and rubbed her eyes until they were red. Then she tied a ribbon on the eaves and tied it tightly. She stood on a stool, holding the rope with one hand, waiting anxiously.
Soon, she heard Yan Ronghua's voice.
Then she asked, "Is my mother here? Is my second aunt here?"
Yan Ronghua said that acting must be done seriously!
When Sun heard the name "Second Aunt", she gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, put her head into the rope, kicked over the stool, and hung herself on it.
Outside, Sun's maid said, "Madam is here, but the second madam is not here!"
Yan Ronghua clearly heard a gurgling sound.
She gritted her teeth and said to the maid, "I understand. I'll go in and take a look. You go about your business."
Something had been wrong with Sun recently, and the maidservant didn't dare to get close to her, so she just responded and retreated.
Yan Ronghua entered the room, closed the door with shaking hands, and quickly turned around the screen. He saw Sun hanging on the eaves with bulging eyes. She tried desperately to say something, but couldn't.
Yan Ronghua burst into tears.
She tried her best to suppress her voice, knelt down tremblingly, and kowtowed slowly to Sun.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, mother. Don't blame your daughter... I had no choice.
It's better for one person to die than for two people to die!
Now there is no way out. The only way is to risk death and then survive.
Sun did do something wrong and she deserved to die, but she was just a little baby at the time and it cannot be blamed on her at all!
When a person is alive, one wishes she would die, but when she really dies...then the resentment will be blown away by the wind.
Meng Min is soft-hearted and will definitely not blame her too much.
And Yan Shiyue was very reasonable and would not blame her anymore.
Besides, it was Yan Shiyue who asked people to take away all of Sun's money. Sun was essentially forced to death by her! Yan Shiyue has always valued life very much. Even if she didn't say it, she must have felt guilty in her heart.
But now, these few traces of guilt are her only way to survive!
Yan Ronghua watched until Sun stopped struggling, then slowly wiped away her tears, turned around and went out, saying to the maid, "Mother cried herself to sleep, don't disturb her, let's talk about it in the evening."
The maid responded, and Yan Ronghua covered her face and left.
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