Chapter 335 Lively
In the huge Duke Dingguo Mansion, only the old lady and Madam Chen are left, and the two are not united.
The old lady knew that she didn't have much time left, so she just wanted to open her private treasury and squander the money.
Mrs. Chen's thoughts were complicated. On the one hand, she had to consider her life for the next few decades, and on the other hand, she was still thinking about Gao Yan'er. Although she despised Gao Yan'er for marrying down and said many unpleasant things, she was the daughter she had snatched from her ex-husband after all, and she still loved her in her heart and wanted to leave some money for Gao Yan'er.
Therefore, when Mrs. Chen found out that the old lady had spent money to hire nine strong servants to serve her, she was furious and ran to Jingzhao Prefecture to complain.
The old lady was awarded a chastity arch by the court because she had been a widow for fifty years.
Mrs. Chen wanted to accuse the old lady of being unclean.
However, the prefect of Jingzhao said that he could take back the chastity arch, but he could not punish the old lady.
The old lady is a widow, and it is up to her own will whether she wants to marry or not.
After hearing this, the old lady was very happy and even sued Mrs. Chen, saying that she was a married woman who had been divorced but was still coveting the property of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion and using it to support her lover.
Tsk tsk, Madam Chen did have a lover, a scholar who taught in a private school. He failed the imperial examinations many times, but he never used Madam Chen's money because Madam Chen was used to taking advantage of people in Duke Dingguo's mansion and didn't like being taken advantage of.
As a result, the relationship between mother and daughter completely fell out.
The old lady did not allow Madam Chen to live in the Duke Dingguo's mansion.
Madam Chen stayed at Gao Yan'er's in-laws' house at night and went to Duke Dingguo's mansion to make trouble during the day.
Those old stories were brought out one by one, to see who is not afraid of being laughed at.
For example, how the old lady took advantage of her elder sister's serious illness to climb into her bed.
For example, how the old lady took advantage of the old Duke Dingguo's absence to flirt with the young man.
For example, how did the old lady instigate Duke Dingguo to keep a confidante?
Alas, Gao Yan'er tried to persuade Madam Chen, but she refused to give in.
Gao Yan'er wanted to persuade the old lady, but she refused to open the door.
When Zhu Huaizhen accompanied Chen Ming'an to watch the fun, Mrs. Chen was telling how the old lady bullied Princess Pingyang in the past.
The old lady hoped that Duke Dingguo and his confidante would conceive and give birth to a son, so she was determined to suppress Princess Pingyang. So she had someone tamper with the bergamot, the imperial gift, by adding a little musk.
Princess Pingyang had been smelling musk for a long time, and even if she was pregnant, the fetus would be in an unstable position.
Fortunately, when Princess Pingyang was pregnant, she couldn't stand the smell of bergamot, so she moved the bergamot out.
After Princess Pingyang's fetal position stabilized, the old lady was still unwilling to give up. She bribed the midwife to create some difficulties for Princess Pingyang when giving birth, to ensure that Princess Pingyang could not sleep with Duke Dingguo in the future.
Sure enough, after Princess Pingyang gave birth, she was not as strong as before and was always recuperating from illness.
"How can grandma be so vicious!" Chen Ming'an said coldly, his eyes frozen with frost.
"These are the secrets of the inner house. Princess Pingyang is hard to guard against, and perhaps she doesn't want to be on guard." Zhu Huaizhen said softly.
Some things can only be said briefly.
"Ming'an, the most vicious thing she did was that in the middle of the night last night, she ordered the eight strong men to dig up your mother's grave, saying that since you had been expelled from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, your mother was even less worthy of it." Madam Chen rubbed the dark circles under her eyes and smiled grimly.
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