Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1199 - 611: Purge (Part 2)
Yingzi initially didn’t agree.
"...A girl doesn’t marry two husbands. Mother, now that poisonous scorpion of a wife is gone, and there’s no one around Master, it’s exactly when he needs me. I will surely stay with Master until he’s old and give you a few more grandchildren." Yingzi knelt before Lady Zhou, "...That poisonous scorpion wife wanted to kill me. In the end, she fell to her death. Even if I go to court, I don’t have much guilt... Mother, please beg Fifth Master, so I don’t even have to go to court, which would save the Lian Family’s face."
Lady Zhou didn’t have the patience to speak nicely to Yingzi.
"You still talk about not marrying two husbands? Bah, you have the nerve to say that. Still think we’re in Taicang, that I know nothing? Had I known you were a loose woman, I would never have let you follow my son."
The reason Lady Zhou initially decided to make Yingzi a concubine for Lian Shouren was that she truly didn’t know about Yingzi’s past. However, it was already suspicious that Yingzi was sent from the Song Family to Taicang. Yet Lady Zhou didn’t investigate further and made this decision in a hurry to annoy Lady Gu.
Since learning about Yingzi’s past, Lady Zhou felt a considerable disdain for her. Furthermore, after returning from Taicang, Yingzi’s father frequently came to cause trouble and extort money. Even if Yingzi had been an innocent girl before, Lady Zhou could no longer tolerate her.
"Mother, how can you speak like this? It was you who decided to give me to Master initially. I didn’t want to then, but you said I would surely have everything just like that poisonous scorpion wife, two heads large..."
As Yingzi mentioned old matters, Lady Zhou’s expression became grim.
Lian Manman wasn’t present, but she had long predicted that Yingzi wouldn’t easily relent, so she arranged for Han Zhong’s Wife to be nearby. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
At this moment, Han Zhong’s Wife stepped forward and quietly advised Yingzi.
"Miss Yingzi, you just came back; there are some things you might not see clearly... With separate households, how well our Master lives, at most it’s just taking care of the Old Master and Old Madam here. Others, trying to enjoy the benefits and live lavishly, that’s just not possible. There’s no such logic. Moreover, Miss Yingzi, the one you want to rely on, heh heh, that’s even more impossible."
"Miss Yingzi, if you insist on staying, probably no one can stop you. If the officials at the County Yamen show leniency and don’t sentence you to death, after you serve a few years in prison, you’ll find yourself grinding at this old mansion once you get out."
The reason Yingzi, after escaping to Thirty Mile Camp, returned to the Lian Family was indeed to catch on to whatever advantage Lian Shouxin might offer. Along the way, she also heard people talk about how affluent and prestigious the Archway Lian Family was, thinking that following Lian Shouren, even if not living in luxury, there would at least be fish soup and meat soup.
This was much better than marrying into an ordinary farmstead family. She had no dowry, her body was frail, and being with Lian Shouren, with the hope that Lian Shouxin’s influence might benefit her, seemed like the best outcome.
After listening to Han Zhong’s Wife, Yingzi felt slightly shaken. Because if it was as Han Zhong’s Wife said, it would be worse than an ordinary farmstead family.
"Miss Yingzi, you’re still young. Take a few days, and you’ll be blooming again. The past matters, the Lian Family certainly won’t mention to others. Miss Yingzi, aren’t you afraid of not finding a good match? Surely it’s better than staying here.... Having lost two wives already, the fate is harsh. Look, you’re not even the main wife. This leaves you with half a life, and if you don’t get smart, that half will soon be gone too."
"I’ve said all the good words, Miss Yingzi. It’s up to you to decide. If you insist on jumping into the fire pit, no one can stop you, right?"
Though the earlier words only made Yingzi hesitate, what Han Zhong’s Wife said later truly frightened her.
"If I... If I don’t follow Lian Shouren, then, can your Master really keep me safe?" Yingzi asked, her teeth chattering in fear.
"If you’re straightforward, our Master will give you a tidy arrangement. It’s not boasting, but your little life is just a word from our Master. Be smart and stay far away from the Old Lian Family, or you’ll suffer the consequences." Han Zhong’s Wife sneered.
Initially thinking of extorting some money, Yingzi was so scared by this that all such thoughts faded. She truly took the concubine dismissal papers and fled home as if for her life.
Afterward, she didn’t stay even a day longer in Thirty Mile Camp and went to live at her uncle’s house. Soon after, she settled a match and married far away.
Of course, that’s a subsequent story.
After resolving the matter of Yingzi, Wu Lang personally went to the county to conclude this case, naturally involving using many connections.
With the case settled, Lady Gu’s body couldn’t just always remain by the well. And these matters weren’t something Lian Manman’s Family would handle.
Though Lady Gu wouldn’t be buried in the ancestral tomb or have a grand funeral, they couldn’t just bury her immediately either. Her body was still carried back to the Lian Family Old Mansion.
Regarding the location for the wake, this caused some disputes in the old mansion.
Lian Shouren, Lian Jizu, and Lady Chiang wanted to have the wake in the West Room of the Upper Room, but Lady Zhou refused.
"What is she, I’m still here. She wants to enter the Upper Room, no way." Even after Lady Gu’s death, it didn’t dispel Lady Zhou’s hatred towards her.
Then, when Lian Shouren and the others suggested that if the West Room of the Upper Room wouldn’t do, then the West Wing Room, since it was unoccupied anyway.
This time, before Lady Zhou could speak, Lian Shouyi and Lady He refused. They had several sons, and after Lian Shouli moved out, they’d already regarded the West Wing Room as theirs.
"This room will receive new members in the future, it’s now for the dead, which is unlucky."
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