Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 1333 - 1340: Choosing a Consort for the Crown Prince of Qing Luo Kingdom (2)

Miss had suffered great shame and, after her divorce, returned home, already heartbroken and feeble. How could she withstand their cold mockery and insidious oppression? After several such mockings, she finally succumbed to illness unable to bear it any longer, lying sick for more than half a month before she got better. Though she was now recovered, she had lost a lot of weight, gaunt to the point of being unrecognizable, and spoke much less than before, almost always staying inside her room and rarely going out, to avoid hearing those hurtful idle chatter.

Today she unusually went outside, and it was to perform a ritual for Nanny Xie. Even knowing this, Aunt Hua deliberately slandered her in front of the family.

"Ah, the Marquis and Madam are not here today, and nobody knows where the Miss has gone; our mansion really is quiet,"

In the Flower Hall, Aunt Hua, seated proudly at the head of the table, complained to the other concubines and concubine daughters. Before Marquis of Jian’an and Madam Wu left for the hunting ground, they had left her in charge of all household affairs. Finally having such a moment to shine, she called everyone early in the morning under the guise of discussing matters to flaunt her authority.

Aunt Liu, a long-serving elder in the mansion and Madam Wu’s dowry maid, disagreed, saying, "The Miss went to Da Guo Temple to conduct rituals for Nanny Xie, this has been known to everyone for three days now. Aunt Hua, did you not hear about this?"

Aunt Hua gave a cold smile, "That excuse might deceive these cotton-eared maids, but I certainly do not believe it. Probably the Miss has been confined in the mansion for a month, desperately wanting to meet someone she couldn’t, and took the opportunity while the Marquis and Madam were away to meet that person."

No sooner had she finished speaking than the concubines immediately began murmuring among themselves, and the faces of the concubine daughters blushed, gradually lowering their heads in embarrassment.

Aunt Liu said, "Aunt Hua, you shouldn’t make baseless accusations that could ruin the Miss’s reputation. Madam would not allow that."

But Aunt Hua was not afraid of Madam. On hearing Aunt Liu use Madam to press her, she got even angrier, sneering sarcastically.

"When it comes to reputation, all the young ladies of our mansion have it, all except our Miss. Think about it, why would Duke Li Guo’s Mansion want to divorce our Miss if everything was fine?"

Saying this, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and scoffed, "Let me tell you, our Miss found a lover outside, caused a scene with the Son-In-Law, and ran off to the manor to fool around with that lover. The Son-In-Law caught them, and thus wanted to divorce her. Because the two families are longstanding friends, Duke Li Guo feared that divorcing her would affect their relationship, so he thus petitioned the Emperor to allow them to divorce. This has already stirred up a storm of gossip throughout the city, only we women who stay in the Back House all day long are unaware."

Hearing this, the crowd erupted into a noisy discussion, with several concubines close to Aunt Hua echoing her words, lamenting, "Speaking of the Miss, she really has embarrassed herself, losing face is one thing, but she has dragged down the young ladies of the mansion too. Take the Third Young Lady, such a pure and innocent girl, also suffering undeservedly because of her. Ah, the future matrimonial prospects of the mansion’s young ladies may now face difficulties!"

This comment struck a chord with Aunt Hua, who angrily set down her teacup and said, "Ladies, most of us here have daughters, and we can’t let because of her spoil our daughters’ chances of marrying well, or marrying at all. Perhaps we should all appeal to the Marquis to send the Miss to a nun’s convent, preventing her from tainting everyone else, ruining our daughters’ futures."

"Indeed, Aunt Hua is making sense."

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