After Shen Xingwan returned to Zhou's house, he found that the atmosphere was very strange. The servants all seemed to be in a hurry, and several masters were missing.
When she returned to the courtyard where she lived, Ying'er immediately greeted her, "Miss is back."
There was no hot water, no hot food, and there was no fire in the room. It was extremely cold.
Bai Ling frowned, "What's going on?"
Ying'er lowered her voice, "The house has been in chaos these past two days, and no one is taking care of things at all."
Bai Ling personally took the money and ran to the kitchen steward. The supply here returned to normal for Shen Xingwan. When the room warmed up, she changed into homely clothes.
Soon Bai Ling brought a little girl back with the prepared meals, and Shen Xingwan had dinner.
After dinner, Shen Xingwan said, "What happened in the house?"
"The second lady's family came and made a big fuss. The second lady has already separated from the second master. The eldest master wants to separate from the second master. The old lady is very angry..." Bai Ling slowly told the news he had inquired about.
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In short, the Zhou family is now in chaos, and people's hearts have long since dispersed.
She was getting ready to sleep in the dead of night when Ying'er came in and said, "The fourth lady is here."
Zhou Man came with her maid in the snow, and shook the snow off her body as soon as she entered the door.
"It's so late, why are you here?" Shen Xingwan was a little surprised.
Zhou Man had a smile on her face, and her whole body was filled with a relaxed atmosphere. "I'm here to say goodbye to you. It's fate that we are sisters."
Shen Xingwan raised his eyebrows, "Are you leaving?"
"Well, I'll leave tomorrow." Zhou Man's tone was full of excitement, "If nothing else happens, I will never come back again in this life."
"It's good to start over in a different place." Shen Xingwan was truly happy for them.
The two talked for another half an hour before Zhou Man stood up and said goodbye, "I hope you can get what you want as soon as possible."
"Bon Voyage."
Shen Xingwan stood at the door and watched Zhou Man's figure disappear into the snowy night. Unless something unexpected happened, they would never see her again in this life.
The next day, the second lady took Zhou Man away before dawn. They had already said goodbye, and Shen Xingwan didn't go out to see her off.
After daybreak, the second master also packed his things and prepared to take his concubine and son to leave the imperial city and return to his official place.
"Miss, the eldest lady has run out..." Ying'er panted and came to inform her, "Do you want to go and see..."
Shen Xingwan stood up and said, "Lead the way."
At the entrance of the courtyard where the second master lived, the eldest lady and the second master's beautiful concubine were fighting together.
The second master looked extremely ugly, "Why are you so crazy?"
The boys behind him swarmed up and forcibly separated the two of them.
Shen Xingwan and others watched the farce with cold eyes. The second master looked at her fearfully and said nothing.
The eldest lady looked at her son hiding behind the second master, her eyes full of hatred. She never thought that the final winner was actually a concubine.
She lost everything for this relationship, and he actually wanted to leave with his beautiful concubine and young son, abandoning her like this.
"How could you do this to me?" she asked hoarsely.
The second master looked at her coldly, "It was you who took the initiative to seduce me because of your unruly behavior."
The eldest lady lay lying in the ice and snow, her heart was completely cold. This was her beloved lover, nothing more than that.
She asked, "Have you ever loved me?"
"I don't like married women." The second master looked at her with disgust.
The light in the eldest lady's eyes suddenly went out, and she said frantically, "Just wait, I won't let you go..."
While they were making a fuss, the old man came. He looked at the woman on the ground and wanted to kill him.
He has always been able to control his emotions very well and said expressionlessly, "Since you love him so much, then I will help you. You can go with him today."
The eldest man's eyes swept over everyone present, "The mistress of the Zhou family passed away today due to illness."
This is forcing the eldest lady to die. The eldest lady said urgently, "You can't do this..."
"Do you really think that I have a good temper and can be abused by you two bitches?" the elder asked coldly.
The eldest lady looked at Shen Xingwan pleadingly, "Xiao Qi, please say something, I am your mother and you can't ignore me..."
Shen Xingwan said nothing. She was not really her daughter.
"Isn't the Prince Regent coming to propose marriage? It will be affected if the mother is bereaved at this time." The eldest lady seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.
This is indeed the reason why the elder has tolerated her until now, because he wants to marry Qi Han.
"I can't make the decision in this matter." Shen Xingwan said calmly. He was not willing to participate in the Zhou family's affairs.
"Master Zhou!" The eldest master called out a confidant, "From today on, she will be the concubine of the second master. You will personally watch over her and send her to the second master's appointment." The eldest master ordered.
"You can't do this!" the second master said angrily.
The elder chuckled lightly, "I'm here to help you. You take good care of her, otherwise I will make you lose your job at any time."
The second master looked at the eldest lady with hatred and dared not say anything in anger.
"I will send my maid to follow you to make sure that you two love each other. If my second brother doesn't appreciate it, don't blame me for being rude." The elder threatened.
Just like that, the eldest lady changed her clothes, wore a veil and was sent to the second master's carriage.
That night, the mansion announced that the eldest lady had died of illness, and the entire mansion was completely white.
Bai Ling couldn't help but said, "The disgusting old man has his own tricks."
He was forcibly bringing the two masters and the doctor together and locking them together. After these things, there was no love between the two, and probably only hatred and disgust remained.
The funeral ceremony began with great fanfare in the mansion, and Shen Xingwan, as the nominal daughter, also took Xiao Xiao away for the ceremony.
The only thing that satisfied her was that Qi Han could not come to propose marriage for at least a month or two as Rexiao was with her.
This allowed the You family to see an opportunity, and Miss You San became more and more high-profile.
After the funeral was completed, Shen Xingwan breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to find a chance to go out, something happened to the Zhou family again.
Shen Xingwan felt numb after eating melon. While roasting sweet potatoes, he asked, "What's wrong?"
"The news just came back that the second master was seriously injured by the concubine beside him, and his life was chopped off..." Bai Ling said softer and softer.
Shen Xingwan was also shocked. As expected, women are very ruthless, "Is that concubine the eldest lady?"
Bai Ling nodded, "Then the eldest lady jumped off the ship with the child in her arms. Both of them died when they were fished out..."
Apart from Zhou Man, who had already left his mother, the second master only had this child. The eldest lady meant that he had "cut off all his descendants" in a sense.
"The eldest lady said before she jumped into the river that if she spared his life, he would have to live in pain with nothing in his lower body." Bai Ling continued.
For a man, his current situation would indeed make his life worse than death.
Sure enough, as much as I loved you in the past, you now hate me as much as you did, the eldest lady was cruel enough this time.
