“Why?” Everyone in the room asked. “Are you going to make her go back home alone?” Lu Han Yi’s eyes sparkled with mischief. “On their wedding night, Cheng Yunshuo abandoned her and went to his concubine. In the Houfu, she’s not even as good as a concubine, how could Cheng Yunshuo accompany her back?”
Lu Han Yi’s words silenced the women in the room, all of them turning to her. The Ningyang Houfu was tight-lipped, and since Lu Lingyun didn’t make a fuss, the fact that Cheng Yunshuo abandoned her on their wedding night to find a concubine hadn’t gotten out. After all, in this era, women who suffered injustice in their husbands’ homes could only seek help from their families. As long as Lu Lingyun kept quiet, it would be difficult for the Lu family to know what was truly happening in the Houfu.
“Second Miss, is it true?”
“Did Lingyun tell you herself?”
The mistresses, aunts, and mothers-in-law all asked. Even Mrs. Liu said, “How do you know?”
Lu Han Yi glanced at everyone. How did she know? Of course, she knew. In her previous life, she had been through this. On their wedding night, that good-for-nothing Cheng Yunshuo came to humiliate her, saying he didn’t want to marry her and only loved that low-born woman. He made her so angry that she threw things and fought back. The next day, she went to Mrs. Qin, who was a hypocritical old woman. She said she would help, but she didn’t even call that concubine over. In any other family, wouldn’t they beat the brothel girl to death on the spot? She only gave Han Yi the keys to the household, trying to appease her. At the time, Han Yi was young and couldn’t see through the facade. Later, she realized that it was just a way to deceive her!
She had the keys, but no real power. She needed to ask for permission to do even the simplest things. What kind of respect was that? That good-for-nothing Cheng Yunshuo kept humiliating her. She didn’t believe that place, that disgusting and despicable Ningyang Houfu, could treat Lu Lingyun any better!
Seeing the expectant faces of the women, Lu Han Yi couldn’t reveal her rebirth or any supernatural events. Her eyes narrowed. “Do I need to explain? Everyone in the capital knows what kind of scoundrel that Ningyang Houfu’s son is. He pampers that brothel girl to the sky. How can Lu Lingyun compete with her? I bet he didn’t even touch her! She has no status there!”
Lu Han Yi spoke excitedly. Just then, the maid outside Mrs. Liu’s room announced, “Madam, the Eldest Miss is back!”
As these words rang out, Lu Han Yi’s face stiffened.
Lu Lingyun was back?
And she had the audacity to come back?
With a stiff expression, Lu Han Yi sneered, “She probably came back to complain!”
“Han Yi, don’t say that.”
“What’s wrong with saying that? I guarantee she’ll come in crying and complaining. Just wait and see!”
Lu Han Yi leaned back on the chair, her gaze fixed on the doorway, waiting for Lu Lingyun’s miserable appearance.
The woman next to her, Mrs. Liu, didn’t understand why her daughter was so sure, but to be honest, she also wanted to see this happen. Lu Lingyun wasn’t her biological daughter. Her mother died early, and she had lived with the Old Madam. After the Old Madam passed away, she lived independently in her own courtyard. She had been a stranger to Mrs. Liu since childhood. If it weren’t for her usual obedience and cautiousness, avoiding any trouble, Mrs. Liu would have already bullied her.
When the two girls were getting married at the same time, Mrs. Liu had been reluctant to give away such a good marriage to the Ningyang Houfu, fearing that Lu Lingyun would live better than Lu Han Yi. But if it was as her daughter said…
If Lu Lingyun was suffering such a terrible fate, then it would be considered a blessing in disguise for her daughter! The worse Lu Lingyun’s life was, the more balanced Mrs. Liu would feel.
Unconsciously, a glimmer of anticipation shone in her eyes, ready to watch a good show. The mistresses, aunts, and mothers-in-law all looked towards the door with curiosity and disdain.
Then, the door opened.
Lu Lingyun, wearing a cloud-patterned headdress and a shimmering brocade robe, walked in from outside, accompanied by servants and maids.
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