How did such immense wealth fall into my family?

Chapter 26 You guys are really ruthless; you'll get your comeuppance.
Madam Ding felt it had nothing to do with her eldest daughter-in-law.

However, since her last visit to Yuqing Temple, she has done something that might change her appearance.

Madam Ding stood up from her chair, gritting her teeth. "That bitch!"

Inside the room of the eldest young mistress of the Ding family, the two old women who were guarding her were chatting when Madam Ding suddenly pushed open the door and stormed in.

The two old women were so frightened that they quickly stood up. Just as they were about to greet Madam Ding, Madam Ding pointed at the eldest young mistress on the bed and said viciously, "Wake this slut up."

"Yes." The two old women responded and began to push the young mistress.

However, the medicine they gave the eldest young mistress was enough to keep her asleep for two whole days.

The eldest young mistress showed no reaction whatsoever.

The two old women looked at Madam Ding.

Madam Ding wanted to tell her to pinch him harder, but if this slut didn't reveal who her lover was, who could she turn to for redress?
Madam Ding took a deep breath. "Go and invite Doctor Wang here."

"Yes."

Doctor Wang came and prescribed some medicine for the young mistress, who slowly woke up after drinking it.

The young mistress smiled at her mother-in-law when she saw her standing by her bedside. "Mother, did you come to see me? I'm fine, don't worry."

Madam Ding gritted her teeth. "All of you, get out."

"Yes."

After the servants left, Madam Ding looked at the eldest young mistress with a sorrowful expression and said, "That child died shortly after birth. Don't be sad."

The young mistress's face immediately changed. "Where is the child's body? Bring it to me."

Madam Ding wiped her eyes with a handkerchief. "My mother was afraid you would be sad, so she had someone send that child away."

"Ha!" The eldest young mistress scoffed coldly. "Afraid I'll be heartbroken? When you killed my eldest son, weren't you heartbroken? Just wait to be buried with my two sons."

After saying that, the young mistress closed her eyes.

Two years ago, her father committed a crime and was exiled. As soon as her family was exiled, her husband's family changed their attitude towards her.

Seeing their attitude, she wanted to divorce her husband, but his family was afraid of being seen as heartless. When they disagreed, she said she wanted to go to the Yuzhen Temple to practice Buddhism while still keeping her hair. But they still disagreed. Not only did they disagree, they also threatened her with her family, saying that if she continued to cause trouble, they would prevent her family from reaching their place of exile.

She had no choice but to compromise and stay with the Ding family to help them gain a good reputation.

However, they couldn't even tolerate her son.

Her son was so well-behaved; he went to pay his respects to them every day and called them grandparents. How could they bring themselves to do that?

It's because he has a relative who committed a crime.

Just because he is the eldest son and eldest grandson.

They couldn't tolerate him.

She mentioned wanting to take her child with her when she wanted a divorce and when she went to Yuzhen Temple to practice Buddhism while still keeping her hair.

Her son is so well-behaved.

Two lines of tears rolled down the cheeks of the eldest young mistress.

Madam Ding saw that the eldest son-in-law had closed his eyes and wanted to slap the eldest son-in-law. However, she needed to find out who the adulterer was. Only by knowing who it was could she find a way to remedy the situation.

Madam Ding nearly tore the handkerchief in her hand to shreds. "That child really died of his own accord. Didn't we already agree that you wouldn't pursue the matter of your eldest son, and we wouldn't pursue the matter of your second son?"

Two more tears streamed down the young mistress's face. "Where are my wet nurse and my maids?"

"They...they ran away because they were afraid you would blame them for losing their child."

"Ah!"

"It's true, Mother didn't lie to you." The eldest young mistress repeated, "You can just wait to pay for my two sons' lives." Then she fell silent.

Seeing that the eldest young mistress refused to speak, Madam Ding had no choice but to go find the eldest young mistress's wet nurse and maids.

The eldest young mistress's wet nurse and maids were all locked in the woodshed.

She originally planned to lock them up for two days and then deal with them in front of their master after he woke up.

Unexpectedly, she now has to beg them.

The eldest young mistress's wet nurse rushed over and grabbed Madam Ding's arm as soon as she saw her arrive. "What have you done to my young lady? Have you been lying to her all along?"

Madam Ding tried to shake off the wet nurse's hand. But now, all she could learn from them was who the adulterer was. That vile woman now only wanted them to be buried with her two bastard children.

Madam Ding suppressed her disgust and grasped the wet nurse's hand. "Your young lady is alright. It's just that her child died shortly after birth. Your young lady refuses to believe it and insists that we were the cause."

"How dare we?"

"As soon as we found out that your young lady was pregnant, we said that the father of this child was no ordinary person."

"Even if you gave us ten times the courage, we wouldn't dare to lay a hand on this child!"

"Your young lady just can't accept it right now. Once she does, she'll trust that we won't harm the child."

"Your young lady is in a fit of anger right now and absolutely refuses to tell us who the child's father is. Do you know who the child's father is?"

"If you know, tell me, and I'll have the master explain it to them to avoid any misunderstanding."

The wet nurse released Madam Ding's arm in a daze. "You are all so cruel. You have already killed one of my young lady's children, and now you have killed another. You are all so cruel."

“I told you, we didn’t kill this child.”

"You didn't kill her?" the wet nurse asked, looking into Madam Ding's eyes. "Then why did you lock us up? You've been lying to my young lady all along. If you don't want to acknowledge this child, then let my young lady go."

"No. You insist on waiting until my young lady has gone through the hardship of giving birth to the child before killing her."

"You guys are really ruthless. You'll get your comeuppance."

"You don't need to threaten or bribe us. We won't tell, and we dare not tell."

After the wet nurse finished speaking, she sat down in the corner and cried. "Why is my young lady's life so miserable? Two children! Two children! You will get your retribution, you will get your retribution. Waaah..."

The eldest young mistress's maid also began to wipe away tears.

Madam Ding was so angry that she slapped the wet nurse. "Your young lady is having an affair and you still think you're right?"

The wet nurse shoved Madam Ding to the ground. "If you hadn't harmed my young lady's eldest son, would she have taken such a step? You will be punished! Get out! Get out!"

The wet nurse grabbed Madam Ding's arm and threw her outside.

Madam Ding was nearly driven mad with anger. "You've gone too far! You just wait!"

After Madam Ding finished speaking, she went to find Master Ding.

After listening, Master Ding chuckled. "You women are so timid. Someone might scare you a little, and you're terrified. I bet the abbot of Yuzhen Temple is short of money."

"It doesn't seem like it to me. Why don't you tell her you can bring her parents back? No way, she's already hooked up with someone powerful, why would she be afraid her parents won't come back? Master, you have to think of something quickly."

Old Master Ding curled his lip. "What kind of remarkable person could she possibly hook up with? She's just saying that because she's afraid we won't let her give birth to that bastard child."

"It doesn't look like it to me. Sir, you should think of something."

Master Ding found Madam Ding annoying. "If you don't believe me, go to Longhua Temple and ask Master Daoyi. I've heard that Master Daoyi is not only good at physiognomy, but also doesn't like to make things mysterious."

Thank you for correcting my mistake, my dear. Wishing you a happy mood every day.

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