The eldest daughter-in-law, Bai Qingrou, also nodded: "Yes, I heard from the cook that Ziqian has been learning to cook recently. It's really not easy for a man to do this."

"I even picked plum blossoms and dewdrops for you, and I even bought clothes and jewelry all over the street. Your second sister-in-law and I were envious when we saw it."

"Yeah, he's been doing really well lately."

Su Yujiao listened quietly without expressing any opinion.

After they finished speaking, she spoke calmly: "Sister-in-law and sister-in-law, I know you mean well."

"But now that things have come to this, please stop trying to persuade me, my two sisters-in-law."

"I have made an appointment with him. I will go to the government office to complete the divorce procedures after my shift tomorrow."

"If you have time in the future, you can come visit me often."

The two of them sighed, handed over the banknotes and jewelry one after another, and like Zhou, they were firm in their attitude and refused to accept them or let them go.

Su Yujiao could only accept it with emotion and thank them one by one.

Suddenly she felt that life was not that bad, at least there were people who truly cared about her.

After Su Yujiao left, Zhou's expression changed immediately.

"Go find Chen Yunniang for me."

This matter was closely related to her. She had turned the general's mansion upside down, and she thought she could get away with it.

"Butler, go in person."

"Yes."

Immediately afterwards, Zhou went to the woodshed again.

Chunmei was locked in the woodshed and was dying.

"Who ordered you?"

"Aren't you going to tell me yet?"

Chunmei tried to struggle to get up, but she couldn't.

"Madam, no one... no one is ordering me around. I am attracted to the general and jealous of the young lady."

"This is all done by this servant alone."

"I heard from Xiaoliu that the general and Miss Chen went to the Ghost Temple, so I went there out of curiosity."

"I saw Miss Chen's jar. Inside was a straw doll with a soul-calming talisman stuck on it."

"I didn't do anything at the time. I just watched it for fun."

"It's just that the general has been treating the young lady better and better recently, and he doesn't even look at me. I was jealous, so I changed the doll in the jar."

Zhou was so angry that she threw the teacup: "Bitch, how much benefit did Chen Yunniang give you? You are still taking the blame for her when you are about to die."

"Do you really think I'm a fool?"

"If you really did it, given such a good opportunity, you would be eager to pin all the blame on Chen Yunniang."

"How can you be so foolish as to take all the blame on yourself?"

Chunmei's eyes flashed with panic: "Madam...I, your servant, also want to frame Miss Chen."

"But I'm afraid that if I don't tell the truth, my family will be implicated."

"I dare not tell the truth!"

Zhou was furious: "I think you won't cry until you see the coffin. In that case..."

Before Zhou could finish her words, Chunmei banged her head against the wall, and her head was bleeding.

"This servant... This servant is willing to die to prove her loyalty. I hope Madam will not implicate this servant's family."

Zhou was so scared that she took a step back and her face turned pale.

Mrs. Zhang stepped forward to test her breath, shook her head and said, "Madam, the man is dead."

Zhou frowned. She wondered what tricks Chen Yunniang had used to force Chunmei to refuse to give her up even if she died.

This woman is as vicious and cunning as a poisonous snake.

Even when she lives outside, she can still stir up trouble in the general's mansion. If her conspiracy succeeds and she marries into the Lu family one day, I'm afraid the entire general's mansion will fall into her hands.

Thinking of this, Zhou's eyes grew colder. This woman was a disaster and must not be allowed to stay!

"Mother Zhang, come here." She whispered a few words in Mrs. Zhang's ear.

"Yes."

After a while, the housekeeper came hurriedly and reported: "Madam, the person has been brought here."

"Take him to the side hall and wait for me."

"Yes."

Chen Yunniang was taken to the side hall, where several maids immediately held her down and stuffed a rag into her mouth to cover it tightly.

Chen Yunniang struggled in fear and tried to call for help but could only make whimpering sounds.

She knew that Zhou would not be friendly when she invited her over, and she was prepared to be humiliated and harassed.

But she didn't expect Zhou to be so fierce. She tied her up right away and didn't even give her a chance to speak.

With a creak, Zhou entered the side hall with the help of the maids and old women.

Mrs. Zhang handed over the tea. Zhou took a sip and said calmly, "Let's get started."

"Uh uh... uh uh..."

Chen Yunniang watched as four or five sturdy old women approached, holding trays filled with silver needles of different lengths and thicknesses.

Two of the maids pressed Chen Yunniang to the ground, unable to move, while Aunt Zhang pinched Chen Yunniang's fingers and inserted silver needles into her fingertips one by one.

"Ah...uh..."

The remaining maids were also busy, using silver needles to prick the private and soft parts of the body.

Chen Yunniang endured waves of severe pain and was suffering from inhuman torture. Her head was covered with fine beads of sweat and she was in excruciating pain.

Zhou didn't intend to let her go easily. Although she couldn't kill her in one go, she could subdue her once and for all, so that she wouldn't dare to do bad things again in the future!

Although she really wanted to kill Chen Yunniang, now was not the right time, otherwise she would have trouble explaining to the palace.

After all, Chen Yunniang was a county lady appointed by the emperor and a miracle doctor in the eyes of the people.

If she died, it would cause a lot of trouble, which would be detrimental to both the General's Mansion and the Queen.

Therefore, Chen Yunniang cannot die, but she can make her life worse than death.

Chen Yunniang fainted several times and was woken up several times. At this time, she didn't even have the strength to call for help.

"Untie her."

Just when Chen Yunniang thought the torture was over, Zhou spoke again: "I just got a bottle of skin care cream, it works well, you can try it."

Mrs. Zhang took the skin care cream from Zhou's hand, scooped out a large amount and evenly applied it on Chen Yunniang's face.

"Don't...I don't want to..."

"What is this? I don't want to smear it!"

Chen Yunniang's face was filled with horror and she resisted frantically. Although she didn't know what the skin care cream Zhou was talking about was, she knew it was definitely not a good thing.

Zhou wanted to ruin her appearance?

"How dare you? I'm the Princess of the County appointed by the Emperor, and you're just a has-been Imperial Consort. How dare you...how dare you resort to lynching me?"

"Zhou, if you don't kill me today, I will report you to the emperor."

Chen Yunniang knew that since she had just been granted the title, Zhou Shi did not dare to take her life.

Otherwise, Lu Ziqian and the prince would be implicated in the crime of deceiving the emperor.

Zhou took a sip of tea and said, "I just invited the county lady to come as a guest. Who said I wanted to kill you?"

Suddenly, Chen Yunniang felt a sharp pain on her face. She reached out and touched it, and found that it was rotten and festering.

"You...what on earth did you put on me?"

Zhou sarcastically asked, "Aren't you a miracle doctor? How could you not know this?"

"If you don't heal your face, how can you have the nerve to report me to the emperor?"

"You can even cure the plague, but you can't heal your own face. Won't the emperor be suspicious?"

"I want to see, is your crime of impersonating a miracle healer greater, or is my crime of lynching greater?"

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