Zhenfubao waved his hand and the warehouse was full of grain, and the whole family regretted it

The man sneered:

"What are you talking about a lady from a noble family? She's not as sensible as a concubine. Let's go to sleep in the carriage! Let her cry here.

Peggy, please reflect on yourself and don't bother me with such a small matter."

Zhao Qiaoniang and her companions were on their way when Mrs. Bai suddenly heard the three words "Wang Peiqi". She stopped the carriage and got off.

Wang Peiqi stared at her blankly and said, "Are you...Sister Wan?"

Madam Bai looked her up and down, and said in a trembling voice, "Peggy, how did you become like this now?"

Wang Peiqi's family is considered a prominent family, and she is the eldest daughter in the family. How could it be impossible for her to become like this?

Wang Peiqi was thin, and the thin cotton jacket hung loosely on her frail body, as if a gust of wind could blow her down.

The color of the cotton-padded jacket has turned gray, with the cotton exposed in many places and patches piled up layer upon layer.

She was skinny, with sunken cheeks, eyes that looked unusually large but dull, and chapped lips.

The child in her arms was so hungry that his bones were visible. His little face was pale and his eyes were half closed. He leaned weakly in his mother's arms, his little hands weakly grasping his mother's clothes.

"Hey! Sister Wan, save Yaya, save Yaya..."

Madam Bai looked at Yaya and said, "How did this child become so thin? She was a plump girl when she was in Bianjing."

She took his pulse and asked, "How could this happen? Why is your body so weak?"

Yaya's face was pale and bloodless, her eyes were sunken and slightly open lifelessly, and her breathing was so weak that it was almost inaudible.

The tattered clothes on his body were already extremely dirty, emitting a foul smell, and the cloth strips were torn in many places, making it impossible to cover his body.

When Mrs. Bai carefully lifted the child's clothes, a foul smell hit her face.

The child's body was covered with bruises, with new wounds overlapping old ones. Some areas had even festered and festered, with the pus sticking to the clothes, which was a shocking sight.

There were bloody marks on the back and abdomen from being whipped, and the flesh at the wounds was curled outwards.

"Wuwuwuwu..." Wang Peiqi gritted her teeth and tears burst out of her eyes.

Mrs. Bai directly lifted up the clothes on her arms, which were covered with blue and purple scars.

"You...what kind of life are you living? You...ah!" Mrs. Bai looked at her and sighed, "I'll take care of the child first."

She immediately began giving the child an acupuncture injection, then had someone prepare some rice porridge and said, "Have some rice porridge first, and we'll discuss it later."

After the acupuncture, Yaya slowly woke up. Madam Bai looked at Yaya and said, "Little girl, you are already fifteen this year, right?"

"Isn't it? She is already 15 years old this year and was already engaged, but something happened in my family." Wang Peiqi said slowly.

"Huh? Something happened at your house?"

Wang Peiqi wiped her tears and said, "Who could have expected such a change?"

Her voice was slightly hoarse, revealing deep helplessness and sadness:

"My uncle was simply careless for a moment, and someone maliciously found fault with him.

Soon after, my father was not spared and was caught by those villains.

The situation in the imperial court was volatile and the emperor's will was unpredictable. Overnight, the Wang family lost all their support, and the men were exiled to a bitter cold land, their fate uncertain.

She raised her head slightly and looked into the distance: "Although I was a daughter who married out and luckily escaped the disaster, I no longer have my parents' family to rely on..."

Madam Bai looked at her and said, "I remember you had a dowry, didn't you? Back then, your dowry was the only one of its kind in the entire city of Bianjing."

Wang Peiqi's eyes dimmed, a wry smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said slowly:

"After I married him, I realized I had put my trust in the wrong person. He was a lazy dandy who had no ability to manage a household or a career, yet he was very concerned about his reputation and always compared himself with the rich and powerful.

The family business declined under his leadership. Not only was he poorly managed, but he also developed a gambling habit. He spent huge sums of money in the gambling house, hoping to make a comeback, but he only got deeper into trouble.

"In order to fill the growing deficit, he set his sights on my dowry.

At first, he only took some occasionally, and I didn't stop him too much because of our relationship as husband and wife.

But later on, he became more and more unscrupulous. He sold off those precious jewels and silks one by one, and the money he earned was gone in a flash like water.

Even the land and shops that came with my dowry were mortgaged by him at a low price, just to pay off the mountain of gambling debts."

"This year, the famine has ravaged the country, making business difficult, and our already precarious family situation has been further exacerbated.

The family's savings had long been gone, most of the servants had left, and everything that could be sold had been sold.

And I, too, have gone from being a well-to-do young lady to this miserable person struggling to make a living. Life really does play tricks on us..."

Mrs. Bai frowned and said, "Peggy, who do you think caused you to be like this?"

Wang Peiqi gritted her teeth and said:

“She is my aunt, and she was originally just my cousin.

She was just a concubine's daughter, yet she managed to seduce his soul. I really hate her."

Mrs. Bai looked at her and said, "Peggy, have you ever thought that it might be that you harmed yourself?"

Wang Peiqi was stunned: "I...how could I possibly hurt myself?"

Madam Bai looked at her and said:

"In fact, you were wrong from the beginning. This dowry is yours. You can give it if you want to, and not give it if you don't want to.

He's beyond saving, so why are you still putting your dowry into it?"

Wang Peiqi was stunned for a while and said:

"At home, obey your father; after marriage, obey your husband; when old, obey your son. This is an eternal truth.

My mother told me since I was a child that when I get married, I should listen to my husband. What's wrong with that?

My husband is my heaven. If the heaven falls, how can I be good again?"

Madam Bai looked at her and said:

"So now, your world hasn't collapsed? What are you running away from?

You should find a way to save your father and brothers. If you don't save them, do you think you can stay out of trouble?

You should also take good care of your daughter. Your daughter has been bullied like this, and you just stand by and watch?"

Wang Peilan murmured:

"What can I do? Hasn't everyone gone through this? I can't change anything. I have nothing now.

They took away all my dowry..."

"Are you willing? How about I help you as long as you are willing?" Mrs. Bai looked at her and said.

If Wang Peiqi didn't have a good relationship with her, she wouldn't be willing to meddle in other people's family affairs.

Before Wang Peiqi could say anything, she heard a shadowy voice from the carriage not far away:

"Husband, my sister is really annoying. How about we just leave them alone?

It also saves me from the annoyance of looking at it every day."