The gambling god's wife in the Duke's Mansion is getting divorced again

A woman was walking towards them from a distance. She was wearing a dark green jacket and her hair was decorated with many hairpins. A bright red peony caught her eye.

"Awan, why are you just standing there in a daze?"

Sang Wan was slightly startled, and immediately grasped the silver bag in her palm: "Madam Cheng, you are here?"

"The old man said you were back, and I happened to have some free time, so I came to see you." Madam Cheng smiled wryly.

Sang Wan sneered in his heart, but remained respectful: "Yes, I was thinking of looking for you as well."

"Oh, Mr. Luochuan is here too?" Madam Cheng burst out laughing. "Is it a bad omen that I came?"

Shi Luochuan blushed and immediately waved goodbye:

"Mrs. Cheng, you're joking. I was helping Ah Wan repair the wooden bench. Now that it's done, it's time for me to leave. Time to go."

He walked out with his head down, and almost fell down before leaving. His embarrassed appearance made Madam Cheng laugh.

"Well, the sun is almost setting. Help your mother back to the house and I'll chat with you for a while."

Madam Cheng warmly helped Mother Sang up:

"Sister, are you okay these days?"

When Mother Sang saw her, she lowered her eyes and said with a bad expression: "Thanks to your care, I won't die."

"Look at what you said. My big brother in heaven would be very unhappy if he heard it."

Mother Sang snorted coldly and turned her head away.

Madam Cheng seemed not to care much about her attitude.

After sending Sang's mother back to her room, Madam Cheng went to the east wing to wait for Sang Wan.

Mother Sang grabbed the corner of her clothes: "Wan'er..."

Sang Wan patted the back of his bony hand:

"Mom, don't worry."

*

The east wing was in a mess and there was no time to clean it up.

Madam Cheng, holding a silk handkerchief, finally found a place to sit down. Sang Wan lit an oil lamp and followed her in.

"Awan, have you found the imperial edict?"

Madam Cheng went straight to the point.

Sang Wan shook her head. "I've searched all over Zhaoyun Courtyard, but I haven't seen what you're talking about."

"The imperial edict is so important, how could it not be in Pei Jinzhi's courtyard? Did you miss anything?"

Madam Cheng's eyes were filled with suspicion: "Why did Pei Jinzhi suddenly let you go home? Is he suspicious of you?"

"I dare not lie to you, my lady. The Lady of Jianing County loves Pei Jinzhi and regards me as a thorn in her side. She almost took my life. The old lady of the Pei Mansion decided to send me home." Sang Wan reported truthfully.

Madam Cheng's expression softened. "I've taught you some martial arts over the years, so it's not like you can't even defeat a delicate young lady. Are you really not smart enough, or are you just not interested in serving the Sect Master?"

Sang Wan's eyes were earnest: "Madam Cheng, the county lady has more than ten followers, and I can't hit her in front of everyone."

"That makes some sense." Madam Cheng paused for a moment, then said, "Could it be that Pei Jinzhi is hiding it close to him?"

She stared at Sang Wan meaningfully:

"Have you ever slept with him?"

Sang Wan almost bit her tongue.

A flash of inspiration came to her, and she said, "He is a homosexual."

For her freedom, Pei Jinzhi must wear this hat.

Madam Cheng almost lost her breath: "What did you say?"

Sang Wan said solemnly, "His attendant is called Li Jiu. The two of them stick together day and night. He even takes care of him bathing alone. The other maids can't even get close to him."

She looked at Madam Cheng, feeling a little shy:

"You didn't ask me to seduce him with my beauty. It doesn't work on him. I've tried."

She lied, she would not use her innocence as a weapon, nor would she be so foolish as to become a knife in Madam Cheng's hands.

Madam Cheng was a little unconvinced:

"Did you really try? How?"

"He...he had a seizure that day, so I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get close to him, but he bit me."

Sang Wan ripped off the clothes on his shoulders, revealing the teeth marks. "Look! He even called me a dead fish and told me to get lost."

Madam Cheng looked at her charming face, her brows furrowed with black lines:

"Could it be that the information we gathered earlier was wrong? Does he really have a sexual quirk?"

"Madam Cheng, why don't you find a man and send him to Pei Jinzhi's side?"

She looked at Madam Cheng's expression and continued:

"Look at that Li Jiu, an eight-foot tall, toe-picking man with a wiry beard. Pei Jinzhi's taste is too strong. You have to find some top-notch ones like him. Maybe he will take them back to the Pei Mansion to favor them, or even investigate them closely."

"Awan, what you said makes a lot of sense." Madam Cheng fell into deep thought.

Sang Wan pursed her lips and mustered up her courage: "Could it be that the news is wrong and there is no imperial edict?"

"Impossible." Madam Cheng stared at Sang Wan with her almond-shaped eyes for a long time, as if looking for any sign of betrayal on her face.

Sang Wan simply raised his head and met her gaze. The two looked at each other for a moment, and Madam Cheng sighed:

"Forget it. I'll send a message back to the Sect Master tonight."

"Madam, please tell me what to do next." Sang Wan asked with her head down.

"Is there a secret room in Zhaoyun Courtyard?"

Sang Wan thought about it carefully and still shook his head.

She searched every place she could, even the toilet.

This time it was Madam Cheng's turn to become frustrated:

"Now that you're home, just focus on taking care of your mother. I'll figure out how to find the imperial edict later."

Sang Wan pinched her palms. Does this mean she passed?

"Thank you, Madam Cheng."

Madam Cheng had just stepped out of the door when she turned back:

"Sang Daqing owes Sihai Gambling House five hundred taels of silver. Do you know about this?"

Sang Wan felt dizzy. "Five...five hundred taels?"

The previous debt has not been paid off, and a new debt has been added, another five hundred taels!

Sang Daqing, this beast!

Sang Wan was heartbroken: "I'm going to kill him!!!"

Madam Cheng raised her lips and sneered, her eyes full of disgust:

"He asked Bu Yu to borrow some silver, but how can we, a small pharmacy, afford five hundred taels? It's not that I don't want to help, I just can't."

"Do you know where he went?"

She touched the flowers on her hairpin, waved goodbye and walked out of the yard:

"Where is he? I'm afraid he's probably hiding in some haunted place like the charity cemetery. Don't tell them I told you."

Sang Wan was so angry that she clenched her fist and slammed it hard on the wooden table.

The repaired wooden table snapped and broke again.

"Wan'er... Wan'er..."

The huge noise startled Sang's mother in the next room, who called out.

Sang Wan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and trotted along holding the oil lamp, "Mom, I'm coming, I'm coming."

Mother Sang excitedly grabbed Sang Wan's wrist and said, "Son, did she fight with you? Did she hit you?"

"No, no, mother, you misunderstood. Madam Cheng just came to talk to me for a few words. The table in the room has a broken leg again. Maybe... maybe Mr. Luochuan didn't repair it firmly enough today."

Sorry, Shi Luochuan, you have to take the blame.

Mother Sang was a little unconvinced, "Wan'er, don't hide it from me. I know she is not a good person."

Suspicion welled up in Sang Wan's brows:

"Mom, how could you say that? Could it be that... you know something about how my father died?"