Chapter 1718: Chapter 1656: One After Another
Madam Wang came from aäŒŻćș and married into the Main branch as the wife of the Legitimate Son, giving birth to a Legitimate Son and a Legitimate Daughter. She had spent half her life preaching about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate, sneering at young wives and plebeians; and now, her own Legitimate Daughter had become the mistress she despised most.
She looked down on mistresses born of concubines, yet her own daughter had become exactly what she hated and disdained the most. Was this retribution?
Was this what Zhou Wufu wanted?
A sharp pain stabbed at the tip of Madam Wangâs heart as she numbly watched Wu Yining drink down that bowl of medicinal soup, her lips trembling soundlessly.
Nanny Lin saw that not a single drop of the decoction remained in the bowl; the corner of her mouth curled in a cold arc, and a trace of pity flashed through her eyesâso fast that no one could catch it.
For Wu Yining to enter the manor in such a manner, and to have seduced the Princely Heir in a temple into committing such a disgraceful scandal that the whole world would spit upon, how could the Princess Consort possibly tolerate her?
She was just a woman; what kind of woman did they not have? The bloodline of Prince Weiâs Manor did not need such a person to bear children; she was unworthy.
Therefore, what Wu Yining drank was not a Contraceptive Drug, but a Sterility Drug. This was also the explanation Prince Weiâs Manor gave to Princess Jinyang and Princess Channing.
Only this mother and daughter, stupid as pigs, remained utterly in the dark.
Wu Yining was quietly carried into Prince Weiâs Manor in a small sedan chair; from then on, she never again stepped out of Prince Weiâs Manor, nor did she ever return to the Wu Family. Within less than a year, she withered away in the inner courtyard; after that, she was never spoken of again.
And Madam Wang, watching Wu Yining get into the small sedan chair without once looking back and be carried farther and farther away until the sedan was no longer in sight, suddenly felt a sweetness rise in her throat and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
With Wu Yiningâs departure, she felt that in this lifetime, with her most beloved daughter gone, there would never again be a chance to meet.
Wufu, Zhou Wufuâhow vicious she was!
Madam Wang was so enraged that it attacked her heart; before she could crawl out from the pain of losing Wu Yining, a servant came to report that Wu Guanyu had smashed open the head of the legitimate young master of Marquis Changleâs family, and that little Profligate had immediately broken his leg in return.
Madam Wang had no time to grieve for her eldest daughter. In a panic, she rushed to her sonâs courtyard; from a distance she could already hear the heartrending screams, and her heart trembled uncontrollably.
"Yuyu." Madam Wang went in and saw his left leg twisted at a strange angle, his small face deathly pale. Her own legs went weak beneath her as she cried out, "The physician, where is the physician!"
"Mother, it hurts, it hurts so much Iâm going to die." Wu Guanyu sobbed loudly.
"Mother is here, Mother is here. It wonât hurt, it wonât hurt." Madam Wangâs heart quivered as she glared at the serving lackeys and snapped, "How do you attend to the young master? Are you all dead? How could you just watch him get beaten?"
"Spare us, Madam, spare us, Madam." The lackey knelt on the ground, knocking his head, and said, "We couldnât stop them, madam. That young master from Marquis Changleâs family mentioned the Eldest Young Lady in front of the young master... The young master couldnât swallow the insult and started fighting with him."
"He said Eldest Sister was raised by a young wife, so she could only ever be a young wife. His words were filthy, I just couldnât endure it." Wu Guanyu said angrily.
Madam Wang shook all over with rage.
"Mother, will my leg be crippled?" Wu Guanyu cried. "I donât want to be a cripple."
Madam Wangâs heart skipped a beat, and she shouted again loudly for a physician.
"Madam, itâs bad, itâs bad." An old servant woman stumbled in, nearly falling.
"What is it?"
"People from Marquis Changleâs family have come. Theyâre guarding our gates and wonât let the physicians in. They said that as long as their young master doesnât wake up, our young master can forget about finding any physician to treat his leg. They said anyone who comes will be beaten, and now the physicians donât dare come." the woman reported in a panic.
"Waaah, Iâm definitely going to be a cripple!" Wu Guanyu burst into loud wails.
Madam Wang held her son in her arms; a chill spread through her heart, and her face went blank and dazed.