The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 225 You've been hiding this too well.
“Miss is talking nonsense. This servant would never take a fancy to anyone else. This servant is going to spend the rest of my life with Miss,” Tian’er said confidently.

"Haitang, please remember what she said today. When she falls for someone, give her a good slap in the face," Yunwei said, turning to Haitang.

"Okay," Haitang agreed with a smile.

Sweetie blushed. "Miss, why don't you believe me? I'm serious."

Yunwei patted her head, "I know you have that intention, but don't speak so confidently. Leave yourself some room for maneuver. After all, life is still so long, and no one can predict what will happen in the future."

Tian'er nodded. "This servant understands."

Haitang felt a touch of emotion as she watched the interaction between the master and servant.

The county princess appears aloof and unapproachable, but in private, she is extremely kind to her people and has no airs whatsoever, making them feel warm and cared for.

Just as she was thinking this, something was suddenly stuffed into her mouth.

She instinctively wanted to spit it out, but then she heard Yunwei ask, "Is it delicious? These are candied fruits that Qingxue sent yesterday."

Haitang paused for a moment, then couldn't help but chew it. Finding it very sweet, she nodded and said, "Delicious."

"It's delicious. You can have more. There's more here." Yunwei handed her the plate of candied fruit.

"Thank you, Your Highness," Haitang said, reaching out to accept the gift.

Yun Wei shook her head, "You're mine now, no need to thank me."

Upon hearing this, Haitang's face flushed slightly.

"Why are you blushing?" Yunwei asked, amused.

Haitang lowered her head slightly, her eyelashes trembling. "No one has ever said such warm words to me before."

Yunwei was taken aback.

Sweetie got up and reached out to hug Begonia.

Haitang composed herself, pinched a candied fruit, and fed it to her.

"It's so sweet!" Sweetie exclaimed exaggeratedly.

Yunwei looked at the two of them and smiled knowingly.

In the afternoon, Chen Bolai reported on his business, mentioning Chen Yuniang's act of distributing porridge and clothes.

"Giving away porridge is one thing, but giving away clothes too? Does that mean every beggar who comes to collect porridge will receive an extra set of clothes? Chen Yuniang is really generous!" Tian'er exclaimed in amazement.

Yunwei was also quite surprised.

Chen Yuniang was never a generous person, so why is she suddenly giving out porridge and clothes? Has she changed her ways?

Although the Li family's situation has improved somewhat due to Li Yaoting's increased favor with the emperor, as far as she knows, they don't have enough money to allow Chen Yuniang to cause such trouble.
Of course, she was happy to see the Li family squandered.

However, Chen Yuniang's behavior puzzled her.

Uncle Chen laughed and said, "They probably lacked experience. They spread the word early on, and all the beggars in the capital came running. Many people even pretended to be beggars to collect the cotton-padded clothes because they could get one as a gift."

The soup kitchens were packed to the brim. I think Chen Yuniang is in a bind now. If she doesn't handle it properly, the soup kitchens might even be torn down.

Compared to a cotton-padded coat, who would care about a bowl of plain porridge?
Uncle Chen shook his head. There are countless examples of people who are grateful for a small favor but resentful for a large one. If Chen Yuniang had simply distributed porridge, those who had received her kindness would have remembered her well.

But in addition to distributing porridge, she also insisted on giving away cotton-padded clothes.

Not to mention beggars, even those who have enough to eat may not have cotton-padded clothes to wear.

Who wouldn't crave something cold in this freezing winter?
Those who received the cotton-padded coat were fine, but those who didn't would certainly not give up easily; they would definitely harbor resentment.

"That would be quite a sight," Tian'er said gleefully.

Uncle Chen was right. At that moment, the Li family's soup kitchen was overturned by the beggars who hadn't received their cotton-padded clothes, turning the place into complete chaos. Chen Yuniang, who couldn't get out of the way in time, was splashed with hot soup.

She screamed repeatedly, and the servants were terrified.

Chen Yuniang naturally wouldn't miss such a good thing as giving away porridge and clothes, which would bring her honor, so she came when the distribution began.

She thought that such a good deed would make the beggars grateful to her, but to her surprise, there were more and more beggars. They looked down on the porridge and came for the cotton clothes.

She hadn't expected there to be so many beggars in the capital and hadn't prepared enough cotton-padded clothes. As a result, the beggars who didn't receive any cotton-padded clothes became furious and overturned the soup kitchen.

She was standing under the porridge stall when, before she could dodge, she was scalded by the splashing porridge.

"If you have no money, why pretend to be a good person? You only prepared a few cotton-padded coats, who are you trying to fool?"

Someone cursed.

"Yeah, you made me happy for nothing."

"Let's go, this is really bad luck."

Chen Yuniang was in pain and angry at the same time, wishing she could kill all those people.

She kindly gave them porridge, but they repaid kindness with ingratitude.

Upon seeing Li Yaoting arrive with his men, she cried out shrilly, "Husband, those people are ungrateful! Arrest them all!"

Li Yaoting glanced at the messy soup kitchen stall, then at the disheveled Chen Yuniang, his face turning ashen. He said impatiently, "Why aren't you staying at home? What are you doing here causing trouble?"

When Chen Yuniang saw that she had been bullied by the unruly people, he not only did not comfort her, but also scolded her, she immediately became so angry that she trembled.

She must have been blind to have fallen for a man like that.

She suppressed her anger and said with a wronged expression, "It's getting cold now, and I was just trying to be kind by giving porridge and clothes to those beggars. But instead of being grateful, they even tore down our porridge shed. They've gone too far. Husband, please take some men and arrest them."

Those subordinates who came with Li Yaoting were all speechless upon hearing these words.

Is the wife of this Lieutenant General out of her mind?

Giving away porridge is out of the question; wealthy families do it every now and then because it doesn't cost much and earns them a good reputation. But giving away clothes is a rare occurrence.

Even those who are extremely wealthy do not do this.

There are simply too many poor people, and no matter how wealthy they are, they can't withstand such a drastic downfall.

Li Yaoting's expression turned extremely pale after hearing Chen Yuniang's words.

He shoved Chen Yuniang away as she approached; he had never felt such disgust for her as he did at that moment.

"Go back now, don't embarrass yourself here!" he said with a stern face.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuniang was struck dumb, her lips trembling as she stammered, "What...what did you say?" She was shameful? In Li Yaoting's eyes, was she really that shameful?
Chen Yuniang was so angry that her lips turned white, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

Li Yaoting turned around without looking at her, and instructed the maid beside him, "Chunxiang, quickly help Madam back."

Chunxiang quickly helped Chen Yuniang away.

What happened here was witnessed by Madam Shen, who happened to be passing by.

She rushed to the county magistrate's residence and told Yunwei the story vividly.

Seeing her gesturing wildly as she recounted what had happened, Yunwei's lips twitched slightly. "You're so free today? Is your noodle stall closed?"

Shen was so thirsty from talking that she drank a large bowl of tea before she could recover. "Why are you so boring? Business is important, but it can't stop me from watching certain people make fools of themselves. You didn't see Chen Yuniang's face. Tsk tsk, I reckon she's about to get internal injuries from anger."

Compared to Yunwei, Tian'er listened with great interest and chimed in, "Chen Yuniang deserves it! I think she did all this because she wanted to imitate my young lady."

Madam Shen nodded. "I think so too. It must be because they saw how well your young lady received help from the free clinic a few days ago and was loved by the people, so they followed suit. But speaking of free clinics..." She turned her gaze to Yun Wei, "You've been keeping that a secret for too long, haven't you?"