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Chapter 116 This silver, the General's Mansion still...
Tong Zhao'er was almost hysterical, laughing uncontrollably.

"These all belong to me, Tong Zhao'er. I can smash them if I want, and I'll smash them to my heart's content! It's better than giving them to that vicious little bitch Liang Jiang! Come on, let's smash them together!"

Seeing that she was almost insane, as if she had been bewitched, Fang Chengxu raised his hand and slapped her across the face.

The slap stunned Tong Zhao'er. She looked at Fang Chengxu in disbelief: "You felt sorry for me when I scolded Liang Jiang? You hit me for her sake? Fang Chengxu, do you have any conscience?"

Fang Chengxu immediately regretted slapping her: "I, I didn't..."

Grandma Fang gloated from the side: "So what if you hit her? This woman deserves a beating for being disobedient! She's not as filial as Liang Jiang, she's not even worth a finger..."

Before she could finish speaking, Tong Zhao'er, who had already lost her mind, could no longer hold back. She grabbed a paperweight from the table and slapped it on Old Madam Fang's forehead.

The courtyard fell silent instantly.

Immediately following was a bloodcurdling scream from Old Mrs. Fang, like a pig being slaughtered: "Murder!"

The Fang family is in chaos.

Having just lost her beloved daughter, Tong Zhao'er is paranoid and on the verge of collapse every day. She can't sleep at night, can't eat, is extremely irritable, and is depressed.

Startled by Old Mrs. Fang's outburst, he obviously became agitated and his temper became unpredictable.

An inexplicable atmosphere of hostility and restlessness permeated the entire mansion every day. The servants moved with extreme caution, barely daring to breathe loudly.

Grandma Fang and Fang Yuan dared not cause any more trouble, and even dared not appear in front of Tong Zhao'er, for fear that if she saw them, she would suddenly fly into a rage, smash things and curse.

Fang Chengxu was no better off.

Tong Zhao'er's inexplicable change did not attract his attention. He thought that Tong Zhao'er was originally willful and capricious, and now that she had lost her daughter, she was too sad and venting her emotions made her feel much better.

He chose to escape, staying with the guards as much as possible, and even staying out all night.

However, Liang Jiang's donation of silver undoubtedly shifted the debt onto the soldiers and civilians of the entire city, making everyone a creditor of the Fang family.

Faced with the endless tricks of those demanding repayment, Fang Chengxu was penniless and helpless, bearing immense pressure.

The way everyone in the guard looked at him changed.

Even General Tong was criticized and gossiped about behind his back in the military camp.

He had received a secret letter from Huyan Chao of Xiliang in the past few days, and was in a state of panic. He was cautiously probing the surrounding situation and keeping a close watch on the movements in the Duke's mansion. He had no mood to deal with such a trivial matter.

But to his surprise, things escalated and became increasingly serious. A small leak can sink a great ship. He couldn't let a trivial matter ruin Fang Chengxu's future or his own prestige in the military camp.

Things that can be solved with money aren't really problems.

He arrived at Tong Zhao'er's residence.

The debt collectors dared not act recklessly towards him.

The servants opened the gate to the house and, upon seeing him, exclaimed as if they had seen a savior: "My lord, you've finally arrived!"

Inside the inner courtyard, a noisy commotion was raging, with sharp sounds piercing through the roof ridges and walls, pounding against eardrums.

It's Tong Zhao'er's voice.

General Tong strode inside, taking three steps at a time.

Tong Zhao'er was grabbing Old Madam Fang's hair, hysterically yelling, "I told you to get the medicine, get the medicine for my Wuyou! You're reluctant to part with it, aren't you? You want to save it to sell for money and give the money to Liang Jiang, right? Dream on!"

Grandma Fang's scalp ached from being pulled so hard. Her attempts at crying and making a scene were completely ineffective against Tong Zhao'er. Annoyed, she said:
"Wuyou is gone! No amount of medicine can save her!" "You're talking nonsense! You vicious old woman, how dare you curse my daughter! I'll strangle you!"

Grandma Fang was no match for her at all, screaming like a pig being slaughtered, while Fang Yuan stood by helplessly.

General Tong was stunned.

In just a few days, how could my daughter, who was so pampered and spirited on horseback, have become like this?
General Tong hurriedly ordered his servants to step forward and separate the two.

The rescued old lady Fang tearfully recounted her grievances.

“We really can’t live like this anymore. I’m so old, and I’m constantly being beaten and verbally abused. I’ll die at your daughter’s hands sooner or later.”

General Tong gave her a cold look: "There is a cause for every effect. I would also like to ask you, my perfectly good daughter has only been married into your Fang family for less than two months, how have you treated her, how has she become like this?"

Grandma Fang choked: "Our Fang family has always treated her like a goddess. The child's death has nothing to do with me. It was that damned Zhao Ma who did all this..."

When she saw General Tong's sharp, piercing gaze, the words she was about to utter stopped abruptly.

He shrank back and stepped aside.

When Tong Zhao'er saw General Tong, her slightly unfocused gaze gradually focused and regained its clarity. She tidied her messy hair, called out "Father," and her eyes welled up with tears of grievance.

General Tong felt sorry for his daughter and was quite distressed: "Don't always stay at home, go out more often when you have time. Try to think more positively about things."

Tong Zhao'er didn't understand what she was feeling wronged about, but she just wanted to cry, so she burst into tears.

“As soon as I go out, people start pointing and gossiping behind my back, and some even try to harm me. I’m afraid to go out.”

Tong Shouliang gritted his teeth: "Don't worry, with your father here, everything will be fine. Even if they had a hundred times the courage, they wouldn't dare to bully my daughter."

“Liang Jiang dares to do this! Father, Liang Jiang has always been riding on my head, making me live in her shadow. Even in this Tong residence, her shadow is everywhere!”

General Tong looked at his daughter, who was pale and full of fear, and felt as if his heart was being torn apart, filled with guilt.

He ordered his servants in a deep voice, "Go and bring Fang Chengxu back to me."

Upon receiving the news, Fang Chengxu immediately went home without delay.

General Tong bombarded her with questions: "How did my Zhao'er become like this? What exactly did you do to her?"

Fang Chengxu had been exhausted these past few days and was in low spirits. When faced with General Tong's questioning, he scratched his head hard and looked distressed.

"After the child was lost, A-Zhao was initially just depressed and couldn't sleep well at night. But after Zhao Ma left, she was like a different person. She would always talk to herself, sit there blankly, and say some strange things."

I felt something was wrong with her, so I called a doctor to examine her. The doctor said that she was suffering from qi and blood deficiency after childbirth, her heart was not nourishing her blood, her liver qi was stagnant, and her emotions were not smooth. He prescribed herbal decoctions.

Even after taking the medication, my condition remained fluctuating. I was otherwise normal, only experiencing occasional flare-ups. These past few days, I think I've been confined to my house, unable to leave, which has caused my mood to become somewhat abnormal again.

Fang Chengxu's words filled General Tong with deep regret.

Although the child was born with a deficiency and could not be raised to adulthood, if Tong Zhao'er had some time to adjust and be mentally prepared, she should not have been able to withstand such a huge blow.
Not only did he fail to control Liang Jiang and her daughter, but he also lost both his wife and his army, harming his granddaughter and, more importantly, his daughter.

This is all the bitter fruit of my own momentary lapse in judgment.

He looked at Tong Zhao'er with guilt: "It's just eight thousand taels of silver, the General's Mansion will pay it back!"

(End of this chapter)