The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 780 Gu Dashu's ill-fated relationship ends
At Old Madam Su's birthday banquet, Miss Lin overheard Su Chengji's conversation with his servant and learned that Old Madam Su wanted to arrange for Miss Lin to marry Su Chengmin.

She seized the opportunity to give her a push, lying that she was feeling unwell. Madam Lin had always treated her illegitimate daughter as her own, so she let her biological daughter, Miss Lin the Second, accompany her sister.

In an empty room, Miss Lin dismissed her sister's maid and, together with her own maid, colluded with the maidservant serving Old Madam Su to poison Miss Lin's tea.

Man'er, who was secretly wandering around the Su residence without the adults' knowledge, discovered that Miss Lin had fainted in the pavilion. Man'er rushed back to call for help and encountered Su Qing.

As a former daughter of an official family, Su Qing knew from the appearance of Miss Lin that she had been drugged.

So they helped Miss Lin out and then had Man'er find Old Madam Min.

Grandma Min arranged for someone to settle Miss Lin in a safe place until she woke up.

"Manager Tong, I pity Er Yatou for having lost her mother at a young age, so I raised her under my care. I have a clear conscience towards her. She has everything that Er Yatou has, and sometimes I would rather wrong Er Yatou than wrong her. I really don't know where I went wrong, that she hates me so much, and hates Er Yatou."

Mrs. Lin visited Tong Huaqiong's home to express her gratitude.

Since Tong Huaqiong already knew about the eldest daughter of the Lin family scheming against the second daughter, she didn't need to hide it from her.

She still doesn't understand why the illegitimate daughter she raised as her own would hate her to such an extent.

The thought of Miss Lin's eyes blazing with hatred for her sent chills down her spine and filled her with lingering fear.

He raised his illegitimate daughter as his own for so many years, only to have her turn into a venomous snake.

This venomous snake usually appeared to be well-mannered, gentle, and harmless, but it was lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce on her and Miss Lin at any moment.

"I only realized how much she hated me after it happened. I don't know when she took a liking to my nephew. He got married this year, and she hates me for not seeing through her intentions and not proposing to my sister-in-law. Putting aside the fact that my nephew has always treated her like a younger sister, marriage is a matter of mutual affection. Even if my sister-in-law disagreed with her marrying into the family, was she wrong?"

Madam Lin was heartbroken and had kept it bottled up for so long. She wasn't afraid to expose her family's dirty laundry in front of Tong Huaqiong.

As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.

The marriage was just a prelude.

She was too embarrassed to say that Miss Lin said she raised her illegitimate daughter for a good reputation and to put on a show.

Originally, Madam Lin planned to arrange a marriage for her eldest daughter with the nephew of her second sister-in-law.

Second Sister-in-law's family was a scholarly family with a small population and upright family traditions. Moreover, Miss Lin was able to take charge of the household affairs as soon as she entered the family.

Even outsiders couldn't find any fault with this marriage, but Miss Lin was dissatisfied, feeling it was far inferior to Madam Lin's noble family.

She tearfully questioned Madam Lin, asking if she would persuade her family to marry her second sister to her cousin and make her a lady of the Marquis's mansion if her second sister took a fancy to her cousin.

Madam Lin was furious when she heard this.

“I heard that Prince Ning intended to choose one of our family’s daughters as his principal wife. Originally, Grandmother was inclined to choose me, but you persuaded Father to refuse Grandmother. Later, my second cousin became the principal wife. People say that Prince Ning will become the emperor, and you just don’t want me to become empress and step on my second cousin’s head. Now the Fifth Prince is choosing a consort, and I heard that Father wants to marry my second cousin to the Fifth Prince. Why can my older and younger sisters become royal wives and enjoy wealth and honor, but I can’t?”

Miss Lin tearfully accused Madam Lin of favoritism.

It was at this moment that Madam Lin completely gave up on this illegitimate daughter.

She only saw the royal family's wealth and glory, but she didn't know that the royal family was ruthless and cruel.

The former Crown Princess was a close friend from a prominent family whom Madam Lin had watched grow up. She died young along with the Crown Prince. If she had married into an ordinary, well-to-do family, she would probably be enjoying the happiness of being surrounded by her children right now.

The late Princess Consort of Prince Ning died less than three years after marrying him. It is said that Prince Ning chose his late Princess Consort, who came from a humble family, to establish a persona of being uncontested by the world.

With the Crown Prince dead, Prince Ning's true colors could no longer be hidden. In order to win over the court's forces, the former Princess Consort, who had no background, had to step down.

When Prince Ning sought to marry a daughter of the Lin family, the Lin family matriarch genuinely wanted to marry the eldest daughter to Prince Ning, but Madam Lin vehemently opposed it. This opposition was just as fierce as her current opposition to the second daughter marrying the fifth prince.

Miss Lin's second cousin didn't really want to marry Prince Ning, but her parents, who were climbing the social ladder, were afraid that the opportunity would be taken away, so they were eager to marry her off to Prince Ning's mansion as his second wife.

My second cousin is now the principal wife, seemingly living a life of wealth and honor, but her life is not easy.

The Prince's mansion is filled with concubines, who must engage in power struggles and vie for favor, exhausting themselves for their parents' honor; they also have to worry that if the Prince of Ning loses power, his entire mansion will be wiped out like the former Crown Prince.

What's so good about a life like this?

Moreover, Miss Lin herself is not very smart. If she marries into the royal family or a noble family, she will not be able to handle things well and will only be abused.

Mrs. Lin always put Miss Lin's needs first, only to find that her sincere feelings had been wasted.

Miss Lin hates her stepmother and wants to destroy her stepmother's most beloved daughter as revenge.

Since Miss Lin repaid kindness with enmity, Madam Lin also severed her mother-son relationship with her.

Such a despicable act as Miss Lin's attempt to poison her sisters and tarnish their reputation would not be tolerated in any prestigious family.

Madam Lin is also quite resourceful.

Since Miss Lin was so eager to marry into a wealthy family, she deliberately disobeyed Miss Lin's wishes and arranged for her to marry a minor official from a poor family with mediocre talent.

Next year, she will follow her husband, who has been transferred to a remote area, away from Shengjing to live in a cold and isolated town in the northwest.

This move was undeniably vicious against Miss Lin.

Tong Huaqiong said, "There is a certain fate involved in relationships between people. The fact that Miss Lin treats you this way is not because you raised her badly. Some people are just born ungrateful. They take it for granted if you treat them well, but they hold a grudge if you don't meet their expectations, and they forget all the good things you did for them."

"You just need to do what you believe is right."

Even more serious are those like Miss Lin who repay kindness with enmity.

Miss Lin is engaged, and Tong Huaqiong wants to pray to Buddha.

In her previous life, Miss Lin married Gu Dashu, and their ill-fated relationship harmed many people.

In this life, Miss Lin and Gu Dashu have no connection whatsoever.

In Tong Dajiao's memory, she didn't know how Miss Lin and Gu Dashu got together. In any case, in her memory, the Lin family sacrificed a concubine's daughter to win over Gu Jingzhe, the new tycoon.

That may not be the case now.

Could it be that in her previous life, Miss Lin failed to outmaneuver Miss Lin and was thus rejected by her family, so she ended up having an affair with Gu Dashu?
Tong Huaqiong's words made Madam Lin feel much better.

"By the way, where are your granddaughter and the maid from that day?"

Madam Lin then inquired about Man'er and Su Qing.

If it weren't for the two of them, Miss Lin would have been ruined.

Tong Huaqiong had someone summon Man'er and Su Qing to see Madam Lin.

Lin Wan, the second young lady of the Lin family, who had been sitting obediently next to Madam Lin, smiled when she saw Man'er and Su Qing.

Man'er obediently bowed to Madam Lin.

Mrs. Lin held Man'er's hand, almost bursting into tears with emotion.