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

Chapter 792 Who would come to visit on a snowy day?
Who would come to my door on a snowy day?

Gu Dashu's shop is closed today.

After all, it would damage the shop's reputation if word got out that a young lady from a prominent family was hiding inside.

Fortunately, there are fewer customers during the heavy snow season, so closing the store will not have a significant impact on business, nor will it arouse suspicion from others.

The door was slammed shut with a deafening roar.

He didn't seem like a customer, nor did he seem like Gu Dashu had returned.

The waiter gestured for Miss Lin to hide inside the house.

I'm really afraid that the Lin family members who are after Miss Lin will come to our door.

Miss Lin turned pale with fright and hurriedly hid.

The young man peeked through the crack in the door and, startled, hurriedly opened it.

"What happened? I called for ages and no one opened the door. I banged on the door until my hands were red before they finally opened it for me?"

Liu Yue'e came in looking like she was there to interrogate someone.

These past two days have been snowing heavily, and Gu Dashu has been eating and sleeping at the shop. Liu Yue'e, concerned about her husband, got up early in the morning to go to Jufulai and brought chicken soup to visit Gu Dashu. She stood outside in the wind and snow for a long time and called out to him, but no one paid any attention. Her face looked very unpleasant.

The waiter said with a forced smile, "I didn't hear that it was you, young mistress."

Liu Yue'e shook the snow off her cloak and asked, "Why is the shop opening so late today?"

The young waiter said with a forced smile, "The shopkeeper said that we're not open today because of the heavy snow."

Liu Yue'e frowned.

Closing the shop in heavy snow is not like Gu Dashu's style. Everyone knows that the Gu family is obsessed with money. Even if it's snowing, or even if it's raining knives, they would never close the shop.

Not right.

Something is very wrong.

Upon hearing that she had arrived, Gu Dashu did not come out. She then asked, "Where is Gu Dashu?"

The guy thought to himself, "Oh no!"

Before leaving, the shopkeeper told him not to tell anyone that Miss Lin was in the shop, and not to reveal his whereabouts.

Now the young mistress is asking him whether or not he should tell her.

The young mistress is a bit of a gossip, and she's not usually very tight-lipped.

When Liu Yue'e saw that the waiter remained silent, her expression changed.

Is Gu Dashu not at the shop?

Even if he wasn't in the shop, the young shop assistant had no reason to hide it. Could it be that Gu Dashu was involved?
Liu Yue'e began to let her imagination run wild, going from visiting brothels to keeping mistresses, she thought about it all in her mind.

It's no wonder Liu Yue'e thinks that way.

Since arriving in Shengjing, she had gotten to know many ladies from wealthy families. Which of those families didn't have several concubines? It was common for rich young men to frequent brothels. Over time, she became increasingly worried that Gu Dashu would pick up some bad habits.

If Gu Dashu is truly bewitched by the vixen, don't blame her for resorting to any means necessary.

Liu Yue'e's sharp eyes swept over the young shop assistant and she asked, "Tell me the truth, has Gu Dashu been at the shop these past two days, or where did he go?"

The shop assistant said, "He's in the shop. He had to go out early this morning."

Seeing Liu Yue'e's disbelieving look, he swore, "Young Madam, the shopkeeper has really been sleeping in the shop these past two days."

Liu Yue'e asked, "What did he do today? Where did he go? Tell me everything. If you lie about even one word, I won't let you off the hook."

In such heavy snow, what could possibly be the reason for going out so early in the morning?

Unless he's been with his lover the whole time and hasn't come back at all.

The young man was secretly groaning.

Should he tell or not?

"Young Madam, this is what happened."

As the waiter was gathering his thoughts, Liu Yue'e suddenly stood up and walked directly around the screen.

Liu Yue'e saw a pair of women's embroidered shoes peeking out from under the screen.

Going around the screen, she saw a pretty and delicate girl standing beside a pile of blankets and felt. Upon seeing her, her wet eyes looked at Liu Yue'e timidly, like those of a frightened fawn. Liu Yue'e was so angry her head nearly exploded.

Gu Dashu actually dared to hide a fox spirit in his shop.

It's no wonder Liu Yue'e thought that way. She and Miss Lin had attended the Su family's birthday banquet together, but the two had no interaction.

With so many wealthy young ladies gathered together, she couldn't possibly remember who was who.

"You bastard Gu Dashu, how dare you cause trouble right under my nose! You actually sent a vixen to me! Do you think I'm dead?"

"What a vixen! Who are you trying to seduce with this seductive act? You dare to dance in front of me with your seductive charm? If I don't teach you a lesson, you won't know how powerful I am."

As Liu Yue'e spoke, she grabbed Miss Lin and started hitting her.

Miss Lin had heard Liu Yue'e calling Gu Dashu from inside the house and guessed that Gu Dashu's wife had arrived.

A surge of joy welled up inside me.

She had seen Liu Yue'e at Old Mrs. Su's birthday banquet. While so many people were quietly listening to the opera under the stage, she was the only one discussing the plot with the old woman from the countryside next to her.

He has a very loud voice and no manners whatsoever.

When eating, he acted as if he had never seen such delicious food before, picking up every dish and eating it in big mouthfuls, behaving very vulgarly.

Gu Dashu's country wife is naive and straightforward, so she's probably easy to fool. I'm confident I can completely deceive her. While Gu Dashu is away, I can help her pass on messages, and it would be best to send her to the Prince Ning's mansion.

Thinking this, Miss Lin rubbed her eyes until they were red, and walked out with a pitiful expression that she had cultivated since childhood.

Before the plan could be carried out, Liu Yue'e mistook it for a fox spirit kept by Gu Dashu and beat her up.

Gu Dashu's wife from the countryside was even more straightforward than she had imagined; she would pull her hair and slap her face at the slightest disagreement.

Miss Lin was so dizzy from Liu Yue'e's beating that she could no longer maintain her pitiful image and burst into tears.

The young waiter realized that Liu Yue'e had misunderstood and quickly ran over to pull her away.

This pulled Liu Yue'e even more.

Alright, the vixen has already infiltrated the shop. Who is the shop's owner, really?

"Young Madam, Miss Lin is not a vixen; it's all a misunderstanding," the waiter explained.

Liu Yue'e wouldn't listen to the young shop assistant's explanation at all.

She hated women who looked pitiful more than anything else in her life.

Back in the prefectural city, the girl Qianqian, who was harassing Gu Dashu, almost tricked him into a honey trap by using her pitiful pretense.

Miss Lin is now younger, more beautiful, and more attractive than Miss Qianqian.

Liu Yue'e wished she could gouge out Miss Lin's wet eyes.

“Young Madam, it’s really not what you think. This young lady is Miss Lin.”

Liu Yue'e was exhausted from hitting the machine and sat down in a chair to catch her breath.

The guy quickly took a break to explain.

Liu Yue'e was skeptical, and turned to look at Miss Lin, who shuddered.

That shrew was too ruthless; she slapped her face until it was swollen, and when she wiped the salty taste from her mouth with the back of her hand, blood was flowing from the corner of her mouth.

Miss Lin realized then that all the underhanded tricks she was good at in the inner quarters were worthless in the face of absolute martial prowess.

She schemed against Miss Lin the Second, and even though her stepmother was furious, she never hit her.

She'll remember this beating and will surely get her revenge a thousandfold in the future.

Liu Yue'e didn't know much about the Lin family.

There are many things that Tong Huaqiong won't tell her.

At the Su family home, she was unaware of the schemes the eldest daughter of the Lin family had plotted against the second daughter of the Lin family. She only knew that the eldest daughter of the Lin family had been betrothed to a minor official in the Hanlin Academy and that they would be getting married in the next few days.

My mother-in-law received the invitation.

She's someone who likes to join in on fun, and she's already asked her mother-in-law to take her along.

Now that the person in front of her is telling her that she is Miss Lin, how can she believe it?