They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 426 Feuds in the Capital

With a fawning smile, Madam Wu flattered the person from the Marquis's mansion, agreeing almost without hesitation. This was precisely why the original owner fled in fear.

The Xu family couple? Does that refer to the original owner's adoptive parents?

Xu Zhichun was in a state of utter confusion. Had she remembered everything? Was there anything she hadn't remembered? If she received any more information like this, she was really going to explode.
Mrs. Wu wasn't too surprised by her words; instead, she chuckled lightly, "You did hear me."

No wonder she set a fire and ran away.

Her escape marked the beginning of her misfortune.

The Marquis's mansion blamed her and gave her a severe beating in a fit of rage. As for that Young Master Ji, whose background was unknown, he made her even more miserable, leaving her with nowhere to go.

But she had some connections and resources, and she had also hidden a lot of wealth, so she managed to escape with her life.

She never expected that the Marquis's mansion would, for some reason, send people to hunt her down again.

Forced to flee her homeland, she intended to return to her ancestral home, but a serious illness struck her on the way. Her body, already weakened by beatings and torment, was on the verge of collapse.
At that moment, her heart calmed down.

Forget it.

Perhaps she committed too many sins in her life, and it's good that she's ending it all here.

Xu Zhichun said coldly, "After I escaped, the Marquis's mansion probably didn't treat you well either, did it? I don't believe you're the kind of magnanimous person who wouldn't hate them or want revenge. You were clearly doing this for yourself, yet you used me as a bargaining chip to try and make a deal with me. You used me, and I'm grateful to you?"

Am I that stupid?

"You like to talk or not."

Now that she knows it's some noble family from the capital, she might be able to find out the truth.

We might not have dared to think about it before, but now that things are clear, what is there to be afraid of?
Even if things don't turn out well, there's still Mingxuan.

There will always be opportunities after Mingxuan goes to high school.

It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

She didn't want to be disgusted by Aunt Wu.

Mrs. Wu opened her eyes wide in surprise.

In her memory, Xu Zhichun was well-educated, reasonable, and upright. Although he was quite intelligent, he would never have such thoughts.

She thought that once she told her, the girl would be moved by her words and would be grateful.

Mrs. Wu chuckled to herself, thinking to herself that people change, and after experiencing all these changes, it was no wonder she had become like this.

Madam Wu dared not try any more tricks or pretenses. More importantly, Xu Zhichun's words struck a nerve. Both Ji Yingxuan and the Marquis's mansion were trying to kill her. She hated them both.

But she knew that Xu Zhichun would never harm Ji Yingxuan, and she herself would never have the ability to harm Ji Yingxuan in this lifetime. No matter how unwilling she was, it was useless. The Marquis's mansion was a place where she could take revenge. Why shouldn't she?

Mrs. Wu could only feign composure and stubbornly retort, "I don't know why you think that way. I've fallen to this point, what else could I possibly be upset about? You've really misunderstood me."

Xu Zhichun looked at him with a mocking gaze and remained silent.

Pretend, keep pretending.

Having been a brothel madam her whole life, Xu Zhichun simply didn't believe she would fall for the "a dying man's words are good" trope. Besides, although she looked unwell and impoverished, she wasn't quite "about to die."

As she spoke, Mrs. Wu pretended to wipe away tears while secretly glancing at Xu Zhichun out of the corner of her eye. She had finally given up completely.

Xu Zhichun has really changed.

"The person who came to see me was a trusted confidante sent by the Lady of Rong'an Marquis in the capital. I later found out that the current Lady of Rong'an Marquis is not his first wife, but his second wife."

Xu Zhichun immediately imagined a dramatic power struggle within the household and asked, "When did this second wife enter the family?"

Mother Wu: "I heard it's been about ten years. I heard that when Rong'an Marquis's first wife gave birth to her daughter, she suffered a postpartum hemorrhage. Although she survived, she was extremely weak and bedridden for many years. Less than three years later, her biological daughter was abducted by human traffickers at the Lantern Market on the fifteenth of August and could never be found again. She couldn't bear the blow and passed away."

"Less than a hundred days after her death, the new Lady of Rong'an Marquis married into the family. It was said that the Marquis's mansion could not be without a mistress for a day, so they rushed to get married. The following year, the new Lady of Rong'an gave birth to a pair of twins."

Xu Zhichun sneered.

So the new Lady Hou somehow found out the whereabouts of the missing daughter of the first wife and sent people to destroy her.

An ordinary couple, their deaths are simply a matter of life and death.

She killed without any scruples.

The original owner was different. After all, she was a descendant of the Marquis's family. She was afraid that if the truth came out in the future, she would have no room to defend herself. Or perhaps she would rather torture the original owner and make her wish she were dead than kill her. So she plotted to have the original owner's uncle and aunt sell her into a brothel.

She never expected the original owner to be so lucky. Before the brothel madam could subdue her, the original owner met a wealthy young man who was willing to redeem her.

The two servants went again, probably hoping to hear about the original owner's miserable condition so they could report back to the Lady of the Marquis and make her happy. However, things didn't go as they expected. How could they tolerate the original owner escaping the fire pit? So they put pressure on the madam.

This madam was the kind of person who would do anything for anyone, and her so-called "conscience" was extremely limited. She didn't even need to think before betraying the original owner of the body.

Of course, her own interests are more important.

Xu Zhichun: "Besides that, what else do you know about Marquis Rong'an?"

Mrs. Wu quickly shook her head: "That's a matter in the capital, after all. I was just curious, so I inquired a little, but that's all I could find out. There's no way I could find out more."

Xu Zhichun scoffed: "You might not have been asking out of me just out of curiosity."

It's unlikely that a brothel madam would go to the trouble of inquiring about things in the capital city, thousands of miles away, just out of curiosity. She must have been feeling uneasy, worried about potential troubles, which is why she made the inquiries.

After all, that was a marquis's residence.

Whether it's a powerful and influential marquis's mansion or a declining one, neither is one that someone of her status can easily offend.

When Mrs. Wu heard what she said, she knew that she had been seen through, and she looked embarrassed.

The sound of dripping water came from under the eaves. Xu Zhichun turned her head to look out and found that the rain had stopped sometime earlier.

The wind pushed the clouds, and the dark clouds gradually dispersed, revealing a bright white sky.

Xu Zhichun decided to leave immediately.

She glanced at the little girl: "What's her name?"

Mother Wu hurriedly said, "Qu Ling. Her name is Qu Ling. Would you like to take her with you? I've never done anything good in my life, so please accept this one."

She laughed at herself, thinking that doing this good deed was a way to accumulate good karma in the final days of her life, hoping it would bless her with a normal life in her next life.