Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 426 Face-to-face Confrontation_1

Chapter 426: Chapter 426 Face-to-face Confrontation_1

Nanzhi had just dressed neatly when she heard voices from the courtyard.

There were originally not many maids in the residence, and both Nanzhi and Shen Wenchen disliked being cared for by too many people. Hence, only two doormen were left in the main courtyard. Hearing the commotion outside, Ma Po held Nanzhi back and swiftly went to the entrance.

"What happened?"

Ma Po held a high position in the residence. The doormen who originally blocked Cheng Yue from entering immediately wore smiles upon hearing Ma Po’s voice.

"Ma Po, why did you come out?"

"What do you think?"

Ma Po simply took a glance at the two doormen, gesturing them to let Cheng Yue go with a nod of her head.

The young girl’s face still bore some marks from being slapped yesterday. She looked a bit disheveled, having been stopped by the doormen.

"Ma, Ma Po, those two who deliver vegetables have arrived. Ms. Zhao is detaining them at the moment, she asked me, she asked me to inform the lady."

Cheng Yue lowered her head, stammering, and dared not meet Ma Po’s gaze as she delivered her message.

"Alright, I got it. Wait here, I’ll go get the lady."

After giving her a glance, Ma Po returned to the courtyard.

"Madam, a little maid from the kitchen says that those who deliver vegetables have arrived. They’re currently being held by Ms. Zhao."

Nanzhi nodded, adjusting the cloak on her shoulders. "Let’s go, then."

The sky was gloomy, with a cool wind blowing from time to time. Lanterns hung all around the lord’s residence, swaying slightly in the breeze.

The group slowly moved towards the direction of the kitchen. The doormen and Ma Po protected Nanzhi, fearing that someone might bump into her.

"Let us go, damn you!"

Just as the group reached the kitchen, they heard a man’s cursing voice coming from inside.

Nanzhi raised her eyebrows slightly, finding the voice somewhat familiar.

As soon as they stepped into the courtyard, several doormen went forward to surround the people inside. Ma Po also stood slightly in front of Nanzhi, shielding her behind her.

"Who dares to make trouble in the lord’s residence?"

Ma Po had spent fifteen years in the Wang Residence in Kyoto during her youth, before returning to Yan City.

After returning to Yan City, she specialized in caring for pregnant lady of the house in various wealthy families, hence she carried herself with a certain air of authority.

With this one sentence, she managed to shut the man’s mouth.

Ms. Zhao, feeling she had dug her own grave with her big mouth, had been worried sick all night. Today, when the rooster crowed, she got up from her bed with two large dark circles under her eyes.

She stared intently at the small door at the back of the courtyard, hoping that the vegetable delivery person would hurry up and arrive.

If she could stop the person, perhaps she could make up for her mistake. If the person didn’t show up, her meal ticket would likely be lost.

Luckily, the heavens took pity on her and she managed to wait for these two.

Ms. Zhao’s hair was oily and messy, and she was now gasping for breath, her cheeks red and ears burning.

The man looked weak. It was surprising that he still had strength left.

Looking at the doormen that surrounded them, Ms. Zhao immediately straightened her back, sneering. She was a member of the lord’s residence after all!

"What...what are you doing!" Qian Er’s face looked terrible, as he held Hen Xiang and interrogated the doormen.

Hen Xiang’s face didn’t look much better.

Ever since she left Nanzhi, she moved into that run-down house with Qian Er. Unfortunately, her husband was injured and her father-in-law was a compulsive gambler. Within ten days, the small amount of money she had was all gone.

Now, although Qian Er claimed to have recovered, due to insufficient funds, they could only find a quack doctor to look at him. Consequently, things took a turn for the worse.

Although he was functional now, the chances of having children in this lifetime were quite slim.

She originally thought that after treating Qian Er, he would be able to get a release from servitude for her at the county government. But when she asked him, he claimed he had lost the contract of servitude.

Now, even though she was technically free, if someone someday found that contract, she would once again become someone else’s slave.

But besides being with Qian Er, where else could she go?

In order to have food to eat, as soon as Qian Er’s injury healed a bit, she took up the job of washing clothes for others.

For washing a pair of clothes, she would get one wen. Even if she worked her fingers to the bone, she could only earn twenty wen a day at most.

Despite this, her father-in-law would still take ten wen to the gambling house.

The remaining ten wen were used to feed the two of them.

They had been living like this for about a month. In the end, Qian Er could not stand eating potatoes and porridge every day, ran out intending to steal some eggs from another family, but was caught. In the heat of the moment, he tripped and injured his leg.

At this point, Qian Er completely relied on Hen Xiang and his attitude towards her improved slightly.

Initially, he sweet-talked Hen Xiang into revealing the recipe for the jam, intending to sell it. However, Hen Xiang, concerned about the contract she had signed, firmly refused.

Unable to get the recipe and thus unable to make money, Qian Er’s attitude towards her deteriorated. However, ever since his leg got injured and he became useless, it seemed he finally came to his senses.

He realized that his father was unreliable, and if he lost this daughter-in-law, he would probably die alone in the house.

Hen Xiang had no choice but to grit her teeth, and with the fifty copper coins she had painstakingly saved, she went to the city outskirts to buy some vegetables to sell.

After trading back and forth a few times, they finally managed to have enough food in half a month.

Realizing he could eat a meal with meat every few days, Qian Er became more obedient. Even when his father came to ask for money, he would help Hen Xiang shoo him away.

Later, something happened to the family of that Mao child, and Hen Xiang seized the opportunity to take over the task of delivering vegetables to the lord’s residence.

Who would have thought that after a few deliveries, Qian Er would start to gossip everywhere, causing the situation to turn out like this.

"Qian Er, you sure have some nerve."

Looking at Hen Xiang, who now had a sallow complexion and coarse skin, Nanzhi sneered inwardly.

This was the free life that Hen Xiang had been trying so hard to live.

Qian Er never thought that the words he had casually spoken a few days ago would cause so much trouble.

He knew that Nanzhi was the lady of the lord’s residence and only complained because he was jealous of the doormen of the residence who had better food and clothes. He had only gossiped with Ms. Zhao.

Where would he have ever thought that those casual words would somehow reach Nanzhi?

"What...what are you talking about? I don’t understand." Qian Er’s face was pale, a trace of panic flashing in his eyes.

The last time he threw a bucket of blood, he was thrown into jail and suffered.

This time...

Just thinking of the feeling of rods hitting his backside, Qian Er felt his legs become weak.

He was scared.

"Lady of the lord’s residence, please show mercy and forgive us this time."

Hen Xiang was angry in her heart, but she still pleaded on the surface.

She was very aware of what Qian Er had been doing. By not stopping him, she wanted to secretly damage Nanzhi’s reputation.

Why should Nanzhi still be the respected lady of the lord’s residence while she had to work from dawn till dusk just to feed herself?

Even those who used to claim forever to be good sisters did not lift a finger to help when she was in trouble...

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