Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 374 Threat
News of Chen Nanhuai's affair with the illegitimate daughter of the Li family in a sacred Buddhist temple spread far and wide. Such scandalous news travels very fast, ruining Chen Nanhuai's reputation. As a man who had taken advantage of the situation, he was vilified and gossiped about behind his back. However, his family still wanted to protect him. The illegitimate daughter of the Li family, on the other hand, suffered a terrible fate. That very night, news spread that she had suddenly fallen ill and died.

Upon hearing the news, Lu Yuntang felt a chill run through her body and couldn't help but cry. She asked Su Qingwan, "Sister-in-law, did I kill her? If I hadn't taken revenge and hadn't exposed this matter, she wouldn't have died."

At the time, she just wanted to vent her anger and get revenge on Chen Nanhuai. She didn't think much about it and never imagined that the Li family would be so ruthless as to beat their illegitimate daughter to death. She even thought that Chen Nanhuai would take her in as a concubine, and that she would be doing a good deed for him.

I didn't expect this to be the ending.

Su Qingwan said, "It's none of your business."

"It was I who asked Li Yue to light the incense."

If it weren't for that incense, they wouldn't have acted so recklessly.

"It's not like you let them meet in a Buddhist sanctuary. Third sister, don't blame yourself. This has nothing to do with you." Su Qingwan's tone was rather cold; she didn't care about the life or death of anyone except her family.

Lu Yuntang wasn't stupid. She could actually tell from Su Qingwan's attitude that if Su Qingwan wasn't Lu Jing's sister, then the fate of a concubine's daughter would be her fate. Because she was Lu Jing's sister, someone helped her plan and helped her escape the fire pit. Even though she angered her mother, she was still well cared for.

My sister-in-law cleaned it up for my brother's sake.

Lu Yuntang was grateful. She had a nightmare that night, and after waking up, she was sick for a day. However, her health gradually recovered, and she felt more energetic. She then completely let go of the matter.

No one expected that the Chen family would send someone to propose marriage. Chen Nanhua wanted to marry Lu Yuntang. Madam Chen was taking a risky move. Although the Chen family was gradually declining, there were still many sons and daughters. There were too many monks and not enough meat. Chen Nanhua's reputation was ruined by this incident. Without strong connections, he would definitely not be able to pursue a career in government.

The people of Dayuan are Buddhists. For him to have an affair in a Buddhist sanctuary would be a disgrace etched on his spine forever, making it impossible for him to pursue an official career. He would be drowned in the spittle of the censors, unless he married Lu Jing's sister and was protected by Lu Jing and sent to serve as an official in a remote area where no one in the capital would know about his scandalous affair.

Knowing that her son was going to be abandoned by the Chen family, she thought of Lu Yuntang.

Even if Lu Yuntang is not the Lu family's biological daughter, the Lu family will definitely protect her after raising her for so many years.

Su Qingwan instructed Madam Chen to politely invite her to the flower hall and said bluntly, "Our Lu family does not agree to this marriage. Madam, please give up on this idea."

Despite Madam Chen's kind words, Su Qingwan calmly drank her tea, which angered her. She brought up the matter of Chen Nanhuai and Lu Yuntang's secret rendezvous. Madam Chen said that as long as Lu Yuntang was married into the Chen family and Chen Nanhuai was given an official position, he would take Lu Yuntang to take up his post in another place. Otherwise, she would expose this scandal, which would affect the reputation of everyone in the Lu family.

Su Qingwan laughed, "Madam, are you deaf to what's going on outside? When has the Lu family ever had a good reputation? From Lu Feng, Xie Zhaolan, to Lu Jing, I... I've heard all sorts of nasty things. What is this little thing about the Third Miss? Our Lu family doesn't care. However, I admire your courage to actually threaten me. I hate being coerced. The last person who threatened me is already buried with three feet of grass on their grave."