lcionline Chapter 334 The Woman Who Went Mad
Chapter 334 The Woman Who Went Mad
Tang Chuning's fate was a carefully orchestrated scheme by Mu Qingcheng, Su Qingyan, Ning Haochen, and others to destroy his spirit.
Killing him would be too easy. People like him should be made to reap what they sow and bear the consequences of their own sins. That would be truly satisfying.
Not long after Su Qingyan returned to the Su family's old residence, Tang Chuning received the news, but someone deliberately told him this.
For the first time in many days, Tang Chuning walked out of the mortuary. He staggered and stumbled to the old Su family mansion, followed by a large group of people who pointed at him and cursed him for being shameless.
Before he could even knock, the door opened automatically, and a group of people came out. The person in the middle was Su Qingyan, with Su Chaoyang beside her.
As soon as Su Chaoyang made his appearance in Yongkang, his neighbors and those who had some connection with the Su family all sent him congratulatory gifts.
Su Qingyan accepted all the gifts without hesitation. Su Chaoyang was puzzled and said indignantly, "Sister, these people didn't help you when you were in trouble. We don't need to deal with them in the future, so why should we accept their gifts?"
Su Qingyan smiled and said, "Second brother, you are still young. You don't know that there are some people in this world who are good at flattering the powerful and stepping on the weak. These people have no grudge against you, they just can't stand to see you doing well, but they won't do anything to you. People who help you in times of need are precious, but there are also those who kick you when you're down. Most of them are just people who watch the show from the sidelines. As for these people, we should just treat them as scenery on the road of life and observe them from a distance."
Having gone through so much, Su Qingyan had come to see many things clearly. Before, as an orphan of the Su family, she had no value to others. Even if she was in the right, what difference did it make? No one was willing to protect someone who had no value.
Now that the Su family has descendants and has reclaimed its assets, those who come to appease them are not there for Su Qingyan, but for the descendants of the Su family. Su Qingyan's decision not to hold a grudge against them is magnanimous and also for the sake of the Su family's future.
Su Qingyan stood at the gate, a spring breeze caressing her face, revealing her charming and beautiful features. Everyone was astonished to find that the ugly birthmark on Su Qingyan's face was gone; the ugly daughter of the Su family had transformed into a beauty.
When Su Qingyan saw Tang Chuning again, it felt like a lifetime had passed. The arrogant and well-dressed Master Tang of the past was gone. The current Tang Chuning was skin and bones, reeked of stench, his hair was matted, and his clothes were so dirty that their original color was unrecognizable.
Upon seeing Su Qingyan, Tang Chuning knelt before the Su family's gate and wept uncontrollably. Then, he laughed loudly before collapsing to the ground and dying.
The hatred in Su Qingyan's heart vanished at that moment. The hurt and resentment of the past had become nothing but smoke in the wind with Tang Chuning's death. She only felt incredibly relaxed and happy. From this moment on, the old chapter of her life had been turned over, and a new chapter had begun.
"Send his body to the Tang family!"
Su Qingyan had her servants find a wooden plank and carried Tang Chuning to the Tang family's residence. She also arranged for people to wash the road in front of the gate three times with clean water.
From then on, Su Qingyan had no further connection with the Tang family.
"Miss Su, when shall we raid the Tang family's residence?" This was the newly appointed registrar sent by Fang Xu, who would succeed the magistrate of Yongkang County.
Su Qingyan remembered Mu Qingcheng's instructions; there was still the matter of dealing with Magistrate Yu and Sun Zhenzhen. The Tang family's case was inextricably linked to Magistrate Yu, so she decided to take care of them both at the same time!
After Yun Qing left, Magistrate Yu became restless again, and he openly contacted the Tang family once more.
The Tang family thought Magistrate Yu was probably doomed, and to avoid being implicated, they pinned all their shady dealings on Tang Chuning. Unexpectedly, Magistrate Yu was unharmed.
The Tang family members were puzzled, wondering if Magistrate Yu had someone backing him. And so, the Tang family members became friendly with Magistrate Yu again.
The Tang family not only sent Magistrate Yu five thousand taels of silver notes, but also a house and two beautiful maids to serve him.
Seeing how much the Tang family fawned over the county magistrate, other merchants followed suit, offering silver if they had any, and beautiful women if they didn't.
For a time, Magistrate Yu was riding high, his newfound wealth making him even more arrogant than his previous poverty. In his eyes, Sun Zhenzhen was nothing more than a lowly village woman; had she not been pregnant, he would have sent her away long ago. However, he also didn't have high hopes for the child, believing it would be a worthless illegitimate offspring. He was determined to marry a noblewoman; these women were merely temporary pleasures.
Sun Zhenzhen is now showing signs of pregnancy. Her bloated figure is dressed in coarse linen clothes, and she has no jewelry. She looks worse than she did in the village.
She lived in servants' quarters, and there were endless clothes to wash every day. She not only had to wash Magistrate Yu's clothes, but also those of his many beautiful women.
Sun Zhenzhen knew that she hadn't been kicked out because she was pregnant. If Magistrate Yu found out that she was carrying a bastard child, she probably wouldn't even have a life. No matter how bitter it was now, she didn't dare to utter a sound and could only endure it. If she could give birth to a son, Magistrate Yu would have to keep her by his side for the sake of his eldest son.
And so, Magistrate Yu spent his days surrounded by women, living a life of debauchery and unbridled pleasure.
That day, a group of seven beggars arrived in front of the Yu residence, and the gatekeepers tried to shoo them away but to no avail. These beggars claimed to be Magistrate Yu's parents and brothers, and among them was his wife.
The area outside the gate was crowded with onlookers. When Magistrate Yu emerged, disheveled and with rouge stains all over his face, he was so enraged by the sight that he nearly vomited blood. He quickly led the man inside.
The elderly couple in the Yu family looked at their son living in such a luxurious house, wearing fine silks and satins, and having servants to wait on him. Then they looked at themselves, who had been living on coarse food and hardship for more than ten years in order to support his education.
The elderly couple from the Yu family raised their walking sticks and started hitting Magistrate Yu. Magistrate Yu was beaten so badly that he ran all over the courtyard, not daring to fight back.
At this moment, a group of beautifully dressed women ran out from the inner courtyard. Seeing that their master had been beaten, they rushed to protect him and began to scuffle with the old couple from the Yu family.
At this moment, the woman from the Yu family who had been silent all along suddenly went berserk. She pulled out a kitchen knife from her bundle and slashed at Magistrate Yu. To everyone's surprise, the woman first slashed Magistrate Yu's back, knocking him down. Then, she sat on his stomach and slashed at his genitals again and again until Magistrate Yu's genitals were a bloody mess before the stunned crowd stopped her.
Magistrate Yu had already fainted.
This woman was none other than Qiao, the wife of Magistrate Yu. Qiao was an orphan. Her family originally owned more than ten acres of land, and her parents left her a large brick and tile house.
The Qiao family had no male heirs, and Madam Qiao wanted to find a son-in-law to marry into the family. Magistrate Yu had long coveted the Qiao family's wealth and agreed to the marriage.
However, Magistrate Yu deceived Qiao by saying that he would take the imperial examinations in the future, and if the reputation of marrying into the family spread, he would be unable to study and participate in the examinations. So, he wrote a marriage agreement for Qiao, guaranteeing that all their children would bear the surname Qiao, while publicly stating that he was marrying a wife.
Later, in order to support his studies, Qiao sold her family property. Now, she has nothing left. Her youth has faded, and the young girl has become a haggard old woman. To this day, she has no children.
Magistrate Yu kept deceiving her, saying that he was impotent and that he should wait until he went to the capital to find a skilled doctor and get some medicine to cure him, and that she shouldn't be too anxious to have a child.
Now she understands that he wasn't incapable; he simply disliked her, and even his wife of over ten years was a lie.