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Chapter 522 Aunt Liu Comes to Apologize

"Hopefully, she might not be able to complete the mission, but she can't get into trouble outside."

"Definitely not."

Just as Du Mingxian had guessed, Madam Cheng came to see her again the next day.

Xiangyang was speechless. "Madam, what does Madam Cheng take this place for? Coming and going as she pleases, seeing people whenever she wants? This is too casual."

"Just tell her that I'm quite ill today and can't see any guests, and ask her if there's anything she needs, and you can relay it."

"Yes."

Du Mingxian was too lazy to talk to Madam Cheng. Xiangyang returned shortly after he left, his face full of anger. "Miss, you really guessed right. She actually... she actually wanted to take Guo Miaomiao back to the Guo family. She even said she could send yamen runners to accompany her."

"What does she take the government for? She treats it like her own home, doing whatever she wants with it. She's supposed to be the matriarch of the household, how can she be so brainless?"

Du Mingxian remained calm and even advised her, "What's there to be angry about? People like that will suffer sooner or later. If you go and tell her now, we can't do it. Let her go."

"After she leaves, go out of the manor and find someone to tell Aunt Liu that Guo Miaomiao is Madam Cheng's niece."

Xiangyang's eyes lit up. "Yes, Madam, I'll go right away."

Du Mingxian sat in the mansion waiting. Xiangyang went out for a long time before returning, his face full of joy. "Madam, you have no idea. After Aunt Liu found out about Madam Cheng's relationship with Guo Miaomiao, she went straight to the Cheng family and made a huge scene."

"This servant even went to watch the excitement."

"You know, that explains why you haven't come back for so long."

"I'm sorry, Madam. I was just thinking about going to see what was going on and telling you about it when I got back. I lost track of time."

"It's alright, tell me about it."

The gist of it is that when news of Guo Miaomiao's relationship with Madam Cheng reached Aunt Liu's ears, Aunt Liu immediately became angry, saying, "I treated you as a friend, but you used me as a stepping stone."

They immediately rushed to the Cheng family's house.

Although Aunt Liu was only a concubine, she had been in the Zhao family for many years. Although she did not have the title of the principal wife, she had the persona of the principal wife in every other way, so she naturally had an aura.

Aunt Liu threw a tantrum at the Cheng family, declaring that she would no longer associate with Madam Cheng before leaving.

“When I came back, Aunt Liu had also gone home. She was really angry this time, and she didn’t even care about the lady’s dignity anymore.”

Du Mingxian curled her lips, "If they make a scene, this Mrs. Cheng won't come looking for me, and we can have some peace and quiet."

"indeed."

As the two were talking, someone came to report that Aunt Liu had arrived.

"Madam, now that she's here, could it be that she's guessed we're the ones who gave her this information?"

"You'll know once you go and see for yourself."

Du Mingxian disliked strangers entering her bedroom, so she could only put on makeup to look seriously ill before going to the main hall to meet them.

When Aunt Liu saw Du Mingxian coming over, she immediately knelt down on the ground, her face full of apology, "I am sorry for Madam, I have made Madam feel embarrassed."

"What happened? Let's talk about it when you get up. Xiangyang helped the person up."

Xiang Yang went to help her up, but Aunt Liu didn't get up. "Madam, I didn't know about Madam Cheng's relationship with that female prisoner in jail. If I had known about their relationship, I definitely wouldn't have introduced her to you. Please forgive me."

"Is that all? Let's get up and talk about it later."

This time, Xiangyang helped the person up.

After Aunt Liu sat down, she looked apologetic. "When I came to thank you, Madam Cheng was unable to meet you when you came to Ping County last time. She wanted me to help her out."

“At the time, I thought it was no big deal to help with such a small thing, so I brought her along. But I never expected that my eldest son would end up in jail because of her niece from her maternal family.”

Du Mingxian could no longer pretend. "You didn't know about this? I thought you introduced her to me on purpose."

"how come."

“After you left that day, she returned a second time, requesting to see her niece, Guo Miaomiao. Considering we were both women, I allowed her to see her. That’s what happened…”

Du Mingxian didn't hide anything and told some of the story about Madam Cheng and Guo Miaomiao.

Aunt Liu sneered, "Madam Cheng is really good at scheming. She wants to take her niece out of prison now. If something happens after she's taken back, who will be responsible?"

Du Mingxian didn't say anything.

"Madam, you may not know this, but Madam Cheng's family is not a good one."

"Oh?"

"Madam Cheng's father married two wives. Madam Cheng and Guo Miaomiao in prison share the same mother, who is the one who is in charge now."

Du Mingxian was somewhat surprised. "I heard from Guo Miaomiao that the one who died was her eldest brother. If he was the eldest, how come his mother is now in charge?"

"His family affairs were also chaotic. Her mother was the first wife when she entered the family and gave birth to her and Guo Miaomiao's father. Later, because she made a mistake, she was demoted to a concubine. Master Guo then married another woman, who gave birth to one son and two daughters."

"The second wife was short-lived and died after only a few years. Because Madam Cheng's mother behaved slightly better, Master Guo took a moment of kindness and made his first wife his official wife again."

Aunt Liu was from Ping County, and she knew far more about these family affairs than Du Mingxian, who came later. She sent people to investigate and found out much more.

"However, for some reason, Madam Cheng's mother had a very good relationship with the children born to her second wife, and now the family is living in harmony."

"Perhaps it's because of her kind heart," Du Mingxian seemed unable to find any other reason.

They share the same husband and the same father. These people should have had conflicts of interest, and even if their relationship wasn't good, they would have had some verbal disputes. But now their relationship is unusually good, which is a bit puzzling.

Aunt Liu pursed her lips. "Who knows? There used to be a lot of rumors and gossip. People said all sorts of things, but in recent years, as the Guo family has gradually declined, fewer people have been talking about it."

What are people speculating about?

When Du Mingxian asked, Aunt Liu didn't hide anything. "Everyone guessed that the fact that Guo's first wife was demoted to a concubine was just a pretense, and that marrying a first wife later was also a pretense. In fact, the children born to the second wife were still born to the first wife. It was just to create some pretexts that the second wife came into being."

"Some people also say that Madam Guo is kind-hearted."

"Some say that Madam Guo's son died, and now she is old and has no one to rely on, so she can only treat the children born to her second wife as her own children."

"Some say that Guo Miaomiao's father didn't die at all, and there were other reasons back then."

Du Mingxian became interested. "There's such a saying?"

"Yes, I just don't understand. The Guo family is just an ordinary merchant family. Where do they get so much drama? They're not like they have a throne to inherit. What could they possibly do, blow someone up?"

"Probably not." Du Mingxian smiled, but her thoughts were elsewhere. "By the way, have you met Madam Cheng's younger brother?"

"No, but I heard that her younger brother looks a lot like her deceased older brother, and they both look a lot like their father."