297, Terrified (5 updates)
Because of this connection, the Liang Family became one of the top three families in Fengping County, and not only was their business good, they naturally earned much more money.
When Master Liang heard the news, he was not as happy as he used to be.
Suddenly sitting up, he asked urgently, “The letter?”
Lady Liang immediately handed over the letter.
Master Liang’s hands trembled as he opened the letter, and after reading it, his face grew even paler.
“My lord, what’s wrong?” Lady Liang asked with concern.
Even a fool could tell something was off with her husband today.
“…”
Master Liang took a deep breath and handed the letter to Lady Liang.
His mind felt chaotic, his heartbeat too fast, as if it would leap out of his chest.
Lady Liang took the letter.
And began to read.
“…”
Xie Shuyue wrote in the letter that the Marquis’s wife treated her extremely well, buying her a lot of jewelry and giving her Silver, ensuring every aspect of her life, from food to lodging, was exquisite, yet she had not yet had her name recorded in the Xie Family family register, nor had she been brought to pay homage at the ancestral hall, citing the need to choose an auspicious day. She was now living in the same courtyard as the Marquis’s adopted daughter, Xie Hanhan. There was also a small courtyard in the Marquis’s residence, beautifully and exquisitely decorated with the best items from the residence, yet unoccupied. She had hinted to the Marquis’s wife that she wanted it, but the Marquis’s wife did not agree, saying the courtyard had another use.
Xie Shuyue felt that the Marquis’s wife treated her well, but also not so well.
For instance, the Marquis’s wife did not give her the jewelry she had treasured for many years, always buying new pieces outside, and when purchasing, the Marquis’s wife would not let her accompany them. As for her three brothers, the Crown Prince was busy, her second brother was unwell, and her third brother had been sent by the Marquis’s wife to Huguo Temple to cultivate his mind and nature with the abbot.
The two sisters-in-law were also a force to be reckoned with; the elder sister-in-law ran the household sternly, and the second sister-in-law was no less formidable.
Xie Hanhan had a pair of sharp eyes, as if she could see through everything, treating her neither warmly nor distantly.
She always felt as though Xie Hanhan was watching her every move, waiting to catch her slipping up.
Therefore, she dared not do anything.
In the capital, there were many nobles; the Marquis treated her neither warmly nor coldly. The Marquis’s residence had many legitimate and illegitimate children, who were experts at feigning friendliness while actually scheming. Once, she had been outsmarted into pushing one of the illegitimate daughters into a pond, for which the Marquis’s wife had spanked her.
She thought the Marquis’s wife cherished her, but it wasn’t entirely so; yet, if the Marquis’s wife didn’t care for her, why would she dress her in the finest clothes and adorn her with the most expensive jewelry?
She couldn’t feel the kind of pampering a mother gives, and she missed Lady Liang.
“Wuwu!” Lady Liang cried out loud.
She, too, missed her daughter.
Thinking of her daughter alone in the capital, though she had taken two servants with her, it was as if crying out to the heavens and earth to no avail.
Lady Liang was very worried about Xie Shuyue.
Especially since Xie Shuyue’s name had not yet been recorded in the Xie Family family register.
“My lord, I always feel that something is not right,” Lady Liang said softly.
“Today, I went to ‘Kechanglai’, do you know who that Miss Xie from there resembles?” Master Liang asked.
His eyes intense, he stared at Lady Liang.
It made her feel a chill down her spine, and she shivered, asking in a low voice, “Resembles who?”
“Nuannuan!”
“What?” Lady Liang screamed.
She jumped up immediately.
Surprised, shocked, frightened, “No, it’s impossible. Falling from such a height and being tied up in a sack, there’s no way she could still be alive. My lord, could you have seen wrong?”
Master Liang shook his head.
“No mistake. Compared to Nuannuan, Miss Xie is much more beautiful and confident. However, His Highness the Prince said that Miss Xie had lost her memory due to an injury. She also said she felt I looked familiar; I nearly fainted at that moment. You don’t know, the way she looked at me, I, I…”
Master Liang thought of the thunder on that night.
He thought of the echoing scream in his mind, the nightmares that had been haunting him these days.
Chapter 298