The Second Mistress knelt on the ground to gather all the broken pieces of porcelain from the shattered teacup. Her body was shaking in anger, and her lips were entirely purple.
After Su Wenqian divorced her, the 200 taels of silver he had given to her were plundered away by her two sons. Subsequently, Su Wenqian did not give her any more money, and she was chased away by the innkeeper of the guest house and left to wander the streets. She could only swallow her pride and return to the Su Manor.
Su Wenqian had already sold their residence to repay the Su brothers' debts. Instead, they rented a commoner's estate, which provided them with a refuge from the wind and the rain at the very least.
Her daughter was also sorely disappointing. She had a child with a mountain dweller and ardently refused to return to the mountains. That mountain dweller would knock on their doors every few days and create a racket that destroyed any semblance of peace in the house.
