Wan Da'an had now taken another concubine, a woman younger than Gu Hengniang, and one who had never borne children. Her figure also remained better-maintained than Gu Hengniang's.
Ever since Wan Da'an had taken a concubine, he had never again stepped into Gu Hengniang's room, and even the sight of Gu Hengniang seemed repellant to him. Gu Hengniang and her three daughters were treated like non-entities both inside and outside the Wan Family. Her daughters, too, were subjected to scorn alongside her. In private, Gu Hengniang had shed no small number of tears, all the while cursing Wan Ruyan as a malevolent spirit.
Had it not been for Wan Ruyan's interference, her husband, Wan Da'an, would not have taken a concubine. On the one hand, while she cursed Wan Ruyan, on the other, Gu Hengniang harbored grievances against Su Yunjin in her heart.
All of her troubles today,
Gu Hengniang felt, were all Su Yunjin's fault.
