Capítulo 1358: Chapter 1358: Why Are You Here? To Laugh at ?
When Wang Yongzhu arrived at the Song Family, Lizheng had assigned a few n from the village to guard the entrance.
The main gate of the Song Family was tightly shut, and the neighboring houses had also closed their doors firmly, with not a single soul in sight.
Upon seeing Wang Yongzhu, the n, apparently acting on Lizheng’s orders, simply saluted without asking questions and opened the Song Family’s gate for her.
Wang Yongzhu went in, and Wang Yongping also intended to follow her inside but was stopped by Wang Yongzhu’s outstretched hand.
“Fourth Brother, just stay here at the door, chat with the gentlen. I’ll go in and take a quick look then co out.”
Wang Yongping complied and started chatting with the n guarding the door.
Having been in business for several years, he was adept at engaging with these n.
Wang Yongzhu entered the courtyard, where Old Granny Zhang was sitting in the middle, being accompanied by a few other won for a chat.
Seeing Wang Yongzhu, they quickly approached her with smiles, “Look who is here, the Magistrate’s Lady—”
“I say, our dear niece—”
“Yongzhu, ah—”
…
Everyone had their own way of addressing her, making her head spin.
Wang Yongzhu smiled and nodded, “All aunts are here, thank you for your hard work!”
Satisfied with Wang Yongzhu’s smile, everyone amicably stepped aside.
Old Granny Zhang then pulled Wang Yongzhu to the side, pinched her hard, and with an expression of nonchalance, pointed at a room, “Song Chunhua is locked inside. She’s beco completely deranged, rambling nonsense all the ti. Sotis she says her son is here, then she tells people to get lost, doesn’t let anyone near, bangs her head on the table and the wall.”
“There wasn’t anything your aunts could do but tie her to the chair with ropes. Now she’s a bit calr.”
Wang Yongzhu understood, “Mother, what about the others?”
“The others, those who are alive, are in that room over there, also under watch. Doctor Liu prescribed dicine, and they are all sleeping deeply now. Those who died were carried to the ancestral hall by the Song Family. In this heat, where can they be kept? Soone’s already gone to look for a burial site; at most they’ll be kept overnight, and tomorrow they’ll be buried.”
Others also chid in agreent, “Indeed, in such scorching weather, it’s not the cold depths of December. If they don’t find rest in the soil soon, an extra night might cause them to stink!”
Wang Yongzhu apologetically smiled at the won, “Aunts, I need to go in and see Song Chunhua. No matter what happened, even if ties are severed, I have to see her. Can I trouble you for a favor?”
“Trouble? There’s no trouble at all! Go in and have a look, just be careful not to get hurt by that madwoman!”
“Quite right! You and your husband are so kind-hearted. After what the Song Family did to Lord Song, it’s comndable you don’t hold a grudge and still co to see her!”
“Good thing you cut ties back then, otherwise you might have been hard by this madwoman—”
Everyone was chorusing their praises.
Wang Yongzhu pushed open the door to that room and saw directly in front of the door, Song Chunhua tied tightly to a chair, staring blankly at the entrance.
Even though Wang Yongzhu was fairly brave, upon confronting such a sight, she couldn’t help but feel her heart race.
However, it did not show on her face.
Calmly, she walked in and closed the door behind her.
Song Chunhua, seeing the door close, spoke in a hoarse voice after a while, “What are you here for? To laugh at ?”
Upon hearing this, Wang Yongzhu realized Song Chunhua wasn’t mad; she was quite lucid.
Suddenly, her feelings beca complicated. In the past, she only thought Song Chunhua was weak, too easily influenced, and muddle-headed, and hence lived her life in such a ss.
If she had just stood her ground a bit more, even if she was previously ignorant, infatuated with vanity, seeking the favor of a noble patron, only to be discarded.
If only she earnestly cared for Song Chongjin and strived to raise him well, even if she didn’t contribute, just not being a burden would suffice.
Given Song Chongjin’s nature, would she have wanted for anything? Even if Song Hong had taken him back, he would still care for Song Chunhua in her old age, seeing her off until the end, as a well-looked-after elderly woman. How wonderful!
But she insisted on ruining herself, harshly exploiting Song Chongjin without a hint of compassion. Instead, she treasured her bloodsucking maternal family.
Is it a case of things reaching the extre and turning into their opposite? After being sold by the Song Family to beco a concubine again, she snapped.
Living as a ek, unassuming person, she suddenly pulled a drastic move, sending five lives of Song’s family straight to the afterlife!
Who would have thought Song Chunhua had such capability and a heart this vicious?
Seeing Wang Yongzhu looking at her without speaking, Song Chunhua took a deep breath, “Where is Chongjin? Why hasn’t he co?”
Wang Yongzhu laughed coldly, really wanting to say, doesn’t Song Chongjin’s reason for not coming cross your mind?
But at this mont, she didn’t feel like saying anything, rather intent on listening to Song Chunhua.
Indeed, after asking, Song Chunhua answered her own question before Wang Yongzhu could respond, “That’s it! He’s already severed mother-son ties with ! Why would he co? He’s always been hard-hearted. If he acknowledged , he wouldn’t have stood by as my family sold off as a concubine back then!”
“He hates ! Wishes dead! Knowing I’m in this state now, he’s probably just happy, why would he want to see ?”
To Wang Yongzhu, her words seed ridiculous. She didn’t want to engage with Song Chunhua further, rely asking, “I don’t care why you suddenly turned on the Song Family. I’ll just ask this—do you want to live?”
Song Chunhua, however, seed sohow provoked, replying with intense hatred, “Why did I turn on the Song Family? They sold off as casually as a commodity to that rchant. Do you know what kind of life I was living? Do you know the torture I endured while taken back by him?”
“Every day, I had to rise before sunrise to serve his legitimate wife, dressing her hair and preparing her clothes. Emptying chamber pots was the least of it. At night, I had to sleep on the footstool at the foot of her bed, ordered around seven or eight tis a night, I never had a single restful sleep!”
“For the smallest dissatisfaction, I’d be punished by kneeling on broken porcelain, my knees swollen, yet the next day still had to do laundry, cook, serve their whole family.”
“anwhile, that filthy old scoundrel had no qualms about feeling up, saying since his father purchased as a plaything, a re object, why couldn’t he have a go if his father could?”
“I lived in constant fear of being discovered, but eventually, that miserable wife found out. She stripped and made kneel in the courtyard. Do you know what it was like? In the freezing cold, I was left with a single breath. Heaven couldn’t tolerate my suffering and took pity on , sparing my life once more!”
“The filthy old man fetched a doctor. I asked the doctor, who said my body was damaged, I wouldn’t have long to live! Even if I managed to survive, I’d be plagued with ailnts, especially in winter, I’d be bedridden, a complete invalid!”
“Did you know? I beca a worthless invalid! I was bitter! Why should my life be so miserable while those who bullied live well?”
“Do you want to know how I got that pack of rat poison?”
Song Chunhua suddenly started to giggle, her eyes filled with malice as she looked at Wang Yongzhu.
Wang Yongzhu didn’t speak, just silently watched her.
Song Chunhua cackled quietly, “I traded my body for it! I begged that doctor since I was worthless and couldn’t survive, I might as well die to end it. But I didn’t dare hang or drown myself, so I just asked him for a pack of poison, to quietly consu and pass away cleanly.”
“I begged him a long ti; though he seed honest, he wasn’t a good man either. Initially refusing, then he said, as long as I accompany him, he’d give the poison!”
“And thus, I got the poison. Laughable, isn’t it?”
Following her words, she burst into laughter, louder and louder, tears streaming down her face as she laughed.
Wang Yongzhu knew, this was probably the result of extre trauma; Song Chunhua’s ntal state truly had collapsed.
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