Since Lin Wan'er came in, Nanny Li had quietly hidden behind the screen. Now she saw that the old lady was soaking wet and shivering, not much better than the beggar in the dilapidated temple.

The old lady looked at her with disgust and was filled with grief, "Why...why didn't you stop that bitch?!"

Nanny Li was a little impatient. "Old Madam, it was you who agreed to let Aunt Lin take charge and put the princess under house arrest. How dare I go against the head of the household...the concubine?

Your life is a life, but my life is not a life, right?"

The old lady hung over the bed unwillingly, "Wrong, wrong, all wrong."

No one in the room cared what was wrong, or even if they knew, they couldn't do anything about it.

Yuanyang sighed, brought new bedding, and helped the old lady change it without saying a word.

After Lin Wan'er vented her anger on the old lady, she returned to the yard feeling refreshed.

"Madam, you are really too cruel to treat the old lady like this."

Bai Zhi looked disapproving, "Filial piety comes first among all virtues. Aren't you pushing Third Master further away by doing this?"

"Haha, I'm cruel?" Lin Wan'er glared at Bai Zhi, "Do you know how that old man treated me in the past?"

"If she hadn't tried so hard to stop me all those years ago, Third Master would have married me a long time ago, and there wouldn't be all these messes now."

"If she hadn't been so vicious and given me a slow-acting poison and sold me to that filthy place to suffer humiliation, would I be treated like shit by the Third Master right now?"

"If she hadn't instigated them again and again, would Ze'er and Yuan'er have ever turned away from their mother like me?"

"She is suffering today because of her evil deeds!"

Bai Zhi looked at the somewhat crazy Lin Wan'er and sighed deeply in her heart, thinking that it is only because of one's own actions that one will suffer.

When it comes to children, Lin Wan'er becomes even more irritable.

The wife of Marquis Wu'an has sent a message saying that the matter discussed with Madam Chen was disrupted by a little woman. The matter of marriage can only be put aside for the time being, and it will take a few days to get news about going to Bailu Academy to study.

Lin Wan'er really couldn't understand it. Could it be that the feng shui of the capital city was in conflict with her? After Xiao Yunxi left, an unknown little woman came and always ruined her plans!

"Tell the housekeeper to prepare a car. Tomorrow we will go to Ciyun Temple to worship Buddha and burn incense! And buy five hundred taels of silver worth of incense!"

Incense worth five hundred taels of silver?! How many lifetimes would it take to burn that?

Bai Zhi opened her mouth in surprise, "Madam, what are you doing?"

Lin Wan'er gritted her teeth and said, "Of course it's burning incense!"

Xiao Yunxi always burned incense in bundles when she prayed to Buddha, so everything went smoothly for her.

Then she would burn them in piles, burning more and more vigorously, until the Bodhisattva was satisfied and could do whatever she wanted!

After hearing that Lin Wan'er went to Shou'an Hall angrily and left refreshed, Lu Jingting also got up to see the old lady, holding a copy of the Heart Sutra in his hand.

"Madame Li, how is the old lady doing these days?"

"Reply Third Master, everything is normal."

Lu Jingting smiled inexplicably, "Thank you for your trouble, Madam."

The old lady who heard their conversation struggled to get up, slapped the edge of the bed hard, and cried, "Lu Jingting, are you blind? Can't you see whether I am good or bad now? Can't you see that she and Lin Wan'er are in the same group and are trying to kill me?!"

Lu Jingting turned around and sat on a chair nearby. "Grandmother, didn't you say that day that Lin Wan'er, as the adopted daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an, has a noble character, is filial and kind, and that even though she is a concubine, she can still take on the responsibilities of the mistress?"

"I was wrong! Lin Wan'er is a cruel and ruthless bitch!" The old lady pointed at Nanny Li angrily, "Now even she has been bribed by Lin Wan'er and wants to kill me!"

"Haha," Lu Jingting suddenly laughed, "Do you think this is retribution?"

The old lady was stunned.

"Grandma, Zhan'er was only eight years old when he was burned to death. How painful and desperate that child must have felt."

"At least you're still alive now, aren't you?"

The old lady looked at Lu Jingting blankly, "Are you blaming me?"

Lu Jingting smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Grandma, just bear with it. It's fine for me or you, it's just retribution."

"puff!"

The old lady was so angry that she spat out blood, pointed at Lu Jingting and trembled, unable to utter a word.

A hint of satisfaction flashed across Lu Jingting's eyes. "You should have a good rest. If you have nothing to do, read the Heart Sutra more to avoid being more restless. Your grandson will take his leave now."

Without even looking at it, he put down the scripture, turned around and left.

Li Ma looked at the bloodstained quilt with impatience in her eyes, "Old Madam, next time the Third Master comes, you should be quiet. If you keep yelling and scolding everyone you catch, he will be even less willing to come.

The old prince hasn't been here for several months, and neither has the princess. There is no difference between Shou'an Hall and the Canliu Courtyard where Aunt Lin lived!"

Nanny Li sat on the chair by herself, ignoring the old lady's murderous look, "You were the one who gave the housekeeper's power to Aunt Lin, you can't blame anyone. But then again, Aunt Lin is also very capable, she was able to coax the old prince to help her snatch all your land deeds, house deeds, shops, etc. from you.

I even blatantly poisoned you, leaving you half dead on the bed, leaving only Yuanyang and I to serve you."

"Just be quiet. The old prince obviously doesn't care whether you live or die. The third master hates you even more. They already know everything about Aunt Lin, but they just don't want to care.

Perhaps, they wish you to die sooner than Aunt Lin does!"

"Why...why..." The old lady stared at the ceiling of the bed absentmindedly, "It shouldn't be like this!"

Nanny Li smiled and shook her head. "How dare you ask why? Didn't Third Master just say that everything is retribution?"

"The old prince's concubines, illegitimate sons and daughters, Young Master Zhan... and countless maids and servants who have signed death contracts, how many lives have you taken?"

"If you ask me, the person you should kill the most is Lin Wan'er. But you missed the chance, and now you can only let her bully and beat you."

The old lady closed her eyes in despair and cried in regret.

"Old Madam, do you remember how comfortable you were when the princess was here? Ever since the princess left, life in this palace has been getting worse day by day."

Nanny Li sighed, "I am not going to betray you, but I am afraid of pain and death and want to live! Lin Wan'er is mean and vicious, even worse than you."

She stepped forward to help the old lady wipe her tears, and whispered in her ear, "Old lady, good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and Lin Wan'er will definitely get her retribution in the future. It is better to live a miserable life than to die. You must live to see her get her retribution before you can close your eyes."

The old lady didn't react, and Nanny Li didn't say anything else. As they were master and servant, she had already done her best.

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