Everyone in Beijing knew that Xue Huaitao begged for her marriage to Zhao Chengan on her knees.
Huaitao is from Qingzhou. His family has been in business for generations and he was originally quite wealthy.
It was just five years ago that something happened to the family. Both his father and brother were killed by bandits, and his mother also passed away in grief.
Huaitao originally wanted to support the family business, but she didn't expect that her uncle and aunt who used to treat her like their own daughter showed their true colors. Not only did they take over the family business, but they also wanted to sell her to a brothel to avoid future troubles.
In order to seek asylum, she had no choice but to go to the Zhao Mansion with the old marriage letter.
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During the years when she married into the Zhao family, Xue Huaitao had a very difficult time.
Not only did Zhao's mother make things difficult for her, her sister-in-law never respected her, and even the maids in the mansion looked down upon her.
Zhao Chengan was even more displeased with her.
He thought that the daughter of a merchant who smelled of money was really the most calculating. Even her own marriage could be used as a bargaining chip to extort favors.
But since you are married to him, no matter how unhappy you are, you should still have some dignity.
After three years of marriage, he and she were in peace.
Occasionally, I saw her making clothes for him stitch by stitch, making ginger soup for him all night long, and even staying by his side day after day when he was seriously ill due to poisoning.
Zhao Chengan couldn't help but think that even though she was selfish and scheming, in the end she was sincere to him.
It's not bad to live like this.
But on that day, under the waterfall-like wisteria flowers, he saw with his own eyes that his wife, who had always been full of love and eyes only for him, put a handful of silver into the hands of the man with a clear face, and lowered her voice and said: "Go quickly, don't let him see you."
Motto: No matter what situation you are in, be positive
