I had a cold and was really not feeling up to it, so I only updated two chapters today. I'll do three tomorrow.
For now, let us not speak of the sisters and mothers-in-law in Fragrant Herbs Garden, each with her own thoughts.
Early that morning, Wang Xifeng learned that Lai Wang's Wife had let the news slip. She flew into such a rage that smoke seemed to pour from all seven orifices.
She summoned Lai Wang's Wife over and, without a word of warning, slapped her twice across the face before unleashing a torrent of curses upon her mother and ancestors.
That was only because she took into account Lai Wang's two hard years traveling south. Otherwise, she might have grabbed a stool and smashed her brains out.
Only after venting her fury did Wang Xifeng calm down somewhat. Alone in the flower hall, she weighed the gains and losses of the matter.
That's right.
In Wang Xifeng's eyes, bringing this matter into the open was not entirely a bad thing. At the very least, she could now openly spend that money.
Of course, that was also because the situation had changed drastically—though it was not a change Wang Xifeng had wanted to see.
The reason she had secretly gone into the Timber Business with the Sun family in the first place was, first, because she feared the household coffers would interfere and take a share of her profits.
Now that the matter had become a settled fact, there was naturally nothing left to worry about.
Second, Jia Lian had deeply hated Sun Shaozong at the time. As his wife, Wang Xifeng could hardly cooperate openly with the Sun family.
But now...
If Jia Lian learned that this gave him a reason to grow closer to Sun Shaozong, he