Madam Wu watched Huiwu carry her daughter's body away without trying to follow. She knew Wu Qiaoyun hated them bitterly and would never want to remain bound to them even in death.
But the thought of her daughter meeting such an end filled Madam Wu with grief, her heart sinking heavily.
She also came to hate Wu Liang, who had stood silently to one side the entire time. Gathering up her skirts, she rushed over to him, raised her hand high, and slapped him.
Wu Liang let her hit him without resisting in the slightest. Madam Wu only stopped when she was too tired to continue.
Looking at Wu Liang's face, swollen like a pig's head, Madam Wu said bitterly, "The greatest regret of my life was marrying you, believing your words, and driving our daughter to this.
"When we get back, we're divorcing. Our son stays with me, and you leave with nothing. As for your children by your concubines, I won't touch them, if only because they're pitiful enough to have you for a father."
With that, Madam Wu nodded to Shen Shixu and the others, then left with the support of the Nanny who attended her.
The person Madam Wu hated most was actually herself. Why had she believed Wu Liang when she could have protected Wu Qiaoyun?
Madam Wu's brother was a powerful man who controlled the business interests of an entire prefecture, far more influential than the Wu Family.
If Madam Wu had sought her brother's help when the engagement was first broken and allowed Wu Qiaoyun to marry Shen Zexi, perhaps everything would have turned out well.
At that thought, Madam Wu began sobbing loudly. Only after returning to the Wu Residence did she gradually calm down.
She hurriedly wrote a letter summoning her