After Yanque finished tattling to Madam Wu and got nothing for it, she stormed back to her courtyard and hurled abuse toward Li Chenchen's courtyard. "Like some whore, hooking the master every single day. Shameless!"
"All that scholarly prattle every day, and your propriety, honor, and shame have gone straight into a dog's belly. Pah!"
"You're worse than the girls in a brothel! They seduce men to make a living. What's your excuse?! Just itching for a man, aren't you!"
After her tirade, Yanque was still a little worried she would be punished. Before long, however, rewards arrived from Madam Wu's courtyard.
Delighted, Yanque launched into another tirade without even stopping for a sip of water. She all but pointed at Li Chenchen's nose as she cursed her.
With Wu Li away, Li Chenchen dared not complain about the abuse and could only endure it in silence.
When Yanque first became pregnant, she had lived with her heart in her throat. Now she no longer had to worry, but Wu Li had stopped visiting, leaving her rather depressed.
She discovered that cursing people made her feel much better, so whenever she had eaten her fill and had nothing to do, she would go hurl a few insults. Soon, the whole Wu residence knew about the sordid business between Li-shi and Wu Li.
Li Chenchen could barely stand the harassment, but she could not pick a fight with a concubine either. Her only option was to go to Old Madam and Wu Xinxin and poison them against Madam Wu.
Within a few days, Old Madam summoned Madam Wu.
The moment Madam Wu entered, Old Madam unleashed a torrent of abuse. "What's going on with that poor relative? Giving her money and a courtyard of her own-do you think our residence is