Springtime Farming: A Happy Wife At Home

Chapter 2385: Tough

By the time they were released, Old Master Qiao and his wife had been terrified out of their wits, like birds startled by the twang of a bow. They had lost their vitality long ago, reduced to empty shells cowering in fear. They trembled at the slightest movement, their faces perpetually marked by fear, rendering them completely crippled.

That was for later.

Lord Tian and the others stayed in the town for a few days. When Tian Shanshan’s mental state stabilized, they continued on their way.

Tian Shanshan’s right hand was completely crippled. She didn’t even have the strength to hold chopsticks, and an ugly scar was left behind.

This made Tian Shanshan continue to break down and go mad.

A lowly slut, like an ant, had the guts to touch her like this! When she caught her, it wouldn’t be so easy for her to die even if she wanted to!

Unfortunately, she couldn’t catch Qiao Wei all the way back to the capital. Tian Shanshan was so angry she nearly went crazy. She screamed endlessly at home and threw tantrums for a while.

Even though the Tian family tried their best to hide the news, the sheer number of people involved meant everyone knew about it. They couldn’t keep it secret.

With everyone aware of the incident, they had to pay attention to what happened next. How could the Tian family hide it?

Everyone in the intermediate city sighed.

There were even people who were envious and jealous of the Tian family. They naturally agreed and gloated, mocking them behind their backs.

Qiao Wei’s despicable behavior was indeed hateful, but if Tian Shanshan hadn’t been so unreasonable and insistent on finding trouble with people for no reason, she might not have ended up like this.

Everyone used this incident as an example to teach their children and juniors. For a time, the young ladies and profligate young masters of various families in the capital restrained their tempers. They spoke harmoniously to others and avoided casually finding trouble to vent their anger.

The precedent was right in front of them!

There was almost no hope for Tian Shanshan in finding a husband.

Even those of equal social status who might have liked her used all sorts of excuses to decline.

Not to mention that her right hand was crippled, making her a disabled person unworthy of being the daughter-in-law of a prominent family. Just based on her temper, no elder liked her.

So what if the Tian family was powerful?

Marrying such an unlucky person might bring trouble.

Madam Tian was so furious at home that she vented her anger. She felt sorry for her daughter and blamed the Qiao Family, wanting to punish them severely.

If Old Master Qiao and his wife were not related to Qiao Xuan by blood, they would not have survived.

Madam Tian couldn’t lower her standards or marry Tian Shanshan off far away, so she targeted the Fourth Prince, aiming to get Tian Shanshan into the palace as a consort.

This was an attempt to restore their pride. If you looked down on my Shan’er, just wait—when she becomes a noble consort, you’ll have to kneel and kowtow to her!

However, before Madam Tian could even enter the palace to plead with Honored Princess Mei and the current Empress Dowager, Tian Shanshan vehemently opposed the idea. Her resistance was extremely intense.

The Fourth Prince was her cousin in name, but they had grown up together and were as close as siblings. If she had had feelings for him, she would have married him long ago. Why would she wait until now?

Now that no one else wanted her, she was being thrust into her cousin’s hands. How embarrassing was that? What would her cousin think?

Moreover, once she entered the palace, she would never be free again. She was utterly unwilling.

This time, Madam Tian was determined to make her stance clear.

In the past, she had indulged and doted on Tian Shanshan too much, believing that a family like theirs was noble and unparalleled. She had always thought that with her intelligence and their status, Tian Shanshan would never suffer.