Chapter 495 Aggressive and Pressuring
Suddenly being reminded of Lai Manting’s divorce, Mrs. Feng’s face turned ashen in an instant, "What’s the matter with you all? Leng Yu Yan is the product of Mrs. Zhang’s adultery, yet you do not talk about her, instead, you speak of my daughter."
Outside the government office gate, a woman tapped on the horizontal bar and sneered, "Your daughter is said to have become a concubine by climbing into Prince Liang’s bed, and now that she’s been divorced, she got what she deserved."
Mrs. Feng retorted fiercely, "A daughter born of Mrs. Zhang’s adultery, how good can her character be? Yet she was granted marriage to the Crown Prince. If there weren’t some bewitching trick she used, I wouldn’t believe it."
Someone who flips sides like a blade of grass in the wind spoke up, "Indeed, it was Mrs. Zhang who bore a child with another man, and the child was raised in Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion. This isn’t something pleasant to spread."
Another person chimed in, "Which respectable lady would bear children with another man? Unless there’s some hidden reason, could it be that Mrs. Zhang is truly unchaste?"
Leng Yu Yan laughed indignantly, "How exactly did I seduce His Highness the Crown Prince, when I didn’t even know? And while you can insult me, you shall not slander my mother!"
All of a sudden, a commoner glared at the flip-flopping person and said, "We’re all born and raised by our parents, who among infants can choose their mother and father at birth? If we could choose, everyone would opt for the Tian Family. You speak of the Commandery Princess’s birth mother, and I cannot refute, but I feel it’s wrong to involve the Commandery Princess’s character in this. In my eyes, the Commandery Princess’s character is a thousand, no, a million times better than the bed-climbing Lai Manting!"
A scholar-like man proclaimed loudly, "At the outset of life, human nature is good."
At this moment, an old lady squeezed through the crowd and walked next to the barrier, weeping, "Madam Zhang of Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion was such a good person, often helping the suffering common folk, just that alone makes her beyond comparison to Mrs. Feng of today. This old crone, when fleeing to the capital in destitution, survived through Madam Zhang’s kindness, and I did not expect that she’s no longer with us..."
As she spoke, the old lady was covered with tears.
Mrs. Feng scoffed, "Madam Zhang came from a family of wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, she had plenty of money. If I had as much money as her, naturally I would also do some good deeds."
"Look at what you’re saying!" the old lady shook her head, "When Madam Zhang was helping us poor folks back then, Aunt Feng was also present. You were afraid that we might accidentally touch your newly made clothes, and your disdainful face, this old woman still remembers it clearly to this day!"