Chapter 488 - 320: Solitary Confinement_3
Aunt Lai was furious. Her aunt had been plotting against her even before she married into the family, putting "shoes on her" to trip her up. She once thought that her beauty and youth would win her husband’s affection.
In the morning, when she wanted to beat those girls, she still didn’t realize the gravity of her situation because the entire family was bullying her, the newcomer. She would have to wait for the right moment to strike back.
A hint of viciousness glimmered in Aunt Lai’s eyes, but at that moment, she was powerless with anger, without any strategy at her disposal.
The estate workers and others did not treat her well. To establish herself in this household, winning over her husband’s heart was the first step.
Then, she needed to bear him children and push the ugly Mrs. Lai aside.
Upon thinking this, Aunt Lai saw everyone in the household, apart from her husband, as enemies and adversaries, all those children who would one day compete with her own for the inheritance.
Aunt Lai, a newly married concubine, let her mind run wild, already counting some of the family’s wealth as her own private property.
Whenever the Ye family purchased expensive items, her heart would wrench painfully, and she would continuously whisper in Hongji’s father’s ear, claiming that the family could not afford to waste money and that her monthly salary as a concubine was too meager.
She whispered to Hongji’s father again, arguing that the shares in the timber mill should belong to him as the husband, not to Hongji.
She mentioned that Mrs. Li, managing three estates and countless other affairs, was too busy, and she offered to lighten her workload.