Chapter 611 - 622: Let the Governor’s Office Investigate
freēwēbηovel.c૦m Jie’s Second Master stood there, rendered speechless, unable to utter a single word.
Upon hearing these words, Master Jie seemed to age ten years in an instant.
An old friend entrusting his child on his deathbed, only for her to be driven to such a state under his roof, coerced in such a manner.
In previous years, wearied by the strife caused by the three of them, Master Jie had devoted himself to affairs of the Imperial Court and hardly ever managed the household affairs again, but he never expected that his home would come to this.
He looked at his second son, and his feelings had long surpassed mere disappointment, now filled with deep sorrow, especially for the woman who lay dying upon the bed.
"Alin, two years ago I entrusted this residence to you, and you said you had managed well, that the conflicts between wives and concubines had lessened. Is this the extent of ’lessened’? You’ve driven your legitimate wife to such a state, allowing a concubine to strut around arrogantly. Is this what you call managing well? If such an incident hadn’t occurred today, how much longer would I have remained in the dark?"
Jie’s Second Master slumped into a chair, not even daring to look at anyone in the room, his gaze fixed on the cold floor tiles.
He loathed her; after taking control of the Jie Family’s power, the first thing he did was force Du Xintong to move to the most desolate courtyard, and later he gave all the authority in the house to Concubine Du.
Du Xintong was someone he never wanted to see in his lifetime; hearing that she secluded herself, he merely thought she had finally come to her senses and stopped troubling them, which was enough, which was for the best.
Therefore, he did not know how she had come to her senses.
He was even more unaware of the kind of life she led.