jdhmnovel Chapter 100 The Female General Who Did Not Love Makeup (5)
Chapter 100 The Female General Who Did Not Love Makeup (5)
After Xia Mingwei entered, Madam Wu felt that she had already set up a stronghold for Wu Zhi, and Xia Mingwei's usefulness had been exhausted. This useless pawn could naturally be discarded!
Regarding Wu Zhi's homosexuality, Madam Wu had a new perspective. She felt that no matter how much her son doted on those young women, it was his own business! She certainly didn't need to risk offending her son by interfering in Wu Zhi's private affairs! After all, a son is a son, and a daughter-in-law is a daughter-in-law. She was just an outsider; why should she bother disciplining her son and risk a falling out with him?
What's more, Xia Mingwei is sickly and looks like she's on her own all day long; it's disgusting to look at! Who knows, she might die any day now, and then her son will be branded as a jinx, which would be a real disaster!
On one hand, she wanted Xia Mingwei to live a little longer. After all, what family's daughter-in-law dies so soon after marriage? If she were to die so quickly, wouldn't all the dowry she'd given have been for nothing? On the other hand, she felt that if Xia Mingwei died, she could still find a pretty girl for her son. Maybe she could even win his heart back from those lowly women! Then again, she also blamed Xia Mingwei, that useless girl, for not being able to win her son's heart at all! If she had any ability, would her son have run away?
If God knew what Madam Wu was thinking, He would surely tell her, "Don't worry about it anymore. The sickly wife you spent so much money to marry will be gone soon. You don't need to waste any more time on her!"
Xia Mingwei, who witnessed this from outside the study, felt she had discovered Wu Zhi's secret and instinctively wanted to leave the place where it was hidden. However, her declining health had made her movements clumsy. Her loud movements quickly alerted Wu Zhi!
So, before Xia Mingwei could leave, Wu Zhi caught her red-handed.
Seeing his secret exposed, Wu Zhi was instantly blinded by rage and instinctively wanted to kill someone to silence them.
His eyes were bloodshot, and his hands gripped Xia Mingwei's throat tightly. Xia Mingwei had long since lost her martial arts skills and was powerless to resist the enraged Wu Zhi. She desperately tried to pry open Wu Zhi's hands, attempting to regain a shred of conscience from him.
Unfortunately, this didn't happen to Wu Zhi. By the time he regained his senses, Xia Mingwei had already stopped breathing.
At this moment, Wu Zhicai felt a chill of fear. After all, Xia Mingwei wasn't some stray cat or dog; she had only been married to him for a few days and had suddenly died. It would be difficult to explain to Xia's mother and Xia Wei.
Realizing he had made a huge mistake, Wu Zhi felt that he had no ability to handle the situation at all!
After thinking for a while, he decided to leave this mess to his mother—Madam Wu. After all, no matter how much trouble Wu Zhi caused, it was always Madam Wu who cleaned up the mess! And this time would be no exception.
Upon hearing her son's words about strangling Xia Mingwei, Madam Wu collapsed to the ground. She couldn't believe that her doting on her son had emboldened him to commit such a heinous act!
You see, although the Xia family is less prosperous than before, even a broken boat has three pounds of iron! If a reasonable explanation isn't given, Xia's mother probably won't let it go! Besides, Lord Wu has only just arrived in the capital and hasn't even established himself in the officialdom yet! If Lord Wu's mortal enemies find out about this and try to sow discord between him and the emperor, Lord Wu will probably be in serious trouble!
Thinking of this, Madam Wu was worried again! She pondered for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable solution, so she finally decided to test Xia's mother's attitude first.
The test yielded a reassuring result: Xia's mother didn't show much concern for her daughter. In that case, things would be much easier!
Since they no longer care about this person, using money and power to buy off the Xia family is the most appropriate course of action!
After making up her mind, Madam Wu frankly told Zhou Ying the truth.
Upon learning of her daughter's death, Zhou Ying was initially shocked. She couldn't believe that her daughter, who had always disagreed with her, had passed away so quickly!
Only after seeing Xia Mingwei's body did she understand Madam Wu's intentions. The ligature marks on Xia Mingwei's neck could not be concealed!
Perhaps seeing Xia Mingwei's miserable state awakened Zhou Ying's maternal love, and she actually decided to report it to the authorities!
Fortunately, Mrs. Wu reacted quickly and grabbed her!
“Madam Xia, we are also heartbroken by your daughter’s passing! But the fact is what it is, and the living must go on with their lives. Why don’t we let Mingwei go in peace? What do you think?” Madam Wu said calmly.
Although their conversation was brief, Madam Wu knew in her heart that only her son was the most important person! She had never cared about her daughter at all!
Now that Xia Mingwei is gone, what's with her coming here to pretend to be a loving mother? Who is she trying to fool? Maybe she's putting on this act just to get more benefits from Xia Wei later!
It must be said that, in a way, Mrs. Wu was right.
Xia Mingwei's death certainly saddened Zhou Ying. After all, she was still a piece of her own flesh and blood! Now that she had died a violent death, Zhou Ying felt a sense of relief in addition to sadness.
When Zhou Ying had Xia Mingwei and Xia Wei switch identities, if it were discovered that Zhou Ying was the mastermind, she would certainly not gain anything. She might even implicate her own family! Now that Xia Mingwei is gone, Zhou Ying no longer needs to live in fear of others discovering this secret!
Moreover, Madam Xia made a promise: she would give the Xia family a large sum of money and help Xia Wei in official circles. These two gifts were practically Zhou Ying's Achilles' heel, so she agreed to Madam Wu's request without much hesitation.
After some haggling, the two finally settled the matter by paying Zhou Ying and Xia Wei a considerable sum of money to keep them quiet.
And so, under their arrangement, Xia Mingwei was hastily married to Wu Zhi. After being murdered by Wu Zhi, she was hastily buried! Although outsiders could tell at a glance that something was wrong, since her own mother and brother didn't care, these people were even less likely to care!
In this way, they used Xia Mingwei's death to make another profit from the Wu family.
The secret of their identity swap was also taken underground by Xia Mingwei. No one in the world knew that the eldest daughter of the Xia family who "died of illness," the new daughter-in-law of the Wu family, was none other than the former "General Xia."
Seeing her short and miserable life, Xia Mingwei felt resentment. So she made a wish, asking the mission taker to rewrite her life.