Chapter 102 The New Year Begins
In Dayan, "dapo" is an insulting title for the main wife.

It was originally used to describe the original wife, but now it is used to attack women themselves.

As Rong'er was the son born to a concubine, the word "dapo" (first wife) when he was called that was obviously not a nice word.

Feng Wu was furious. He stepped forward, grabbed Rong'er by the collar and lifted him up.

Rong'er struggled frantically, punching and kicking. Although a small child, he had the most hysterical and violent temper.

This is all caused by Mrs. Hu's spoiling.

"Let me go! You bastards, everything you moved from the Hu family is mine."

Chen Qingyin said coldly: "What is yours? These are all taken from me by Hu Yunshen. You are a concubine and a son, so you have no right to touch my things."

Rong'er bared his teeth and cursed fiercely, his words were unbearable to hear.

"It's all your fault, you damn wife. My parents loved each other, but you occupied my position as their wife and refused to leave. Now you want to snatch my family property."

"You can't give birth to a son. Grandma said you are a hen that can't lay eggs, or a useless chicken. Why don't you just die?"

Feng Wu couldn't believe it. How could this child, who was less than four years old and hadn't even grown all his teeth, say such vicious words?
It must be the people around him who taught him!
Chen Qingyin waved her hand: "Tie him up and throw him out."

"You dare! Be careful or I'll beat you to death!" Rong'er struggled, but was tied up by Feng Wu in a few seconds and thrown out the door.

Chen Qingyin said coldly: "Hu Yunshen will be back soon, let him deal with this son, or brother-in-law, himself."

After a while, the guards took away the dazzling array of furnishings.

After Chen Qingyin counted the things and nodded that everything was correct, the guards moved out of the Hu family.

Finally, Chen Qingyin pointed to the tiles on the roof.

"These tiles are bluestone tiles they brought from the previous mansion. I bought them from the craftsmen. Take them down and smash them in front of me."

Mr. Hu's eyes widened, and his mouth was blocked, so he couldn't make any sound.

He could only let out a hissing howl, as if expressing his regret, when he saw the guards smashing the tiles.

But there was no trace of regret in Chen Qingyin's eyes.

What she shattered were the humiliation, forbearance, and tears she had experienced in the nearly four years of marriage.

All those nights of self-blame and silence, all those moments she had endured alone, melted away at this moment.

She once thought that she was unlucky and could not give birth to a healthy daughter and would never be able to get pregnant again.

But now she knew that everything was planned by the Hu family, and they even drugged her and ruined her body.

Then what was the point of all the self-blame she had felt for so many days and nights before?

She thought it was her fault and tolerated and gave in to the Hu family in every way.

But the husband she respected arranged for her mother-in-law to feed her infertility drugs; the sister-in-law she took care of wanted to kill her daughter; the parents-in-law she served wanted to empty her dowry, suck her blood dry and then kick her away.

If the first half of her life was written with blood and tears, then from now on, Chen Qingyin will wipe away the haze in her destiny with her own hands.

She and Hu Yunshen's family are irreconcilable.

Feng Wu walked up to her and said, "Madam, everything is packed."

Chen Qingyin nodded: "We can leave when the officials arrive."

Mr. Hu and Mrs. Hu, who were lying on the ground, opened their eyes wide.

Officials? Why are there still officials?
Soon, two teams of officers came with torches.

The leading police officer greeted Chen Qingyin and said, "Miss Chen, are you reporting this?"

"It's me." Chen Qingyin pulled out a piece of paper from her sleeve. It was densely packed with charges listing the crimes of the Hu family.

She said: "I want to sue Hu Yunshen for accepting bribes and embezzling the court's funds; report that the old lady of the Hu family lent money at high interest in underground banks, violating the laws of Dayan; report that all the people in the Hu family stole my property and sold it without my consent, the amount is as high as tens of thousands of taels; I also want to expose Hu Lan for bribing the servants and trying to kill my daughter." "Part of this list is testimony and evidence, I have already sorted them out. There is also a key witness, that is, the grandmother Gao who fell beside me. When she wakes up, she will prove that everything I said is true. Please ask the captain to present it to the prefect on my behalf and ask him to determine justice for me!"

The captain took it and looked at it with a serious expression. He saw that the Hu family was ganging up on Chen Qingyin, who had married into the family. The crimes they committed were too numerous to list. It was really shocking!

He nodded seriously: "Miss Chen, please rest assured that our government will definitely investigate this case. Come, take away all the people involved in the Hu family!"

Mr. Hu, Mrs. Hu, and Grandma Gao were tied up by the officers.

When Mrs. Hu passed by Chen Qingyin, she wanted to curse and insult her, but she couldn't.

Half of her face had been burned by the scalding hot oil, and now it was covered with blisters, looking horrific.

But Chen Qingyin's eyes were colder than the night in the sky.

Finally, Mrs. Hu and Mr. Hu were taken away, and at the same time, fireworks bloomed in the sky.

The dazzling color fell into Chen Qingyin's eyes.

Feng Wu cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellency asked me to congratulate Miss Chen on her new life."

Chen Qingyin looked at the long night filled with fireworks, with emotion flashing in her eyes.

Suddenly, tiny white dots floated in the air.

It turned out to be snowing.

She reached out her hand to catch it, and the pure white, crystal snowflakes fell into her palm and melted.

Chen Qingyin laughed, and suddenly started crying.

“It’s been four years.”

It was also a cold winter day like this when she first married into the Hu family.

Before this, she had never known that a nightmare would last for four years.

Fortunately, it's all over.

She wiped away her tears, thinking that she had to go back to the inn to pick up Hu Mianmian, so she lifted her skirt and left.

However, the guard said: "When I came out just now, Hu Yunrong was gone from the door. I asked the officials and they didn't see the child when they came."

Feng Wu frowned: "Did he run away? Impossible, his hands and feet were tied, how could he run away?"

Chen Qingyin's face was cold: "It's okay, he's just a child, even if he runs away, he won't survive. I've already settled the accounts I want to settle. I don't have any direct hatred towards him. How he lives from now on is his own business."

After that, she got on the carriage and left.

Soon, because of Chen Qingyin's report, Hu Yunshen was imprisoned again.

In prison, with Nanny Gao's confession, the government quickly convicted the Hu family.

Mr. Hu was sentenced to one and a half years in prison because his crime was the lightest; while Mrs. Hu was sentenced to fifty lashes of the cane and three years in prison because she violated Yan law and lent money at high interest.

But Mrs. Hu died while being beaten.

Hu Lan was already dead, and the charges were no longer mentioned; Grandma Gao was also sentenced to three months in prison for being an accomplice.

The most serious case is Hu Yunshen, who was sentenced for multiple crimes and had no one to bail him out. He will have to endure torture in prison and be imprisoned for life. Unless the emperor grants amnesty, he will never see the sun again in his life.

On the day when everything was settled, the New Year's bell rang in the ancient temple.

At the beginning of the new year, old things should be healed.

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Note: The meaning of usury is a form of usury in ancient times.

Happy Chinese Valentine's Day, my dears! No need to wait for updates today, I'm also going to take a day off, hahahaha, I wish you guys happy too~~