Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 343

After they left ‘Food of Heaven’, Mrs. Chen lifted the curtain of the carriage and let the cold wind blow on her face. 

Feng Yu wanted to stop her, but he heard her say, “If I go back like this, your grandmother will definitely be unhappy. At least let me dispel the smell of the wine.” 

Feng Yu finally could only watch the cold wind blow on her face all the way. 

Back at the Duke Lu’s mansion, Mrs. Chen asked Feng Yu to rest first, and she had to talk to Mrs. Qin. 

Feng Yu refused. He just knew that his mother was forced by his grandmother to go to the restaurant of the Duke Ying mansion to find out the news, so he was worried and followed.

After all, Feng Yu understood his mother’s behavior, and he was afraid that she would not be able to give his grandmother a satisfactory answer, but if he went with her, his grandmother would have to forgive her.

But unfortunately, when they arrived, Feng Tao was talking to Mrs. Qin. 

Not long ago, Mrs. Qin gave him 30,000 taels to establish Look up to Heaven Tower. 

The restaurant business got good at the beginning of the year. Mrs. Qin asked about the accounts and wanted to know how much money her restaurant earned. 

She didn’t expect Feng Tao to cry that he was poor after that question, saying that he didn’t make any money at all, he was just making a loss, and even the 10,000 taels left after buying the restaurant was almost gone.

The foundation of Duke Lu’s mansion was more stable than that of Duke Ying’s, but it had not reached the point where tens of thousands of taels of silver were not worth the money. 

In addition, a large sum of money was spent on appeasing the wounded soldiers, and the family’s accounts were actually a mess. 

How could Mrs. Qin sit still? She was only wondering why they also opened a restaurant, and while Food of Heaven was prosperous, they couldn’t even earn their capital even after losing money.

In addition, Mrs. Qin sneered at Elegant Hall, but when they were doing better, attracting more female guests, it seemed that it was going to become the most prestigious women’s meeting place in the capital, and she was even more puzzled. 

Of course, it was impossible for her to go there in person. One was that she wanted a face, and the other was that she was reprimanded by the Empress Dowager earlier, and she was still at home. She was a little confused. 

There were officials and nobels’ family members in Elegant Hall, and they would recognize her people.

After thinking about it, she decided to send her daughter-in-law Mrs. Chen, who since she entered the capital, had never gone out to make a public appearance. 

The people who knew her were the people who were past friends with the Feng family and were in the military camp. 

Since those people were friendly with the Feng family, naturally they would not go to Food of Heaven. So Mrs. Qin urged Mrs. Chen to go. 

Mrs. Chen was reluctant at first, but she was scolded, telling her that she didn’t ask her to do anything wicked, just to sit and eat something like a normal guest. 

There was also Feng Yuan, Duke Lu, thinking that his mother was angry, and he was afraid that she would get angry again, so he also told Mrs. Chen to go. 

The husband and the mother-in-law attacked from both sides, so Mrs. Chen had to obey. 

That was also the reason why she envied Madam Lu so much – although her mother-in-law’s beatings and scolding made her uncomfortable, daughters-in-law had to serve her mother-in-law since ancient times, and their personalities were also different. But her mother-in-law and her husband forced her to do something against her will, but it really made her a little disheartened. 

However, no matter how disheartened, as an orphan, she had no confidence to resist. 

If both Feng Yuan and Mrs. Qin really hated her, it didn’t matter if she was divorced, but her son Feng Yu would have to live under his stepmother in the future, which she never dared to imagine. 

Feng Tao cried again in front of Mrs. Qin who was so troubled by him and gave him another five thousand taels of silver. 

Feng Tao got the money and walked away contentedly before it was Mrs. Chen’s turn to go in and answer. 

Mrs. Chen had already guessed that Mrs. Qin was in a bad mood, so naturally she wouldn’t be good to her, so she asked Feng Yu to stand outside. 

Sure enough, after she entered the house, Mrs. Qin didn’t let her sit, but made her stand and talk about what she saw during the day. 

After Mrs. Chen told her truthfully, Mrs. Qin pondered for a long time and asked her, “Tell me, if our family were to do something like this in the restaurant, would it be possible to make money?” 

Mrs. Chen did not say a word. 

Obviously, inquiring about the opponent’s news could be said to be in order to know themselves and the competitor. But it was very disgraceful to entertain female guests according to her mother-in-law.

“What? Are you deaf?” Mrs. Qin didn’t know that Feng Yu was outside, and in front of a room full of maids, she said angrily, “Didn’t you also come from a home of cooks? Can’t you do what they make? How come you climbed the bed from being a cook and became the lady of the Duke for a few days, and then you get carried away and forget your roots?” 

Mrs. Chen was never ashamed of her origin, but the words like climbing the bed were too ugly, especially when Feng Yu was still outside. 

Her face was flushed red and she was about to say something, but in the end she didn’t say anything and rushed out the door. 

“The rules have been learned in the dog’s stomach! I am a mother-in-law, lying on the bed sickly, and she didn’t even stay to serve me. I haven’t even finished speaking, but you dare to go out by yourself, right? I’ll take care of it, and then I’ll train this unruly thing!” Mrs. Qin’s scolding came from the room. 

Feng Yu silently stood under the porch, with his eyes widened.