If Mrs. Li initially refused to believe that Feng Chuan would arrange for someone to humiliate her without reason, she completely fell silent after listening to Xu Jia's words.
Because the fact that the palace had stopped the funds to her mother-in-law was undeniable, and the Ministry of Industry had brought people to dismantle several parts of their house was also true. Her father-in-law's business was greatly affected, compounded by various restrictions during the national mourning, many businesses could not proceed, and the Feng family was now short of money everywhere.
Mrs. Li was aware of the financial troubles. She had even planned to inventory her dowry and sell what could be sold, exchanging it for silver to help her father-in-law in emergencies.
However, she never expected that while she intended to sell her dowry for silver to support her husband, her husband wanted to divorce her for a new influx of silver.
In an instant, Mrs. Li felt as if the world had collapsed.
