Yuanchun was pregnant when she was abandoned by her man, who had then been snatched away by her own cousin. This brought utter disgrace upon her parents. They despised her for her weakness—losing her own man to Xiang Yuanxia—and blamed her for her failure.
The sisters-in-law from the two branches of the Xiang family had been at odds their entire lives, constantly competing over their clothes, their food, and their children. With Yuanchun’s man being taken by Xiang Yuanxia, it felt as though Xiang’s mother had suffered a humiliating defeat against Pan Shanhua. She hated her daughter’s inability to live up to expectations.
Fortunately, when Yuanchun divorced, Qin Feng compensated her with a large sum of money. Xiang’s mother was determined to get her hands on that cash to show off in front of Pan Shanhua. She thought to herself: *So your daughter snatched my son-in-law, but what of it? He’s nothing but a pauper saddled with debt. My daughter may have been dumped by Qin Feng, but she has all this money to provide for me. Can your daughter give you that much?*
Chapter 1253