Chapter 512 — Not Letting Go
Purple Streets of Chang'an · Page 4 of 4
Dou Yan said, "That property is yours after all. Pleasant as the farmstead is, it cannot match the convenience of the city. Before, you had no choice. Now that you can move back, it would be best to do so."
At these words Miao Zhi clenched her teeth. Suddenly she rose and knelt before Dou Zhiwei.
Dou Yan was greatly startled and quickly told Ruozhu to help Miao Zhi up.
Miao Zhi refused to rise, and said with tears in her eyes, "Sister-in-law, I have a favor to beg of you!"
"Whatever it is, get up first and then we'll talk." Some premonition stirred faintly in Dou Yan's heart. She dismissed the servants in the room and spoke with Miao Zhi alone.
"I want to accuse Song Han of adultery with his father's concubine!" Her bright eyes were wide open, as if a fire were hidden within them. "I want him ruined in name and reputation, to die a wretched death!"
Dou Yan had assumed Miao Zhi meant to divorce Song Han.
She was somewhat dumbfounded. "That charge cannot possibly stand! First, the Zhenguo Lord has no concubines; second, Du Ruo and the others are all gone. Bare words and empty air will only provoke the Zhenguo Lord and turn him against you."
To her surprise, Miao Zhi raised her brows and smiled. "It is precisely because none of those people are left that I can accuse Song Han of adultery with his father's concubine!" As she spoke she knelt again before Dou Zhiwei. "Sister-in-law, this time you must help me no matter what. I would sooner die than have anything more to do with Song Han."
(To be continued)