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Her husband refused to agree to the divorce and he believed the words of a killer over his own wife. Her health was deteriorating. It was all too much for her.

Short of funds

Hopefully before it’s too late. His health has worsened . The physician says he doesn’t have much time left.

@ Ryaan
She doesn’t have many friends and neither does he. She has always treated him as a good friend. Not deliberately misleading him.

@ ibisfeather
That’s Ye Xian

Maybe that will make up for the lack of looks. He does look like the good sort.

The typical Chinese mil is like that. She wants her daughter-in-law to serve her butter her up like the second daughter-in-law. Very annoying as if other people are not human beings.

I think she always has been like that typical chinese mother-in-law of that era.

True. Previously only the son was interested but now the mother as well. Moreover Lan jie is also beautiful .

There are quite a number of them to remember. I think she may appear again. Lan jie has got good embroidery skills and now Madam Mu sees her in a different light. Of course the connection to FL is a bonus.

@ HJHofT17
You are referring to Ep 27. As mentioned by
Alysha Johnson .This is Madam Mu. Her son is interested in Lan jie but she doesn’t like him. She refused his proposal because she complained about his looks, That was 3 years ago but the family is still eager for a marriage between the two but in the carriage FL did mentioned that will not be possible.

@ houda yaakoubi 40 episodes

She feels threatened because the one holding the purse strings is very powerful in that household. If FL wants to be in charge then she will have to give up to FL because she’s not only the wife of legitimate son but also wife of one of the most influential man and she cannot afford to offend him. By sowing discord she protects her position not just the financial aspect but also in the eyes of her mother-in-law. In Chinese household the order of sons/daughter-in-law determines their say in the household. So she’s second(basically the first as there’s no oldest daughter-in-law) and the family will listen to her but now comes no:3 who has higher ranking than her. That’s why she feels threatened. In the beginning when she was introduced, we see her overseeing the staff. This will all end if Fl wants to oversee the Chen household. That alone is enough for her to hate FL.
Especially back in the ancient times it is important for women that they marry the eldest or older sons of the family. Hierarchy is important especially to women it is common practice for the eldest son to receive larger share of inheritance because he has to shoulder more responsibilities for the family.

2nd bro? He doesn’t hate FL. You mean 4th bro? He hated ML not FL directly but the only way to hurt ML is through FL.

@plsloveune
She thought that he rescued her from drowning but it was the ML.

4th bro killed 5th bro (concubine’s son) so ML prevented his career to succeed. That’s why he hated him and wanted to take revenge by hurting him the most(by arranging the kidnapping of FL).

As far as I know she doesn’t hold any significant role. Perhaps now she will try to take revenge on her husband’s behalf.

FL’s maternal side of family is rich. She sees her as a rival.

Because up until now she holds considerable authority being the oldest daughter-in-law. The eldest son died so there’s no eldest daughter-in-law. FL although the third daughter-in-law surpasses her in status because she is the wife of the legitimate son despite being the younger daughter-in-law.

I don’t think she likes the ML. She’s the wife of the son of the concubine whereas FL is the wife of the son of the legitimate wife. Therefore FL outranks her even though she’s the third daughter-in-law. She manages the household expenses. As mentioned by the maternal grandmother FL has the right to manage the household matters.