[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-559":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1543844,2006,"Chapter 559 - 559 569 I Can't Bear It","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-559",559,"\u003Cp>559: Chapter 569: I Can’t Bear It 559: Chapter 569: I Can’t Bear It Seeing Xie Qinyun come, she struggled to get up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Third Miss, why have you come.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Qinyun looked at the desolate room, shrouded in gloom after twilight, and was astonished to find not even a single oil lamp lit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cold northern spring, homes like theirs typically had underfloor heating, yet the mistress of the Jie Family didn’t have such a luxury, not even a brazier to speak of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was due to the sheer coldness of the room was uncertain, but Xie Qinyun shivered violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Du saw this and sighed softly, “I have neither underfloor heating nor a stove here, please forgive me, Third Miss.” Then, without looking at the surprised expression still on Xie Qinyun’s face, she turned to Cuiya and said, “Cuiya, light the lamp.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cuiya responded with a ‘yes’ and went to light the lamp by the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny oil lamp, Cuiya carefully lit it and just as carefully adjusted the wick into the oil to make the flame smaller, to save oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Qinyun was shocked again, pointing to the oil lamp and saying, “The flame is so small, what’s the difference between having it lit and not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cuiya hurriedly explained, “Third Miss, if the oil runs out, I’ll have to go beg the Concubine for more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time I asked the Concubine for oil…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cuiya, stop.” Before Cuiya could finish, she was interrupted by Miss Du.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss…” Cuiya’s voice was laced with grievance, and she bowed her head, forcibly holding back the rest of her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about last time?” Xie Qinyun latched on firmly to that point, determined not to rest until she got an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Du looked at the dimly lit oil lamp, her eyes filled with an emptiness of desolation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been five years, what was there left for her to be upset about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a lamp, a jar of oil, that’s all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Third Miss, why make life hard for a maid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know you mean well, wanting to stand up for me, but this isn’t the first time you’ve helped me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know very well how it turned out every time, let’s just leave it be, I don’t want to trouble you all any further.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, Xie Qinyun felt her head throb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been like this again, after all these years, she hadn’t learned to fight back, it seemed she had become more submissive and resigned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, under the dim light of the oil lamp, to see the current state of Miss Du, was indeed another shock for Xie Qinyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How have you become so thin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve been ill for just a few days, you…” Suddenly realizing something, she immediately closed her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart swelled with indignation, like a tide about to burst forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gritted her teeth and said, “Is it that shameless woman who has been mistreating you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, don’t be too quick to thank me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not doing this for you; I’m doing it for the honor of the Jie Residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although our residence lacks a lady to uphold its honor, we still can’t let a concubine act so unbridled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you can bear it, I certainly cannot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, she no longer looked at Miss Du’s drastically changed face and led the maids and servants away from the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cuiya collapsed onto the ground and watched the shaky door, saying, “Miss, what should we do now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on past experience, with Third Miss making such a scene, that Concubine was likely to complain to the Second Master again, and Miss might suffer for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Du’s eyes were numb, and with a bitter smile, she said, “Let’s not sleep then, let’s just wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going to say that she took Aqing’s rightful place as his wife, causing her to be ridiculed and bullied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Qinyun was clever today, upon seeing her Second Brother, she didn’t directly speak of how the Concubine bullied Miss Du, but instead mentioned how her coming-of-age ceremony was made a laughing stock by her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the target of her attack was not the Concubine, but the Second Master.\u003C\u002Fp>",704,"2026-06-06T06:54:57.485Z",1,"novelbin.me","3bb24f221e8739bcb5e1b83ffaa0766be41a00fa0496a1bd9612797b2b5c4867","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-560","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-558",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]