Zhao Shaohua pursed her lips, her face ashen. "It's because of Old Mrs. Wang, isn't it?"
The Old Mrs. Wang she referred to was the current elderly matriarch of the Wang Family, also the biological mother of Mrs. Yu's current husband.
Some matters are like unraveling thread; once you pull out the key strand, other things become much easier to understand.
Jiang Erlang nodded and said, "My third uncle has hinted to me that Duke Qiao once intervened to stop the Ministry of Justice and the Western Capital's authorities from investigating the case. Duke Qiao said that upon hearing about it, the family's old lady became severely ill from grief, and he hoped that no more news of the case would come out to affect her health."
Duke Qiao is a hereditary title in the Wang Family. The current Duke Qiao is the biological elder brother of Mrs. Yu's husband and is now the one in charge of the Wang Family.
