"Qingxiang's relationship with her husband's family is very bad," Madam Wang explained hurriedly, afraid that Madam Liu might misunderstand, "It is well-known among the villagers of Dazhu Village that Madam Huang has a terrible relationship with Qingxiang. You can often hear Madam Huang's criticisms aimed indirectly at her, though the Song family indeed has not forced Qingxiang to do any particular work; they simply dislike each other. As for giving silver to buy her off, I wouldn't know about that."
Madam Liu understood to an extent, realizing that Chu Qingxiang's relationship with the Song family was so bad that she did not want to do anything to ease the tension.
"So, she neither decisively makes the Song family afraid to target her, nor does she maintain good relations with them, just dragging on with this bad relationship?"
Madam Wang certainly could not agree, although she felt that was indeed the case.
