Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Tearing Up Relations with the Marquis Mansion, So Satisfying
Murong Man, having been slighted by Jun Yuyan, didn’t dare take out her frustration on Murong Jiu.
If she could coax Murong Jiu into no longer listening to Jun Yuyan, there would be a lot less trouble.
“Ninth Sister, I was just passing a ssage to the Prince, nothing else, you can rest assured.”
After explaining, she didn’t inquire further into what conflict had just occurred between the grandmother, mother, and Murong Jiu, and she imdiately changed the topic, speaking of the recent amusing incidents at the Marquis Mansion, hoping to evoke Murong Jiu’s deep-seated yearning.
They were all very clear on how starved for affection Murong Jiu was.
In the past, they were unwilling to give it, but tis had changed, and they hoped that Murong Jiu’s heart would return to the Marquis Mansion.
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Murong Jiu listened and, after a while, yawned out of boredom.
“Princess Consort, are you tired? Why don’t you go back and rest, you must be feeling sleepy as you are pregnant.”
Chun Tao was very perceptive and spoke up right away.
The hearts of the three tightened, of course, they couldn’t let Murong Jiu just leave like this.
However, so things were better said in private.
“Ninth Sister, are you feeling alright? I didn’t expect pregnancy to be so tough; you really need to rest well. How about this, let escort you back to your quarters, okay?”
“That won’t be necessary, I prefer not to have the scent of strangers in my resting place.”
Murong Man’s face stiffened slightly, Murong Jiu was telling her that she was just an outsider.
“Ninth Sister, I am your blood sister, you are being quite cold to now. When you first ca to the Marquis Mansion, it was I who showed you around the mansion, don’t you rember?”
Unfortunately, Murong Jiu was not swayed by the appeal to blood relations, not to ntion they were not related by blood, even if they were, such treatnt made it utterly impossible for Murong Jiu to have a change of heart and rejoin the family.
Seeing the desperation in the eyes of the three, Murong Jiu was overjoyed.
Suddenly, sothing moved in her belly.
The baby moved?
Her heart surged with joy, and she discreetly placed her hand on her belly, the next mont, she felt a faint stir again.
Was her baby’s movent coming so early?
It was only three months into her pregnancy.
In her previous life, it seed that it was only at five months that she truly felt the baby move.
Was it that her child knew she was in a good mood now, so it too was joyously kicking her?
Perhaps in her last life, consud by sorrow, she ate little, the poor nutrition ant the baby did not develop well, and therefore the movents weren’t noticeable.
This ti she was nourishing herself properly, maybe the baby was growing well?
Murong Jiu’s heart overflowed with maternal love, increasingly looking forward to the days after the birth of her two children.
Seeing Murong Jiu looking down in silence, Murong Man thought her words had touched her, and she hurriedly persevered:
“Sister, we are real siblings, when our mother was pregnant with you, I even touched her belly. It’s just because of that accursed monk who gave you an unfortunate fate, leading to our separation.”
As she spoke, Murong Man’s tears fell, and she wept bitterly. She stepped forward, intending to grasp Murong Jiu’s hand.
At that mont, Murong Jiu raised her head, her face devoid of any touched emotion, only a faint cold smile.
She brushed away Murong Man’s hand and stood up.
“I am in a good mood now and suddenly see things clearly. There’s no point in your pretending with , let’s just lay it all out. You know how you’ve treated , and you shouldn’t deceive yourselves. Your feigned concern is truly nauseating to .”
After speaking, Murong Jiu felt an imnse relief within her heart.
The three’s faces drastically changed, unable to believe the transformation in Murong Jiu.
What, what does she an?
“Ninth Sister, it’s not what you think…”
“I know what you’ve co here for, one is for Murong Man’s marriage matters, under the Second Prince’s pressure and threats, you dare not speak out and could only agree, yet begrudgingly so, thus you co to for help, right? The other is the pile of bad debts in the Marquis Mansion, I’ve heard debtors have started knocking on your door? So, you want to co to for a windfall, hoping I would give you silver to fill the holes in the Marquis Mansion, as I did before. You’ve really clanged quite a tune with your sches.”
The three of them hadn’t expected that Murong Jiu had long since seen through their sches with utter clarity—It must have been Prince Ling who told her!
In an instant, it felt as though a veil of sha had been torn away, and their hearts were filled with extre annoyance.
The Old Madam berated angrily, “If you knew our thoughts all along, why didn’t you speak up? You unworthy descendant, were you deliberately waiting to see us beg you, is that it?”
Look at this old creature, not a shred of guilt, but instead counterattacking with such audacity—it’s truly remarkable.
As the beam is crooked, so are the rafters; with such an Old Madam, the Marquis Mansion is naturally a nest of vipers and rats.
Lady Wang no longer pretended and, staring at Murong Jiu, said in a low voice:
“You are too unfilial! You ca from my womb, a piece of flesh that I bore with great hardship. We raised you until you grew so big; whatever we asked of you, you should do! ‘From skin to hair, one owes it all to one’s parents.’ I am your mother; you should listen to , and your money should belong to the Marquis Mansion!”
Moral coercion begins.
If Murong Jiu really were her biological child, she might have been stimulated by such words.
Luckily, she wasn’t her biological mother but rather the instigator of her miserable fate.
“You gave birth to , then threw into the farming estate to fend for myself. Every servant could bully . If it weren’t for my master, I would have died long ago. What kindness do you have towards ? Moreover, after returning to the Marquis Mansion, I have given a total of forty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty-three taels of silver to support the mansion, which has more than repaid my debt.”
Although their relationship had soured, Murong Jiu did not disclose her true identity—now was not the right ti.
Lady Wang shouted furiously, “You—you dare to count that bit of silver so clearly! You truly are despicable! That is your ho!”
“You are mistaken, I have no ho. The Marquis Mansion is filled with foul air, unworthy of being called my ho.”
“You—you!”
Lady Wang was so angry she raised her hand, wishing she could slap Murong Jiu hard several tis.
Chun Tao hurriedly protected Murong Jiu.
Murong Man also stopped Lady Wang, “No, Mother! You can’t do this. My sister is pregnant, please don’t be angry!”
That bastard was the key to the Second Prince’s control over Murong Jiu; they couldn’t allow Lady Wang to strike her and possibly lose it!
Lady Wang also regained her senses, knowing she couldn’t hit Murong Jiu.
The wrath of the Second Prince was sothing the Marquis Mansion could no longer afford.
Murong Jiu was right; the current state of the Marquis Mansion was indeed like scattered sand, with countless bad debts, unable even to afford normal expenses.
Each household was selling off jewelry and shops, just to live a little more comfortably, but this wasn’t a solution.
They had grown accustod to a luxurious life of rich food and splendor. As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance but difficult the other way around; they couldn’t bring themselves to cut back.
Thinking of the ti before she ca here, the Marquis had ordered her to get so silver from Murong Jiu, and Lady Wang regretted her impulsiveness.
She feared the Marquis’s anger and his rough behavior, and even more that he might turn to another concubine.
At that thought, Lady Wang’s hatred for Murong Jiu deepened even more.
Was it just a bit of silver? Why was she unwilling to part with it?
Thump!
Suddenly, Lady Wang knelt down before Murong Jiu.
“Xiao Jiu, Mother was wrong. I shouldn’t have neglected you because of your fate and the unlucky birthmark on your face. These years have also been very tornting and painful for . Just now, Mother didn’t want to hit you; I was just infuriated with sha. The one I hate is myself!”
Murong Jiu had not expected Lady Wang to reveal this side of herself.
There was no such act in her previous life.
However, in her previous life, she had yielded to their every demand; there was no need for Lady Wang to kneel.
Suddenly, Murong Jiu’s lips curved into a smile.
Watching Lady Wang with tears streaming down her face, appearing to be full of regret, it took her a while to say:
“Chun Tao, go to my chest and bring the silver note over.”
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