Chapter 127: The Root of Hate
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
How did the lady confirm that ng Liang was not her child?
That was simple: While she was exhausted after giving birth, she heard so distant voices praising the infant’s beautiful, lucky features, especially the delicate, red, cherry-like mole between his brows.
But when she saw him for the first ti, she saw no mole between the eyebrows of the extrely thin and fragile baby. Two days after, she heard that the concubine’s child had died and was hastily buried... That was a boy with a mole between his brows!
The lady’s suspicion was roused, and she then ntioned the incident before ng Zhan to observe his reaction. However, their intimacy was long gone. All ng Zhan gave her were scoldings and affronts, while he sotis joined the concubine in mistreating her, stepping all over her dignity as the family leader’s proper wife.
The oppressive life, together with the lack of care after giving birth, caused serious illness to the lady––but that was rely the start of the abuse.
Convinced that her second child had another father, ng Zhan hated her so much that she could hardly have a day that she could stay comfortably in her room. He would not kill her, for his thods of revenge were much more painful.
Five to six years was enough to change the luxurious lady into sothing resembling a skeleton. ng Zhan did not take her life, but she wished he would have stabbed her heart from the beginning.
“The first two years of their marriage were not bad, despite so little conflicts. Your mother and I also visited your aunt several tis in ng. Soon afterwards, your eldest brother had passed away and your mother’s situation was worsening. We were too occupied for further visits. I was so wrong in trusting ng Zhan! I didn’t even notice that the gifts they sent us later were all prepared by soone else other than your aunt.”
After Gu Min gave birth to the twins, her spirits were lifted and she began to help manage the household again. It was then that she spotted so problems with the gifts from the ng’s. The clever lady imdiately sent invitation cards to her sister, and resent them repeatedly after a while.
Of course, none of them reached Gu Zhen.
“What a courteous house! We went to them in person and invited them to our house, but they never let us see your aunt.”
At first, Liu She found his wife overly anxious. After all, what could happen to Gu Zhen in ng Zhan’s house? ng Zhan was his closest friend!
But things were far beyond his imagination.
Unable to enter the house, Gu Min sought clues elsewhere. Finally, an old servant of Gu Zhen who had left the family told her what she knew. ng Zhan seed to be discontent with having a wife like Gu Zhen, and he was forcing her to give away the title.
Of course, that would not bring her freedom––a woman who was once his wife must remain in his house forever.
“The concubine threatened to torture your aunt as a ‘human pig,’ throwing her into a pond of excrent after severe infliction. When Gu Min heard about this, she imdiately rushed to the ng’s for a fight. We wouldn’t have left safely if I didn’t think of a plan at that ti.”
Jiang Pengji tightened her lips. “That must have caused a scene.”
Liu She said with contempt, “We did more than that.”
The sick Gu Min started a fight in the house, and took the lady of the ng family away in front of everyone to show them how cruel ng Zhan was. He had tortured his wife, supposedly the most respected woman in the house, into soone they barely recognized.
The ng’s were ashad. Then, the indignant Gu Min asked Liu She to write a divorce letter for Gu Zhen.
So said they should not break apart another’s marriage. That was the biggest joke Gu Min had ever heard. Why should she let her sister be abused like a servant, when she could provide her with the comfortable life she deserved?
The influential house blocked the spread of the scandal, but did not forget Gu Min’s offense.
“Your aunt has long known that ng Liang is the concubine’s child, not hers. But it seems that the ng’s and the boy think that she is still deceived. Otherwise, he will stay as far away from us,” said Liu She as he smiled.
Jiang Pengji chuckled too. “This is our lady’s mischief.”
How did she feel when the son of the woman she hated called herself mother and insulted his biological mom?
“She must be more agitated than pleased.” Liu She sighed. “After all, the ng’s are an eminent house, and they insisted that your aunt must return to receive punishnt. At first, we had your mother confronting them. But after her decease, your aunt and I were left in a difficult situation.”
As ti went by, insulting rumors spread about the divorced lady and the widower.
At last, for various reasons, Liu She agreed to marry Gu Zhen.
“Still, she has been living in fear all these years. That’s why she has never fully recovered.”
“She’s worried about ng Heng, her eldest son.” Jiang Pengji was certain.
Liu She nodded. “After losing the second child, ng Heng is everything she cares for in the ng family. I didn’t imagine ng Zhan could be so rciless towards his own kid... That’s also his heir! Your aunt is constantly regretting her decisions, which worsens her conditions.”
She thought that if living with the Liu’s unhappily could provoke ng Zhan less, then perhaps he would treat her son better.
“That’s also why she fakes kindness for ng Liang, although she hates him so much?”
“That’s right.”
No wonder Liu She said there must be more pain than pleasure.
Liu She despised the family. “The House of ng is rely so coarse people with vulgar ancestors. And they call themselves a house, like us.”
By that ti, the streaming interface was filled with shock and sympathy.
Shuibian Sanguo Nanshen: “Life is so hard for ancient won. The lady’s maiden family is not bad, but that couldn’t save her from the ng’s.”
Yanling Shi: “True. The ng’s are almost like local royalty, acting as they will. They don’t care about losing a wife as there are thousands of girls waiting to marry ng Zhan.”
Aiya Jiaoteng: “Girls in our ti can at least end their marriage when they want to. It’s terrible how divorced won are left to drown as punishnt in that dinsion.”
Huatianxia Zhidaqi: “That’s an extre case maybe? I saw young girls on the street when the host was riding in a carriage, so I guess females are not all as constrained. It’s just that the influential family thought they could do whatever they wanted to the lady.”
Sanzhisongshu Lingshi: “Social contribution is the key to social status. Females there will suffer more later, just like what happened in our history. The increasing demand of n for won will only makes things worse.”
Their opinions led Jiang Pengji to ponder. She hated that world so much... so why didn’t she change its rules altogether?
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