Chapter 81 True and False Daughter 1
Chapter 1
"Because I'm a maid, I have to be tortured like this? If they just want to kill me, that's fine, but what did my poor child do wrong?" Mo'er cried miserably. "It was Cui Ai'ai who couldn't have children and forced me to sleep with her son-in-law. I didn't want to go, but I went for her. Why did she treat me like this?"
Mo'er is Cui Ai'ai's personal maid. They grew up together. Mo'er regards Cui Ai'ai as her master and values Cui Ai'ai's life more than her own.
After Cui Aiai married Jiang Shicheng, the top scholar in the imperial examination, she was unable to conceive. The doctor diagnosed that Cui Aiai had a cold and weak uterus and was almost unable to get pregnant.
In order to consolidate her position, Cui Aiai asked one of her personal maids, Mo'er or Hua'er, to be Jiang Shicheng's bed warmer so that she could become pregnant and give birth to a child.
Huaer's godmother is Cui Aiai's wet nurse.
Mo'er is just a clumsy girl with no support.
They all knew that Cui Aiai, like the lady, had a hot temper. Normally, if anyone said a few more words to her son-in-law, Cui Aiai would get jealous, not to mention that now she was going to warm her son-in-law's bed.
Hua'er said she was unwilling to do anything, and in the end, the task fell on Mo'er.
Mo'er has foreseen his own fate.
She knew full well that Cui Ai'ai wouldn't be able to keep her alive after she gave birth. But it was Cui Ai'ai who saved her life. If it weren't for the Cui family, she would have died on the winter street.
In order to repay her gratitude, Cui Aiai became pregnant and gave birth to a child.
Cui Aiai bribed the midwife to cause her to bleed to death during childbirth.
After death, Mo'er did not reincarnate immediately, but stayed with the child. Seeing that little ball, he could run and jump, and was as delicate as a piece of jade, very cute.
Just when she thought she could take care of her child like this for the rest of her life, Cui Aiai became pregnant.
Before the baby in Cui Aiai's belly was born, she began to dislike the child.
When Cui Aiai was five months pregnant, the child was pushed into the pond and drowned.
Mo'er was a lonely ghost. He shouted on the shore for a long time and even jumped into the pond, but he couldn't save the poor child.
"If it was just me he wanted to kill, that would be fine, but why would he treat a child like that? He was only five years old and called Cui Aiai mother. He picked lotus seeds that day to give to Cui Aiai."
Mo'er covered her eyes, tears seeping from between her fingers. The sound of her sobs was like the rustling of treetops at night. Her mind was filled with Cui Ai'ai's shameless face, and she wanted to tear it to pieces. "I want to make her feel isolated and helpless. She relies on being the Cui family's legitimate daughter, but I will make her lose this status. I want to be the legitimate wife of my brother-in-law, and I want my child to be the eldest son and legitimate grandson."
Qi Qi: "Deal done."
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"Who the hell are you? How dare you pester your son-in-law and make him stay in your room every night? Mo'er, you've become so capable. You haven't even been promoted to a concubine, but you're already trying to snatch my favor." Cui Ai'ai's jealousy was like the cold wind in the dead of winter, biting and icy.
The long nails dyed with purple cardamom poked the back of Qi Qi's arm again and again. Every time she bit the words, she would use her nails to pierce Qi Qi's arm with force.
"You've probably forgotten that I saved you when you were lying on the street in the dead of winter. Otherwise, you would have died on the street long ago. And now you're repaying my kindness with hatred!"
The hatred in her eyes was like a poisonous snake, full of resentment and gloom, making people dare not look at her.
Qi Qi lowered his head silently, feeling Cui Aiai's fingers exerting force again, her nails pinching into the flesh and stirring vigorously, making her face pale and her body swaying in pain.
"Miss, I just want to... give birth to a child. My brother-in-law has been talking about you all these days!" Qi Qi lowered her head and cried, her small face as big as a palm was covered with tears.
"Really? I think you just want to snatch my son-in-law from me. I said that when I asked you two to be housemaids, you were so eager to do it. It turns out that you have been planning to climb into my bed for a long time, right?"
Qi Qi had a hard time expressing her grievances. Hua'er didn't want to go at first, and she didn't want to go either. It was only after the young lady's nanny used threats and inducements that she reluctantly nodded.
How come she is the one who is taking the initiative now?
Cui Aiai didn't have to force Qi Qi to answer, she just disliked Qi Qi.
When she thought about her husband pressing her under his body every day and saying those sweet words that should only be said to her to another woman, she became jealous and went crazy.
"Miss, your son-in-law needs Mo'er to take care of him after court today. Even if you are angry, wait until tomorrow." The nanny gently pushed Cui Ai'ai's arm and whispered in her ear.
"Okay, you can go down now." Cui Aiai withdrew her hand. "You should know clearly what you should and shouldn't say in front of your son-in-law."
Qi Qi lowered his head and slumped his shoulders. "I know."
After Qi Qi left, Cui Aiai slammed the table angrily, "This little girl has grown courageous now. Don't think I didn't see the ambition in her eyes."
The nurse patted Cui Aiai's hand and coaxed her, "Fortunately, after she gave birth, she's no longer a threat. I've already found a midwife, and we're just waiting for her to give birth. Miss, you're too impatient. She's just a greenhouse maid, and you have the indenture contract in your hands. You don't have to worry at all."
"But my husband has been sleeping in her room for several days..."
"Men, what man doesn't like to be greedy for new things? After a few days, when he encounters something new, will he still remember that girl?"
"But I am also..."
"You are different, young lady. You are the legal wife. Moreover, you have the Cui family behind you. Your brother is a high-ranking official in the court. Your grandfather is as wealthy as a country in Jiangnan. With such wealth, how could your son-in-law not like you and instead like a little girl?"
Cui Aiai nodded with satisfaction. She was not the daughter of a small family who could be easily bullied. She patted her belly in disappointment. If her belly was not so weak, why would she find a maid and make herself angry?
Qi Qi walked out of Cui Aiai's room and went to Jiang Shicheng's study.
She ordered someone to cook chicken soup, skimmed off the yellow oil on top, put a boneless chicken leg in it, and sprinkled a layer of chopped green onions on it.
As soon as he arrived at the study door, Jiang Shicheng could already smell the sweet aroma of chicken soup.
"Mo'er, didn't I tell you to rest in your room? Why are you bringing me food again?"
Qi Qi walked in with a food box and brought out the chicken soup. "My son-in-law is so busy every day that he doesn't even remember to eat. I stay at the mansion all day and don't have much to do except bring food to him. How can I need to rest?"
Jiang Shicheng's eyes flickered with joy, but it quickly faded. "If your young lady had half the consideration you have, I wouldn't have to stay in the study every day."
Qi Qi lowered his head and used a spoon to scoop the chicken soup into a small bowl. "Sir, would you like to go see the young lady today? The young lady misses you very much."
"Oh, she will miss me?" Jiang Shicheng complained. "Forget it, let's not talk about her. I have to go out on business in a few days. Do you want to accompany me or stay at home?"
"I..." Qi Qi quickly lowered his head, shrinking his neck in fear, "This...shouldn't the son-in-law take the young lady with him?"
Jiang Shicheng looked at Qi Qi in confusion, "Didn't I tell you not to call me uncle from now on, but call me husband? When you give birth to the child, I will make you my concubine."
Qi Qi shook his head, "I dare not."
"What's there to be afraid of? You're acting very strangely today. Didn't you change your tone a few days ago? Why did you change your address again and call me uncle today?"
He reached out to grab Qi Qi, but as soon as his fingers touched the back of Qi Qi's hand, he immediately discovered that her entire hand was ice cold.
He quickly protected Qi Qi's fingers with both hands and found that not only were her fingers cold, but her face was also pale.
He hurriedly stood up and pushed Qi Qi to sit on the chair. "You are injured, why do you look so bad?"
He pressed his fingers on Qi Qi's shoulders and suddenly felt them wet. He looked down and found that his hands were covered in blood. A lot of blood had already seeped out from the place where Qi Qi's shoulder and arm met.
"What happened? Why is there an injury here?"
Without saying a word, he tore off Qi Qi's clothes. The blood and flesh underneath the clothes were horrifying to see.
"What the hell is going on?" He turned around, found some medicine under the bookcase, and hurriedly stopped Qi Qi's bleeding. "Where have you been? How did you get hurt so badly? Did someone in the mansion bully you?"
As he spoke, he wiped the blood around the wound with a handkerchief. Soon, the crescent-shaped wound became clearly visible.
This was clearly someone inserting three fingernails into the skin.
Jiang Shicheng looked at the front of his arm again and saw an obvious piece of broken skin, which was the mark left by his thumb when it exerted force.
He blew on the wound gently with a distressed look on his face, and his anxious questioning suddenly died down. "Is this caused by your young lady?"
Qi Qi quickly knelt in front of Jiang Shicheng, "Sir, no, please don't ask the young lady!"
Looking at her like this, Jiang Shicheng knew everything. It was clearly Cui Aiai who did it.
"Why, doesn't she trust you the most? Otherwise, she wouldn't have given you to me."
“Miss…Miss…”
"You don't have to make amends for her. If you don't tell the truth, I will go find her and ask her for an explanation."
Seeing Qi Qi's face full of doubts and the look of her racking her brains to find a reason, Jiang Shicheng sighed in his heart and felt sorry for Qi Qi, this foolishly loyal little girl.
Qi Qi lowered his head even deeper, "The young lady blames me for pestering you and not letting you go to her yard!"
"I've been sleeping in the study these days!" Jiang Shicheng shouted. He felt a pang of despair at first, but then he sneered, "She has the time to punish you, but she didn't bother to ask about my whereabouts... You knew I was busy with official duties, and you brought me chicken soup, but she just thought I was staying in a comfortable place?"
Jiang Shicheng shook his head in disappointment.
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