Chapter 50 Min Hui's Background
They had just seen off the so-called elders of the Min family in the morning, and then Old Ding, the steward, arrived in the afternoon.
She didn't care about the old men who came in the morning. Because the old Marquis didn't consider them relatives at all.
But Old Ding, the housekeeper, is different from those people!
The old Marquis respected and loved him during his lifetime, so she couldn't ignore the opinion of Steward Ding.
Madam Min believed that Steward Ding was also an assistant that Min Hui had found.
Unexpectedly, Steward Ding looked indignant and cursed angrily, "I heard about what happened this morning when Third Brother led those old guys to cause trouble for the Grand Madam. I came to see the Grand Madam about this."
As he spoke, Old Steward Ding took out a long, flat wooden box from his pocket, stood up shakily, and handed it to Madam Min Qiao.
Madam Min Qiao quickly stood up to take it, then asked curiously, "What is this...?"
Steward Ding sat down again and explained, "This was given to me by the old Marquis before he passed away. He said that if one day, Third Brother treats the Grand Madam badly, or if the Grand Madam wants to divide the family property, then I should give this box to the Grand Madam."
Madam Min looked at Steward Ding in astonishment.
She had never received this box in her past life.
Yes, in her past life, she never mentioned the division of the family property until her death. Nor did she reveal the slightest conflict within the Marquis's mansion.
Therefore, even though she died, no one outside knew what kind of betrayal and torment she had experienced before her death.
Having been given a second chance at life, she disregarded all shame and exposed all the conflicts, resentments, ugliness, and filth within the Marquis's mansion to the world. That's why Steward Ding came rushing over with the box upon hearing the news.
I just don't know what's inside this box.
That's what Madam Min thought, and that's what she asked.
Butler Ding shook his head, his expression complex. "Madam, you should see for yourself. The old Marquis said that after you've seen what's inside, you can decide what to do."
Min Qiao's curiosity was completely piqued, and without further hesitation, she quickly opened the wooden box.
The wooden box contained several sealed letters.
Open the first letter.
What comes into view is a familiar, delicate handwriting in small regular script.
Min Qiaoshi immediately recognized it as a handwritten letter from Wang, Min Hui's birth mother.
She had known Wang for over ten years and was very familiar with Wang's handwriting.
“My son Minhui…”
This is a letter written to Min Hui!
Upon seeing the stage, Madam Min was taken aback.
Why did the letter written by Wang to Min Hui end up in the hands of Old Ding, the housekeeper?
Suppressing her doubts, Madam Min Qiao began to read the letter quickly.
The letter was quite thick, seven or eight pages long. Even though Madam Min could read ten lines at a glance, it still took her the time it takes to brew a cup of tea to read it.
After reading it, Madam Min was completely stunned.
It turns out that Min Hui is not the old Marquis's son!
In the letter, Wang recounted her story.
It turns out that when Wang was still unmarried, she went out for a trip and encountered villains, but was rescued by a bodyguard.
The two fell in love at first sight.
However, one was a common laborer, and the other was a young lady from a prestigious family; they were not a good match.
However, the two fell deeply in love and couldn't extricate themselves, secretly meeting each other. Later, for Wang's sake, the bodyguard even sold himself into slavery and infiltrated the Wang family as a servant.
Afterwards, Wang married into the Xuanping Marquis's mansion at her parents' behest, and the bodyguard also came to the mansion as a dowry servant.
On their wedding day, Lady Wang fought desperately, telling Marquis Xuanping that she had someone she loved and that if Min Ji forced her to sleep with him, she would commit suicide on the spot.
Min Ji married Wang Shi at that time in order to leverage the Wang family's power and alleviate the crisis facing the Marquis's mansion.
At that time, the old master of the Wang family, that is, Wang's grandfather, was the Vice Minister of the Secretariat, a high-ranking official of the second rank in the imperial court.
Therefore, when Wang was willing to die to protect her chastity, Min Ji did not make things difficult for her. He even made a three-point agreement with her.
From then on, the two were husband and wife in name only, but in reality, they were strangers who treated each other with cold indifference.
This is also the real reason why Lady Wang has been unable to conceive for many years after marrying into the Marquis's household.
Several years later, Lady Min Qiao entered the household.
Out of gratitude for Min Ji's kindness, Wang did everything she could to help Min Qiao, giving birth to her eldest son and taking control of the Marquis's mansion, until Min Qiao had established herself firmly and lived a life of mutual support with Min Ji.
Only after retiring from the limelight did Wang secretly begin a life of leisure with the bodyguard, under the guise of recuperating.
Everything was peaceful until Wang broke her promise to Min Ji and crossed the line with the bodyguard during their long time together.
She was pregnant with the bodyguard's child.
Min Ji originally wanted to let them leave, but the bodyguard hesitated.
He said he couldn't give Wang the life she wanted, let alone a prosperous future for their children.
So the bodyguard abandoned Wang and left alone.
Min Ji, however, kept Wang Shi and the child in her womb.
Unfortunately, Wang was filled with sorrow and became bedridden after giving birth to Minhui. Two years later, she finally succumbed to her illness, leaving behind her two-year-old son.
Before her death, Lady Wang left this letter for two reasons: first, to let Min Hui know about his true parentage; and second, to pledge allegiance to Min Ji. With such a letter, which could be used to destroy Min Hui at any time, Min Ji could raise him with peace of mind, without worrying that Min Hui, relying on his status as the eldest son, would compete with his elder brother for the Marquis's mansion.
Min Qiaoshi knew everything that happened afterward. With Wang Shi dead, she was elevated to the position of legitimate wife. Min Rong was also subsequently granted the title of heir apparent.
It turns out that from the very beginning, Min Hui was never going to inherit the Marquis's mansion!
After reading the letter, Madam Min felt that everything was too absurd.
The relationship between Madam Wang and the old Marquis was actually a contractual one!
How could someone as insightful and peaceful as Wang fall in love with a cowardly, incompetent, and irresponsible bodyguard?
Madam Min looked at Steward Ding in disbelief.
Butler Ding nodded at her.
"Besides the old Marquis and me, only the Wang family's maternal uncle, father-in-law, and the old man of the Wang family knew about this matter at the time."
Butler Ding recalled, "When Madam Wang passed away, the Wang family came, and the old Marquis laid his cards on the table with them. After that, I have no idea what benefits the old Marquis and the Wang family exchanged."
"However, after Madam Wang was buried, the Wang family rarely had any contact with the Marquis's mansion."
Madam Min Qiao nodded and then recalled, "Yes, it wasn't until Min Hui grew a little older and the Marquis's mansion recovered that the Wang family's maternal aunt started to come around again."
Because she considered the Wang family to be Min Hui's closest relatives besides his two brothers from the Marquis's mansion, she never stopped Wang Zhangshi from getting close to Min Hui.
Moving on from that topic, Old Ding, the housekeeper, gestured for her to look at the letter at the back.
Min Qiao then put away Wang's letter and picked up the others to continue reading.
The next letter was written to her by the old Marquis.
The letter briefly described Wang's affair with Min Hui, the reasons he had kept it from her, and his apologies to her.
He also mentioned that he left her a letter of divorce.
The letter of divorce from Wang Shi.
If Min Hui ever does something she can't tolerate, she can reveal his true identity and even use the divorce letter he left behind to remove Wang's memorial tablet from the ancestral hall of the Marquis's mansion.
How she does it is entirely up to her.
And this was the last protection he left for her and Min Rong.
Upon reading the handwritten letter left by Min Ji, Madam Min Qiao burst into tears.
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