"Two brides, prepare to jump over the fire basin!"
The noisy sound suddenly exploded in Su Jinyue's chaotic mind.
She suddenly opened her eyes, and through the red cloth blocking her view, she could vaguely see two burning braziers in front of her.
Brazier?
Wasn't she pushed off the cliff by Xie Qingxu while she was pregnant?
How could...
The memories of her past life came flooding back to her, and she was reborn back to the day of her wedding!
Su Jinyue could not forget that her fiancé in her previous life had been fighting outside and made her wait for three years. On the day of his triumphant return, he actually proposed to marry both his wife and concubine and brought the fake daughter Su Zhiyao into the house!
Su Jinyue was originally the legitimate daughter of the Yongning Marquisate, but when she was just born, her identity was swapped with her own daughter by her wet nurse.
From then on, she suffered torture in the countryside. She had to wash clothes in winter and collect grass in summer. She was not well fed and clothed, and was often beaten. When she was twelve years old, her adoptive father, a black-hearted gambler, even wanted to sell her to a brothel!
If she hadn't been recognized by her uncle who was tracking down the human traffickers at the time, she would have been ruined!
However, Su Zhiyao, who replaced her identity, enjoyed all the wealth and glory. After Su Jinyue returned home, she took advantage of her parents and brother's favoritism and put many obstacles in her way, both openly and secretly.
Only three or four years after returning to Beijing, thanks to Su Zhiyao, Su Jinyue became a country bumpkin known to everyone in the Beijing aristocratic circle as being rude and uneducated, and not liked by his parents.
Even after knowing that Su Jinyue and Xie Qingxu were engaged, he deliberately followed Xie Qingxu to the battlefield without telling Su Jinyue. After three years of living together day and night, he secretly fell in love with her...
Thinking of her past life, Su Jinyue couldn't help herself any longer and raised her hand to lift the veil!
The phoenix crown is exquisite, the long hair is flowing, the face of the beauty is so beautiful that it can overwhelm the country and the spirit is flying.
The matchmaker at the side was so frightened that her tone of voice changed instantly, "No, Miss, how can you lift the wedding veil in public? This is against the rules!"
However, Su Jinyue only looked at Xie Qingxu. She saw him holding Su Zhiyao's hand and taking great care of her. It seemed as if she was the only one in his eyes. This made Su Jinyue, the real wife, look like an outsider.
This sudden scene caught Xie Qingxu off guard. He couldn't suppress the anger in his eyes, but he was hesitant to speak.
"Jin Yue, I know you are jealous of my friendship with Zhi Yao, but I have been with the army for three years. If it weren't for Zhi Yao's miraculous healing, I would have died a thousand times on the battlefield. I can't let her down for such a kindness!"
This was a nice statement, and he also said that Su Jinyue was jealous by nature, and mentioned the kindness Su Zhiyao had shown him.
Everyone knows that, although the fake daughter of the Su family was born into a bad family, she had a noble character and her medical skills shocked the world. In this border battle, she saved the lives of countless wounded soldiers. After returning to Beijing, she was highly praised by the emperor and was given a plaque with the words "The Living Hua Tuo".
While others are doing it for the sake of their country and family, Su Jinyue is caring about petty love affairs. For a moment, everyone looks at Su Jinyue with strange eyes.
"This Miss Su is too narrow-minded. She doesn't know how to consider the overall situation. If I were to ask her, with Miss Su Zhiyao's achievements, she should have given up the position of the first wife. Why is she still fussing about it?"
"Hey, what you said is not right. When the young master of the Xie family just joined the army, his mother suddenly became seriously ill. If it weren't for Miss Su who moved into the Xie family as his fiancée despite the rumors and served him closely every day, his mother would have died of illness long ago!"
"If you ask me, Miss Su is too honest. She moved into her husband's house before getting married. This woman's reputation is ruined. If the Xie family doesn't marry her, who will want her in the future?"
"Yes, besides, I think the Xie family is quite friendly. At least they gave me the title of legal wife. Miss Zhiyao is also willing to be a concubine. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?"
There was a lot of discussion at the moment, and most people were condemning Su Jinyue for being selfish and jealous.
Xie Qingxu was satisfied with what she heard, but she still had a worried expression on her face, "Jinyue, just put on your veil obediently, and I will forgive you for what happened today..."
"Xie Qingxu, I just want to ask you, when Su Zhiyao marries, will she be a concubine or a co-wife?"
Su Jinyue stared at Xie Qingxu coldly, feeling amused in her heart.
She could never forget that in her previous life, she only found out at the wedding ceremony that Su Zhiyao was married as a co-wife and that she would be on an equal footing with her in the future.
Su Jinyue was bewitched by Xie Qingxu's sweet words at the time and endured the matter silently. She never thought that after getting married, Xie Qingxu's heart and eyes were full of Su Zhiyao, and the two of them treated Su Jinyue worse than an animal.
Afterwards, in order to embezzle her dowry, he arbitrarily accused her of adultery, forced her to get pregnant and run away, and finally pushed her off a cliff with his own hands!
The whistling of cold wind from the high cliff was still ringing in her ears. Looking at Xie Qingxu's suddenly panicked face, Su Jinyue curled her lips into a sneer.
"Why, when you first came back home, you swore to me that you were forced to marry Su Zhiyao because of the three years of gratitude and that you couldn't let Su Zhiyao down. How did you swear that Su Zhiyao could only be a concubine and would never go beyond my head?"
Xie Qingxu subconsciously glanced at Su Zhiyao beside him, and his voice was impatiently tinged with a hint of anger.
"Why are you spreading private family affairs everywhere, Su Jinyue? I thought you had changed your personality after all these years of being taken care of by the Xie family, but I didn't expect that you still have such barbaric and rude country habits in your bones!"
Su Jinyue wanted to laugh when she heard this. Country habits?
If it weren't for this country girl like her, the Xie Mansion would have been destroyed three years ago!
It was she who used her dowry to fill the gap and took great pains to manage everything, and was able to run the Xie Mansion to its current state. However, all of this was easily wiped out by Xie Qingxu's words.
"When I was in the mansion, my elder sister couldn't stand my parents and brother liking me. Because I was not popular in the aristocratic circle, my elder sister targeted me everywhere. Now that she can step on me because of a marriage, my elder sister will naturally not let me go."
Su Zhiyao sighed, as if she had suffered great injustice, "But elder sister, there is no first come first served in matters of love. Qingxu loves me, so why do you have to force him so hard just for a little selfishness?"
Just by looking at her few words, she erased the fact that she knew Su Jinyue was engaged but still deliberately seduced Xie Qingxu and took advantage of the arranged marriage to occupy the nest. Instead, she accused Su Jinyue of being narrow-minded and unscrupulous.
As expected, Xie Qingxu held Su Zhiyao's arm and stared at Su Jinyue coldly.
"Since you insist on causing trouble, I might as well tell you frankly. Zhiyao has been with me in the army for many years and has treated countless soldiers with her medical skills. How could I possibly let such a virtuous woman be my concubine?"
"I have used my military merits to ask for His Majesty's permission to allow Zhiyao to be my second wife!"
Su Zhiyao immediately turned around and held Xie Qingxu's hand. She was so emotional that she lifted her veil and looked at Xie Qingxu with tears in her eyes.
"Qingxu, you don't have to do this for me..."
Why are you pretending to be flattered?
It was obvious that the entire Yongning Marquis' Mansion and the General's Mansion knew about the concubine, but they kept it a secret from Su Jinyue.
It's ridiculous that her parents, whom she regarded as her family, and old Madam Xie, who had served her for many years, treated her as a complete fool!
"What qualifications do you, a pair of hypocritical, privately-connected dogs, have to talk to me about love?"
Su Jinyue sneered and stared at Su Zhiyao coldly, "Su Zhiyao, since you are so virtuous and have such a high character, do you have the courage to ask the nanny to verify your identity and prove that you have never had an affair with Xie Qingxu without a matchmaker?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Su Zhiyao and Xie Qingxu's expressions changed.
"Shut up!"
Xie Qingxu's face darkened, "Su Jinyue, I never thought you could be so despicable as to dare to slander Zhiyao's reputation like this..."
“Bang!”
Su Jinyue slapped Xie Qingxu hard in the face with a round hand.
"Anyone in the world can scold me, but you, Xie Qingxu, are the only one who has no right to do so. Without me, your Xie family would have collapsed three years ago. How can you have the guts to yell at me?"
Su Zhiyao was also startled and subconsciously wanted to pull Su Jinyue, "Eldest sister, please don't send..."
“Bang!”
Su Jinyue slapped him again with her backhand, "Who is your eldest sister?"
"The daughter of a wet nurse and a gambler, she has lived a good life for several years with evil intentions, but instead of keeping a low profile, she is here to rebel against the Heavenly Gang?"
Su Jinyue took two steps back and looked at the two people in front of her who were covering their mouths in disbelief. Suddenly, she raised her hand, pulled off the phoenix crown on her head, and threw it into the brazier beside her.
The flames flew and the raging flames were like blooming flowers.
"I wish you two a happy marriage."
"Let's call off today's wedding!"