Upon hearing Li Muge's words, Cui Mingzhu burst into tears.
Tears kept streaming down my face, it was suffocating.
"My poor child, it's all your mother's fault. I failed to protect you, so I should die. I am a sinner. Why? Why should I sleep?"
Li Muge softened her tone: "Young lady, since you're not even afraid of death, why don't you tell me what happened to you and how your child died?"
"Moreover, I believe your son did not die a natural death, but rather from poisoning."
"What? But the doctor clearly said, clearly said, that my child died from a fever."
"It's my fault as a mother. I didn't take good care of my own child. I deserve to die, my child."
Cui Mingzhu's tears fell onto the face of the baby in the swaddling clothes.
"No." Li Muge walked up to Cui Mingzhu. Judging from her appearance, she looked to be at most twenty-three or twenty-four.
“Look at your child, he must have suffered a lot when he died, his little hands are clenched so tightly, and look at his abdomen.”
"It looks normal, but there's a slight bruise around the navel, which you can't see unless you look closely."
"It's obvious that the person who poisoned you must have slipped a drop of poison into your son's belly button when you weren't looking."
“A baby who is just over two months old has not yet fully developed his body’s defenses. Even a single drop of poison is enough to kill him.”
Upon hearing this, Cui Mingzhu carefully examined her son's belly button and was astonished to find that the inside of the child's belly button was completely rotten.
"It's her, it must be her! I'm going to kill her! I'm going to kill her to avenge my son!" Cui Mingzhu's eyes were wide open, her expression crazed.
Li Muge raised his hand and touched her forehead, which calmed her down.
From Cui Mingzhu's memories, she learned why she died while holding her child.
Cui Mingzhu was originally the daughter of a constable in the county government.
She was well-behaved and obedient from a young age.
In those days, women's marriages were arranged by their parents and matchmakers.
She had only met her husband once before they got married.
Cui Mingzhu was lucky; her husband, who had passed the imperial examinations at a young age, was a scholar who had become a successful candidate in the provincial examinations. He was very attentive to her, and the couple treated each other with respect, leading a truly happy life.
However, unexpectedly, during her pregnancy, Cui Mingzhu's mother used the excuse of "keeping the wealth within the family" to give her younger sister to her husband as a concubine.
This way, sisters can support each other.
Although Cui Mingzhu was unwilling, she had been used to listening to her parents since she was a child. Despite her brief reluctance, she still managed to persuade her husband to bring her younger sister, Cui Ruyu, into the household as a secondary wife.
But after her younger sister entered the family, Cui Mingzhu's good days were over.
Cui Ruyu was better at talking and knew how to please her mother-in-law and husband.
Choi Myung-joo, who was already a quiet person, became even more taciturn because of this.
However, since she was her own sister, Cui Mingzhu didn't hold it against her, even though she was unhappy.
After the child was born, Cui Mingzhu originally thought that she could live off her son for the rest of her life.
But who would have thought that the child developed a fever in the middle of the night, and for some reason, she was too sleepy to wake up.
She let her own child die of illness right beside her.
After the child died, the mother-in-law, heartbroken for her eldest grandson, used her cane to beat her out of the house.
Cui Mingzhu would go back to her parents' home, but her parents ignored her and even threw a basin of water at her in front of her.
They dismissed her with the attitude that a married daughter is like water spilled from a cup.
In despair, Cui Mingzhu blamed herself for sleeping like a log when her son had the accident.
Feeling like a sinner, he was filled with despair and contemplated suicide.
She couldn't understand it at all. Her own child was perfectly fine during the day, but her sister developed a fever after holding the baby for an hour that night.
She's clearly his own sister, so why does she keep backing down, yet still force him to a dead end?
After learning about Cui Mingzhu's past, Li Muge had only one feeling: anger at her lack of ambition.
Even though his own mother and sister were bullying him, he still didn't know how to fight back.
And her husband was no better; what was there to miss about such a man?
Li Muge pondered for a moment. There must be something in common between Cui Mingzhu, Zhao An, and Master Chen.
If she wasn't mistaken, the reason this shadowy figure approached Mingzhu was also to obtain the heart inside Cui Mingzhu's body.
Yin year, Yin month, Yin hour.
When Li Muge thought of this, she suddenly seemed to understand something. However, she didn't know what the person hiding behind the scenes wanted to do with the hearts of these newborn humans.
Li Muge found an inn and settled Cui Mingzhu in.
The shadowy figure was determined not to let Cui Mingzhu go, and Li Muge stayed by Cui Mingzhu's side to observe what the shadowy figure's purpose was.
On the other side...
Heartbroken by Li Muge, Mo Yan casually found a rooftop to sit on. Feeling sad, he wanted to drink some wine, but then he remembered that this was Li Muge's body.
"Adopted son, to hell with adopted son, Li Muge, what was wrong with your head?" Mo Yan gritted his teeth, raised his hand and gripped the wine pot tightly. He really didn't understand.
Why was Li Muge so insistent on him becoming her son? Thinking about it this way, Mo Yan felt that being a substitute wasn't so bad.
At least they're not at the same generation, so she can be with Li Muge.
Mo Yan felt like his heart was about to stop from being so angry at Li Muge.
The thought that he regarded Li Muge as the woman he longed to hold hands with and grow old with was unbearable.
Li Muge treating her like a son is utterly absurd.
After much deliberation, Mo Yan decided to go find Li Muge, but they had already prepared a reason for it.
He needed to explain things clearly to Li Muge.
He likes her, but he doesn't want to be her adopted son or a substitute.
Just then, his handsome brows furrowed, and a mist rose around him.
Xuan Chen's clone appeared in the mist.
He was wearing the bamboo-green robe that Li Muge had bought for him shortly after he became Li Muge's disciple.
"Mu Ge".
Mo Yan's brows furrowed even deeper.
Xuan Chen lowered his eyes in dejection: "Mu Ge, there was no need for things to come to this between you and me."
"If you still cherish our master-disciple relationship, before I go into seclusion, please request to be sealed in the array. That way, your master can save your life."
Xuan Chen couldn't understand why Li Muge didn't understand his painstaking efforts.
By being sealed away, Li Muge can at least survive.
Otherwise, given her reputation as a jinx, everyone would want to kill her, and in the public eye, he probably wouldn't be able to protect Li Muge's life.
Li Muge's master is none other than Xuan Chen, the leader of the Immortal Alliance. Mo Yan instinctively dislikes, no, he should dislike, any man related to Li Muge.
Requesting a seal.
Mo Yan thought of Li Muge, who lived such a carefree and unrestrained life, being confined to a small place, perhaps for a thousand years, perhaps for ten thousand years.
Or forever, alone.
Loneliness is far more painful than death.
Mo Yan clenched his fists tightly under his sleeves, a thought rising in his mind to protect Li Muge.
He would not, and absolutely would not allow the Immortal Alliance to treat Li Muge this way.
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