It's unclear what He Shi said to Zheng Qiu's father, but when He Shi was seven months pregnant, Zheng Qiu's father and mother had a big fight.
The next day, Ms. He came again, but Zheng Qiu's mother was too busy to greet her and told her to get lost.
Then, no one knows what happened. That day, He Shi had a miscarriage in Zheng Qiu's mother's room, and the baby could not be saved.
Zheng Qiu's father believed that her mother was responsible for He's miscarriage, and he lashed out at Zheng Qiu's mother.
Then Zheng Qiu's mother also went into labor and gave birth to Zheng Qiu's younger brother, but she herself died.
So, once He Shi recovered, Zheng Qiu's father gave her younger brother to He Shi to raise.
The Marquis of Yong'an and his wife naturally felt this was inappropriate, but Madam He, holding Zheng Qiu's younger brother, pleaded with him, promising that she would raise the child as her own son.
Zheng Qiu's father said directly that He Shi also came from a scholarly family, and since Zheng Qiu's mother was dead, then He Shi should be made the legal wife.
Although the old Marquis was a man who indulged in eating, drinking, and merrymaking and cared nothing for anything else, no family in the capital had ever seen a concubine promoted to the rank of principal wife. Therefore, he firmly disagreed and said that if you wanted to take a wife, we could marry a virgin from outside the family. As long as he was alive, the matter of a concubine being promoted to the rank of principal wife would never happen in the Yong'an Marquis's mansion.
Zheng Qiu's father was at a loss. He dared not disobey his father, so he did not bring up the topic again.
As a result, the following year, the still healthy Marquis of Yong'an died inexplicably, and Zheng Qiu's father inherited the title and became the new Marquis of Yong'an.
He took charge of the Marquis's household. A year after the old Marquis died, he announced that He Shi would be made the official wife of the Marquis of Yong'an. He Shi's son and daughter would also receive the same treatment as Zheng Qiu and his two siblings.
Madam He was always indifferent to Zheng Qiu and her brother, but she was always very good to Zheng Qiu's younger brother. She often told people that she was already very sad when she lost her child, but who knew that this child was born without a mother. She felt that God wanted them to be mother and son. She felt that Zheng Qiu's younger brother was her son who was lost and found again, so she wanted to spoil him.
She said this not only to others, but also to Zheng Qiu's younger brother.
Therefore, Zheng Qiu's younger brother always believed that Madam He truly treated him like a son and was genuinely kind to him. He felt that his older brother was prejudiced against Madam He, which was why he was not close to his brother.
Of course, he didn't have an older sister named Zheng Qiu as far back as he could remember, because Zheng Qiu had already been killed by Madam He by then.
In Zheng Qiu's heart, he has a full sister who was kidnapped because she was naughty and disobedient while watching the lantern festival. His naughty sister is named Zheng Heng. But he also has a half sister, Zheng Wei, who is the best sister to him.
He still thought that way until this year, until he entered the Royal Academy, where he witnessed the dangers and suffered hardships. In addition, the Marquis of Yong'an and his wife went to Taizhou in May, and no one was there to brainwash him. He gradually realized that his perception had been wrong all along.
Then, last month, before the Marquis of Yong'an and his wife returned to the capital, the three siblings recognized each other, and the scales in his heart had actually tipped towards his own older brother and sister.
However, after Lady Yong'an returned with Zheng Wei, he began to waver again, and that feeling that they were all doing it for his own good returned.
Today, Zheng Qiu gave him another real lesson.
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