Chapter 101: The Ruthless Actor (9)
Shi Sui spent so much effort to make Miao Jue realize the situation, not just for fun...
She is making plans.
The Zhan family is wealthy. When Mr. Zhan dies in the future, they will need a reliable person to take over to prevent it from falling into the hands of foreigners.
Miao Jue has a good character and is an unpolished jade. After being cultivated, he can be entrusted with a task.
"Do you want to know how the Third Concubine died? It wasn't just a difficult childbirth."
Back at Zhan's house, Shi Sui pursued the enemy and told Miao Jue what he knew.
The third concubine is the fourth concubine's senior sister.
The two are of similar age, grew up in the same opera troupe, and are equally good at playing the role of Huadan. They are both friends and competitors.
After marrying into the Zhan family, the two sisters would occasionally quarrel over their love for each other.
The third concubine was more favored, so the fourth concubine naturally felt a little uncomfortable.
"But the relationship between us is still pretty good. The Zhan family is a wealthy family, and they have no worries about food, clothing, and living expenses. Even if one day we lose the master's favor, it would be nice to live like this for the rest of our lives, right?" Shi Sui raised an eyebrow and looked at Miao Jue. "I think you thought so before?"
Miao Jue nodded.
At least that's what she really thought before she knew that Mr. Zhan was so pro-Western.
Even if the person you marry is not the one you love, there is nothing wrong with being able to live a safe and prosperous life and making your parents feel at ease.
"My senior sister is just like you, she just wants to live a good life... But in troubled times, it's just a luxury..."
Mr. Zhan had to attend banquets when dealing with foreigners and would bring his wives with him.
The second wife is old.
At that time, most of the people who followed him were the sisters, the third and fourth concubines.
The third concubine was a beautiful and elegant lady. During an important banquet, she caught the eye of Lieutenant General Johnson...
Yes, it was the previous consulate ambassador who was just assassinated.
For girls without a good family background, being too beautiful is a burden.
In order to secure the position of Vice Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Zhan personally sent his concubine to the bed of a foreigner...
After being "presented", the third concubine completely lost the favor of Mr. Zhan.
He didn't want to touch her again. This gave the fourth concubine an opportunity to ascend to the throne.
"But man proposes, God disposes. My senior sister is actually pregnant! We don't know who the father is, so the master decided to let her give birth to the child first."
After ten months of pregnancy, the child was finally born on a rainy night with thunder and lightning.
Not even a midwife was found. Only the second wife, who was proficient in medicine, was watching in the inner room, and Master Zhan was waiting outside the room.
The baby girl who was born was a girl with blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and black curly hair.
You can tell at first glance that he is a mixed-race person.
Master Zhan was furious. He couldn't let a "bastard" grow up in his house! It would give people a bad impression and it would also be an eyesore to him!
Lieutenant General Johnson had long forgotten about the third concubine and would never accept this girl.
Hearing this, cold sweat broke out on Miao Jue's palms.
She had already roughly guessed that the third concubine's so-called "death in childbirth" was actually just an excuse!
The truth is, Master Zhan wanted to destroy the newborn child and silence the Third Wife, so he dealt with both mother and daughter together!
Shi Sui said darkly, "The Third Concubine and her child were poisoned to death by the Second Concubine herself. It was done so flawlessly that everyone in the Zhan family believed they had died in an accident. Even I only learned the truth later."
Tokiho didn't lie.
The fourth concubine did not have this memory.
"Fourth sister, how did you know that?" Miao Jue asked curiously.
"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. Living people don't know, but ghosts can speak..."
Tokiho tapped the table with her fingernails, making a crisp sound in the quiet room.
Miao Jue felt a chill all over his body...
"Don't worry. In order to conceal her birth, my senior sister moved to a room without doors or windows. The place you are staying in now is clean."
As Shijian Sui said, apart from a vague face appearing on the window on the first night, nothing unusual happened in Miao Jue's room.
But Shi Sui's comfort did not completely put Miao Jue's heart at ease.
She thought of herself.
Miao Jue thought of the malicious look Colonel Davis gave him at the inauguration ceremony of the new British Ambassador today.
If that Englishman wanted to trade benefits for women like Lieutenant General Johnson did before, Master Zhan would have given himself away without hesitation!
Having seen the prosperity and ugliness of Shanghai, and witnessed the sinister and despicable nature of the man she married, Miao Jue had been deeply shocked in just a few days. She was no longer the innocent and naive girl she once was...
Shi Sui deliberately tested her: "If you could do it again, you would definitely not choose to marry into the Zhan family~"
Miao Jue was silent for a long moment before he slowly spoke, "My family taught me since I was young that I should focus on the present and this life, rather than pinning my hopes on the afterlife and nothingness... What's the point of talking about "what if" now? I might as well think carefully about how to live my life from now on..."
Tokiho nodded in agreement, finally she was not mistaken about the person.
As long as a person has a firm mind, he can learn methods, practice courage, and have a promising future.
"Okay, sister. It's already late, let's go to bed early~"
Shi Sui yawned and walked Miao Jue out of the room.
She closed the door, opened the wardrobe, and took out a leather suitcase.
The suitcase contained the soul-calming mahogany box with a cross necklace wrapped around it that she had taken back from under the floor tiles of the ancestral house.
It was from here that Shi Sui learned the secret of the third concubine's death.
Other wooden boxes were simply nailed shut, but this one had to be secured with foreign stuff... because trapped inside was the ghost of the mixed-race baby girl born to the Third Concubine!
Shisui put the wooden box on the table. The box began to shake violently, and the restless soul inside wanted to break out!
Shisui sat up straight, took a towel and wiped off the rouge and lipstick on her face.
The towel was stained with lipstick, as if it were stained with blood.
Shi Sui was talking to the baby girl in the small box: "Your power is not enough to take his life. When the day breaks, his soul will be scattered."
The small box slowly became quiet.
"I can let you out and even use my spiritual power to protect you, but you have to stay with Master Zhan and help me find out his every move. When the time comes, I will naturally let you avenge the murder of your mother yourself!" Shi Sui fiddled with the cross on the box.
The box moved consciously to Shisui's palm, expressing obedience and agreement.
Shi Sui raised her eyebrow, tore off the cross necklace on the box, then gathered her strength in her palm and gently broke the tightly nailed small box.
The blood-red ghost of the baby girl floated out and landed on Shisui's shoulder.
Tokiho breathed a breath on her, granting her strength.
"Go ahead, stay with him. And every night, come back to me to replenish your spiritual power."
The baby girl babbled and nodded, then floated through the wall and went to Master Zhan's room.
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