4 Chapter 4

◎My mother is actually a black lotus◎

"Cough, cough." Huiyin coughed a few times. Her cold had improved a lot, but she couldn't avoid coughing.

Ji pushed the small celadon flower cup on the table and said, "Here, have some pear soup. I made it for you early in the morning. It moistens the lungs and relieves dry coughs."

It has been a long time since she had drunk Xiaodiao Pear Soup. In her previous life, one year after she entered the palace, she suffered from constant abdominal pain and bleeding every time her menstruation came. She could no longer enjoy many cold foods such as pears.

Now of course I drank a bowl of it without restraint. It was sweet and very refreshing.

Seeing her daughter finish drinking, Ji said, "Your eldest sister made a pair of knee pads for your father, and your father was very happy. It can be seen that your grandmother had already paved the way for her, and wanted her to excel in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework, and women's needlework. I don't understand, we are both granddaughters, why is she so partial to her? It's all my fault."

"Mom, actually I have always wanted to ask you, what is the real situation of this matter? I have heard some rumors in the past, and when I asked you, you always evaded your daughter by saying that it is adults' business and we should not ask about it. But I really want to know, how did you marry my dad?" Huiyin only remembered that in her previous life, when she was young, she always heard people around Madam Xu pointing and talking, as if saying that her mother was a fox spirit or something.

This is also why after Huiyin became the empress dowager and knew that her sister was a widow, she specifically wanted to invite her sister to the capital to show her favor.

Ji looked at her daughter and finally nodded happily: "Okay, I'll tell you."

"Back then, after I divorced your elder brother Pei Shuo's father, I lived in your grandfather's house. After living there for a long time, your aunts inevitably said some things like eating for free, which I couldn't stand, so your grandfather posted a notice to recruit a son-in-law. At that time, it was during the Lu Ji Rebellion. Lu Ji was killed by your father, and his former subordinates hunted down your father and his men. Your father fled with Xu in a panic and happened to pass through our Pingyang County. In order to avoid being hunted down, Xu came up with a good idea."

Speaking of this, Ji was somewhat sarcastic.

Huiyin couldn't help but ask, "What's a good idea?"

Ji said, "Xu asked your father to tear down the notice and come to my house to be my son-in-law, so that her whole family could be saved. I didn't understand why, but when your grandfather praised your father as a brave and strong man, I agreed after seeing him. But I didn't expect that before the wedding, Xu found me and told me her plan, saying that your father was willing to marry me just to escape being hunted down, and hoped that we could be fake husband and wife, and when things were settled in the future, she would let me go free."

"Stand up." Huiyin thought that Xu was too despicable. She wanted to use the Ji family to help her family escape the disaster. Now that she knew the wedding had begun, she made it so obvious to destroy the bridge after crossing it.

Ji smiled and said, "I was already divorced. If I was divorced again, where would I be able to stay in this vast world? So I kept my composure and secretly told my father that he knew your father had already married, so he was unwilling to agree to the marriage. If Xu had called it quits, it would have been fine. Your father would have said that he and Xu would have run away overnight. But Xu saw that I was respectful to her and treated me like a concubine, so she told your father to pretend to divorce her to get out of the situation."

"She thought this divorce letter was a temporary solution, but I took it to the government office and had someone go through the formalities to get her divorced. Your father and I were married with three letters and six ceremonies. Your father and I were married in a formal ceremony, and I don't have to live under someone else's roof anymore. Xu lost her wife and her army, who can she blame?"

You wanted to get rid of the donkey after you had crossed the river and destroyed the bridge, but Ji family simply made a fake come true and came out on top.

Huiyin thought that this was the case, and she asked, "What about father? What does father think?"

Ji smiled and said, "When I was young, I valued relationships the most. Later, I felt that most men in the world were like this. Since that's the case, I might as well find someone to rely on. It just so happens that your father is brave and good at fighting. At least he is willing to take his wife and children with him when he escapes. That's enough."

This is what happened. Ji didn't say much because she was not innocent in the matter. Xu thought she was smart, but she was completely eliminated and went from being the legal wife to a concubine.

"Mom, even if you came back later, Xu would definitely not be willing to accept it, right?" Huiyin asked.

Ji nodded and looked at her daughter lovingly, "Yes, she was unwilling at first, but she had your grandmother's support. After all, she was your grandmother's niece, and she was picky about me. She thought I wouldn't be pregnant, and I just wanted to have a place to stay with your brother, so I endured it as much as I could. A powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. But you were born, and your brother was born, and my position as the wife was stable. Your grandmother was still dissatisfied, but I had a good relationship with your father, so I naturally sat in the position. She started to be angry and wanted to become a nun, but I wouldn't get used to her. Your father had a concubine at the time, so how could he control her much?"

After listening to Ji's words, Huiyin said, "I have never heard you talk about these things before. I didn't expect that you have such a hard life."

"Whose life isn't difficult? This world is a world where the strong prey on the weak." Ji touched her daughter's head.

Huiyin thought that she was really her mother's daughter, and was also plotted against, but was killed by herself in the end. The person that Crown Prince Li Heng loved was Lu Xiao, the daughter of Prime Minister Lu, but he wanted to clear the obstacles for himself, so he ignored Lu Xiao and favored her, and deliberately let the Zheng family help him get rid of the Lu family.

At the same time, she was given a contraceptive pill to drink, which was also called a cold medicine. It sounded bitter, but tasted sweet, like honey. If she hadn't been in excruciating pain every time she had her period after entering the palace, and hadn't been spoiled for so many times but had no children, which made her wary, she might have really been deceived by Li Heng.

She knew that if she got pregnant, the baby would probably be aborted, so she deliberately did not drink the medicine before Li Heng went to the war, and sure enough, she got pregnant.

Then the Zheng family helped Li Heng to eliminate the Lu family. Huiyin originally told the Crown Princess Lu Xiao, hoping to use her as a knife to kill someone, and let her kill Li Heng directly. Anyway, Li Heng loved her very much in his heart and would not be on guard against her. Unexpectedly, Lu Xiao was so useless that she actually committed suicide.

There was no other way, so she had to pretend that she didn't know. She first put drugs in Li Heng's ox knee bone soup twice. The first time was in front of his father, and Li Heng drank it directly to show his affection. The second time, he died suddenly after drinking it.

When she was doing this, she was actually terrified, because if she failed, she might lose her life. However, Li Heng was too conceited. He looked down on a little girl like her and thought he had a sure win. Unexpectedly, he died suddenly in the end.