[This isn't a one-on-one story and there's no romance involved. If you mind, please leave now and see you later. This story is fictional and shouldn't be compared to historical fact. I reserve the right to interpret the story. Love you all.]
The weather turned cold early this year. It was only the beginning of October when a heavy snowfall occurred, and now, as the snow melts, the weather is unusually cold.
Inside Taoranju, a beautiful woman sits on a chaise lounge covered with thick cushions and a thick blanket.
A fire was burning in the stove beside him, making the room warm and cozy.
The beauty wore a beige dress, clearly not dressed up. Her long, black hair was half-loose, spread out on the chaise longue.
Her complexion wasn't very good; it was a bit pale, but it didn't detract from her beauty at all.
At this moment, she was holding a bowl of medicinal food to replenish her qi and blood, eating it bite by bite.
The two young women kneeling below were trembling like leaves and looking at each other with disdain.
After Yan Nangui finished the last mouthful of porridge, a maid came to take away the cup and offered him mouthwash.
After she rinsed her mouth, I handed her an empty cup and she spat out the mouthwash.
Only then did he wipe his mouth.
"What? Cousin, you're not convinced?" The beauty, Yan Nangui, smiled.
Her voice was clear and crisp, yet it carried a hint of languor, giving it a unique charm.
“What does Madam mean by this? Without saying a word, she ordered us to kneel down. Yes, Madam is naturally saddened by her miscarriage. But it was all that girl Xique's doing, so how can you blame us?” The one called cousin was Li Shi, who was the cousin of Yan Nangui’s current husband, Meng Junxian, and also his concubine.
"Oh, that's not important." Yan Nangui just smiled and turned to look at the maid: "Go and see why it's been so long and my mother-in-law hasn't come yet. She's probably held up by something."
There were four maids inside the room, and more outside the door.
Some people didn't dare to move. Others, however, rushed off immediately.
Li was a little nervous, but she didn't hold back: "Why bother inviting your aunt here? What does she want now? You've already made a scene for so long after your miscarriage, isn't that enough?"
Yan Nangui just smiled and didn't reply.
Soon, a commotion arose outside; the old lady of the Meng family had arrived.
As soon as she came in, she sighed, "What are you doing now? Why are you making your cousin kneel in this freezing weather?"
As he spoke, he reached out to help Li Shi up.
Li also looked distressed.
Yan Nangui was still smiling, but with a slight wave of her hand, a maid nodded and left.
Before the old lady could make a move, six strong old women quickly entered from outside.
"Miss." They didn't call her "Madam," they called her "Miss."
"Hmm, drag these two out and make them kneel. Pour cold water on them every fifteen minutes, otherwise they'll get tired and won't be able to stay still. As for the mother-in-law, just leave her there. I'm tired too, I need to rest for a while."
The six old women agreed, and someone outside had already closed the courtyard gate. At this point, there were a few servants who dared to resist, but they were no match for the large number of people here.
Upon seeing this, the old lady was both shocked and furious: "Yan Nangui, are you rebelling? Are you actually going to resort to private torture?"
Yan Nangui ignored her completely, and someone helped her up and went inside to rest.
There were more than six burly old women; there were also several strong young girls in the courtyard. One of them came up and spat, "Shameless old whore! How did you harm our girls? Now you have the nerve to say it!"
Another old woman chuckled, "Why bring this up? We know what the master of this mansion is up to in the south. If he dares to cause trouble again, we'll expose him. Anyway, our daughter is still a daughter of a first-rank general's family, she won't have to worry about remarrying. The Meng family, on the other hand, will be executed along with their entire family."
The old lady, who was cursing loudly, stopped abruptly, her face turning pale.
What's happening in the south...
Isn't that the smuggled salt trade to the south... Good heavens, what are these geese going to do if they fly south?
Immediately, she no longer cared about the two concubines. Her niece was her own flesh and blood, but she couldn't compare to the dozens of people in the Meng family.
The two concubines were left in the snow, and the wild geese flying south specifically ordered people to leave them there and not sweep them away.
At this moment, the two concubines screamed as they were thrown in.
They'd pour a bucket of cold water over each person's head, and no matter how thickly you were dressed, it wouldn't help.
If they dared to get up, they would kick them. These two were delicate beauties, how could they withstand the rough treatment from these old women who did manual labor?
For a moment, they cried and screamed, but were unable to move at all as they were buried in the snow.
First the water melted the snow, then it froze again, and my whole body immediately lost its warmth.
But the old lady couldn't care less about the two of them at that moment; she was just terrified.
"What are you trying to do? We're all family. If you make a scene and people misunderstand, won't that harm the Meng family? You're the eldest son's wife. What good will it do you if something happens to the family?"
Yan Nangui merely sneered, "Mother-in-law, don't get agitated. How could I harm my own family?"
She paused, then laughed: "What kind of family do you think you are? Hmm? Don't worry, as long as you sign the divorce papers properly, I naturally won't make things difficult for you."
"You...you want a divorce? Are you crazy? This whole thing happened because that Magpie only attacked you because she wasn't favored by the young master. She's already been beaten to death. Why are you doing this..." The old lady was terrified.
"Oh, I'm being willful." Yan Nangui naturally wouldn't reason with her.
There are too many things going on here. The best course of action for her right now is to extricate herself from the situation and avoid getting involved with others.
Take your time.
As for the miscarriage, she was forcibly given an abortifacient. Coincidentally, there was only one maidservant present that day, and coincidentally, there was no one in charge of the household that day.
Through a series of coincidences, she not only miscarried, but also lost both her child and her unborn child.
That's right, this wisp of her soul from another world has taken over this body. In the past seven days, she has learned everything about the cause and effect, and even things that her predecessor didn't know.
She had been wandering for who knows how long, and now that she had been reborn, she naturally wanted to avenge the original owner of all the hatred and scheming she had accumulated over the past ten years.
Miscarriage is not that simple. The Meng family wants her to die without an heir. In a few years, she may be tormented to death in silence.
Oh, I misspoke, I'm already tortured to death.
The poor wild goose flew south; its father was a first-rank general who had been stationed on the frontier for many years, and also the Marquis of Zhen'an.
They couldn't care less about their daughter from their first marriage, who was raised badly by her stepmother, and they even plotted to marry her off to the Meng family. These people had schemed against this pitiful woman to this extent.
She can't seek revenge on her stepmother now; she has no evidence, and even if she did, it wouldn't matter. Her stepmother is her own younger sister, the Princess.
Naturally, this was another messy affair. The poor original owner of this body died without ever knowing that even her own mother had been schemed against and killed by this very stepmother.
However, revenge is not an easy thing. First, she has to leave this disgusting Meng family.
Just as the standoff was reaching its conclusion, the outer door was finally forced open.
Meng Junxian was clearly being urgently summoned back to his residence, and his face darkened as he said, "Have they all rebelled?"
"Yan Nan Gui, what's gotten into you again?" he said, reaching out to help Li Shi up.
But those old women actually dared to push him away.
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