Chapter Sixty-Five
That last sentence immediately silenced Qin Youming and An Yinang, leaving them speechless.
"I'm giving you one night to raise the money for me, or I'll have the storyteller at the story house tell you a new story tomorrow."
The title is: The eldest daughter of the Qin County Magistrate shamelessly steals the fiancé of the legitimate daughter, with her own parents as her helpers. The Qin County Magistrate's concubine monopolizes the original wife's courtyard, and the legitimate daughter is forced to live in the woodshed.
"So, Mr. Qin, what do you think? Do you like what I'm doing?" "Hmm, I think you do, after all, this way you'll become famous."
"You? You...you dare!" Qin Youming roared. "Do you think you can get away with this?"
Qin Zhining, let me tell you, if your mother and I ruin our reputations, you won't fare any better.
Upon hearing this, Granny Cheng, Qiu Xiang, and Chai Shunzi's expressions changed drastically. They were all worried that the young lady's reputation would be ruined and what would happen in the future.
Qin Zhining, however, didn't take it seriously and said casually, "What's wrong with that? So what if your reputation is ruined? Not to mention this Aunt An, she has absolutely nothing to do with me."
Master Qin, I'm warning you one more time: my mother, surnamed Xie, is the daughter of a scholar, a woman of great renown known to all.
If you dare to say again that Aunt An, who doesn't care about Bilian, is my mother, I'll kill her or sell her off. Don't take my words lightly. If you push me too far, I'm capable of anything.
Anyway, I've died several times already, so why would I be afraid of life and death? Besides, when I walked into this woodshed, I told you that if I was allowed to live here, you should be prepared to bear the consequences.
So let me be clear: I'm going to get my mother's dowry and money back, and then I'm going to sever ties with you.
Do you understand what "severing ties" means? It means cutting off this disgusting father-daughter relationship with you. Do you understand?
"What? Severing ties with family?" Qin Youming was shocked.
Even Aunt An, Granny Cheng, Qiu Xiang, Chai Shunzi and others were greatly surprised, and their expressions changed drastically.
"You...you heartless bastard, you want to sever ties with me? You...you betray your ancestors, you're a beast!" Qin Youming, enraged and ashamed, cursed without restraint.
Qin Zhining smiled faintly, "I don't know if I'm a beast or not, but the Qin family is even worse than a wild wolf, that's true."
I live in my ancestral home, and none of my so-called ancestors treated me as the legitimate daughter of the Qin family.
Did you ever think I was a member of the Qin family? So, why would I keep such an unkind and heartless ancestor around?
Also, Mr. Qin, don't you dislike me, your own daughter, and prefer the eldest daughter from a concubine? Then I'll make room for her.
However, before I leave the Qin family, your concubine must kowtow to my mother and confess her sins. Otherwise, I will truly destroy this family. You can try me if you don't believe me."
Qin Youming's face turned ashen, and he was speechless.
Aunt An's face turned ashen, and she dared not utter a sound.
When they hurriedly returned to the inner courtyard, Qin Zhining's calm yet ghostly voice still echoed in their ears, "You two... Master Qin, Aunt An, you're quite something."
Your deception and trickery were truly flawless.
But in fact, before you, Master Qin, married my mother, you were already having an affair with An Qinghe, weren't you?"
Qin Zhining's words were like a thunderclap in a clear sky, leaving everyone stunned.
Granny Cheng and Qiu Xiang only knew that the young master did not want their young lady to get pregnant, but they did not know how he and An Qinghe got together.
Qin Youming and An Qinghe were pale and their hearts were pounding with anxiety.
How does this little bastard know everything? They were lovers in their early years, and apart from their parents, no one, not even their siblings, knew about it.
But in order to cover up the truth, Qin Youming pretended to be calm and cursed loudly, "Nonsense, Qin Zhining, you little beast, you're talking nonsense."
To drive away your stepmother and your own sister, you actually resorted to such slanderous means to ruin their reputations. You...you heartless wretch!"
Qin Zhining was not annoyed by the scolding, but calmly said, "Master Qin, scolding people is not the behavior of a man."
You think you can cover up your past like this? Pfft... what are you thinking? Hmm?
Back then, in order to keep it a secret from others and to prevent my mother from finding out, you secretly gave my mother contraceptives, which caused my mother to be unable to conceive for two years after we got married.
In this way, you went along with the flow and lured my mother to give An Qinghe to you. In less than a year, she gave birth to the eldest daughter, Qin Zhiyu, and the following year, she gave birth to the eldest son, Qin Chengxuan.
Mr. Qin, speaking of which, I also know that An Qinghe's true identity is actually your cousin, isn't it?
You married my mother only for her generous dowry, and never loved her. Although my mother was a good daughter from a scholar's family, you disliked her cousin and his wife, who came from a merchant family.
You feel that marrying a cousin from a merchant family is a disgrace to your family and a dishonor to your noble reputation, but you desperately need my mother's money.
So you married my mother against your will, but in order to prevent her from getting pregnant, you had to give her herbal soup every day, saying it would beautify her complexion and remove the light spots on her face.
Yes, that's right. My mother does have light freckles on her face, which is why she adores you, who are so handsome.
My mother admires you and never doubts your actions, which gave you an opportunity to gradually guide my mother to give An Qinghe to you.
This way, you and your Aunt An can naturally achieve the goal of being together forever.
My mother was foolish and naive. She saved An Qinghe on the street and always thought she was a poor, lonely woman. She took her in as her head maid and brought her to your Qin family.
Mr. Qin, you played this trick very well. You deceived my mother's sincere feelings and the entire Xie family.
But guess how I know these secrets?
Hahaha... This is all thanks to you sending me to my ancestral home, where I learned all your despicable, vile, and shameless deeds.
As for why my mother suddenly had me again, it was because Granny Zhou noticed something amiss with the medicine and secretly switched the medicine you gave my mother.
After that, my mother had me.
During my ten months of pregnancy, my mother suffered several accidents and almost miscarried me each time.
But I'm resilient and lucky. Granny Zhou, Granny Cheng, and Qiu Xiang protected me well, and that's how I came to exist in this world.
Qin Zhining's last few words were spoken in a teasing tone, "Mr. Qin, tell me, are you surprised or not? Hmm?"
Your distant cousin, Aunt An, was born into an official's family and was never considered respectable, yet you treasure her like a precious gem. Haha… This just shows you're nothing special after all.”
That's absolutely infuriating!
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