He Lean didnt know whether she had seen a ghost or not, and in a daze, she returned to the rear kitchen and then vaguely returned to the Jianing Marquiss estate. The maid waiting at the back door exclaimed with joy: "Miss, the old lady has asked you to come see her as soon as you return."

  It wasnt until then that He Lean snapped out of her tangled thoughts, returned to her bedroom and changed into a coarse linen shirt stained with oil smoke. Only then did she go to the Xuan Su Residence where Old Lady was, accompanied by the maidservants. The gatekeeper, Momo, couldnt help but smile as he watched her approach: "Sixth Miss is back."

  He Lean smiled and walked straight into the main hall of the courtyard, where she saw a stately old woman sitting on a soft couch in the side hall. With a mixture of coquetry and reproach, she said in a soft voice: "Grandmother, if you had something to say to me, you should have sent someone to fetch me back. Why did you wait for me to come back on my own?"

  The old lady with a head full of white hair gently beckoned her to sit down beside her, smiling and saying, "Its not something that cant wait." After chatting idly for a while, amidst the warm atmosphere, she let out a deep sigh of helplessness, "Actually, its about your grandfather."

  He Lean, with a smile as bright as a flower, suddenly fell silent. Old Lady He took her hand and said with difficulty in hiding her pain: "It was Grandma who owed him, owed your mother, and also owed you this poor child. His not recognizing you is all Grandmas fault!"

  "He doted on your mother back then, a legitimate daughter of the Bo family, and was ruined by that scoundrel son of mine!" Old Lady He said, her eyes streaming with hot tears, choking with sobs, "Your uncle hates me, its only right, all of this is my fault!"

  He Lean grasped the thin, wrinkled hand of Old Lady He tightly. Her mother and father were maternal cousins. Back then, her mother had been entrusted by Old Lady to deliver medicine to her ailing cousin, but after drinking, the cousin had become infatuated and taken advantage of his own cousin, resulting in the noble young mistress of the Bo household being reduced to a concubine, which ultimately led to the death of her paternal grandmother, who was also the younger sister of He Leans maternal grandmother.

  At that time, her grandfather sternly forbade her mother from becoming a concubine and keeping the matter secret, remarrying another man properly. However, her mother couldnt bring herself to serve two husbands as a woman, so she insisted on marrying her father instead. But... after giving birth to her, she passed away.

  "I heard hes been ill recently and hasnt recovered. Were not even in the capital city, but now were right here in Fengzhou City. You should go see him, you should go visit him. Hes thinking of your mother, who loved her so much!"

  In her previous life, she had never seen this grandfather from start to finish, but the one who never recognized her as a close granddaughter was actually driven to death when he learned that she also willingly became a concubine like her mother.

  He Lean handed a handkerchief to the old lady to wipe away her tears, saying: "Dont worry, Grandmother, Ill go to Bos residence tomorrow to pay my respects to him."

  In her previous life, her grandmother also doted on her, but she was blinded and severely hurt her grandmothers heart, causing her grandmother to return to their old home in Fengzhou City and refusing to set foot in the capital again. She took step after step down a crooked path and fell into a pit of fire.

  In this life, no matter how her stepmother coerced or tempted her, she would not be a concubine again. She even agreed to her stepmothers unreasonable demands, cutting off her long hair for good luck and disguising herself as a monk in the Temple of the Prime Minister, eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddhist scriptures for three months. When her grandmother returned from visiting relatives outside the capital and saw how her stepmother was bullying her, she took her back to their hometown without hesitation, far away from those who oppressed and scolded her. Over the past two years, her grandmother also took her on trips to visit relatives and play...