Chapter 29: The Bitter Fruit (Part 1)

  Rong Hua and Mu Jin entered the yard, and Chun Yao, who had been anxiously waiting in the yard, immediately came forward to greet them.

  Chun Yao carefully observed the expression of Eighth Miss, and since there was no excessive anxiety or worry on her calm face, he knew that this marriage had not been finalized yet, and only then did he put his mind at ease.

  Ronghua lay on the bed, her eyes slightly closed, she had done what she could do, and now all that was left was to wait patiently for the outcome.

  Ronghua did a good job in the house, Chunyao returned to Mrs. Daitai's house for the night, and Mugui chose one from the third-class maids and told her to sleep in the outer room for a while, while she still slept outside the warm pavilion.

  Everything was tidy, and Mu Jin was just about to put away the things she had brought back from the Hou Mansion when a maid outside suddenly shouted, "Sixth Miss, Eighth Miss has gone to bed."

  Yan Hua strode in with a stern expression, saw what Mugou was holding and without hesitation reached out to take it, "I heard this is a gift left by the wife of Yi Cheng Hou for me."

  When Mrs. Cai handed over these things just now, all the maids and aunties in the Tao Mansion were present, no wonder Yan Hua got the news so quickly.

  Yan Hua's eyebrows and eyes were quite pleased, although she hadn't gone to the Yi Cheng Hou Fu, Mrs. Cai had entrusted her with bringing things back, even the sickly Second Miss didn't have any, if it weren't for the fact that they looked at her differently, there wouldn't be this kind of attention. Thinking again that Rong Hua was already engaged to marry into the Shang Shu Fu as a concubine, she felt even more that there was nothing to worry about, and simply opened the box to take a look, seeing that the palace flowers inside were indeed more exquisite than usual, she had the intention of taking them all away. At this point, she didn't stand on ceremony either, handing the box over to Xiang Qiao, "Since my sister has already fallen asleep, I won't disturb her."

  Mugwort watched as Ronghua took the things and left, just wanting to stop her, when she heard Ronghua call out to her from inside. She turned around and went back into the warm pavilion, her face full of indignation. On purpose, she spoke loudly: "I'll go to Madame's place and tell Madame that Sixth Miss has taken all the things away. Let's see what Sixth Miss will say. This household still has rules after all."

  Mu Ge just wanted to bring out the big wife to suppress the arrogance of Sixth Miss, even if the big wife was biased towards Sixth Miss, there were rules in place, and Sixth Miss would not end up well if she made a fuss.

  Ronghua said: "Forget it, they're just some small trinkets, let her take them if she likes."

  Mu Ge felt a belly full of grievances, "They're all young ladies from the manor, why should they let her behave like this? Even if there are rumors in the manor, she can't be so arrogant and look down on others. The young lady is kind-hearted and gentle, but in the future, she'll ride roughshod over us."

  Ronghua comforted Mugen a few words. Isn't it just like this, no matter where you go, you have to climb the door frame and look at your identity. Originally, as a born-out miss, remarriage is not good, who will still look at you with a straight eye? Fortunately, this matter has not reached the end, maybe there will be a turning point.

  "Otherwise," Mu Ge thought of Zhao Xuanhuan and Rong Hua's affairs today, "let Brother-in-law take Miss away first. Brother-in-law has a heart for Miss, he will definitely treat Miss well."

  Zhao Xuan Yuan?

  Ronghua glanced at Mugen lightly and said, "Get some rest early, don't think nonsense."

  In terms of status, marrying as a legitimate wife's sister would make her a noble concubine...

  Rong Hua smiled slightly.

  She doesn't care about such fame either.

  When it comes to emotions, she and Zhao Xuanhuan... sometimes have feelings but not as good as having no feelings. If she were emotionless, she could still try her best in the struggle at the gate of the mansion, if she had emotions, she would become a woman who cries every day for men, who can sympathize with her tears for a long time? Which man in this world knows the truth that it's hard to satisfy a foolish heart.

  Besides, Zhao Xuan Huan is just a mediocre person, not worth her worrying about.

  This time she took advantage of Zhao Xuan's help, no matter what the final result was, they were even between them.

  The Tao mansion gradually returned to silence, while the bustling Yi Cheng Hou Mansion was still brightly lit, especially in the eldest lady's residence, where the excitement was even more extraordinary.

  Shu Hua asked Qiu He on the side, "Who did Master meet in the garden?"

  Qiu He shook his head, "That old woman didn't see clearly either. The incident happened suddenly and the master had already shooed everyone away. No one saw anything. By the time someone from Ding Gui's household went to take a look again, the person was already gone. Maybe that old woman made a mistake too."

  "Did you see wrongly?" Shu Hua raised her voice, "Who is this sentence trying to fool?" Shu Hua deliberately walked to the door, "Dressed up like a fox spirit and strolling around in the garden, does she think others don't know what she's thinking? What kind of heart is she hiding?" Just thinking about Zhao Xuanhuan being attracted by Jia San Miss's carefully dressed appearance made Shu Hua's chest feel like it was going to explode.

  Just thinking that she was already pregnant, "I'm afraid no matter how calculated, in the end it's still... trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead." Just as she said this, Shu Hua saw a little maid standing outside the door, shivering with fear, and sternly ordered: "Come in."

  The little maid hastily bowed her head and came in to reply, "Replying to the great madam...the master said that tonight he is sleeping in the study..."

  He would rather sleep in the study than come back to this room, and if it weren't for his mother-in-law saying so, Zhao Xuanhuan might not have thought of sleeping here for a whole year.

  Their married life was even more dull and uninteresting, he didn't even take off his clothes completely in front of her, several times during the process she secretly opened her eyes, boldly looked at his expression, after looking away she couldn't help but feel disappointed to the extreme, he had no expression, his soul didn't know where it went, his face was also far away from hers, as if she was too repulsive to look at.

  It wasn't until recently that he got drunk and lay on the bed to rest, sleeping till midnight when he suddenly leaned over and pressed himself against her, one hand slipping into her collar, gently kissing her neck. She was startled, her heart racing, as he forcefully pushed open her legs and sank down, just a few gentle thrusts before she couldn't help but cry out.

  With that cry, his body stiffened again, he opened his eyes to take a clear look at her, then hastily finished washing up and didn't come back into the room.

  It wasn't until then that she realized Zhao Xuanhuan couldn't, he didn't want to. He would rather live a dull and flavorless life in front of her, without desires or demands, than be happy with her together.

  She really couldn't understand, who was the joy in his heart for? The women in this mansion were all invisible to him, but who did he have feelings for? This time he actually covered up for Miss Jia San.

  That woman... just to satisfy his heart, she would rather die than let her enter the Hou Mansion's gate. Shu Hua clenched her fists tightly.

  If it weren't for Qiuhua's reminder, Shuhua's long fingernails would have pierced her palm. Qiuhua said: "Niangniang, you absolutely cannot get angry at this time, be careful..."

  Yes, be careful, Shu Hua's hand unconsciously touched her lower abdomen. If she really got pregnant, this child would have been conceived that night when he was drunk and confused... thinking about it is sarcastic, but can't help it.

  Shu Hua calmed her mind, "Go and get the sachet that Second Miss gave me." Since marrying into the Yi family's manor, every time she felt lonely and helpless, she would go smell the sachet that Yao Hua had given her. The fragrance inside always helped her calm down.

  Thinking of Yaohua, Shuhua couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt. Everyone in the mansion thought that Yaohua's illness was caused by falling into the pond when she was young, but in fact, it was because she and her sister had fought over a handbag sewn by their mother, causing her sister to fall into the pond. After being rescued, her sister contracted this illness, which hadn't been cured all these years.

  She thought her sister would hate her for the rest of her life because of this, but unexpectedly, her sister didn't blame her and never mentioned it to others. Instead, she told her parents the whole truth.

  "Last time your mother mentioned, 'If it weren't for you back then, there wouldn't have been her later troubles.'"

  Although it was a joke, it was true. In recent years, she had been feeling guilty in her heart, and Yao Hua comforted her that even if she couldn't be cured, it didn't matter.

  Yao Hua was like this, never arguing about anything, and had no temper, which made people like her even more.

  Qiuhe busily brought over the sachet sewn by Second Miss, Shuhua brought the sachet to her nose and took a deep breath, the fresh fragrance entered her nostrils, and her mood slowly calmed down, "Luohui, take a rest!"

  Shu Hua entered the inner chamber, took off her outer clothes and lay on the bed, put the sachet in her hand under the pillow, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

  She was in a daze, as if she had dreamed of the Avici hell, where all sorts of ferocious little demons were rushing towards her with their teeth and claws exposed. Further inside, a woman was placed on a huge stone mill, and a bare-chested little demon was whipping her non-stop with a whip, causing the woman to wail in agony.

  That little devil still wouldn't let go, and he brought over a large stone and suddenly threw it at the woman's belly.

  The stone fell down, and Shu Hua suddenly felt that she had become the woman, with a severe pain in her abdomen. She was shocked and bewildered, and immediately woke up.

  I have a fever ~ my whole body hurts, especially the waist and back that often hurt, it's so sore that I can't take it, I need to go lie down.

  This flu is too severe, just because I sat next to someone who was coughing on the long-distance bus and got infected.

  Waaahhh...

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