IACF [QT] Chapter 63.5

Hearing the words ‘Second Madam’, Yiniang Ding trembled slightly, and the tea in her hand splashed out.

Shen Shuyao frowned and said, “What’s wrong, Yiniang?”

“No, nothing.” Yiniang Ding shook her head and wiped her hand.

She didn’t know what she was thinking. After a while, she asked in a low voice, “How is the Second Madam?”

Shen Shuyao looked at her suspiciously and said, “Second Madam is very good, young, and beautiful. She also gave me a gift.”

As she said that, she subconsciously touched the jade pendant on her waist.

Yiniang Ding didn’t pay attention. Her eyes were absent-minded and she didn’t know where to look. She was already immersed in her own thoughts.

Back then, when the Second Madam had just entered the house, the Second Master liked her very much and indulged her in everything, which made the Old Madam not very happy.

Moreover, the Second Madam had been in love with someone else in the past, and everyone knew that. If the Second Master had not insisted on marrying her, the Old Madam would not have wanted such a daughter-in-law.

When paying respects, the Old Madam especially liked to find fault with the Second Madam, and the Second Madam was not a soft-hearted person, so every time she would make the Second Master have to mediate.

After a few times, the Old Madam became dissatisfied and felt that the Second Master had forgotten her as his mother since he had a wife. Therefore, she asked herself to serve the Second Master.

At that time, Yiniang Ding was still called Ding Xiang. She was originally just a maid serving the Old Madam.

The Second Master was handsome, young, promising, and kind. Which maid in the mansion didn’t have a crush on him?

Since she was willing in her heart, and she also did not dare to disobey the Old Madam, so she went obediently.

The Old Madam did this to appease the Second Madam’s arrogance and win the heart of the Second Master.

At first, the Second Master didn’t even look at her, until a few months later, she heard the Second Master and his wife arguing, apparently because of his wife’s former lover. That night, the Second Master drank a lot of wine and mistook her for him…

Two months later, she found that she was pregnant.

The Old Madam forced the Second Master to marry her on the grounds that the Second Madam had been in the mansion for a year and was still not pregnant.

After that, the Second Madam sealed off the yard and stopped interacting with anyone.

The Second Master felt guilty and did not dare to disturb his wife. He also began to blame the Old Madam, and a rift began to arise between the mother and son.

After that, the Old Madam began to eat vegetarian food, chant Buddhist scriptures, and ignor external affairs.

When the Second Madam locked herself up, the Second Master was still waiting for her. After one or two years, perhaps because his wait was in vain, he suddenly became romantic and brought three concubines into the mansion at once, but he never looked at her directly.

She lived cautiously in this mansion with her daughter, not knowing why she had to endure it year after year.

That night, countless people tossed and turned in bed.

The next morning, the weather was fine and the Emperor came out of the morning court. Suddenly, he remembered that he hadn’t seen his nephew for a few days, so he summoned the eunuch and said, “What has King Rui been doing these days? Summon him to the palace.”

The subordinates did not dare to delay and went straight away.

The Emperor was sitting in the main hall reviewing half a stack of memorials when he heard someone outside announce that King Rui wanted to see him. He waved his hand and let him in.

He lowered his head and stared at the memorial in his hand. When he heard footsteps, he didn’t even raise his head.

“It’s rare for you to stay in the capital for a few days. Why don’t you come to the palace to take a look? Do you have to wait for me to urge you to come?”

If it were someone else, they would have knelt down and apologized after hearing what the Emperor said, but King Rui stood there as if nothing had happened.

Even when facing his Uncle Emperor, he didn’t show any sign of weakness and said in a stern voice, “Busy.”

“What are you busy with? Are you busy getting married or having children? I tell you, if you don’t marry a princess this year, the Queen Mother will have to come herself. I won’t be your shield.”

The Emperor threw down the memorial, cursed in his heart what bullshit, and looked up at the person standing there.

As soon as he saw him, his eyebrows were immediately raised high. This person with a swollen and bruised forehead in front of him, was he his nephew who could stop children from crying at night?

“What happened? Were you hit by a bamboo pole while climbing into someone’s backyard?”

It was rare for the Emperor to see his nephew being humiliated, so seeing that the injury was not serious, he was in the mood to make a joke.

He was only willing to relax himself like this in front of his nephew. Facing the court officials and princes, he was the king of a country, the majesty of heaven, and a strict father. And those people were all trembling with fear and trepidation in front of him.

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