“You, you are chopping the logic!”
Su Lun pointed at Su Muge with a shivering hand, and his eyes were fierce, as if he would eat her.
“You don’t care about whether I was pushed by Su Jingwen into water and almost died. You only care about her. She just takes a little punishment, and your heart, liver, spleen and lung all ache, right? So that is what it is, I’m lower than a servant in your heart!”
He did!
An was to cry out when she saw Su Jingwen almost choked to faint.
They were all astonished that Muge became so eloquent after dying one time.
“You, how could it possible that I do not to care whether you live or die!” Even thought he was, he couldn’t speak out.
Some fellow official accused him behind his back when he abandoned Zhao and married An. If they knew he didn’t care about the life of his original wife and truth-born daughter, he would get a bad reputation.
“I just think your method is inappropriate. After all, she is your little sister.”
Seeing Su Lun moderated his tone, Su Muge's eyes were tinged with a light smile, but the smile didn't reach the bottom of her eyes.
“Daddy, you are right. Next time, I won't.”
“Why are you standing here, be quick to hold up the second Miss and invite a doctor to see her.” An cried, suppressing her anger.
She thought in heart that if anything happened to Wen, she would kill Zhao and her daughter dead.
The servants held up Su Jingwen and walked out, then the bustling room was instantly quiet.
“Mumu, you, you are not my Mumu...”
All people left, and Zhao looked at Muge vacantly and sadly.
“Who are you, my Mumu, where is Mumu?”
Su Muge knew that she was so different from the predecessor, which aroused Zhao’s suspicion.
Su Lun and An didn’t sense her change but Zhao who lived with the predecessor every day did.
Su Muge wanted to tell her that her real daughter had been died, but it was so cruel. Moreover, she didn’t want to be treated as a ghost, so she held up Zhao and sat down, comforting her softly.
“Mom, I am your daughter. I died one time and when I came to the gate of hell, the King of hell taught me a lot, so I change a lot.”
Zhao lived in a small village in her childhood, so she believed in the theory of ghost.
“You, you saw the King of hell?”
“Yes, the king told me that I still had my unfinished life and I should come back.”
“Heaven bless you. I will worship the Bodhisattva someday to thank her that let you have another life.”
Zhao left the room and Muge sat down in front of the dressing table.
The flowers and ornaments that the predecessor used before were the second-hand of Su Jingwen or that she didn’t select, but the predecessor still enjoyed.
Su Muge took the bronze mirror and saw an obscure face in the mirror.
“Oh, my god!”
The girl in the mirror had exquisite facial features. Although the skin was a little yellow due to malnutrition, it was delicate. With a round oval face, she was not extreme beautiful but good-looking. The only flaw was the red birthmark on one eye, just like a white and flawless dress splashed with oil, which made others ignore the original beauty. The first they caught sight of was the obvious flaw.
In the memory of the predecessor, this birthmark seemed to have existed since she was young. If it was natural, it was not so easy to remove it.
“Miss, it’s time for breakfast.”
Yueru entered the room with breakfast which contained only a bowl of porridge and some steamed buns.
Muge walked to her and stroked her red and swollen face.
However, when her hand touched Yueru's face, the palm became hot, sending out a strange heat.
The heat was like a sucking disc that led the hand to move on Yueru’s face.
After a moment, the heat disappeared.
While Yueru’s face had been fine as before!
“What? It’s so weird. Why the pain of my face goes away?” Yueru touched her face, and it’s really no pain.
Muge was also too surprised to speak.
“Miss, did you apply ointment on my face?”
Muge took a look at her palm and merely said, “Yes, it’s good ointment. It’s really effective.”
“Thanks, my Miss, it’s my fault...”
“Remember that you are my close maid, you are the close maid of the truth-born Miss, and no one can bully you casually. Do you understand?”
Yueru looked at Su Muge who was calm but with dignity and confidence, nodding woodenly.
The current Miss was so strange, but she thought that the strange Miss was better than the former one.
“Yes, Miss, I’ll remember.”
After Yueru left the room, Muge stared at her palm, losing in thought.
Did her palm can heal trauma?
In order to dispel this doubt, she took a hairpin and pricked a cut in her finger's pulp. The cut was not big, but there were some blood beads overflowing.
She stretched out her palm and slowly covered it on her fingers. For a while, the palm had no heat.
Taking the palm away, there was still a cut on the finger pulp.
“It’s no use?”
Did she just have an illusion?
Su Jingwen was choked with some water, and when she was lifted to Orchid Courtyard, she had fainted.An loved her daughter best and she was heartbroken when seeing that.“My lord, if something bad were to happen to Wen, I will die with her.” Su Lun was also worried about Su Jingwen.“Don’t worry, Wen will be OK.”The doctor came soon and felt the pulse for Su Jingwen.“Doctor, how’s my daughter?”The old doctor stood up and said, “My lord and madam, don't worry. The lady is just choked and scared. It's OK after taking the medicine for two days.”“Thank you, doctor.” An winked at Li Mama, an old maid of An, and Li gave a pouch having some money in to the doctor.“I will walk you out.”“Good bye.”Su Jingwen woke up after taking some medicine.Her eyes were red with blood because of congestion.“Mom, I will kill her,
The labor pain became more intense after Zhao eating some sugar porridge.Su Muge took a look at Zhao’s private part. The cervix had opened two centimeters. “Mom, hang on, the cervix is to open.”Zhao was healthy generally, but she had been bullied by An for many years, which harmed her health to some extent, and she went into labor early. She was dizzy but she made all her efforts to keep a clear mind. She had no energy to think why Muge knew a lot about labor.Su Muge sent Yueru to collect all she needed, at the same time, the cervix was open fully.“Mom, listen to me, breathe in and breathe out, try hard!”Zhao grasped the quilt and obeyed Muge unconsciously.Zhao had given birth to a child and this was her second labor. It should have been smooth. However, it’s been a long time, there was no more progress.Meihua and other maids were too young to know the childbirth things, and they were a
“Congratulations, my lord, Madam Zhao has given birth to a boy.”Su Lun was back from drinking, and everyone congratulated him on having a son. He was so excited that he treated the maids of Peachblosoom Courtyard better.He was in his thirties and expected a son for a long time, so he was so excited to see the baby.An followed Su Lun and she forced herself to smile, pinching Li Mama with her sharp fingernails so heavily that Li was frown for the pain.She really gave birth to a baby, and it’s a boy!“Congratulations, my lord, heaven is blessing you.”“It’s right, my lord. Madam An prayed for Madam Zhao in the temple in the daytime, and Madam Zhao gave birth to a boy in the evening.”Su Lun looked at An gently. “You are so kind.”An glanced at the yard and said, “My lord, the young master is precious and he should be taken good care of, but Zhao is so weak after a labor that she
“I want to strangle that bastard!”“Peng!” An pounded on the pear wooden table heavily.“Oh, my Madam. What are you doing? It will hurt yourself.”“Why didn’t she go to die!” An was so furious, up and down in the chest. For many years, she designed numbers of methods for killing Zhao and Muge, but she didn’t put into practice. The reason why she permitted Zhao being pregnant many months was because she was intended to make Zhao and her fetus both die and no one can suspect her. “Relax, my Madam. Now the baby is here. What are you worrying about?”“That bastard? You think I should bring up him? Don’t forget, he is Zhao’s son and with her blood, that bitch!”Li Mama understood that An had a higher birth than Zhao who was humble and An looked down on Zhao. However, An couldn’t give birth to a boy.But Li couldn’t say that out.“Madam, the young master is a treasure of the lord and n
“Madam, Chunju is kneeling in the yard. She said the eldest Miss was to drive her out of the mansion. She begged you to save her.” Li Mama opened the curtain and walked into the room, whispered to An.An was upset about Su Wenmo’s ceaseless crying. Su Wenmo was the name of Zhao’s son. And Su Lun gave the name to him.The baby had been always crying since he was sent here. An was so angry that she wanted to throw him into a well.Chunju was a spy that An placed around Zhao in those years. It wasn’t strange that she came here now. “What’s wrong with her? Just because she couldn’t call a doctor, Su Muge then drove her out of the mansion?”“I heard it’s because...” Li Mama told An the sequence of events about Muge’s grandmother—Zhang.Hearing that, An became calm.“Now that she made such a big mistake, isn’t driving her out a bit too easy? You know what I mean, Li Mama.”Li Mama knew
“Why?”“Mom, don’t worry. Nancheng prefecture is close to Shunyang prefecture. I will be back ten days later.”“But I will worry about you.”“There is no need to worry. I will go along the official road and I have bodyguards. I’ll be safe.”Zhao worried about Muge, but she saw Muge was determined and she was concerned about Zhang, so she said yes finally. “You are away from home. Promise me to be very careful.”“Mom, take it easy. I’ll be OK.”Before she left, Muge enjoined Yueru on many things.“The eldest Miss, I’ll remember.”Su Lun was told that Muge would go to Nancheng prefecture. It’s rare that he kindly arranged a carriage, three bodyguards and one driver for Muge.“You are a young lady. Why don’t you bring some maids when you go out?” Su Lun noticed that there was no one around Su Muge and frowned.She was his daughter who was born
“Crack!”A bolt of lightning lit up the temple, and Su Muge could see the statue, dilapidated and hideous, which made her frightened.The temple was shabby but it’s a shelter from wind and rain. Su Muge lit the wood and straw with Huozhezi, a roll of paper that could be blown to fire. Her clothes were wet from the rain and it’d better dry them. Otherwise, she would catch a fever by wearing wet clothes.Su Muge took some food from the carriage and she put a wooden stick behind the door of the temple for safety.Despite this, the temple was in the middle of nowhere and no one could come here.She took off her outer clothing and dried it by the fire.“Ah Qiu” Muge sneezed.It’s darker outside, but the rain continued.“It’s so cold.” After a long journey and all-time tension, she was so tired that she leaned on the pillar to have a rest by closing her eyes. However, she
“What did you say?” The man squinted at her frighteningly.Su Muge rubbed herself between her eyebrows and wore her outer clothing. She had a fever and felt cold so she made the fire hotter.“You are wounded on the waist. If you don’t take off your clothes, I can’t deal with it.”Hearing that, the man stared at her and observed her carefully.She covered one of her eyes with a handkerchief. She looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, but she was audacious and calm when facing him.He pulled his clothes off. Muge caught sight of his muscle on the chest.She hated to admit it, but he was really in good shape, and there is literally no flab on her body at all.“Stop staring at me.” His voice was still ice-cold.Su Muge got closer to him and stared at his body more carefully. “If I don’t observe carefully, how can I know where the wound is?”She squatted down to