Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 178 - Kick her out for me
Chapter 178: Chapter 178 Kick her out for me
Chapter 178 -178 Kick her out for me
The whole family immediately changed their demeanor, all rushing to Murong Man’s side to serve her tea and pour her water.
Murong Man’s expression finally softened.
She felt quite pleased with herself, thinking that heaven was helping her. Although the Murong Family had fallen to such a state, as if they had been thrust into hell, there was still a way out. Who could have thought, even if Yun Weiwei became the Principal Consort, in the end, she couldn’t bear children?
“Of course it’s true, it was Murong Jiu who said it herself last night at the palace banquet, in front of the Emperor and the Empress, that if Yun Weiwei doesn’t take care of her body, she won’t be able to conceive for five years!”
“It’s Murong Jiu again! Why is she everywhere!”
“Murong Jiu really deserves to die, a lowly life, yet she manages to be so glorious!”
The legitimate daughters of the second and third branches spoke with envy.
Initially, when Murong Jiu was first brought back from the countryside to the Marquis Mansion, how cautious she was around them. She even specially prepared medicinal meals for them, bought them jewelry and clothes, all in an effort to please them. No matter how they bullied her, she never complained, bear the humiliation silently, as if that would help her build a good relationship with them.
Little did they know, the very thing they despised the most was Murong Jiu’s bumpkin status from the countryside—they could never truly see her as a sister.
But now, Murong Jiu had become the treasure of the General’s Mansion, while they had become commoners, actually putting her out of their reach.
Each of them felt incredibly uneasy and mad with envy, wishing they were the ones who had married into Prince Ling’s Mansion instead.
At that moment, upon hearing Murong Man mention Murong Jiu again, they remembered that last night’s palace banquet was specifically held by the Emperor to acknowledge Murong Jiu, a recognition feast that informed the whole world that the Imperial Family acknowledged Murong Jiu’s status as the treasure of the General’s Mansion. Their hearts soured at the thought, and their faces twisted with discomfort.
The more Murong Jiu thrived, the more miserable they felt.
Murong Man felt envious as well, but she didn’t show it.
At that moment, the Old Madam said, “Murong Jiu is full of wicked schemes. She might even plan to treat that Yun Weiwei. You must not let her treat Weiwei’s body, and you need to give birth to the Second Prince’s first son before Weiwei! Murong Jiu still doesn’t know whose illegitimate child she is carrying. If you give birth to the Imperial Grandson sooner, he will be the Imperial Heir! The Emperor might be so pleased, he might even make you the Principal Consort!”
Murong Man thought the Old Madam’s words were not wrong, she indeed harbored that thought as well.
However, she couldn’t come forward herself for fear of making the Second Prince think she was too jealous.
She asked everyone to leave and spoke privately with the Old Madam for a while.
The Old Madam thought that since she could bear the Imperial Grandson, she certainly wouldn’t neglect the whole family in the future, so she followed her instructions and asked Aunt Lian from the second branch to find Murong Qian.
Murong Qian had been driven out of the family because she got pregnant before marriage, and ended up marrying the poor scholar who had stayed in their mansion. Now that the Marquis Mansion was being confiscated, it turned out that Murong Qian was actually doing best.
They knew Murong Qian had plotted against Prince Ling, planning to marry him while heavily pregnant, but eventually, it was revealed that the child was that of the poor scholar.
But Murong Man remembered that Murong Qian and Murong Jiu had the best relationship initially, and given that Murong Qian had received gifts from Murong Jiu even after she was married off, she believed their relationship hadn’t soured.
She hoped that Murong Qian would convince Murong Jiu not to treat Yun Weiwei’s body.
Any treatment should wait until she herself was pregnant.
If she went to Murong Jiu herself, it wasn’t just about losing face, but keyly, her mother Lady Wang’s actions towards Murong Jiu would probably mean she wouldn’t be welcomed at Prince Ling’s Mansion.
Aunt Lian was Murong Qian’s birth mother.
“Your place is spotless, you must be living comfortably,”
Aunt Lian arrived at Murong Qian’s residence, a small yet well-ordered and pristine courtyard filled with flowering plants.
“Your husband takes good care of you, doesn’t he? You even have maids to attend you, while your aunt here has had her maids sold off by the eldest lady, and now I even have to do my own laundry!”
“Aunt, did you come here for something?”
Murong Qian asked, her tone indifferent.
After all, Aunt Lian was the first to shun her, cutting off their relationship because she thought Murong Qian had brought shame upon them.
Aunt Lian remembered an important matter, “Old Madam tasked me with telling you something…”
After speaking, Aunt Lian added, “If your elder sister can conceive the Imperial Grandson, our Murong Family is bound to turn over a new leaf someday. You should quickly find Murong Jiu and tell her to stop meddling in unnecessary affairs.”
“Imperial Grandson?”
Murong Qian scoffed.
“The child in Princess Consort Ling’s womb is the true Imperial Grandson.”
“Who knows who’s the father of the bastard she’s carrying? Prince Ling is only putting up with it because of her pretty face, forcibly acknowledging that bastard. Just you wait, even if Murong Jiu’s child is born, it might not live long. By the time she gets pregnant and has another, who knows when that will be.”
Aunt Lian mocked as she headed into the room, looking to see if she could find anything to take back with her.
“I’ll take some paper back for your brother to practice his writing. The eldest Miss is too stingy; she hesitates to buy more paper. Your brother is meant to become a Top Scholar in the future but is being delayed by this.”
Murong Qian thought of her younger half-brother, three years her junior, whose writing wasn’t even as good as hers, yet was considered a great talent.
She slapped Aunt Lian’s hand away and said, “My husband needs to take the exam, and he doesn’t even have enough paper for himself. Aunt Lian, you should think of another way.”
Aunt Lian’s hand turned red, she looked at Murong Qian incredulously, “What do you mean by this? I was just taking some paper for your brother, and you dare to hit me? Are you itching for a beating?”
Aunt Lian made as if to find a stick to hit someone, but the maid quickly stopped her.
“I will consider what Aunt Lian just mentioned. Please leave for now; this place is too small to accommodate such a ‘great Buddha’ like you.”
Murong Qian had the maid show her out.
Hearing the door close, followed by Aunt Lian’s swearing outside, Murong Qian didn’t feel disgraced but rather felt a deep satisfaction.
Since her childhood, Aunt Lian had beaten her, pushed her to charm her father for favor, and always made her yield to her reckless brother. Whenever something went slightly wrong, she would end up getting beaten or scolded.
In the past, she genuinely cared for Murong Jiu because Murong Jiu was also kind to her. She would buy her jewelry and paper for writing practice.
She was actually very smart, and indeed wrote much better than her useless brother.
But Aunt Lian said that a woman without talent was virtuous and didn’t bother to ask the Main Wife for a chance for her to learn, leaving only the legitimate daughters to have tutors who could teach them.
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Once, when Murong Man was playing the zither in the garden, she watched from afar, filled with envy. Murong Jiu saw this and bought her a zither, even promising to hire a tutor to teach her specifically.
Unfortunately, soon after, Murong Jiu married into Prince Ling’s Mansion, and hiring a tutor naturally fell through.
Why was Murong Qian so determined to marry Yu Yan? Because she admired him, but she also felt that once in Prince Ling’s Mansion, no one could control her. As a concubine-born daughter, marrying a disabled prince was already reaching high.
She admitted that at that time, her motives were too mercenary. When the plan was exposed, she even resented Murong Jiu, wishing to ruin her.
Looking back now, she regretted it immensely.
Mainly because her husband, although poor, treated her very well.
The gifts from Murong Jiu were valuable, enough for her and her husband to live comfortably, and also enough for her husband to study peacefully and prepare for his exams.
Later, the incident of the Marquis Mansion being raided occurred.
Since she was expelled from the Murong family, she was unaffected by this, and the neighbors no longer looked at her with cold eyes.
She heard about the tragic state of the Murong family, dozens of them cramped in a small courtyard, sometimes even sleeping on the floor, and their courtyard often being egged, their reputation stinking to high heaven.
She felt immensely relieved.
She no longer felt resentful but rather grateful to Murong Jiu for not bearing grudges and giving her gifts in the past.
