The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

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I found that some people said that they couldn’t understand the relationships in the Anguo Marquis Mansion, so I will sort it out for them here.

Marquis of Anguo: The eldest son of the first wife, the son of the old marquis, married to Xiao Ai

Madam Xiao Ai/Madam Anguo Hou: Zeng Suqiu's aunt. After marrying into the first wife's house, she revealed that the second master of the second wife's house was not the old marquis's biological son. In order to fight for the title for her husband, she also killed the old lady of the second wife's house.

The old marquis: He first married the first wife, who gave birth to the eldest uncle (now the Marquis of Anguo). Later, because his brother died suddenly, he married his brother's fiancée and served as the heir to both houses.

The old lady of the second room: She had an affair with her fiancé and got pregnant. However, her fiancé died unexpectedly. In order to prevent her fiancé's posthumous child from becoming an illegitimate child and to allow him to inherit the second room legitimately, she married the old marquis in the name of concurrent succession. During the Zhougong rite, she used the substitute wife to replace herself. Later, she successfully gave birth to the second master and secured her position as the lady of the second room. Until Madam Xiao Ai revealed the second master's life experience, she was burned to death together with the substitute wife.

It's probably something like the one above.

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Suburbs of Beijing.

Ruan family villa.

It had been a few days since she came to this farm. Ruan Xiang'e was wandering around under the eaves with nothing to do - her newlywed husband did not follow her, but Ruan Xiang'e did not care. After all, the two of them had never had any friendship. If it were not for the order of Marquis Anguo, Ruan Xiang'e would never have thought that she would marry the young master of the He family who was not outstanding in any aspect.

It’s just right that you don’t come.

Who has the patience to deal with him!

Ruan Xiang'e was extremely bored. On the one hand, she angrily complained about her new husband's faults in her heart, on the other hand, she couldn't help thinking about Zeng Fu, who was very good at saying new things to please her.

I don't know what he is like. Last time we corresponded, he said he wanted to study for the imperial examination. Although his ideas are very novel and interesting, I'm afraid they won't be tolerated by some old Confucian scholars. If he wants to achieve fame, he will have to practice for a while...

On the one hand, Ruan Xiang'e didn't want Zeng Fu, a fun person to talk to, to become like the most mediocre and pedantic scholar in the world, who was so boring with all the rules and things like this and that every day. But on the other hand, Ruan Xiang'e knew that the world was like this, and if a man wanted to achieve success, the only way out was to study hard, except to join the army.

What a pity... A thought popped up in Ruan Xiang'e's mind. It was a pity that Zeng Fu was not her husband. If he married her, she could ask her father for help and recommend him to the Cavalry Battalion or the Yulin Guard. Although these two places were a bit harder, at least she wouldn't have to go against her original intention.

Ruan Xiang'e was invited in by the nanny who served the wife of Marquis Anguo, while she was swinging a straw grasshopper brought by a little maid from a tenant farmer's family near the villa.

"Mother is looking for me?" Ruan Xiang'e was a little surprised.

The wife of the Marquis of Anguo was in very poor health. Ruan Xiang'e had been taken care of by nannies and maids since she was born. Even her own children rarely saw the wife of the Marquis of Anguo.

No matter how many times Ruan Xiang'e came to see her mother, she would feel her heart beating faster and couldn't help but hold her breath as she passed through the dark-colored bead curtains and cloth veils.

"Mom, my daughter is here."

"sit down."

A weak and hoarse female voice came from behind the bed curtains.

Ruan Xiang'e sat down obediently as she was told, and lowered her head out of habit. She heard the sound of the maids quietly lifting the bed curtains, but still did not dare to look up.

The windows of this room were covered with thick and heavy curtains. The light in the room was very dim, with only a few candles emitting a faint and dim light.

"Do you know that your brother... was killed by someone?" The voice of the wife of Marquis Anguo was very hoarse. After she finished speaking, she exhaled heavily, and the breath was as hard as the wind blowing through the sand.

"What?!" Ruan Xiang'e stood up suddenly, and her cheeks, which had always looked rosy and healthy due to her active and lively childhood, quickly turned pale.

"Ahem." Lady Anguohou ignored her daughter's surprise and sadness. She knew the news earlier than Ruan Xiang'e. She should have been sad, but the pain of losing a son in middle age - and her only son at that - did not defeat this bedridden woman.

There was a chill in her voice: "Sit down and listen to me."

An irresistible order.

Ruan Xiang'e sat down trembling, tears streaming down her face, but she bit her lips tightly to prevent herself from crying out loud.

"For the sake of the family's title, your second aunt used your uncle's connections to plant a stab in the southern expedition army. Ahem." Lady Anguo Hou coughed a few times, and then drank a sip of water with the help of the nanny before continuing, "The stab was a poisonous snake from the southwest that bit your brother to death."

"The letter your father wrote said that he had found definite evidence to prove that it was your second aunt who did it. To prevent the other party from knowing the truth and jumping over the wall, he urgently moved you and me to this villa. We have completely torn our relationship with the second branch."

After that, the wife of the Marquis of Anguo seemed to have remembered something. She sneered twice, like a ghost wandering in the dark night: "Your brother didn't leave any offspring."

Of course she knew about Zeng Suqiu.

"What a pity." Lady Anguohou thought of the timid and extremely well-behaved little girl and sighed, "If the child could continue to be so well-behaved and obedient, it would be great. If she left a child behind, I would naturally be able to plan for her future. What a pity..."

Although she is her sister's only daughter, her own son is also the heir of a marquisate. With the family background of the Zeng family, she can be the concubine of the heir of the marquisate and stay in front of her every day... The wife of the Marquis of Anguo thought that this was the best destination she had found for the timid Zeng Suqiu, but she never thought that Ruan He would be so bold as to...

It is useless to think about this now. The child who should not have come has gone away with the circumstances. It can be considered retribution.

Ruan Xiang'e felt a chill all over her body when she heard this. She couldn't help but slightly raise her face and look in the direction of her mother.

The wife of the Marquis of Anguo said in a hoarse voice: "Your brother is dead, and his bloodline is cut off. After this storm is over, you must hurry up and give birth to a child. Your father will try his best to let the title of our family fall to your son. Even if you don't like your husband, you must give him a child as soon as possible. Do you understand?"

Ruan Xiang'e, who had never had sex with the young master of the He family because she did not like him, felt her head buzzing. The words her mother said were completely beyond her understanding. She looked up in surprise, and what caught her eyes was the face of the wife of the Marquis of Anguo, which had been burned by flames, with skin and flesh melted away and veins tangled, like a devil from hell.

"what!!!"