I became an official of the imperial court by eating melons when I was still a baby

At that time, Aunt Liu knelt in front of Old Madam Qin, saying that she was pregnant with Master Qin's child, and begged Old Madam Qin to take her in.

Old Madam Qin felt like she was struck by a bolt from the blue at the time, but she still believed in Mr. Qin and did not make a decision immediately. She just waited for Mr. Qin to come back and ask for clarification.

When Mr. Qin came back and heard about this, he immediately denied it.

He only regarded Aunt Liu as his sister, and it was impossible for anything to happen between him and Aunt Liu. How could she be pregnant with his child?

But when Aunt Liu took out the jade pendant he always wore, Master Qin was dumbfounded. He thought the jade pendant was lost, but he didn't expect it to be with Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu said that she had just arrived in the capital a month ago, and Master Qin arranged for her to live in a courtyard in the south of the city.

That night, Master Qin got drunk and forced himself on her. He gave her his jade pendant and said he would be responsible for her.

But she didn't want to affect the relationship between Master Qin and his wife, nor did she want to be a concubine. After finishing the job, she took advantage of Master Qin's sleep to re-make the bed and clean up for Master Qin, intending to pretend that nothing had happened.

Mr. Qin was so drunk that he lost his memory. When he woke up the next day, he remembered nothing, so he successfully concealed the truth.

But a few days ago she found out that she was pregnant, and had no choice but to come to see Old Madam Qin.

Old Madam Qin remembered the day a month ago when Master Qin said that his adopted sister had come to the capital to seek refuge with him, and that was Liu's father's daughter.

When Old Madam Qin heard that it was Father Liu's daughter, she wanted to go and make arrangements in person, but she was afraid of offending the younger sister of the Liu family, so she decided to wait for a few days until she was settled before going to look for her.

Before leaving, she repeatedly reminded Mr. Qin to make proper arrangements.

That night, Mr. Qin did not come back. Old Madam Qin thought that he had a lot of things to deal with and did not take it to heart.

The next day, he carefully inquired about how Master Qin had arranged things, fearing that anything had been missed and that the Liu family's daughter would be treated unfairly.

I just didn't expect something like that to happen that night.

After listening to Aunt Liu's words and looking at the jade pendant she took out, the Qin couple had no choice but to acknowledge the matter and took Aunt Liu in that month.

From then on, a rift arose between Old Madam Qin and Old Master Qin. Although Old Master Qin punished himself with thirty lashes afterwards, he was not forgiven by Old Madam Qin.

Old Madam Qin began to deliberately avoid Mr. Qin. Except for the time when she was in charge of the household affairs, she basically spent the rest of her time in the Buddhist temple. Later, after the eldest daughter-in-law, Lu, came into the family, she handed over the power of managing the household to Lu, and since then she has often been to the Buddhist temple.

Qin Yue: [It turns out that Aunt Liu is my grandfather's adopted sister! Alas, Aunt Liu is actually a pitiful person. She lost her parents when she was only nine years old.]

System: [He is indeed a pitiful person, but he still took the wrong path because he recognized the wrong person, which directly led to the breakdown of your grandparents' relationship. In recent years, the two of them would only appear together on unavoidable occasions, and basically would not stay together at other times. ]

Qin Yue recalled the past month and couldn't help saying: "No wonder my grandparents never came to see me together in the past month. They always came alone. Seeing how happy they were, I thought they had a good relationship."

System: [In fact, your grandparents care about each other very much. ]

[Your grandfather would stay by the window of the Buddhist temple where your grandmother worshipped Buddha every night. He would not leave until the lights in the temple were turned off. This has been the case for many years.]

[And your grandmother worshipped Buddha every day, not only to avoid your grandfather, but also to pray for your grandfather and the Qin family. Especially during the year when your mother was pregnant with you, she would worship Buddha until late at night every day, praying for a girl.]

Duke Yu: Ahhhhhh, as expected, he knew that his sister was still thinking about that old guy!

Duke Yu suddenly felt as aggrieved as if his cabbages were eaten by pigs and he had no place to complain!

Qin Yue asked with some confusion: [Why did grandma pray for a girl? ]

The system explained: [Because every generation of the Qin family's descendants cannot live past the age of forty! When your mother was pregnant with you, your grandfather was already thirty-nine years old.]

Qin Yue was shocked and immediately asked worriedly: [What do you mean you can’t live past 40?! Isn’t today your grandfather’s 40th birthday?]

System: [An Xin, you are a lucky star. The moment you were born, you broke the Qin family's curse that people cannot live past the age of 40! Your grandfather and father will both live a long life!]

[Am I a lucky star? ? Oh ho ho ho…]

Qin Yue's triumphant laughter once again surrounded everyone's ears like its own stereo sound effect.

[Hey, hey, wait, so it seems that both grandpa and grandma care about each other in their hearts! But the way they care about each other is so sneaky. They are already an old couple but still so awkward! It seems that until Aunt Liu’s matter is clarified, the two of them will always be like this! ]

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman at the side door of the flower hall seemed to have finally made up her mind. She tightened her hands in her wide sleeves and slowly walked into the flower hall.

"Since she is my adopted sister, the Qin family has never allowed concubines. Why did they do that in the first place?!" Duke Yu asked again, his eyes sharp, as if stabbing at Master Qin like a blade.

Since there was something wrong with what happened back then, we must get to the bottom of it today. We can’t let my sister suffer all these years in vain!

Master Qin was under the burning gaze of Duke Yu and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Just as he was about to say something, a clear and elegant female voice sounded from the side.

"Let me answer this question for you, sir."

The person who spoke was the middle-aged woman who came in from the side door of the flower hall.

"Madam Liu, why are you here?!" Master Qin and his wife asked in surprise.

"Aunt, you're here!" Qin Zhao stepped forward and supported her as soon as he saw the person coming.

Aunt Liu bowed her head and bowed slightly to Master Qin and Madam Qin, and said respectfully: "Master, Madam, I am well!"

"Let me answer the Duke's question. After all, everything started with me. It was all caused by my selfishness."

Aunt Liu turned around and met Duke Yu's icy gaze once again. She no longer hesitated and slowly told him the secret that had been hidden in her heart for more than a decade.

"Zhao'er is definitely not the master's child."

After she finished speaking, Aunt Liu looked at Master Qin and his wife with an apologetic look in her eyes.

Qin Yue: [Hiss! This is the melon owner himself exposing the melon! Exciting!]

Everyone: Wow, this is so exciting!

Master Qin shook his head at Aunt Liu, as if he didn't understand why.

But Old Madam Qin did not say anything.

Aunt Liu suppressed the disappointment in her eyes and continued, "I have lived in Liujia Village since I was a child. Everyone in the village is related to me, so everyone takes good care of me. My father and mother were also very good to me when they were still alive. Unfortunately, perhaps because I was unlucky, they passed away early, leaving me alone."

"My brother said he would take me to the capital, but I didn't want to go because there was someone living in my heart at that time, and I didn't want to leave him."

"He was the son of a village teacher, his last name was Chen. He was very talented and hardworking in his studies. During the years when I lived alone, he was a special presence in my life."

"I learned very quickly since primary school and often went to the school to learn secretly. He would secretly bring me a stool, patiently explain things I didn't understand, and even teach me to write on the ground with a wooden stick. He was so kind to me that he was different from others."

System: [Of course it’s different. Others are really nice to you, but he is nice to you because he wants to take advantage of you! ]