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

Qin Yue: [This melon owner's self-exposure sounds like he is in love! That man actually has other intentions! What a scheming man!]

Everyone: Love-brained? Scheming man?

Although no one understood what this word was, it didn't sound like a good word.

Hearing what her elder sister said, Aunt Liu couldn't help but immediately deny it: "No, no, no, he treats me very well, it's true!"

System: [Well, he treats you well, but he wants you to work for him. Who doesn't want a free maid? He has only two people, father and son, who can't do any work, so he relies on you. You are so stupid that you were deceived into giving him your body. You are really sold and still count the money for others! ]

Qin Yue: [I’m really in love, I haven’t noticed anything wrong in all these years.]

Everyone looked at Aunt Liu with difficulty, wondering how such a good girl could be so blind...

Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu felt a pain in her head, as if she had been hit hard by something. She raised her hand to press her temple, but she moved too quickly and her body suddenly lost its balance, and she fell to the side.

Qin Zhao immediately reached out to help her, and with the help of Qin Zhao's arm, Aunt Liu slowly stood up, but she was still a little dazed.

After a while, Aunt Liu finally came to her senses. Even though she was unwilling to believe that the man had lied to her, what her younger sister had said before had been proven to be true, so she had no choice but to believe it.

What's more, that person is no longer here, and she can't ask him personally for confirmation. The important thing now is to explain clearly what happened that year.

After calming down, she began to think back on the past events and actually found some clues.

Master Qin saw that Aunt Liu had calmed down, and then asked, "Is Zhao'er that man's child?"

Aunt Liu replied with difficulty: "Yes..."

"But he forced you?!" Master Qin said angrily.

"No. I thought we were in love. I went to his house every day to help with the laundry and cooking, just for his words, 'Miss Yan is so nice.'"

"Now that I think about it, apart from the time when we first met, when he taught me how to read and write, and when I later willingly went to help his family with chores, he only said nice things about me, but never actually did anything nice for me. I was so stupid to believe his lies."

Qin Yue couldn't help but say: [Men's mouths are lies, this is the truth from ancient times to the present! ]

Ladies: If you think about it carefully, it seems to be true!

Men: Madam, I really don’t have any!

"Why did she get pregnant with Zhao'er again? Didn't he acknowledge her?" asked Old Lady Qin.

"Ever since my brother came to the village to find me, he left a lot of silver and money, and brings me a lot every year. I live a rich life." As she said this, Aunt Liu looked at Master Qin with gratitude in her eyes.

Master Qin waved his hands quickly and said as a matter of course: "It's all right. It's only natural for a brother to take care of his sister!"

Aunt Liu continued, "From the 24th year to the 29th year of Jinkang, for six years, I paid for his participation in the imperial examinations every time."

Qin Yue: [This is a typical Phoenix man! He eats and drinks from women, only knows how to enjoy the fruits of others' labor, but does not put in anything in return.]

Everyone: Phoenix man? What's that? Aren't phoenixes male and female?

"In the 28th year of Jinkang, on the day I turned and became a virgin, he promised me that he would marry me the next year after I graduated from high school. I believed him, and he coaxed me into consummating the marriage that night. Since then, I have treated him as my husband in my heart."

Qin Yue: [You have lost both your wife and your army. How can you be so stupid? ]

"The next year, I accompanied him to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination. He once suggested that I take him to live in the general's mansion. At that time, I thought it would disturb my brother too much, so I didn't agree, and he didn't insist. Now that I think about it, he approached me, perhaps with the purpose of getting close to my brother."

"Because ever since my brother came to the village, he often mentioned it to me, asking me to go find him and so on. But I never agreed. I just didn't think much about it at that time."

"We rented a courtyard in the southern suburbs of the capital until the examination started in March. Everything was normal at first, until later, when he began to go out more frequently. He explained that he was going to attend banquets hosted by students."

"Until one day, one of his classmates came to tell me that he got drunk while rafting and fell into the river, with no trace left. I was so shocked that I fainted. When I woke up, the doctor told me that I was pregnant."

"But I was only thinking about finding him at the time. I didn't care about my physical discomfort. I ran to the river and kept looking for him. I searched for seven days but couldn't find him."

When Aunt Liu said this, she couldn't help but shed tears. Although she knew that this man might just be using her, she had invested so much love in him, and in the end he was gone. It was impossible for her not to be sad.

"For the sake of the child, so you lied to your brother? Did anything happen that night?"

Duke Yu couldn't help but ask, this was related to his sister's heart knot, he had to get it clear!

Aunt Liu wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and replied in a hoarse voice, "Yes, I did a play for the sake of the child. After the man left, I returned to Liujia Village. I wanted to confess the matter to Chen's father, and then live in Chen's house with the child as a widow."

"But I didn't expect that when I went back, the Chen family's house was already empty. The villagers told me that Chen's father had moved away a few days ago, saying that he had moved back to his hometown to retire, but no one knew where Chen's hometown was."

"There was really no other way, so I returned to the capital and found my brother, hoping to give birth to the child legitimately."

"That night I put a knockout drug in the wine in advance, so nothing actually happened. And Zhao'er was actually born at full term, but I disguised it as a premature birth so that the birth date would not be suspected."

After saying that, Aunt Liu suddenly knelt down and kowtowed three times to Master Qin and his wife. A red mark soon appeared on her forehead, and even blood was faintly oozing out.

He kowtowed and blamed himself: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all because of my selfishness that the master and the mistress have been estranged for so many years. I knew clearly that if Sister Yue hadn't been born, the master might not live past the age of 40, but I still let you two be estranged for more than ten years!"

"I was so wrong! I will never be able to pay for my sins in this lifetime!"

Qin Zhao, who was standing by, also knelt down with Aunt Liu and kowtowed three times, with a hint of bitterness at the corners of his lowered mouth.

He listened to the conversation between Qin Yue and his younger sister. Although he had some guesses in his mind, he still felt sad when his biological mother admitted it herself. Perhaps he should not have been born.

"What are you doing? Get up, get up! Zhao'er, help your mother up!" Master Qin was startled by the sudden scene.

Old Madam Qin felt extremely complicated as she looked at Aunt Liu whose forehead was bleeding.

She was not a saint. Although she knew that Aunt Liu was also deceived by the scumbag Chen, she could have told him the truth at that time.

She and the master would do whatever it takes to find a legitimate identity for Zhao'er, so why would Aunt Liu have to use such means to marry into the Qin family?

How could a few apologies make up for the more than ten years that she and the master had missed?

Although she felt pity for Aunt Liu, she could not truly forgive her.

But Zhao'er is innocent, alas.

Aunt Liu did not leave the courtyard over the years, and Zhao'er was basically raised by Old Madam Qin herself since he was three years old.

Aunt Liu would just call Zhao'er to the yard every day to show her concern for him or make new clothes for him.

Old Madam Qin also truly loves Zhao'er.

Zhao'er has been very sensible since he was a child. He seemed to know that his biological mother was not on good terms with other people in the family, and he would not mention Aunt Liu in front of others.

Moreover, Zhao'er is very talented in studying. Now that Yuejie is born, the Qin family will sooner or later enter the court again.

It would be such a pity if Zhao'er's future was ruined because of Aunt Liu's affairs.

"Zhao'er, help Aunt Liu up first. If there's anything, we can talk about it after we get up."

Old Madam Qin still spoke.

When Qin Zhao heard what Master Qin and Madam Qin said, he kowtowed again.

Then he stood up, bent down and held Aunt Liu's waist, trying to lift her up.

At this moment, Qin Yue was calling out to the system frantically in her heart: [Sister, hurry up and eat the melon. The object of eating the melon is right in front of you. If you don’t eat it now, when will you eat it! ]

System: [Zizizizi...]

Qin Yue: [What are you talking about in mechanical language? What's wrong? Your energy is low again? Didn't you just eat some fresh melon? Didn't you recharge enough energy?]

[Older sister? Older sister? ]

System: [Zizizi... Sorry, host, I just charged too much energy at once, so it crashed and had to be repaired again, which took some time.]

Qin Yue: [Okay, you just missed a very exciting piece of gossip, but it’s okay, I’ll tell you now…]

When Qin Yue was about to talk endlessly, the system said faintly: [The scumbag is still alive. ]

Qin Yue couldn't help but blurt out a Chinese quintessence: [Huh? ? WTF!!!]

Everyone: Huh? ? Holy shit!!!

Aunt Liu: !!!!!!!!!!!!