0p0 Chapter 399: Soft Rule 3
Chapter 399: Soft Rule 3
Three months later, Prince Yong married me as his principal wife.
On the first day after the wedding, my sister knelt at my feet. I helped her up and put a phoenix hairpin, which represented the status of a concubine, on her head.
But from that day on, she never called me "sister" again.
He treats me very well.
I danced for him, planted a red plum tree with him, drank tea and played the flute with him in the garden, but in my heart, I could never forget that heroic figure in the training ground.
Four years passed like this.
During these four years, my sister gave birth to a child, but I rarely went to visit her. I was afraid of seeing her disappointed eyes, and I was afraid that she would ask me: Why did you steal my husband!
The court physician diagnosed me with pregnancy and he was so excited that he kept all the court doctors in my hospital to serve me.
Early the next morning, I heard the news: the eldest prince died!
I suppressed my sadness and asked, "What happened?"
The nanny beside her had already turned pale with fear, her whole body trembling uncontrollably. She knelt heavily on the ground with a plop and said in a sobbing voice, "Fujin, the concubine sent someone to ask for the prince last night. I didn't want to disturb your rest, so I didn't report it. I didn't expect the eldest prince to be so ill. The doctors in the palace are all in our courtyard, so..."
After hearing her words, I felt my head spin and my vision went black. It was me who caused the death of my sister's child. Self-blame and regret gnawed at my heart like a venomous snake, making it almost impossible to breathe.
I ordered the execution of Madam and all the maids who had been there that day, and sent them back to my mother. But even so, I couldn't bring Honghui back to life.
However, he didn't care at all. Seeing my grief, he gently hugged me and said calmly, "Don't be sad. Take good care of yourself. Your child is what I'm most looking forward to."
Listening to his cold and heartless words, I suddenly felt that he was such a stranger in front of me.
"Well, your pregnancy is a happy event. I called them to congratulate you and make you happy."
Happy? Am I happy right now?
My sister had changed into neat and bright clothes, and she prostrated herself on the ground and said, "Congratulations to Madam Fu Jin on your pregnancy."
"Yixiu, although Honghui is gone, your sister is pregnant. Her child is also your child. You must take good care of her in the future!"
"I obey."
From then on, I was silent every day, and only when he came would I try to force a smile. He would tell me about state affairs. I knew his ambition, his ruthlessness, and his unscrupulousness. I became more and more afraid of him, but he doted on me more and more.
My sister, on the other hand, seemed to have grown closer to me overnight. She would come to my side every day, quietly accompanying me. She would personally cook for me, making all sorts of exquisite meals, and even carefully brew herbal medicines, watching me drink them.
But she never calls me "sister".
I watched her busy figure, feeling both moved and guilty. I thought that as time went by, the pain of losing her son would gradually fade away, and we sisters might be able to support each other in these difficult days and regain the long-lost family affection.
After the eldest prince died young, his mother was deeply saddened. Seeing that he had few offspring, she rewarded the princesses Gan and Miao to serve in the palace.
That day, I was walking slowly under the garden corridor, holding the hand of my maid, when I suddenly heard a voice from next door:
"Her son died only a few days ago, and she went to serve the concubine with a smile. What a heartless person."
"How can a son be as important as the prince? The prince dotes on his wife, so of course she has to go out more often to get some attention from the prince!"
Hearing these words, I was filled with anger, but I also knew that I couldn't punish them for this matter, otherwise how would my sister cope in the mansion?
When they came to pay their respects the next day, I punished them by making them kneel for an hour on the grounds that they had talked back to me.
Unexpectedly, Gan was pregnant, and this kneeling caused her to have a miscarriage on the spot.
Looking at the blood on the ground, my heart was pounding and I was frightened, and I also gave birth prematurely!
Lying on the delivery bed, I tried my best and finally gave birth to the baby.
"Fujin, something's wrong. The little prince is dead."
I looked at my sister beside me, and a sinister smile appeared on her face. I instantly understood that she hated me, she had always hated me.
Before leaving, I leaned on his knees and said, "My fate is short. I cannot grow old with Silang, and I cannot even keep our child. I only have one sister, Yixiu. Please treat her well in the future, Silang, no matter what, and don't abandon her."
Tears welled up in his eyes, dripping down my face. But at that moment, I had no heart to care about his sorrow. I tried to open my eyes, turning my gaze towards my sister with difficulty. Using my last bit of strength, I mouthed three words:
"sorry."
These three words are filled with my endless guilt towards her. Even though I know she may not forgive me, I still want to express this belated apology before the end of my life.
After saying this, I slowly closed my eyes, and the image of that heroic figure in the training grounds resurfaced before me, bow and arrows strapped to his back, his eyes bright. That was the first time my heart fluttered, and it's an image I'll never forget. Along with this beautiful memory, my consciousness gradually faded, and finally, I fell into endless darkness.