jdhmnovel Chapter 417 Poor people must be hateful
Chapter 417 Poor people must be hateful
"After learning that Qin Shao was already married and had a daughter, Miss was unwilling to be a concubine. Even though Qin Shao later offered to marry her as a principal wife, she absolutely refused..."
Wu Yulan spoke slowly.
"Qin Shao was heartbroken, and I was heartbroken too... Later, when the young lady decided to marry me off to someone else, I suddenly felt jealous and resentful..."
At that time, Qin Shao's first wife, Zheng Fanghua, deliberately tried to win me over, saying that she wanted to help Miss and Qin Shao get together, and I actually believed her...
Two days before the mission departed for Yue, she specifically sought me out and told me that she wanted to befriend the young lady, and that she would make some pastries for her before leaving, and asked me about the young lady's dietary preferences..."
As Wu Yulan spoke, her face was already covered in tears. She covered her face with her hands and kept sobbing.
Zhao Xuan listened quietly. She had a rough idea of what Wu Yulan said and did to Zheng Fanghua next, but she didn't want to ask. She just wanted to wait for Wu Yulan to tell her herself.
After a while, Wu Yulan seemed to have calmed down a bit. Her hands hung down at her sides, her head tilted on the pillow, facing the inside of the bed, as if she was intentionally or unintentionally avoiding Zhao Xuan's gaze.
"I not only told Miss Zheng Fanghua about her preferences, but also about her dietary restrictions. I think even Miss Zheng herself had forgotten that she could develop an allergy from accidentally eating nuts..."
She's always been quite carefree about her own affairs, but I've always been the only one who's remembered and paid attention to her diet all these years...
But I deliberately told Zheng Fanghua, and to my surprise, Zheng Fanghua actually did it! She personally made pastries that could trigger the young lady's allergy and gave them to her...
I think... I've always been jealous of Miss, haven't I? Her kindness towards me felt more like charity to me..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuan could no longer hold back. She abruptly released Wu Yulan's hand, frowned, and her voice became stern.
"Aunt Lan, how could you say that? Master treats you well because he considers you a sister. What does that have to do with charity? You've misunderstood things! Your stubbornness has harmed yourself and Master!"
"That's right! It was me! It was me! It's all my fault!"
Wu Yulan's expression turned frantic again. She gripped the quilt tightly and suddenly burst into laughter, but then tears streamed down her face.
Zhao Xuan wanted to turn around and run out the door; she didn't want to hear another word from Wu Yulan!
Is Wu Yulan repenting?
What she said sounded more like she was shifting the blame. She admitted that she was wrong, but blamed her master for arranging her marriage, blamed her master for being too good to her, and blamed Zheng Fanghua for using her to harm her master!
Zhao Xuan acted on her thought immediately. She stood up and turned to leave, but Wu Yulan grabbed her arm.
"Don't go! Don't go! Let me finish what I have to say!"
Zhao Xuan forcefully pulled her arm away, but then heard Wu Yulan say something else.
"Please, let me finish what I have to say, so I can die in peace!"
Zhao Xuan took a deep breath, trying to convince herself.
Forget it, why bother arguing with a dying person?
Listening to her finish speaking was the last bit of kindness I had left for her, a way of repaying her for the care she had given me!
Zhao Xuan sat back down on the edge of the bed, staring at Wu Yulan without saying a word.
Outside Wu Yulan's bedroom.
Qin Shao, who had changed into clean clothes, stood guard at the bedroom door, with Qin Chuyun by his side.
Qin Shao stared intently at the door, his brows furrowed, and asked Qin Chuyun with some doubt.
"Does your stepmother really not want me to go in now?"
Qin Chuyun nodded.
"Yes, Father, Mother said she has something to say to Sister Xuan, so please wait a moment."
"What did she and Xuan'er have to talk about?"
Qin Shao seemed to be muttering to himself, or perhaps asking Qin Chuyun.
Gu Zhanghua, who was walking towards the two, stopped in his tracks upon hearing this and greeted Qin Shao.
"Uncle Qin, you're back."
"Thank you for your hard work these past few days."
Qin Shaochao smiled and nodded at Gu Zhanghua.
Gu Zhanghua glanced at the tightly closed door.
He had originally intended to ask Zhao Xuan to get something to eat, but after hearing Qin Chuyun's words and learning that Wu Yulan had woken up from her coma and wanted to speak with Zhao Xuan privately, a bad premonition arose in his heart.
“Sister Yun,” Gu Zhanghua beckoned Qin Chuyun to come closer and whispered, “Little Fairy Doctor is having a meal in the side hall. Go and call her over and tell her that Aunt Lan has woken up and you want her to take her pulse.”
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Qin Chuyun agreed and turned to leave.
Gu Zhanghua then looked at Qin Shao, as there were some things he needed to tell Qin Shao beforehand.
"Uncle Qin, you need to be prepared, Aunt Lan... her condition is not good..."
"You mean..."
Qin Shao didn't finish speaking, but Gu Zhanghua already understood what Qin Shao meant, and he simply nodded in response.
Qin Shao sighed deeply, his lips moving, and a look of pain appeared in his eyes.
"Why...why did it suddenly come to this?"
Gu Zhanghua couldn't answer this question either, because he didn't know the exact reason.
Meanwhile, in Wu Yulan's bedroom.
"Thank you for listening to me..."
Wu Yulan spoke again, suddenly starting to talk to Zhao Xuan about her childhood.
"Do you know, Xuan'er? Back then, my family was so poor that we couldn't even afford to eat. My father took me to the street to sell me. It was my master and my young lady, who was only seven or eight years old at the time, who happened to pass by. My young lady decided to buy me and take me home..."
Wu Yulan's voice suddenly became even gentler.
"Miss is strong, beautiful, generous, and makes her own decisions. Compared to her, I am weak, humble, and don't know what to do about many things."
Everything was decided by Miss, and I was used to obeying her, really... But only once, just once... I made my own decision... I gave my heart to Qin Shao..."
Wu Yulan suddenly burst into tears, her eyes filled with utter despair.
"Do you know? Xuan'er..."
Zhao Xuan suddenly felt that Wu Yulan's gaze was strange. Although she was calling her by her nickname, it sounded unfamiliar.
It's as if the two characters "Xuan'er" are just a symbol, or a substitute name.
She's trying to summon her master herself?!
Zhao Xuan had this obsession for no reason. Although Wu Yulan was talking to her, it sounded more like she was talking to her master.
"Although I have been with Qin Shao for many years, on the surface... I have gotten what I wanted... But... But Qin Shao only gave me a title... He has never... never been close to me... let alone had the slightest bit of love for me... I regret it so much!"
My one evil thought indirectly caused the deaths of the young lady and the crown prince! And it made you, Xuan'er... suffer for so many years... what's the point of my life?!
As Wu Yulan spoke, she suddenly chuckled, then weakly pounded the bed with her hands, tears streaming down her face.
"I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I deserve to die..."
Faced with Wu Yulan's confession, Zhao Xuan was filled with mixed feelings. She wanted to hate her, but she couldn't bring herself to do so.
She must have been a pitiful person, but as the saying goes, there's always a reason why someone is pitiful.