Xiao Rudi's wife Peng gave birth to a healthy baby girl, who was Xiao Qiniang. However, Miaomiao's child died after birth due to dystocia.
Xiao Rudi was afraid that Miaomiao would be sad, so he forced Xiao Qiniang to be raised by Miaomiao, saying that the child was born to her. The child born to his first wife had died. Poor Peng, she had done nothing wrong, but she lost her first child.
He lost his son, and then lost his daughter.
She didn't lose to that Miaomiao, it was just because Xiao Rudi never loved her.
Mrs. Peng was heartbroken and depressed. She passed away less than half a year after giving birth to Xiao Qiniang.
Xiao Rudi didn't feel any sadness at all, and immediately helped Miaomiao upright. Anyway, they were far away in Mobei, and even if others knew about it, they wouldn't be able to reach out to criticize him.
Xiao Rudi didn't even keep his filial piety, and immediately began to show affection to that Miaomiao. In order to prevent Xiao Yu, a serious legitimate son, from fighting with Xiao Si, after he straightened Miaomiao, he took away Miaomiao's son.
One woman recorded the name of another concubine.
In this way, the two legitimate sons and daughters were born as concubines under the control of their biological father.
Of course, when Xiao Qiniang grew up, she learned all this from the mouth of a woman who had served Peng. The people who had served Peng disappeared inexplicably in Mobei. Some died of sudden illness, and some were killed.
After being assigned to Zhuangzi, they disappeared inexplicably, and some were executed or sold directly because they made mistakes.
This woman was also very lucky. Because she made a mistake, she was originally going to be beaten to death, but she just fainted and was mistakenly thought to have died. She was dragged out and thrown into a mass grave.
There are quite a lot of mass graves here in Mobei due to years of war. The woman was very lucky, so when she woke up she tried her best to crawl out of the pile of dead people, thus saving a small life.
She managed to maintain her health with difficulty, but her legs became disabled and she walked with a limp. From then on, she made a living by begging and wandering around outside the government office.
Finally, she was asked to wait until the opportunity to tell Xiao Qiniang the truth. Xiao Qiniang naturally didn't believe her and thought she was a liar from somewhere.
But the mother-in-law told her that in the former residence of the late Madam Peng, there was a floor tile at the foot of the bed that could be opened, and there was a blood letter written by Peng herself.
Knowing the existence of her as a mother, I had a backup plan after getting sick.
Xiao Qiniang secretly sneaked into Peng's previous yard with an uneasy feeling, and successfully took out a brocade box from the floor tiles, which contained not only Peng's blood letter, but also her and Xiao Yu's birth dates.
Mrs. Peng made it clear in the blood letter that her son Xiao Yu was a legitimate child. He was born three days earlier than Xiao Si and had a birthmark on his left foot. Although she had no birthmark on her body, she had three birthmarks on her head.
Xuan'er, there is also a red mole on his armpit.
Even the woman Miaomiao didn't know about these things, so how did the late Peng know about them.
After seeing this blood letter, Xiao Qiniang was already convinced. Only a mother would think carefully about her daughter and would not worry about it until she died.
If Miaomiao was really their biological mother, why didn't she change the names of her children to legitimate children after she was straightened up? Instead, she recorded them as concubines who were not favored. Doesn't she know the difference between legitimate concubines?
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It's not that she doesn't know, but why should she care about other people's children?
What's more, Miaomiao has always treated Xiao Si differently from them. Everything proves that the mother-in-law is telling the truth. She and Xiao Yu are the biological children of the Peng family and the direct descendants of the Xiao family.
After Xiao Qiniang knew all this, she hated Xiao Rudi and Miaomiao, but she was weak and didn't know how to fight back, so she could only plan secretly.
What really turned her into a black woman was the fact that Xiao Yu was left in the capital as a hostage.
The Holy Emperor asked Xiao Rudi to bring his legitimate son to Beijing. The Xiao family's legitimate son was Xiao Si. How could Xiao Rudi be willing to let his precious son with Miaomiao be used as a proton?
So, he made Xiao Si fall off his horse and hurt his leg, which made him unable to walk. In the end, he had no choice but to take Xiao Yu with him and go to Beijing to plead guilty to the Holy Emperor.
Sure enough, Xiao Yu stayed in Beijing for many years, suffering all kinds of infamy and not having any freedom at all. The brother and sister could not see each other for many years, all because of that woman Miaomiao!
So Xiao Qiniang designed to kill Miaomiao, not only scaring her to death, but also preventing Xiao Rudi from successfully returning to Mobei to see Miaomiao off for the last time.
She was also responsible for killing Xiao Rudi back then.
Although she is not very smart, she is good at seizing opportunities. First she quietly contacted Peng's natal family, and then informed her of the cause of Peng's death and got to know her.
In order to avenge their daughter, the Peng family spent a lot of money to recruit experts in the arena to assassinate Xiao Rudi.
If Xiao Rudi died, people in the world would only suspect that the emperor wanted to kill him, and would never dream that it was his biological daughter who wanted his life.
It's a pity that those people did something wrong and only injured Xiao Rudi's leg but failed to kill him.
However, Miaomiao is dead, Xiao Rudi is disabled, and there is some resentment against the Holy Spirit in her heart. This was enough for Xiao Qiniang a few years ago.
If it weren't for the Moro Mountains incident, Xiao Si might still have a chance to live well.
But now, he must die.
Xiao Qiniang picked up the letter paper from the side and began to reply to her third uncle.
The long night, the howling north wind, and the coldness of Mobei seemed unable to freeze Xiao Qiniang's hatred.
Li Man'er gave Xiao Rudi acupuncture for a few more days. Xiao Rudi felt that his legs were much more comfortable and seemed to be getting looser and faster day by day.
"Niece, I really don't need to take medicine?" Acupuncture alone is already so good. Wouldn't it be better if I take some more medicine?
Li Man'er shook his head, "Your leg has been injured for too long. Taking medicine now is of no use and is actually bad for your health. It's better to use acupuncture to relieve pain. From tomorrow, two doctors can give you acupuncture.
I will watch from the sidelines. If there is anything inappropriate, I will tell them so that they can give you acupuncture as soon as possible."
After hearing this, two doctors, Xu and Zheng, said that they would do their best to perform acupuncture on Xiao Rudi.
Xiao Rudi only said: "Forget it, you two can come over tomorrow!"
The two of them hurriedly bowed their hands and were a little excited. The test was about to arrive.
"Tomorrow is the Little New Year, and there will be a family banquet in the mansion. My niece and the Marquis must come."
Li Maner was startled for a moment, "Tomorrow is the New Year's Day?" She is a modern person, and she cannot count the days as clearly as the ancients. Who would have thought that time flies by so fast, and it is the New Year's Eve right before her eyes.
"Yes! It's because I didn't take good care of Mr. Hou that you couldn't reunite with your family." Xiao Rudi pointedly said: "However, Mr. Hou and I hit it off as old friends at first sight. The two families are as close as one family, and we live happily together.
After the New Year, I can make up for my regrets, what do you think, niece?"