No matter how humble and despicable she was, she would never share a husband with Yu Huiyan.
She spoke bluntly and wasn't afraid of annoying Liang Yuzhou.
The relationship between them had long been beyond recognition. She adhered to her promise and would never leave Liang Yuzhou in this lifetime, but it didn't mean she would lose her personality and dignity.
Just as she was holding scissors to cut the cloth, her hand was suddenly grasped by Liang Yuzhou.
With a "clank", the scissors were snatched from her hand by Liang Yuzhou and thrown into the sewing basket.
The man's strong arm encircled her waist. With a slight exertion of force, Song Wanchu lost her balance and threw herself into his arms.
The cold and familiar breath filled her nostrils.
His body was always scalding hot, like an ever - burning stove. His slightly angry breaths reminded Song Wanchu of every intimate moment between them.
She subconsciously tried to escape, but her wrist was caught by Liang Yuzhou.
Her chin was lifted, and she was forced to look into the man's black eyes, which sparkled like cold stars.
"You're the mistress of Shuiyunju. I'll soon be the master of the Duke's Mansion. Wherever I want to go, can you stop me?"
The corners of his mouth lifted, showing a wild smile.
His broad and rough palm slipped into her skirt and slowly moved up along her smooth thigh.
Song Wanchu's face was as red as a rosy cloud. She trembled all over under the teasing of his mischievous fingers.
Liang Yuzhou hugged tightly the struggling woman in his arms. "Look, there's nowhere I want to go that you can stop me from reaching."
Tears welled up in Song Wanchu's eyes.
It wasn't enough for him to ask her to make a wedding dress for Yu Huiyan. He also ignored her request and always resorted to force to prove his authority.
"Liang Yuzhou, although I'm just a concubine, I also have thoughts and a personality. Can you respect me a bit?"
The arm tightly wrapped around her waist suddenly loosened.
Liang Yuzhou stared at her coldly. The rising desire just now vanished in an instant.
"Do you not want this, or do you not want me to do this to you?"
Each question seemed to imply that she really had an affair with another man.
Song Wanchu no longer cared about such insinuating slurs.
She gently curled her lips, her eyes showing no ripples. "The Second Master will soon have a beautiful wife and two gentle and charming concubines, who are longing for you every day. The Second Master has only visited my courtyard in the past three years. Aren't you bored?"
Liang Yuzhou's breath suddenly grew heavy. His temples throbbed. "Song Wanchu, you really know how to infuriate me!"
Suddenly, he leaned forward. His palm covered her stubborn eyes, and he kissed her lips as if biting.
Her wrists were pinned above her head by him. Song Wanchu couldn't exert any strength. Her closed legs were easily breached by his knee.
A shy blush stained Song Wanchu's face. Her ravaged cherry - like lips were tinged with a crimson color, extremely captivating.
Her beauty was so alluring that it made people sink deeper and deeper.
Throughout the night, Liang Yuzhou showed her through his actions whether he was bored or not.
...
Yu Huiyan met her father, Yu Jingnian, and she was in a very bad mood.
Yu Jingnian scolded her for failing to handle such a simple thing as poisoning. The Eldest Princess wanted Song Wanchu dead, but the bitch was still alive and well.
Liang Yuzhou spent every night in Shuiyunju. Xiwei and Siyuan had been in the Duke's Mansion for nearly two months, but they still had to spend the whole night alone in their rooms.
"Father, the method of poisoning won't work anymore. Please give me some time to think of other ways. This isn't a good time to take action. Once I marry my cousin and become the main wife, there will be a hundred ways for me to torture that little concubine!"
Yu Jingnian's face suddenly darkened.
He had mentioned several times in front of the Eldest Princess that Liang Yuzhou was going to marry Yu Huiyan, trying to arouse the Eldest Princess's favor for Yu Huiyan again.
Currying favor with the Eldest Princess was the only way to gain a long - term foothold in the Duke's Mansion and fight against that stubborn old woman.
The Princess Jiahe was extremely stupid. She could hardly keep her position as the main wife of the late Duke. She was no longer reliable.
However, every time the Eldest Princess heard his words, she would scoff and pour cold water on him.
She didn't seem to believe at all the solemn oath that Liang Yuzhou had made in front of Bai'er's spiritual tablet.
Yu Jingnian felt a faint uneasiness, but seeing Yu Huiyan's expectant face, he finally remembered that he was her biological father.
He didn't say any more words to pour cold water on her.
"Your aunt was still overjoyed a few days ago, saying that she would send the betrothal gifts to our family. Why hasn't there been any movement these days?"
Yu Huiyan's face became extremely ugly.
She regretted yelling at the Princess Jiahe that day.
After she got back, she wanted to apologize, but Nanny Gao didn't let her enter the room, saying that the Princess Jiahe was asleep.
For several days in a row, the Princess Jiahe had been cold to her, completely different from the way she used to care about her.
Yu Huiyan felt extremely panicked.
If her father knew that the Princess Jiahe had begun to suspect that it wasn't her who had offered her heart's blood for her cousin, he would scold her for being useless again!
Liang Yuzhou's poisoning three years ago was originally an accident.
The Eldest Princess had originally intended to poison Song Wanchu.
Yu Huiyan didn't know where something had gone wrong. She had quietly put "Millennium Drunk" into Song Wanchu's wine cup. How could Liang Yuzhou have known?
Liang Yuzhou drank the poisoned wine, catching the Eldest Princess off guard.
They sent Liang Yuzhou to the Eldest Princess's Mansion for treatment on the grounds that an outside man wasn't suitable to enter the inner courtyard.
The whole incident of offering heart's blood was a perfect scheme set up by the Eldest Princess.
It could not only cause Song Wanchu to die from excessive blood loss but also allow her to pretend to be Liang Yuzhou's savior and use this kindness to bind the Duke's Mansion for a lifetime.
However, who would have thought that Song Wanchu was so lucky to survive such a deep stab in the heart and only suffered from a minor heart disease.
Yu Huiyan also had to pierce her own heart to pretend to have a heart disease.
But now the Princess Jiahe had begun to suspect her.
If the Princess Jiahe knew that she was the direct culprit of Liang Yuzhou's poisoning...
Yu Huiyan shivered.
Although the Princess Jiahe wasn't very smart, she valued Liang Yuzhou more than her own life!
On the way back to the Duke's Mansion, Yu Huiyan was extremely panicked.
She wanted to go home and hide for a while. After the Princess Jiahe's doubts had lessened, she would make up an excuse to deceive her.
Not daring to tell the real reason, she told Yu Jingnian that she wanted to go home to reunite with her father.
However, Yu Jingnian was very impatient. He was busy competing for favor with that young and handsome Jing Xuan and had no time to take care of her.
She had no choice but to return to the Duke's Mansion.
As soon as she entered the Xiangxue Pavilion, Nanny Gao was already waiting for her at the door of her courtyard.
"Miss Yu, the mistress is waiting for you."
Yu Huiyan's mind was in a complete mess. She was just thinking about how to make up an excuse to deceive the Princess Jiahe.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw an old woman with white hair sitting beside the Princess Jiahe.
She was dressed in a cyan brocade. Although she was in her seventies, her eyes were still clear, as if she could see through people's hearts at a glance.
"Huiyan, this is Nanny Jin. She's a gynecological expert in the palace. She delivered both me and your mother. She's also good at diagnosing internal diseases. I specially invited her here to feel your pulse and examine you."
Although the Princess Jiahe still held the title of a princess, after the death of the Prince Laocheng, her maternal family had declined. When she wanted to invite a royal doctor from the palace, she even had to look at the eunuch in charge's face.
The eunuch in charge even said sarcastically that if it weren't for the sake of the Second Young Master Liang, she wouldn't even be able to enter the palace gate.
No royal doctor was willing to come to the Duke's Mansion with her.
After going to the palace once, the Princess Jiahe had experienced the coldness of the world.
In desperation, she thought of Nanny Jin, who had already retired and was living in seclusion outside the palace.
Unexpectedly, Nanny Jin readily agreed.
Yu Huiyan's face turned deathly pale. A chill ran up her spine from the soles of her feet.