In the mansion, Wendy, with one hand on her swollen belly, asked a maid anxiously, "Have you gotten any news from Your Highness?"
"Your Highness, His Highness said that he would do his best to help you solve the problem of Qin Mansion. He wanted Your Highness to stay at home and wait for the delivery." The maid Lucy glanced her hand, which was already pale from the grasping by Wendy, and a dash of displeasure flashed through her eyes. Disappointed, she withdrew her hand, and Wendy almost fell to the ground.
"Watch out, Your Highness!" Lucy held Wendy with one hand, and a smug smile flashed across her eyes. From now on, you are not Your Highness, and she will no longer be a slave, but a concubine of this mansion.
Thinking of this, Lucy burst into laughter. Thinking of her wonderful and grand day, she felt all her efforts over the years were worthwhile.
"Lucy, where is Judy? Why haven't I seen Judy these days?" Wendy asked Judy to inquire about His Highness's whereabouts, but Judy hadn't come back. Wendy wondered how her grandpa and other clans were doing, and if His Highness had begged the imperial edict from the Emperor, which meant that he had saved her grandpa's family?
"Judy is helping them. She'll probably be back today." Lucy grinned evilly. "I wonder how Qin Mansion is. Now Your Highness has been busy running around for the Qin family. He should has been very tired."
"Yes he is." Wendy sat down slowly. Jack was her husband, and was the first son of Prince Song. Although he was conferred by the Emperor as Royal Highness, he had no money and status. Jack's fame and fortune were closely related to Wendy.
Jack was a son of a concubine of Song Mansion. Although the heir to Song Mansion was not granted a younger son, the eldest son of a concubine could not get anything else except the title of a Royal Highness. Jack's achievement had something to do with Wendy's family, Qin Mansion.
The Qin family was a military general's family, but only had one son and a daughter. Their son was good. He was well-known in the battlefield, and later took over the position of his father Lord Qin. Their daughter was also talented and married the prime minister. Unfortunately, this prime minister's wife died in a big fire when her daughter Wendy was 14 years old.
Therefore, the Qin family had treated Wendy very well. Although Qin family didn't think that Jack was an ideal grandson-in-law, they allowed him into the army for the sake of their beloved granddaughter. With the support of the Qin family, Jack won the fame of today.
"By the way, Lucy, where is Alice? How is she doing recently?" Wendy asked again. Thinking of her younger sister, she couldn't help but shed tears. Alice was also a poor woman. After getting married for three years, her husband died, and her mother-in-law was a mighty woman. She swore Alice for cursing her son. Since Alice lived a hard life, Wendy let her sister live with her together.
A vicious light flashed in Lucy's eyes. Lady Alice, was very good. She was now engaged to His Highness in the antechamber. You will lose your position soon.
"Lady Alice has been very busy recently."
"Really? It's all my fault." Fondling her swollen belly, Wendy said, "If I didn't get pregnant, I won't trouble Alice to do concubine work for me."
Lucy looked at Wendy with disdain. What a stupid and hopeless woman! Lady Alice did the concubine work was not for you, but for herself. Only in this way could she be the lawful wife of His Highness!
"Lady!" Suddenly, a figure broke into TY Boudoir. Wendy paused for a moment, and said, "Lucy, I think Judy is back."
Lucy turned pale. Why did Judy come back at this time? Lucy didn't want to screw the business of Lady Alice, so she rushed out and wanted to lock up Judy before Wendy saw her.
But they all underestimated Judy. As a woman, Judy was so strong that she knocked down two old maids who stopped her and rushed into the room.
"Stop her!" Lucy berated harshly.
Judy wanted to rush in, but the two old maids couldn't stop her. Wendy walked out in confusion and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Your Highness, something bad happened." Seeing Wendy come out, Judy yelled anxiously.
"The Emperor has ordered to kill the prisoners of Qin Mansion. And he will kill all of them. He won't spare even the newborn baby." Judy's eyes reddened. She wanted to tell Wendy what had happened to Qin Mansion. But to Wendy's surprise, as her face was as pale as a ghost, she was too excited to move.
"Your Highness." As she was saying, Judy rushed to Wendy, held her up and asked, "Your Highness, are you alright?"
Gripping Judy's arm, Wendy asked with a ferocious look, "What did you say about grandpa?"
"A plagiarist!" Seeing that, Judy could not help but tell. She had planned to come back for help at the very beginning. However, Lady Alice had caught her and put her in the woodshed. She had a hard time getting out of there.
Wendy had a stomachache and her body went red. Judy's face turned pale once she saw it, "Help! Help! Her Highness is about to give birth!" Judy shouted.
Lucy was stunned too. But Judy didn't respond. She held Wendy carefully and put her on the bed. "Your Highness, take care of yourself. You must give birth to a little prince." You have to depend on little prince in the future. Lady Alice is not a good girl. She seduced His Highness and wants to replace you. If you can't have a son, your position will be gone.
"Go and call the mid-wife and the doctor." Hearing the roar by Judy, Lucy frowned. She wanted to curse, but controlled herself. Then she turned around and went out of the door.
"Judy, go call His Highness..." The pain was killing Wendy. She didn't believe what had happened to her grandpa's family. His Highness promised to save them.
"Your Highness, please take care of yourself and bring the baby to the world safely." Tears streamed down Judy's face. His Highness wouldn't pay attention to her, because His Highness was marrying Lady Alice in the front hall. But she couldn't tell Her Highness about this. Otherwise, Her Highness might lose her and her baby's lives. Judy didn't dare to bet.
"Ah!" Wendy was in extreme pain.
"Where's the mid-wife? Why hasn't she come yet?" Judy said to Wanda, "Go and call the mid-wife."
Wanda and Avery looked at each other, but they didn't move. Wendy had been hurt so much that she had lost her mind. When Judy was about to call the mid-wife by herself, she saw Lucy came in with a bowl of medicine in her hands, followed by Jack and Alice, who were dressed in the red wedding dress.
"Your Highness..." A bad presentiment crossed Judy's mind.
Jack strode in. Seeing him, Wendy stretched out her hand and stammered, "Your Highness, you... You promised me... "
However, Jack shook off Wendy's hand violently. Alice walked up to Wendy with a smile and asked, "Are you alright, big sister?"
Wendy saw Alice was dressed in the red wedding dress, which matched Jack's wedding dress very much. Wendy knew what was going on no matter how stupid she was. Looking at Jack, Wendy couldn't figure out why he did this to her.
"Why?" Wendy looked at Jack sadly. He said he only loved her and would never have any other concubines. But his red dress now looked so ugly.
"Sister, His Highness has never liked you." Alice said with a slight smile, "His Highness loves me all the time, but he needs the support of your grandfather's family. Now that the new Emperor is enthroned, His Highness has got what he wants. It's time for you to retire."
Wendy was struck by lightning. She looked at Jack with disbelief, as if she tried to be convinced whether this was true. "Jack, it's not true..."
"Ha, sister, you still don't know that Qin Mansion was searched and confiscated by Jack, do you." Alice's face was full of gloat. "It was also Jack who found the evidence that the Qin family has betrayed the country."
"I don't believe it."
"Sister, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. What matters is that you have to drink this bowl of medicine." The smile on Alice's face suddenly became vicious.
"What do you want?" Wendy's intuition was not right, but she was weak and had no strength to fight back.
"Don't touch Her Highness!" Judy rushed to protect Wendy, "Your Highness, Lady Alice, Her Highness has helped you a lot. Why are you so cruel?"
"Bitch, get out of my way!" Alice slapped Judy across the face, but Judy didn't even dodge. Jack frowned and kicked Judy hard. Judy, as a girl, was too weak to stand it. She was kicked out, head bleeding, and hitting the corner of the table.
"Judy!"
"Sister, do you want to drink by yourself or should I ask someone to feed you?" Alice asked with a smile.
"Jack, it is also your child!" Wendy begged.
Jack frowned, dislocated Wendy's chin and said, "Force her to take the medicine."
"Yes, Your Highness."
With the medicine in Lucy's hand, Wanda and Avery held on to the left and right with Wendy, preventing her from struggling. Lucy mercilessly poured the remaining medicine into Wendy's mouth, and murmured, "Your Highness, don't blame me. You are too stupid!"
Wendy looked at Jack in despair. She had given everything he wanted, including her baby!
"Why? Why?" Wendy felt the loss of her baby and her body was cold. "Why? Why?"
"Do you really think that I married you because I like you? Humph, I just wanted to get the help from Qin family. Now, I have got what I wanted. Don't you know that Qin Mansion was cut off because of the traitors? And your newborn child was killed. "
"No, I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"
"You don't believe. Well, don't you know it was your prime minister father who reported your grandfather as a traitor?" Jack uttered in a cruel voice.
"Jack!" "You're going to die a horrible death," said Wendy in a tearful voice.
"Humph! Guards, throw this bitch away to feed the dogs!"
"Hold on, darling. Let me take my sister. We have a lot to catch up." Alice smiled softly, but in Wendy's eyes, it was ugly.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Without even taking a look at Wendy, Jack turned around and left heartlessly.
"Why? Alice, why? I have given you everything you want since you were a little girl. Why do you treat me like this?"
"Why? Because you took away the position of Her Highness that belongs to me! If there wasn't your grandfather, my mother should be the beloved woman of my father! Because of your grandfather, your mother took away the position of my father's wife! And you took away the position of me as the eldest daughter! So we have to take away everything that you have!" Alice whispered in Wendy's ear.
"Wait, I remember we have the same mother?"
"Hahaha, we are from the same mother. Don't even think about it! Your mother was burned to death at your coming of age ceremony! How could you claim a thief as your mother. How foolish you are! "
Wendy stared at Alice in disbelief. The scenes that flashed through her mind flashed back to her mind. Her mother was screaming in the fire, Olivia and her daughter, were sitting by the fire, smiling from ear to ear. How could she recover from the loss of memory in such a short time! How heartless they were! My mother may be five-month pregnant, but they were so heartless to burn her to death!
"You guys! My mom's death..."
"Yes, we schemed your mother's death. Jack and I conspired to catch you in bed. Ha, you probably don't know about it, do you? Before you married Jack, I had a child with him. If it was not you, I wouldn't kill him. You owe me that, so I will kill your child as well!"
"Alice!" Wendy glared at Alice, gnashing her teeth in anger. She wanted to tear Alice up.
Squinting slightly, Alice suddenly pulled out the gold hairpin from her head, piercing into Wendy's eyes.
"Ah!" Wendy rolled over on the bed in pain, wishing she could die.
"I don't like you looking at me like that!" Alice looked at Wendy who was struggling in pain and said smugly, "Don't worry. You still have an eye. Do you know that I have wanted to treat you like this for a long time? Do you think I would have allowed you to live till now if it weren't for you?"
"Jack, Olivia, Alice, I won't let you off the hook, even if I die, my ghost is still alive!"
Wendy's voice was full of hatred. She had always been kind to others, but she didn't expect that she would end up so miserably. A drop of blood and tears fell from her eyes. She swore that if she was born again, she would tear those people who had murdered her into pieces!
"Ah!" Wendy screamed suddenly, and Judy got shocked.
"What's wrong, Miss?" Judy took Wendy's hand and saw blood.
Incredulously, Wendy looked at Judy standing next to her, blankly. She touched her eyes and her belly, carefully looking at Judy in her hand, and then tears fell from her eyes.
"Miss, why are you crying? It hurts a lot. I'll blow to your face and it won't hurt." Judy gently blew the wound for Wendy. Judy's seriousness warmed Wendy's heart. It was Judy, the only one, standing by her when everyone else left her. She thought to herself, 'Don't worry, Judy. I won't let anyone hurt you again.'.
As Wendy spoke, her eyes fell on the embroidered flowers in the basket. Surprised, she picked up the embroidery and came to have a look. The embroidery she embroidered was not the sort of flowers that she could only make by herself before her coming of age ceremony, but not on a flower display. It was a butterfly, because she was good at embroidery, which could make several embroidered designs on a single picture.
She remembered that her fate had changed because of this embroidery. In her coming of age ceremony, the embroidery, which should have been magnificently beautiful, suddenly became dirty and unhurriedly burning, and her mother had died in this fire! As a result, she got injured and lost her memory, so she treated the ringleader as her mother under the deceives of everyone!
Speaking of this, God pitied her. He wanted her to go back to her teenage and take her revenge before the coming of age ceremony! "I'm back, Alice, Olivia, Jack. I'm back!" Wendy couldn't hold her anger anymore!
Wendy's ferocious look startled Judy. But when Judy looked carefully, Wendy resumed the quiet, gentle and beautiful look, as if what happened just now was Judy's illusion.
A cunning smile found its way to Wendy's face. She gently put the embroidery down, reached out her hand and held Judy's. "Rest assured, Judy. I won't allow anyone to hurt you again."
"No one will hurt me as long as Miss is with me." Judy said proudly, ignoring the word "again" Wendy said, "My Miss is the eldest daughter of Song Mansion!"
Looking at the proud expression on Judy's face, Wendy didn't speak. Instead, she took the embroidery. If she remembered correctly, her dear sister would have come to see her.
"Sister." A joyful voice of Alice's came out of the door. A deep hatred flashed over Wendy's face but she concealed it immediately.
"Sister, I have found you something nice." Alice held the things in her hand and said proudly, "You have to reward me well!"
"Alice, slow down. Don't fall down." The moment Wendy turned around, a bright smile spread over her face. She didn't look odd at all. God knew she almost strangled her hand to bleed.
"Sister, come and have a look. The silk thread has cost me and Olivia a lot of time and energy to find it. Take a look under the light again." A sly smile flashed across Alice's eyes, which made Wendy a little stunned. It was such an obvious plan, but she couldn't figure it out. How blind she was!
"Sister?" Alice felt a little creepy because of the evil look in Wendy's eyes.
"What is it? Let me have a look." Wendy restrained her emotion, took the silk thread from Alice and looked at it. The silk thread could change color in the candle light. Even the common color became colorful and beautiful. It seemed that everything had not changed. Alice had given Wendy the silk thread in previous life, and the silk thread had ruined everything.
"The silk thread is so beautiful. Alice, where did you find it?" "I like it so much. Thank you, Alice." Wendy was surprised.
"You're welcome. It's okay as long as you like. After all, there are seven days before sister's coming of age ceremony, but I won't be able to do it until next year. I want my sister to be famous and be favored by everyone." Alice said with a sweet smile.
A touch of mockery flashed in Wendy's eyes. She felt so humiliated and even killed her mother for the silk thread at her coming of age ceremony. She said, "Thank you, little sister. I won't let you down."
"Come on, my dear sister. Your embroidery is much better than any one even in the palace. Everyone will be amazed at it." Wendy couldn't help stroking the silk thread. Alice stared at her with a vicious smile and thought, 'It has been 14 years for you being an eldest daughter, Wendy. That's enough!'
Wendy was watching the silk thread and suddenly turned her head. Alice hid her guilty conscience by lowering her head. Alice said, "Sister, it's time for Olivia. I have to go home."
"Okay, go ahead." Wendy nodded and watched Alice leave. The smile on her face gradually turned into a cold one. "Alice, Olivia, I will surely pay you back in ten times or even a hundred times for what you owe me!"
"Miss, what did you say?" Asked by Judy in confusion.
Wendy turned around, and said in a soft voice, "Judy, I'm tired. I want to have a rest. You can go to bed now."
"Yes, my Miss." Judy was about to clean the embroidered basket, but she was stopped by Wendy, "Leave it here. You don't need to tidy it up."
"Yes, my Miss."
Sitting quietly at the table, Wendy looked at the embroidery and silk threads in the basket and smiled sarcastically. "Since you gave me such a big gift, I have to return it. Little sister, aunt, I hope you will like it."
Wendy took up the silk thread and looked at it carefully in the light. It looked colorful and glorious, but after a period of time, under the oil lamp, it would become dirty. She would not be fooled by the same trick again!
The next day, early in the morning, Wendy quietly went out alone. As the eldest daughter of the mansion, she had the right to come and go freely. Today, she went out for one thing.
Rainbow Boudoir was the best one in DX country for embroidery. Wendy came here to find a person, who might figure out the secrets hidden in the silk threads.
"Excuse me, is Gina here?" Wendy, who wore a cloak, asked softly.
"Miss, are you asking Gina to make an embroidery?"
"No, I'm not." "Please give this handkerchief to Gina. I'll be here waiting for you." Wendy said, handing a handkerchief to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper looked at the brocade handkerchief in his hand casually, and a flicker of surprise flashed in his eyes. He looked at the handkerchief again and again. As a businessman, he knew the value of it. "Miss, please wait a moment." he said.
Wendy nodded, and drank tea quietly. Gina was an embroiderer in Rainbow Boudoir. As a top-level embroiderer, she was interested in this kind of techniques!
The shopkeeper came out very soon, followed by a young woman, who was very different from what Wendy had imagined. "Miss, is this handkerchief made by you?" the woman asked.
Wendy nodded, "Yes, it's me."
Gina smiled: "Miss, would you like to come in and have a talk with me?"
"Thank you."
In the inner boudoir, Gina poured a cup of tea for Wendy. Wendy took a sip, and there was a flicker of surprise in her eyes. She took the tea before, which was brought back by Jack given by the Emperor as a reward of winning a war. She only drank it once, and was asked to have it by Alice.
"This is Jade Tea. Nice tea!"
There was a flash of surprise in Gina's eyes, "I didn't expect you to love tea."
"Tea is not my cup of tea. I just drank it when I was fortunate enough to have a try." Not wanting to beat around the bush, Wendy took out the silk thread Alice had given her. "Miss Gina, as the best embroiderer in DX, you must have seen many rare thread. Do you know this one?"
Gina took over the silk thread handed over by Wendy, tossed and turned to look at it. Then she ordered someone to bring the oil lamp. As soon as she looked at the silk thread, an idea flashed through her eyes, "This thread is called Couple Thread. Under the oil lamp, it can change into strange colors. It is extremely rare, but it is a pity that it is destroyed."
"What do you mean?"
"This silk thread has been soaked in potion. Although it still glowed under the oil lamp, it looked dirty in less than seven days. Where did you buy such inferior silk threads from? It was obviously trying to harm you! " Gina asked with doubt.
Wendy forced smiled, "I knew she wanted to hurt me, but I had no choice. Miss Gina, could you please help me?"
Gina looked at Wendy, and nodded after a long time. "Okay, as a return, I'll ask you to do one thing for me, if you can."
Wendy hesitated for a moment, and then nodded, "Deal."
Gina took away the silk thread and said, "You can come here to get the silk thread tomorrow."
"Thank you."
"Shopkeeper, please walk this miss out for me." Gina asked someone to escort Wendy out. When Wendy left, a figure suddenly appeared in the room.
"My Master."
The man held the tea cup and smiled meaningfully. "Gina, the Jade Tea is a tribute from the western region. There are only two people in this world having it. One is the Emperor, and the other is me. It's interesting that she said she had drunk it."
"Master, shouldn't you say that the embroidery is more interesting?" Gina waved the embroidered handkerchief in her hand. The man took it over. He looked at the lotus on it from different angles and shapes. It was amazing.
"Gina, what do you think of her embroidery work?"
"I'm ashamed of myself."
"You have three days. I want to know everything about her."
"Yes Master."