The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 59 Broken liver and intestines
"What's going on? I just talked to my mother for a while, and everyone seemed to be resentful. Are you angry because of fighting over the fruit?"

Nian Shilan supported Madam Nian and walked slowly over, laughing as he spoke.

Mrs. Nian patted Nian Shilan's hand gently.

"Don't be naughty, Lan'er. Don't lose your sense of propriety in front of the prince."

"Mother, the prince is a very gentle person, otherwise I wouldn't dare to laugh like this."

Nian Shilan answered Madam Nian's words with a smile while looking at Yinzhen, her eyes deeply looking into Yinzhen's eyes.

Yinzhen looked at Nian Shilan's eyes, sighed lightly, and continued.

"Don't worry, old lady. There are not so many shackles between me and Shilan. I just like Shilan's talkative and laughing nature."

Xiao Linzi followed behind Nian Shilan. Seeing that the tense atmosphere had finally eased, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Nian Gengyao stepped forward and bowed stiffly to Yinzhen.

"My humble sister loves to play around at home, and her temperament is very unruly. If I have offended Your Highness, please be more tolerant of your relationship as husband and wife!"

The atmosphere, which had been relaxing, suddenly became tense again when Nian Shilan heard what her second brother said.

What's going on? Wasn't it fine just now?!
In the previous life, didn’t Yinzhen and his brother have the best relationship as emperor and subject?
Nian Shilan wanted to interrupt, but before she could open her mouth, she saw Nian Zhilan suddenly kneel down and speak hurriedly.

"Your Highness, please forgive me! My elder sister was spoiled when she was at home and was used to being spoken to like this. Today, my elder sister offended Your Highness, and I am willing to take the blame on her behalf!"

Everyone present changed their expressions!
Nian Gengyao was the first to rebuke.

"How dare you! You have no right to speak here! Get out of here! You'd better get out of here and avoid embarrassing yourself!"

After saying this, Nian Gengyao bowed his head and said to Yinzhen.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. My concubine sister rarely sees guests. She was impolite today. It's because the Nian Mansion didn't discipline her well. I will definitely discipline my concubine sister in the future and won't let her offend you again!"

Nian Zhilan knelt on the ground motionless.

Nian Shilan looked at Yinzhen's face and realized that if she washed him with a basin of water, it would turn into ink.

Yinzhen was too lazy to even put on a show and just asked Nian Shilan.

"Can the concubine return home with me?"

After saying this, he left without waiting for Nian Shilan to answer. The servants who served the prince personally followed the prince to the outside of the Nian Mansion.

Nian Shilan looked at her half-sister kneeling on the ground and bowed to Madam Nian.

"My daughter will go back to the mansion with the prince first. Please urge mother to handle the family affairs properly."

After saying that, he turned to Nian Gengyao and said.

"Brother, don't be angry. Just do your own thing. Shilan is doing well in the palace. The prince has always been good to me."

Nian Gengyao's expression softened when he looked at his sister who had grown up in pampering.

Ever since my sister married into the palace, she seems to have suddenly become sensible.

"Go on your own, sister. I will take care of the family affairs properly."

After Nian Gengyao finished speaking, he sent Nian Shilan out of the house.

Yinzhen had already boarded the carriage and was sitting there waiting for Nian Shilan.

Su Peisheng stood beside the carriage, waiting to help the concubine get in.

"Your humble servant Nian Gengyao respectfully escorts the prince and his concubine back home."

Nian Gengyao watched his sister get on the carriage. As the carriage started slowly, he said farewell loudly.

In the backyard of the Nian Mansion, Nian Zhilan knelt in Madam Nian's courtyard. Aunt Qi had been invited over by Madam Nian's maid and was standing trembling beside her. In the courtyard, there was also Aunt Kong, who had been staying in her own residence all day, and Nian Shilan's other half-sister, Nian Yulan.

Mrs. Nian looked at Nian Zhilan with true disgust.

Nian Zhilan's mother, Aunt Qi, was originally a second-class maid serving Madam Nian.

After Madam Nian gave birth to Nian Shilan, Aunt Qi was busy taking care of her beloved daughter, Nian Xialing, and neglected her husband Nian Xialing. She picked a drunken night and climbed into his bed.

After waking up from his drunken stupor, Nian Xialing looked at Qi who was sleeping beside him and felt extremely angry. He was also worried that his wife, Madam Nian, would find out and make her sad.

He could only swallow his anger and think of finding an excuse to get rid of Qi in two months.

Therefore, Nian Xialing, feeling guilty towards his wife, treated Madam Nian even better, as if this could alleviate some of the remorse in his heart.

During that period, Mrs. Nian was busy taking care of her daughter and had no time to pay attention to her husband's mentality, nor was she close to Nian Xialing.

Feeling neglected, Nian Xialing drowned his sorrows in alcohol, but this gave Aunt Qi the opportunity to climb into Nian Xialing's bed again.

If the first and second times were because Nian Xialing was drunk and didn't know what was going on, then the third and fourth times, under the cold atmosphere of Madam Nian, Nian Xialing was half-hearted and got together with Aunt Qi.

Originally, Nian Xialing thought of finding an excuse to sell Aunt Qi in two months, but after thinking about it a few times, while half drunk and half awake, he actually felt a little reluctant to do so, so he kept putting it off.

By the time Aunt Qi knelt in front of Madam Nian and announced that she was pregnant with Master Nian Xialing's child, it had already been eight or nine months since the birth of the eldest daughter Nian Shilan, and her belly could no longer be concealed.

At that time, the second son Nian Gengyao, who was nine years old, came home from school and saw his mother's maid kneeling in front of her.

The maid cried bitterly, saying that she was pregnant with her father's child. Her mother was heartbroken and angry, and the young boy was extremely furious.

Nian Gengyao had a straightforward temper since he was a child, and he also had a master who taught him some martial arts since he was a child, so he had a rather eccentric personality.

He was about to kick the maid in the stomach when Nian Xialing, who had hurried over, pulled him aside.

"Stop it! No matter how wrong she is, she is pregnant! How can you be so vicious at such a young age!"

Nian Gengyao was stopped by his father, but he said nothing. He just stared at Nian Xialing fiercely.

Mrs. Nian couldn't help it and burst into tears while hugging Nian Gengyao.

"My son!"

Nian Xialing felt remorseful and angry, and finally tried his best to persuade Mrs. Nian, who was weak by nature, to the point of being helpless.

The maid was left behind and worked as a concubine in a remote corner of the mansion to wait for her birth.

After the maid gave birth to a daughter, Mrs. Nian allowed Nian Xialing to make her her concubine, but she still lived in that remote corner.

During this period, Nian Xialing secretly visited Aunt Qi, which made Madam Nian very angry.

So they simply promoted Mrs. Nian's sister-in-law, Kong, to be Nian Xialing's concubine.

Men always get tired of the old and love the new. After having the gentle Aunt Kong and feeling guilty about Madam Nian, Nian Xialing put Aunt Qi behind him.

But Madam Nian was kind-hearted. Apart from being disgusted by Aunt Qi's method of climbing into bed with her, she had never blamed the mother and daughter.

In the same way, Nian Zhilan was sent to a teacher when she was old enough to learn things and was brought up like the eldest daughter Nian Shilan.

The teacher taught her a lot about music, chess, calligraphy, painting, virtue, appearance and speech, but Nian Zhilan was not very talented and only managed to learn a little bit.

Every day when Aunt Qi and Nian Zhilan paid their respects to Madam Nian, Madam Nian disliked Nian Zhilan's eyes which looked timid but rolled around while she spoke.

Nian Shilan is one year older than Nian Zhilan. When she was in the mansion, Nian Shilan, like her mother, hated Aunt Qi's methods, so she always bossed Nian Zhilan around.

Nian Zhilan usually looked timid and cowering, and Madam Nian felt annoyed just by looking at her, and seldom let her and her daughter go to pay their respects.

I didn't expect that I would dare to show up in front of the prince today. I've really lost my mind!
(End of this chapter)