IBTSOME Chapter 1 Part 2: Rebirth

 I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 1 Part 2: Rebirth

 

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The corners of Gao Xi's eyes were red with anger. Her mother, Wei Shi, was the daughter of Grand Princess Shou Kang. The Princess had only this one child. It was not surprising that her character accustomed to being pampered. Therefore, Wei shi had always been putting on an air of noble lady, with a cold expression, refused to soften her body to coax her husband and master, and refused to make a gentle gesture. From a young age, Gao Xi watched her mother guard the lamp alone and waited until dawn for the arrival of her husband. At this time, Gao Xi's father, the duke shizi, was mostly in Han shi's courtyard.
　　

Gao Xi felt sorry for her mother and was angry with the fox concubine in the west courtyard. But she was a di daughter and it's impossible for her to lower her status and fight with a concubine, so she desperately studied, trying to surpass the daughter of the west courtyard. However, the strange thing was that no matter how much work Gao Xi spent in private, she could never be as good as Gao Ran. Gao Ran could play novel song which surprised the zither master. She invented gomoku and checkers, which attracted brothers and sisters in the clan to vie for friendship. Sometimes, Gao Ran would blurt out some extremely delicate verses, but when asked again, Gao Ran smiled faintly, saying that she only thought of this sentence, and forgot the rest.
　　

No one believed that Gao Ran had really forgotten such subtle verses, but felt that she was hiding something behind her, so everyone in the mansion paid more attention to her. Under the light of such a little sister, Gao Xi was under a lot of pressure. Fortunately, Gao Xi’s identity could leave Gao Ran behind. With the influence of Grand Princess Shou Kang, Gao Xi could married Gu Cheng Yao of Yan Wang Mansion. Gao Xi once thought to herself that she finally won against Gao Ran. There would never be anyone in the capital higher than Gu Cheng Yao. Gao Ran, even if Gao Ran jumped again, in the future her husband's family would certainly lower than hers.
　　
It's a pity that things were so funny. Gao Ran once rescued a man in a Buddhist temple. By coincidence, this man was Gu Cheng Yao. At that time, Gao Ran pulled a jade pendant off her body in order to get away. The jade pendant was in the shape of a fish. It was originally a pair. This was made by someone outside and gave it to Gao Xi. Gao Xi felt that the carving was quite delicate, so she gave the half of it to Gao Ran.
　　
That was originally Gao Xi's jade pendant, but Gao Ran was afraid of getting into trouble, so she took Gao Xi's things out to eliminate the disaster. Gao Xi gave it to her in private, and if someone came to the door in the future, it would be Gao Xi who was left to handle it.
　　
Gu Cheng Yao fell in love with the mysterious woman who saved him on that moonlit night. Although he didn't see her face, he decided to marry her. By mistake, Gu Cheng Yao used the half jade pendant to find Gao Xi and married her. He was so sure that Gao Xi was his lifesaver. In the first month after marriage, the two of them get along well. However, in the second month, when Gao Xi returned to her family's house, Gu Cheng Yao accompanied her back and in the Duke Yingguo Mansion met his wife’s sister Gao Ran.
　　
Without knowing the truth, Gao Xi was accused to lie and abandoned.
　　
The malicious older sister that deceived feelings and replaced kindness had been dismantled. After that, her marriage was full of misfortune, but Gao Xi had a strong personality. The more Gu Cheng Yao ignored her, the more she had to prove it to everyone. Gao Xi personally managed Yan Wang Mansion, drastically rectifying the fields and shops of Yan Wang Mansion, internally suppressing the people around Gu Cheng Yao, and fighting against the personal girl Yunhui who had served Gu Cheng Yao for ten years. Gao Xi fully believe that as long as she was good enough, Gu Cheng Yao could see her, and changed his mind.
　　
But she simply brought herself down and slowly died, to the end could only wait for Gu Cheng Yao to change his mind.
　　
If the story only ends here, Gao Xi would only sighs and thought that she had no luck and didn't have enough fate with Gu Cheng Yao. But the story in the book had only progressed for a while, and the real climax had yet to arrive. After Gao Xi as failed elder sister and wife died, the Duke Yingguo also felt that Gao Xi was unqualified. She was simply not good example of what a wife should be. Duke Yingguo Mansion felt guilty towards Gu Cheng Yao and proposed to let Gao Ran marry him as a successor. Gu Cheng Yao certainly agreed. So not long after Gao Xi died, Gao Ran married as the second wife.
　　
After Gao Ran married into Yan Wang Mansion, she always treated Gu Cheng Yao with gentleness and subtle intention. Gu Cheng Yao also very much cherished someone that he thought he lost, the two hearts beat as one. Gu Cheng Yao was moved by Gao Ran's sincerity, and even dismissed his concubine for her, only favor her alone. Many years later, Gu Cheng Yao took over the mantle of Yan Wang and became the new mainstay of the country, but even so he never took a concubine.
　　
The second half of the book was the sweet daily life of Gu Cheng Yao and Gao Ran. Between the lines, it was said that Gu Cheng Yao loved how smart and capable Gao Ran was. She was a graceful and caring wife and everyone in Yan Wang Mansion respected this Shizi Consort. When people in the capital praise Gao Ran, they would always pull Gao Xi out and use Gao Xi’s downright failure to contrast against Gao Ran’s high EQ. Finally they conclude: “Sure enough, we can’t just marry a wife based on family background, the most important is still character and temperament. The eldest di daughter of Duke Yingguo Mansion and the second wife of Yan Wang’s Shizi are the best examples."
　　
Look, Gao Xi, the original wife, was not even qualified to become the Shizi Consort.
　　
When Gao Xi saw this, she didn't want to read anymore, she closed the book and let the tears ran down her cheeks.
　　
The Buddha said that there are seven sufferings in the world: birth, old age, sickness, death, resentment, separation from the loves one, and not able to achieve what ones asked for.
　　
Gu Cheng Yao was what Gao Xi coundn't ask for. She was dislike by her father and elders since she was a child. After marrying someone she liked, she saw that he ignored her, so she had to cover it up with toughness and carelessness, and then tried her best to attract him to come back. Until she exhausted herself and died in depression, she couldn’t keep her husband from turning his back on her.
　　
In fact, when Gao Xi died, she knew that Gu Cheng Yao was young and had an outstanding family background. He would definitely continue to marry in the future. With the power of Yan Wang, there were many noble women in the capital who were not inferior to her, rushing to marry Gu Cheng Yao. But that person, cannot be Gao Ran. Gao Xi hastily scanned the second half of the book, and she realized that Gu Cheng Yao could also tossing and begging, he would get off his high horse to please a woman, he even had no regrets. He could even keep himself pure for one woman and never touch other women.
　　
When Gao Xi reading the book she thought: 'Scumbag'. Even if Gao Xi had never heard the word before, she could guess the meaning. Was Gu Cheng Yao a scumbag? It didn't seem so, he could also be deeply affectionate, and only take one scoop for three thousand weak water¹, but then again this affection was not given to Gao Xi.
　　
Gao Xi was very embarrassed, and her eyes gradually blurred. Before losing consciousness, Gao Xi saw a delicate girl smiled shyly at her: "Benefactor sister, I'm going to find my father. Six years ago you saved me but I’m unable to repay you, and now I have to bother you to keep on living for me.”
　　
Gao Xi was in dazed and not knowing how long she was asleep. When she woke up again, she saw a semi-old bed curtain, a dark wooden cabinet, and a pair of slender white hands.
　　
It seemed to be very noisy outside. Many people were clamoring, and Gao Xi vaguely heard words like "to die for one’s country", "Yan Wang's decree," and "to confer as Marquis" and so on. Gao Xi walked to the vanity mirror with her weak body, and stared at the face in the mirror for a long time.
　　
Yes, the eldest granddaughter of Duke Yingguo Mansion and Yan Wang Mansion's Shizi Consort Gao Xi is dead. From today on, she is Lin Wei Xi.

1 It means: you may encounter many beautiful things in life but it’s enough to grasp one of them carefully.^↩

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