IBTSOME Chapter 80 Part 1

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 80 Part 1: Di Daugther

 

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On a silent summer night, Han shi was sitting under the window sewing clothes. It was strange, even though there was no wind, but the candlestick at the corner of the table suddenly jumped. When Han shi shaken by the candle, she accidentally stabbed her hand.

 

Han shi screamed and put her fingertips in her mouth. She complained secretly in her heart, seeing blood at night was really unlucky.

 

Han shi was carefully looking at the wound on her fingertips, suddenly heard the call from the little maid outside. Han shi was pleasantly surprised: "Shizi is here?"

 

Duke Yingguo Mansion went to the Summer Palace. As the invisible mistress of Shizi’s courtyard, Han shi also honorably followed. But in these years she had gotten older, and the number of days Duke Yingguo Shizi spent the night with her were very few. Sudden visits like tonight even rarer.

 

Han shi threw down the half-finish needlework, and welcomed at the door happily. The smile was all over her face, but seeing the look of Duke Yingguo Shizi, Han shi was taken aback: "Shizi?"

 

Who made Shizi angry? He seems so upset.

 

Han shi muttered to herself, but did not take it to heart. She eagerly waited on Duke Yingguo Shizi to take a seat, and then went to make tea for him, the whole person was busy like a spinning top.

 

Duke Yingguo Shizi looked at her back coldly, Han shi turned around and talked to Shizi without any clue, suddenly startled by his eyes. Han shi gradually felt scared, and with great difficulty she smiled and said, "Shizi, what's the matter with you? Why do you look at this concubine with such a look?"

 

Duke Yingguo Shizi looked at her for a moment then said indifferently: "It's nothing. You don't need to be busy, sit down, I have something to tell you."

 

Han shi was flattered, and the expression on her face was shy and joyful like sixteen years old girl: "Shizi, you are the master and this slave is just a concubine. It’s not good to sit next to you..."

 

Duke Yingguo Shizi didn't have the patience to listen anymore. If in the past he used to like Han shi’s gentle girl attitude, but now when he looked he only felt sick. Since she didn't want to sit, it was also rare for Duke Yingguo Shizi to take care of her. He asked directly: "How much do you know about Yun Niang’s matters back then?"

 

The smile on Han shi's face froze. After a while, she reacted and quickly covered her mouth with a kerchief, pretending to cough: "Cough, this concubine caught a cold last night, let Shizi laugh... Why did you suddenly ask about Yun Niang? The events of long time ago, this concubine already forget."

 

"Forget?" Duke Yingguo Shizi furiously smiled. He threw out the thing in his sleeves with a bang. The wine pot was slender and exquisite, and its main body was carved with intricate and gorgeous patterns from Western Regions, it looked very beautiful. "If you really forget, then I will help you remember it, didn’t Yun Niang happen to be drinking with you before the accident?"

 

When Han shi saw the special wine pot, she panicked. Her superficial skills were far worse than her daughter, and it showed on her face. Duke Yingguo Shizi understood when he saw Han shi's expression. Han shi knelt on the ground in panic, her eyes turned quickly: "Shizi, what are you talking about, why don't this concubine understand at all."

 

"Until now, you still pretend not to understand me?" Duke Yingguo Shizi was very angry. He was so angry not because Yun Niang was framed, but because he had been deceived for so many years. A concubine died, that was nothing, but he was deceived by someone like a fool for ten years. He also treated them the mother and son sincerely, which made Duke Yingguo Shizi really unable to accept. When he thought that he totally devoted to these people, maybe Han shi was still laughing with her children behind his back.

 

Duke Yingguo Shizi’s face was like black iron. He poured two cups of wine out of the pot, pointed to the two cups in front of him and said to Han shi: "If you really innocent, then choose one of the two cups. As long as you drink it, I will believe you."

 

Han shi looked at the two cups of wine in front of her that looked exactly the same, her face turned pale little by little. Of course she understood the specialty of this wine pot. The outside of the wine pot looks ordinary, but there was a hidden container inside. As long as you worked on the handle a little bit, you could change the wine that came out without anyone knowing. Where did Han shi know this kind of thing in the first place, nevertheless Gao Ran said that it was called the Yin Yang pot, and Han shi realized there was such a sophisticated mechanism in this world.

 

Han shi couldn't help thinking about Shizi’s movements. He moved very quickly when he poured the wine. Which cup was normal and which one was poisonous? In front of Duke Yingguo Shizi, Han shi tremblingly raised one of the cup, but she couldn't drink it when it reached her lips. She couldn't help wondering, did she make a mistake just now? What if Shizi put the poisoned wine in the other wine container?

 

Cold sweat formed on Han shi's forehead. She suddenly slammed the cup and looked at Duke Yingguo Shizi with a terrified expression: "Shizi, this slave gave birth to a son and a daughter for you. Chen boy is still young. How can you treat your concubine like this?"

 

Duke Yingguo Shizi closed his eyes in despair, and his last thread of hope was shattered. All this was true. Han shi really had a heart of snakes and scorpions. In order to win his love she killed Yun Niang, and afterwards she came to comfort him. This woman had cheated him until now, truly abominable!

 

"Both cups are ordinary fruit wine." Duke Yingguo Shizi looked at her, in his eyes didn’t know whether it was pity or sorrow. In front of Han shi, Duke Yingguo Shizi drank both cups of wine at the same time.

 

Han shi's face turned white, and then slowly turned red. She crawled to Duke Yingguo Shizi, in attempt to beg: "Shizi, this slave doesn't know anything. This slave thought you were going to poison me, so I didn't dare to drink it."

 

"If you don't know the mystery of this wine pot, why did you hesitate when choosing the wine? After you choose it, you still didn’t dare to drink it." Duke Yingguo Shizi’s voice contained unspeakable disappointment, "Up to now, you still want to lie to me."

 

"Shizi..."

 

"I always thought you are kind and weak, and I always worry that you will be bullied in the house. Oh, now thinking about I’m really an idiot. You can silently put people to death, how could you be bullied? How many times have you deceived me with your hypocritical face all these years?"

 

"No, this slave didn’t." Han shi's tears were streaming down, she knelt on the ground and kept shaking her head. "This slave doesn't know anything, this slave is wronged."

 

Duke Yingguo Shizi looked at the tear-stained beauty at his feet, somehow felt hate and disgust bubble up. He felt deeply tired. Over the years, he always spoiled Han shi, and even favored Han shi's children, but what did he actually favor? He originally had some hope, although Han shi’s schemes was not right, but the children was always innocent. However, Gao Ran followed the footsteps and used the same method to frame his son-in-law's concubine, which made Duke Yingguo Shizi couldn’t deceive himself. Gao Ran knew this, then those mother and daughter joined forces to lie to him.

 

For all these years, he had always gave Gao Ran the best care, and he even snubbed his di daughter for her. As long as Gao Xi had it, Duke Yingguo Shizi would have someone prepare the same thing for Gao Ran. If it was the thing given by the Grand Princess, Duke Yingguo Shizi made a lot of effort and always personally compensate Gao Ran. He almost blatantly favored Gao Ran, was it not because he felt that Han shi and Gao Ran this mother and daughter were weak. Gao Ran was not like Gao Xi, who was independent and capable, and she was a shu daughter. If he as the father didn’t protect her, Gao Ran would be bullied to death by people in the Duke Mansion.

 

Duke Yingguo Shizi couldn't help but think back to what he had done over the years. The concubine that he thought quiet and modest was actually the cruelest, and the daughter that he thought was weak and sensible, in fact, could send another woman to death without blinking. For them he treated his wife coldly, snubbed his di daughter, had a reputation for favoring the concubines and neglecting the wife, and even killed his wife by accident.

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