The sky outside was getting dark, and a ray of setting sun hung in the sky. Looking at the scenery outside the window, Wei Jingwei felt a pain in her chest and her face turned pale.
She had been ill for a long time, and her body looked haggard and her face turned sallow due to the worsening of her condition day by day. She just looked out the window blankly through the paper window.
"Miss, Master... still hasn't come back, you should rest first." Maid Lian'er comforted her in a low voice.
Wei Jingwei lowered her head and tightly grabbed the thick quilt on her body with her fingers. She couldn't help but cover her chest and cough a few times in pain. Then a drop of hot tears fell on the quilt.
Since marrying Mei Yuanqing, he has been busy with official duties all day long. The husband and wife rarely see each other. If she hadn't been too ill this time, she wouldn't have bothered him at all.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Lian'er frowned and went out to tell the maid, "If I come back later, I will inform you as soon as possible."
"Yes, Sister Lian'er."
When Wei Jingwei heard Lian'er's instructions, she felt funny in her heart.
The tears flowed a little more quickly.
It has been ten years since she married into the Mei family. During these ten years, she has supported her husband and allowed Mei Yuanqing to rise from a small censor to the position that everyone now envies as the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Rites. Serve your parents-in-law seriously, tidy up the inner curtains at home, and treat people well outside.
She is a model daughter-in-law that everyone in the capital will praise when talking about her.
After the doctor concluded that her illness could not be cured, the Mei family immediately gave up on her completely. The old lady had secretly been eyeing a beautiful woman named Zhang Ruoruo to be Mei Yuanqing's second string.
Now, after being ill for a year, she has been left out of the family, her husband is indifferent, and her son, who has been carefully raised, is being pampered in front of his stepmother who is about to enter the house.
The person has already lived in the house on a borrowed basis, and just waits for her to pass away before she can naturally take over.
She has devoted ten years to this family, so why should she just find a random woman and pick her fruits?
Earlier today, for the first time, Wei Jingwei sent her maid out to call Mei Yuanqing, regardless of the dignity and face of a daughter from a wealthy family. Unfortunately, she waited from early morning until dusk, and then waited until the setting sun disappeared at night.
Never waited for her husband.
Anger, hatred, and now only numbness.
After her mother died, her father quickly remarried, and her family was no longer reliable.
Thinking of this, Wei Jingwei couldn't help but cough twice, picked up the handkerchief and quickly covered her mouth, lest the news of her deteriorating health would spread to this small courtyard.
Seeing the bright red color on the veil, she looked stunned and chuckled twice for a while.
Lian'er didn't see the blood, so she thought she was sad, and comforted her: "Miss, I may be busy with official duties and haven't returned home yet, so don't be upset. The top priority is to take good care of yourself, and only when I come back can we drive away that vile fox!" "
Body? Can she still get better?
She can clearly feel that every day is worse than the last.
Ten years had taken every drop of her hard work, and every time she recalled it in front of the window, she was filled with sadness.
When Mei Yuanqing won the first prize in his early years, he was a modest gentleman and the lover of his dreams in the hearts of his daughter's family in the capital.
At that time, her stepmother was starting to get married, but she found it difficult to get married. Unexpectedly, her mother had already made plans for her before her death, and arranged for her children to marry with the Mei family.
She was extremely happy to marry Mei Yuanqing.
After getting married, she discovered that things were far from easy as she thought. The inner affairs are complicated, and the relationship between people is also a science. There is an undercurrent of interest in the officialdom, and strife is hard to guard against.
She worked hard to stand firm. Due to infertility, the couple... have not had sex yet.
She was too embarrassed to talk about this matter, and she always felt that she owed the Mei family a debt for giving birth, so she obeyed the Mei family's arrangements, adopted the children of the side branch, raised them under her knees, and taught them carefully.
Thinking that Mei's family did not abandon her because of this, she was very grateful and managed the backyard diligently, which cost her a fortune.
So far the root of the disease has fallen.
Abandon her like worn out shoes.
The anger in her heart became more and more intense, and she braced herself up and ordered: "Lian'er, you go for a run. You must see Mei Yuanqing in person and let him come to see me...for the last time."
Lian'er's eyes were red, and she nodded heavily as she looked at the young lady who was gasping for breath after just one sentence.
He turned around and ran towards the door.
Seeing that Lian'er was gone, Wei Jingwei calmed down and rested against the pillow with her eyes closed.
But soon, she began to breathe rapidly, and stretched out her skinny hand to get the pills on the table.
But her vision gradually blurred, and it was clear that something was right in front of her, but she couldn't reach it.
Suddenly there was a chuckle, "Sister is seriously ill now, so I can do whatever I want."
As she spoke, a pair of beautiful white hands handed the pills to her side.
Wei Jingwei raised her head and saw the person in front of her with a smiling face, fair cheeks, plump body, and swaying pearls on her head, which was very eye-catching.
She could roughly determine the person's identity and said, "You must be Zhang Ruoruo."
"Sister, you have good eyesight."
Seeing her narrow phoenix eyes shining brightly, Wei Jingwei asked: "I see you are not young anymore. Why have you not married for so many years and now you want to renew your relationship?"
Zhang Ruoruo's eyes flashed and she sneered, "Sister, I don't know. Brother Yuan Qing and I have known each other since we were young. I have a secret crush on him and have been looking forward to marrying him for a long time and becoming a happy couple."
She paused for a moment and said in a low voice, "It's a pity that the Mei family and your Wei family have already decided on the in-laws for their children! In these years, it was you who took up the position that belongs to me. My childhood sweethearts, brother Yuan Qing, and I have been very close to each other for a long time! It's you ! It makes us unable to be together. However, God has the vision to let you suffer from a stubborn disease. After you die, I can be with Brother Yuan Qing and love each other until we grow old together. "
After speaking triumphantly, Wei Jingwei felt a sweet taste in her throat, and she forced herself to swallow it.
He looked at the woman in front of him with burning eyes and said bitterly: "You mean, Mei Yuanqing has always liked you, but he had to marry me because of the engagement?"
"Otherwise? How can you, a man whose biological mother died young and whose father doesn't care for you, be worthy of marrying brother Yuan Qing? If he wasn't afraid that ruining the engagement would hinder his future, how could he marry you?"
Wei Jingwei's eyes were full of emotions. She tried her best to maintain her last dignity, holding on to the bed and refusing to fall down.
"So...that's it..."
Seeing that she was at the end of her strength, Zhang Ruoruo's eyes showed undisguised indignation and hatred, and he stroked the wrinkles on his gorgeous dress for a long time.
"Sister, the oil lamp has run out, why bother to act like a ghost. You have enjoyed the position that belongs to me for ten years, so you should be satisfied. Let me tell you another secret, Brother Cheng, who you took care of when he grew up... is The biological child of me and brother Yuan Qing! Tsk tsk, sister, I have to thank you so much. Brother Cheng has just become a prostitute, you must not know about this yet."
