Chapter 95: Sisters in the Prime Minister's Mansion
Chapter 95: Sisters in the Prime Minister's Mansion
After Mrs. Zhao left, Shuang'er finally couldn't hold back her inner doubts and asked Li Jingshu, "Miss, have you considered going to report the Eighth Princess' current condition to the Queen?"
When Li Jingshu heard this, a cold smile appeared on her lips, and a firm and resolute light flashed in her eyes. She responded coldly: "When did Chu Caiwei ever regard me as her cousin? When did she ever give me the slightest care and help? Instead, she brought me endless humiliation and harm! She also tried every means to prevent me from becoming the Crown Princess! Now she wants me to save her from hell, it's simply a foolish dream!"
At this point, Li Jingshu's voice became deeper, as if she was suppressing the resentment that had accumulated over the years. She bit her lip and continued, "Seeing her suffer in that so-called hell is a kind of comfort to me. I would rather witness her torture with my own eyes than lend a helping hand!"
Shuang'er couldn't help but tremble all over, her teeth began to chatter, and she stammered, "But...but Miss, you are going to be the Crown Princess in the future. If the Crown Prince finds out that you didn't save the Eighth Princess, wouldn't that be..."
Li Jingshu sneered and replied nonchalantly, "Humph, how could the Queen and the Crown Prince not know Chu Caiwei's current situation? They know it better than anyone else! Chu Caiwei has already brought shame to the Queen and the Crown Prince, and has become a laughing stock. For them, her continued existence in the world is nothing more than an indelible shame!"
At this point, Li Jingshu's eyes widened, and she glared at Shuang'er fiercely, warning in a stern tone: "Listen to me, both of you, and keep your mouths shut! If anyone dares to leak a word about this, don't blame me for punishing you severely!" After saying that, her beautiful but cold eyes once again swept over Shuang'er and Bing'er in front of her.
Shuang'er and Bing'er hurried out of the front hall, crossed the garden in the front hall, and finally arrived at a quiet and secluded rockery.
Bing'er tried to persuade Shuang'er helplessly: "You, why are you so stupid? Don't you know what kind of temper the young lady has? What's more, the Eighth Princess has always suppressed the young lady. Why would the young lady risk rescuing her and offend the Minister of Justice?"
Shuang'er gently wiped the tears from her eyes and sobbed softly as she responded, "I just simply feel that the Eighth Princess is too pitiful! As a woman, even if she is the emperor's daughter, she can hardly escape the fate of suffering and torture! How sad!"
Bing'er said to someone with a solemn face: "Don't ever say these boring things in front of our young lady in the future! The young lady is very intelligent and will have her own opinions and decisions! As servants, we only need to serve the master wholeheartedly and don't talk nonsense about other matters!" After that, Bing'er pulled Shuang'er and turned to walk towards the courtyard at the back.
At this moment, two identical and elegant women came out from behind the rockery. It turned out that these two women were the twin sisters born to Li Mingfu's concubine Xian Ge.
Back then, Li Mingfu was just a small assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Although the Li family was still a wealthy family in the capital at that time, it had already declined by the time of Li Mingfu's generation.
Li Mingfu relied on his father-in-law Gu Zhong, the Minister of Revenue, to rise to prominence. He obeyed his father-in-law's orders and left all family affairs to his wife Gu Manqing. He could be said to be a true henpecked man.
However, as time went by, Li Mingfu relied on his sister's relationship as the queen, and eventually became the prime minister. As his status improved, Li Mingfu's long-hidden desires in his heart gradually awakened. He began to frequently visit those places of prostitution, trying to find some new excitement and fun.
One day, when Li Mingfu was indulging himself in sensual pleasures, a woman named Xian Ge came into his sight. Xian Ge had a graceful figure and light dancing steps, and every movement was full of charm, like a blooming flower. Her graceful figure and light and elegant steps made Li Mingfu fall in love with her.
From then on, Li Mingfu couldn't forget Xian Ge and was determined to take her under his wing. Although this move was strongly opposed by his father-in-law and his wife, Li Mingfu was already overwhelmed by love at this time and had no time to care about other people's feelings. He insisted on marrying Xian Ge as a concubine, regardless of his family's dissuasion and opposition.
Xian Ge gave birth to two illegitimate sons for Li Mingfu in succession, which made Li Mingfu's love for her even deeper, even surpassing his feelings for his legal wife Gu Manqing.
However, the good times did not last long. After just a few years, the old lady in the Li Mansion suddenly fell seriously ill and was bedridden. Anxious, Gu Manqing asked around for ways to help the old lady avoid disaster and finally met a mysterious immortal through various channels. This immortal is said to have extraordinary abilities and unfathomable magic, and can see through the secrets of heaven and predict the future.
After some divination and calculation, the immortal pointed out that there was a person in the Li Mansion who was incompatible with the old lady. If she was not sent away in time, it might bring greater disaster to the old lady. And this person who was in conflict with the old lady was Xian Ge, who was pregnant!
At this moment, Xian Ge was immersed in the joy of welcoming a new life, but she never expected that a sudden disaster was quietly approaching her.
When she was off guard, Gu Manqing and a group of servants broke into her room aggressively, and forcibly took the pregnant Xian Ge to a remote farm in the countryside belonging to the Li family and placed her under house arrest.
After a thrilling childbirth, Xiange did her best to give birth to a pair of lovely twin sisters, Li Xuemei and Li Xuelan. However, fate was so cruel that she didn't even have time to see her children before she left the world with endless regrets and resentment.
Since then, Gu Manqing has always been resentful of the twins, and she refused to let them return to the Prime Minister's Mansion on the pretext that the twins were "collecting debts and bringing misfortune to their father and mother". Poor sisters Li Xuemei and Li Xuelan could only live a lonely life in the countryside.
Time flies, and more than a decade has passed in the blink of an eye. When the twin sisters were only half a year younger than Li Jingshu, an unexpected turn of events occurred. It turned out that Li Mingfu had a plan to use these two beautiful sisters to get close to those powerful military commanders, so as to consolidate his and the prince's positions in the court.
As a result, Li Xuemei and Li Xuelan were finally taken into the Prime Minister's Residence. However, for them, this strange home is now full of power and calculations, and they are just pawns in their father's hands...
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