Su Wanti heard something fishy and was about to open her mouth to explain when she saw Su Ruohua, who was hiding behind Xiao Huaihe, let out a soft cry, turned around, and fainted gracefully, falling right into Xiao Huaihe's arms.

The delicate beauty at the apple of his eye fainted in his arms. Xiao Huaihe was heartbroken. He glared at Su Wanti, picked up Su Ruohua horizontally and walked away with big strides.

Su Wanti, feeling aggrieved, was left alone to endure everyone's suspicious gazes.

Madam He pretended to be kind, comforted Su Wanti with a few words, and then let her go back.

Su Wanti was not a blind person. After careful consideration, she realized that there was something wrong with her half-sister. She quickly sent someone to pass a message back to the Su Mansion to inform them of Su Ruohua's whereabouts. She also sent a private letter to her mother, asking her to investigate Su Ruohua and her mother Liu in private.

However, before the Su family could reply, Xiao Huaihe came to ask for peace. He lowered his attitude a little, and his face was no longer angry.

He said a few soothing words lightly and then asked Su Wanti for sex.

Su Wanti still had a knot in her heart and was extremely reluctant, but the ways of being a wife that she had learned made it impossible for her to refuse her husband's request.

That night, she felt only humiliation.

After that, the relationship between the two men eased a little. Although they could not treat each other as equals, they respected each other like guests.

Xiao Huaihe would stay in Su Wanti's room for two days every month. Soon, Su Wanti found out that she was pregnant. After that, Xiao Huaihe never came to see her again and ignored her.

Without the favor of her husband, the servants in the mansion gradually looked down on her.

At that time, Xiao Huaihe asked the emperor Xiao Ping for permission to take Su Ruohua as his concubine and conferred on her the title of sixth-rank Anren. She enjoyed great power in the mansion, and all the servants in the backyard followed Su Ruohua's lead.

Life was bitter, so Su Wanti just stayed in her own courtyard to take care of her pregnancy, do needlework, and read books. She thought that after the child was born, she would have someone to rely on in the mansion, and she could raise the child well and get through any difficult days.

After ten months of pregnancy and the birth of the baby, Su Wanti's pain disappeared when she heard the baby's first cry. She looked at the little, soft baby in her arms and felt infinite joy in her heart.

She didn't know that the conspiracy had already been laid, and the long-planned malice was pouncing on her like a ferocious beast with bared fangs and claws.

Before the baby even got warm in his arms, Xiao Huaihe snatched the baby away.

With a cold look on his face, he came over with a group of maids and servants, snatched the baby and handed it to the wet nurse, asking the wet nurse to send the baby to Su Ruohua's residence.

"You're crazy! He's my child, give him back to me! I want to raise him myself!"

At that moment, Su Wanti's heart felt like a large piece had been cut out by a sharp knife, and the pain spread throughout her body.

Her eyes were bloodshot, and she didn't care about the pain in her lower body. She struggled to get up and rushed towards Xiao Huaihe like an angry lioness.

How could she, weak after giving birth, be a match for Xiao Huaihe? She failed to shake him at all. Instead, he clamped her hands and pushed her out fiercely.

With a "bang", Su Wanti was thrown out by external force and hit the corner of the bed.

Blood was oozing from her forehead, and the violent movement tore the wound on her lower body, staining her skirt with deep red.

Su Wanti just felt colder and colder.

She was barely breathing, and she tried hard to open her eyes, looking at the cold man in front of her, the gentle young marquis whom she had been dreaming about before she got married, the man she called her husband, and finally asked the question that had been lingering in her heart for a long time:

"Why do you do this to me? You hate me, you torture me, why did you marry me?"

Xiao Huaihe uttered the coldest words from his handsome mouth, "I said it on our wedding night that marrying you was not my wish. Besides, what if you knew? What can you do? Now, your mission is completed, and I don't need to see you anymore."

After saying that, he no longer looked at Su Wanti, and ordered the nanny to tie up all the maids who came with the Su Mansion as dowry and take them away. He also ordered the servants to seal the windows and doors of the room with wooden boards, leaving only a small hole, and delivered one meal a day.

The Xiao family blocked the news and announced to the outside world that the young marquis's wife had died in childbirth. In fact, they confined Su Wanti in this small courtyard and left her to fend for herself.

But she was lucky enough to live in hunger and cold for six years just to see her child again.

Late one night in March of the sixth year, the long-closed gate of the courtyard opened.

Xiao Huaihe walked in hugging Su Ruohua.

At this time, the old marquis had passed away, Xiao Huaihe inherited the title of Marquis of Ji'an, and Su Ruohua was also promoted to the position of Marquis. Now she has become a true marquis' wife and has been given the title of Lady of Imperial Concubine.

Su Ruohua was dressed gorgeously, with emerald jade pendants and brocade.

She covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, looking at the dirty and emaciated Su Wanti, her eyes revealing disgust, and then unconcealable pride.

"Sister, how did you become like this? Sister, you have suffered! Lord, although Sister once tried to kill me, she is my sister after all. It hurts me to see her suffer."

Oh! Why are you still acting at this hour?

Su Wanti snorted coldly. When she saw these two people coming in their best clothes late at night, she knew that she would not survive the night.

At this point, she had no other thoughts, she just wanted to know how her child was doing.

"Xiao Huaihe, where is my child?"

Su Ruohua opened her eyes wide and said in surprise, "Sister, don't you know? Yan An has already been registered under my name. He is my child now. Sister, I am now the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, so he is naturally the eldest son of the Marquis' Mansion."

She smiled, her face glowing with a strange light, and continued, "I have another good news to tell you, elder sister. Xiao Lang has been adopted by the emperor and will inherit the throne in the future."

"But we told others that you are dead..." Su Ruohua paused and looked at Xiao Huaihe meaningfully.

Six years have passed, and Xiao Huaihe's face has become much calmer. He said calmly: "We told the public that you are dead. If people find out that you are still alive, it would be deceiving the emperor and bring disaster to your family. Your son will also be implicated."

"Xiao Huaihe, what nonsense are you talking about! You tricked me into entering the mansion, you stole my child, you deceived your superiors and subordinates! Now, you want to take my life, so you put the blame on me?"

Su Wanti was filled with resentment. She had thought a lot over the past six years and had come up with some clues, but she was trapped here and unable to verify them.

"Xiao Huaihe, am I part of your plan? I can die, but you tell me everything and let me die clearly!"

Su Wanti was unwilling to give in. She wanted to confirm her guess. Even if she died, she would carry with her memories of this life and transform into a ghost to take revenge on the person in front of her!

Xiao Huaihe sneered, "You are quite smart, but it's a pity that you are about to die, so it's useless to know."

After saying that, he pulled out the prepared ribbon from his sleeve and walked towards Su Wanti with a sneer.

After Su Wanti received all the memories of the original owner, the corners of her eyes turned red and anger surged in her eyes.

Huh - killing the mother and taking the child away!

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