The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

The candle burned out, the string broke and my fingers were hurt.

In the Tianyuan Dynasty, in the Han family's residence. It was not as magnificent as the imperial palace, nor as exquisite as the Duke's residence, but the residence of the Han family, the Minister of Revenue, was like a giant pressing down on Song Yangqi, making him breathless and depressed.

"Ding", accompanied by a harsh and sharp sound, the strings on the fingertips broke. The strings that lost control suddenly jumped wildly and pierced Song Yangqi's hand before he could stretch it back.

The candle burned out, and another night passed. It had been eight years, and countless nights in the past eight years had been spent like this. The numbness not only affected my heart but also spread to the pain in my hands.

Eight years ago, Song Yangqi was very resistant to Han Renyuan's proposal. Han Renyuan, the eldest son of the Han family, the Minister of Revenue, was also a famous talent in the capital. He was handsome and gentle. Apart from the crown prince Yuan Ruiyuan, he was one of the men that the girls waiting to be married in the capital wanted to marry the most. It was such a man who suddenly proposed to the Song family when he passed the imperial examination. For a time, Han Renyuan's proposal became the most talked-about news in the capital, and countless girls waiting to be married at home could not help but envy the third daughter of the Duke of Song.

However, Song Yangqi was unwilling to marry. Although she was not smart, she knew that although she was the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, she was not worthy of Han Renyuan, who had been famous since childhood.

Han Renyuan was so outstanding that he could marry a princess, so why would he fall in love with her, the third daughter of a Duke's mansion who had no mother and no talent and was ignored by everyone? She and Han Renyuan were so different and not a good match at all. Han Renyuan must have some ulterior motives for coming to her house to propose marriage. How could she be willing to marry him when she knew he had bad intentions?

But who would have thought that when she knelt in front of her father's study door and cried that she did not want to marry into the Han family, her father simply said six words calmly: "Either marry or die." Then, in the middle of the night, a piece of white silk suddenly appeared in her boudoir.

In this way, Song Yangqi married into the Han family, the Minister of Revenue, and became the wife of Han Renyuan. The five words "Han Renyuan's wife" are Yangqi's helplessness and joke. No one in the mansion regards her as the real master. For eight years, the cold eyes of the mother-in-law, the difficulties of the sister-in-law, the ridicule of the sisters-in-law, and the contempt of the servants are all Song Yangqi has experienced in the Han family. Han Renyuan has been standing idly by and watching all her cold treatment and torture in the past eight years, as if he was torturing his enemy instead of his wife.

All the cold treatment in the Han Mansion came from the fact that Han Renyuan never slept with her in the past eight years. It was really funny to say that she was still a virgin after eight years of marriage, but the maid serving Han Renyuan was pregnant.

As soon as the sky brightened, there was a burst of noisy sounds in the yard. It was strange today that someone came here in broad daylight.

Before she got married, Song Yangqi was the best at playing the guzheng. Although she was not as famous as Song Yanglan in the capital, her playing was still pleasant. For eight years, due to Han Renyuan's indifference and the bullying of the entire Han family, Song Yangqi could only indulge in playing the guzheng all day to forget the cruel reality. Day after day, her guzheng skills improved a lot, and she was quite like Song Yanglan.

However, Han Renyuan disliked the sound of Song Yangqi's piano every day, saying that it disturbed his study. Han Renyuan was the treasure of the Han family, and now he was the new champion, and he was in the limelight. With just one sentence, he immediately banished Song Yangqi to the most deserted courtyard of the Han family - the bamboo garden.

Three maids in emerald green clothes and five old ladies in grey gowns entered the bamboo garden. The maid in the lead, Song Yangqi, recognized Mingyue, the first-class maid beside the old lady.

Although Mingyue used to look down on Song Yangqi, she still had to put on a show because she was Han Renyuan's wife. But today, Mingyue lowered her head and looked at Song Yangqi, her sharp eyes full of ridicule and resentment. She raised the corners of her mouth and said to the old woman behind her, "Catch her."

Song Yangqi was startled, but before she could resist, she was grabbed by two maids and dragged to the old lady's upper room. These maids did some heavy work all day long, and their strength was not comparable to hers. Yangqi knew that Han Renyuan was very good-looking, fresh and elegant, and almost all the maids in the Han Mansion were infatuated with him, but Han Renyuan did not like beauty. Except for Yangqi, his wife in public, and a maid, there were no other women around him. It was really strange that the maid who served Han Renyuan looked a bit like Yangqi.

Unable to gain Han Renyuan's favor, the maids turned their hatred to Yang Qi, as if Yang Qi was the only stumbling block that prevented them from staying with Han Renyuan for a long time. Yang Qi certainly knew that Mingyue, who was beside the old lady, had always been in love with Han Renyuan. The old lady had also asked Mingyue to serve Han Renyuan, but was rejected by Han Renyuan.

From far away, before reaching the upper house, I could hear the mother-in-law's curses, "This vicious woman, this bitch", accompanied by the occasional cries of a young woman.

The maids on both sides came to the upper room and entered the house directly without being informed. They clamped Song Yangqi's hands and threw him to the ground like a rag.

Although the Duke Song's Mansion did not teach Song Yangqi in detail, she still had the self-respect she deserved. She tried hard to resist the urge to pounce on the woman, but she was still no match for the woman's strength. Song Yangqi could only kneel down and she absolutely could not lie down.

As soon as he entered the room, several eyes turned to Song Yangqi, some were angry, some were gloating. At this time, Song Yangqi already understood something in his heart, wondering who was framing him again. Song Yangqi looked up at the people in the upper room. As soon as the sky was bright, these people had packed up and were fully armed. They had been waiting for a long time. "It's her." Wasn't the crying maid next to Han Renyuan pregnant?

"I don't know if Yang Qi committed..."

"You vicious woman, you have not had any children for eight years, and my Han family has not divorced you. But you are so vicious that you even want to kill your husband's child." The mother-in-law interrupted and pointed at Song Yangqi and cursed.

"Killed Han Renyuan's child? I never..."

"Bang." Song Yangqi's words were interrupted again, but this time it was the cup thrown by the old lady. The cup was made of white jade and was very valuable. It broke Song Yangqi's head. Blood overflowed from the wound and knocked Song Yangqi's head to the side.

The moment she turned her head, Song Yangqi saw a pair of gold-lacquered boots. She suddenly looked up and saw that it was indeed him. He had a high nose bridge and his eyelashes were not very long, but very thick. It was him who made all the women in the capital crazy. He was Han Renyuan, her husband.

"Han Renyuan, are you here to call me to task?" Yang Qi looked at Han Renyuan. It was funny, but at that moment, she was really looking forward to Han Renyuan taking her away and explaining to her that her best youth had been spent here for eight years. Although Han Renyuan was cold to her, she had always behaved herself and had never crossed the line in the past eight years.

But Han Renyuan just looked down at her without any explanation, and retracted his feet. He bowed to the old lady and mother-in-law and said, "I was also very angry when I heard what Ah Ce said just now. I only ask my grandmother and mother to deal with this vicious woman."

Han Renyuan's words broke Song Yangqi's last thought. She supported herself on the ground with her hands weakly. She no longer cried out for injustice or defended herself. She just waited quietly for the Han family's verdict on her.

The old lady and her mother-in-law were furious and insisted that Han Renyuan divorce her. Unexpectedly, Han Renyuan refused to write a divorce letter and insisted on sending her to a farm in the countryside.

Seeing that his grandmother and mother were still furious, Han Renyuan could only say, "No matter how vicious this woman is, even if we don't look at the Duke of Song's Mansion behind her, the current queen is her biological sister."

Han Renyuan's words immediately extinguished the anger of the old lady and the wife of the Han family. Yes, although Song Yangqi stayed in the bamboo garden all day and did not interact with her family. However, the current queen is her elder sister. This time, if the family divorced her because of a concubine's abortion, the queen would pursue it even for her own face.

Thinking of this, the old lady of the Han family no longer objected to Han Renyuan's words, and let Han Renyuan ask someone to take Song Yangqi away.