Quickly wear a child: a beautiful woman with many children brings happiness

My name is Yunshu. Although I am the daughter of Earl Wenchang, I live like a weed.

My father had many women and many children. I was the eighteenth in the family. When I was born, my father left on the spot when he heard that I was a girl, without even giving me a name.

My father was neither a scholar nor a warrior, and he had never been able to get an official position in the court. He did nothing all day long, and whenever he sold his properties, he suffered a loss. Whenever the court issued subsidies for titles, he took most of them.

He divided the remaining money into two parts, one for training the boys, and the remaining part for the women was very thin, which was only enough for each person to eat coarse food every month.

My aunt told me that after she gave birth to me, she didn't even have anything to replenish her body, but my mother couldn't bear it and used her dowry to subsidize her. But even so, she still got sick.

She also told me that if I didn't want something, I should go and get it myself. She said that if she hadn't been bought by her father, and if her father hadn't held her indenture contract in his hand and was in poor health now, she would have left home to find a future for us.

"You are different from my aunt. Although you are a concubine's daughter, you are the daughter of the Earl's Mansion. You must fight for what you want. Don't listen to your father and promise it to a family at will. You must seize all the resources around you and become a superior person."

My aunt's illness never got better and it lasted for more than ten years. Finally one day she left me, leaving me alone in the world. During every day when I was hungry and cold, I kept telling myself: I must become a superior person.

Yun Yuan has the best relationship with me among all the sisters. Her biological mother died young, and most of the things she brought with her were taken away by her father, leaving her with only a small amount of money. She lives well in the backyard with that money, and can even help me.

I envied her very much. She said she wanted to find a good marriage, and I gave her some advice.

But all the plans I took part in ended up falling through, and I didn’t understand why. Until one time when I was strolling around a temple, I heard those ladies gathered together talking about the criteria for choosing a daughter-in-law.

I hid in the dark and listened carefully. Later, they mentioned us while talking, saying that I was too goal-oriented and my eyes were full of ambition.

They also talked about Yun Yuan, saying that she looked simple-minded, but she was just a concubine of the Bo family, unpopular and had an unreliable father, and there were ambitious people around her who instigated her. They were afraid that the family would be in turmoil in the future, so they would not choose her.

I was very angry. What right did they have to say that to me? I had no choice in where I was born. Was it wrong for me to want to find a husband with a prominent family background? I didn't want my future children to live as hard as I did, fighting overtly and covertly for even a nice piece of clothing.

Because of what those ladies said, a rift between Yun Yuan and I eventually developed. One day she asked me if I wanted to go out, and I refused. When I came back, she was engaged to the illegitimate son of Marquis Annan.

The Marquis of Annan is not as declining as the Marquis of Wenchang, and he holds military power. This is a very good marriage for our concubine's daughter.

Yun Yuan said that she just helped the old lady of Annan Marquis by chance, and that's why she chose her as her grandson's wife. But I don't believe it. I think she had planned this for a long time. They had been out together for so long without any result, and it became a success as soon as I didn't go with them. She must be guarding against me.

After getting engaged to Marquis Annan, her father finally began to pay attention to Yun Yuan, but she wore a veil every day. When her father asked her about it, she said she was afraid to get along with others. Her father thought she was timid and just let her be.

The old lady of Annan Marquis sent someone to send Yun Yuan gorgeous clothes and jewelry. I tried them on one by one. Looking at myself dressed up in the bronze mirror, an idea came to my mind.

"Sister, your marriage is settled, but mine is not. People always say that you should respect the clothes first and then the person. Can I wear your clothes and jewelry? My rags make me look poor. People will know that I am not favored and will not want to know my inner qualities and thoughts."

Yun Yuan bit her lip and said in embarrassment: "But these were given to me by the old lady of Annan Marquis. I can't do with them casually. Giving them to you would be disrespectful to her. What if someone misunderstands..."

"Sister!" I interrupted her, "We are similar in size, so we both wear veils when we go out, so no one will notice us."

"But……"

"Just think of it as helping your sister. I'm already sixteen, only two months younger than you. Once your marriage is settled, I'll be the next in line. I don't want to be betrothed to someone else by my father at will."

"Okay." Yun Yuan finally agreed.

During those years in Jinling, my father hung out with his bad friends every day, and something happened during that time.

The wife of my father's drinking buddy who was in his fifties passed away. He went to comfort his drinking buddy and got drunk. He confided in a daze and agreed to give one of his daughters away as a second wife.

When he sobered up, he didn't remember the incident, but his brother came to my house with a token. It was Yun Yuan who tipped off that helped me escape. The old man chose nineteen.

He had just turned 19 and had just come of age, so my father was a little hesitant at first. But that drinking buddy had some reputation in the local area and he lowered himself to call my father father-in-law, so my father agreed.

Because of this incident, Nineteen has always hated me. She said that I ruined her life, but wasn't my father the culprit? Why doesn't she resent my father?

It’s not that she doesn’t feel resentful, it’s that she doesn’t dare to feel resentful, so she can only vent her anger on me.

This is the tragedy of the weak.

I went out wearing Yun Yuan's clothes all day long until one day I met Yi Xianyu, the third young master of Marquis Annan. He recognized the gifts from Marquis Annan's mansion and mistook me for Yun Yuan.

A vicious thought came to my mind. We are both concubines of the Bo family. If Yun Yuan can marry me, then naturally I can too. I want to replace her.

Yi Xianyu was indifferent to me at first, but after a few intentional encounters, he gradually fell in love with me.

I am not as old-fashioned as Yun Yuan. After getting engaged, I stayed in the house to prepare for the wedding. I never thought about cultivating feelings with Yi Xianyu first. This gave me a good opportunity.

I will give Yi Xianyu some sweet treats from time to time, but not let him get them, so that he will fall deeply in love with me.

When the time is right, I will tell him that I am not Yun Yuan. Sure enough, Yi Xianyu can't accept it.

I cried and said that I had liked him for a long time. Even though he was engaged to Yun Yuan, I still couldn't help wanting to be close to him. The days I spent with him were stolen, and now I was very satisfied.

Yi Xianyu suddenly realized that there was a woman who loved him humbly, and he felt happy. He said that he would not marry Yun Yuan, and wanted to marry me instead.

I was secretly happy, but my face showed emotion.

He kissed me, and I wanted to stop like before, but Yi Xianyu was very forceful this time, and we did it in a private room in a restaurant.

This made me very anxious and uneasy, and I was in a bad mood for several days. I was afraid that Yun Yuan would find out, so I didn't go to see her.

It is said that men only care about what they don’t have, and don’t cherish what they have. I am worried that Yi Xianyu is the same, but fortunately, his enthusiasm for me remains unabated.

We often go out for trysts. For the sake of reputation, Yi Xianyu took the initiative to suggest that I wear Yun Yuan's clothes. Regardless of whether they were given by the Annan Marquis Mansion or not, we would tacitly announce our identity as Yun Yuan when someone asked.

Gradually, Yun Yuan's reputation in Jinling City ruined.

They said that she couldn't stand the loneliness and had an affair with Yi Xianyu before getting married, and Yun Yuan didn't know any of this.

On the eve of returning to the capital, Yi Xianyu and I got together to discuss how to get Yun Yuan to cancel the engagement.

We thought of many ways but none of them worked because Yun Yuan was either in the room or in the carriage and didn't give us any chance.

Until we passed Yanzhou, there were refugees everywhere on the roadside. I wore Yun Yuan's clothes and had sex with Yi Xianyu. Afterwards, I suggested that we could design an accident so that Yun Yuan could be taken away by the refugees.

The plan was successful. Yun Yuan disappeared. I didn't make a sound and quietly found a piece of my own clothes from the carriage and put them on. The carriage drove for a long time, and it was not until night that I told my father and mother that Yun Yuan was missing.

My mother asked me why I didn't tell her earlier.

I said aggrievedly that I thought nothing would happen with the protection of the soldiers. I guessed that Yun Yuan had gone to another carriage. I came to report immediately when I didn't see Yun Yuan at night.

My father went to find the General of Cavalry, and then came back in disgrace. Marquis Annan came over after hearing the news. Although he sent people to find Yun Yuan, when my father asked about the marriage, he said that he would discuss it later.

After he left, my father said angrily that we should just pretend Yun Yuan didn't exist. My heart was beating very fast, and all I could see was the upcoming benefits.

Because Yun Yuan was missing, I couldn’t wear her clothes to go out and look for Yi Xianyu, so I stayed in the carriage for several days.

A few days later, Yun Yuan came back, and Yi Xianyu decisively broke off the engagement with her and replaced her with me. My father was overjoyed and no one cared about Yun Yuan's thoughts.

Yun Yuan did not make a fuss. I was just wondering why, when the second prince came over and said that Yun Yuan had saved him and he wanted to marry her as his principal wife.

I was shocked. I wanted to harm her but somehow I succeeded in doing so. Yi Xianyu was just a bastard's son who couldn't inherit the title. How could he be compared with the prince?

I felt like a joke and felt very unbalanced. Why did I have to work so hard to get a marriage, while Yun Yuan got one so easily?

Yun Yuan didn't know my ill will towards her, and she reconciled with me after a few words. Although our relationship is not as close as before, she will still give me what I want.

After returning to Shengjing, on the second day of September, she married the second prince. In October of the same year, I married Yi Xianyu.

The dowry that my uncle gave me consisted of thirty-two loads, but they were all worthless things, making me unable to hold my head up in my husband's family.

I blame everything on Yun Yuan. If she hadn't taken away half of the Bo family's property, why would my dowry be so small?

Not long after Yi Xianyu got married, his heart was no longer with me. I followed him and found out that he had fallen in love with someone else's wife. Or perhaps you could say he became addicted to the feeling of cheating.

A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a mistress. The ancients were not wrong.

It was me before, and now it’s someone else.

But I still have to rely on the Marquis's Mansion for my livelihood, and I can't do anything.

For five whole years, I was looked down upon in the mansion because I had no children, but because of my relationship with Yun Yuan, the mansion did not dare to divorce me.

Yun Yuan gave birth to three sons and one daughter. I heard that she was weak after giving birth to her daughter, so I went to see her with the bird's nest and ginseng specially prepared by my mother-in-law.

When I arrived, the Second Prince was carefully feeding Yun Yuan porridge. I felt mixed emotions. Yi Xianyu had never treated me like this before. I wish my husband was the Second Prince.