“What did you say? Say it again.”
Wei Mingzhao naturally thought that Wei Nanxun was lying. How could her father confine her and send her to Pei Yuyan’s bed? That was absolutely impossible.
But her intuition told her that it might be true.
Wei Nanxun stopped but didn’t turn around, her tone was still cold, “Sister clearly heard it, why do you want me to say it again.”
“I just think you’re very pitiful, knowing that the Crown Prince marrying me is a sure thing, so you use this kind of lie to deceive yourself…”
Before she could finish her words, she was impatiently interrupted, “Wei Mingzhao, can you use your brain? If I really wanted to marry Pei Yuyan, why would I refuse when you came to persuade me? Why would I pretend to be sick and not see Pei Yuyan when he came to the Wei family to see me privately?”
This was the first time Wei Nanxun had spoken to her like this, even not calling her “Sister,” but calling her by her full name.
In her memory, the two sisters had a very good relationship. When they were young, Wei Nanxun was like a little tagalong, following her wherever she went.
But the older she got, the more outstanding her face became. She was clearly the cuncubine of the Duke’s mansion, but when the two of them appeared together, everyone’s eyes would fall on this younger sister.
But it didn’t matter,she had a marriage that all the noble girls envied, she was generous and cultivated, taking care of her pitiful younger sister. Just this reputation was enough to cover up the shortcomings of her appearance.
But what she couldn’t accept was that even Pei Yuyan’s eyes were biased towards this younger sister.
She knew from a young age that she would marry the Crown Prince. Not only because of this identity, but she was also in love with Pei Yuyan, the person who stirred her girlish heart.
At that time, she felt that she was the luckiest woman in the world, until she saw the way he looked at Wei Nanxun, which was completely different from the way he looked at her.
That was the possessiveness of a man looking at a woman.
Sure enough, not long after this unease, he came to break off the engagement.
All the status and marriage that she had been so proud of would be reduced to nothing. She really wanted to die for a moment, but she was not reconciled. How could she be willing to hand over everything to Wei Nanxun, who was lower than her in everything!
Fortunately, she was now pregnant with a child, and the wedding date had been set. Everything would be settled, and this person ran out again to say some nonsense. Naturally, she didn’t believe it.
Wei Mingzhao was already physically weak. At this moment, being scolded by this younger sister who had always obeyed her since she was a child, her face was even worse, and she was even a little unsteady on her feet.
How dare Wei Nanxun, how dare she speak to her in this tone!
She looked at this younger sister in front of her, with a slender figure, a firm tone, and a calm expression, and she had a kind of illusion that she had never understood this person before.
She held onto the kang table beside her, looked away, and bit her teeth, “Because you know that even if the Crown Prince likes you again, with your status and knowledge, it’s impossible for you to be established as a concubine. Even if you enter the palace with me, you can only be a Liangdi (a title for imperial concubines in some dynasties) or a cuncubine，always one level lower than me, you naturally don’t want to…”
Before she could finish her words, she heard a burst of laughter, the kind of mocking laughter with some sarcasm.
Wei Nanxun turned around, lightly stroking her long hair. She was not wearing makeup today, and even wore a maid’s simple cloth clothes, with grass leaves and mud stains on her body, but it didn’t affect her appearance at all. She was beautiful in such a pure and aggressive way.
She curved her beautiful almond eyes, her fingers brushed across her lips, and she winked at her, “You’re right, Pei Yuyan likes me, not hesitating to offend the Wei family and contradict the emperor for my sake. Even if I’m a concubine’s chamber，as long as I want, I can definitely give birth to the eldest grandson before you, making him not touch you for the rest of his life.”
“Tell me, if I entered the palace, would he agree to abort the child in your belly?”
Wei Mingzhao’s breathing stopped, and she subconsciously protected her lower abdomen with both hands. After doing this action, she realized that she had been tricked.
“You, how do you know?”
“Of course, your good husband told me. He didn’t come to see you yesterday, did he? But he came to see me. He said in person that he would take me into the palace together on the day you get married. My good sister, some things you can’t help but believe.”
Wei Mingzhao was trembling all over, she told herself that this was all fake, a lie to deliberately anger her. But in her heart, she already believed half of it.
“You came here today to anger me, Wei Nanxun, you are so vicious. What, my father imprisoned you in the West Garden? I think it’s because they were afraid that you would seduce His Highness, and they had no choice but to do so. Get out of here, or I’ll call someone to drive you away.”
Wei Nanxun sighed softly, with a look of sympathy in her eyes, “I told the truth, but Sister doesn’t believe it. You believe it when I just say a few lies.”
“Don’t worry, if I really wanted to snatch you, why would I wait until now? That day in Jingren Palace, it wouldn’t have been like this.”
Wei Mingzhao didn’t want to believe her words, but that day when she was intimate with Pei Yuyan, she really heard the word “Ah Xun.” The person he was waiting for was not her.
Seeing that her face was pale and she didn’t speak, Wei Nanxun said again, “If Sister still doesn’t believe it, you can ask your uncle in person when he comes.”
Wei Mingzhao was panting in small breaths, she didn’t speak, but the balance in her heart had already tilted. After a long time, she whispered, “What exactly do you want?”
“I said when I came, I want Sister to help me leave, I want to leave the Wei family, leave the capital. It’s just that Sister didn’t believe it.”
There was another long silence, so long that Wei Nanxun mistakenly thought she had fallen asleep, before she heard her say, “How do you want me to help you?”
“It’s simple, I’ve already thought of a method, Sister just needs to do what I say.”
“Are you sure you want to leave and never come back?”
Wei Nanxun curved her eyes and smiled, “Yes.”
Before leaving, she said very sincerely, “Thank you, Sister.”
In a trance, Wei Mingzhao seemed to see the young Wei Nanxun, who always said “Thank you, Sister” so obediently.
But they could never go back.
Wei Mingzhao looked away and calmly called Zhao Yue in.
Perhaps her leaving was the best ending for their sisters.
“Madam, something bad has happened!”
Madam Wang was setting the list of dowries. The wedding date next month was still a bit too rushed. Recently, she hadn’t been sleeping well and was busy and exhausted. She hated hearing the words “something bad has happened” the most.
“What is it? Why are you so hurried? You don’t understand the rules at all.”
The person who came in was a little maid, with a flustered face. As soon as she entered the house, she knelt on the ground, “Madam, the Seventh Miss, she, she…”
You’ll never believe why I moved to… As soon as Wang heard that it was related to Wei Nanxun, her expression also changed, “Is she gone?”
“No, not that.”
“What exactly is it? Speak properly!”
“The Seventh Miss seems… seems to have contracted the epidemic. Her whole body is covered with red rashes, and she has a fever and can’t speak. Now, no one dares to get close to the West Garden.”
“The epidemic?!”