【Stop drinking! That’s an abortion potion!】
Fu Fu screamed in despair, so furious that she thrashed wildly in the womb, wishing she could tear her way out right then and there, rip off the head of the person feeding the medicine, and kick it like a ball.
But this body was too small, utterly powerless, leaving her no choice but to kick and flail helplessly inside the belly.
Her commotion caused the woman outside who was holding the medicine bowl to suddenly tremble, the potion she had brought to her lips freezing in place.
Immediately afterward, two voices reached her ears.
“Why did you stop drinking? This medicine is highly nourishing, something many people beg for but can’t obtain.”
The man’s voice was gentle, carrying a tone of persuasion, but to Fu Fu’s ears, it sounded disgustingly hypocritical.
The next moment, an old woman wailed and sobbed:
“You’ve been pregnant for a whole year, and there’s still no sign of labor—what else could it be but a stillbirth!”
“The first child was brain-damaged, the second was mute, and now this third pregnancy has lasted twelve months without delivery—it must be another freak, a dead fetus!”
“What sin has our Wu family committed to deserve this!”
“And you still refuse to let my son take a concubine! Are you trying to cut off the Wu family’s bloodline?”
Fu Fu jolted violently.
First child brain-damaged, second child mute, third child a stillbirth—
Wasn’t this exactly the plot of the Wu family from the Zhongbo Marquisate in the Mirror of the Mortal Realm?
She, the First Witch of Hell, immortal and indestructible for millennia, was just one step away from descending into the Nineteen Layers of the Demonic Path to become the Demon Realm’s first empress.
And now… not only had she failed to ascend to the Demon Realm’s supreme throne, but she had also been reborn as a human fetus that hadn’t even been born yet.
Reincarnating as a human was one thing.
But to have barely gained consciousness only to be poisoned to death by an abortion potion?
Fu Fu nearly laughed in sheer rage.
Ten years ago, Zhongbo Marquis Wu Xiong, for the sake of his political career, sought to marry Jiang Xiu, the legitimate daughter of a military family.
On their wedding day, in front of a hall full of guests, he held Jiang Xiu’s hand and vowed to be faithful to her alone for life, charming the entire capital into praising his deep affection and loyalty.
In reality, he had already been secretly supporting his childhood sweetheart, Lin Shuang, for over a decade.
His mistress had a house and a complete family with both a son and a daughter.
Meanwhile, Jiang Xiu was deceived by him and Old Mrs. Wu into drinking bowl after bowl of so-called “fertility remedies.”
Thus, the first child was born mentally impaired, the second lost their voice, and the third was outright declared a “stillbirth” by them.
Later, Wu Xiong finally “reluctantly” took Lin Shuang as his concubine.
Pretending to pity Jiang Xiu for not having a normal child, they had Lin Shuang’s daughter adopted by Jiang Xiu to raise.
Jiang Xiu, having given birth to three abnormal children in a row, was already physically broken.
Coupled with the daily brainwashing by Wu Xiong and Old Mrs. Wu, she had long been consumed by guilt toward the Wu family.
From then on, she truly treated Lin Shuang’s daughter as her own!
Thus, Wu Ling became the legitimate daughter of the marquisate.
She could speak at the age of three, claiming to be from another world and predicting several battles for the emperor.
The common people hailed her as an auspicious sign for the dynasty.
But Wu Ling’s next prophecy was that the Jiang family would rebel!
Jiang Xiu’s elder brothers were all renowned war gods, long viewed with suspicion by the imperial family.
With Wu Ling’s prophecy, the emperor conveniently had the entire Jiang family executed.
As Wu Ling’s nominal mother, Jiang Xiu could have been spared.
But Wu Ling stepped forward:
“I will not show favoritism to anyone. How could the daughter of a traitor be worthy of being my mother!”
“Everything I have done is worthy of the ‘loyalty’ in Zhongbo Marquisate’s name!”
“My mother is, and will only ever be, Concubine Lin!”
The entire city praised her for upholding justice over family ties.
From then on, Lin Shuang was elevated to the main wife, and the Wu family rose to prominence by stepping over the Jiang family’s corpses.
As for Jiang Xiu—
Her father and brother’s heads were hung on the city gates, subjected to public scorn;
She herself was humiliated and trampled upon, finally thrown naked into a mass grave without even a shroud to cover her.
The deaths of her two sons were even more tragic, each more gruesome than the last.
Thinking of this, Fu Fu was so furious that her vision darkened, and she raised her hand to strike her belly fiercely.
【Mother! I’m not a stillborn!】
【They’re trying to harm us!】
Fu Fu’s strikes carried a great deal of resentment.
Back in the Demon Realm, whenever she was displeased, even passing demon dogs would get kicked.
If it weren’t for this body being too weak, she wished she could shatter that bowl of medicine on the spot and flip the Wu family’s ancestral graves for good measure.
Jiang Xiu cried out in pain—had that voice just come from her belly?
“She’s giving birth! The mistress is giving birth!”
Xing’er, who was nearby, suddenly snapped to attention and cried out in panic.
Xing’er was the maid Jiang Xiu had brought from her maiden home, the only one in this deep mansion who truly cared for her.
Yet in the end, she too met a gruesome death, her body left incomplete!
Jiang Xiu grabbed Xing’er’s hand, gripping it so tightly her knuckles turned white, her voice trembling:
“Xing’er… protect my child!”
The midwife had just arrived when Fu Fu was born.
At that moment, Wu Xiong was still thinking about how to kill Fu Fu.
But the process was too quick, and no one had time to react.
Fu Fu didn’t cry, blinking her eyes as she looked at the world.
Jiang Xiu hurriedly held Fu Fu in her arms, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.
“My child, my daughter, my daughter!”
But Old Mrs. Wu came over, pinching Fu Fu’s arm hard.
“A freak! She doesn’t even cry when I pinch her like this! Another mute!”
“Jiang Xiu, how could you do this to our Wu family!”
“How could you do this to my son, who refused to take concubines for your sake!”
【Mother, don’t believe them!】
【If it weren’t for them, how could Elder Brother have become brain-damaged, and Second Brother mute! It was all those folk remedies that harmed them!】
【That damned Wu Xiong already has a son and daughter outside! Old Mrs. Wu knows about it too!】
Jiang Xiu looked at the little bundle in her arms, her heart filled with endless sorrow, her eyes reddening.
She believed it! This birth had gone so smoothly, and she could hear her daughter’s voice—her daughter must be her lucky star!
She suddenly remembered those bitter, nauseating folk remedies.
She remembered her eldest son’s vacant stare and her second son’s mouth opening without a sound.
So it was all because of those folk remedies!
She had thought Old Mrs. Wu disliked her because she didn’t have normal children.
But Wu Xiong already had a son and daughter outside!
For ten years, she had been played for a fool by them.
And now they even tried to trick her into believing her daughter was stillborn.
If she hadn’t been able to hear her daughter’s thoughts, her daughter would be gone now too…
【Mother, they’ll make you raise the daughter from the outside woman!】
【By then, my grandfather and all my uncles will be killed!】
【Mother, you’ll lose all dignity and be thrown naked into a mass grave!】
【My two brothers will also die tragic deaths.】
【Tsk, how ruthless, not even sparing two disabled little kids. Who’s the real demon here?】
Jiang Xiu’s heart jolted, and she forced down the overwhelming hatred in her heart, her eyes filled with determination.
She hadn’t protected her two sons.
This time, she would definitely protect her daughter, her father, and her brothers.
Old Mrs. Wu, seeing her remain silent, grew increasingly displeased. She deliberately squeezed out two murky tears: “Your daughter stayed in your belly for a whole year and still doesn’t cry! Clearly, something is wrong!”
“And do you think your two sons are capable of bearing the responsibility of the Zhongbo Marquisate?”
“You know how deeply my son cares for you! If you don’t speak up, he will never take a concubine!”
“Surely you wouldn’t truly cut off the Wu family’s lineage just because of yourself?”
Wu Xiong, standing nearby, saw that the timing was right and quickly stepped forward to support Old Mrs. Wu:
“Mother, you know my heart belongs only to my wife. I will not take a concubine!”
Wu Xiong deliberately put on an expression of anguish and inner conflict.
They knew Jiang Xiu would inevitably soften and consider the bigger picture.
Jiang Xiu spoke calmly:
“If the Marquis wishes to take a concubine, then let it be so.”
Jiang Xiu had made up her mind.
Her daughter had said that the Jiang family would be framed and executed.
And the mastermind behind it had been kept hidden away by Wu Xiong all along.
She might as well agree to let Wu Xiong bring them back, and nip their schemes in the bud.
This debt—she would personally collect it, one by one!
Wu Xiong was overjoyed. He had known Jiang Xiu would compromise for his sake.
And so, Lin Shuang entered, holding Wu Zihua’s hand and carrying Wu Ling in her arms.
The Wu Ling in her arms opened her round, bright eyes, stretched out her hands, and gave Jiang Xiu a sweet smile, cooing softly in her baby voice, wanting Jiang Xiu to hold her.
Yet, Jiang Xiu simply sat in the matriarch’s seat, quietly watching them.
“Husband, why does the concubine you’ve taken come with children?”