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“Scholar?” Qing Luan murmured, then lowered her head to play with her fingers, casually asking, “Heh, even if you are a Scholar, you shouldn’t let a maid overshadow your legitimate wife, right? Is it that a lowly servant is worthy of you, while the esteemed Miss Hu Family has tarnished your Scholar status?”
“What do you know?” Wei Scholar retorted sharply. “A merchant’s daughter being matched with me, a proper Scholar, is an insult… As for this maid, I haven’t married her; she’s at most a concubine. What does it matter if she’s worthy or not!”
“Oh,” Qing Luan nodded in realization and then casually asked, “Since the Merchant's Daughter isn’t worthy of you, why are you marrying her?”
Because Qing Luan was just a girl in her teens and because Wei Scholar felt that Hu Linglong didn’t have long to live, he was used to boasting outside that marrying Hu Linglong was an insult to his Scholar identity. So when Qing Luan provoked him, he spilled his thoughts without holding back, even forgetting the heartfelt act he had just put on.
“That’s her good fortune. But who would have thought she wouldn’t be virtuous at all? She gets pregnant and doesn’t even arrange for a proper concubine for me; it’s truly infuriating!” Wei Scholar recalled how his friends mocked him, saying he hadn’t married Hu Linglong but rather entered the Hu Family as a son-in-law. He felt resentment because he was afraid of even a Merchant's Daughter, and with Xiu'er’s encouragement, the two of them ended up together.
“Master Wei, you really are wronged,” Qing Luan rolled her eyes secretly. She had seen shamelessness before but never to this extent. Elevating oneself while belittling others was truly disgusting. “Linglong Sister is a Merchant's Daughter; the Hu Family is a merchant family. Allowing you to stay here is really an injustice to you; how you must be suffering.”
That last remark jolted Wei Scholar; his face turned pale as he glanced at Hu Linglong, who had her head down and seemed lost in thought. He frowned and said, “Linglong, we are husband and wife. Even if you leave, I will take good care of our son; don’t worry about that. As for this Girl—she’s willful and sharp-tongued, disrespectful to her master—she should be dragged out and beaten to death.”
“Beaten to death?” Linglong finally looked up at him with an incredulous expression and asked, “On what grounds?”
“I am your husband,” Wei Scholar said urgently.
“But she is the mistress of the Hu Family,” Linglong gently explained. Seeing Wei Scholar widen his eyes as if wanting to say something, she didn’t give him the chance and immediately pretended to realize something. “Oh, I forgot. My brother declared that Qing Luan in the Hu Family is just like him; anyone who disrespects her should be beaten to death. You weren’t even around when that was said. You flaunt my maid everywhere as proof of your nobility and elegance…”
“Miss,” Xiu'er began to tremble inexplicably, her legs bending slightly as she whispered in fear.
“No, don’t call me Miss; I can’t bear that title,” Linglong said as she pulled up the blanket and touched her hair at the temples, smiling faintly. “I was initially quite at ease leaving the child in your care; even if I died, I would have no regrets. But now that you say this, I realize how much injustice the Hu Family has caused you and how much resentment you hold inside. It makes me feel like I can’t die in peace anymore. So I will take care of my child myself. As for you…” Her tone shifted sharply, her gaze turning piercing; if looks could kill, Wei Scholar would have been left in tatters at that moment. “The Hu Family cannot afford you; please leave!”
"You... what do you mean?" Wei Scholar panicked, losing his usual arrogance.
"Don't you understand?" Qing Luan scoffed. "Linglong Sister doesn't want you to be wronged, can't you see that?"
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