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"Forget it, to avoid running into annoying people," Sang Qingxiao suggested. "I'll take care of Yezhou's matter; I can handle it. Why don't you go ahead first?"
"No, I'm not afraid of them." Qi Xiaomian replied. "There's a Tea-Smoked Chicken place up ahead that’s quite good. Let me take you to try it."
There was a long line, and Qi Xiaomian patiently waited. After a little over half an hour, they finally received a plump paper-wrapped package. Qi Xiaomian eagerly tore off the wrapping from a chicken leg and handed it to Sang Qingxiao.
It was juicy and savory, with a hint of smokiness and tea fragrance, making Sang Qingxiao nod in approval as he ate.
"Eat, eat," Qi Xiaomian said, tearing off another leg for himself while only taking a bit of chicken breast.
As they walked to a quieter spot by the lake, Qi Xiaomian finally spoke up. "He is my Third Brother."
Sang Qingxiao blinked but didn’t respond.
"My mother is my uncle's biological sister. My uncle was worried she would be bullied in the palace, so when he was granted land, he took her along. It was during their journey to the fief that she met my father."
"My father, Qi Hao, is the head of the Qi Family, the First Family of the Jianghu. He is ten years older than my mother but possesses an extraordinary beauty that made my mother fall in love at first sight. She even insisted on marrying him despite knowing he already had many wives."
At that time, my father's stance was that if she wanted to marry him, he would accept her, but he could not grant her the title of primary wife. He could only promise her that she would be treated as a Secondary Wife.
My mother, being a princess, had no reason to become anyone's Secondary Wife, no matter how uncherished she was. Moreover, there had never been a precedent for royal families marrying into the Jianghu.
Naturally, everyone opposed this marriage.
However, my mother was infatuated with his looks and threatened to take her own life if she couldn’t marry him. My uncle couldn’t bear to see her like that and petitioned the Court again. The Chongjing Emperor decreed that my mother would lose her title as princess. She finally got her wish and became my father's Secondary Wife as a commoner.
After some time passed and my uncle ascended the throne, he learned about my mother's situation and restored her title as princess. He also granted her land. With the backing of the current emperor, my mother’s life improved significantly.
Sang Qingxiao had heard about Qi Xiaomian's mother before; it had once caused quite a stir in the city. Her obsession became a laughingstock among Jianghu people, and other princesses avoided discussing marriage for a while because of her.
Qi Xiaomian continued speaking. "After marrying into the Qi Family, my mother focused solely on one thing: vying for favor."
To attract my father's attention, she employed various schemes and even targeted me.
She used all sorts of methods to make me sick and repeatedly lured my father over under the pretense of caring for me. Initially, this tactic worked a few times, but eventually, he stopped paying attention to her altogether. She realized that with so many children already in his life, one more or less didn’t matter to him.
Later on, she resorted to harming my father's other wives. At first, she succeeded in killing a few of them; after all, who would suspect a toddler just learning to walk could hide poison?
Children act innocently; it's easy to poison someone and get caught afterward. When my father found out, he showed no mercy and didn’t inquire about the reasons behind it—he simply blamed me as the culprit.
I was only two or three years old at that time; the scars from beatings were still visible on me.
After being beaten multiple times for being oblivious to everything happening around me, I gradually understood that as long as I didn’t obey my mother’s commands, I wouldn’t get hit again.
But every time I see my mother being ignored and crying out, I can't help but want to help her.
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