Chapter 160

Qin He thought and fumed as the group arrived at the garden.

Once seated in the pavilion, the maid brought tea. Qin He had a sudden inspiration and ordered: "Go to the shop I opened and get some iced drinks, and some ice cakes too. It's hot as death in the summer."

"There are iced drinks? That's great!" the little cousin cheered first.

The guards left quickly, and Qin Yan and the others were happy, discussing the iced drinks.

"Sister Qin He, you are too amazing, being able to open a shop with men and making it bigger and bigger." Qin Yan looked at her with admiration, pulling on Qin He: "If I had half your ability, that would be enough."

Qin He enjoyed everyone's praise, but not knowing what she thought of, her smile faded a bit: "What's the use of being good at opening shops? It's not as good as marrying well. Even if you are a 'dodder flower' who knows nothing, once you marry well, you have everything."

Qin Yan immediately thought of Qin Bi, let go of Qin He's hand, and said: "Sister Qin Bi married well, but what can she do? Just because she married well, she got huge benefits for nothing."

Qin Bi was the most low-key among the concubine-born daughters, liked to stay cooped up in her courtyard, had no pretty clothes, and not many pieces of jewelry. Qin Bi was also older and didn't have their flower-like age; she was truly useless.

Yet, it was such a person who was now above them.

Aggrieved, jealous—in short, it was hard to accept. Everything Qin Bi had now was picked up for nothing.

Back then, being able to marry Heir He was also a marriage picked up for nothing. There was more than one marriageable daughter in the Marquis Manor, and each one was younger and more beautiful than Qin Bi. If it weren't for Heir He's curse of wife-killing and childlessness, he would never have married Qin Bi.

The Marquis Manor young ladies were talking when Qin Han rushed to the Qin Yan Marquis Manor.

Qin He immediately called Qin Han to the side to talk. At the pear-wood round table, there were only Qin He and Qin Han. By this time, the guards had already brought the iced drinks, and the other Marquis Manor young ladies were eating them, incidentally helping Qin Han take care of the child.

"Do you know that Qin Bi is playing schemes?" Qin He asked with a stiff face.

Qin Han looked serious: "What is it?"

"The child she gave birth to, Rong Yang." Qin He looked at Qin Han and spat out the words she least wanted to say: "They say it's Heir He's child."

Qin Han's eyes widened in surprise. How could that be? She reacted for a long while before saying: "Isn't Little Heir Rong Yang the child of Heir Rong? How could he be Heir He's child?"

Heir Rong was a god of slaughter, a noble who rode horses in fine clothes. Such a person would absolutely never raise someone else's child.

"Where did you hear that?" Qin Han didn't believe it and shook her head: "You know what kind of person Heir Rong is; he wouldn't raise someone else's child. This is nonsense."

Qin He also started to ponder. That's right, Heir Rong's temper wouldn't allow him to raise someone else's child; it was absolutely impossible. Good, she didn't expect Qin Bi to actually use schemes to calculate against both of Great Yan's powerful heirs.

Qin He was angry again and said stifledly: "Hmph, the entire imperial court knows."

Qin Han was stunned. If the entire imperial court knew, then it couldn't be fake.

"Heir He will definitely want to acknowledge the child back." Qin Han was much more rational than Qin He.

"It is said that the He clan members have all returned." There were no outsiders here, so Qin He didn't hide her anger in front of Qin Han, snorting viciously: "Heir He is no longer 'clean.' I don't want him anymore; he is stupid beyond cure, being calculated against by a woman."

Qin Han's brain felt like it had been struck by lightning, and only then did she react to what Qin He had said. She looked around in a panic, and only after confirming that no one was nearby did she feel relieved. Qin He was already married, and Heir Xue was not as gentle as he appeared.

"Be careful of being heard." Qin Han reminded Qin He.

"So what if I'm heard?" Qin He had an expression of fearing no one, her eyes, which lacked much momentum, filled with coldness as she said indignantly: "He kept saying he was good to me and would protect me for a lifetime, yet he had a child with another woman. I will go back and ask Heir He for an explanation."

Qin Han was timid: "There's no need, right? You are both already married."

Qin Han felt some regret. Why did she come to muddy these waters at this time? Based on Qin He's temper, it was really possible she would go and question Heir He. Who was Heir He? A powerful official of Great Yan; he wasn't someone just anyone could run up to and shout at.

"If you couldn't do it, don't promise me." Qin He was dizzy with anger, her mind unclear, but her words were very sharp: "We agreed on 'one life, one pair,' but he didn't do it. Now he even has a child with another woman. I don't want him anymore."

Qin Han didn't know how to persuade Qin He not to be angry, only saying: "Heir He has no children; having a child is not easy......"

Mentioning this made Qin He even angrier: "Anyone would do to have a child, why did he have to choose my concubine-born cousin? It makes me so angry."

Qin Han wanted to say more but stopped. But back then, Heir He marrying Qin Bi was all to pave the way for you, and you didn't stop it either. You waited to enjoy the path Heir He paved for you; where did this "one life, one pair" come from?

Besides, even if Qin He wanted Heir He, it wouldn't work; you can't afford it.

It wasn't that Qin He hadn't thought about marrying Heir He, and for this, she had stubbornly waited for several years, waiting for Heir He to stop killing his wives so she could marry him. You were betrothed twice, and you almost died both times!

You want Heir He, but you can't.

The curse of wife-killing and childlessness—no one could do anything about it.

Qin He had accepted her fate and married someone else, so why was she digging up old scores now?

Qin He spouted nonsense in front of Qin Han, speaking as if Heir He couldn't do without her, and that even though she was married, Heir He still couldn't forget her. She was so certain that Qin Han even believed her a little.

Qin He returned to the second branch's courtyard, and before leaving, she didn't forget to say to Cui Shi: "Mother, I am going to the Yan Guogong Manor to ask Heir He clearly. We were divorced immediately after the wedding, so how is it that there is a child now?"

Cui Shi's hand shook, and her teacup almost fell to the ground. A surge of anger rose up, and Cui Shi said: "Go ahead, I won't stop you. Just ask Heir He how he wronged you; your face is more important than anyone else's."

"I'm not just saying it." Qin He was worried about being looked down upon by Cui Shi and clamored: "I am really going to ask."

Cui Shi's face darkened, and she waved her hand: "Go. If you dare to go and ask, I dare to kill you."

Qin He was startled and shed tears of grievance: "Mother, Heir He betrayed me."

"You eat their food, drink their drink, and your daily expenses are all from the Yan Guogong Manor." Cui Shi was angered. She had said it—nothing good ever came of this concubine-born daughter returning: "The twenty miles of dowry you had when you married were all given to you by Heir He. He didn't betray you in the slightest, yet you have the nerve to say he betrayed you. There should be a limit to being a bloodsucker; how can you be so shameless? Heir He delayed your marriage for a few years, and he gave you enough. Where did he wrong you? Heir He is destined to have no descendants; it's not easy for him to have a child, yet you aren't happy for him and are here pretending to be deeply affectionate? Did you not marry because of Heir He? You have two children already, you lack neither a husband nor children, and you have a complete family, yet you are jumping up and down just because Heir He has a child. How can you be so hypocritical?"