Chapter 1206 - Giving Birth to a Daughter
Everyone crowded around Xuan Ying and Shi Xiaoxiao. Left on the floor, Feng Lingxue was abandoned like an old rag.
This included Xuan Mu.
Xuan Mu was also worn out from tormenting her and he instructed two men, “Bring this disgusting slave back. I want to enjoy myself today, so I’ll deal with her after I get back.”
“Yes sir.” The two men dragged Feng Lingxue off.
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The luxurious car parked outside the South Palace. Feng Lingxue held her pain in as she slowly walked into the South Palace.
Bending down over a fountain along the road, she looked at her reflection through the clear waters. She had already wiped the blood dry. Her beautiful face was now marred by the ugly carving of the word ‘slave’ on her right cheek.
This word was going to accompany her for her entire life, as a token of her shame.
“When I turned 18, Ah Jiao’s Room was going to auction me off. The day before that, he said he was going to take me away. It’s been many years and I haven’t told him this, but I had actually been waiting a long time for him to tell me that. As long as he took me with him, it doesn’t matter how difficult the rest of our days would be. We would have each other and have our own small family.
“But I fell asleep that day and was awoken by the sounds of someone fighting. It seemed like it was coming from his room, so I ran in towards that direction.
“I was running along the corridor and was about to reach his room when the door to a room beside me suddenly opened and someone dragged me into the darkness where… where I was… raped…”
Even after all this time, it was still difficult for her to say those words. Feng Lingxue lifted her eyes. They were rimmed with red. It had already been three years since then, but she could still remember that night vividly.
Concubine Yu’s expression softened as she looked at Feng Lingxue. She no longer showed as much hostility towards her.
Feng Lingxue gathered her emotions and continued, “The next day, Ah Jiao’s Room gave me a grand coming-of-age ceremony. He had been waiting for me at the place we had decided beforehand. I wanted to go, really wanted to go so much. It wasn’t my fault I was raped…
“But just as I wanted to, his father the South Duke arrived. He locked me in a room and threatened to kill him if I left. Even though he was his biological son…”
Concubine Yu clutched her wheelchair handles tight and growled, “This b*tard! I’ll make sure he dies a miserable death!”
Feng Lingxue tugged her pale lips and said, “After he left, I remained in Ah Jiao’s Room, and soon realized… that I was pregnant…”
Concubine Yu looked at Feng Lingxue in surprise.
“I thought about aborting the child, but in the end, I couldn’t bear to do it. After all, no matter who the father is, the child is still my blood…
“After 10 months, I gave birth to a daughter, whom I named Mu Mu. Mu Mu’s arrival was like a lamp that illuminated my dark life. She laughed with me when she was in my arms and cried with me when I was crying. Her tiny hands would wipe my tears away and coo at me. I hugged her to sleep and she would call me ‘Mommy’ so sweetly. We would also go down to the beach to play and pick up stones from there… That period was the happiest time of my life. Mu Mu’s arrival seemed to have… healed the pain of his departure…
“But soon, my father the North Duke came for me. He took Mu Mu away and I saw her being slapped, being pulled by the hair. I couldn’t do anything, even when she was taken away, I couldn’t do anything at all. Why? Even as her mother, I was so weak, so powerless… In the end, there was nothing I could do at all.”
With that, as Feng Lingxue looked at Concubine Yu, her voice was wistful. “So never abandon your child… Otherwise, you will end up like me, you’ll be left with nothing… Nothing at all…”