Madam, I Am Really a Monster - chapter 4

Afterwards, Sun Jing really did come to see me often.

He even boasted to me proudly, “Well? See how I have her completely under my thumb.”

He truly had a grip on his mother’s lifeblood.

No matter how big a trouble he caused, as long as he blamed it on his mother’s fierce jealousy, he could make his father speak harshly to his mother.

I asked him, “Why go this far?”

He replied while pulling his bow to test the string, “Who told her to be so fond of meddling in other people’s business?”

I laughed at that, “You just want to escape her control, so you stab her right in the heart?”

The price of being a mother is truly too high.

Xiao Cui was still encouraging him, “The Heir may be young, but his schemes are first-rate.”

Sun Jing was pleased, saying my maid was more sensible than I was.

I said nothing and simply walked away.

That afternoon, I saw Sun Jing making Xiao Cui balance a pear on her head so he could use her as a target for archery practice.

Xiao Cui was so frightened she kept crying, “Concubine, save me!”

I stopped and watched for a while, then said, “You’d better not move. Only then can the Heir shoot accurately.”

Xiao Cui looked at me in disbelief.

Sun Jing drew his bow to the fullest and shot an arrow.

Xiao Cui screamed on the other side.

Fortunately, he hit the target.

Xiao Cui collapsed to the ground.

He turned to look at me.

I clapped my hands, “Excellent.”

He sneered with satisfaction, “At least you know what’s good for you.”

I thought, what does this have to do with me?

If you ask me, I also find this rather amusing.

I simply stayed to watch the spectacle, munching on melon seeds and coldly observing as he fetched an even smaller apricot to place on Xiao Cui’s head.

Xiao Cui was so scared she nearly fainted, “Concubine…”

Sun Jing pulled his bow, “Do you know why I’m punishing this wretched maid? Because she doesn’t know her place and dared to climb onto my father’s bed.”

Suddenly, I understood, “No wonder you wanted me to go up against Lady Ni.”

Xiao Cui’s face was deathly pale.

That day, Xiao Cui wasn’t injured, but she was terribly frightened.

As soon as Sun Jing left, she gave me a sour look.

“I misjudged you. You two only look alike, but your heart isn’t half as good as hers!”

I laughed, “I was never Lady Ni to begin with.”

May I ask?

It’s one thing for Sun Bin to treat me as a substitute,

But a mere maid, and she treats me as a substitute too?

Or does she keep fantasizing that Ni Huan is still here, hoping to bask in her glory?

Xiao Cui was furious. She spoke recklessly to me, saying that one day Sun Bin would discover my true nature, that I would fall out of favor sooner or later, and that I shouldn’t dream of enjoying Sun Bin’s love and wealth by clinging to Lady Ni’s name.

I continued eating melon seeds and asked her, “Was Lady Ni a good person?”

Xiao Cui replied, “Of course. Lady Ni was the best woman in the world. You can’t even compare to a single strand of her hair!”

I nodded, “She was good, but her end wasn’t.”

That remark left Xiao Cui speechless with anger.

I thought she would go complain to Sun Bin, just as she said she would.

But she didn’t.

Probably because she knew very well that without me as a substitute, her position in the household wouldn’t improve either.

People are truly interesting.