Madam, I Am Really a Monster - chapter 6

It was quite a coincidence today-a heavy snow fell.

Mortal bodies are frail; if one is ill, it is hard to endure the winter.

I carried a lantern to the doorway and looked up toward the Huo Shi’s courtyard.

The Purple Aura above Shuhe Courtyard was already much diminished, flickering as if it might extinguish at any moment.

Huo Shi was truly at death’s door.

I wondered if she could make it through the night.

You see, Sun Bin’s Fate is ill-starred, a configuration of Ten Evils and Great Defeat, bringing misfortune to father, mother, wife, and child.

Only one thing is good: his Fate favors a noble wife.

So, when he was down and out, there was Ruan who cared for him with devotion, and when he rose again, a noblewoman from the Huo Shi descended to him.

Now, the entire Marquis Mansion is feeding off Huo Shi’s fortune.

If she cannot hold on, then I…

As I was thinking this, Sun Jing suddenly arrived, cursing all the way-his commotion could be heard from afar.

I lowered my head and looked at him.

For a moment, I didn’t have time to hide the hungry look in my eyes.

It startled him so much that he took a step back. “Concubine…”

I came back to myself and smiled. “Why has the Heir come? Are you not accompanying the Madam?”

He began to doubt whether he had seen correctly just now, shoved past me, and entered the room.

“I’m annoyed. I came here to sit for a while.”

I thought for a moment and followed him in.

I asked Sun Jing how things were on Huo Shi’s side.

Sun Jing said the Imperial Physician was inside. He and his father had both been called over, but there was nothing they could do, so they could only wait outside the curtain.

Later, Huo Shi regained consciousness and told him to come back and rest.

“I was already allowed to leave, but just as I reached the door, my father called me back and said I couldn’t really sleep. The Fengyi Female Official from the palace had arrived and could summon me at any moment.”

At this, he became even more annoyed.

“I think she just wants to torment us on purpose.”

I handed him a piece of pastry. “Why do you think that? The Madam is ill.”

Besides, I’d heard that his mother’s health was ruined when she gave birth to him.

“Counting the years, it was seven years ago. Your mother was in labor for three days and nights when she had you-she barely escaped with her life.”

And over the years, her illness only worsened from overwork…

Sun Jing sneered and interrupted me.

“Concubine, my father says you’re naïve-you really are naïve.”

I was suspicious. “What do you mean?”

Sun Jing said, “Back then, when she gave birth to me, I was certain to survive, but she might not have.”

…And what does that mean?

Sun Jing truly had his own way of thinking.

“In great families, if such a situation arises, it’s always the mother who is sacrificed to save the child. But she happened to have an Empress for an elder sister, who sent a Fengyi Female Official to guard her door, letting her labor for three days and nights-almost causing me to die in the womb.”

This child, his mouth greasy from eating fried pastries, spoke such shocking words.

“My father told me that when I grow up and marry, I must choose a virtuous wife. Never marry into such a domineering family, leaving a woman who is injured and unable to bear children to occupy the position of principal wife in the mansion. If the two families truly want the benefits of marriage, it’s better to have a child with both bloodlines.”

I laughed. “Is that really what you think?”

Sun Jing replied, “How could it be otherwise?”

I pressed further, “So by your logic, you’re not hoping she’ll recover?”

“Though she is my birth mother, for the sake of the Sun Family, she is a bit of a hindrance.”

But you fool, your entire Sun Family is living off her fortune.

Even the fact that you’re still alive is because of her.

I smiled.

So there really are things in this world where one brings about their own destruction.