The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort (Chapters 1- 203)

Chapter 141 : Xiao Shao is Injured

Translated by : Shl

Edited by : Anks & Ely

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Trigger Warning: mention of domestic violence.

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By the very next day the news that the Xia family's Eldest Master had been given a green hat to wear by his own younger brother had spread throughout the capital. Xia Cheng himself felt so humiliated that he asked the Emperor to excuse him from court, claiming illness. Concurrently, the Imperial Censor's request for his impeachment landed on the Emperor's desk, stating that Marquis Xia fu was a hotbed of chaos, and since Xia Cheng was unable to govern his own wife and children it was clear he was unfit to be a court official.

Marquis Xia fu had already been discredited by Xia Yan's adultery, but when the news of the Xia family's Second Master's affair also came to light, the common folk suddenly realized why it was no wonder that the people in Jiang fu acted the way they did. To put it simply, the younger generation was merely emulating their seniors' vices*.

*上梁不正下梁歪 (shang liang bu zheng xia liang wai) – lit. if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. Fig. subordinates imitate their superior's vices.

All kinds of rumors were being spread which were too vile to repeat by the time they reached Xia Cheng's ears. In addition, since the matter was made known, Xia Tian Yi had remained in his residence, only sending out his maidservants to buy wine. Then, he would proceed to become dead drunk, nothing at all like his former solemn and self-disciplined self, and no different from a drunkard on the streets. Xia Cheng berated him constantly, but Xia Tian Yi became agitated on each occasion, so in a fit of anger Xia Cheng decided to stop trying, thinking that Xia Tian Yi would eventually get over it soon.

Shen Rou's own family had come to visit her, but when they found out what had happened, they too had felt ashamed. As a result, they pronounced that Shen Rou had married into the Xia family, and therefore belonged to the Xia family; even if she died, it would be of no concern of theirs. Thus, they had effectively given her over to the Xia family and washed their hands of her completely.

However, at present, everyone in Marquis Xia fu was fussing over Xia Jiao Jiao's injuries, and no one cared whether Shen Rou lived or died. Since the day that Xia Jiao Jiao had been kicked by Xia Tian Yi, resulting in her face being splashed with scalding hot soup, Xia Furen had invited a good number of doctors to tend to her, all of whom had said it was a hopeless situation. Xia Jiao Jiao would not be able to escape having a huge burn mark on her face. With this kind of facial injury, there was no need to talk about entering the palace anymore because even marrying an ordinary person and becoming his furen was already difficult enough. In any case, now that Xia Jiao Jiao had been exposed as a child born of adultery, not only would the licentious scions of the capital's rich or noble families not deign to marry her, but it was equally useless to even consider marrying into a good family.

Xia Jiao Jiao had always been vain, and had always regarded her face as being more important than anything else. After she realized she had been disfigured, she spent her entire day hysterically proclaiming that she wanted to die causing Xia Furen a headache like none other.

As for Yu Ya and Xia Tian Cai, no one knew if it was due to the provocation of this unhappy situation, but Yu Ya's temperament underwent a marked change, and she made no effort to even attempt to imitate the subservient attitude she had displayed in former days. She argued with Xia Tian Cai regularly, and had transformed into a ferocious tigress. Now, without fail, Xia Tian Cai sported fresh red scratches on his face, and Yu Ya's body was also marked with green and purple bruises; it was truly a horrifying sight.