Fierce Consort

Chapter 113

"Ling'er...."

Concubine Wang's face was pale as a ghost, her lips trembling. She didn't think her daughter actually knew what she had done in the past. However...
"I didn't do anything wrong. What did I do wrong?"

She started crying again, her voice full of grievance. "Things were so hard back home and they all depended on my meager salary as a maid. Do you think your mom is so cheap and wanted to depend on someone's favor to earn a living? But your uncle needed silver to get married, what else could I do?!"

So there was this matter as well?! Was this to say she was rather pitiful? But who should she complain to!?
"That's not my uncle. Don't forgot, my uncle's household is the Xue household!" Yan Ling said cruelly.

In the past she had been worried that Concubine Wang wouldn't be able to take it if she said this out loud. But reality had proven that one had to be cruel when it was necessary. Otherwise, the two of them would end up dead without a proper burial.

"Father already scolded you and you still haven't kept it in mind." Yan Ling's voice was steady, and she was scarily calm. "Father said if you or the Wang family continue to try and profit off of family ties, they will have their legs broken and sold off!"

"You...." Concubine Wang was shocked and in disbelief. "How can you be so heartless? That's my biological brother, and your uncle...."

"Concubine mom, you seem to have forgotten. As a concubine, you don't even count as half a master. How could your brother become my uncle? Concubine mom, it's better if you realize your status."

Forget it, forget it. She couldn't convince her anyway. To avoid any future calamities and for the sake of leaving herself a place in this household after her marriage, she might as well personally crush these thoughts of hers.

Yan Ling realized the Concubine Wang of the past was better. Although she was a little too timid, it meant she wouldn't cause any problems. It was best for people to know their place. Often times, when they forgot, what awaited might be eternal damnation.

Concubine Wang couldn't endure this blow and cried incessantly.

Yan Ling let out a deep sigh full of endless exhaustion.

"Why don't you understand? You've been an eyesore for so many years. The reason you could continue to stay here was because you were obedient in the past. Even if you get your way this time, have you thought about the future? After I marry off, aren't you still in this household? You've already said the principal mother isn't simple. After I'm gone, do you think you're enough to fill her teeth with?"

Concubine Wang's heart dropped. Yan Ling had already walked out.

It wasn't clear if Concubine Wang had taken her words to heart. Regardless, she had finally quietened down. She was no longer as ostentatious, and returned to her past self. Actually, Yan Ling's heart ached at seeing such a Concubine Wang. But there was no choice. The world was harsh. A single mistake can be hard to rectify for life. She could only hope her life at her husband's household would be good in the future. Then, her concubine mom would also be without worry.

The precocious Yan Ling had yet to turn fifteen, but was already making plans to be a good wife and daughter-in-law. The world was filled with such helplessness, but life still had to go on.

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Such helplessness was naturally something Yan Yan hadn't experienced. She was never able to swallow her anger or endure any grievance. If anyone angered her, she would poke a hole through the heavens.

But even if she hadn't experienced it before, it didn't mean she couldn't see it.

Because she saw and understood it, her emotions were very complicated. She was naturally grateful for what she had.