Madam instructed the midwife to give the soon-to-be-delivering mother a bowl of ginseng soup.
My unborn younger brother departed from this world with our mother, leaving me, a lowly daughter, to struggle for survival in the Shen Residence.
I remember my mother's dying instructions: hide my talents, be cautious in everything. At the age of seventeen, under Madam's decision, I married the eldest son of Minister Tao, Tao Peiyuan.
I thought I had escaped a desperate situation, but little did I know that the Tao family was heavily in debt. The marriage was merely a means to deceive me into paying off their debts with my dowry.
I endured the malice of my wicked mother-in-law and my unscrupulous husband, wishing only to spend this lifetime accompanied by the flowers and plants in the courtyard and find peace.
However, upon discovering my husband's affair with my sister-in-law, I couldn't contain my anger and vomited blood in resentment.
Even in this state, the Shen family did not spare me.
Madam secretly set up a gambling den, and when it was exposed, she shifted all the blame onto me. I was imprisoned, unable to seek justice.
In that moment when the executioner's blade fell, my heart was incredibly calm, finally bidding farewell to this disgusting world.
Yet, when I opened my eyes, I found myself reborn two years in the past.
