Forcing me to become a concubine? Remarrying the Ninth Prince, she'll be pregnant all over the

Caught off guard, Lin Wantang staggered, her slender body giving way.

She covered her face and knelt down, biting her trembling lips, her eyes welling up with tears.

It really hurts.

But what she cared about wasn't the pain, but the anger, the rage, and the incomprehension of why Chen hated her so much!

"Mother……"

Lin Wantang endured it all, her hoarse voice finally breaking: "Your child is terrified. If it is because of the marriage, then it is indeed my fault for being willful and reckless. But on the day of the wedding, as the legitimate daughter of the Grand Tutor's mansion, I was to marry into a high-ranking family. How could I allow my sister to take the place of the principal wife just because His Highness the Crown Prince has some 'sign of being worthy of having a son'..."

"Shut up! How dare you say such things!"

Madam Chen rebuked angrily, not knowing which word Lin Wantang had said that had offended her, her face even more irritated: "What's wrong with letting your sister take the place of the principal wife? Qinglian is also a daughter of our Lin family! What do you mean by the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children? What I care about is whether you two sisters can get along harmoniously and serve your husband diligently after marriage!"

"You care about being the legitimate daughter, and you don't want to tarnish your lofty position as the legitimate daughter, nor do you want our Grand Tutor's Mansion to lose face because of it! But what was the result! You openly broke off the engagement, making our Grand Tutor's Mansion the laughingstock of the entire capital!"

Madam Chen's voice was filled with rage, suppressing a hint of resentment. She felt nothing but that Lin Wantang was truly despicable and hateful. She ordered the old woman, "What are you all standing there for? The young lady's actions are outrageous and her words are unrestrained. Slap her!"

The old woman hesitated for a moment, but still hurriedly responded.

"Beat them! Beat them hard!"

Madam Chen paced back and forth in anger: "Lin Wantang! You act recklessly! Have you ever considered me, or your father! How could our Grand Tutor's Mansion produce such a disgraceful and unfilial daughter!"

The old woman hurriedly approached Lin Wantang, hesitatingly raising her hand, but was urged by Chen Shi: "Hit her! You dare disobey me? Are you tired of living?!"

The old woman dared not be negligent any longer and said, "I'm sorry, Miss!" She then swung her hand and slapped Lin Wantang hard across the face.

Slap after slap...

The old woman was a hard worker who had been doing rough work for many years and was quite strong. After just a few slaps, Lin Wantang's cheeks were red and swollen, and blood was seeping from the corners of his mouth.

But she gritted her teeth in suppressed anger, managing to suppress a single sound.

Those stubborn, cold eyes were fixed on Chen Shi without blinking.

Lin Wantang didn't argue anymore, nor did she say anything more. She just looked at Chen, her biological mother who gave birth to her, and at her resentful expression that seemed to want to kill her. She felt both grief and indignation, and also a deep sense of absurdity.

"What's wrong with having His Highness the Crown Prince's concubine? It's a blessing for you! Isn't it much better than Wei Wujiu, whom you just randomly chose? That eunuch can't even have children, have you lost your mind?!"

"Most importantly, even if we put all that aside for now, after the broken engagement, the Emperor had already bestowed a marriage upon you and Wei Wujiu, yet you still didn't know when to stop and dared to go to his residence with him. You're not even married yet! You're still a virgin, and you just followed a man like that, shameless! Unscrupulous!"

"If it weren't for the Crown Princess's constant favoritism and protection, and the safeguarding of our Grand Tutor's Mansion, do you know how badly your reputation would have been ruined?! Have you considered that?!"

Enraged by the countless crimes committed, Madam Chen shoved the old woman aside and instead brutally bound Lin Wantang, beating and berating her as she did so: "You keep saying you are the legitimate daughter of the Grand Tutor's mansion, that you are noble and cannot be insulted, but what you have done, one thing after another, does not live up to the title of legitimate daughter. How can you be worthy of nobility!"

Lin Wantang was so dizzy from the beating that her blood kept flowing out and had already stained her clothes red, splattering onto Chen Shi and the old woman. Chen Shi was still furious and continued to beat her, while the old woman was so frightened that her face had already turned pale.

"Madam, Madam!" The old woman knelt down in a panic, trying to stop her and hug Chen Shi. "Please stop hitting her! Miss can't take it anymore. If she gets injured, we...we won't be able to explain this to Lord Wei!"

"Don't mention that eunuch to me!"

Madam Chen was furious and wouldn't listen to anything. She shoved the old woman away, saying, "My only daughter was married off in grand style, and now she publicly breaks off the engagement and wants to marry a castrated man who can't have sex! What kind of honor is that?! And you want to explain it to him? Explain what?"

"Whether it's the body or the memorial tablet, isn't that an explanation? And which one counts as disobeying the imperial decree?"

Lin Wantang's upbringing and upbringing from a young age prevented her from harming her biological mother, no matter how angry or resentful she was. However, simply suppressing her anger was not in line with her nature, and she had been holding back her frustration for a long time and was almost about to explode.

Upon hearing this, her mind was in a daze, but she vaguely felt that she hadn't misheard. Madam Chen wanted to... use the pretense of preparing for marriage to lure her back to the mansion, then kill her, and then let Wei Wujiu marry a memorial tablet.

This certainly doesn't count as disobeying the imperial decree, and the marriage was indeed completed.

Throughout history, there have been countless precedents of this kind. Many men and women were engaged but died unexpectedly, and the husband's family still went ahead with the marriage, either bringing back a memorial tablet or a widow.

However, Lin Wantang never imagined that one day, such a terrible thing would happen to her.

And the one who came up with all of this was actually her own biological mother!

Lin Wantang was utterly shocked, heartbroken to the extreme, and furious to the extreme. Her heart, filled with mixed emotions, was momentarily numb and empty, and even the pain from the blow to her face seemed to have vanished.

She stared at Chen in shock and disbelief, her voice still hoarse as she spoke: "Mother...you want me...to die?"

The last word was uttered so softly, so fleetingly.

But just one word pierced her heart and tore her soul apart.

Chen, however, was unmoved. Her beautiful face was filled with resentment as she angrily grabbed Lin Wantang: "So what if you die? Don't you deserve to die! How dare you live?"

In the shadows and candlelight of the night, Chen's face was terrifying, like a demon, as if she had suddenly revealed her fangs, as if she wanted to devour Lin Wantang alive.

"Letting you die like this would be too good for you!" Madam Chen was still weighing her options, her eyes full of calculation as she plotted her next move. She then ordered the old woman, "This must not be made public! Go and fetch the white silk!"

"Wh-what..." The old woman stammered in shock, about to kneel down and kowtow in a panic, when she suddenly heard the sound of a door being pushed open.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Rucong's voice came from the outer room. His daughter was grown up and had just returned home, so he, as her father, felt it inappropriate to enter the inner room so late at night. He stopped and said, "Xiuniang, please come out first!"

Hearing the call, Madam Chen glared angrily at Lin Wantang, whose face was covered in injuries, and gestured to the old woman, "Keep an eye on her, don't let her make a sound!"

Immediately, Madam Chen steadied herself, straightened her dress, and stepped outside. She didn't want Lin Rucong to side with that wretched girl, so she had to think of a way to deceive him.