"Marquis! Marquis... I beg you..."
A pitiful and weak voice rose in the decrepit courtyard.
The woman's face was drenched in sweat as she lay prostrate on the ground, reaching out a hand in an attempt to grasp the man holding an infant.
Under the man's feet were a pair of dark-colored silk boots, his brows and eyes full of disdain as he suddenly lifted his foot and kicked the woman harshly on the shoulder!
With a low moan, the woman, like a kite with its string cut, was actually kicked a meter away!
Shao He gasped for breath, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood!
"Marquis... Marquis, I beg you! Don't harm my child..."
Shao He's face, pale and weak from childbirth, now bore the pallor of death. Her already lifeless eyes were fixed desperately on the swaddled infant in the man's hands.
The infant cried out loudly, the man remaining indifferent.
The infant, like a severed kite, fell straight from the man's hands into a basin filled with bloody water beside them!
"How can a filthy woman like you be fit to have my child!"
The man stomped harshly on her hand as she struggled to crawl forward, his indifferent gaze filled with undisguised disgust.
The baby's cries abruptly ceased, the swaddling clothes instantly stained blood-red.
Shao He's pupils contracted, the pain in her fingers still unable to stop her movements.
"My child, my child..."
With unknown strength, Shao He, her face pale, forcefully pulled her hand from under his foot. Even as the blood streamed, she bore the pain and crawled to the edge of the basin.
Shao He scooped up the infant, seeing its eyes tightly shut and its breathing growing weaker, her heart filled with anger and hatred that spread uncontrollably.
"You still have the face to cry! If it weren't for you drugging me, would this bastard have come into being? Truly shameless!"
Chu Yu's eyes were dark and brooding. A year ago, he had been drugged and framed by Shao He, the daughter of the Imperial Censor, and was forced to marry her, even giving up the woman he loved!
Now he had found the girl he loved, and neither Shao He nor this bastard could be left alive!
"I didn't, Marquis, back then..." Shao He's voice was hoarse, barely able to speak.
Her gaze slightly vacant, she hugged her child that may already have died. She did not know what to say, and no matter how she explained, Chu Yu would not believe her!
"Madam! Marquis... Marquis, please don't be angry. Although the Madam has been involved with other men, it's all in the past, please spare the Madam! The Young Marquis has just been born..."
A pretty girl suddenly rushed from outside, kneeling directly before Chu Yu with a tearful appearance that seemed genuinely pitiable.
Chu Yu's expression grew even uglier as he pulled up Luo Jiner, "She has humiliated you for so many years! Yet you still cover up those filthy acts for her! How could this bastard possibly be the Young Marquis of Marquis Pingnan's Mansion! You have really suffered on her behalf all these years."
Luo Jiner was briefly stunned, pressed against Chu Yu's chest, she continued to exaggerate, "But, but although the Madam's heart isn't with you, she has done so much for the Marquis's Mansion..."
It sounded as though she was speaking on behalf of Shao He but every sentence smeared her reputation!
Shao He was almost vomiting blood with rage, her eyes nearly bursting with fury, "Luo Jiner! I treated you like a sister, why do you slander me so!"
Luo Jiner was her accompanying maid!
But over the years, she had always treated her like a real sister. How had that turned into 'humiliation for many years' in Chu Yu's mouth?
"Madam..." Luo Jiner put on a scared expression, once again embraced in Chu Yu's hold.
Seeing Chu Yu's nearly murderous look, a wave of sorrow and anger surged from within Shao He. Her vision darkened, and she actually fainted!
Beneath her, fresh blood suddenly began to flow out, clearly in a fit of anger!
"Marquis, the Madam... the Madam is dead!"
A servant stepped forward to test the breaths of both the infant and Shao He, their face turning deathly pale.
"Send the word down, the Madam died in childbirth, a loss of two lives!" Chu Yu snorted coldly, almost without a second word, dropped a cold look, and left embracing Luo Jiner.
Luo Jiner, gazing down at Shao He who had fainted on the ground, sneered contemptuously. What could the daughter of the Imperial Censor do?
Wasn't she just as dead in Marquis Pingnan's Mansion?
"It hurts... damn, that was ruthless!"
Shao He couldn't help but curse, abruptly opening her eyes, only to discover complete darkness before her.
Something seemed to still be flowing out below her.
Shao He's face darkened. What on earth was happening... she clearly had been shot by a traitor while on a mission!
She took a deep breath and suddenly a plethora of memories that didn't belong to her flooded her mind.
After a while, Shao He murmured.
"This woman's life is truly tragic..."
It took only a minute for Shao He to realize her situation. She might have transmigrated.
She was originally a descendant of a prominent family of medical experts and poisoners from China, a top agent of the 21st century, living her life amidst danger and turmoil, but she had never imagined that one day she would transmigrate into such a wretched body of the Marquis of Pingnan's wife!
"This really fucking hurts..." She cursed again, wishing she had Misoprostol.
As Shao He thought this, a pillbox suddenly dropped in front of her.
Her expression changed. Before she could react, her body moved faster than her brain. Her hand had already grabbed the pillbox, which clearly had "Misoprostol" written on it.
Shao He took a deep breath. She hadn't expected to bring along the organization's newly developed YS system as well!