The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 185 Cutting flesh with a dull knife

When a person is about to die, the people he misses most are the most important people, the ones he can never see again.

Tao Ziyi didn't care about a dying person, and reminded him softly: "The Queen and the Emperor went to Jiangnan for a tour, and you asked her to hide the news of your illness. Have you forgotten, Master?"

Therefore, he could not see Shi Mingzhu before he died.

When she thought of this, she felt vaguely pleased.

This woman has reflected on her pettiness and jealousy all her life, but this is the only time she feels no shame at all.

She was just sad that the man she had loved and resented all her life was about to die, and her whole heart was shrouded in great grief.

Now that he's dead, who will she compete with in the future?

Now that he is dead, who will compensate her for the regrets in this life?

However, Shi Mingzhen wanted to give her a ruthless blow before his death. He told his son: "The scroll of painting in the drawer of my desk in the study... After I die... After I die, don't take any other burial objects... Just that painting... that painting..."

After saying this, he died.

When he died, his eyes were fixed on the door.

Tao Ziyi was heartbroken and secretly swore never to shed a tear for him again, but tears burst out like a fountain.

When her son found the painting that Shi Mingzhen wanted, she didn't think much about it and opened it directly, thinking it was a famous painting, but it turned out to be a portrait of Shi Mingzhu!

The portrait shows the unmarried Shi Mingzhu, who is as bright as a flower, as bright as the moon, with a charming smile, beautiful eyes, and is elegant, handsome, and carefree.

With a loud bang, Tao Ziyi was stunned as if she was hit by a huge rock falling from the sky. Her heart broke into countless petals and turned into powder.

The portrait suddenly fell from her hands and hit the ground.

And she fell backwards.

The knife was so fierce that it shattered her life into pieces and turned it into a joke.

what is this?

what is this!

Her life had no major ups and downs. She had many children and grandchildren, wealth and glory, and no concubines to bother her.

Everyone envied Shi Mingzhen's chastity to her for decades, and everyone envied their deep love and determination to stay together for the rest of their lives.

When her sisters, sisters-in-law, and girlfriends saw that she was occasionally unhappy, they would tease her with a smile: "The third brother is running around outside, he didn't find you a concubine, he didn't have any affairs, he stayed pure for you, you should be content!"

Only she knew that Shi Mingzhen was cutting her heart and her life into pieces with an invisible knife in his hand, just like a blunt knife cutting meat.

From that day on, Tao Ziyi really fell ill and died after being bedridden for more than a year.

She was very unwilling to die.

She wanted to get better. She was not a weak woman who could not live without a man.

In the past few years, Shi Mingzhen traveled around a lot and even passed by her home three times without entering. She took care of the family alone and lived a good life.

But it’s too painful and too sad.

The images and words of Shi Mingzhen favoring others thousands and millions of times always popped up unexpectedly, echoing before her eyes and reverberating in her ears.

It was like a curse, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, following her everywhere, haunting her and unable to be shaken off.

She was powerless to save her wounded heart and watched it devour her life.

When she died, there was still a grudge in her throat.

When she closed her eyes, she thought, she only hoped that she would never meet Shi Mingzhen again in the next life.

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The carriage slowly arrived at the gate of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Shi Mingzhen did not let the women get off the carriage. Instead, he ordered the high threshold to be removed and the carriage drove all the way to the second gate.

Shi Yao gently pushed Tao Ziyi: "Third sister-in-law, third sister-in-law!"

Tao Ziyi woke up slowly and was startled when she heard Shi Yao's voice.

Isn’t Shi Yao dead?

Then he remembered that she was also dead, no wonder he heard Shi Yao's voice.

It’s strange. Shi Yao has been dead for so many years, why hasn’t she been reincarnated yet?

She turned over and sat up, looking at the young Shi Yao with her hair untied, and then at her sister-in-law Qi Wan who was looking out worriedly, her eyes were dazed and her head was splitting.

Another memory entered the brain.

Like a fleeting moment, her face gradually turned pale.

She seemed to have split into two people, the young Tao Ziyi who had not yet been heartbroken, and the experienced Tao Ziyi who was like a rotten wood.

Both of them are her.

How is this going?

She reached out her hand blankly and touched Shi Yao, who was warm and alive. She then touched the cushioned seat beneath her.

"What is this place? Us, in a carriage?" she asked hoarsely.

Shi Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, the third sister-in-law touched her face. She thought that the third sister-in-law was going to strangle her neck, waiting for her to ask herself as if she were facing a great enemy: "You killed the entire Shi family, give me back my son's life!"

She couldn't help but admire her third sister-in-law's character. She was indeed the kindest person in the Shi family. Even after her whole family died, she didn't take her anger out on her at all.

"Third sister-in-law must have fallen into a daze. We just came back from Ziyang Villa and have entered the main gate and are about to reach the second gate. Did you forget that sister-in-law told me to wake you up in time before you went to bed?"

Tao Ziyi pressed her head which was in tearing pain, thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.

The world before my eyes seems as unreal as a dream.

But it is clearly true.

What's up with her?

Is he dead or not?

Why do I feel like I’m half dead and half alive?

At this time, the carriage stopped at the second gate.

Shi Yao pretended to pour tea for Tao Ziyi. While passing the tea bowl to Tao Ziyi's mouth, she said to Qi Wan, "Fifth sister-in-law, you go first. Third sister-in-law just woke up. I'll serve her a few sips of tea to moisten her throat."

Qi Wan saw that Tao Ziyi was in a bad mood, so she got out of the carriage without saying much.

Tao Ziyi drank half a cup of tea, and the pain in her head was not as severe. She also felt a little more realistic. Looking at Shi Yao, she had many questions in her mind that she wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to ask for fear of revealing any clues.

Shi Yao said softly, "Third sister-in-law, I see that you don't look very well. The old man and the old lady will definitely interrogate you in a while. If you don't want to deal with it, just pretend to faint. Anyway, Shi Mi and Lian Qiao know everything. With them, plus my third brother, it's enough."

After saying that, Shi Yao helped her out of the carriage.

Tao Ziyi remembered what happened at the villa, and her heart was filled with turmoil.

Yes, Shi Mingzhu made a big fool of herself today. Her marriage to the Fourth Prince Zhou Shao was finalized. However, in her previous life, the Shi family looked down on the Fourth Prince. Not only did they break off the engagement, but everyone was determined to bring him down.

The fourth prince Zhou Shao was obsessed with Shi Mingzhu. He rebelled but failed to usurp the throne. After guarding the imperial mausoleum for several years, he died suddenly.

Shi Mingzhu finally married the fifth prince Zhou Xu, and they became the emperor and empress. The emperor did not take concubines, and their love for each other became a folk legend.

No...Shi Yao! Why did Shi Yao return to Beijing only last year?

No, no - there is something wrong with a bunch of sisters-in-law in the Duke's Mansion. Why is the Duke's Mansion in such a mess now?

Tao Ziyi had a splitting headache again.

She was the oldest one in the villa, and if the old man and the old lady were to hold her accountable, she would definitely be blamed for failing to take good care of the matter.

But why?

It was the Shi family themselves who did not care about their reputation and had a bad reputation. It was Shi Mingzhu herself who proposed to go to the spring outing and was ridiculed and humiliated by the noble ladies. What does it have to do with her?

Why should she take the blame?

Tao Ziyi simply followed Shi Yao's advice. When Shi Mingzhen was about to come to support her and said, "Let's go to Ganlu Hall to reply first," she closed her eyes and fell limply into the arms of Shi Yao and the maid.