Chapter 1 Return from Rebirth
Chapter 1

Gu Nianchu had been bedridden for a long time, and her eldest son Shen Shaobai personally brought her a bowl of medicine: "Mother, it hurts to see you like this, drink this medicine and you won't be in pain."

Gu Nianchu didn't even have the strength to reach out and take the medicine, so Shen Shaobai pried her mouth open and tried to force the medicine down her throat.

"Master, please don't force Madam. Aren't you just afraid of being discovered? If the servant dies, you won't have to worry about it anymore."

A tall and thin young man rushed in and snatched the medicine bowl from Shen Shaobai's hand.

"Chang Huan, don't drink!"

Gu Nianchu opened his mouth in panic to try to stop him, but the young man Chang Huan had already drunk the medicine in his hand.

Shen Shaobai sneered and stretched out his hands to clap: "What a deep love between mother and son, then you two should die together."

Black blood seeped from the corners of Chang Huan's mouth. He staggered to Gu Nianchu's bed and held her skinny hand: "Mom, live well."

Gu Nianchu howled like a wild beast. She wanted to kill Shen Shaobai, this ungrateful man. She had raised her son with great effort for more than ten years, but now he could no longer hold back and wanted to kill her with his own hands.

Lying in bed unable to move these days, she had already thought about what was going to happen. She had also accepted the thought of dying like this, but she did not expect that Shen Shaobai would force Chang Huan to death in front of her.

Changhuan, it was your stepmother who harmed you.

This is not even the worst.

Shen Shaobai called people and Chang Huan's body was dismembered. The crime was that he had raped Gu Nianchu who was seriously ill in bed.

Gu Nianchu vomited blood and died.

"Madam, please get up quickly. I will help you dress up. Today is the day when Madam Xu will come in."

When Gu Nianchu opened her eyes, she saw a servant girl in a dark blue jacket gently shaking her arms while she was lying on the bed.

She's not dead yet?

Where is Changhuan?
Gu Nianchu's mind became clearer. The maid serving her was Xier, her dowry maid.

After she died and went to the underworld, the loyal Xier came to serve her again.

"Xi'er, I finally see you."

Gu Nianchu reached out to hug Xier, and she was surprised to find that her hands were white and round, and Xier still looked young and beautiful.

"Madam, is this a nightmare? Don't you see Xi'er every day?"

Xier reached out to touch Gu Nianchu's forehead with some concern: "You don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense?"

It took Gu Nianchu almost an hour to finally figure out one thing.

She was born again.

She was reborn five years after she married into the Marquis's Mansion.

Today is a special day. In her previous life, after she knew that Shen Ling's concubine had given birth to a five-year-old son, she took the initiative to propose to marry the concubine into the Marquis' Mansion as a co-wife.

Today, I will invite the concubine into the Marquis's mansion to meet him.

Xier was a little worried about her master: "Madam, if you are not feeling well, I will report to the old lady, and you will not see Madam Xu."

But the old lady will probably make up stories to blame his wife again.

"Xier, help me do my makeup and put some more powder on my face later." Gu Nianchu gave the order and Xier had no choice but to obey.

The courtyard where the old lady lived was called Fushou Hall. When Gu Nian first arrived, Xu Yan had already arrived. Seeing her coming, she wanted to stand up and salute, but the old lady held her back: "Yan'er, sit down."

This is a blatant disrespect to the mistress Gu Nianchu.

"Mother, my daughter-in-law is late."

Gu Nianchu bowed and pretended not to hear what Mrs. Shen was saying to Xu Yan beside her. Gu Nianchu didn't even wait for her to call him to get up and stood up and sat down beside her.

In the past, she would never do such a rude thing.

Madam Liu beside the old lady coughed twice, and Madam Shen's face darkened: "Nianchu, you are taking me, your mother-in-law, less and less seriously now."

This is to accuse Gu Nianchu of being unfilial.

If this had happened in the past, Gu Nianchu would have immediately kneeled down and apologized.

Gu Nianchu held her waist and sighed, "Mother, my waist hurt all night yesterday. I managed to come here today because I thought about you inviting the cousin from the Xu family to come and talk. Mother loves the younger generation the most. If your daughter-in-law lets you bear the crime of criticizing her for a little false courtesy, then it will be your fault."

Old Madam Shen was very upset when she heard her words and was about to lose her temper.

Xu Yan, who was standing by, smiled sweetly: "Aunt, today is the first time Yan'er comes to see Madam, so please spare Madam for Yan'er's sake."

Then he stood up and said, "Yan'er greets the Madam."

She just bowed slightly and did a half-bow, not taking Gu Nianchu seriously at all.

Old Madam Shen snorted coldly: "Yan'er, if it weren't for your face today, I would have made her kneel outside the courtyard for two hours."

Even if they tortured the person to death, it was still owed to the Shen family by Gu Nianchu.

Five years ago, Shen Ling, the prince of Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion, married Gu Nianchu, the daughter of the General's mansion. On their wedding night, a notorious thief broke into the couple's room. In order to protect Gu Nianchu, Shen Ling injured his own life. The Gu family owed the Shen family a debt.

Gu Nianchu was diagnosed with pregnancy one month later, but she was useless. After ten months of pregnancy, she gave birth to a stillborn baby and was unable to leave a child for the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion.

The General's Mansion felt extremely guilty about this and sent a lot of silver and money to the Marquis' Mansion every year to supplement the income.

The Marquis' Mansion was already in a dilapidated state, but now with Gu Nianchu's dowry and subsidies from the General's Mansion, they live a very prosperous life.

A few days ago, the old lady told Gu Nianchu that Shen Ling accidentally discovered that his cousin Xu Yan had given birth to his child, and that the child was six years old this year. When his cousin came to visit their home, he got drunk and did something wrong with his cousin. After that, when his cousin returned home, he never contacted her again.

Unexpectedly, when they met again, he found out that his cousin had given birth to his child. He asked Gu Nianchu to take the child back to the Marquis' Mansion and leave him an heir.

Gu Nianchu felt full of guilt towards the Marquis' Mansion and Shen Ling, so naturally he agreed to register the child under his name, and also took the initiative to propose to marry Xu Yan as a co-wife.

I'm here to discuss this matter today.

In the past five years, Old Madam Shen has tortured Gu Nianchu a lot. If he does not meet the old lady's wishes, she will beat, scold and make him kneel. He is not even as worthy as a servant.

In the past, Gu Nianchu always endured it silently.

There were still important matters to discuss today, so Old Madam Shen gave up. She held Xu Yan's hand and refused to let go: "Yan'er, you are a great contributor to our Shen family. If you hadn't given birth to Shao Bai, our Marquis' Mansion would have no descendants. Mother will definitely make up for the grievances you have suffered over the years."

"Don't worry. Tomorrow my mother will send someone to the Xu residence to propose marriage. At that time, the betrothal gift will be based on the standard for a legal wife, sixty pieces of money. After you enter the residence, the household expenses will be handed over to you."

What Old Madam Shen said was exactly the same as in her previous life. The difference was that in this life, Gu Nianchu did not agree. She would not be so foolish as to use her dowry as a betrothal gift to Shen Ling.

(End of this chapter)