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Chapter 3 Gentleness as Poison

Nie Wushuang held her palms and her eyes were red. Her heart, as if it was stabbed repeatedly by a knife, was shredded to pieces.

It’s less than half an hour from the courtyard to the study. How can they boiled this steaming bowl of the abortifacient drug that quickly?

If this was not Shen Rumei’s trick, then there was only another possibility – that was, her gentle husband, she guessed.

It turned out that he already knew she was pregnant!

It turned out he wanted to break off their relationship in the first place!

“Lai Ren (3), hold her tight, and forced feed her !” Shen Rumei  impatiently shouted at servants to hold her and poured the medicine herself.

Nie Wushuang struggled desperately. The bitter medicine kept flowing into her mouth and nose. She was choking endlessly, but her hand was clamped. Until no more medicine was left.

The servants released Nie Wushuang and she fell to the ground. The hot medicine warmed her empty stomach, but she felt like being covered in snow and ice.

“My child…” She murmured silently and burst into tears.

“See it for yourself, this is the divorce letter given to you by His Excellency. Keep it well. Maybe some other man will take pity of you and take you in as a concubine. tsk.. tsk.. otherwise it’s a pity that you have such a beautiful appearance.” Shen Rumei took the divorce letter out from her front-side garments and gently covered Nie Wushuang’s face.

When the letter fell on the floor, she looked at it blankly. The words on the divorce letter were elegant and gentle as his. She never knew that there was a poison called – gentleness. Her lower abdomen cramps, but where it hurts more was her heart.

“Ah, I forgot to tell you. Nowadays, His Excellency was dedicating his time  to investigate and handling a big case that have caused rumour in the capital. It’s related to your Nie’s Clan too. Even, I, Rumei knows nothing about state affairs, but if I were you, I would go home and have a look”. Shen Rumei laughed out loud.

What if your appearance can caused and overthrows states and cities (4)? What if you had an incomparable talent? It’s not the same as stepping stone that man used to climb up. Now Nie’s Clan is collapsing.  Nie Wushuang should obediently step down from the position of Prime Minister’s furen. Maybe she would have the chance to climb up to the position that envied by many women in the whole Qi State. Shen Rumei thought with jealousy and haughtily staring at Nie Wushuang  who was dirty, but that still can not hide her beautiful appearance.

Nie Wushuang just stayed still and listened. She seemed stupid and couldn’t understand Shen Rumei’s sarcastic words.

“Well, throw her out. I don’t want to see this wretch.” Shen Rumei saw that she had no reaction, ordered the servants like she lacks of all interests.

The servants supported Nie Wushuang, opened the side door and pushed her out.

Once again, she fell heavily to the ground, and the door behind her was shut.  Did not know how long it took for Nie Wushuang to get up slowly. It was still cold in March. She embraced herself and slowly sat on the ground at the back door of Prime Minister’s fu.

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The coldness of the outside passed into her body, the drugs starts to give reactions, and a bursts of severe pain spreads in her stomach. She read the letter in her hand again, and then carefully folded it into her bosom.

She did these many times since she first met him, and when he wrote love poems for her. Every time she received it, she read it, and after kept them carefully.

It was unexpected that one day she would receive his own written divorce letter like this!

Am I dying? She closed her eyes and felt a warm heated things slipped out of her body. Blood slowly flowed out from her lower body.If she died, she would no longer feel pain.

If she died, she would not remember that he and she had sworn that they would never betray each other and never be separated forever.

She smiled and quietly closed her eyes…

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(3) 来人 (lái rén) means everyone who is standing around that area. (that can hear the voice) Don’t specific called who. E.g. “Lai ren, catch him” means everyone (that hear me) help (me) catch him.

(4) 倾国倾城 (qīng guó qīng chéng) means One’s beauty was such as to overthrow cities and ruin states.

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