The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort (Chapters 1- 203)

Chapter 112 : Frantic

Translated by : Minodayz

Edited by : Anks & Ely

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Trigger Warning : mention of abortion and miscarriage, and domestic violence.

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"Why are you just standing there! Hurry up and get a midwife!" Jiang Quan hurried forward and saw Xia Yan's lower body stained with blood. Without any thought, he raised his hand and gave Jiang Ruan a vicious slap across her face.

"Pa" rang out, causing all who heard it to jump in fright. Jiang Quan had a heavy hand, and immediately the distinctive print of his five fingers appeared on Jiang Ruan's fair face. Simultaneously her face began to swell and blood spilled out from the corner of her lips.

Jiang Quan was flabbergasted. While he had rashly used his hand in a fit of anger, he had not expected Jiang Ruan to merely stand there unmoving and steadfastly withstand the slap. Meanwhile, a flash of elation appeared in Xia Jiao Jiao's eyes, while Xuan Li, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, silently knitted his brows.

Jiang Ruan took a handkerchief from her bosom to wipe the blood on her lips and placidly said, "Has Father's temper cooled down now?

To publicly harm anyone from the imperial family was definitely disrespectful; Jiang Quan was dumbfounded and without words. He looked at Xia Yan who seemed to be at her last breath and at once his fury rose again. Pointing at Jiang Ruan's nose, he cursed, "Evil girl. With such a malevolent heart, you dare to blatantly plot to murder the first wife! Utterly preposterous and deranged!"

Xia Cheng, who had accompanied Xuan Li, was naturally very pleased with the scene before him. He had harboured great hatred towards Jiang Ruan back when she had plotted against the Xia family's only grandson, Xia Jun so he was naturally happy to behold Jiang Ruan's stricken state. In fact, he wasn't really concerned about his daughter's safety. However, to be presented with such a scenario, and before Xuan Li's presence, naturally he had to put in a few perfunctory words. Thus insincerely he remarked, "Son-in-law, I'm sure your Ruan girl didn't do it on purpose. Perhaps there has been some misunderstanding?"

"That's right," Jiang Ruan quietly added, "Why doesn't Father ask Mother, as maybe there has been some misunderstanding. In addition, how did you conclude that I had intentionally pushed Mother. That said, if Father's anger has still not been appeased, I am willing to let Father slap me a few more times."

Her words were without any inflection, and her beautiful eyes did not even reveal an iota of emotion, almost as if the earlier slap had merely been an illusion.

Xia Jiao Jiao had expected to see a downtrodden Jiang Ruan but what she couldn't believe was that up till this point, Jiang Ruan was still her usual composed and serene self. She could not stop herself from gritting her teeth.

Xuan Li thoughtfully looked towards Jiang Ruan; this type of a girl, to be able to conceal her expressions and emotions, isn't she extremely special?

At Jiang Ruan's words, it became clearly evident that Jiang Quan's earlier outburst was without justification. This allowed for the people who had come with Xuan Li to reflect on the incident. No matter what, this Jiang family's di daughter was bestowed by the Empress Dowager herself as Hong'an Junzhu, so how come her status within the fu was so low. Listening to Jiang Ruan's meaning behind her words, did it not imply that she was normally used as Jiang Quan's punching bag? Wasn't Jiang Quan blatantly slighting the imperial family?

Jiang Quan was further enraged, and was about to give another slap, but with the large audience present, he could only hold back as he blustered, "You still dare to quibble?"