HCB Chapter 200 Let Sister-in-law Be Reborn
Chapter 200 Let Sister-in-law Be Reborn
Having gone to bed early the night before, Shi Yao woke up early that morning.
As usual, she summoned the Book of Merits first.
Merit Book: [Merit Value 1111
Respawn Points: 2
Congratulations to the host for reaching 1000 merit points again. Are you sure you want to exchange 1 merit points for rebirth point? 】
You read that right. The merit value has skyrocketed in the past few days. Shi Yao has accumulated two rebirth points and is about to accumulate the third point today.
Xie Jibai is very reliable and it seems that he didn't cheat her out of her money.
Shi Yao: [Confirm the exchange.]
Merit Book: [Merit Value: 111
Respawn Points: 3
Please choose the target of rebirth, it can be yourself or someone else. 】
Shi Yao smiled playfully: [Book of Merits, today is the old man’s birthday, so let’s give our old man a birthday gift and let my fifth sister-in-law Qi Wan be reborn! ]
Merit Book: [Host, are you sure you want to use the three rebirth points on Qi Wan? Once used, they cannot be returned. Qi Wan will gain the memories of her previous three lives.]
Shi Yao was about to say "confirm" as usual, but suddenly she realized something was wrong. She quickly looked at the numbers and found that they were indeed "3" and "three".
She was disappointed. No way? If the rebirth points are not used in time, they can cause people to be reborn several times?
Your mind is filled with memories of so many lifetimes. Aren't you afraid you won't go crazy?
She carefully asked: [Can the Merit Book only use one rebirth point? ]
Merit Book: [Host, are you sure you want to use one rebirth point on Qi Wan? Once used, it cannot be returned, and Qi Wan will gain the memory of her previous life.]
Shi Yao breathed a sigh of relief: [Confirmed.]
[Exchange successful! Qi Wan has been reborn. ]
Shi Yao smiled and seeing that it was still early, she closed her eyes and planned to take a nap for another half hour.
"Wish you a sweet dream, sister-in-law!"
I wonder whether the dream that Fifth Sister-in-law had was about beheading in the first episode, or the dream that Fifth Brother had about his broken arm in the second episode?
Shi Yao was secretly looking forward to the fact that if in the second round, Qi Wan would also imitate Fourth Sister-in-law and become a bootlicker, then she wouldn't mind spending another rebirth point to let her dream of having her entire family executed.
Honeysuckle, who was sleeping on the couch and keeping watch, turned over. What good dream did the girl have? She actually laughed in her dream.
In Xuanxiang Garden, Qi Wan, living up to Shi Yao's expectations, was experiencing a nightmare.
Qi Wan was born into the declining Yong'an Marquis's Mansion and was the eldest daughter of the eldest son.
However, she only had a noble status. The Earl's family had long been in decline, their children were not promising, they were short of money, and they did not receive the emperor's grace. Only an empty shell was left, and they could hardly maintain even the basic appearance of being decent.
The Qi family and the Shi family's ancestors had been on good terms. The Shi family's old lady had seen her at a banquet and liked her for her gentleness and thoughtfulness, her ability to take care of her companions and younger sister, and her good manners. After some inquiries, she asked to marry her to the second son of the Shi family's second branch.
The whole Qi family was overjoyed and placed their hopes for the family's rise on her alone.
Shi Mingying, the fifth master of the Shi family, is not well-known and is not the eldest son of the family. However, the second master Shi Jizhen is a general guarding the border and holds real power. If he can make great achievements, he may be granted a title in the future.
In short, Shi Mingying will have a bright future.
Besides, Shi Mingying was still young, and his grandparents were in good health. As long as the old Duke and the old Lady were alive, he would be a legitimate son of the Duke's Mansion.
As the granddaughter-in-law of the Duke's Mansion, Qi Wan can benefit from it to some extent.
The Qi family attached great importance to this marriage. They did so by withholding half of the betrothal gift and exchanging the other half for a dowry of equal value. The old uncle and Qi Wan's parents would then buy some private property for Qi Wan to take back to the Shi family.
The betrothal gifts and dowry were both thirty-six loads, but their value was greatly reduced and they were just empty promises to save face.
The wives of the Shi family had seen all kinds of ostentation and knew what was going on at a glance. They would not laugh at her openly, but they would not stop the servants from laughing at her for pretending to be rich.
Fortunately, Shi Mingying was a simple-minded person and did not take those gossips to heart.
Her parents-in-law are not in the capital, so they won't find fault with her.
The lady was even more open-minded and did not care about the amount of dowries her grandchildren's wives received.
In the first year of marriage, Qi Wan endured the ridicule from all sides, as well as her parents' frequent visits to complain and ask for money.
That is her mother's home, her parents who gave birth to her and raised her, and her brothers and sisters who grew up with her. What can she do?
If her parents' family loses face, she will also be embarrassed and can only help.
But she is a calculating person and will not help her parents' family without restraint so as not to displease her in-laws.
It was not until she gave birth to her son Shi Yuntian and her blood and bones became one with the Shi family that Qi Wan felt she had stood firm. She finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to truly regard herself as a member of the Shi family.
She secretly used the reputation of the Duke's Mansion to manage her dowry, bought fertile land, and opened a dowry shop.
With the protection of the surname "Shi", his shop was booming and he had plenty of money. He first used his connections to help his father get an official position, and then donated official positions to his two brothers.
She was very careful. She did not squander the money lavishly, nor did she let all her uncles and brothers become officials. She only told her family that she was subsidizing them with rewards from her husband's family.
Her parents and brothers felt ashamed, but at the same time they took the money to help them with their careers and to supplement their family income, and they were filled with gratitude towards her.
Later, the sixth son Shi Mingmo married Wang Fan, who came from a lower family. Wang Fan had been unable to conceive, so Qi Wan, who gave birth to Shi Yunpeng, had two sons, which made her stand even straighter.
Because of his extraordinary martial arts skills, Shi Mingying was transferred to the palace as a guard, specifically to protect the Queen Shi Mingzhu.
These days were the happiest and most glorious days for Qi Wan.
It was not until Emperor Zhou Xu and Empress Shi Mingzhu went to the south of the Yangtze River for the first time that they encountered an assassination attempt. Shi Mingying fought to the death to protect Shi Mingzhu, broke his right arm, and fell into the river.
After the man was rescued, he fell seriously ill and his health quickly deteriorated.
Qi Wan was overwhelmed with grief. Shi Mingying was the pillar of the family. Now that he was injured like this, what would happen to their small family in the future?
Later, when the three courts were trying an assassination case, she was able to sit in on the trial because she took care of Shi Mingying, who went to court to identify the assassin.
It turned out that the assassin did not intend to kill Shi Mingzhu, but only wanted to destroy Shi Mingzhu's appearance and make her lose the emperor's favor.
Shi Mingying was very concerned and feared that Shi Mingzhu had injured her face, so he held Shi Mingzhu in his arms in a hurry. As a result, his right arm was cut off at the shoulder.
Qi Wan felt resentful but did not dare to express it.
The Emperor and Empress felt guilty towards Shi Mingying and would definitely compensate her sons Yuntian and Yunpeng in the future.
Unexpectedly, Shi Yuntian, influenced by his family since childhood, actually followed the third brother Shi Mingzhen to do business. He was not good at martial arts and did not like books. Even if he donated money to become an official, he could not pass the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel. In less than three years, he was bored and resigned to concentrate on helping the third brother.
The third brother simply registered the property under his name. In this way, Shi Yuntian became a businessman. On the contrary, the third brother's sons all became successful and became outstanding men, serving as officials and generals.
After the third brother died of a stroke, Shi Yuntian took over his business and helped the emperor and empress to make money, and helped the Shi family to make money, and his descendants were not allowed to enter officialdom.
Shi Yunpeng did not slack off in practicing martial arts, but his father taught him to be a dullard, who was both foolishly filial and foolishly loyal.