Chapter 457 The Sister-in-Law in Uncle-Sister Literature 1
Chapter 457 The Sister-in-Law in Uncle-Sister Literature 1
"Sister-in-law, don't push me away."
"Yihuai, let me go... We can't do this..."
Qi Ning stood at the door, peering through the crack at the scene inside, and felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
Every day after returning to his residence, Duan Yihuai would first come to pay his respects to his sister-in-law before returning to their courtyard.
In the past, Qi Ning would come to pay her respects to her sister-in-law almost every day, and wait for Duan Yihuai so that they could go back together.
After she became pregnant, her husband and sister-in-law were considerate of her health and told her that she no longer needed to go over to pay her respects.
But Qi Ning couldn't resist coming today, wanting to see her husband as soon as possible.
When she arrived at her sister-in-law Lin Suwan's courtyard, she found it very quiet. The servants seemed to have been deliberately sent away, and there was only a faint sound coming from the main room.
Qi Ning had her maid stand guard outside, and then quietly walked over alone to take a look, where she saw the scene inside the room.
Her husband, Duan Yihuai, was embracing his sister-in-law, Lin Suwan.
"Yihuai, let me go! Be careful someone sees us."
Lin Suwan tried to push Duan Yihuai, but she couldn't budge him and he still held her in his arms.
"No, I've already sent all the servants away."
As Duan Yihuai spoke, he lowered his head to kiss Lin Suwan.
Lin Suwan was about to dodge, but at that moment, Qi Ning, who was standing outside the door, could no longer hold back and pushed the door open.
"What are you doing!"
Lin Suwan immediately broke free from Duan Jiyihuai's grasp and looked at Qi Ning with a shocked expression.
Duan Yihuai also frowned, looking at Qi Ning with some surprise.
He didn't expect Qi Ning to come at this time.
Duan Yihuai quickly realized what had happened and acted as if nothing had occurred: "Ning'er, why did you come here?"
Lin Suwan forced a smile: "Ning'er, just now, just now was a misunderstanding..."
Qi Ning's chest heaved with anger: "Misunderstanding? Do you think I'm blind? You adulterous couple!"
"Lin Suwan, you shameless hussy, you actually had an affair with your own brother-in-law! You have no shame!"
As he spoke, Qi Ning rushed forward, making a move to hit Lin Suwan.
Duan Yihuai stood in front of Lin Suwan: "Ning'er, calm down and let me explain."
"I won't listen!"
Since Duan Yihuai was blocking her way, Qi Ning simply slapped him across the face.
There was a snap.
Duan Yihuai had never been hit by a woman before, and he was stunned for a moment.
Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in attention, Qi Ning pushed him away, slapped Lin Suwan as well, and frantically pulled at her hair and clothes.
She continued to hurl insults: "Lin Suwan, you slut! You adulterous couple!"
Lin Suwan was powerless to fight back and could only cover her face in panic and keep dodging.
Seeing Lin Suwan's pitiful state, Duan Yihuai was furious and shoved the frenzied Qi Ning away, saying, "Enough!"
He was a strong man after all, and with that push, he knocked Qi Ning hard to the ground.
"what!"
Qi Ning cried out in surprise.
Duan Yihuai, however, disregarded Qi Ning and rushed to check on Lin Suwan's condition: "Sister-in-law, are you alright?"
However, Qi Ning, who was lying on the ground, felt a surge of heat from below and her lower abdomen was in severe pain.
"My child...my child..."
Duan Yihuai and Lin Suwan then realized that something was wrong with Qi Ning. When they turned around, they saw a pool of blood gushing out from under Qi Ning.
"Ning'er!"
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The new mission world that Qi Ning has arrived in is a story about an uncle and sister-in-law that is somewhat immoral.
The story mainly tells the tale of the male protagonist, Duan Yihuai, who falls in love with his elder sister-in-law, Lin Suwan. After some hardships and misunderstandings, the two realize their feelings for each other and get together.
The female lead, Lin Suwan, is the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an, which sounds like a very noble status.
Unfortunately, Marquis Wu'an had more than ten daughters, and having too many daughters made him less valuable.
The daughter who pleased Marquis Wu'an the most was his eldest daughter, who married the Prince of Yan. The Princess of Yan was also the object of envy and admiration of all the sisters in the mansion, and they all hoped to marry a good husband like their eldest sister.
When Lin Suwan reached marriageable age, a young scholar who had just passed the imperial examinations emerged in the capital.
That third-ranking scholar was the eldest son of Duan Jingde, a third-rank official in the Ministry of Personnel. His name was Duan Yiyuan, and his future prospects, family background, talent, and good looks made him the envy of many young women in the capital.
Coincidentally, Duan Jingde was a member of the Prince of Yan's faction.
Therefore, Princess Yan began planning this marriage for her younger sister, and Duan Jingde naturally intended to become related to Princess Yan's family through marriage.
Princess Yan specially arranged an opportunity for Lin Suwan to meet Duan Yiyuan from afar.
Duan Yiyuan was handsome and dignified. Lin Suwan was immediately smitten and agreed to the marriage after just one glance.
However, not long after, Duan Yiyuan took the initiative to find Lin Suwan and told her that the marriage was his father's idea and that he did not agree to it, hoping that Lin Suwan would find another good man.
Lin Suwan was very disappointed and told the Princess of Yan about it.
Princess Yan said that marriage is a major event, and it has always been decided by parents and arranged by matchmakers. Duan Yiyuan's father is a man under the Prince of Yan, so it is impossible for him to disagree. As long as she is willing, the marriage can be arranged.
Princess Yan told Lin Suwan not to worry about anything and just wait to get married.
Sure enough, the marriage was quickly arranged by the Prince of Yan and his wife, along with Duan Jingde.
However, on the day of their wedding, Duan Yiyuan was away on business in the capital and had not yet returned, so he was unable to personally go to fetch the bride. Nevertheless, Lin Suwan still boarded the bridal sedan chair and went to the Duan residence.
Before the wedding ceremony, Duan Yiyuan finally returned to his residence.
However, instead of immediately going to marry Lin Suwan, he started arguing with Duan Jingde in the study.
Afterwards, Duan Jingde used the excuse that Duan Yiyuan had suddenly fallen seriously ill to bring a rooster to stand in for him during the wedding ceremony, and still allowed Lin Suwan to enter the house.
On their wedding night, Duan Yiyuan did not appear in the bridal chamber.
Lin Suwan waited all night, and the next day she asked around and found out that Duan Yiyuan had not fallen ill the night before, but had left the mansion overnight.
She also learned that Duan Yiyuan and his son Duan Jingde had always been at odds.
Back then, Duan Jingde was just an ordinary, poor scholar. It was only with the help of Duan Yiyuan's mother that he was able to go to the capital to take the imperial examination and pass the examination to become a Jinshi.
After Duan Jingde's career stabilized, he broke his promise not to take concubines and brought one into the family, where she gave birth to a son born out of wedlock.
Later, both Madam Duan and that concubine passed away, and Duan Jingde and Duan Yiyuan had disagreements on political views.
Duan Jingde supported the Prince of Yan, while Duan Yiyuan supported the Prince of Qi.
Both father and son were stubborn and unwilling to submit to each other. However, Duan Jingde, relying on his position as the father, was autocratic and tyrannical. He specially arranged this marriage for Duan Yiyuan, hoping to bring him to his side.
Duan Yiyuan disagreed with the marriage, but Duan Jingde insisted on going his own way.
Duan Jingde found a pretext to send Duan Yiyuan away on business in another city, while he stayed in the capital to prepare for his wedding, hoping to force Duan Yiyuan to comply.
He felt that when Duan Yiyuan returned, the bride would already be there, and with all the guests watching, he would surely obediently perform the wedding ceremony.
When Duan Yiyuan returned to the capital from out of town, he learned that his family was holding a wedding for him, and he was the groom.
Duan Yiyuan was furious. Instead of going along with Duan Jingde's wishes to have the wedding ceremony with Lin Suwan, he had a big argument with Duan Jingde in the study and left the mansion.
Left with no other option, Duan Jingde announced that Duan Yiyuan had suddenly fallen ill and that Lin Suwan and the rooster had performed the wedding ceremony.
Lin Suwan was heartbroken after learning the truth.
Duan Jingde knew he had wronged his daughter-in-law, and comforted her that she and Duan Yiyuan were now officially husband and wife, and that Duan Yiyuan would come back sooner or later.
Unfortunately, Duan Jingde miscalculated this time.
Duan Yiyuan knew that the conflict between him and his father was irreconcilable and that he could no longer tolerate his father's control. Therefore, he quickly went to the palace to find the emperor and persuaded him to resign from his post.
Afterwards, he sent two letters back through someone: one was a letter of divorce to Lin Suwan, and the other was a letter to Duan Jingde severing their father-son relationship.
By the time Lin Suwan and Duan Jingde received the letter, Duan Yiyuan had already left the capital and was nowhere to be found.
After Duan Jingde was unilaterally severed from his father-son relationship by Duan Yiyuan, he was furious. Not daring to offend the Prince of Yan and his wife, he kept saying that Duan Yiyuan would return sooner or later and still tried to persuade Lin Suwan to stay.
However, when Princess Yan learned of the news, she felt that the Duan family was slapping the faces of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion and the Prince of Yan's mansion.
The Prince of Yan also blamed Duan Jingde for this incident, and almost expelled Duan Jingde from the Prince of Yan's faction.
Duan Jingde was greatly shocked and fell ill in bed.
At the same time, Princess Yan also sent Lin Suwan back to her parents' home with the divorce papers, intending to find her another marriage.
Lin Suwan refused to leave the Duan residence. She felt it would be too shameful if the matter got out, and insisted on waiting for Duan Yiyuan to return home. Moreover, Duan Jingde had fallen ill, and she felt that as a daughter-in-law, she could not abandon her father-in-law.
Princess Yan was furious and scolded Lin Suwan for being foolish. Lin Suwan replied that she knew Princess Yan was only marrying her off to Duan Yiyuan in order to get Duan Yiyuan to join their camp; she was just using her.
If they were to arrange another marriage for her, it would only be a way to win over someone else, so she might as well stay in the Duan family mansion.
Princess Yan's wishful thinking was exposed, and in a fit of anger, she decided to stop caring about Lin Suwan.
From then on, Lin Suwan stayed in the Duan family as the eldest daughter-in-law, taking care of the whole family and waiting for Duan Yiyuan to return home.
Unexpectedly, before Duan Yiyuan could return to his residence, changes occurred in the imperial court.
A year later, the Prince of Yan's rebellion failed, the emperor died, and the Prince of Qi ascended the throne.
As it turns out, Duan Yiyuan's choice was correct.
Soon, the Duan family was implicated because of their relationship with the Prince of Yan's mansion and their marriage to Lin Suwan.
Fortunately, because of the unfortunate marriage, Duan Jingde was expelled from the Prince of Yan's faction and did not participate in the final rebellion, thus escaping disaster.
Lin Suwan also escaped punishment because the crime did not apply to married women.
Out of consideration for Duan Yiyuan, the new emperor did not punish Duan Jingde, but instead allowed him to resign voluntarily on the grounds of serious illness, thus giving him a dignified end.
Duan Jingde never expected that his insistence would ultimately fail, and that his son's choice was the right one.
Under the weight of these blows, he lost his will to live and became terminally ill.
Before his death, Duan Jingde wanted to see his eldest son one last time, but Duan Yiyuan never returned home.
After Duan Jingde died, apart from the servants, the only masters left in the Duan family were Lin Suwan and Duan Jingde's illegitimate son.
Duan Jingde's illegitimate son, Duan Yihuai, is the male protagonist of this story.
At that time, he was only twelve years old, five years younger than Lin Suwan.
Although Duan Yihuai's aunt was greatly favored by Duan Jingde during her lifetime, she was forcibly taken back by Duan Jingde and did not love him.
She not only did not love the son she had with Duan Jingde, but she also loathed him.
The cold treatment from his aunt twisted the young Duan Yihuai's heart, making him withdrawn.
Even though his sister-in-law Lin Suwan took good care of him, he was initially very resistant to her.
Despite Lin Suwan's years of attentive care, Duan Yihuai eventually accepted her and even developed special feelings for her.
For the past five years, Lin Suwan, a woman, has worked hard to manage the household and has relied on Duan Yihuai for survival in the Duan family.
Five years later, Duan Yihuai passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.
Duan Yihuai was, after all, Duan Yiyuan's own brother. With his talent, he should have had no problem getting into the top three.
Unfortunately, because his father had served under the Prince of Yan, the current emperor still harbors some resentment and has removed his name from the top three.
Although they didn't achieve the top three honors, they were still newly appointed Jinshi (successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations), and Lin Suwan and Duan Yihuai were still very happy.
At this moment, someone reminded Lin Suwan that Duan Yihuai was getting old and it was time to arrange a marriage for him.
Lin Suwan felt a strange unease that she couldn't quite explain. She mentioned it to Duan Yihuai, who became furious.
In a moment of impulse, Duan Yihuai directly confessed his feelings to Lin Suwan.
Lin Suwan was shocked and naturally rejected Duan Yihuai.
Although she knew that her husband, Duan Yiyuan, could never return, she was still Duan Yihuai's elder sister-in-law and could not be with him; she still had to find him a wife.
After being rejected, Duan Yihuai and Lin Suwan entered into a cold war.
At a banquet, he met a girl by chance.
The girl looked at him with shy and timid eyes, her thoughts written all over her face.
Duan Yihuai sent someone to inquire and learned that it was Qi Ning, the legitimate daughter of a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites.
He thought to himself, since Lin Suwan insisted that he get married, rather than marrying a woman arranged by Lin Suwan, he might as well marry one who is simple-minded and easy to control.
Lin Suwan never expected that Duan Yihuai, who had said he was in love with her just a few days ago, would say he had taken a fancy to a girl and asked her to propose marriage on his behalf.
She suppressed her complicated emotions and still went to the Qi family to propose marriage as he wished.
On the day Duan Yihuai married Qi Ning, Lin Suwan showed no unusual behavior and smiled gently like an elder, which disappointed Duan Yihuai.
On their wedding night, Duan Yihuai was still waiting for Lin Suwan's reaction, only to learn that she had turned off the lights and gone to sleep early.
Due to a misunderstanding and a fit of pique, Duan Yihuai and his newlywed wife consummated their marriage.
After Qi Ning married into the Duan family, she regarded her elder sister-in-law as a mother and treated Lin Suwan with great respect, always asking her about Duan Yihuai.
As time went on, Qi Ning noticed that the relationship between her uncle and sister-in-law was somewhat intimate, but they denied it.
Not long after, Qi Ning became pregnant.
Upon hearing this news, Duan Yihuai was not happy, and Lin Suwan was even more heartbroken.
She then realized that she also had feelings for Duan Yihuai.
After returning home, Duan Yihuai did not go to visit his pregnant wife immediately, but instead went to find Lin Suwan, only to find her drowning her sorrows in alcohol.
Under the influence of alcohol, Lin Suwan confessed her feelings for Duan Yihuai, and the two had sex while intoxicated.
Duan Yihuai was overjoyed, and afterwards the two often got together intimately behind Qi Ning's back.
However, Lin Suwan felt she couldn't let Qi Ning down and remained somewhat resistant to the relationship.
By chance, Qi Ning stumbled upon their intimate moment, and Duan Yihuai accidentally pushed her, causing Qi Ning to miscarry.
Out of guilt and fear that Qi Ning would reveal her affair with Duan Yihuai, Lin Suwan attempted suicide by hanging, but was saved by Duan Yihuai.
Duan Yihuai understood that if Qi Ning spread this matter, it would ruin Lin Suwan's reputation and also affect his career.
To prevent Qi Ning from spreading the news, Duan Yihuai blocked the information and placed Qi Ning under house arrest.
Qi Ning's mother was her stepmother and didn't care much about her. Duan Yihuai made up an excuse to cover up her miscarriage.
Qi Ning lost her child and has been thinking about revenge ever since. However, she is under house arrest and cannot leave the mansion, but she still has not given up on revenge.
On one occasion, taking advantage of the presence of guests at the mansion, she rushed out to expose this shameful affair, but Duan Yihuai stopped her in time, telling the guests that she had suffered a shock after a miscarriage and was delirious and talking nonsense.
Later, Qi Ning tried to poison Lin Suwan and Duan Yihuai, but was discovered by Duan Yihuai again.
To eliminate future troubles, Duan Yihuai gave the poison to Qi Ning. After Qi Ning died from the poison, he claimed to the outside world that Qi Ning had died of illness.
Duan Yihuai, fearing that Lin Suwan would blame herself, also concealed the truth from her.
With Qi Ning gone, there were no more obstacles between Duan Yihuai and Lin Suwan, and they were finally able to get together.
In the end, the two of them did not cross the line in name. Lin Suwan remained the first wife of the Duan family, and Duan Yihuai, using the excuse of missing his deceased wife, did not remarry and remained the second master of the Duan family.
In private, however, the two were a real couple. Lin Suwan gave birth to two children for Duan Yihuai, who were publicly claimed to be born to Duan Yihuai's concubine and raised under the care of his first wife, Lin Suwan.
In the end, the family of four lived happily together.
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