Chapter 1783: 1783 Qianru was proud “Ru’er, you’re going too far!” Xu Qinhui helped Qianshuang up. “Shuang’er, are you hurt anywhere?” Fog welled up in Gongsun Qianshuang’s eyes as she lifted her sleeve to reveal a scraped patch on her elbow. “Your elbow is grazed…” Xu Qinhui quickly ordered the servant girl to fetch a doctor, then said to Qianshuang, “Shuang’er, don’t blame your fifth sister, she acted unintentionally…” “I pushed her on purpose, and what of it?” Gongsun Qianru glanced at her sixth sister’s beautiful face. Thinking of her own prior marriage, a bitter flower now fallen, her sixth sister, albeit not as pretty, was still an untouched maiden, and thus felt resentment. “Aunt, stop pretending in front of me. Your efforts to win my favor are futile. I’ll get older brother to casually assign sixth sister as a concubine to some household. Better than being an old maid unable to marry.” What Gongsun Qianshuang hated most was her fifth sister and her fifth sister’s birth mother’s interference in her marriage plans. Several times, just as agreements were nearly reached, meddling caused them to fall apart, leaving her unmarried to this day. “Fifth sister, I’m still your half-sister; why must you be so excessive?” “Excessive?” Gongsun Qianru said mockingly, “After father’s death, it’s good enough that I haven’t let my mom drive you and your mother out of the mansion.” “Thank you, young Lady.” Xu Qinhui’s face showed frailty. “Young Lady’s heart is kind…” “Mom, what are you saying!” Gongsun Qianshuang was already dissatisfied with her mother. “I am also father’s daughter. Fifth sister, a woman sent back home after a failed marriage, how can she drive you and me out of the mansion? Furthermore, even if I’m a concubine daughter, I’m still Miss Gongsun, marrying as a concubine is impossible!” “You dare call me a woman sent back home?” Gongsun Qianru slapped Qianshuang on the face with a “smack,” “You concubine-born wretch, so what if I’m sent back? If I say you’ll be a concubine, then you’ll be a concubine. You won’t even be able to marry into a second or third-rate aristocratic family as a concubine. You’ll marry into a fallen household, daring to defy me!” Gongsun Qianshuang covered her face, glaring venomously at Qianru. Thıs text ıs hosted at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾※𝙣𝙚𝙩 “You dare glare at me!” Gongsun Qianru tried to strike Qianshuang again, but Xu Qinhui intervened. “Ru’er, don’t hit her; she didn’t provoke you intentionally… To Aunt, no matter what happened with your previous marriage, you’re the best of women…” Gongsun Qianru mocked, “Don’t be false; isn’t your eyes set on your precious Shuang’er as the best?” “It’s you… it’s you.” Xu Qinhui hesitated, trying to speak. Tears fell steadily from Gongsun Qianshuang; she was overwhelmed by sorrow. “Mom, I don’t understand why, from childhood till now, regardless of whether I’m right or wrong, you always defend fifth sister. No matter how she treats me, you always say she is the best. Sometimes I don’t even know, am I your biological daughter?” “I…” Xu Qinhui found herself unable to respond. She couldn’t possibly say Ru’er was actually her biological daughter… “Blame your mother for her difficulty with childbirth, only birthing you, a loss-making goods.” Gongsun Qianru haughtily declared, “My mother is different, she birthed older brother and third brother, and me. Even though father is gone, my older brother is the Gongsun family head now. Even if I’ve been married before, I can still marry as Master Chang’s main wife at Pear Blossom Villa, while you, concubine-born lowly one, can wait to be wed as a concubine to an old man. I’ll certainly ask older brother to arrange your marriage well…” “No, I don’t want to marry an old man; I also don’t want to be a concubine…” Gongsun Qianru cried, “Fifth sister, please don’t treat me …”