Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 973: Chapter 884: Defending Our Land and Rivers 14

With Kou Shuangshuang as a model for comparison, Liu Feifei’s so-called reasons made Fang Meijuan particularly intolerable. She let out a cold laugh, ”Liu Feifei, you are nothing but a concubine. Even if Haokun doesn’t want to touch you, you should still serve him well until he is willing.”

But you actually dare to harm your husband because of this, and even dare to make a fuss. You are completely thoughtless. It seems I have been too kind to you, making you forget about the hierarchy and that the husband is the heaven. Don’t think about being with Haokun anymore. Reflect well on yourself first.”

After speaking, Fang Meijuan didn’t wait for Liu Feifei to explain. She directly instructed the two maids holding Liu Feifei down, ”Find an empty room and lock her up. Only one meal a day, just enough to keep her from starving, so she can come to her senses!”

”No, Aunt, I was wrong. You can’t do this to me, Aunt, Aunt, I was wrong...” Liu Feifei cried and screamed as she was dragged away. Throughout the process, Kou Shuangshuang kept sipping tea, and Du Haokun kept trying to kill her with his gaze, but no one paid attention to Liu Feifei.

After the room returned to peace, Fang Meijuan sighed helplessly. She hadn’t expected things to escalate this way. She looked at Du Haokun and Kou Shuangshuang, and said helplessly, ”I failed to consider things carefully this time. I shouldn’t have suggested making Liu Feifei Haokun’s concubine.”

Kou Shuangshuang immediately smiled and said, ”Mother, what are you saying? If there’s blame, it’s mine for not handling even such a small matter well, needing you to worry. If anyone didn’t think it through, it was my mistake, what does it have to do with you.”

Kou Shuangshuang’s considerate consolation made Fang Meijuan want to laugh, but seeing her son’s wounded and bandaged injuries, Fang Meijuan couldn’t. Seeing Fang Meijuan consistently stare at Du Haokun’s injuries, Kou Shuangshuang didn’t want to stay in the awkward situation. The show for the day was over, so she stood up and left.

The Du Mansion was enormous, with a large garden full of rare flowers and plants, incredibly beautiful. The garden had a swing that Kou Shuangshuang loved. At the moment, she sat on the swing, leisurely swinging.

From a distance, the Sixteenth Concubine saw Kou Shuangshuang with a gentle smile, swinging on the swing, looking like an innocent lady oblivious to the world’s affairs, but inside she felt chills.

Kou Shuangshuang was someone the Sixteenth Concubine had seen as the most skilled in wristwork, leaving no trace in her actions, yet with the cleanest and most decisive moves. Within just a few days, herself and Liu Feifei had both fallen into her hands.

Moments ago, the Sixteenth Concubine saw Liu Feifei being dragged out by Fang Meijuan’s orders, crying in embarrassment. The despair on her face profoundly stirred the Sixteenth Concubine. She couldn’t comprehend even now how Kou Shuangshuang so easily destroyed Liu Feifei’s foothold in the Du Family.

Bringing her opponent into marriage with her own husband was indeed a brilliant move. But how did Kou Shuangshuang see through that Du Haokun didn’t like Liu Feifei? It’s known that Du Haokun is cold towards women, yet he showed rare warmth to Liu Feifei. Otherwise, the Sixteenth Concubine wouldn’t have considered Liu Feifei a rival.

Using Du Haokun to break Fang Meijuan’s favor towards Liu Feifei thoroughly destroyed Liu Feifei’s foundation. Without her husband’s favor and without Fang Meijuan as a backing, Liu Feifei became a concubine, firmly under Young Madam Kou Shuangshuang’s control, leaving her subjected to Shuangshuang’s will. Such a future is despairing to contemplate, and all this happened in less than two days.

Thinking of this and seeing Shuangshuang’s gentle smile as she beckoned her over, the Sixteenth Concubine couldn’t help but shiver, her legs unconsciously shifting aside, longing to flee, to distance herself far from Kou Shuangshuang.

But Kou Shuangshuang was in the Du Mansion, and as the Sixteenth Concubine of Du Zongze, where could she escape to? Reluctantly, she dawdled her way to Shuangshuang, her heart trembling in fear, her face forced into a flattering smile.’

Facing the Sixteenth Concubine’s flattery, eyes deep with fear, Shuangshuang’s smile deepened, ”Why stay so far away? I need someone to push my swing for me, come over and do it.”

The Sixteenth Concubine kept her flattering smile as she moved behind Shuangshuang, pushing the swing as she spoke flatteringly, ”Young Madam, I’ve been watching over the house matters these days, though nothing big has occurred, anything that happened is always under your control.”

”Mm.” Shuangshuang replied nonchalantly, continuing to swing. She never intended to rely heavily on the Sixteenth Concubine; as long as she was shaken enough, stayed diligent in minor tasks, and caused no trouble for her, that would suffice.

Having dealt with the Sixteenth Concubine and Liu Feifei, Fang Meijuan and Du Zongze were very satisfied with Shuangshuang as their daughter-in-law. Though Du Haokun wasn’t pleased with her, Haokun had the advantage of only giving the cold shoulder, not resorting to violence.

This meant if Shuangshuang ignored Haokun, he was the easiest to deal with. With no internal threats in the mansion, Shuangshuang’s focus shifted to the world outside the Du Mansion.

Kou Shuangshuang had already learned a lot of traditional Chinese medicine from the memories of Nangong Shuangshuang’s life, though medicine isn’t just book knowledge; it requires practice. However, being the Young Madam of the Commander Mansion, getting the chance to practice medicine was difficult.

In the following days, Shuangshuang went outside every day. Inside the Du Mansion, Fang Meijuan was busy playing cards with the noble ladies and tormenting Liu Feifei, while Du Zongze was seldom home. As for Du Haokun, he and Shuangshuang found each other distasteful, so he stayed away from her.

This granted Shuangshuang freedom to wander each day unnoticed. She explored every corner of H City and eventually chose a place, the Foreign Church.

At this time, foreign churches held significant status. Where foreigners were present, neither the government nor the warlords dared to intrude, including Du Zongze. Moreover, the foreigners running the church had good hearts; many priests willingly aided the impoverished.

Kou Shuangshuang picked this particular church because Father Allen, there, was knowledgeable in medicine and liked providing free consultations to the poor, a kind and tolerant man.

She had visited the church several times, witnessing Father Allen offering free diagnoses and distributing Western medicine. This church was evidently wealthy, capable of affording to give out medicine for free.