After rebirth, I teamed up with the scumbag's mistress

Liu Yuefu suddenly asked Kang Miaoqing seriously: "Kang Miaoqing, I've always been curious, why, why do you treat me like this?"

"When your whole family was convicted, it was because of me that begged my mother so that you could stay in the Liu family. Otherwise, you would have been exiled with those people from your Kang family." Liu Yuefu said.

"Why do you target me again and again? What have I done to deserve this?" Liu Yuefu approached Kang Miaoqing and questioned her sternly.

Kang Miaoqing snorted coldly and said, "If it weren't for you and your mother, how could my mother and I end up like this?!"

"The emperor has made the final decision on the matter of your Kang family. It is an established fact that Marquis Pingnan was imprisoned by the government because of corruption in the grain transport industry. You were exiled because of Marquis Pingnan's corruption. What does it have to do with me and my mother?" Liu Yuefu said with a sneer.

Many images suddenly flooded into Kang Miaoqing's mind.

Back then, the Marquis of Pingnan’s Mansion.

Kang Miaoqing's mother, the once noble wife of the Prince of Pingnan Marquisate, grabbed the young Kang Miaoqing's shoulders and said, "The Marquis has done something wrong, and we will be confiscated and exiled. You did a good job yesterday, hiding in the closet without making a sound. Today, I will take you to find someone."

After saying that, Kang Miaoqing's mother took her little hand and walked out.

"Mother, who are we going to meet when we leave the house?" Kang Miaoqing said.

"Meet your aunt." said Kang Miaoqing's mother.

"Why would I go see that poor guy? I won't go!" Kang Miaoqing began to struggle, "I don't want to go!"

Kang Miaoqing's mother grabbed Kang Miaoqing and said coldly: "You are not allowed to say that in the past. Remember this in the future, you are not allowed to say that the Liu family is a ruined family in front of others."

Kang Miaoqing saw her mother's serious face, which was more serious than ever before. She felt a little uneasy, but still pouted and whispered, "Why? I am the legitimate daughter of the prince of Pingnan Marquis's mansion."

"Wake up. Miaoqing, from tomorrow on, the emperor's decree will be officially issued. There will be no Pingnan Marquis Mansion in this world. So where did the legitimate daughter of Pingnan Marquis Mansion come from?" Kang Miaoqing's mother said coldly.

"Miaoqing, remember, from now on, you are just the daughter of a criminal, not the legitimate daughter of the prince of Pingnan Marquis. In this dynasty, the daughter of a criminal is even inferior to commoner women. Do you remember this clearly?" Kang Miaoqing's mother said sternly.

Tears welled up in Kang Miaoqing's eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

Overnight, it seemed as if something in her broke.

Her family background, identity, wealth and status that she was once proud of were all gone from her.

She hates and she complains, but life must go on.

Kang Miaoqing's mother said, "I'm taking you to your aunt's house today. This is your only chance to stay in the capital and live the life of a rich lady. Do you understand?"

Kang Miaoqing nodded.

The two of them secretly got on a small carriage from the Marquis's Mansion and went to the Liu family.

After getting out of the car, Kang Miaoqing's mother bent down and said to Kang Miaoqing: "Miaoqing, you must accompany your cousin well and make her like you, so that you will have a chance to stay in the Liu family."

"Although the Liu family is worse than the Marquis' Mansion, it is an official residence after all. Lord Liu must be valued by the emperor and have the opportunity to be promoted. No matter what, it is better than being exiled with us." Kang Miaoqing's mother said.

Kang Miaoqing's mother looked at the gate of the Liu family, thinking about the current situation and the past, and she was overwhelmed with emotions. "Miaoqing, the Wang family was actually going to be engaged to Lord Liu, when he was just a scholar. We made so many plans in the past, but we never thought that it would all be in vain in the end."

Kang Miaoqing kept all these words in mind.

Kang Miaoqing's mother took Kang Miaoqing's hand and told her again, "Promise your mother that you will accompany your cousin well and make him like you. This is your only chance."

Kang Miaoqing looked at A Niang's serious expression and nodded heavily.

Kang Miaoqing's mother then began to cry, her sobbing voice was particularly clear in the silent night.

She knocked on the Liu family's door while crying sadly.

Kang Miaoqing saw her mother crying and she started crying too.

Just like that, not long after, a maid came to open the door, bowed to Kang Miaoqing's mother and said, "Madam, our lady invites you in."

"Thank you, mother." Kang Miaoqing's mother stopped crying and took Kang Miaoqing to Liu's house.

Later, it was exactly as Liu Yuefu said. Kang Miaoqing was able to stay in the Liu family because Liu Yuefu helped Kang Miaoqing to ask her mother for help.

But for the young Kang Miaoqing at that time, life as a dependent was not easy.

Liu's mother disliked her poor handwriting and would hit her hands and make her write as punishment.

Liu's mother asked her to practice the piano, and if she didn't practice well, she would not have anything to eat.

Liu's mother asked her to learn needlework, but ignored her interest. She didn't like embroidery at all, and her fingers were injured every other day.

When she was a little older, her mother couldn't stand her manners and asked a nanny to teach her etiquette.

Every time I talk to her, I am very loud and not polite at all.

Kang Miaoqing thought about this and replied, "How did your mother treat me in the past? Are you blind?"

"She made me copy as punishment, she made me not eat, she forced me to learn needlework, and she even asked the nanny to torture me. Can't you see anything?" Kang Miaoqing asked coldly.

Liu Yuefu was speechless when she heard this. "My mother did this for your own good, so that you could marry into a good family as the daughter of a criminal. But you actually hold a grudge against her."

"It's all for my own good? Then why doesn't she do the same to you?" Kang Miaoqing said.

"I was punished to copy and was slapped on the palm. Can't you see it?" Liu Yuefu said.

Then, she added, "Yes, I almost forgot. I have always been well-behaved and rarely make mistakes. And you, always... like to be clever and sneaky."

"Who are you saying is cheating?" Kang Miaoqing asked angrily.

Liu Yuefu looked at Kang Miaoqing and said calmly, "Talk about you."

Kang Miaoqing suddenly said, "I really hate your arrogant look."

"Besides, even if your mother didn't deliberately make things difficult for me or abuse me, then what about those crappy marriages she found for me?" Kang Miaoqing said excitedly.

"You are the daughter of a criminal, and those marriages are all with honest families. You can still be the mistress, and even your husband can be a promising scholar. Take Fan Ming for example, he has now become an official in the court." Liu Yuefu replied.

"But these people either have concubines at home or are poor and have to take care of their sick fathers, or they are second wives and have to raise someone else's children. How can this be called a good marriage?" Kang Miaoqing asked back.