Aunt Shui was none other than Shui Ruolan, Qin Huaiyong's cousin, the daughter of old grandma's younger sister. She had come to take shelter under the Qins from a young age when old grandma's younger sister pa.s.sed away. When she came of age, she got married, but her husband pa.s.sed away later on before they bore any children. For this reason, old grandma brought her back to the Ningyuan Army General's house to be with her.

　　Shui Ruolan was a woman with a gentle spirit who had never said a word of complaint even though she had a sad life.

　　Qin Huaiyong had always had a soft spot for this cousin of his. Unfortunately, they each had their prearranged marriages respectively since young for this reason, they kept their distance in honor of their commitments. When Shui Ruolan returned to Qin Huaiyong's house as a widow, they continued to treat each other honorably. In fact, they did not see each other much within the manor grounds. Even when the need arose, they always met each other in the presence of some other people.

　　However, an accident happened 10 days ago when Qin Huaiyong came home drunk and went into Shui Ruolan's room by mistake and fell asleep on Shui Ruolan's bed. What was worse was in his drunken state, he had put his arms around Shui Ruolan and forced her to lie on the bed with him. When Mrs. Qin broke into the room and saw the scene before her eyes, she was so heartbroken that she broke down in tears and wailed.

　　When Qin Huaiyong came to his senses, he was deeply remorseful towards both Mrs. Qin and Shui Ruolan and was at a loss of what to do to solve this issue.

　　After that incident, Qin Huaiyong expressed his wishes to take Shui Ruolan in as his concubine, but Shui Ruolan refused the offer as she could not reconcile the idea and almost decided to become a nun.

　　Old grandma tried to talk her out of it until Shui Ruolan finally decided to go to the Buddha Hall to quieten her heart.

　　In the previous life, Shui Ruolan finally became Qin Huaiyong's concubine after taking old grandma's health into consideration. However, she had been unhappy because of the meaningless marriage arrangement. Subsequently she with child, but the baby came early at seven months and both the mother and the baby died due to the early delivery.

　　It was only later that Qin Wanru discovered that this was all part of Mrs. Qin's plan and that she had a hand in making the premature birth happen.

　　She did not really remember the incident which happened 10 days ago, but the memory of it became vivid at this moment. She suddenly realized that 10 days ago was the time the letter from Duke Yong arrived.

　　Just after the letter arrived, the incident of Qin Huaiyong getting drunk and went into Shui Ruolan's room happened. Stricken with guilt and remorse, Qin Huaiyong could not bring himself to take any action against the evil plan of her wife and eldest daughter.