Chen Jiuniang

Appearance
Chen Jiuniang’s face was peculiar, many would say it was terrifying.

On the right side of her face, she was a pale and delicate beauty, but the left side was the face of nightmares, the entire left side of her face was distorted by large black lumps of scar tissue. The left side of her face looked like a demon.

She was ugly but ingenious! She was exceptionally good at sewing. Her embroidery was vivid and lifelike.

History
Chen Jiuniang came from a poor family and had many siblings. She lived a tough life ever since she was born due to having such a hideously disfigured face.

She was ugly but ingenious! She was exceptionally good at sewing. Her embroidery was vivid and lifelike.

However, no matter how beautifully and vividly a lady embroidered or how kind she was, if she was ugly, no man wanted to marry her. There was no such thing as plastic surgery in Cangnan. If an ugly woman like Chen Jiuniang wanted to pay a beggar to marry her, the beggar would refuse.

That’s why Chen Jiuniang was still unmarried even when she reached eighteen years old. Though unmarried, she could not rely on her family like a child, she needed to work too, so she did some needlework when she was free.

She did a good job on her work and she had deft hands and worked hard. Gradually, she was employed to do needlework by Granny Ye, the general’s mother, from the manor of the ‘General Who Pacified The South’.

Her life was not great, but it was fulfilling work and she was satisfied.

One day, while she was absorbed in sewing as usual, the General, Ye Haoran, drunkenly went to her embroidery house.

That is when General Ye saw the right side of her face. At the time, he was young, ambitious and established through his brilliant achievements in war. The general was drunk and felt Chen Jiuniang was a great beauty. He pulled Chen Jiuniang to bed and had a sex with her, without waiting for her consent. He couldn’t wait to make love to her!

After the general woke up, he looked at the face of the lady lying next to him and felt so disgusted, as her face looked like she had been mutilated in an accident.

It was not a big deal that the general had sex with a random woman then abandoned her, but Chen Jiuniang had gotten pregnant from the encounter.

Nine months later, a cute baby was born, named Ye Kong. Granny Ye liked him very much.

Then, Chen Jiuniang’s luck seemed to change as she was moved into the general’s manor. However, she did not have status, so she could not even compare to his concubines. Ye Haoran didn’t go near her again. The sight of her face disgusted him and was a bad memory.

It was not a bad life for Chen Jiuniang. She had her own courtyard, she was given two servants, and even received a few pieces of silver for her living expenses. For a woman from a commoner background, it was more than enough.

But the happy days vanished when Granny Ye passed away. The general’s second wife was put in charge of the household.

The second wife was a narrow-minded lady, so Chen Jiuniang’s two servants were taken from her. Over time, Chen Jiuniang received less and less silver, but was required to do more needlework until, eventually, she became a servant too.

At first, Ye Haoran helped Chen Jiuniang for his son’s sake, but when Ye Kong grew up, Ye Haoran found that he spoke with a stutter and was a fool, he was so disappointed that he discarded them both.

Soon, Chen Jiuniang became nothing more than a menial servant. When she was a servant before, she only had to serve the masters of the household. But now, she had to complete sewing work for other servants too. Even if she worked until midnight without a break, she could not finish all the sewing.

Chen Jiuniang’s life was miserable. There was not a single say when the people in the manor didn’t bully her, laugh at her or scold her ugly face and foolish son.

Her life was like the lyrics from a song: I seem to be watching a tragedy, where there is no happy ending.