Seven Years of Marriage Without a Child, Yet My Husband Had Children of Both Sexes

Without telling my husband I was pregnant, I went to the Pei family ancestral hall to pray for my unborn child and choose a more auspicious name. But as I looked through the Pei family genealogy, I couldn’t find my name anywhere. Under my husband Pei Ning’s entry, it clearly said he had a son and a daughter. Puzzled, I went to ask the clan leader. He looked at me strangely and said, “General Pei’s first wife really isn’t you. I thought you already knew.” “He and his first wife were married long ago, and the two children are his.” In an instant, the world spun around me. My voice hoarse, I asked the clan leader, “Then who is his first wife?”