chsdbacks Chapter 17: Won’t Stop Until We’re Dead from Anger
Chapter 17: Won’t Stop Until We’re Dead from Anger
Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Won't Stop Until We're Dead from Anger
When Murong Jiu spoke those words, Marquis Murong was so furious that steam seemed to rise from his head, and he wanted to hit her again, but the pain from the silver needles in his palm almost shattered his teeth.
"Unfilial daughter! Unfilial daughter!"
Old Madam was so angry that she gasped for air, looking as though she was about to faint.
"Grandmother!"
Murong Man hurriedly went to support her, shouting for her grandmother.
Marquis Murong immediately asked whether the servants had summoned the Imperial Physician yet.
Lady Wang's eyes were red as she painfully said to Murong Jiu:
"Do you want your grandmother and me to die of anger? When I gave birth to you, I almost bled out. The fortune teller said your fate was ill-starred, that you couldn't be close to your parents, and that you could only survive if raised on the manor. That's why we painfully sent you away. How can you say such heartless things!"
Lady Wang cried her heart out.
If it hadn't been for overhearing Murong Man reveal the truth in her previous life, perhaps Murong Jiu would have been deceived by Lady Wang this time too.
Her face showing a cold smile, she directly exposed them:
"Mother, stop lying to others and to yourself; I've already found that fortune teller. He admitted that he made up the story after being given silver taels. If those present don't believe me, I can bring him here to confront him face to face."
"That's not true..."
Seeing the changing expressions of Marquis Murong and Lady Wang, she didn't give them a chance to interrupt and continued:
"Furthermore, I went to Yongfu Temple and consulted a master, who said that I have a fate of immense wealth and nobility. Mother, why don't you tell me now, why did you abandon me at the manor? Could it be, just as those servants have said, that I'm not really your biological daughter?"
"Who said that! They are spreading nonsense!" Marquis Murong shouted angrily.
Old Madam no longer seemed faint; she sat up anxiously.
Murong Man frowned, wondering, could Ninth Sister genuinely not be our biological sister?
Lady Wang paled, "How could you possibly not be my own child? Who has been gossiping about us!"
"Is that so? That's strange; why then would you bribe the fortune teller to declare such a fate for me? I really can't understand it."@@@@
Lady Wang fumbled for words, momentarily at a loss for an excuse.
Marquis Murong was about to deny it, then planned to find an opportunity to silence the fortune teller for good.
However, Murong Jiu spoke for herself, "Is it because of my face? Do you find my birthmark embarrassing, and that's why you didn't want to raise me in the Marquis Mansion?"
She intentionally gave them an out, wanting to not let them suspect she knew the truth, yet also wanting to make them feel threatened so they would slip up and lose their composure.
Maybe one day, she would discover them searching for their biological daughter who had been switched at birth with her.
Murong Jiu didn't turn her head back at all.
She slowed down once outside Old Madam's courtyard, expecting to wait for Jun Yuyan whose mobility was not as good as hers, but turned around only to crash right into his chest.
Ouch, that hurts.
What is his chest made of, it's so hard.
In a flash, her mind unexpectedly drifted back to that night a month ago, to the firm chest she encountered when they had coyly made love.
Why did she think of that? She hurriedly tossed the memory out of her mind.
The man that night definitely wasn't Jun Yuyan. He seemed very abstinent, but that night... she was taken for a whole night.
"Sorry, are you alright?"
Jun Yuyan's deep voice rose above her head.
"No problem, no problem."
She rubbed her nose, shook her head, turned to see Murong Man had actually chased after them, frowned, and told him to hurry away.
She really didn't want to see Murong Man again because she feared she couldn't help slapping that hypocritical face a few times.
With a glance from Jun Yuyan, the guards stationed outside the courtyard came forward, blocking Murong Man's entanglements.
Soon, the two of them left the Marquis Mansion and boarded the carriage back to Prince Mansion.
"Ninth Sister!"
It was Murong Qian's voice.
Murong Jiu's brow furrowed slightly, but she still lifted the carriage curtain.
Murong Qian seemed to have run over, her cheeks slightly flushed, a few strands of hair damp with sweat. Her gaze initially fell on Jun Yuyan inside the carriage, shyly, then she said to Murong Jiu:
"Ninth Sister, can I... can I come to visit you at Prince Mansion in the future?"
Murong Jiu subconsciously looked towards Jun Yuyan, who was bowing his head, reading an Art of War book, and did not glance up at Murong Qian even once.
"Alright."
After hesitating for a moment, she nodded to Murong Qian.
In fact, she also wanted to clarify if the person in her past life who wanted to disgrace her was Murong Qian, and if it was, why she would do such a thing.
She believed she had never done anything to wrong Murong Qian.
The carriage started, and Murong Qian's expectant face was still there, smiling and waving at her, showing no signs of deep scheming.
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