klisemfg Chapter 2 is fine, let's just go through the motions and struggle a bit (please add it to your
Chapter 2 is fine, let's just go through the motions and struggle a bit (please add it to your
The third concubine was delighted upon hearing this.
She glanced at Zhai Rongyu smugly, thinking, "Let's see how long you can keep up this smugness!"
Zhai Rongyu was taken aback. [Evidence? What evidence? Is this passage in the book? Did I miss it?]
Forget it, maybe I should just go through the motions and try to force it.
As a practitioner of the Xuanmen sect, she knew all too well that going against the will of Heaven usually ended badly.
Now that she has transmigrated here without being familiar with everything, she might as well play it safe for now, follow the plot, and act according to circumstances later.
Then she wailed:
"Father, I'm innocent! I don't know that coachman at all! After lunch, Shuang'er was sent away, and I went back to my room alone. As soon as I entered the room, I was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I saw this coachman, and then my third aunt came in with her people. Nothing happened between us. I'm truly innocent!"
My goodness, saying so much in one go has really exhausted me.
"Shuang'er, hurry up and pour your young lady a cup of water." Minister Zhai pointed to the teacup.
"Ah? Oh oh!"
Shuang'er snapped out of her daze and quickly ran over to pour Zhai Rongyu a glass of water. "Miss, please have some water and speak slowly."
Zhai Rongyu: ? ? ?
Third concubine: ? ? ? What does Master mean by this?
The expressions on everyone's faces were quite varied.
Minister Zhai didn't notice any of this and was lost in thought with a furrowed brow.
What does Rong'er mean by "in the book"?
Are we all in one book?
Are our fates predetermined by others?
Seeing the displeasure on Minister Zhai's face, Zhai Rongyu sighed inwardly.
[Sigh, so she really can't escape the tragic fate of a supporting female character?]
[This mudslinging is finally going to be thrown at me... Isn't this forcing me to turn to the dark side?]
[Father, oh Father, your eyes are so beautiful, how could you be so bad at judging people! No wonder you ended up being torn apart by five horses...]
Minister Zhai: !!!
What did Rong'er say?
He'll be torn apart by five horses?!
Minister Zhai frowned, but how did she know all this?
Could it really be as that old Taoist priest said...?
Several months ago, he went up the mountain with the princes to pray for blessings, and on the way they encountered a blind old Taoist priest.
The man stood by the roadside, muttering to himself.
As his carriage passed by, he said, "Truth and falsehood confuse the mind; fortune and misfortune are determined by human actions. Great calamities and calamities may be averted by a supreme opportunity. How wonderful! How wonderful!"
He stopped the carriage, intending to go forward and ask for more details, but the Taoist priest vanished into thin air.
They searched the entire mountain but couldn't find him.
Now it seems that the supreme opportunity the Taoist priest spoke of could be Rong'er.
Only Rong'er can avert such a great calamity?
Just then, the servant who had left returned with a report and bowed as he handed the sachet to Minister Zhai.
Upon seeing this, Zhai Rong and the Third Aunt's pupils dilated in shock!
How could this be?!
Zhai Rongyu: [How did this sachet end up here? Good heavens! My dad's not only handsome, but also incredibly intelligent! Daddy, kill me!]
Minister Zhai was quite pleased to hear this. Although Rong'er's words were strange, they sounded like she was praising him for being handsome and smart.
Minister Zhai curled his lips into a smile.
Yes, she truly is his daughter; she has an exceptionally discerning eye.
In contrast, when he looked at the third concubine, Minister Zhai's eyes turned icy cold, and he threw the sachet in his hand heavily to the ground.
"Moonheart, do you recognize what this is?"
The third concubine wrung out her handkerchief, cold sweat pouring down her back. "I...I don't recognize this..."
"Oh? You don't recognize her?" Minister Zhai laughed angrily, pointing at Granny Liu and saying, "You tell me. If you utter even half a lie, I'll rip out your tongue!"
"Yes! Yes! This old servant will answer all questions to the best of his knowledge!"
Granny Liu kowtowed, hurriedly picked up the sachet, glanced at Third Madam, and stammered, "This...the pattern on it...looks like Third Madam's embroidery..."
Third Aunt stared at Granny Liu in disbelief: "Granny Liu?! You..."
Granny Liu lowered her head, avoiding the Third Madam's gaze.
Aunt, please don't blame me, my grandson is still working under the master...
Third concubine knew her explanations were useless, so she knelt down with a thud and cried out in panic, "Master! I...I'm innocent!"
In her panic, she looked at Zhai Rongyu, her heart filled with rage.
Why?
Why are you so safe and sound?
She gritted her teeth, pointing at Zhai Rongyu with resentment, and said, "It's her! She and that coachman must have framed me!"
"She stole my sachet and put it in the stableman's room."
It must be her!
Zhai Rongyu was dumbfounded; this passage wasn't in the book!
She ultimately steered the plot astray!
Eliminate them!!!
But she hasn't done anything yet!
This lousy book!
How did I end up so crooked!
[Auntie, Auntie, aren't you just admitting it without being asked?]
[My dad didn't even say where this sachet came from, so why are you in such a hurry! With your IQ, you'd be stealing someone's...]
It seems my dad's been too focused on his career to pay attention to you, otherwise he would have found out sooner.
Minister Zhai narrowed his eyes. Rong'er was right. Since her mother passed away, although he had taken a concubine, he rarely entered the inner quarters.
I never imagined that such a sordid affair was hidden in the inner quarters.
His eyes darkened, and he said sternly, "You wicked woman! Even now you still want to implicate others! You've really disappointed me."
"Tell me, how do you know this sachet was found in the stableman's room?"
The third concubine looked up in shock, meeting Minister Zhai's cold eyes, and collapsed to the ground, stammering, "This concubine...this concubine..."
"Shameless woman!"
"You have done something that has damaged the reputation of the Minister's Mansion. What else do you have to say?"
"Somebody come!"
Just as he was about to punish the two, he heard Zhai Rongyu's inner thoughts.
[Holy crap, am I about to witness ancient tortures?]
[After all, the book says my dad is a super villain, incredibly ruthless!]
Minister Zhai paused, a complex emotion rising within him.
Is he... ruthless?
Never mind, let's not frighten Rong'er yet.
He frowned and ordered, "Give the Third Mistress and that coachman a hundred strokes of the cane and throw them out of the mansion!"
"Master, spare me! Master, spare me..."
The third concubine rushed forward and grabbed Minister Zhai's leg, but was violently thrown away.
Several servants stepped forward and carried her and the coachman away.
Then, the sounds of sticks being struck and cries of pain echoed through the courtyard.
Zhai Rongyu silently lit a candle for them in her heart.
[You can tell how tough my dad is the moment he makes a move. A hundred blows like that would probably leave someone either dead or crippled...tsk...how awful!]
Minister Zhai looked at Zhai Rongyu with a gentle expression.
"Rong'er, you should rest well first, your father..."
Before he could finish speaking, a servant rushed in to report: "Master, the Sixth Prince has arrived and is already waiting in the front hall."
Minister Zhai frowned slightly. What was the Sixth Prince doing here at this critical juncture? Could it be...?
He glanced at Zhai Rongyu.
The Sixth Prince was previously engaged to A Ling, but now that Rong'er has returned to her ancestral home, it is likely that this engagement will be changed.
Upon hearing this, Zhai Rongyu instantly perked up.
[The Sixth Prince? The prince from the original novel, eight feet tall, with handsome eyebrows and bright eyes, whose good looks were outrageous?!]
No, I have to go check it out!
Minister Zhai smiled slightly, thinking that Rong'er was indeed childlike.
Turning my head, I felt a slight pang of sadness.
When children grow up, they'll find other men handsome.
[Holy crap! I remember now! He's the one who caused my dad to be torn apart by five horses!]
Minister Zhai: !!!
Handsome my foot!
Yellow-mouthed kid!
According to the plot, the Sixth Prince came today to finalize a marriage agreement with the Zhai family. After my father agreed, he was tied to his treacherous schemes!
From this day forward, we are political allies; we share both prosperity and adversity!
Who would have thought that the Sixth Prince harbored rebellious intentions!
[That's why the Zhai family went down the path of the younger sister cursing the older sister, the older sister cursing the older brother, and the older brother cursing the father—a whole family cursing!]
Zhai Rongyu looked anxiously at her father: "Father, the Sixth Prince is of noble status. He has come to our mansion, and I should pay my respects."
She had to go to the front row to watch the show—I mean, to spectate!
You might even get to see the female lead!