Reborn to Be A Noble Wife

Ji Hanyue was standing on the highest platform in the Linyuan Pavilion in a red phoenix robe.

Behind her was a fence, and a deep lake was below. She grasped a hairpin so tightly that she got a cramp in her fingers. The hairpin was stained with blood. Her phoenix coronet was gone, and her hair was fluttering in the air. She looked as pale as snow and was thrown into a panic!

An eunuch got in her way with several guards of the palace.

"As the Crown Prince orders, capture the assassin no matter whether she is alive or not! Ji Hanyue, stop your struggle!" The eunuch yelled in a thin voice and his face was expressionless.

That man used to be gentle and thoughtful and promised to love her forever, but now he was determined to capture her no matter whether she was alive or not.

"I didn't assassinate the Crown Prince!" Ji Hanyue lifted her head suddenly and managed to stop trembling and calm down, "I want to see the Crown Prince!"

Today she would get married to the Crown Prince. Escorted by the guard of honor, the sedan chair which was draped with an embroidery of a phoenix entered through the main entrance of the Eastern Palace. The whole country celebrated the wedding. After the grand wedding ceremony, she was taken to the bridal chamber. Ji Youran, her cousin, brought her a cup of tea. After drinking it, she became sleepy and then fell asleep. When she woke up, the Crown Prince was lying on the bed with blood all over his body. He covered his chest with his hands, and glowered at her. She found herself holding a bloody hairpin in her hand.

Eight-treasure Phoenix Hairpin, the one worn by the Crown Princess together with her wedding gown!

Someone shouted, "There is an assassin." A swarm of guards rushed in, and imperial maids escaped in all directions. With the help of Xie Yu, a servant girl accompanying her to the Eastern Palace, she fled in terror. When she was chased here, Xie Yu disappeared, and she was left alone. Now she was in a dilemma with guards chasing behind and no way to retreat.

Ji Hanyue gritted her teeth, and the bloody smell pervaded her mouth. She reasserted, "I didn't assassinate the Crown Prince!"

"Hanyue, you did. I can testify. Without me, the Crown Prince would have died!" Ji Youran said complacently nearby.

When Ji Hanyue saw Ji Youran walking over smilingly and slowly, her eyes were wide open as if she got a head-on blow. Now everything was clear. Swallowing the blood at the throat, she questioned with raging eyes, "Ji Youran, did you frame me?"

She didn't fall asleep until she drank the tea given by Ji Youran!

"Yes, I did!" Looking at Ji Hanyue, Ji Youran looked complacent and sighed hypocritically, "Hanyue, I'm not to blame. The Crown Prince asked me to do it! You've got in his way. Today was different from the former days. Your father had died, so you are useless for the Crown Prince."

"Where... where is my father?" The hairpin fell to the ground from Ji Hanyue's hand. She trembled all over. With no time to blame the Crown Prince for going back on his word, she only hoped that her father was fine!

Her mother died early. She and her younger sister could only rely on their father.

"Your father colluded with rebels and was shot to death with arrows. After you assassinated the Crown Prince, you escaped and fell into the Linyuan Pavilion. Your younger sister was also shot to death when escaping. Your family members were both rebels, so they all died."

Ji Youran laughed complacently. Ji Hanyue was doomed to die now. Ji Youran was so excited that she didn't want to pretend anymore.

Ji Hanyue went limp and knelt on the ground with one leg. The bone collided with the ground, giving out a clear sound and leaving her in great pain. But her heart was more painful as if all organs inside her body had been torn into pieces!

There was nothing more painful than it in life!

Ji Hanyue looked up at Ji Youran's vicious face and asked through gritted teeth, "Why?"

Walking slowly to Ji Hanyue kneeling on the ground, Ji Youran covered her mouth and laughed more complacently and aggressively, "The Crown Prince has never loved you. He loves the military power of your father. But your father refused to hand over his military power to the Crown Prince as a dowry. Why would he want to have a useless father-in-law?"

Ji Hanyue eyes were wide open!

Her father once hinted that the Crown Prince married her with an ulterior motive, and he could mediate before they got married if she didn't want to. However, she didn't listen to him and was not on guard against the Crown Prince at all.

She trusted the wrong person. As a result, her father and younger sister lost their lives. Each breath of her was painful as if a knife was stabbing her heart.

"Look. What is it?" Ji Youran took great delight in Ji Hanyue's pain and laughed.

Ji Youran showed her sleeve slowly. With a clear colliding sound of jade, Ji Hanyue saw a blood-red bracelet. It was exquisite and ornamented with two tear-shaped emeralds, making it unique and pretty. "It was cut off from your sister's wrist. I had someone throw her corpse to the unmarked common graves. Probably she has been swallowed and torn by pye-dogs by now!"

The bracelet was left behind by their deceased mother. One was given to her, while the other was given to her younger sister, Ji Yanyue.

"Yanyue!" She roared in a hoarse voice. Her younger sister was a good girl, but she came to such a miserable end.

"Ji Hanyue, do you know I have been the woman of the Crown Prince for a long time?"

"The Crown Prince gave the order to shoot your father. I deceived your father to the Crown Prince's study with a letter he forged in your handwriting. Your father was really something. He was still alive when he was shot like a hedgehog. He didn't die until his head was cut off. From now on, the title of duke will belong to my father. I will become the first daughter of the Earl's Mansion..."

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Her words ruthlessly described the bloody scene when her family members died. They stabbed Ji Hanyue's heart like a sharp knife.

Handwriting? They once imitated the handwriting of each other, so they could write exactly as the other one did, including the small habits of writing.

She used to think it was only their daily pleasure. Unexpectedly, her father was killed because of that!

Her heart ached so much that it almost cracked, and her arms and legs got a cramp. Ji Hanyue glowered furiously at Ji Youran with scarlet eyes!

At this moment, Ji Youran's face seemed to have turned into the hypercritical one of the Crown Prince, Pei Luo'an. Using the ground as a prop, Ji Hanyue stood up suddenly and rushed to hold Ji Youran. She planned to jump down with the latter without hesitation.

Even if she died, she would drag them to hell together!

As the general's daughter, though usually staying at home, she was more agile than an ordinary girl that seldom went out.

However, a guard was quicker than her. He rushed over, grabbed Ji Youran's foot, and drew her back.

Another guard pressed Ji Hanyue's hand and bent it with force. With a sharp pain, her hand was broken. Then she was pushed out by them.

There was an icy lake below the fence. Ji Youran screamed crazily, "Pull up the bitch. Cut her into pieces."

Though Ji Youran escaped from death narrowly, her face was scratched by the fence and blood flew down her face, making her look like a ghost!

"I swear with my blood to lay a curse on you!"

Ji Hanyue muttered and then bit off her tongue. Blood gushed out of her mouth. She kept staring at the high Linyuan Pavilion until she died.

With her red wedding gown spreading, she fell into the dark and icy lake and lost her life...

In a military camp on the border, a herald entered a tent with a pattern of tiger teeth hurriedly, passed a booklet respectfully, and reported, "Your Highness, something happened in the capital!"

A guard took over the booklet, put it on the huge table, and unfolded it.

Someone reached out long fingers and pressed the booklet. The hand was slender, and his skin was as white as jade. After quite a while, he said coldly, "Prepare to set off. It's time to return to the capital!"

Suffocating flames soared into the air. Everywhere was on fire, and a beam fell ahead.

She opened her eyes slowly, only to see the red flames just like the bloody bridal chamber in her memory. She didn't know where she was...

"My Lady, hurry up!" Someone burst the door open, rushed in under a wet quilt, lifted the girl from the ground, and took her out quickly.

Ji Hanyue rushed out of the room with the person involuntarily. Behind her, pillars collapsed one by one.

The isolated house was in flames.

Lots of memories hit her crazily. Her legs buckled and fell to the ground heavily. Then she began to cough violently while covering her chest.

Qu Moying, Ji Hanyue's cousin and the fourth daughter of Qu Zhizhen who was Vice Minister of Works, was treated harshly by Yu, who rose to the position of the mistress in the family from a concubine. She didn't receive good care in childhood and became blind because of a fever. Therefore, she had been living in a village outside the capital since childhood. Old Lady Qu would have her birthday a few days later, so she had Qu Moying taken back specially.

Unexpectedly, when she was just back at home for two days, her house was on fire.

"My Lady, My Lady, are you all right?" The person threw away the wet quilt, turned around, and asked anxiously. She was her servant girl, Yu Chun.

"My Lady, My Lady, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!" Yu Chun hurried to hold Qu Moying who was on her knees and covering her head.

"Where... where am I?" Ji Hanyue asked painfully, covering her head with force and closing her eyes. The memories of another girl's life came to her mind. But she was Ji Hanyue who was pushed down the Linyuan Pavilion by the guards, instead of Qu Moying.

Why was she still alive?

"My Lady, this is your house. We have just been back for a few days. You live here!" Yu Chun answered nervously. She thought her lady asked such a question because she was scared.

"Why... why did the fire break out?" Ji Yanyue asked in a hoarse voice.

Ji Hanyue and Qu Moying's lives intertwined in her mind, so she didn't know who she was and had to ask by instinct.

"Why did the fire break out? My Lady, I want to ask you the same question. What is going on? Why did the fire break out suddenly when everything was fine? The Second Madam reminded us to beware of fire in the daytime, but a fire broke out in your house at night. Did you disobey the Second Madam deliberately?" Some senior housemaids entered the yard, and the head was Granny Wang, a personal servant of Yu.

Qu Zhizhen was the Second Master of the Qu Family, and Yu was the Second Madam.

It sounded as if Qu Moying set her house on fire deliberately to disobey Yu.

"Granny Wang, my lady was nearly burnt to death." Yu Chun retorted.

"It's not yet deep into the night!" Granny Wang waved and signaled to those coming with her to put out the fire. Then she glanced at Qu Moying scornfully while mocking in the heart: it was ridiculous that the blind girl coming from a village regarded herself as a master in the family, and it was a pity that she was not burnt to death!

"What...what do you mean? My lady isn't well and always goes to bed early. She used to fall asleep at this time!" Yu Chun flushed with anger.

"I mean nothing. I just think...the fire breaks out when everyone is still awake. Who can be burnt to death?" Granny Wang walked over, bent to look at Qu Moying, sighed, and said while rolling her eyes.

She indicated that the fire was set by Qu Moying.

"Granny Wang, how dare you slander my lady?" Yu Chun was indignant.

"You are just a servant. If you think it unfair, you can complain to the master." Granny Wang said fearlessly.

Complained to the Second Madam? She wasn't afraid at all.

Glancing at Qu Moying who was squatting on the ground "in terror", Yu Chun felt sad. Even her lady was not treated as a master in the family, let alone her as a servant!

She was Qu Moying. She was Qu Moying now.

Qu Moying pressed her head with force and closed her eyes tightly. The sound around went far at one moment and came near at the next moment, but her mind became clear gradually.

She clenched her fists. Did she become her cousin Qu Moying? So it meant she revived?

Her heart was pounding so crazily and excitedly that it almost jumped out through her throat. Thanks to God's mercy, she didn't die in the lake below the Linyuan Pavilion. She was reincarnated in the body of her solitary and blind cousin. The quarreling sound was getting clearer...

"Granny Wang, you've gone too far! No matter how unpopular my lady is, she is a master here!" Yu Chun gritted her teeth and stood before Qu Moying to protect her.

"Master? A blind master? Who regards her as a master in the family..." Granny Wang laughed loudly. When she arrived just now, she saw Qu Moying holding her head with both hands and squatting on the ground. It was apparent that she was scared to lose her mind. Therefore, Granny Wang looked down upon her even worse and began to laugh at her loudly.

Suddenly, Granny Wang was slapped across the fat face, which made her silent.

"Bitch! You dare to slap me!" Granny Wang was slapped to be dizzy, and her face became red immediately. She covered her face with her hand and glowered at Yu Chun ferociously. She thought she was slapped by Yu Chun. She had never been slapped before, but a servant girl slapped her today. If she didn't give the girl a lesson, the Second Madam would lose face.

"Yu Chun, slap her hard!" Someone said coldly behind Yu Chun. Granny Wang looked up and found Qu Moying had stood up, which shocked her.

How dared the blind lady who hardly spoke talked to her in this way?

Did Qu Moying slap her just now?

Yu Chun gave two slaps on the face of Granny Wang. Though she didn't understand when her timid lady became so bold, she knew it was a good time to teach her a lesson.

Yu Chun used as much strength as Qu Moying did. Granny Wang was knocked flat. After collecting herself, she shrieked crazily, "Beat them to death!"

Granny Wang had never been humiliated like this. She was slapped by the Fourth Lady that she looked down upon most.

Who didn't look down upon the Fourth Lady in the mansion? She usually lived in a village, and she was blind and solitary. She didn't look like a young girl at all. Never talked to others, she always lowered her head. Others could only see the top of her head. However, she dared to ask her servant girl to slap Granny Wang. How embarrassing!

The other two senior housemaids coming with Granny Wang intended to walk forward.

Qu Moying gave an angry glance at them through the veil and laughed coldly, "Who dares to touch me with your dirty hands?"

She was Ji Hanyue as well as Qu Moying!

The wide veil covered her eyes and most of her face, so her face couldn't be seen clearly. However, it could be seen that she pressed her red lips tightly and lifted her head high. Her coldness scared everyone there.

When did the gloomy, solitary, and timid lady have such an imposing manner?

"Who...who are you?" Granny Wang was startled and panic-stricken. Shivering with cold, she asked subconsciously.

Was the girl with an imposing manner the Fourth Lady who used to keep silent and lower her head?

"You just cursed me to be blind, didn't you? Don't you know me now?" Qu Moying said coldly. Her voice used to be soft, but now it sounded chilly.

It sent a chill through Granny Wang. She swallowed and rolled her eyes to both sides. She didn't want to reconcile herself to the fact that she was slapped by the weak and blind girl, but she felt scared at the same time. Therefore, she gave a hollow laugh to disguise her panic and said in a soft voice, "My Lady, I came to help you put out the fire. Why did you slap me? How ungrateful you are!"

Ungrateful? Qu Moying sneered in the heart. Her mother died early. Her father just listened to Yu and ignored the first daughter born of his ex-wife. Moreover, because she was blind, she was sent to a village. She had lived there for over ten years. Who remembered her in the family except for the Old Lady?

Without the Old Lady, no one would remember her even if she died in the village.

It was understandable that a girl who grew up in this way would be solitary and gloomy! She even didn't want to speak!

Qu Moying pushed Yu Chun away who was standing in front of her, stood opposite Granny Wang, and looked coldly at the latter through the wide veil.

With effective treatment, her eyes became better now. They were being nursed back to health and were not accustomed to strong light, so she usually covered her face with a veil.

"My Lady...what...what are you going to do..." When Qu Moying approached, Granny Wang became scared.

"Get on your knees!" Qu Moying ordered.

"Wh..what?" Granny Wang thought she misheard, so she asked while staring at Qu Moying with her eyes wide open.

Qu Moying reached out her foot and kicked the thick legs of Granny Wang.

No one had expected that Qu Moying would kick her, so they were all surprised, let alone Granny Wang. After being kicked, she took several steps back, bumped into the wall behind her, produced a large sound, and then fell to the ground. She couldn't collect herself this time.

"You don't want to kneel, do you?" Qu Moying walked closer, and it seemed that she stepped on Granny Wang's heart each time she moved.

A chill came over Granny Wang. She came to her senses suddenly and screamed, "My Lady, I am sent here by the Second Madam to put out the fire for you. How can you treat me in this way? You'll make me a ghost with a grievance."

Then Granny Wang began to wail on the ground and made a scene.

Qu Moying's house was remote, but after the fire broke out, lots of people came here to put it out. Seeing the scene, they were astonished, wondering what was going on.

Some of them doubted whether the girl standing in the middle with an imposing manner was the Fourth Lady living outside. Qu Moying was just back for a few days, so many servants hadn't seen her.

They just heard that she was weak, incapable, and blind.

"It's ominous to talk about the ghost! What's going on? Why does it develop in this way?" Someone said in a soft voice behind the crowd.

Qu Moying looked up through the veil and saw Yu entering with servants clustering around her like the moon surrounded by a myriad of stars. She smiled silently. Sure enough, after Granny Wang was beaten, her master couldn't stand by any longer!

Yu just came in time! Qu Moying had predicted that once Granny Wang was beaten, her master couldn't stand by any longer.

Qu Moying had to rise in the Qu Family within the shortest time. Only in this way could she spare time to investigate what happened to the Ji Family...

No one knew that the fighting scene had been noticed by someone with an ulterior motive!

On the eaves of a high building in the Qu Family, a man was standing with his hands behind his back. His black cloak couldn't be seen clearly in the dark.

Inside the cloak, he wore a purple brocade robe, and his collar was embroidered with a pattern of a dark purple iris, which was clear and unique and made him look weird and quirky. With slanted eyes, he lifted his eyebrows and watched what happened in the backyard of the Qu Family with great interest.

The strangest thing was that he wore a tiny earring. As a result, it was difficult to tell whether he was a man or a woman from his good-looking face. No one dared to look at him directly because of his weird feeling and cold eyes.

He was born with nobility and laziness. The two features were contradictory but harmonious on him with no reason, which became a strange charm of him!

Two guards in black stood behind him and followed him closely!