The shabby bed curtain, the rickety door frame, and the broken tables and chairs bespoke the miserable condition of the hostess.
But who could imagine that this was the room of the prime minister's daughter given birth by his official wife?
"Woo......Miss, you are so young, and if you were dead, how could I account for it before your deceased mother? I promised her I would take good care of you..." A maidservant lay her face down on the bed, crying heartbrokenly.
A young girl who lay on the bed with closed eyes suddenly opened her sharp eyes: "Shut up! Why are you crying? I'm still alive."
Bai Aoxue was confused. She looked at the girl who was crying out of breath beside the bed speechlessly.
She looked around the room with her beautiful and emotionless eyes quickly. Putting a hand on her forehead, she said to herself: "What happened? I was obviously dead in an explosion. How can I be teleported into another world and become the daughter of the prime minister and his official wife who was unloved in the family?"
Seeing Bai Aoxue regained consciousness, the crying maidservant excitedly clutched at her hand and exclaimed: "Are you awake, Miss?! Is it real, Miss? Mumian was almost scared to death. I thought you were dead. Thank God! Miss is so kind-hearted. How can the God take you away?" She patted her chest with lingering fear after she said this.
"Mumian, I'm a bit thirsty. Please fetch me some water." she said to the maidservant, who called herself Mumian.
Mumian rushed out of the room and went to get water for Bai Aoxue after hearing it.
After her maidservant left, Bai Aoxue began to clear her confused mind. The memories scene after scene flashed by her brain.
She really had been teleported into another world. Bai Aoxue, who was ready to risk her life for the task, should have been teleported into another world!
She was teleported into an unreal era and became a girl sharing the same name with her.
Bai Aoxue was the daughter of the prime minister and his official wife of the Chengxi Dynasty in the Sutian Continent whose mother died when she was young. Her father cherished his concubines and claimed the life of his official wife. Those concubines and their daughters were spoiled and arrogant.
Bai Aoxue, who was unbeloved, grew up with Mumian in the environment of being beaten and scolded, and her personality had therefore become timid and cowardly.
Bai Auxue gently rolled up the sleeve, exposing the shocking crisscrossed scars on her originally white arm, which were left by her younger sister, the daughter of a concubine, Bai Suxue.
Bai Aoxue didn't know how to fight back whenever she was mistreated, so Bai Suxue became more and more unscrupulous. Whenever Bai Suxue was in a bad mood or encountered something unhappy, she would vent the anger on Bai Aoxue. Especially in recent years, as Bai Aoxue became more and more beautiful and charming, she started to have an inclination to kill her.
She pushed innocent Bai Aoxue into the pond the previous day on the pretext of savoring flowers. Because Bai Aoxue couldn't swim, she had only one breath left when being taken ashore.
Bai Aoxue had looked forward to her father coming to visit her. But until this day, she still didn't see her so-called prime minister father.
She finally died in despair to the world as despair was the greatest sorrow, and then, Bai Aoxue, the 21st century's strongest mercenary, came to this world!
After pulling down the sleeve, Bai Aoxue touched her heart and said to herself: "Bai Aoxue, I don't know why you are so coward and so submissive.
I don't know how your mother edified you on the deathbed that if you didn't fight for anything, you would have a peaceful life.
I am not you, so I will not live my life according to your survival rules. I'm Bai Aoxue, the person who will fight, strive and contend for everything I want, I don't get, and I like.
Since the God has given me another chance, I'll live to attain my glory. Perhaps, you are already together with your mom now.
I owe you this time. I'm determined to let those who have insulted you pay a price. Please open your eyes in the heaven to see how they confess for their sins then!"
At this moment, there were fewer signs of cowardliness and dullness in Bai Aoxue's beautiful eyes, but more cruelty and nimbleness.
Mumian's miserable cry broke the silence in the courtyard. Bai Aoxue frowned slightly.
Bai Aoxue relied on and cherished the loyal maidservant, who had a similar age with her and bore everything with her thin shoulders.
Supported by the bedside, Bai Aoxue quickly got out of the bed. Feeling this weak body, she frowned hard in depression.
Although she knew that there would be a huge gap between their physiques, it was beyond her expectation. This body was too weak. She didn't know how long it would take for her to get back to her peak physical condition.
Walking out of the room quickly, Bai Aoxue saw Mumian lying on the ground as well as the broken porcelain bowls and several overbearing maidservants.
"Mumian, get up! What happened? How can you take so much time to fetch water?" Bai Aoxue helped Mumian up to her feet.
Mumian looked at Bai Aoxue with increasing confusion in her eyes. When encountering things like this before, she would merely beg them not to bully her or she would leave herself at their mercy. She never had the demeanor like this. She was so cool, proud and confident. She seemed to have everything in control with an insouciant expression.
"Miss, they stopped me when I wanted to fetch some water for you. Then we had a brawl." Mumian said while cautiously looking at Bai Aoxue.
If it were in the former time, Mumian wouldn't have told Bai Aoxue what happened. She would just have told Bai Aoxue to go back to her room. But at this time, she got a sense of security from her Miss.
"Oh. I'm just wondering who it is. It's you, First Miss. You have been living like an underdog for 15 years. Do you want to have a change today?" A maidservant dressed in green looked at Bai Aoxue with a scornful expression.
"Lvwu, you are just the maidservant for Second Miss. Do you think you can be so wild? You and I are merely maidservants. How can you talk to my Miss in this manner?" Mumian yelled at Lvwu angrily when hearing what she said.
As if being poked at a sore spot by Mumian, Lvwu shrieked: "You, the bitch. You want to protect this coward girl whom nobody likes, don't you? Go with her to hell! Sisters, let's teach a lesson for the two bitches!" A spell of shrill noise echoed through the broken courtyard.
Upon hearing that they intended to have a fight, Mumian stood before Bai Aoxue by instinct.
Seeing Mumian's thin but remarkably firm body, Bai Aoxue's eyes turned red lightly. Nobody ever stood in front of her to protect her before, whether she was the former assassin in the dark or the magic physician.
Seeing the figure who she was looking forward for a long time before stood in front to protect her at this time, how could she not cherish her?
Bai Aoxue moved forward. Patting on Mumian's shoulder, she said in a soft voice: "Look, Mumian! I'll teach the several barking dogs a lesson today. You'll know whether Bai Aoxue is a coward or a devilish girl."
Scarcely before Mumian had a reaction, Bai Aoxue had stepped forward. The thin but resolute figure gave her a sense of security.
"Bitch. You dare to call me a dog! I'll give you a fat lip today!" Lvwu yelled while rushing toward Bai Aoxue.
Looking calmly at Lvwu's distorted face out of anger, Bai Aoxue lifted her brows and said: "Since you are so anxious to earn the title of a barking dog, I'll satisfy your wish first."
Scarcely before seeing how Bai Aoxue delivered the strike, Lvwu was kicked off heavily.
"Ouch!" The spell of screams was especially sonorous in the silent courtyard.
Lvwu knocked into the only old banyan tree in the courtyard as a result of the kick. Bai Aoxue knew two of Lvwu's ribs were definitely broken. Although she wasn't strong like before, Bai Aoxue always knew how to manipulate the power of the strike.
Lvwu's screams brought the formerly arrogant maidservants back to reality, as well as Mumian, standing on the ground, dumbfounded.
Glancing sideways at the maidservants who were in a hurry to flee, Bai Aoxue said in a grave tone: "You must be psychologically prepared when you come here. If you dare to go away now, I'll break your legs, like this." And scarcely before Bai Aoxue finished speaking, she moved over to Lvwu and stepped heavily on her leg.
"Click!"
"Ouch! It hurts!" Hearing the click of the broken bone, as well as Lvwu's hysterical scream, the maidservants' hair stood on end immediately who originally wanted to flee.
"Miss, please forgive us. Lvwu asked us to come. It's none of our business!" A maidservant dressed in pink looked at Bai Aoxue, trembling with fear.
While looking at the maidservant, Bai Aoxue recalled slowly: This girl was the one who bullied Mumian the most if she remembered rightly.
"Mumian. Do you see the brick there? Pick it up and treat this sister well. She has ever treated you with hospitality several times before." Bai Aoxue raised her brow at Mumian.
Mumian, who originally stood there dumbfounded, asked excitedly: "Miss, can I do it?" Though she asked it, her body had already moved toward the brick.
Bai Aoxue couldn't help laughing. She said: "Do what you wanted to do before. Even if the heaven falls today, I'll hold it up for you. Don't worry!"
Upon hearing what Bai Aoxue said, Mumian didn't hesitate anymore. She picked up the brick and moved toward the maidservant who was dressed in pink.
"Mumian. You, the bitch. You dare to beat me. From today onwards, I'll let you neither die nor live. I'm a maidservant for the Madam. Even the prime minister doesn't dare to offend her. I'll tell the Madam to sell you to the Baixiang Brothel!" As she saw a ferocious Mumian coming toward her, the maidservant who was dressed in pink retreated step by step while ranting harshly.
Hearing it, Bai Aoxue said: "Mumian. Beat the bitch to death today. She is just a lowly maidservant. I'll let you know that as the official wife's daughter, I have the reasons to punish an arrogant maidservant. Today, I'll let you see, as the official wife's daughter, whether I cannot even punish an arrogant maidservant. I'll see my father and let him judge whether the concubines are dominant in the prime minister's mansion and let him see how the mansion is trampled by devilish maidservants."
Upon hearing what Bai Aoxue said, the maidservant dressed in pink put on a despairing look, while Mumian was excited. Smashing the brick at the maidservant in pink, she yelled: "Bullying me, bullying my Miss, and being a bully under the protection of your master, I'll beat you to death today!"
Bai Aoxue who looked at Mumian and the maidservant in pink suddenly slightly tilted the body, dodging a stone flying past her ear, which was a surprise attack from Lvwu.
Bai Aoxue slowly turned back. Looking at Lvwu, she said loudly: "I'll let you see whether I'm a coward girl or a devilish one! I'll teach you that who is the master and who are the subordinates." Like a gurgling spring, Bai Aoxue's clear voice sounded intoxicating. However, everybody knew that the girl standing before them was a devil who would explode at any moment after being subdued for a long time.
Bai Aoxue stepped heavily on the other leg of Lvwu. The bone broke instantly. Another spell of shrieks rent the sky again.
"You, the bitch. Kill me if you have the ability! I'll retaliate against you someday!" Lvwu gazed at Bai Aoxue with resentment and said venomously.
Bai Aoxue slowly squatted down beside Lvwu to look at her horizontally who was with unreconciled and resentful eyes, saying: "Do you know the best way to torment someone is not killing him, but making life hell for him? You want to die? Take it easy. I won't fulfil you. Death is so great for you. If you died, you would get free at last. But sorry! You have to pay a price for bullying Mumian and Bai Aoxue in these years. I will torment you until you want to die but not let you die instantly."
Although Bai Aoxue spoke in a low voice, all the people beside her heard what she said distinctly. They looked at Bai Aoxue and trembled heavily with their eyes swelling with panic and fear.
Scarcely before Lvwu cursed a few words after hearing it, Bai Aoxue swiftly pinched her mandible to pieces. She said: "Your voice sounds like a duck. It's too disgusting. I remove your mandible, and then there will be a moment of peace in my courtyard."
Lvwu couldn't utter any sound. She looked at Bai Aoxue more in panic than hatred.
Bai Aoxue didn't care about it, she slowly rolled up the sleeve and said: "Do you see the scars? They are left by you and your dear master. Now, I would like to claim the interest from you first. And I'll settle the principal with your master later."
When the maidservants saw the crisscrossed scars on her arm, they drew a cold breath.
What a hatred would have caused such clear scars?
They looked at Lvwu with disgust and scorn. They seemed to understand why Bai Aoxue burst at this moment. Perhaps, if she were somebody else, she would had burst earlier.
Bai Aoxue achieved the desired results. If she had overdone things, perhaps she would had aroused the suspicion from others. And only in this way, they would think that she started to fight back because she couldn't withstand their mistreatment anymore.
Bai Aoxue didn't hesitate any more as she got what she wanted. She held Lvwu's hand and pinched the bone to pieces with great strength.
Bai Aoxue knew the excruciating pain caused by broken bones, and what she had experienced was much more than this.
Lvwu lost consciousness because of the sharp pain. Bai Aoxue didn't relent but pinched her philtrum. She waked her up and said: "When I was in a coma, you treated me like this too. Tell me. Is it comfortable?"
Lvwu was in a regret: If she had known that Bai Aoxue would fight back at this time, she wouldn't have stepped into the courtyard which she frequented every day.
However, there was no regret medicine in the world. Bai Aoxue wasn't the Bai Aoxue before any more.
"Mumian! It's almost enough!" Bai Aoxue said to Mumian who was jumping up and down because of excitement.
Upon hearing what Bai Aoxue said, Mumian stopped immediately. She said: "Yes, Miss. I see it!"
Seeing Mumian stop her action, Bai Aoxue nodded with satisfaction. She said: "It doesn't matter whether she will be dead or alive. But if your hands hurt, my heart would ache for you."
The remaining maidservants initially thought that Bai Aoxue wanted to spare the maidservant's life who was dressed in pink out of softheartedness, but she was just afraid that Mumian's hands would hurt.
If they could rant, they would curse a few words to vent the dissatisfaction in their hearts.
Looking sideways at the maidservants, Bai Aoxue said: "What, aren't you displeased because you didn't get fixed?"
Hearing it, they shook their heads and said: "No. No. No. We are glad that you didn't fix us. How can we be displeased?"
"Since you are glad, take the two bitches away. They are really eyesores in my courtyard. By the way, please sweep the yard clean. When you go back, tell my stepmothers and my younger sisters that I'm having a good time today, and I will be happy in the later days. I hope they are happy too." Bai Aoxue said slowly to the maidservants who now assumed a careful manner before her.
They immediately nodded and then carried away Lvwu and the maidservant dressed in pink together.
The noise died down in the courtyard, leaving only Bai Aoxue and Mumian.
It was like a dream. Mumian never thought that the dream she was dreaming these years could come true this day.
Mumian turned her head over to look at Bai Aoxue excitedly. She said: "Are you... really my Miss?"
Seeing Mumian's incoherent expression because of excitement, Bai Aoxue responded, feeling ashamed: "When I was five, mom told me that as a girl, if you didn't fight, strive and contend for anything, there would be a man cherishing you. Right?"
"Mom died when I was six. It was you who cuddled me and said that you would keep company with me. Right?" Bai Aoxue said slowly. She recalled the childhood memory while looking at Mumian.
Mumian's eyes had been full of tears. She said: "Sorry, Miss! I shouldn't doubt you."
Bai Aoxue took out a handkerchief and handed it to Mumian. She said: "It doesn't matter, Mumian. Perhaps I was too coward before. I was following my mom's instruction, without fighting, striving, and contending."
"Now I see. Even so, someone tried to kill me. Even I was so obedient, my father still didn't like me. Even if I lived a lowly life, someone tried to tread me into the dust. In this case, from today onwards, I'll get whatever belongs or not belongs to me through any means. Since my father doesn't love me, I will have no more expectations then. I'm determined to retaliate against those who humiliated me and you. I'll let them pay a price thousands of times." Bai Aoxue looked at Mumian proudly after changing the topic.
Mumian opened her mouth lightly because of surprise. Looking at Bai Aoxue who was foreign to her, Mumian adored her even more.
Bai Aoxue knew Mumian was surprised, and it was what she wanted. Mumian would believe that she was still the former Bai Aoxue and she just understood how to live her life after returning from the death line in this way.
"But we severely beat the maidservants of the Second Miss and Concubine Su. I'm afraid they will take the opportunity to bring some troubles to us," Mumian looked at Bai Aoxue, full of concern.
"Oh. That's great. It'll be better if they come for me. They don't want me to live a good life, and I'll let them have a hard time, either. I'll beat them every time they come here. Don't be afraid of anyone later, Mumian. I'll account for the aftermath. I won't let you be bullied by anyone in my life." Bai Aoxue knew Mumian was worried about her. It sent a thrill of warmth to her heart.
When seeing her maidservants were so severely beaten, Bai Suxue was furious. She yelled loudly and angrily: "What do you say? That bitch beat Lvwu like this? Do you think I'm stupid? That bitch doesn't dare to touch even a cat. How can she torment Lvwu like this?!"
"Second Miss, it's true. If you don't believe it, you can ask Lvwu. We have to send Fenhe to Second Madame's courtyard. We'll leave first." The maidservants who were not beaten by Bai Aoxue didn't dare to stay at Bai Suxue's house anymore because they knew they didn't have the ability to offend Bai Aoxue, but Bai Suxue was also a tough one.
"'Rubbish!" Bai Suxue said ferociously when she saw the maidservants walking away in a hurry.
Looking at Lvwu who was half dead, Bai Suxue flied into a rage. "Come on. Throw the good-for-nothing away. The prime minister's mansion does not need a good-for-nothing! I'm annoyed by her. I want to find out how the bitch dares to beat my maidservant!" She immediately headed for Bai Aoxue's courtyard, accompanied a group of servants.