Translator: Rize
Editor: Larkspur
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The coachman dared not speak, even pretending to have not heard a thing. He then respectfully opened the back door for Mu Yunjin and led her into the Fu premises.
Soon, she was brought to Rong Wangfu’s reception hall. Standing outside the closed doors, she looked around fighting hard the impulse to reduce the whole place to ashes.
A few moments passed, the doors opened. Inside, the room was lit up with candle flames. Rong Wangfei, Qin Shuning, occupied the main seat. She smiled as she looked at the visitor. Sitting beside her, was Qin Muyue whom she had not seen for several days.
"Little Niece-in-law has come ah, let Benfei take a good look at you." Rong Wangfei politely greeted and stood up.
“Isn’t my Fourth Meimei seriously ill? Bring me to see her.” Mu Yunjin spoke indifferently.
Qin Muyue laughed as she walked to Mu Yunjin’s side, linking arms with her. “Yunjin sister-in-law, your Fourth Meimei is a type of person with no conscience. Dying is better than keeping her alive to continue to be a scourge. You should not forget how she has treated you.”
“Oh? You think so too?” Mu Yunjin raised an eyebrow but did not take off Qin Muyue’s hands holding her.
“Yes, not to mention that her courage is so big, she also dared to covet Brother Li. She did not take a look at her scantily appearance and tried to catch a large fish in the pond.” Qin Muyue spoke in a sneering tone.
Mu Yunjin raised the corner of her lips and looked at Qin Muyue then at Rong Fei in the eye. “But Fourth Meimei has just married into Rong Wangfu, it’s just been a few days and she is already sick to the point of dying. Wouldn’t it bring gossip to Rong Wangfu?”
“How could it be? The fate of humankind is not in anyone’s control. How about it Yunjin Sister-in-law, with just a word, tonight it would be easy for Mu Lingzhu to take her last breath?” Qin Muyue looked at Mu Yunjin with a sweet smile.
No one knew better than Mu Yunjin that behind this guileless smile was a vicious heart. To think that Qin Muyue gave Qin Taifei such a poisonous thing, her heart felt a bit cold..
“I’ll go see her first.” Mu Yunjin withdrew her hand from Qin Muyue’s arm and went out.
“Dong’er, take Liu Huangzi Fei to Pian Pavilion.”
Once Mu Yunjin left, Qin Muyue took out a thin handkerchief and wiped her hand that had touched Mu Yunjin. She lowered her eyes, ruminating with a smile.
“Aunt, when is it suitable for us to appear?”
“Hehe, wait for someone to notify us.”
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A young servant-girl led Mu Yunjin out of the hall. Throughout the journey, she felt unsettled. She had a foreboding, but couldn’t place her finger.
However, she wasn’t the only one it seems.
The simple-minded Zi Xang at the side pulled Mu Yunjin’s sleeves and whispered. “Young Miss, why don’t we turn back and just return tomorrow? It’s very suspicious.”
“It’s fine, let’s just take a look. Remember, after going in, don’t touch anything.” Mu Yunjin cautioned her.
Zi Xiang nodded. The more Mu Yunjin spoke, the more her heart felt afraid.
“Liu Huangzi Fei, it’s here.” The young servant girl stopped in front of a small cottage then walked away.
Mu Yunjin looked at the small house, that looked shabby like a small firewood house. Even her previous Ascending Flower Pavilion was much better than this.
As expected, it’s not as if it is a good time for karma.
Mu Lingzhu formerly lived in the luxurious Pearl Building, who would have thought she would be reduced to such dire straits?
Opening the door, she went in and saw that the house was lit by faint candlelight. Looking around, except for a hardboard bed, there was nothing else inside.
Cui Yun was crouching on the ground and helping Mu Lingzhu rub her arm. At the sight of Mu Yunjin, her heart felt extreme delight. “Liu Huangzi Fei.”
On the sickbed, Mu Lingzhu had a blank expression then she laboriously looked up and upon seeing Mu Yunjin she burst into tears. “Jiejie save me!”
“Lingzhu will not dare oppose you. Lingzhu knows her wrong, sincerely knows her wrong. I beg you to save me from this hell!”
Mu Lingzhu loudly wailed, from time to time she was out of breath as she incessantly trembled and sobbed spasmodically.
Mu Yunjin looked at the girl on the bed, seeing her pale and haggard face, she really looked seriously ill. Her exposed arm had scarlet wounds that showed signs of festering.
“Cui Yun, didn’t I give you medicinal soup and wound medicines? How could this still happen?” Mu Yunjin looked at Cui Yun.
Cui Yun pursed her lips and lowered her eyes. “That day this servant was already really careful, but upon returning, Wangfei’s people found out and confiscated the medicinal soup and medicines. This servant was also beaten.”
As Cui Yun spoke, she also exposed the bruises on her arms.
Mu Yunjin sighed, from the purple pouch on her waist she took out a pill and stuffed it on Mu Lingzhu’s mouth.
“What is this?” Mu Lingzhu kept the pill on her mouth, afraid to swallow.
“It’s a life-saving pill; if you don’t want to live then spit it out.”
Mu Yunjin mused... If she really wanted to die then Mu Lingzhu should die at her hands. When was it the Qin family’s turn?!
Mu Lingzhu immediately swallowed the pill. At this moment, she found that Mu Yunjin was the only one she could trust.
It’s truly ironic, she had fought Mu Yunjin for so long but in the end, she could only rely on her to survive.
Was everything she had done really wrong?
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Mu Yunjin crossed her arms and stayed in the room for a while.
Suddenly, the door was kicked open. Mu Yunjin raised her gaze and saw Qin Munan hurry in. To her shock, he grabbed her wrist and darted out.
"Hey, you..."
Before she could even finish her words, Qin Munan had brought her to a remote courtyard. Gasping for breath she unhappily stared at the latter.
“Why did you pull me out for?”
Her haughty manner of speech caught Qin Munan off guard. Instead of being miffed, he smiled. “It’s the first time I discovered that Yunjin can also get angry.”
Mu Yunjin stared coldly at Qin Munan then massaged her wrist and frowned. “What do you want to say?”
“I saved you. You not only did not say thank you but also kept questioning me. Yunjin, you really wound my heart.” Though that was what he said, his face was beaming.
It’s the first time he found Yunjin so angry yet so cute.
He suddenly realized that her amnesia was not a bad thing, after all, it at least let him see a different side of her!
“Saved me?” She raised an eyebrow.
“Had you stayed there, tomorrow the whole Butterfly Flower City would be rife with rumors that Third Young Miss Mu personally poisoned Fourth Young Miss.” He explained.
At those words, Mu Yunjin did not have much of a reaction. She only lightly sighed. “Oh, this kind of trick, this woman never gets tired of playing, does she!”
“This woman?” Qin Munan did not quite understand her words.
However, Mu Yunjin did not feel like explaining, she just waved her hand and turned back.
Behind her, Qin Munan pulled her back. “Yunjin, don’t risk it. You are not my Aunt’s match.”
“Match?” Mu Yunjin sneered. “She also needs to be deserving to be my opponent!”
As soon as her words fell, Mu Yunjin shook off Qin Munan’s hands and went back to the small house. As she walked, she blew the jade whistle.
Concealed in a secret place, the Zi Jia secret guards appeared one after another.
Mu Yunjin looked at the leader and said, “Take Mu Lingzhu to Xiang Fu for treatment.”
“Yes, Huangzi Fei.”
By the time Mu Yunjin entered the door of the house, the Zi Jia secret guards had already carried the seriously ill Mu Lingzhu and flown away.
Right then, Rong Wangfei and her entourage came over only to see Mu Yunjin dispatch the Zi Jia secret guards. Her initial shock was replaced by fierceness.
“Mu Yunjin, Mu Lingzhu is now a person of Rong Wangfu. You can’t just take people away at will. Do you not know Heaven and Earth are deep and profound*?” She hollered.
[TL: She means Yunjin should respect them and not do things her way since they are the Rong Wangfu.]
This was a blatant act of humiliation not to mention, the other had foiled her best-laid plans! How could she take it lying down?
Qin Munan had also rushed over and clearly saw the Zi Jia secret guards. His face somewhat sank.
He did not expect that the always cold and indifferent Chu Li would give Yunjin his Zi Jia secret guards.
Just as he was about to help Mu Yunjin escape trouble, he heard her fearless voice.
“Your Rong Wangfu?” She snickered. “Are you going to pressure me with this? Then why don’t we let someone take Mu Lingzhu to the imperial palace right now? Let Emperor Father have a look… at how Rong Wangfu disregards human life!”
“Do you have any evidence that proves that Rong Wangfu has a disregard for human life? Benfei can also say that the injuries were caused by you. After all, who doesn’t know that Mu Yunjin and Mu Lingzhu have always been at odds? Benfei thinks, everyone would most likely believe this.” Rong Wangfei countered.
“Mu Lingzhu is not dead yet, will she not speak for herself? If in a confrontation, she points a finger at the gentle and virtuous Rong Wangfei and not on the Third Jiejie she was at odds with, wouldn’t you say it would be very interesting?”
“Mu Yunjin, you…” In her moment of rage, Rong Wangfei could not find words for rebuttal.
Mu Yunjin flashed a sarcastic smile and moved her eyes away. “The world has many people, don’t think that within the four seas you are the mother. Who allowed your Qin family to be accustomed to being the world’s number one stinky disease?”
Qin Munan stood there listening to an unbridled Mu Yunjin mocking the Qin Family. He actually found it very pleasing to his ears.
His eyes could not hide his pleasant surprise and astonishment. He never knew that Yunjin was such a woman in flesh and blood. For a moment, his fondness towards her increased a bit.
Qin Muyue, who was standing in the corner, did not show herself either. She watched her aunt get blocked and left speechless. Her face was dim, her intentions inscrutable.
Just then, she caught a glimpse of Qin Munan. Contrary to what she expected to be a blank expression, there was a little astonishment. Elder Brother seems to look at Mu Yunjin with eyes full of… love.
Could it be that….
No, how is it even possible!
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By the time Mu Yunjin left the Rong Wangfu, her heart was particularly carefree. Ever since Qin Shuning’s various ‘show of strength’, she had been itching to get even. Now that she was finally able to see Qin Shuning’s deflated and powerless face, how she could not even retort, she was on a high and excited.
But it was clear that she had already opposed Qin Shuning and openly at that. So, going back in a carriage was naturally out of the question.
But Mu Yunjin did not mind that she and Zi Xiang would have to walk at night. In fact, she even wore a hard to conceal smile.
Zi Xiang was also especially happy. “Young Miss, you were extremely awesome. That Rong Wangfei’s face looked really terrible! Hahaha.”
“Yunjin Sister-in-law…”
Behind her, Qin Muyue’s voice sounded amidst the sound of horse hooves.
Mu Yunjin did not turn around and just continued onwards. Not long after, a carriage stopped at the side.
“Yunjin Sister-in-law, it’s already dark, let us take you back.” Qin Muyue lifted the carriage curtain and looked at Mu Yunjin.
Mu Yunjin did not even raise her gaze. “No need.”
“Take the carriage together, it’s already dark and this is the outskirts. It’s unsafe for you two girls.” Qin Munan suddenly spoke.
Mu Yunjin shook her head and glanced at the people in the carriage. “Thank you for your kindness but no need.”
“Then, that’s fine.” Qin Muyue did not hesitate, quickly let go of the curtains, and ordered the driver to leave quickly.
Once the carriage was out of earshot, Mu Yunjin took a quick look around. Seeing that they were the only ones, she held Zi Xiang’s waist and with a tap of a foot used qinggong to quickly fly away.
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