Chapter auto 289 - auto 289: 289: Killing Not Only the Body but Also the Soul!

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Chapter 289: Chapter 289: Killing Not Only the Body but Also the Soul! Nanny Xie looked at the complex expression on Qin Shuang’s face and asked, “Madam, do you really want to drive Miss Zhan Xuerou out?” Qin Shuang’s eyes reddened as she coldly said, “Drive her out!” Her Lan’er has suffered so much, and now letting the daughter of the Li family live here, Lan’er will never return. Even if she and Zhan Xuerou had eighteen years of mother-daughter affection, she cannot be soft-hearted. She suddenly thought of something and said, “Wait, find her a courtyard to rent, I am worried that Beicang will not feel comfortable with this.” Qin Shuang still considered her husband’s feelings, after all, Zhan Xuerou was the daughter of his good brother Xue Wei. “Yes, Madam, you have a kind heart.” Nanny Xie, with a group of young servants, said to Zhan Xuerou kneeling outside the door, “Miss Zhan Xuerou, please leave, this is no longer your home.” Zhan Xuerou, disregarding Nanny Xie’s obstruction, desperately pounded on the door. “Mother, you can’t abandon me, for eighteen years, I’ve only had one mother, and that’s you, mother!” “Daughter, how will I survive if I leave!” Qin Shuang entered the inner room without saying a word, thinking of Zhan Lan’s injured hand, which made her heart ache. Zhan Lan had been listening from not far away to Zhan Xuerou’s desperate pleas and emotionally manipulative words. She sneered coldly, came out from the shadows, and seeing Zhan Lan, Nanny Xie and the young servants immediately bowed and said with a smile, “Miss!” Zhan Lan slightly lifted her hand and said, “Where is my mother?” Nanny Xie immediately cleared a path, “Miss, please come in, Madam was just talking about you.” Zhan Lan entered the room under the respectful gaze of the servants, and Nanny Xie immediately locked the door from outside. Zhan Xuerou tried to get up and go in but was stopped outside the door. How ironic, she had previously scorned Zhan Lan’s status as a humble adopted daughter. She considered herself the high-status legitimate daughter of the General Mansion, but now she had nothing. She was not even considered an adopted daughter of the Zhan Family anymore, because of what the Li family did, the Zhan Family abandoned her. Laughable, Zhan Lan purposely entered Qin Shuang’s room, to kill not only the person but also the soul! Zhan Xuerou saw the servants, one by one showing disdainful expressions and some even spat on the ground. “Pah, fake, having our Miss stay so many years in the backyard!” “Just like her selfish mother, she’s not good at all.” “Always bullying others yet she has no skills herself, always relying on her status as the legitimate daughter of the General Mansion to parade around boastfully, not sure what she’s so proud of!” “I’ve disliked her for a long time, last time just because I dirtied her clothes, she had someone slap me, truly the offspring of that venomous woman!” “Look at our Martial Arts Champion, our future Brave General, now that is our General Mansion’s true legitimate young lady, such composure, such courage, comparing now, some people really seem petty!” “Exactly, our Miss is the future Regent Princess Consort, you see how the Regent King looks at our Miss, oh boy, the pampering!” “Yes, that day the betrothal gifts the Regent King sent were so dazzling they almost blinded my old eyes, the lord and lady will definitely give our Miss a splendid wedding!” “Tsks tsk tsk, even wonder if that fake legitimate daughter could marry that...” The servants’ voices, not too loud or too soft, just happened to reach Zhan Xuerou’s ears, making her grind her teeth at those opportunistic servants. If only she had known earlier that this is how they saw her, she should have dealt with each one of them. She trembled with anger, because what those servants said were also the things she was about to face. Now all her hopes could only be placed on Si Jun. She gave her body and heart to Si Jun, Zhan Xuerou believed that Si Jun would not abandon her. If she could become Princess Wei, some vengeance could be sought later. She glanced back at the room, hearing Qin Shuang’s voice, “Lan’er, let Mother see your hand.” “Mother, I am fine,” Zhan Lan said with a smile. Qin Shuang looked worriedly at her hand, remembering how Zhan Lan had fearlessly protected her that day, and then thinking of Zhan Xuerou’s timid, fear-filled demeanor, she knew who her daughter truly was. In a moment of life and death, she understood the bond of blood. Qin Shuang tenderly touched Zhan Lan’s hand, “That won’t do, I will find a doctor to take another look. My poor daughter, you must have thought of home while at war!” As she spoke, Qin Shuang began to hold Zhan Lan and cry again. Zhan Xuerou, standing outside the door, vaguely heard everything and her little love and reliance on Qin Shuang turned entirely into hatred. She stood up and walked out step by step, with Nanny Xie following her saying, “Madam mentioned renting a mansion for you.” Zhan Xuerou sneered, “No need for your false kindness.” With that, she left with Qiuyue and Meng Ling. Nanny Xie looked at Zhan Xuerou’s retreating figure and spat, “Ptui, ptui! What a usurper, thinking she’s a phoenix when she’s merely a pheasant!” Inside the room, Zhan Lan watched from the corner of her eye as Zhan Xuerou slowly left the General Mansion, her eyes dark and turbulent, the prey had left the forest. Hunting her was just a matter of time. From adversity, one grows to enjoy the sweetness of success, but falling into a quagmire from favorable circumstances only leads to endless suffering. Zhan Lan, like the King Beast, watched her prey walk towards the abyss, then she looked back and softly said, “Mother, I have some things to attend to, I will visit you tomorrow.” “Lan’er, won’t you come back to stay? Mother asked you to stay in her old room, there’s a clean separate courtyard next to your elder brother...” Zhan Lan reassured her mother with a smile, “Mother, I indeed have some matters these days, and moreover, my identity is not yet public. After handling things, I will occasionally come back to stay.” “Your elder brother and your younger siblings like you very much, if they knew you were really...” Qin Shuang choked up, unable to continue. Zhan Lan touched Qin Shuang’s hand, “Mother, I know they will be very happy.” “Lan’er, go on with your tasks,” Qin Shuang nodded, reluctantly watching Zhan Lan leave. Zhan Lan got into the carriage outside the General Mansion, and Vermilion Bird nodded, “Madam, Master has arranged everything, Mrs. Li is now in the prison.” Zhan Lan smiled lightly, “Vermilion Bird, you and your Master aren’t yet married to me.” Him calling her Madam felt somewhat embarrassing for Zhan Lan. Vermilion Bird nodded, “Yes, Madam, I will be careful next time.” Zhan Lan’s lips twitched, letting go of what he called her, and continued, “Alright, take me to the Ministry of Justice.” Vermilion Bird, pleased, took Zhan Lan to the large prison of the Ministry of Justice. Since the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice Cui Hao died, no suitable candidate had been found yet, so it was temporarily managed by the superior Xingtian Department. As Zhan Lan entered the prison, Iron Armor Guards consecutively saluted her. They knew that the valiant and brave General before them was their female master. Zhan Lan went into the cell, seeing Mrs. Li with her arms suspended. Looking down, her face smeared with blood, Zhan Lan suddenly saw herself from her previous life in the Heavenly Prison. Zhan Lan’s hand gripped the whip passed by Vermilion Bird, her eyes sharp, she raised her hand and fiercely lashed Mrs. Li. With a smack. “Ah!” Mrs. Li screamed, her skin split and flesh burst instantly, she convulsed looking at Zhan Lan. Zhan Lan looked disdainfully at Mrs. Li and said, “Let’s reintroduce ourselves, your false daughter is a real vengeful, cold-blooded General. You’ve messed with the wrong person!”

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Chapter auto 289 - auto 289: 289: Killing Not Only the Body but Also the Soul!