Arc 2: Part 40
"Sister, whatever you want, just take it," Tong Su said, leaning over Xiao Qingwan who sat helplessly on the ground, a gentle smile on her face.
That smile was like a hot needle piercing straight into her heart, Xiao Qingwan could only feel the blood rushing in her veins!
"Didn't you want to replace me?" Tong Su continued. "I was hoping for that! I wish you all the best in getting what you've wished for."
"You—"
Xiao Qingwan raised her head abruptly, only to meet Tong Su's cold gaze. A pang of pain throbbed in her chest, and she instinctively leaned back.
Somewhere along the way, a faint taste of blood had welled up in her throat.
Along with the burning slap mark on her face and the continuous dull pain in her chest, it was all too chaotic and unbearable.
Emperor Xuanyi had just left, and before leaving he had given her a brutal kick in the chest—
He was never a man of good temper. He had developed a liking for her last night, thus cared for her today.
However, once the dirty secrets of Xiao Qingwan were revealed, Emperor Xuanyi who had been her shelter became the object of everyone's ridicule. Given his ferocious temperament, how could he let Xiao Qingwan go unpunished?
Looking back on yesterday, Emperor Xuanyi was convinced that Xiao Qingwan had deliberately gone to the woods to cry fake tears. She played the victim card, saying she had been bullied by her "elder brother and sister.” But she herself was the eldest girl, how could she possibly be bullied by her elder sister?
Emperor Xuanyi was straightforward and stubborn, with his emotions easily displayed. It was because of his frankness and impulsiveness that he despised hypocritical people the most.
In his eyes, among all the women he had ever met, Xiao Qingwan was now the most deceptive and hateful!
"No, I was wrong. My mind was clouded by greed! Brother, please forgive me…"
Tears streamed down Xiao Qingwan's face as she looked up pitifully, begging for mercy. However, after uttering only two sentences, her words got stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say anything more out of fear.
Little Thirteen and the others were mocking her, watching her fake tears and pleas for mercy.
Their sneering expressions seemed to say: Who are you deceiving now? Who doesn't know that you, a liar, would never truly admit your mistakes!
Xiao Lingchen reached out and put his arm around Tong Su's shoulder, eyes lowered and softly spoke to her, "I've been busy with matters at the court these days and haven't talked to you in a while. I'm quite hungry now; would you mind having a meal with me?"
Tong Su glanced at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, and snorted, "You, Master Xiao, are not very courteous! You never got along with me and you inexplicably kicked me out of the Xiao family tree. Now, you call me 'sister'; what kind of sister am I to you?"
"It doesn't matter what the family name is, you're still my sister," he coaxed, "I was wrong. Could you give me a chance to apologize to you properly?"
"Fine, I'll reluctantly agree to that," she said.
"Alright."
Sweet laughter blossomed in Xiao Lingchen's deep gaze.
But in the eyes of Xiao Qingwan, it was a chilling laugh!
What is the greatest despair a person can experience?
Is it the full-hearted hope to marry the person you admire, only to find that in the end you are following in someone else's steps and are seen as a despicable deceiver?
Is it believing that you can start over, planning all sorts of schemes with confidence, only to finally realize you are just a jester in the eyes of others?
Xiao Qingwan felt she was that jester now!
Since she was reborn, she wanted to make use of Xiao Bai Zhu's cooking skills to pave her own way. But the more she wanted to hide it, the more her truth was revealed unexpectedly;
She thought she could steal Xiao Bai Zhu's chances and become the person that Emperor Xuanyi adored and marry into the palace to rule the world.
However, although she was now in the palace, not only did she fail to fulfill her wish, but instead, she replaced Xiao Bai Zhu and became the deceitful person in Emperor Xuanyi's heart!
She felt she had come up with a good plan to switch identities with Xiao Bai Zhu and steal her fame.
Yet now that the truth is out, with Xiao Lingchen's words, her supposed good identity can be easily discarded by others!
The treasure she most yearned for, looked forward to, and exhausted all her resources to obtain—
Was Xiao Bai Zhu, who she deemed unnecessary and even avoided like the plague! The very treasure that she now realized was discarded as trash.
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