Chapter 25 Scumbag Father Confronts, Discovers Past Life’s Secret
Wen Xueling’s hand instantly twisted, and where no one could see, an ice needle pierced into Wen Jin’an’s foot.
She cried out in pain, stumbling back repeatedly, “Ah! So painful!”
Wen Jin’an lifted her injured foot in pain, glaring furiously at Wen Xueling. “What did you use to prick me!”
The fine stationery, soaked by melted snow.
Wen Xueling felt a slight regret; if this paper were used to draw weapons for killing in the Prime Minister’s Estate, how smoothly it would feel.
She composed herself, slowly rose, and lightly chuckled, “What could I use to prick you? Your ability to falsely accuse people must have been learned from your mother, no?”
“You! How dare you be so insolent!”
Wen Jin’an’s face turned pale with rage. She ordered the maids beside her, “Give her a good lesson!”
A concubine’s daughter from the countryside, how dare she act so presumptuous in front of her?
Her scumbag father forbade other men from approaching Qingxin Courtyard, so there were no guards around.
A dozen maids charged towards Wen Xueling, their eyes gleaming ferociously, rolling up their sleeves and swinging at her face.
A fierce look flashed across Wen Xueling’s face. She glanced at where Wen Jin’an stood, barely half a foot from the smoke-like mist rising from the cold lake.
She unhurriedly smoothed the cuff of her sleeve, which was damp from the snow falling from the treetops, and softly said, “Throw them into the river.”
“Yes!” Tangchun and Tangxia had long wanted to act.
Upon receiving the order, they immediately grabbed the nearest maid’s hand, moving swiftly and without any delay.
In just a moment.
The charging maids, like dumplings, were all knocked into the water. The splashing ice water drenched half of Wen Jin’an.
She stamped her foot in anger, the injured spot aching even more, as if thousands of ants were gnawing at it.
Yet, Wen Xueling even smiled at her, a posture that in no way looked like anything other than provoking her status as the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter.
A gust of wind blew, and the tender yellow winter plums on the branches swayed.
Wen Xueling stood quietly beneath the tree, thinking that Wen Jin’an’s unruly and impulsive nature, with a little manipulation, could become the knife in her hand to stab Xie Siyu.
As she lowered her brows in thought, Wen Jin’an was also staring at her.
Wen Xueling’s frowning, contemplative expression was remarkably similar to her scumbag father’s, which made Wen Jin’an feel even more indignant.
This was because her own appearance bore little resemblance to her father’s, and though her mother was favored by her father, her beauty was far inferior to that low-born mother of Wen Xueling.
Wen Xueling keenly captured the fleeting jealousy in Wen Jin’an’s eyes. A sudden flash of insight dawned on her, and she smiled knowingly.
That's right.
How could she have forgotten……
In her previous life, what Wen Jin’an hated most was her incomparably beautiful face.
Wen Xueling gracefully walked to her stepsister, curled her lips, and sighed, “Do you know? Father said he’s long been tired of your mother.”
Wen Xueling deliberately scrutinized Wen Jin’an’s delicate, pretty face with an appraising gaze.
“Looking closely, she’s not as ugly and plain as Father said.”
Wen Jin’an’s face turned extremely ugly, as if her most cherished secret had been exposed, her expression twisted with rage.
“You’re talking nonsense!”
But seeing Wen Xueling’s unadorned face, which far surpassed all the noble ladies she had ever seen in the capital, Wen Jin’an grew even angrier.
Wen Xueling deliberately clicked her tongue twice, the sarcasm and disdain in her eyes even stronger than when her stepsister had looked at her earlier.
This person truly cared about her appearance as much as in her previous life.
“Once I take the money granted by the Empress Dowager and buy even more beautiful clothes, guess who will look more like the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter when you and I stand together?”
She didn’t know if this provoking tactic would work on others, but it was highly effective on Wen Jin’an.
Seeing the deep hatred in Wen Jin’an’s eyes, as if she wanted to tear her to pieces, Wen Xueling’s lips curled in triumph.
“Tangchun, Tangxia, let’s go back.”
In the cold wind, Tangchun and Tangxia, like villagers playing whack-a-mole, used branches to strike at the maids trying to resurface from the water.
Tangxia smiled and turned back: “Coming, Young Lady.”
She threw down the branch, clapped her hands, and warned, “Dare to bully our young lady again, and next time, I’ll beat you to death.”
Wen Jin’an glared angrily at their retreating figures, already planning her revenge.
Wen Xueling led Tangxia back to Folding Willow Courtyard first.
Tangchun, who returned later, recounted everything she had seen in the shadows.
“Young Lady, Wen Jin’an took the key and went to the treasury.”
Indeed, the more Wen Jin’an was forbidden to do something, the more she would do the opposite.
Wen Xueling deliberately feigned retreat to lure her into using the gold in the treasury, and Wen Jin’an did not disappoint her expectations.
In just half a day.
She had squandered all hundred taels of gold that the Empress Dowager had bestowed upon Wen Xueling.
She bought over ten sets of the most fashionable hairpins and jewelry of the moment, not to mention other clothes and gowns.
As the afterglow faded, night approached.
Receiving an invitation from Jiang Fuqu through her messenger, Wen Xueling was slightly surprised.
Before she could examine it closely, her room door was kicked open by a guard.
Her scumbag father walked in, his face grim and terrifying, filled with an indescribable coldness.
“Tie up this rebellious daughter for me!”
Her scumbag father angrily tried to slap her, but Wen Xueling skillfully dodged him. “Father, what is the meaning of this?”
This rebellious daughter actually dared to dodge! Wen Jingshu’s face grew even darker, fuming with rage. “Wen Xueling, what do you think you are? How dare you go to Qingxin Courtyard!”
She calmly looked at her scumbag father’s distorted face, a smile not reaching her eyes, “Father has misunderstood me.”
In her ear, she heard her scumbag father’s furious scolding, defending Wen Jin’an.
He said sternly, “Misunderstood? Do you dare say you didn’t go to Qingxin Courtyard?”
“Ling’er did go to Qingxin Courtyard, but……”
Her scumbag father didn’t even let her finish speaking before directly convicting her, his face distorted just like in her previous life when he defended Wen Jin’an, completely disregarding that she was also his daughter.
“Do you really think that just because I favored your mother for a few days, you can soar like a phoenix?”
“I’m telling you, the Prime Minister’s Estate has always had only one Madam, and only An’an as its legitimate Young Lady!”
“Suppressed any inappropriate thoughts! From now on, if you dare to be disrespectful to An’an again, don’t blame your father for being heartless.”
Wen Xueling looked up, seeing undisguised killing intent in his eyes.
……He truly wanted to kill her.
Her voice was calm as never before, enunciating each word: “I merely wanted to retrieve the bounty given to me by the Empress Dowager.”
“What’s yours? Everything in the Prime Minister’s Estate belongs to An’an!”
Just thinking of An’an’s tear-streaked face, Wen Jingshu was so angry he wished he could tear this rebellious daughter before him to shreds. How could she even dare to covet anything in the Prime Minister’s Estate?
Wen Xueling’s face darkened. She hadn’t expected her scumbag father to disregard the laws of Rong Kingdom for Wen Jin’an.
“Throw her into the courtyard and make her kneel for three incense sticks!”
Tangchun and Tangxia were anxious, wanting to intervene, but feared ruining their young lady’s plan.
For her scumbag father to reach the position of Prime Minister, he certainly wasn’t a fool.
Repeatedly spending nights in Folding Willow Courtyard, and twice indulging in those illicit desires with Mu Qingyu, had made him realize that something was amiss.
This time, Wen Jingshu had come prepared.
Just as Wen Xueling was contemplating whether to administer some poison to him, a young physician walked out from behind him.
The moment her eyes met his, her body suddenly froze.
How could it be him!
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