Ye Wuxia had gotten the better deal and watched Fang Ruotang enter the Prime Minister's residence with satisfaction. She then stood in front of the gate, letting the cold wind blow away the heat before leaving.
Fang Ruotang, beaming with joy, returned to her room and was reporting the situation to Xiao Jingzi, who had just been released from the dark room.
"...If you say that, Minister Ye will definitely set up the residence in the shortest possible time. What if it clashes with the Crown Prince's schedule, or even happens on the same day? Are you planning to sleep with the Crown Prince during the day and Minister Ye at night?"
What a coincidence!
Fang Ruotang scoffed and didn't believe it.
What if?
[If that happens, I'll just refuse! What can they do to me?]
Fang Ruotang's tone was arrogant and self-righteous, and Xiao Jingzi replied admiringly.
It really was you!
Fang Ruotang raised her chin, looking proud and smug.
She dared not speak about other things, but being husband and wife was ultimately a choice made by both of them, and she had a say in it.
[By the way, did you contact the Heavenly Dao of another dimension? How did the talks go?]
【Yes! I've already told him about Hua Manman's situation, and he's anonymously reported it to the police. Hua Manman and her family won't have a good ending. As for Zhou Xiaowan, in their local parlance, she's a runaway. We'll leave that to him.】
[That's great! That's how it should be.]
Two days later, Fang Ruotang asked Su Xiaowan, who was inside the Emperor's Banner.
"So? Can you beat Zhou Wan'er now?"
Su Xiaowan wasn't very confident, but seeing that her body was no longer light and might dissipate at any moment, she regained some confidence.
"It's worth a try."
"Judging from your lack of confidence, waiting a couple more days is fine. Don't end up getting beaten up instead of actually hitting someone."
Fang Ruotang could now have the small mirror take Zhou Xiaowan into a magical artifact and send her directly to another dimension, but she had asked Su Xiaowan, who wanted to vent her anger herself.
Fang Ruotang naturally obliged her with such a small request.
Su Xiaowan didn't care about regaining her health a couple of days earlier, so Fang Ruotang cared even less. Besides, Zhou Xiaowan, who was surviving on a bowl of rice porridge a day, had become noticeably weaker after a few days, which was also a good thing for Su Xiaowan.
Two days later, Fang Ruotang inserted Su Xiaowan into her body.
"How about it?"
Fang Ruotang squatted down in front of Zhou Wan'er, who shrank back in fright, her expression wary and fearful. "What do you want to do?"
Zhou Xiaowan was just an ordinary person and couldn't see what Fang Ruotang was doing, but she was very flustered and didn't know what tricks this strange Grand Tutor had up his sleeve.
He came up to her, and without saying a word, he stretched out his hand to her. Then, as if looking at some strange monkey, he squatted down in front of her to observe her.
"Hey, don't you feel anything?"
Fang Ruotang was a little surprised. She had been holding the Human Emperor Banner the whole time, mainly because she couldn't see people's souls without it.
"Who are you? What are you doing?"
Zhou Wan'er suddenly screamed in terror.
Her facial expressions were contorted, changing from one moment to the next.
The two maids who accompanied Fang Ruotang stood guard at the door. They looked into the woodshed but couldn't see anything. They just thought that Zhou Wan'er had epilepsy and was going crazy.
However, Fang Ruotang could see clearly that Su Xiaowan was fighting her for control of her body.
"Who am I? You stole my body, and you still ask me who I am?"
"It's you! Weren't you dead?"
"You're the one who's dead!"
"What are you doing? This is my body!"
"be mine!"
The two argued back and forth, each sticking to their own version of events.
However, this physical body clearly could not withstand the tearing between the two and soon fell into a coma. While the body was unconscious, the souls were trapped together.
Su Xiaowan was prepared. She grabbed Zhou Wan'er's hair first and slapped her twice across the face, yelling, "You bitch! How dare you steal my body and hurt my family? My parents raised my siblings and me with great difficulty. How dare you look down on them? My fiancé and I grew up together as childhood sweethearts. How dare you humiliate him and look down on him? What kind of person are you, using my body to hurt the person I love most! I'm going to kill you!"
Zhou Wan'er had been tormented by hunger and fear for several days. With Su Xiaowan striking first, she was pinned to the ground and slapped repeatedly by Su Xiaowan, leaving her with no strength to resist.
Su Xiaowan was a girl from the village, so her fighting style was naturally the same as the village's: sitting on someone and pulling their hair, slapping them, and even pinching and pulling their chest.
This was the first time Fang Ruotang had ever seen such a grand scene. She was completely stunned and even looked at Su Xiaowan with a bit of admiration. Her fighting power was impressive!
You wouldn't guess it at all. She was just like a little kitten in front of me, but she turned into a tigress the moment she turned her back.
Perhaps it was because of too much hatred! Even though Su Xiaowan was only in spirit form, Fang Ruotang could see her distorted face.
Fang Ruotang looked at it for a while, then stopped and walked out of the woodshed.
Two maids immediately stepped forward.
"Need not."
She refused the cloak that Peach Blossom offered her.
You're about to fall into a pig-butchering scam.
【Um? 】
Fang Ruotang paused.
[Peach pink or apricot white?]
【Tao Hong, her family arranged a marriage for her with a wealthy businessman of good standing; she would become the lady of the house after marrying him.】
Is this not acceptable?
Although merchants have a lower social status, Tao Hong and Xing Bai are both household servants, and with their status, they can marry out and become wives.
Fang Ruotang thought this was a good thing and she wouldn't stop it.
Besides, Tao Hong is four years older than her and is now twenty years old, so she should be free to get married.
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