Bai Tuantuan glanced at the sky; it was already late at night, the perfect time to do something naughty!
After Zhi'er left, Bai Tuantuan stood up as well; "Let's go, let's take a stroll around the palace gate. There's been one show after another today! Xiao Ruyan is so thoughtful to greet me like this as soon as I got back!"
Hearing Bai Tuantuan's teasing tone, Guan Xin and Huang Lian couldn't help but laugh.
After the three boarded the carriage, they soon arrived at the palace gate.
Meanwhile, in the left corner of the palace gate, Mu Yangrun's carriage was parked. Bai Tuantuan and the other two exchanged a glance and walked towards it.
Xiao Ruyan, who was resting with her eyes closed inside the carriage, suddenly opened her eyes upon hearing footsteps. She stared at the carriage curtain, and soon the curtain opened, revealing a familiar face.
"White Tuan Tuan?"
Xiao Ruyan was taken aback, looked at Bai Tuantuan, and narrowed her eyes; "What are you doing here?"
"Come watch the show!"
Bai Tuantuan opened the carriage curtain completely, crossed her arms, leaned against the carriage, and raised an eyebrow; "Didn't you send your Lord Lin to cause trouble? What, you got a beating yourself?"
Xiao Ruyan raised her eyelids slightly, then lowered her eyes; "I don't know what you're talking about."
Indeed, the reason I was beaten today was because of my instigation, telling Lord Lin that the Third Prince disliked the Bai family, and that if I could discredit the Bai family, the Third Prince would be happy.
That's why he wanted to use public opinion to smear the Bai family on his way out of the palace, but he didn't expect the Bai family's reputation to get better and better, and he ended up getting himself into trouble!
But what does this have to do with her? She's the one who's stupid; how can she be blamed?
"Oh, you remembered?" Bai Tuantuan chuckled when she saw that Xiao Ruyan didn't speak. "Xiao Ruyan, you don't need to pretend in front of me. But I would like to have a good chat with you."
As he spoke, he took out a set of clothes and tossed them to Xiao Ruyan: "Put these on and come out."
Xiao Ruyan stared blankly at the clothes at her feet for a long time. When she looked up again, the horse curtain had already been lowered.
Xiao Ruyan quickly dressed and came out.
The light green dress made Xiao Ruyan look even more delicate and pretty.
However, standing next to Bai Tuantuan, she was utterly devoid of any luster.
Her white, round face, illuminated by the moonlight, appeared somewhat hazy, giving her an exceptionally ethereal look.
Huang Lian and Guan Xin glanced at Xiao Ruyan, then stood on either side of Bai Tuantuan, preventing Xiao Ruyan from getting close.
Xiao Ruyan stood in front of Bai Tuantuan; "What, do you think I'd eat her?"
"You're ruthless; who knows if you'll harm Tuantuan?" Huang Lian retorted. "But you're so stupid, you obviously can't hurt Tuantuan."
Guan Xin laughed out loud: "Lian'er, what a blunt truth you're telling?"
Such verbal skills obviously couldn't hurt Xiao Ruyan. She stared at Bai Tuantuan and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Let's talk about your past and present lives, and about how your mother, Zheng Fangyu, was killed in a coup."
Two sentences completely changed Xiao Ruyan's expression.
Xiao Ruyan immediately looked around. Fortunately, the coachman was on the other side, obviously afraid of offending the important people on this side.
Xiao Ruyan bit her lip hard: "I don't know what you're talking about."
"What, am I not speaking human language? Is it so hard for you to understand?" Bai Tuantuan took a step forward. "You must have memories of your past life. In your past life, Xiao Guangyuan abandoned his wife and children. After you and your mother were born, he killed my mother and me because he was afraid that your mother would be heartbroken. The three of you lived a happy life. Not long after, you even had a younger brother, right?"
"Let me think back, how dazzling you were back then! You could say the whole capital envied you, after all, you had a father who was favored by the Emperor!"
"Your memory ends here. Do you know why? Because your family didn't fare well afterward. After all, a life stolen can't be smooth sailing forever."
"The whole family was amazing, but they died a violent death in the wild. Tsk tsk, it must have been a painful experience for them."
Xiao Ruyan suddenly looked up: "Impossible! Our family couldn't possibly be in such a terrible state!"
Bai Tuantuan laughed, wiping away the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes: "Xiao Ruyan, stop deceiving yourself. Heaven is watching what people do. Do you think your family can escape?"
"You don't want to wake up from this dream because you'll find it's all fake. But I'm telling you, it's real. You have memories of your past life, and so do I. We've been reborn, so naturally we'll cut ties with each other from the very beginning!"
"You think Xiao Guangyuan is worthy to climb the ladder of power by stepping over my mother's and my corpses?"
"You think you're worthy?"
Bai Tuantuan stared into Xiao Ruyan's eyes and said, word by word, "Xiao Ruyan, admit it, you are a selfish person to the core. Otherwise, in this life, you clearly knew that although your mother was dead, she still protected you as a spirit. After you obtained the method of burning your spirit to make a wish, you chose to abandon your mother without hesitation!"
“In the Zheng family, you used your mother’s spirit to make them dote on you. It’s just a pity. I gave Yinrong a jade pendant, which directly resolved the problem.”
"Later, you learned that in my dream I was to be sent by your parents to curry favor with Lord Lin. You thought Lord Lin was a good person, so you went to curry favor with him yourself, but you never expected to push yourself into the abyss. And you used Zheng Fangyu's soul time and time again, until today, Zheng Fangyu's soul has completely vanished into ashes. You want to use the Third Prince to gain a good future? Tell me, should I grant your wish or stop you?"
Xiao Ruyan looked at Bai Tuantuan, who had a half-smile on her face, and her heart trembled violently; "How do you know all this?"
Bai Tuantuan curled her lips: "Xiao Ruyan, I will make sure you live a good life, and make you watch as all your scheming and plotting ends in nothing, making you wish you were dead."
Xiao Ruyan staggered back a step, fear showing in her eyes.
Bai Tuantuan stepped forward, grabbed Xiao Ruyan's chin, and forced her to look at her. "How do I know? The world started over because God couldn't stand it anymore and didn't want you people to cause trouble for too long, so my mother and I were reborn. And later you regained your memories because God wanted to punish you. After all, the feeling of being in a dream is hard to bear, isn't it?"
Xiao Ruyan struggled free from Bai Tuantuan's grasp, shaking her head repeatedly: "Impossible, impossible! The Third Prince will help me! The Third Prince is a true dragon! The Third Prince will help me!"
The screams seemed to be a rebuttal to Bai Tuantuan, or perhaps an attempt to make their own words believable.
A hint of confusion flashed in Bai Tuantuan's eyes; "Then we'll wait and see."
As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Tuantuan turned around and looked at Huang Lian and Guan Xin; "Let's go!"
Huang Lian and Guan Xin looked at Bai Tuantuan with heartache, but ultimately said nothing and followed her to Erdong Restaurant.
Inside the restaurant, Bai Tuantuan looked at the wine glass in her hand and slowly recounted her past and present life.
She said: I kept Xiao Ruyan alive so that she would feel despair. Why should I suffer so much in my past life, but she can just die?
She said: "Although I am going through a tribulation, I am just petty. Why should I choose to forgive those who have hurt me?"
She said: "If I didn't have a different identity, but was just an ordinary little girl, even if their family didn't have a good ending, we still wouldn't be able to survive. What would be the point?"
"Tuantuan, we'll help you!" Guan Xin and Huang Lian each held Bai Tuantuan's hand, their eyes full of determination.
Bai Tuantuan shook her head, a serious expression on her face: "I'm telling you my story because I want to say that from today onwards, you must begin your cultivation. This world is ultimately in chaos because of me!"
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