"She was raised in the countryside, what does that have to do with our Lin family? Who knows what she learned in that treacherous place?"
Of course, Mrs. Lin wouldn't be foolish enough to say these words in front of so many people.
Moreover, judging from Lin Xian'er's current appearance, she must have some kind of backing. Perhaps starting today, she will change the dynasty and the world will belong to the Lin family.
However, she underestimated cultivators. What she thought was a quiet murmur was, to Lin Jiujiu and the others, thunderous.
Lin Xian'er's face turned pale instantly, and Lin Jiujiu didn't look much better either.
She had no problem with Madam Lin belittling Lin Xian'er, but it was another matter if she also belittled Lin's parents.
Lin Xian's inability to bear it stemmed from a fundamental problem within herself; it had nothing to do with her parents.
Besides, it was Madam Lin who orchestrated the baby swap back then.
Her parents took care of someone else's daughter for over ten years for no reason, but in the end, it was her fault?
Anger surged in Lin Jiujiu's eyes, and just as she was about to make a move, a burst of spiritual energy shot out from her side.
Madam Lin was so struck by an invisible slap that she tumbled several times.
“The Zhongyong Earl’s family is not something an ignorant woman like you can discuss.”
This was Baili Chenyuan's second attack since the banquet at the palace. Under normal circumstances, someone like him would disdain to lay a hand on a woman.
But who can blame anyone for speaking ill of whom? And it just so happens that the people being talked about are Lin Jiujiu's parents, people she cares about.
Madam Lin was slapped so hard she tumbled several times before she realized who had done it, only when Baili Chenyuan's voice came.
She had witnessed how Baili Chenyuan had ruined Lin Xian'er's entire face, and now she had only been slapped twice, lying on the ground not daring to utter a sound.
However, she wasn't thinking about being beaten up right now.
Instead, he thought of the loyal and brave Earl that Baili Chenyuan had just mentioned.
She couldn't figure out where this Marquis Zhongyong came from.
Those who can be given these two characters as titles are generally people who have made great contributions.
However, she had never heard of such a person in the court. Just as she was wondering about this, a kind person explained it to her.
"The title of Marquis of Zhongyong was recently conferred by His Majesty, and I heard that he is a member of the family of that Princess Consort."
Although it was only an earldom, it was hereditary and could not be replaced, which was something that even ordinary dukes and marquises could not compare to.
Even within the royal family, there is an end to the lineage of titles passed down through generations.
But as long as that family doesn't commit any major mistakes, they won't be stripped of their title; it will remain a hereditary title, making them someone that no one can afford to offend.
If that family hadn't lacked any substantial merit, merely presenting the court with a few prescriptions, His Majesty might have directly bestowed upon them the title of Duke.
When Madam Lin heard that the honest, simple farmer who didn't even know his child had been switched had actually been granted a title because of Lin Jiujiu, and that even that country woman had an imperial decree, she felt even more resentful.
Lin Jiujiu was sent back to her family at the age of fifteen; this honor should have belonged to her family.
Why should Lin Jiujiu, who only lived with them for four or five years, give this honor to them?
That's not fair!
Madam Lin tried to shout, but as soon as she opened her mouth, a bloody lump of flesh fell out.
Only then did she feel the pain.
His eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
What seemed like a light slap from Baili Chenyuan was actually a severing of her tongue from a distance.
Those around Madam Lin were terrified when they saw the blood gushing from her mouth, and they all retreated, but no one dared to say a single word of dissent against Baili Chenyuan.
She didn't even dare to look up at him.
Lin Jiujiu felt a little better when she saw Madam Lin's miserable state.
Don't say she's cold-hearted and doesn't care about the mother-daughter relationship from back then.
There was truly no affection between her and Madam Lin.
For the first ten years or so, Madam Lin did not care about her; her food, clothing, and daily necessities were even worse than those of the servants in the mansion.
Yet they still had to do work even harder than the rough maids.
On the first and fifteenth of each lunar month, this wicked woman would find all sorts of ways to torment her.
When she was little, she was made to kneel in the ancestral hall and copy Buddhist scriptures.
She claimed to be praying for the family's well-being, but in reality, it was just because she had secretly switched the children and felt guilty towards her own daughter, which is why she kept tormenting her in order to find a twisted balance.
Since Lin Jiujiu discovered that every body she transmigrated into could be a part of herself, her sense of immersion has become even stronger.
And their dislike for the Lin family in the capital only intensified.
Seeing Madam Lin's fate now, she felt no heartache whatsoever; instead, she felt a sense of pleasure.
As for Lin Xian'er, she cared even less.
She even hated Madam Lin more than Lin Jiujiu did.
After all, if she hadn't been so self-righteous and abandoned herself for so many years, why would she have been raised in such a poor and remote place?
In fact, in order to live a better life, they even had to desperately try to please those two old geezers.
This is why she insisted on having someone silence her.
Those two old hags actually had the nerve to send a message to her in the capital, saying how good they had been to her back then, and that they wanted her to repay them by giving them money or inviting them to the capital to enjoy a life of luxury.
That's just wishful thinking. Lin Xian'er is most afraid of people bringing up her past.
Why would she take the initiative to bring people to the capital?
When those two old men saw that she hadn't replied for a long time, they actually dared to threaten her.
They deserved to die, but she never expected that Xiao Tianyi, whom she looked down upon, would have such an extraordinary destiny and become a cultivator.
However, that doesn't matter. Once she conquers the Great Chu, she can keep both him and the Chu Emperor as her own possessions.
As for the tricks he used, Lin Xian'er didn't take them seriously at all.
Would Lin Xian'er act without any certainty?
Even before entering the palace, she had spent all her points to exchange for a heaven-defying elixir from the system.
As long as she takes it, her cultivation level can be instantly raised to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Not to mention in this small mortal world, even in the cultivation world, he is a patriarch of his own.
No matter how talented or fortunate Xiao Tianyi was, it was impossible for him to reach the Nascent Soul stage in just a few years.
He was already considered a genius among geniuses for being able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage.
Moreover, she had already arranged for people in the palace. Those who were wiped out were only her visible people, meant to impress the Crown Prince.
Her true methods go far beyond this.
The most outstanding among them, those with exceptional talent who had already reached the Golden Core stage, had long been hidden away by her.
Although there were fewer than a hundred people in total, they were more than enough to deal with these mortals.
Lin Xian'er was smug and gave Madam Lin a cold laugh before turning to Emperor Chu.
"Your Majesty, abdicate."
The Chu Emperor snorted coldly.
"Abdicate? Whom does the Crown Princess want me to abdicate to? You? Or the Crown Prince?"
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