Lu Zheng's mansion has dozens of women, some of whom look like Gu Xin, and others who possess the talents that Gu Xin learned in the brothel.
Every year, Lu Zheng would take a tuft of hair as long as a chopstick and as big as a thumb from them, as well as their clipped nails. Every year on the fifteenth of the first lunar month, he would force them to bleed a bowl of blood, and then feed them well afterward.
It has been exactly six months, starting from the first woman to enter the Duke's mansion six months after Gu Xin's death.
During this period, eight Lantern Festivals passed, and the original group of girls had already had their blood drained eight times.
On the last Lantern Festival of his life, Lu Zheng finally exhausted himself to death.
After his death, the abbot of Xiangguo Temple, Liaowu, handled his funeral arrangements, distributing silver, shops, and estates to the dozens of girls. It was a large sum of money, and no one held a grudge against Lu Zheng, not even the few girls from the palace.
Because their backgrounds are all quite tragic, they were either sold by their families or had no parents. They wasted several years of their lives, using their own hair, nails, and a few bowls of blood to exchange for such a large sum of money. Moreover, they came from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, so no one bullied them. They might even be grateful to Lu Zheng in their hearts!
Only she harbored resentment towards Lu Zheng, and towards Gu Xin, the Yangzhou prostitute, who held a place in Lu Zheng's heart.
Because of that despicable couple, she was prevented from becoming an imperial concubine.
If it weren't for Lu Zheng, Gu Xin, that prostitute, wouldn't have had those dimples. She would definitely have been favored by the new emperor, given birth to a prince, and with her methods, becoming empress wouldn't have been impossible. It's all because of this despicable couple!
When she was ten years old, she insisted on going to the village to play one winter. However, she was kidnapped on the way and drugged. She was then taken to a place where a group of people around her age were taught how to seduce men.
She later learned that they had been trained to be sent to the Third Prince, who later became the Emperor.
After six years of training, at the age of sixteen, only she and one other person were sent to the Third Prince's residence.
Unfortunately, neither of them got a chance. In the end, she ruthlessly betrayed her companion to gain the trust of the Third Prince. Finally, the Third Prince ascended the throne, and she entered the palace as a maid.
After Lu Zheng's death, the emperor ordered someone to find her, bring her to the palace, and then give her a cup of poisoned wine.
She was practically forced to drink it, and when she woke up again, she was ten years old when she was kidnapped on her way to the village.
This time, she naturally didn't let the kidnapper succeed. Having already experienced it last time, how could she allow herself to be drugged this time? So she bit her tongue to wake herself up, and while the kidnapper thought she was drugged and was off guard, she jumped out of the car and fell into the pool, where she was rescued.
In this lifetime, she is determined to marry into the Third Prince's household in style. She has leverage; she knows the identities of her second aunt and cousin.
As for Lu Zheng and Gu Xin, that despicable couple, she'll leave them alone for now. Once she becomes the Third Prince's consort, she'll deal with them slowly.
In this lifetime, the Third Prince no longer needs Lu Zheng as his right-hand man; having her is enough. She knows the course of events from the previous life!
Li Shan stared intently at herself in the mirror and took a deep breath.
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In the garden, a few girls were chatting happily when they heard some noise coming from a large tree not far away. The noise was quite loud.
Li Han sent a maid to check what was going on. The maid returned and reported, "Young Master sent A Dong down from the tree with wings!"
Li Han: "...Using those wings that my brother made himself again? Isn't he just being ridiculous? How many times has Ah Dong been thrown around by him from last year to this year!"
Gu Nian asked curiously, "Li Muyan can make wings? What kind of wings? And they can fly?"
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