"Why haven't they arrived yet? Weren't they supposed to be back today?"
"Please wait a little longer, Madam. The young master said he will return today."
"I haven't seen my son for three years, and I have no idea how much suffering he has endured."
"..."
The murmurs reached Yuan Zhao's ears, and his pupils contracted slightly, as if he were still in a dream.
Looking at the familiar hall, then at the people around her and the clothes she was wearing, Yuan Zhao's eyes showed a hint of astonishment.
How is that possible?
Yuan Zhao pinched herself absentmindedly, and the piercing pain told her that this was not a dream.
"……Miss?"
Seeing this, her head maid, Wenfeng, looked at her with concern.
Looking at Wen Feng standing alive in front of him, Yuan Zhao subconsciously touched his face.
It has a smooth and delicate feel, no longer the bumpy, pitted texture of a toad.
It turns out it was all true!
She was reborn!
I was reborn on the day Zhou Shiyuan returned to his residence!
She and her maid did not die, they were not drowned, and she has not yet turned into that despised toad.
Very good!
Heaven actually gave her a second chance!
"Miss, what's wrong?"
Seeing that her expression was off, Wenfeng couldn't help but ask again.
"I...I'm fine!"
It took Yuan Zhao almost all his strength to force himself to calm down.
She glanced expressionlessly at the anxiously waiting members of the Marquis's household, a cold smile playing on her lips, her eyes filled with boundless hatred.
Who would have thought?
The group of people in front of you, who look respectable, are actually a pack of hungry wolves who will devour people without spitting out the bones!
On the surface, they are respectful of morality, etiquette, and shame, but in reality, each one of them is more disgusting than the last.
In her past life, she disregarded her father and brothers' objections and insisted on marrying Zhou Shiyuan, the heir of the Marquis of Yongning.
She thought she and Zhou Shiyuan would live a life of mutual respect and love, but less than three months later, the Marquis of Yongning offended the emperor and was stripped of his title on the spot.
At that moment, she felt like the sky had fallen.
Seeing her weeping mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and the other women of the Yongning Marquis's household filled with fear, she sought help from all sides to no avail.
Finally, at her mother-in-law's suggestion, she even went to beg the evil star to save the lives of everyone in the Yongning Marquis's mansion.
In the end, all the men were sentenced to exile, while the women were expelled from the Marquis's mansion, and all their property was confiscated.
She brought all the women of the Marquis's household to her dowry residence, serving them like slaves and providing them with a life of luxury. All their expenses were maintained at the same standard as before, even better than when they were in the Marquis's household.
However, instead of being grateful, this group of people called her a jinx, saying that it was because they married her that the Yongning Marquis's mansion suffered such a disaster.
She had refuted it at the time, but then, less than ten days later, news came that Zhou Shiyuan had died on the way to exile.
Sadly, she became a widow just three months after her marriage, further cementing her reputation as a jinx.
From then on, she accepted the fact that she was a jinx.
In order to restore the glory of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion and to bring back her father-in-law and two younger brothers-in-law, she ran around everywhere, even going back to the General's Mansion to ask her father and brothers for help. Yueyue herself delivered herself to that evil star's door and was tormented.
In the end, it was his father who used his military merits to restore the glory of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, and the Yongning Marquis's Mansion returned to its former splendor.
Then more good news arrived.
Zhou Shiyuan did not die. He was injured and lost his memory, but was rescued and has only just regained his memory.
She had been a widow for three years, and upon hearing the news, she wept with joy, believing that her suffering had finally come to an end.
She waited and waited, and Zhou Shiyuan finally returned.
However, he did not return alone; he brought a woman and a child with him.
He said that the woman saved him when he was injured, and he couldn't be heartless, so he wanted to take her as a concubine, and she agreed.
Later, he said he couldn't let the child suffer, and that he wanted to make that woman his second wife and include the child in the family genealogy. She agreed.
She treated the mother and son very well, always remembering that the woman had saved her husband, and treated her like a sister.
Just when she thought she would live out her life like this, things took another turn.
I don't know when it started, but she developed a strange illness. Her whole body was covered in bumps, and sometimes they would ooze pus.
Not to mention others, even she herself felt disgusted.
At that time, the only one who didn't look down on her was that wicked guy; it's amazing that he still summoned her over every month.
Perhaps that's why she was able to live until her father and brother met their demise.
In his previous life, his father and brother were framed for treason and executed on the spot, and the former glory of the general's mansion was gone.
Zhou Shiyuan gave her a letter of divorce, saying that she had been childless for many years, was jealous by nature, had brought misfortune to her brothers and father, and was unfaithful to her husband. He then ordered her and two maids to be drowned in the pond.
To this day, she still remembers the despair of being unable to struggle in the water and letting the water flood her mouth and nose.
Even on her deathbed, she naively believed that she was truly a jinx, bringing death to her father and brothers.
It wasn't until after her death, when she became a wandering spirit and followed Zhou Shiyuan, watching him rise to high office and become a marquis, that she learned that it was he who presented the so-called 'evidence' that her father and brothers had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country.
And her supposed best friend was the culprit who caused her to be childless and turn into that ugly person.
Thinking of everything from his past life, Yuan Zhao's usually gentle eyes were filled with overwhelming hatred.
In this life, she will never repeat the same mistake!
She suddenly turned and walked towards the inner courtyard. Her two personal maids, not understanding why, quickly followed her.
Even from afar, Yuan Zhao could still hear the women's chatter:
"As expected of someone trained by a martial artist, they have absolutely no manners."
"What kind of upbringing can you expect from a woman like her?"
"Only our Yongning Marquis's mansion is charitable; otherwise, given what she did, she would have been drowned in a pig cage long ago."
"..."
A cold smile crept across Yuan Zhao's lips. It turned out that they had already planned her fate back then.
In her past life, she truly treated these people as her own family and tried her best to please them.
What a jerk!
She would never do such a foolish thing again in this life.
Isn't today the auspicious day of her 'husband's' return?
Since that's the case, as husband and wife, she should naturally give him a generous gift.
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