Chu Ping stopped stomping on the purse, her scarlet eyes fixed on Madam Chu. "Mother, you say I'm shameless? Ha! How am I shameless?! It's clearly my sister who's shameless; she's the one who stole my man!"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Chu Ping was stunned. How could she have admitted it?
Chu Yuan shook her head, "Sister, don't say anymore, I don't blame you."
Chu Ping's lips twitched. She tried to act pitiful and innocent, but what came out was a burst of wild laughter. "Haha, have you lost your mind, Chu Yuan? What right do you have to blame me?"
Back then, was it me who first noticed Song Tangyin, who had fainted from cold and hunger on the roadside?
Should I insist on getting off the carriage to see him?
And you, you just didn't want me to have any contact with beggars, so you got off the carriage with an umbrella and had your maid give Song Tangyin some food and some loose silver from a distance, so that he would remember you from then on!
Why don't you think about it? If I had been the one giving him charity back then, he should be the one remembering me!
After he becomes the top scholar in the imperial examination, it should be me who proposes marriage to the Chu family!
Waaah, am I possessed?
Chu Ping was extremely flustered, covering her mouth tightly with both hands, her eyes filled with terror.
Chu Yuan knew that the truth talisman had worked, and her expression became even calmer, a stark contrast to the hysterical Chu Ping. "Chu Ping, you were only eleven years old then."
Although girls in ancient times could get married at the age of fifteen, isn't it too early for a girl to develop feelings for a stranger at the age of eleven?
Chu Ping was unconvinced, but heartbroken, she realized that she had said everything she should and shouldn't have said!
There's no way to salvage it!
She was devastated and finally gave up struggling, letting out a cold laugh: "So what if you're eleven? Can't an eleven-year-old have their own thoughts?"
From childhood to adulthood, my parents always told me to learn from you, to learn your maturity, to learn your dignity—bullshit!
I hate you the most, Chu Yuan!
I hate it when everyone praises you for being smart and beautiful, but only compliments me for being well-behaved.
I hate that my parents always put you first, letting you choose the best clothes, jewelry, and suitable marriage partners.
"If they had known it would be like this, they should have strangled me when I was born!"
Chu Ping felt extremely relieved to speak out her deepest grievances without any reservations. She felt a sense of exhilarating relief, as if she had dumped all her garbage!
"Chu Ping!"
With a loud slap, Madam Chu slapped her across the face.
She couldn't listen anymore, and she couldn't bear it any longer.
"Do you even know what you're saying?!" Madam Chu was so angry that she was panting heavily, her face and neck turning red.
Chu Ping covered her face, her eyes filled with waves of hatred.
Tears streamed down her face. "Mother, you hit me? You hit me again for Chu Yuan's sake!"
"I..." Madam Chu's hands trembled.
Chu Ping slammed the table down, her true nature completely exposed, "That's right, I like Song Tangyin, and I want to be with Song Tangyin!"
He was the man I set my sights on first!
Song Tangyin is like this, and so is Young Master Yin. Why should you consider her first just because she is older?
Young Master Yin clearly wanted to propose marriage to me back then, but you insisted on forcing my sister into the marriage, which is why the Yin family objected!
When he got to Song Tangyin, he mistook her for someone else. He thought the person who saved him was his sister, but it wasn't her, it was me..."
Chu Ping cried until she was a tearful mess, a tearful mess covered in thorns.
It was as if she was the most wronged and the most pitiful.
As Madam Chu wiped away her tears, she couldn't help but wonder if she had made a mistake.
But the so-called Young Master Yin was just the son of a wealthy man who was a scholar. He was handsome, but his heart was not pure. He took a fancy to Chu Ping and seduced her, but he wanted to use Chu Ping as a stepping stone.
He didn't approach Chu Yuan because he wasn't confident he could fool her.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have fled in panic and disappeared after the Chu family showed any intention of betrothing him to Chu Yuan.
Chu Ping, unaware of the situation, felt that Chu Yuan had stolen her away.
Song Tangyin was the same. If he were only grateful for a few steamed buns and a few taels of silver, he would never have gone to the Chu family to propose marriage after becoming the top scholar in the imperial examination. The newly appointed top scholar was so popular. It is said that the emperor intended to give his princess to him, but he politely declined.
In other words, if Song Tangyin were interested in Chu Ping, he would have been married to Chu Yuan for five years and seen Chu Ping at least ten or twenty times. Wouldn't he have already taken a liking to her? Why would she need to go to such lengths to promote herself?
Chu Yuan was quite satisfied with the effect of the Truth Talisman. She smiled and instructed Lan Yue to bring up the bundle.
"Sister, you keep saying I'm sorry, but don't you want to explain these sachets and the musk inside that can cause miscarriage?"
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