Chapter 1 She died, and so did her entire family of enemies
Lu Qiaoxiao is dead.
Died in the pond in her husband Pei Jinxuan's yard.
It was his favorite concubine Lin Miaofu who killed him.
When the body was salvaged, the facial features could no longer be seen on the scratched face. The originally graceful figure was swollen beyond recognition, and the hands and feet were limp. It was obvious that all the tendons and veins were broken before death.
Her father didn't love her, her husband didn't love her, her brother and mother had passed away long ago, and she had become a lonely soul, watching coldly as the servants disgustedly threw her body parts into a mass grave to be torn apart by wild dogs.
I thought her soul would never rest in peace, but I found out someone had erected a monument for her.
The current Prime Minister Shen Yuheng.
How did he get here?
Lu Qiaoxiao quietly looked at the figure in plain clothes in the distance.
There was no emotion on the man's handsome face. His obsidian eyes were empty and his lips were pale, as if he was just a hollow man.
Without saying a word, he pulled out the weeds on her grave, brushed off the dust on the inscription with his snow-white sleeves, and placed a bowl of sake in front of her tombstone. It was her favorite peach blossom wine.
Shen Yuheng had taught A-di and was considered his teacher. She had only met this famous and powerful official a few times when she came to pick up A-di from school.
But every time she saw him, she hid.
It's just because the "keep away from strangers" aura he exudes is so creepy that people can't help but want to escape.
Unexpectedly, he became the only person in this world who could give her lonely soul a place to rest.
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Lonely ghosts wandering in the world.
She drifted to Qingcheng Mountain, the burial place of her mother and brother. She looked at the tombstone that the man had erected for her with a melancholy look in her eyes, feeling downcast.
Thinking about her miserable life in this life, and being unable to kill her enemies, it is really full of regrets——
There was a rustling sound of weeds behind her. She looked over and saw that it was a few farmers going up the mountain to chop firewood.
"Have you heard about the recent turmoil in the capital?"
"What is it?"
"The Pei family colluded with rebels and secretly communicated with foreign enemies! This angered the emperor, who sentenced the entire family to death!"
"The Pei family? But the Pei family of the Minister of Revenue?"
"Exactly!"
Lu Qiaoxiao could no longer listen to anything else——
The Pei family is secretly colluding with foreign enemies?
That is a capital crime!
Shouldn't she watch this great show of house confiscation?
She kept muttering that evildoers would eventually be punished as she floated towards Pei Mansion in the capital.
When she arrived, the Pei family was already a sea of blood and corpses.
Pei Jinxuan was kneeling and looking outside the door. His chest was pierced by a long sword and his eyeballs were bulging. It was obvious that he was killed suddenly and didn't even have time to say his last words.
His favorite crimson robe was stained with large patches of blood, which was shocking to see.
Lin Miaofu's head rolled to the ground, her face was completely scratched, and her bloodshot eyes were filled with unwillingness.
Lu Qiaoxiao took a breath of cold air. This kind of death——
Could it be that the official who came to confiscate the Pei family's property also hated the Pei family to the core, just like her, Lu Qiaoxiao?
God has eyes, allowing people to witness the death of the entire Pei family.
It’s really - so satisfying!
Suddenly, a blood-stained figure flashed past under the plaque at the door of Pei Mansion.
The man was dressed in plain clothes, with a slender figure. In his hand, he held a long sword that shone with a cold light. His long hair was blown by the breeze, making him look a little ethereal. However, the blood stain on his white clothes made him look like an Asura who had walked out of hell.
Lu Qiaoxiao wanted to catch up and see who that person was.
Let her revenge be achieved and her soul rest in peace.
She followed a few steps forward——
My body suddenly felt lighter, my vision gradually blurred, until I lost consciousness.
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Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
"Miss! Miss, wake up! It's already noon!"
A familiar voice sounded in his ears. Lu Qiaoxiao looked up blankly, and a familiar face appeared in his eyes.
Angelica dahurica?
She was reborn!
A flash of surprise flashed in Lu Qiaoxiao's eyes. She grabbed Bai Zhi's hand and said in a trembling voice:
"What day is today?"
"The fifth day of the second month of the forty-ninth year of Eternal Night. The day before your wedding."
Bai Zhi smiled and said, "Young lady, you are so happy that you forgot that you will marry the new top scholar of the Shangshu Mansion tomorrow."
Lu Qiaoxiao's heart almost jumped out of his chest. His expression changed from surprise to unconcealable excitement. He hugged the girl in front of him and raised his hand to quietly wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Please dress up for me! I want to go see my father!" Lu Qiao's voice was as loud as a bell, and his face was flushed.
The Lu family's front hall.
As soon as Lu Qiaoxiao arrived, he heard his biological father Lu Yong and his aunt Wang Xiuwan talking and laughing, with his two half-sisters standing obediently beside them.
What a nice family of four.
Lu Qiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and walked forward slowly, lifting her skirt.
"Qiao Xiao is here?" Lu Yong raised his hand and motioned her to sit down.
Lu Qiaoxiao obeyed, but beneath his obedient eyes and brows there was a chill that penetrated his bones.
"Dad, I have something to discuss with you."
"Tell me." Lu Yong was in a particularly good mood today. Ever since he got engaged to the Pei family, the Lu family's doorstep had been trampled down by people bringing gifts.
My daughter is getting married tomorrow. I wonder how many admiring glances he, the father-in-law of the top scholar in the imperial examination, will receive!
Lu Qiaoxiao guessed what he was thinking.
The Yong'an Marquisate sounds good to outsiders, but by the time the title was passed to Lu Yong's generation, it was already shaky and vulnerable.
Apart from the abundant land and shops passed down from generation to generation by our ancestors, there is nothing else!
In order to pave the way for the men of the Lu family, the in-laws of several daughters became bargaining chips.
Lu Yong’s first choice was Pei Jinxuan.
The Pei family is highly regarded by the officials in the court, and Pei Jinxuan, the second son of Minister Pei, is an outstanding person!
In particular, everyone in the capital knew that she liked Pei Jinxuan.
In her previous life, when she learned that she would marry him, she was so happy that she couldn't sleep for days and nights, thinking that her father finally loved her, but what did she get in return?
On the day of his wedding, Pei Jinxuan openly brought his childhood sweetheart, Lin Miaofu, into the mansion, leaving the proper mistress of the house to be looked down upon by others.
During the seven years in Pei Mansion, she suffered all kinds of humiliation, but the Lu family just stood by and watched coldly, with no one standing up to speak for her.
Even when she died tragically in the Pei family pond, Lu Yong never sent anyone to collect her body.
Or Shen Yuheng...
Looking at Lu Yong calmly and calmly, she said in a clear and crisp voice:
"My daughter wants to break off the engagement with the Pei family."
In her previous life, after marrying Pei Jinxuan, she realized that he was only after her family property.
Now my mother is still alive, and my younger brother has just entered the officialdom——
There is still time.
"Nonsense!" Lu Yong slammed the teacup heavily on the table. Looking at his daughter who looked so righteous, he felt a surge of anger rising from his heart to the top of his head.
Being able to marry into the Pei family is the blessing she earned in her previous life!
Now that the emperor is old, his own princes are eyeing him covetously. Maybe one day the dynasty will change!
His Lu family must climb up the ladder before the new emperor comes! To create a way for the official career of his Lu family men.
Apart from the newly crowned third-place scholar Pei Jinxuan, who else would marry his daughter?!
"Lu Qiaoxiao, I think you've gone crazy! You shamelessly go to the Pei family every day to look for the Second Young Master Pei. Who in the capital doesn't know that you like him?"
"If you don't marry him, forget about getting married in the future!"
Lu Xiuzhu sneered in a sarcastic tone.
Lu Qingyue, who was standing aside, frowned slightly and tugged at the corner of Lu Xiuzhu's clothes. "Sister, don't talk about me like that. I just like the young master of the Pei family and can't help myself."
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