The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and the bluestone slabs were laid haphazardly.
The house was dilapidated, with most of the vermilion paint faded, and the white paper on the window frames was withered and blackened, with holes large and small that could not keep out the cold wind.
As the personal maid of the second young master of the Zhengye Marquis's mansion, Green Bean had high standards and looked down on this dilapidated place. If it weren't for the young master's repeated requests, she wouldn't have set foot here.
"Young Master can find a doctor for Miss Biao," Green Bean continued. "A wise bird chooses a good tree to perch on; as long as Sister Lotus is willing..."
Lotus bit her lip and stood up. "Is it really true?"
“Young Master would never lie or do anything that would tarnish his reputation as a gentleman.”
After thinking it over, Lotus followed the man.
The person lying in bed twitched their fingers.
"Don't go, Lotus, don't go."
But the person has already gone far away, and what's in one's heart can't be heard by the ears.
The Great Yan Dynasty had "Three Dukes and Four Marquises," who held prestigious positions and wielded immense power.
Among them, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was one of the "Three Dukes and Four Marquises".
Gu Shen is the eldest daughter of the current Duke of Zhenguo, Gu Zhige. She grew up being pampered and loved, which made her kind-hearted but unable to distinguish right from wrong.
At the time, Gu Shen was fifteen years old. Gu Zhige was ordered to carry out a secret mission and disappeared for three months. When the news came back, it was devastating: Gu Zhige had fallen off a cliff and died without a complete body.
Misfortunes never come singly. Gu Shen's two younger brothers were trampled to death by a crazed horse while out for a stroll. The two young boys were reduced to a pile of mud, indistinguishable from one another.
One blow after another followed, and Gu Shen's mother, Duanmu, was devastated. One night, she ended her life with a white silk ribbon.
Gu Shen became all alone.
The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion had few heirs; in this generation, only Gu Zhige was a legitimate son. After Gu Zhige's death, his two surviving boys also perished. Taking advantage of the situation, his uncles and aunts from the collateral branches quickly disposed of the funeral arrangements for Gu Zhige and his sons and seized control of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
Gu Shen, a girl who had been pampered since childhood, how could she possibly fight against her wolfish uncles and elders? For some reason, she lost all her reputation and was called a "mad noblewoman." Her uncles and elders, being kind-hearted to the end, gave her a sum of money and then expelled her from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
In the vast sea of people, Gu Shen had nowhere to call home. Fortunately, at this time, her maternal family, that is, the Zhengye Marquis's Mansion, the maternal family of her mother, Duanmu, sent people to take her into the mansion and take good care of her.
With a few words exchanged, Gu Shen handed over all his money to his maternal elders. A month later, penniless, Gu Shen was exiled to a remote courtyard in the Zhengye Marquis's mansion, left to fend for himself.
Only then did Gu Shen realize that her maternal family had only accepted her because they coveted her money. Their supposed concern was nothing but a ridiculous joke.
Three years later, Gu Shen had grown into an even more outstanding young man, and was used by the Zhengye Marquis's mansion as a tool to win people over.
Gu Shen lived a numb and indifferent life for ten years in a hellish environment.
Before she died, her cousin, who had always been at odds with her, told her that she was the one who caused her father's death and the change of ownership of the Zhenguo Marquis's mansion.
You wouldn't know unless you mentioned it, and once you did, you'd be shocked. Gu Shen recalled that the night before her father left, she pestered him relentlessly, asking him about some details of his mission. And she told her dear grandmother all of these details.
No wonder. Her father was always so careful. How could he have fallen off a cliff and died without a complete body for no reason? Now it seems that this was all deliberately arranged and maliciously planned by someone.
Although it was the enemy who killed her father, if she hadn't been so talkative and indiscriminate in revealing his whereabouts, he wouldn't have died young. If her father had lived to be a hundred, her brothers and her mother wouldn't have died either.
It's all her fault, it's all her fault.
Gu Shen was filled with remorse and died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
The autumn air is cool.
"Damn, it's so cold."
Ji Xiaoxiao inherited the original owner's memories. The original owner had two wishes: one was for her family to be safe and sound, and the other was to avenge herself. Considering the timeline, Ji Xiaoxiao realized she was powerless to fulfill the first wish; she could only work hard towards the second.
Now, Ji Xiaoxiao's body is about to turn eighteen, and there is only one month left until the original owner's darkest day, the most terrifying nightmare, the ninetieth birthday of the old lady of the Zhengye Marquis's mansion.
To explain the origin of the nightmare, we have to go back to when the original owner was pushed into the water by her cousin. This young but ruthless cousin was the "kind-hearted person" who told the original owner everything before she died.
Duanmu Rong was jealous of the original owner of the body.
Duanmu Rong is the second daughter of the second branch of the Zhengye Marquis's family. She has an older brother who is outstanding in both literature and martial arts, and a younger brother who is a helpless baby. Duanmu Rong, who is in the middle and will eventually get married, seems to be dispensable.
Without comparison, there is no hurt. The original owner was pampered by her parents as she grew up. Both were girls, so why was the original owner showered with love while she was ignored by everyone?
Before the original owner lost power, Duanmu Rong always fawned over her. But after the original owner lost her feathers, Duanmu Rong revealed her true nature, nagging and scolding the original owner for half an hour over the smallest things.
The original owner was pampered and spoiled by her family, and naturally had a bad temper. However, being under someone else's roof, she had to be submissive, and she tried to control her temper. But no one is perfect, and Duanmu Rong was nitpicky; after a few exchanges, the original owner finally lost her temper.
The original owner and Duanmu Rong started fighting. Relying on her superior numbers, Duanmu Rong pushed the original owner into the lake. As expected, the original owner, a young lady from a wealthy family who rarely left her home, could not swim and drowned.
Fortunately, the rescue was timely, and the original owner survived, but that night she developed a high fever, her cheeks flushed red, and she became delirious. Lotus, who had grown up with the original owner, was worried about her and ran to ask her relatives for help, but they were indifferent and ignored her.
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