Chapter 911: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 911: Revenge and the Arrival of a Stranger (1)
Upon learning that the Cui family had not given up and would soon formally propose marriage again, Mo Yan wasn’t particularly worried. When the time came, she would simply tell the Cui family the truth—that she was already engaged. The Cui family would never break someone’s engagement. Even if they were willing to do so, it would depend on whether she and Xiao Ruiyuan agreed.
Previously, she hadn’t directly informed the matchmaker, thinking that merely citing the differences in social status would suffice to reject the proposal. If she had been upfront from the start, she could have avoided the persistent attention from the Cui family.
It must be said that the Zhao family women—both the old and the young—were extremely malicious. If she had agreed to the marriage with the Cui family, not only would she have ended up with a sickly husband, but also a difficult-to-please mother-in-law, as well as a legitimate mother who hated her as the concubine's child. How could anyone describe such a life? It would be a nightmare, not something that could be summed up with the phrase "a life of hardship."
Moreover, the legitimate mother wasn’t just anyone; she was none other than the Grand Princess of Da Chu, the youngest sister of Emperor Hui'an, Princess Fuyun. Mo Yan didn’t know how the Grand Princess had interfered in the marriage between third master Cui and his first wife, which had led to the tragic downfall of third Madam Cui from the status of a first wife to a concubine. After giving birth to the sickly seventh son of the Cui family, she had died due to blood loss. The mere fact that this woman held such a high status made her someone to be feared.
Even someone as formidable as the old madam of the Cui family had been forced to send seventh young master Cui to the south for years under the pretext of needing to recover, proving how difficult the Grand Princess was to deal with.
Without Xiao Ruiyuan, Mo Yan’s fragile body would only face endless struggles in that environment. Such a life was not something she could endure, especially as someone who had never been skilled in battles or schemes.
If she rejected the proposal, it would surely anger the Cui family and could create enmity with them, which she didn’t want. She had no desire to end up in such a position.
The two women from the Zhao family dared to scheme against her, and if she didn’t take some form of revenge, wouldn’t that be wasting their "good intentions"?
A malicious smile crept across Mo Yan's lips as she summoned the noisy birds from the roof into her space, assigning each of them specific tasks.
"Yan Yan, you’re so wicked, but I like it. Heh heh!" Xue Tuanzi giggled wickedly, her voice completely at odds with her innocent and cute appearance.
Mo Yan flicked Xue Tuanzi’s belly, sneering, "If they’re heartless, then they can’t blame me for being ruthless. If that Lord Zhao keeps his hands clean, then it’ll be fine. But if not, those two clever women will not only ruin themselves!"
Xue Tuanzi dodged Mo Yan's hand and nodded in agreement, "As long as you’re not asking for their lives, this kind of revenge is nothing. If they’re digging their own graves, we can’t stop them."
Her words sounded pleasing to Mo Yan, who quickly grabbed Xue Tuanzi and rubbed it hard in her arms. "Heaven’s punishment can be forgiven, but self-inflicted punishment cannot be survived. I’ll watch them dig their own graves and bring about their own destruction."
Xue Tuanzi, however, wasn’t content to stay still. Taking advantage of the situation, its two snail eyes nudged against Mo Yan’s chest, lecherously saying, "Yan Yan, this place of yours is getting bigger and softer. Keep up the good work!"
Mo Yan didn’t react at first, but once she realized what Xue Tuanzi had done, she grabbed its chubby body, fuming. "If you dare to take advantage of me again, I’ll pluck your eyes out and feed them to the birds!"
Xue Tuanzi quickly shrank its eyes, shaking its body nervously, "Y-yan Yan, I won’t do it again, absolutely not!"
Mo Yan stared at it suspiciously and, grabbing its twitching antennae, threatened, "How many times have you said that? Have you ever actually remembered it? I think when you transform, you should become a female. If you dare to turn into a male, I’ll cut off your little thing and make you a eunuch!"
Xue Tuanzi drooped its antennae, nearly on the verge of tears. Its life was so tragic—just when it found a reliable master, it was always bullied, and now its little thing might be taken away. Even though it didn’t have it yet, it hoped to one day transform into a male and live a carefree life, chasing after girls.
[End of Chapter]
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