Su Yuanyuan was dead. She never expected that she, who had once been so glorious, would eventually die in such a dignity - and decency - lacking way.
What she couldn't even imagine was that after learning of her death, her eldest brother, Su Zeqian, showed not the slightest bit of grief. Instead, he even ordered his men to throw her corpse into the mass grave to feed the wild dogs.
The reason was that she had married into the Lu Mansion and was the family member of a convicted official, so she deserved her death and had nothing to do with the Pingyang Marquis Mansion.
Her reputation in Shengjing was already extremely bad. The guards felt no pity for her at all. Her corpse was wrapped in a tattered straw mat and dragged all the way to the mass grave, then mercilessly thrown onto the mountain of corpses. Before her death, someone even stepped on her hard twice.
The mass grave in Shengjing was filled with white bones and corpses everywhere. Insects and ants bred there. It was the territory of wild dogs and wolves. She could already foresee her end. Her corpse would eventually stink and rot in this place and become the food of wild dogs and beasts.
After nightfall, sure enough, several wild dogs sprang out of the darkness and rushed towards her corpse. She had just died that day, and her blood hadn't dried up yet. She was still fresh, which was a great temptation to them.
Her hands and legs were grabbed by the excited wild dogs and torn as they were dragged into the darkness. She saw her palm being bitten off completely, her toes being eaten by the wild dogs, and the meat on her thigh being torn off in one piece...
Su Yuanyuan didn't know if ghosts had any sensations, but she felt so much pain...
...
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
"Where did this low - class maid come from? How dare she ruin my good deed! Die!"
"Splash!"
The barking of dogs, curses, and the sound of someone falling into the water mixed in Su Yuanyuan's ears. The chaotic sounds went from being vague and illusory to clearly reaching her ears -
"Cough! Cough! Cough!"
The moment she regained consciousness, Su Yuanyuan was immediately choked by water. Then she realized that she was sinking to the bottom of the water. The feeling of drowning made her chest feel like it was about to explode.
Without thinking, she held her breath and paddled her arms desperately towards the surface.
The moment her head emerged from the water, fresh air rushed into her nose and mouth. The real feeling of being alive again made her stunned for a moment.
What was going on? Wasn't she already dead? Why was she at the bottom of the lake?
She clearly remembered that she had been tortured by Mrs. Qin in the back yard of the Lu Mansion. The Lu Mansion was raided. Her most beloved elder brother had come to see her for the last time and had even heartlessly ordered her corpse to be thrown into the mass grave, making her the food of wild dogs!
But she...
Realizing something, she lowered her head and looked at her hands. Her palm was still connected to her wrist, and her legs were intact too!
She was alive again!
Immediately afterwards, a needle - like pain shot through her head. A large amount of information flooded into her mind, which made Su Yuanyuan understand what the current dilemma was all about.
Su Yuanyuan had indeed died. After her death, her body was devoured by wild dogs in the mass grave. But she was alive again, six months after her death, and had become the newly - minted fourth legitimate daughter of the Duke of Yong's Mansion in the Great Chu Kingdom, Su Yuanyuan!
Coincidentally, today, a birthday banquet was held for the Queen in the palace. Although the original owner was silly and didn't know anything, as a family member of the Duke of Yong's Mansion, she had also entered the palace with her family.
There were a lot of people at the palace banquet. The original owner accidentally got separated during the banquet. Unexpectedly, in the garden, she met Su Qingyu, who had just changed her clothes and was going to play music for the Queen, and even soiled the dress on Su Qingyu.
The carefully - prepared dress was ruined, which might delay the time for playing music. In a fit of rage, Su Qingyu pushed the original owner into the lake.
The original owner was silly and didn't know how to deal with such a sudden situation. Moreover, she couldn't swim, so she drowned in the lake. Perhaps because of the similar name, the ghost of Su Yuanyuan entered the body of this silly girl and survived in her place!
So, the extremely vicious words she heard when she regained consciousness were actually said by Su Qingyu!
Thinking of her previous life, how she had ended up as a concubine of Lu Chuan and had been hated by her father, mother, elder brother, and everyone else, all thanks to her legitimate elder sister, Su Qingyu, a strong hatred welled up in her heart!
In her previous life, she had been accidentally set up at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. Unexpectedly, in this new life, Su Qingyu was going to ruin another underage "Su Yuanyuan" at the palace banquet!
Was it really destined that the name Su Yuanyuan would be destroyed by Su Qingyu and turn into a wandering ghost? No, she didn't believe it!
Heaven had given her this new life, which was an opportunity for her. This time, she would surely tear off the extremely fake mask on Su Qingyu's face and let everyone see her vicious heart!
Su Yuanyuan, rest in peace. I will live on in your place and avenge you. From now on, I am Su Yuanyuan.
Su Yuanyuan was extremely sad and indignant. Scalding tears rolled down from her eyes. She stuffed the hard object tightly held in her palm into her bosom and paddled towards the shore.
Suddenly, clear barking came from the shore. A sense of fear filled her heart. She was so scared that she immediately swam in the opposite direction of the sound. When she left, the barking grew louder, sounding like it was getting closer and closer.
No, no, don't eat me!
The cold lake water made her limbs stiff. Su Yuanyuan cried out in desperation. Hastily, her legs touched the ground. She quickly climbed onto the shore, then slipped into the reed bushes along the path and ran towards the only light in the distance with her frozen and stiff legs.
In her eagerness to escape, she didn't notice that the barking had disappeared. She just kept running forward. Seeing the light getting closer and closer, Su Yuanyuan ducked out -
"Help..." She opened her mouth to call for help, but was suddenly speechless the moment she saw the person in front of her.
In the octagonal pavilion in front of her, a man in a dark purple robe was half - lying on a couch. In his fair and slender hand was a wine pot. His long crow - feather hair was half - pulled up and half - hanging down behind his head. His handsome and demonic appearance was otherworldly. Especially his pair of light amber phoenix eyes. Perhaps because of the alcohol, they were extremely charming under the light beside him.
However, Su Yuanyuan was not stunned because of this man's peerless beauty. Instead, she recognized his identity -
He was the well - known great traitor in the Great Chu Kingdom, the chief minister, Cang Xuan!
In her previous life, she had heard of the cruel deeds of this great traitor. He had gained the emperor's favor by stargazing and divination and had ascended to the position of the chief minister of the cabinet in just a few months. A bold official had dared to remonstrate with the emperor. Later, that official's whole family was exterminated, and someone had even seen Cang Xuan walking out with a bloody sword in his hand. Since then, no one had dared to question him anymore.
Why was this great traitor here? And how much of what had just happened had he seen?
Cang Xuan in the pavilion had noticed Su Yuanyuan since she appeared, but he didn't seem to be surprised. His eyes casually swept over Su Yuanyuan. He raised the wine pot in his hand, took a sip of wine, and called out:
"Tiangu, tell the Duchess of Yong that their lost daughter has been found."