Shangguan Wan Ning stared blankly at herself in the mirror, unable to regain consciousness for a long time.
She couldn't help but raise her hand and lightly brushed her cheek with her fingers.
That's right, it was Ji Ji's In the Mood for Love. But, she clearly...
Scenes of heart-wrenching past events came to mind. She clearly remembered that she used all the strength of her family to support her sweetheart on the throne.
The day they ascend the throne is their wedding day.
However, on that day, Mu Jingrui led troops to break through the city gate. Her newlywed husband, in order to please Mu Jingrui and live an ignoble life, actually sent her to the enemy's military camp to become a military concubine.
Mu Jingrui kept her by his side for three years, without giving her status or tenderness, and just tortured her day and night.
Shangguan Wan Ning shuddered when she thought of that unbearable past.
"Miss, you're finally up." The personal maid Lutong opened the door and came in. Her face was filled with surprise and she asked with concern, "Are you feeling better? It's almost time. I'll help you freshen up and change your clothes."
It wasn't until she saw Lu Tong standing in front of her that Shangguan Wan Ning gradually accepted the fact that she was reborn.
Her body trembled slightly involuntarily. She clenched her fists secretly, tried her best to control her emotions, and asked absently: "Change? Where are you going?"
Lu Tong frowned, her face full of worry. She hesitated slightly, but still stretched out her hand to explore Shangguan Wan Ning's forehead.
"Miss, are you still having a fever, so you forgot? Today is the Queen's birthday banquet, and you have to follow the master and his wife into the palace to celebrate her birthday."
Congratulations on the Queen’s birthday?
Shangguan Wan Ning suddenly remembered that in her previous life, it was also on this day that she followed her parents into the palace. The horses in the carriage she rode suddenly ran wildly like crazy for some unknown reason.
Fortunately, I met the second prince Xiao Zhenting.
He risked his own life to save her.
Shangguan Wan Ning originally liked Xiao Zhenting, who was elegant and graceful. However, her father, as the prime minister of the court and wielding power in the government, did not agree with her marrying the concubine Xiao Zhenting.
But this time the hero saved the beauty, which completely moved her mother and promoted their marriage.
Now that I think about it carefully...
A cold light flashed in Shangguan Wanning's eyes.
"Lu Tong, I still feel dizzy. If I enter the palace like this, I'm afraid I will offend the Queen. Go and tell my parents for me, I won't go."
"Then...okay." Lutong felt a little regretful.
"And..." Shangguan Wan Ning pondered for a moment, and some thoughts quickly flashed through her mind. "Shangguan's family can't live without the young lady. You go and report it to your parents, and say it was my idea to let my sister be with my mother."
Go ahead."
In addition to the eldest daughter Shangguan Wanning, the Shangguan family also has a younger sister, Shangguan Xiaoxiao, who was born a commoner.
"Eldest Miss, you are so kind to the Second Miss." Lutong said with a smile, "The Second Miss must be very happy to be able to enter the palace."
So what if you are nice to her? You are not feeding an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf.
Shangguan Wan Ning sneered silently in her heart. How could she see Shangguan Xiaoxiao's ugly face clearly if she didn't live her life again.
"Let Xiaoxiao ride in my carriage."
"Yes, slave, I'll do it now."
Lutong bowed and bowed before retreating.
The surroundings fell silent again, Shangguan Wanning walked around the room, running her fingers over every familiar piece of furniture.
Suddenly, tears slowly welled up in my eyes and fell uncontrollably.
God gave her a chance to start over again. This time, she wanted to keep her family and make those who had hurt her pay back tenfold.
Shangguan Wan Ning walked out of the room and watched Shangguan Xiaoxiao happily go out with a sneer on her lips.
"Miss, there is no need to be sad. There are many opportunities to enter the palace." Luluo thought that Shangguan Wan Ning was regretting what happened today, so she comforted her softly.
Little did he know that Shangguan Wan Ning was thinking about something else.
According to her memory, it was on this day that a small incident occurred in the Shangguan family. But this small incident was related to the fate of the Shangguan family many years later.
"Lutong, come with me."
Shangguan Wan Ning said and hurried to the backyard.
In the distance, she heard a burst of laughter.
A group of servants and guards were surrounding a thin man with wounds all over his body, punching and kicking him.
"I heard that you are good at fighting? Why don't you move now? You should fight back."
"It's just that, with your virtue, you still want to eat the meat of a toad and ask my eldest daughter to marry you. You never dreamed that it would be so early."
Mu Jingrui was lying on the ground. The scars all over his body made him unable to even lift his head. Dirty and messy hair covered most of his face.
After his head was broken and bleeding, the dripping blood solidified on his face, making his vision blurry. He silently endured the ridicule and beatings of these inferior people, gritting his teeth without making any sound.
"He doesn't speak? His bones are quite strong."
Seeing Mu Jingrui's stubborn look, the housekeeper stepped forward and grabbed him, forcing him to turn over.
"I know you haven't drank water all day. I'll do you a favor and I'll give you some warm water." The butler laughed as he unbuttoned his belt.
"stop!"
Shangguan Wan Ning trembled all over and rushed forward to scold him harshly.
Everyone turned around and saw Shangguan Wan Ning and saluted.
The housekeeper hurriedly adjusted his pants and walked forward flatteringly.
"Miss, you..."
With a "pop" sound, Shangguan Wan Ning raised her hand and slapped the housekeeper on the face, making the housekeeper stunned.
"Who asked you to do this?"
Fortunately, it's not too late.
Shangguan Wan Ning looked at Mu Jingrui, who was tortured and had no human shape. He was almost dying.
No one would have thought that he did not die today and would make a comeback soon. He was a evil star who killed gods when he saw him and Buddha when he met him.
"Miss, he is just a pariah. His family was confiscated by the imperial court, and he was sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion as a slave. You have forgotten that he even dreamed of marrying you before, and the slave wanted to teach him a lesson for you."
Shangguan Wan Ning glared at the housekeeper fiercely.
"I have been engaged to him since we were children. It is natural that he wants to marry me. Why is he wishful thinking?"
Everyone was stunned.
When Mu Jingrui came to the door with the betrothal token, the prime minister also wanted to fulfill the engagement. Shangguan Wan was determined to belong to her, and she cried and made trouble and refused to marry. This made the prime minister have no choice but to make a treacherous act for the sake of his precious daughter.
thing.
Women are so fickle, why are they different now?
"Carry him into the room." Shangguan Wanning turned around and continued to tell Lu Tong, "Go and ask a doctor to come here."
"Yes." Lutong turned around and went to do it immediately.
"Still stunned?"
Shangguan Wan Ning's dissatisfied roar recalled everyone's thoughts, and the housekeeper quickly stepped forward personally and carried Mu Jingrui back to the common bunk where the servants slept.
He didn't expect that Shangguan Wan Ning would also follow in.