Shangguan Xiaoxiao personally supervised her mother's funeral at home, and Shangguan's wife did not argue with her. Everything was done according to her wishes.
After her mother was buried, Shangguan Xiaoxiao returned to Xiao Zhenting's mansion.
She came to Xiao Zhenting's room in despair. As she walked to the door, she heard gasping and sweet laughter coming from inside.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao was jealous and resentful. She rushed over and was about to open the bedroom door, but was stopped by the boy guarding the door.
"No, no, no, master... If you go in now and annoy His Highness, I'm afraid..."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao angrily slapped the boy on the face. "Who do you think you are, and you dare to bully me?"
After saying that, he pushed the boy away, kicked open the bedroom door and rushed in.
In the room, there was a beautiful spring light. She watched Xiao Zhenting drinking and having fun as if nothing had happened. She was so angry that her whole body trembled and her eyes were scarlet.
"My mother passed away just now. Not only did you not come to express condolences, you were still here hugging another woman happily. You...do you still have me in your eyes?"
Xiao Zhenting got up from the bed, took a piece of clothing from the screen and put it on. With a calm expression, he slowly walked to Shangguan Xiaoxiao.
Suddenly, Xiao Zhenting raised his hand and slapped Shangguan Xiaoxiao on the face with a clear and resounding slap.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao was caught off guard and stumbled back a few steps and fell to the ground. A fishy, salty taste came from her mouth, and blood slowly flowed out from the corners of her mouth.
"Are you out of your mind? You want me to come to express my condolences? Who are you? Who is your mother? Don't forget, you are just my concubine, you are the same as them."
Xiao Zhenting pointed to the concubine who was hiding under the quilt at the moment. "If it weren't for you being the prime minister's daughter, do you think you would have so many privileges here?"
This slap and these words made Shangguan Xiaoxiao feel cold all over.
She knew from the beginning that Xiao Zhenting didn't love her, but she really didn't expect that he would be so cold-hearted.
Xiao Zhenting knelt down, pinched Shangguan Xiaoxiao's chin tightly, and looked at it carefully.
"The way you are dressed in mourning clothes now, you have a different charm."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao saw the burning flames in Xiao Zhenting's eyes. She struggled a few times and begged: "Your Highness, please let me go and let me fulfill my filial piety for my mother for a few days..."
"Filial piety? What is filial piety? Do you, a slave like you, deserve to talk to me about filial piety?" Xiao Zhenting tore Shangguan Xiaoxiao's clothes to pieces with all his strength, and forced her under him.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao struggled a few times, but was beaten severely by Xiao Zhenting.
She closed her eyes in despair and chose to accept the situation.
Many heartbreaking images appeared in her mind.
Why is it that Shangguan Wan Ning can live peacefully and enjoy all the love in the world, while she...
Shangguan Wan Ning shuddered. She looked at her sleeping mother and tiptoed out of the room. Lu Tong immediately came up to her and put a cloak on her.
She found that since the death of Aunt Zhao, her mother's health had become worse day by day. She didn't know whether it was because she was too tired from family affairs or because she was still holding on to her worries.
"Miss, Imperial Physician Qin has given you a reply." Lu Tong handed over a letter.
Shangguan Wan Ning was overjoyed and hurriedly opened it to take a look.
These days, she saw that Qin Taiyi's medicine had little effect on her mother, so she wrote to ask for advice, but after reading the letter, she fell into deep thought again.
"Miss, are you okay?" Lutong asked with concern.
Shangguan Wan Ning sighed softly and said: "The Imperial Physician Qin said that there is nothing he can do about my mother's condition now. However, he said that he can let me have a try with his senior brother."
"Senior brother of Imperial Physician Qin? Who is he?"
"The world's most miraculous doctor, Lu Xiangzi. In fact, I have heard of this man for a long time. About four or five years ago, my father and grandpa sent people to visit Yaowang Valley, but they didn't even see his face.
I heard that he has a weird temper and doesn't see anyone around him at all."
"What should we do?" Lutong asked anxiously.
Shangguan Wan Ning said nothing and turned to look at her mother's room.
In the last life, her mother worked very hard to take care of the housework, but in the end she died because of her. She always felt that she owed her mother too much.
After some careful consideration, Shangguan Wan Ning left a letter to her father and took Lu Tongnu disguised as a man to Yaowang Valley to find Lu Xiangzi and seek medical treatment for her mother.
"Miss..."
"Huh?" Shangguan Wan Ning turned back to look at Lu Tong, who immediately changed her tune.
"Sir, how long will it take for us to get to Yaowang Valley? Riding horses every day makes my waist almost break."
Shangguan Wan Ning took out the map from her bag, looked at it carefully, and said, "Just keep insisting. Let's take a shortcut. Although it is a little narrower, we can save two or three days of travel."
Lu Tong had no objection, so the two of them turned their horses and headed towards the tree-lined path.
As dusk faded, both of them regretted it.
Taking a shortcut here, not only were there no inns to stay at, there wasn't even a farmhouse where we could stay.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, eventually I couldn't even see the road ahead clearly. The moonlight shone through the lush branches and leaves, turning into mottled shadows.
"Sir, do you feel... as if there are many pairs of eyes looking at us?" Lu Tong grabbed Shangguan Wan Ning's arm and shivered.
Shangguan Wan Ning didn't feel scary at first, but when Lu Tong said that, she felt a chill go down her spine.
But she still bit the bullet and led Lutong forward. "Don't scare yourself, there are so many weird things."
Shangguan Wan Ning saw that Lu Tong was still trembling with fear, so she took out the fire seal from the bag and lit it. However, a gust of wind blew and the fire seal was immediately extinguished.
This time, Lu Tong was even more frightened and almost cried. "Master... I... I'm really scared..."
"Well, let's walk a little further to see if we can find a place to stay. Let's wait until tonight."
Lutong nodded hurriedly.
The two of them walked for a short distance, and Lutong suddenly stopped and kept tugging on Shangguan Wanning's sleeve.
"What's wrong?" Shangguan Wan Ning asked with a frown.
Lutong's expression was extremely frightened, and he pointed at the grass not far away.
Shangguan Wan Ning turned around and saw a cold, dark green light emitting from the grass.
Instantly, a chill ran down her spine.
She held Lutong's hand tightly and stepped back step by step, almost holding her breath.
Suddenly, there was a strange noise in the grass, and the two of them didn't even have time to turn around and run away. Something pounced on them.
Shangguan Wan Ning pushed Lu Tong away.
"Ah!" Shangguan Wan Ning was thrown to the ground, and she watched helplessly as a wolf opened its bloody mouth and bit her neck.