nashuaworldcup Chapter 1063 Xie Ling'er's Transformation
Chapter 1063 Xie Ling'er's Transformation
When Jiang Fenghua saw Xie Ling'er again, Xie Ling'er glared at her with wide, round eyes and said, "Jiang Fenghua, do you know how badly you've hurt me?"
"I really don't know, Princess. Tell me," Jiang Fenghua said calmly.
"you……"
Xie Ling'er glanced at Xie Shang in the distance. She warned herself not to act impulsively. Jiang Fenghua must have deliberately provoked her so that her fifth brother would punish her. Jiang Fenghua was very cunning.
She thought: This time she must be smarter.
Jiang Fenghua ignored her anger and said calmly, "Princess, you haven't learned your lesson in the past two years. You've become more and more unruly. You've completely disgraced the Great Zhou!"
Xie Ling'er looked herself up and down. She was so dirty and ragged that she was reluctant to wear beggar's clothes. Her hair smelled worse than a chicken coop, and her face was filthy. She had suffered a lot from being out in the wind and rain for a long time, and without any maids to serve her, her skin was no longer delicate.
Jiang Fenghua was dressed in a beautiful and appropriate dress, her hair was neatly combed, her face was delicate, her eyebrows and eyes were like a painting, her fingers were slender, and her demeanor was generous and dignified, which was in stark contrast to Xie Ling'er's appearance.
Xie Ling'er was extremely embarrassed. Anger rose in her heart, but she dared not show it in front of Jiang Fenghua. She retorted stubbornly, "Don't be so arrogant. Your status and position today are all thanks to my fifth brother. You only have your wealth and honor today because of our Xie family. And I wouldn't have dressed like this if I hadn't been forced to."
Jiang Fenghua remained calm and didn't argue with her. Getting angry would only harm her health, and she wouldn't care about Xie Ling'er's words. She glanced at Xie Shang in the distance and deliberately said, "Ninth Princess is right. Without the Emperor, I wouldn't be where I am today, unlike some people who have disappeared and haven't been able to come back."
Xie Ling'er was furious. She wanted to lash out, but she knew she was no longer the Xie Ling'er she used to be. She felt that Jiang Fenghua was deliberately trying to provoke her so that her fifth brother would hate her.
She has now come up with a way to poison Jiang Fenghua: first, she will pretend to submit to her, then get close to her, and then poison her without her knowing.
They had tried before, but the people around her were too shrewd, so they never found an opportunity to make a move.
She suppressed her anger and smiled, "Ling'er greets Fifth Sister-in-law. Ling'er will never misbehave again. I have indeed suffered a lot these past two years and have always wanted to come back to apologize to Fifth Sister-in-law."
Jiang Fenghua said, "It would be too much for Ninth Princess to apologize to me. There is no grudge or estrangement between us. The people you have truly wronged are the people of Great Zhou. After all, it is indeed somewhat improper for a princess to collude with the thieves of the Northern Xiao Kingdom."
Xie Ling'er said angrily, "What right do you have to accuse me, the princess? When did I collude with the Northern Xiao Kingdom?"
She would never admit to being King Xiao's concubine; if they dared to say it, she would say she was forced into it.
Jiang Fenghua sighed, "He really is stubborn as a mule."
At this moment, Xie Ling'er noticed that Xie Shang seemed to be coming over. She pretended to be wronged and cried, "I'm already pitiful enough, why does the Empress still blame me? I really didn't do anything, I was coerced by them..."
Jiang Fenghua didn't pamper her and said directly, "No matter what, as long as Ninth Princess remembers that she is a princess of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and acts with the Great Zhou in mind, and doesn't cause trouble for the Emperor, that will be your greatest achievement."
At this moment, Xie Shang also came over. Seeing that Xie Ling'er was pretending to cry, he was too lazy to pay attention to her. He said to Xie Ling'er in a deep voice, "The Empress is right. As a princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, you should forget all the messy witchcraft you have learned outside."
Xie Ling'er was stunned. How could Fifth Brother know that she was learning witchcraft before she even made a move?
Xie Shang directly exposed her, "Are you thinking about how to poison the Empress, how to make me see the Empress bullying you, so that I can punish the Empress and make her hate you?"
Xie Ling'er was instantly dumbfounded. How did Fifth Brother know everything?
Xie Shang said in a deep voice, "I brought you back not to condone your reckless behavior. I brought you back to the capital precisely because you are a princess of the Great Zhou Kingdom and a daughter of the Xie family. I will not allow a princess of the Great Zhou to wander outside and do immoral things that would damage the reputation of the Great Zhou."
Xie Ling'er was speechless after being rebuked. The Fifth Brother in front of her was no longer the Fifth Brother who loved her. She dared not talk back because she was afraid that Xie Shang would send her to the frontier again if he got angry.
She knew better than anyone what life was like outside; it was incredibly tough.
Killing Jiang Fenghua would avenge her mother and Sister Wan, but she would also die. Xie Ling'er was suddenly afraid when she looked at her fifth brother's cold and piercing eyes.
She was afraid of...death.
Jiang Fenghua hadn't expected Xie Shang to reprimand Xie Ling'er in front of her. That day, when he wanted her to leave, she thought Xie Shang was being considerate of Xie Ling'er.
It turns out he did care about her; his attitude was enough to make Xie Ling'er think twice before acting.
If a pampered princess doesn't learn to restrain herself after suffering so much hardship outside, then she is truly foolish.
Xie Ling'er's arrogance was indeed a result of Xie Shang's pampering, including in her previous life. No matter how reckless she was, she would never be punished.
Xie Shang had Xie Ling'er searched in front of Jiang Fenghua, and they found a strange flute and four or five bamboo tubes about the length of a middle finger on her body.
Xie Ling'er was terrified and stopped her, saying, "These are my little trinkets, nothing special. Give them back to me."
"Open it," Xie Shang ordered coldly.
Just as the guards were about to open the bamboo tubes with the lids on, Jiang Fenghua quickly stopped them, saying, "Wait! If the Ninth Princess is really learning witchcraft, I bet these bamboo tubes contain something harmful. Be careful when you open them, lest you get hurt by mistake."
The guards didn't dare to make any rash moves, fearing that there might really be some kind of poison inside.
Jiang Fenghua further explained, "Witchcraft originated in the southern borderlands, and ordinary people cannot easily come into contact with it. I am worried that the Ninth Princess is not skilled enough and may end up poisoning herself, a harmful thing that harms both herself and others."
Xie Ling'er was furious when she heard this. "Who do you think you are! Where did I fail to learn properly? I clearly studied hard."
Xie Shang said coldly, "Open it."
Inside the bamboo tubes were various disgusting insects. Xie Shang never imagined that someone who used to be afraid of even a mosquito was now raising poisonous insects.
He shouted angrily, "Take it and burn it."
Xie Ling'er cried, "Fifth Brother, please give them back to me. I promise I won't harm the Empress anymore. As long as you give them back to me, I will definitely be obedient."
Xie Ling'er paid a heavy price to learn witchcraft. She devoted herself to raising poisonous insects and was willing to give up revenge in order to learn how to make poisons.
Xie Shang said, "Imprison the Ninth Princess and forbid her from raising poisonous creatures again."
Xie Ling'er wanted to act obedient and sensible in front of Xie Shang to get closer to Jiang Fenghua, but Jiang Fenghua wouldn't give her the chance.
It was Xie Shang's business if he couldn't bear to part with his younger sister. She didn't want to be a virtuous and kind sister-in-law who would give her a chance to get close to her. She cut off Xie Ling'er's way out first, and then they would never see each other again.
They were unaware that Xie Ling'er was willing to risk her life to learn witchcraft, just like Danji Mai was obsessed with rebirth techniques.