"B*tch! What a b*tch!" Chu Xianmin stormed back into her room angrily, and her mind kept replaying the words that Chu Liuyue had said before, which made her grit her teeth in anger.
What engagement? She was clearly doing it on purpose! Chu Xianmin felt a fireball growing in her chest when she thought of Chu Liuyue's nonchalant expression.
Piak!
She slammed her door shut.
"What are you doing?" A woman's voice suddenly came from within the house. Chu Xianmin looked up and after seeing who the person was, and instantly ran over with grievances.
"Mother! You must stand up for me this time! Your daughter is being bullied so badly by that b*tch!"
This woman was Chu Xianmin's real mother—Lu Yao. Although she was well past her thirties, she had maintained her looks very well and still looked beautiful as ever; her every move was very coquettish.
Lu Yao normally doted on her only daughter very much, but this time, her face did not look like she cared about Chu Xianmin's cries at all. She even looked quite displeased.
"I've only not been home for a few days, and you've already caused so much trouble You really disappoint me. That Chu Liuyue is just a good-for-nothing that can't even present herself properly. What tricks can she have up her sleeves? How can you be played by her?"
Chu Xianmin rarely saw her mother's stern expression, and she could not help but stand straight. However, her heart felt even worse. "Mother, you have no idea. It's as if this Chu Liuyue has changed into someone completely different; her recent actions are extremely weird. It's not that I can't win against her, she's just too cunning!"
Once Chu Xianmin thought of her losses in front of Chu Liuyue these few days, she could not help but clench her teeth.
"Not talking about the 200,000 silver taels she took from me. Today, she even used her wedding agreement with the Crown Prince to pressure me."
Lu Yao knitted her brows and was quite unhappy. "Speaking of this, I didn't even have the chance to talk to you about it. What exactly happened to those 200,000 silver taels? Even though the Lu family has money, I'm no longer a part of them, let alone to ask for so much in one shot."
Chu Xianmin was pretty guilty, and she tried to explain the incident tactfully. Looking at Lu Yao's increasingly contorted expression, Chu Xianmin's eyes turned, and she hurriedly whined, "Mother, don't grandfather and the rest like me a lot? They will help me, right?"
"But this is still too much!" Lu Yao looked away; she was very frustrated. Even though she was part of the Lu family, she was a concubine's daughter and did not have a high status. The Chu family she married into was also becoming increasingly desolated.
All these years, the mother-daughter duo could only raise their heads in the Lu family because Chu Xianmin was outstanding enough. However, the Lu family would definitely treat her as a laughingstock if she asked for 200,000 silver taels in one go.
Lu Yao looked at her own daughter from the corner of her eye and saw that she was not looking too well either. She stretched out her hand and patted Chu Xianmin's head.
"You, sigh… You should think about why people like you! It's because you're very talented and you have the Crown Prince's favor. If not, who would care about you? Let me ask you, can you be at the top of your level at school in a month?"
Chu Xianmin said nonchalantly, "Of course!" Her talent was one of the best in the entire Country Yao Chen. "But, the problem now is the marriage agreement between the Crown Prince and that b*tch."
Lu Yao did not care much about that, and she smiled with deeper meaning. "Silly kid, what are you worried about? The one who doesn't want this marriage agreement to come true the most isn't you, but the Crown Prince! You can let her tease you these few days, but at that time, she'll have her own retribution."
…
Chu Liuyue talking about her marriage agreement with the Crown Prince had indeed shocked everyone and successfully stumped First Elder and the rest, causing those people who wanted to see her farce leave in anger.
When the yard was quiet once again, she finally brought all the herbs into the house and found a big black pot to start cooking.
If she had the ability, she would not have to spend so much effort. Instead, she could directly use her force to churn up a fireball to boil the herbs. It was a pity that her cultivation was limited, and she could only use the most traditional method.
Although this caused the herbs' effectiveness to be reduced, she had ordered ten sets of these herbs from Zhen Bao Pavilion, so it would probably be enough in the end.
She put the herbs in one by one when the water started to boil.
Very quickly, a fresh herbal smell started to permeate the air.
Since each herb had different natures, the boiling times required to refine them were also different.
She calculated the timing seriously; she carefully took out the herbs that had already been refined, and poured the remaining herbs in bit by bit.
The color of the soup kept changing thereafter. The smell of the herbs had also become stronger.
Chu Liuyue took a deep breath and instantly felt a warm air rushing throughout her body, making her much more relaxed than before.
"It doesn't look bad," she muttered to herself.
As the princess of the Tianling Dynasty and having the cultivation talent to become an imperial doctor, Chu Liuyue had read all the medical books she could get her hands on in her previous life.
As long as she had sufficient herbs, repairing her Yuan meridian posed no difficulty to her.
"Yue'er!" Chu Ning's nervous shout could be heard from the door.
Chu Liuyue walked over to open the door strangely and saw Chu Ning walking over at top speed.
As he was in a hurry, he did not even care about his injured leg as he wobbled over in a staggering manner.
"Father, why did you come back so early today?" Chu Liuyue asked curiously.
Ever since Chu Ning was injured, he was sent to one of the Chu family's stores to work; he usually would not return home until late at night.
"Yue'er! A-are you okay?"
Chu Liuyue suddenly realized what happened. It seemed like Chu Ning had found out about the incident earlier. If not, he would definitely not have such a reaction.
She smiled brightly. "Father, you're too worried about me. It's only been half a day. What could possibly happen? Quickly, come in and rest." As she spoke, she went over to hold him.
However, Chu Ning grabbed her hand and stared at her sternly as he hesitated to speak. He had heard that something happened to Yue'er earlier when he was working at the shop, so he hurriedly asked for leave and rushed back.
The moment he entered the yard, he saw the scary pool of blood on the ground.
Looking at his daughter's relaxed look, Chu Ning was even more solemn and subconsciously used even more strength to grip Chu Liuyue's wrist.
"Yue'er, d-did you really cut off Chu Liansheng's arm?"
Chu Liuyue calmly nodded her head without a change in expression. "Yes. He wanted to steal my things. I can't let anyone bully me. Cutting off his arm was just a warning to the rest."
Chu Ning took a really long time to open his mouth with much difficulty. "H-he's Chu Xianmin's servant… Your actions are clearly pitting yourself against her. She…" She is not someone that is easy to deal with!
Chu Liuyue's hand started to hurt from Chu Ning's grip, so she patted his arm and comforted him. "Father, what's the point of thinking so much? If I didn't do that, would she really treat me as her elder sister?"
Chu Ning was stumped. Yes, Chu Xianmin was the one who wanted to destroy Yue'er the most because of her marriage agreement with the Crown Prince.
"But…"
"There's no 'but.' Father, don't worry. I know what I'm doing," said Chu Liuyue as she lifted her chin towards the inside of the house and smiled. "Oh, yes. I've recently come across a folk prescription that is said to be good for body recovery. Do you want to try it?"
When she was boiling the herbs for herself, she did not forget about Chu Ning's injury. She had secretly taken his pulse before. If he was treated properly, he could recover completely in less than half a month.
While talking, she pulled Chu Ning into the house.
Chu Ning did not budge. He was very familiar with the face of the young girl in front of him, but why did he feel so unfamiliar with her at this very moment? The next moment, he finally asked with trembling lips, "You're not Yue'er, are you?"
Once he said that sentence, the entire atmosphere became stiff.
Chu Liuyue then recovered her senses as quickly as the blink of an eye. She asked weirdly, "Father, what are you talking about?" Her confused expression did not allow others to suspect her.
However… Chu Ning was very conflicted, and he kept replaying his memories of the past two days.
Everything seemed to be very different ever since Yue'er went missing when she was picking herbs the day before and came back very late. The previously cowardly Yue'er was missing and was replaced by a calm and composed young lady.
When she stood up against First Elder and Chu Xianmin, he thought she was wronged and could not hold it back in, but the incidents that happened later were way overboard.
"In the past, Yue'er always thought of Chu Xianmin as her good sister and trusted her very much. Why would she go against her today? Besides, Yue'er is very timid and doesn't even dare to talk loudly. It's impossible that she will cut off someone's arm… Also, about the herbs from Zhen Bao Pavilion… I've never given you silver taels. How did you buy them?" The more Chu Ning spoke, the guiltier he felt; his voice was even trembling.
Initially, he felt that something was not quite right, but everything was questionable upon deeper thought.
Chu Liuyue quietly waited for him to finish talking, before asking softly, "Is there anything else? Other than all of these, do you have any other queries?"
Chu Ning shook his head. Weren't these suspicions enough?
"I know that I look like I've changed into someone else in the past two days, but it's all with good reason. I don't care about other people, but I'll explain it to you clearly since you're suspicious." Chu Liuyue held his hands warmly and determinedly. "Come in; I'll explain it to you in detail."
Chu Ning subconsciously followed her in.
After Chu Ning sat down, Chu Liuyue closed the door and went to check on the boiling herbs before adding two new ingredients in.
Watching her every move, Chu Ning was more certain of his suspicions. The past Yue'er did not know any of this. It probably has to be…
"I think you've roughly guessed that I did meet with some trouble the day I came back late. Chu Xianmin had secretly sent an assassin to kill me." The moment Chu Liuyue opened her mouth, it shocked Chu Ning so much that he stood up from his seat.
"What?!" He had guessed a tiny bit about what happened, but he did not expect Chu Xianmin to be so cold-blooded to hire an assassin directly.
Chu Liuyue looked at him and nodded seriously. She then explained the incidents that happened after that to him in detail. Of course, she cleverly hid the fact that the original Chu Liuyue had already died and she was a replacement.
She had the original Chu Liuyue's memories; by mixing in her lies with the truth, there would be no loopholes.
To Chu Ning, he realized that Chu Xianmin had tried to kill Yue'er because of her selfish intentions.
"… So from then on, I saw her true intentions and finally understood that repeated tolerance can never be exchanged for peaceful days. Only when I become stronger will others not bully me."
Chu Ning did not utter a word for a long time. Oh, right! I know this logic too. It was just that I'm severely ill and can't continue cultivating. What else could I do?
"It's all my fault for being useless…" mumbled Chu Ning as he lowered his head defeatedly.
Chu Liuyue shook her head and said, "Father, do you remember the time when I went to the Crown Prince's birthday party and was bullied by everyone? I came home crying, and you insisted on meeting the Emperor. You stood up for me by getting all of those people to apologize to me. Without you, I would've been bullied to no end."
At that time, Chu Ning's status was already no longer like before; one could just tell how hard it had been for him to get everyone to apologize.
Even if those people's attitudes were fake, it was enough to prove that Chu Ning could sacrifice everything for his daughter.
Chu Ning was touched; he raised his head slowly as if in slight disbelief.
Chu Liuyue gave him one last assurance. "Didn't you tell me that you'll do your best to protect me if I'm ever bullied, no matter in the past or future? Right?"
Chu Ning's eyes immediately turned red. He did indeed tell Yue'er that in the past. His voice started to crack. "Yue'er… My Yue'er!" The person in front of him was still his daughter!
Chu Liuyue's eyes started to water. What does it feel like for a father to lose his own daughter? When I died back then, perhaps Father…
She always thought of her own father when she looked at Chu Ning. Since she was going to live as Chu Liuyue, she would naturally treat Chu Ning nicely and not let the world have another devastated father.
Her personality was vastly different from the original Chu Liuyue's; thus, it became much easier for her to complete her tasks in the future now that everything was out in the open.
Wasn't it normal to have a drastic change in personality after having a brush with death?
A moment later, Chu Ning clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "Chu Xianmin is outrageous! I must think of a way for her to pay!"
Chu Liuyue's eyes flashed, and she took the chance to say, "Father, actually her actions helped me instead. I found a chance in Lin Zhong unknowingly… I picked up a medical book."
Chu Ning was very surprised. "Medical book? Do you understand it?"
One had to know that it was very hard to understand medical books; it was impossible for an average person to self-learn medicine. Even with a specialized teacher aiding them, one might not be able to understand anything.
However, Yue'er…
Chu Liuyue nodded. "I can only understand a little, so I wanted to try the remedy in the book. It seemed pretty simple." Chu Liuyue did not even bat an eye when she told her lie.
In actual fact, most medical books were pretty simple to her.
Chu Ning slowly looked at the pot of boiling herbs and suddenly walked over.
The color of the soup was accurate, and the strong smell in the air was clean.
Although he didn't know much about medicine, he had seen quite a lot of things in life and knew that it was not easy to cook such a perfect bowl of herbs.
The order of the herbs that were put in, the quantity of the herbs, and the method of removing the residues… All of these things were equally important.
It was only Yue'er's first time trying, yet she could easily boil such a soup…
A thought flashed across his mind, which made him excited. He looked at Chu Liuyue anxiously. "Yue'er, is this really your first time trying?"
Chu Liuyue blinked. "Yeah. Why, Father? Is there anything wrong?"
Of course, there's something wrong! This is unbelievable! This proves that Yue'er possibly has the gift to become a heavenly doctor. Her Yuan meridian is blocked, and she can't cultivate. However, if she can become a heavenly doctor… No, if she has the slightest bit of talent, things will be very different.
Chu Ning had literally risen from hell to heaven, and he was extremely excited and emotional. If this was true, then nobody would dare to bully Chu Liuyue any longer.
"Yue'er, follow me to visit a person tomorrow."
There were very few heavenly doctors in Country Yao Chen; he was on good terms with one of them. He should let that person check if Yue'er really had the talent in this area.
Chu Liuyue naturally knew what he was thinking. After considering for a while, she said, "Father, why don't we calm down first? This might attract too much attention."
Chu Ning was dazed.
That was true. If they went over now, someone would definitely come and cause trouble.
"Let's wait for a while." He could also see if the herbs Yue'er tried to boil really were useful.
He felt much more secure after he thought of this.
"Oh, right. Yue'er, how did you escape from those people that day?"
Chu Liuyue was taken aback. She could not say that she was too capable in her previous life, and that stage three warriors weren't her match even without force. Her eyes turned, and the image of a muscular man appeared in her brain.
The seemingly visible lines painted a mesmerizing picture.
She opened a jade box and said casually, "Oh, I met the Seventh Prince coincidentally that day, and he helped me."
Chu Ning was stunned. "Seventh Prince? Is he not recuperating at Mingyue Tianshan? When did he return to the Imperial City?"
Chu Liuyue froze.
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