Helian Jiao Er weakly tugged at the man's sleeve: "Your Highness, it is Jiao Er's fault, Elder Sister loves Your Highness too much, hence she treated Jiao er as such, Jiao Er… Jiao Er can endure!"
She was crying as she spoke, biting her small lips weakly as she looked at him with her red eyes filled with tears. This look was one that was seeking grievances.
After seeing this, the man completely lost his patience, with a flourish of his long sleeves, he threw piece of paper in Wei Wei 's face.
On that piece of paper, was only one word- Annulment
Wei Wei's hands started to tremble, her eyes felt as if they were stung, as an uncomfortable burning sensation welled up.
That man did not even give her a second look, and he gently led Jiao Er towards the study, as if standing behind him is not a person anymore, but an animal!
"Hahaha, no wonder, the original purpose of Master Murong was to pass her the annu her, or else, how would he make a specific trip to the front hall?" Helian Mei who always found joy in bullying Helian Wei Wei reached out and snatched the divorce paper, gloating gleefully as she relished the moment of taking p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e in this moment of misfortune.
By this time, Helian Jiao Er had returned after sending that man away. When she came back, she looked at the words on the paper and snickered. With one hand, she threw it in Wei Wei's face as she leaned forward, and she used the other hand to grab at Wei Wei's hair and pulled her head back forcefully!
"Aren't you usually so arrogant? I would like to see you try now!!" With her shy demeanor gone, Jiao Er grabbed Wei Wei's hair as she pushed Wei Wei's head several times on the table, knocking it without holding anything back. "Now that your marriage engagement with His Highness is cancelled, I would like to see what you can do, bitch!"
"Elder Sister, no need to waste your breath on her, with such wishful thinking, this bitch is simply like a mangy dog following his Highness around all day. All you need to do is to teach her a proper lesson and let her clearly know her place!"
"You are right!" Helian Jiao Er sneered, with her outstretched hand, she reached out once again and threw Wei Wei's head into into the water urn that was at the side.
The water urn was full of water, and when Helian Wei Wei's head was fully immersed in the water, she started choking and gasping for air.
Wei Wei struggled with all her might to get out, but unfortunately she was not strong enough. With a momentary slip, her entire body fell into the water urn.
Helian Jiao Er didn't seem satisfied, and she grabbed Wei Wei's hair again, pulling her out and continued dunking her head in. "You dare fight with me? Can't you do some self reflection? You are really so disgusting, can't you tell, he has long since gotten tired of you! And yet you keep clinging onto His Highness, really so shameless!"
Waves of pain seared through Helian Wei Wei's scalp after all that brutal tugging from Helian Jiao Er. She felt as if a layer of skin had been peeled off as a burning and raw sensation assaulted her. As she swallowed huge gulps of icy cold water, she coughed and sputtered while desperately gasping for air. She was distraught as she struggled with her might, however, soon the light in her eyes began to dim.
Seeing this, Helian Jiao Er's eyes flashed a dangerous glint, and said the words that had been buried deep in her heart: "Younger sister, why don't we just throw this evil woman into the river? We can then say that she had decided to take her own life after she received the annulment letter..."
The voices of the two people were growing more and more distant, until all that was heard was a big splash!
The sound of a loud splash as her whole world slowly became engulfed in silence as she was submerged in the water.
Finally, finally free from those voices that made her so bitter.
If someone would help regain what was rightfully hers, she was willing to sacrifice everything.
Wei Wei' s eyes were starting to lose focus as her surroundings seem to get darker and darker. Her eyes were overflowing with tears and soon she saw huge gates that did not seem to belong to her world…
...
Feeling pain slowly radiating throughout her body, and a faint incessant sobbing beside her, Helian Wei Wei felt that she was pulled out from the darkness that surrounded her.
The moment she opened her eyes, the scenery before her surprised her greatly.
A little bridge above a clear flowing stream, majestic pavilions with cobbled stone walkways, and an elderly woman who donned on an ancient dress was kneeling and sobbing next to her. When she noticed that she was awake, the woman immediately laughed, looking relieved amidst all the tears as she struggled to stifle her sobs. She quickly wiped the tears away.
Helian Wei Wei stared at her without moving, as if in a trance. Her expression turning grave by each passing moment.
The elderly woman looked at her in that state, and the smile on her face turned to a worried and nervous expression as she tensed up and quickly asked: "Young Miss, what happened to you? Are you alright? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Wei Wei did not speak, she stayed quiet for a moment and her gaze turned icy as she looked straight at the elderly woman.
"Young …. " the elderly woman was shocked to see the look in Wei Wei's eyes, she spoke with a shudder : "Young Miss, you aren't able to say anything, this isn't good! What are we to do? This old slave will go look for Master in the study, you are the only blood of the Helian House! Even if he is so heartless, he still has to do something, he can't be so ungrateful to this extent! To actually bite the hand that feeds one! This is too much!"
Master? To bite the hand that feeds one?
Wei Wei's eyes sank, surely this has got to be a joke.
Who was so daring to make a fool her, the renowned Mercenary Queen?
They were simply seeking their deaths!
Wei Wei moved a little, she just wanted to stand up, but a myriad of flashbacks suddenly raced through her mind. A huge chunk of memory that did not belong to her flooded her mind and the large amount of information made her dizzy and nauseous.
These memories belonged to another person, and they started from a babbling baby to a young girl of 15 years old. It comprised of very messy and incomplete memories, and for Helian Wei Wei, it opened up a completely strange new world.
This place was completely different from 21st century. It was an ancient world where everyone was ruled by an Emperor.
In this new world, those with martial arts are highly respected, the one whose fist is hardest is the one with the right to speak.
As a renowned Mercenary Queen, Wei Wei could not believe, that after rousing from her sleep, she was brought into this world in such a ridiculous manner. What's more, she had actually transmigrated into the body of such a young girl?!
Chapter 2 - Rebirth
What made Helian Wei Wei want to cry was that there were no historical records of this world she knew of...it was totally foreign to her… from the memories that invaded her mind, she learned that she was now in The War Dragon Empire!
And this body that she now resided in, held a prestigious name, as the Eldest Miss of one of the Great Four War Dragon Empire Family clans. With such a powerful background, one should be able to strut around with her head held high.
However, after the death of her grandfather, her father took a concubine as his second wife, forgetting the promise he made when he married into the Helian family. He had sworn an oath and promised that no one would ever replace her mother's place, or he would be struck by lightning.
The concubine had tearfully told everyone that Helian Wei Wei's mother was too domineering and she could not tolerate her. But later that year, her mother's illness took a turn for the worse and she was unable to leave her bed. Finally, depression took hold of her and she passed away.
And thus, generations of the Helian family empire fell into the hands of an outsider.
She, the rightful heir of the family was too young to tell good and evil apart, let alone having the wisdom to see
the deception that lay within the household.
She felt that the concubine had her interests at heart because she never hit nor scolded her. Not knowing the most insidious plan of all…...was to kill her!
After the concubine took over the household, she brought Helian Wei Wei up to become an arrogant and witless lady. Wei Wei got into trouble all the time, but the concubine never intervened. Finally, anyone who took one look at her, were only ever disgusted by her temper and her hateful face. They said that she was not worthy to be the heir and that she sought something that she was not worthy of.
Wei Wei's marriage plans were in jeopardy because everyone believed that she bullied her younger half sister Helian Jiao Er who now may be married before her.
That scheming couple! Both her father and that cheap Mistress, what a show they had both!
If it weren't for her vicious stepmother and half sister, she would have not lost her standing in society and become a despised lovestruck good-for-nothing person.
"I'm fine." said Helian Wei Wei as she held onto the elderly woman, the sound of her voice concealed her true feelings. Over the years, she had learned to quickly calm her thoughts wherever she was, and assess the situation at hand.
Even though the power of the Helian family was in the hands of an outsider, her father had spared Wei Wei's life. He had to keep up the pretense of a court minister from a prestigious family, and not be known as ungrateful and ruthless one who would not even spare his own flesh and blood.
On the contrary, because he was a hypocrite, he had to watch his actions and could not overstep the boundaries. Wei Wei knew that in a household where she held no power, she brought shame to her family name. Hence, many chose to be on her younger half sister Helian Jiao Er's side.
She didn't even have the right to attend family functions.
How ridiculous, considering she was the only living heir of the Helian family! If she weren't the heir, she would have killed herself ages ago. Wei Wei truly had no one she could count on.
It seems, her situation was indeed quite precarious...
Pursing her lips, Wei Wei's eyes narrowed as she analysed her current situation. She was a good-for-nothing with no one she could trust, with her stepmother and half sister's watchful eyes on her all the time, this was really a pickle she was in.
"Since Young Miss is alright, then you should get up quickly. We have honoured guests in the house, if those rich young heirs saw the state you are in, your reputation would be …"
Mei Gu's words was interrupted by sounds of footsteps nearby and Helian Jiao Er cried out "I remember the jade was still on my hand when I left, how could it be missing now?"
"Sister, do not worry, when we left, the good-for-nothing was still here. Now that the jade is missing, she must have taken it. Let's go and confront her now, we can't have her bullying you all the time." said Helian Mei. She turned around, with a group of ladies from influential families following her in her stride as they walked towards the pond, staring fiercely at Helian Wei Wei. If it weren't for the servants who reported back, she would not have known that the good-for-nothing was so blessed with life, that she couldn't even drown!
All the ladies looked at Helian Wei Wei dripping from head to toe, they covered their smirks with their fans and asked mockingly "What's the matter Wei Wei? Even if no one in the world wished to marry you, you didn't need to try to take your life and make yourself so miserable."
Even though she was ridiculed by the ladies, she did not make the slightest effort to get up. With her left leg slightly curved, she stretched out her hand to sweep her drenched long locks of hair behind her ears. An ordinary action, but made by her seemed almost arrogant with an indescribably dignified air to it. Staring firmly at Helian Jiao Er, she asked "Is this what you want?"
"Elder sis, I don't know what you mean. I only came here to look for my jade." said Helian Jiao Er pitifully, biting at her lips, eyes brimming full of tears.
Helian Wei Wei felt a burst of sneer through her heart. What a master actress she was, everyone knew that in ancient times, chaste was more important than your life.
For her failed betrothment, Helian Wei Wei had already became the laughing stock of the Capital. Now that she's wet through and surrounded by so many people, it will no doubt cause a commotion and the young heirs in the study will be disturbed.
Not only did Helian Jiao Er want to rob her of her marriage proposal, she wanted to destroy her life thoroughly!
Helian Jiao Er felt a burst of guilty conscience upon her elder sister's questioning. However, she looked at Wei Wei with pitiful eyes and her voice holding back tears as she answered "Elder sister, you…you can vent your frustration, but...but why do you have to accuse me?" Helian Mei embraced Jiao Er as she burst into tears.
Helian Mei shouted angrily "This is so unjust, you think that you can bully us just because of your status, are you not afraid to suffer retribution from God?!"
The daughters of the distinguished families looked at Helian Wei Wei, their eyes are filled with disdain and disgust, as if they were looking down at the mud on their shoes that they couldn't clean off.
Sure enough, just as the mummers around her were fading, Helian Jiao Er cried out "Elder Sister, what is that shiny thing on you?"
Instantly, Helian Mei shouted loudly, her voice filled with contempt, "Could it be the jade? See, I told you she took it. Helian Wei Wei, you knew the jade belongs to Second Sister, and yet you still took it and hid it, this is stealing! I'm going to slap you!" She rushed over to Helian Wei Wei immediately with her hands out ready to slap her. But before she reached Helian Wei Wei's side, a crisp clap resounded splendidly and stopped her in her tracks!
Chapter 3 - Mysterious Man
Helian Mei clutched the left side of her face, and looked incredulously at the woman who was coming at her and thought "This woman has gone crazy" and spat out: "S.l.u.t, you dare hit me, you...!"
Slap!
Another crisp slap resounded.
Helian Wei Wei's clothes blew in the wind, she pursed her lips, and called out in an icy tone: "Younger sister".
Everyone was stunned for a moment, this had all happened so quickly that they couldn't react, and they weren't sure who exactly she was addressing.
Helian Wei Wei lightly smiled at Helian Mei's confused expression, as she gently blew on her fingertips, smilingly opening her mouth and said, "Perhaps my dear Younger Sister can go and ask around, in this city which concubine's daughter actually has the audacity to talk back to the main wife's Eldest Daughter? If you don't want your life, you can just tell me!"
"You! How can you qualify yourself as the Eldest Daughter, you're just cheap trash!" Helian Mei clenched her teeth, obviously not convinced, "You…...ughhh"
Helian Wei Wei suddenly turned around, and her left hand had swiftly grasped Helian Mei's delicate neck, a dangerous glint in her eyes seemed to have been ignited as she looked at her.
"It seems that you don't want to be able to speak again!" Helian Wei Wei sneered, her tousled damp hair framed her exquisite face and she was like a demoness that had just emerged from the depths of the ocean, and an icy cold aura that could freeze everybody around her.
With Helian Wei Wei's intense gaze, no one dared to step forward, they couldn't help but feel afraid from the bottom of their hearts.
That kind of chill they felt tingling down their backs were as if hell had frozen over, and anytime they too, could be frozen to death.
Helian Jiao Er was was watching everything from a bit further away and her expression sank.
What had happened to this waste?!
However before she could retort, she heard a low and dignified voice from behind sternly asking: "What is all this?!"
Everybody looked at the person who said the words, he was the head of the family, Helian Guang Yao.
He wasn't alone, behind him were a few other noble sons from distinguished families.
Within them, even the person who had just annulled their wedd
ing engagement, Murong Chang Feng was there. He was wearing a dark blue fur coat, a handsome face that was clean and notable. Especially those phoenix eyes, they were like an ancient ink stone, deep and stoic, people couldn't pull their eyes away from him!
Helian Wei Wei glance swept by all the ladies and saw that they were simply staring at him with infatuated gazes, with a slight tinge of blush. She started to take a good look at the man standing before her and realized why the previous Wei Wei was so obsessed with him. This man had the looks, no wonder, this man could make almost any girl go crazy for him without doing anything.
Only, she could see that what he held for her was utter contempt and disdain. This could all be seen with a simple gaze from him.
A man was watching all of this a distance away as he sat by the river bank, leisurely sipping his tea. His robe was casually dr.a.p.ed over, with his eyebrows raised in interest, as he slowly put down his priceless blue and white bone china tea cup. Beneath his silver mask, he eluded an oppressive aura that would make anyone want to surrender. He was watching the whole scene unfold as he brushed his robe lightly. His calm and carefree demeanor revealed a glint of lazy charm, his lips curved up into an enigmatic smile,while his eyes reflected a hint of mirth in them.
On the other side, Helian Mei's face had started to swell and she angrily glared at Helian Wei Wei.
Helian Jiao Er looked at Helian Wei Wei, with reddish eyes, tears at the tip of her lashes.
Helian Guang Yao's favorite daughter was Helian Jiao Er. Seeing her wronged, he got really angry, and he flourished his large sleeves towards Helian Wei Wei with obvious disgust and said, "What exactly is going on?"
"Father." Helian Mei called out in an aggrieved tone while clutching her face. She then angrily said, "Second Sister lost her jade and just now the only other person there was Eldest Sister. It's obvious that the jade was taken by her but she still denied it and even hit me!"
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