The Return of the Seventh Young Lady-Chapter 172 - 171

Chapter 171

The Royal Palace

The next morning, the guards assigned to monitor Mu Luofei reported the previous night’s events to the Empress Dowager in detail.

"Your Majesty, last night it appears that the Consort opened the chest you bestowed upon her. She screamed and cried all night until dawn before finally stopping. After that, her maid ran out seeking help, stating that the Consort had fainted."

"Good. Now she knows what it feels like for Ai Jia when she had Mu Tingge’s body and her unborn child dumped at Wang Palace’s gates!"

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly before a pleased smile appeared on her face. Her eyes gleamed with a chilling ferocity. "From now on, just keep watch from a distance. Do not intervene. Shin Wang has requested to handle this matter himself. Let him vent his anger; it will do him good..."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shin Wang Palace

After witnessing the horrific sight of her mother’s corpse, Mu Luofei cried bitterly throughout the night until she fainted at dawn. Her maid, who had seen everything, immediately ran to fetch the palace’s doctor. However, on their way back to the consort’s quarters, they were intercepted by Shin Wang’s men, preventing them from proceeding.

About four hours later, Mu Luofei, who had been unconscious, began to stir. She struggled to open her eyes, weighed down by the heavy lids that bore the burden of her exhaustive crying.

"Water..."

She croaked weakly; her voice hoarse from crying all night. Her throat was parched, and she could barely muster the strength to speak. Right now, her throat was extremely irritated and she desperately needed water.

"Water..."

She repeated, waiting for her maid to respond. But as time passed, there was no sign of the maid attending to her needs. Normally, her maid would have rushed in immediately with a glass of water.

But this time, she had to call out repeatedly, which only added to her irritation!

Mu Luofei frowned in annoyance. She managed to open her eyes again and slowly propped herself up against the headboard. As she looked around the room, she noticed the unusual quietness. There was no sign of any maid or any other living soul.

Lazy wench!

She cursed the maid inwardly and decided to get up and pour herself some water from the table. When that useless maid returned, she would certainly punish her severely...

After drinking several gulps of water, her throat began to feel somewhat relieved, and the dizziness in her head started to clear. As she began to remember what had happened, her body froze for a moment before she hurried into the main hall.

Mother...

Mu Luofei bit her lip and stared at the large wooden chest before her, her heart trembling. She slowly approached the chest and saw her mother’s body inside. She closed her eyes momentarily, taking deep breaths to calm herself.

So...it wasn’t a dream!

Everything was real!

Her mother had passed away!

And she had died a painful death!

Mu Luofei opened her eyes again and sank down beside the wooden chest. Her delicate hands reached inside and lifted out something—the severed head of Bai Lijun. She cradled her mother’s head with yearning and longing, tears streaming down her swollen, red eyes once more.

Memories of her mother flooded back into her mind, replaying over and over.

From the moment she was born, her mother had always loved and cared for her, even when she encountered a traumatic event in her childhood that caused them to suffer and wander as beggars. Her mother had always been by her side, supporting her through everything.

No matter how many mistakes she made or what path she chose, her mother had always stood by her, listening and helping with anything...

Just when everything seemed to be going well—she had become a consort, and her mother had been appointed a Second Rank Lady—her mother had to die in such a wretched way.

Why?!

"Mother...who did this to you? Tell Fei’er, and Fei’er will avenge you, sob."

Mu Luofei brushed her mother’s hair away from her face and put behind the ear, speaking like a madwoman. She lifted her mother’s head again, hugging it tightly as if trying to embrace her mother one last time.

Her tear-filled, red eyes now shone with deep-seated anger. The sorrow and grief she had felt throughout the night turned into rage and hatred.

Whoever did this to her mother, she would make them pay!

Mu Luofei slowly glanced at the wooden chest again, recalling what the guards had said. They mentioned that this was a gift from the Empress Dowager. That meant the person who had harmed her mother and sent her corpse to her was the Empress Dowager.

That old hag. Why wouldn’t she just die already!

As Mu Luofei was lost in her thoughts, the door to the quarters opened, and an unexpected guest arrived. Shin Wang, sitting in a wooden wheelchair, was slowly wheeled inside by his guards. He looked at his wife, who was cradling a head, with a mocking expression.

"Do you like the gift the Empress Dowager sent you?"

Shin Wang asked teasingly as he was wheeled closer to the stinking chest. His face showed disgust.

"But it seems you do like it. Despite how filthy and smelly it is, you don’t seem bothered at all."

Mu Luofei looked up at the man she called her husband, her eyes filled with resentment. Seeing his pleased smile and satisfied look, she instantly knew that Shin Wang was aware of everything that had happened!

The young woman looked down at her mother’s head with gentle eyes for a moment before slowly placing it back into the chest. She then quietly picked up a shard of porcelain from the lamp she had accidentally broken the night before, near the chest, and gripped it tightly in her hand, unnoticed by anyone. With a blank expression, she began walking towards Shin Wang.

"What’s this? Does the consort like her gift so much?"

Shin Wang laughed softly, filled with satisfaction. Three days ago, the Empress Dowager’s people had reported to him about the true culprit behind the recent events. Thus, he had learned that it was his beautiful wife who had intended to kill him and had murdered his last heir with her own hands.

She was the one who made him become a disabled man with hideous, blistered skin, and unable to face the outside world. Moreover, his only heir had died tragically...

When he discovered that Mu Luofei was the mastermind, he had wanted to chop her into tens of thousands of pieces with his own hands. The overwhelming anger and resentment had consumed him. However, the Empress Dowager had forbidden him from acting immediately, forcing him to wait until today.

After the Empress Dowager had dealt with Mu Furen, she sent the gift to Mu Luofei, just as Mu Luofei had previously done to her victim. Seeing Mu Luofei shattered by the sight of her mother’s corpse gave Shin Wang immense satisfaction. Before he tormented her to death, seeing her became shattered was also satisfying!

Shin Wang had requested the Empress Dowager’s permission to handle Mu Luofei himself, to vent his own anger for what she had done to him.

Since she had condemned him to a fate worse than death, he intended to ensure she experienced the same!

"Do you like your gift so much that you’re speechless?"

Shin Wang said half-jokingly, watching her approach. As Mu Luofei drew near, her previously calm face contorted with rage, and she drove the shard of porcelain towards him.

"Die! You bastard!"

"Hey!"

Crash!

Bang!

Shin Wang’s eyes widened in shock as the sharp shard in her hand stabbed towards him. Now disabled and drained of all his internal energy, so he was no different from a useless man. Defending himself against this sudden attack was naturally difficult for him.

At that moment, the guard behind Shin Wang reacted swiftly. He drew his sword from his waist and deflected the shard of porcelain, then kicked Mu Luofei forcefully, sending her sprawling to the ground.

As the chaos settled, Shin Wang glared at her with fierce eyes. “You wench! You’re too insolent! How dare you attempt to assassinate me right in front of everyone? You must not want to live anymore!”

“Hahaha, living on? You dared to do this to my mother, so there’s no way you would let me go!”

Mu Luofei laughed like a madwoman, her eyes meeting Shin Wang’s with defiant resolve. She wasn’t a fool. She had quickly realized why her mother had met such a gruesome fate.

It was clear that the Empress Dowager and Shin Wang had discovered everything. That’s why the Empress Dowager had dealt with her mother like this, and she had also used the same method, sending her mother’s corpse to break her heart...

Knowing that the Empress Dowager and Shin Wang were aware of everything, she realized they would never let her live. After seeing her mother’s corpse, she had only one thought: if the enemy didn’t die, she would!

If she didn’t manage to kill her enemies, and she couldn’t die herself, she would undoubtedly be tortured to death, just like her mother.

She might not fear death, but she feared being tortured!

Mu Luofei silently contemplated a way to take her own life. The last chance to drag Shin Wang to death with her had slipped away. If she didn’t kill herself quickly, she would face unspeakable tortures...

“You know well...you caused me to end up like this. Did you really think I’d let you go?”

Shin Wang’s cold eyes bore into her. His heart now burned with anger. He wanted to torment her to relieve his own pain. He yearned to hear her screams to soothe his own suffering caused by her actions.

“You deserve to be like this. A despicable man like you should suffer even more! If you hadn’t stubbornly escaped and died in the fire, everything would have ended then and there.”

Mu Luofei smirked wickedly. Her words hit a nerve, causing Shin Wang’s face to darken further. With his blistered skin on his limbs, he now resembled a hideous demon.

"You slut! How dare you speak to me like that? Ever since I took you in, my Shin Wang Palace has been nothing but trouble. You are a harbinger of misfortune!"

Shin Wang pointed at Mu Luofei and berated her mercilessly. His words were the truth that he had always believed in his heart. Ever since the day he married her as his consort, on the wedding night, he had suffered from an accident and could no longer father a child. Then, he was slandered and stripped of his power by the Emperor. After that, he was attacked and nearly killed. His only heir was also gone.

There was nothing but trouble!

This woman was truly a harbinger of misfortune!

"Misfortune? Hahaha," Mu Luofei repeated the word before bursting into laughter.

She never thought that the man who had once professed his love for her would now call her a harbinger of misfortune, making him regret marrying her until these days. But did he ever think about how much she regretted it too...?

If she had not married Shin Wang, she could have married into a good family and become the respected Furen of a household. She would not have ended up like this, suffering and in pain!

"You are a despicable man. It is only right that you suffer like this. A heartless dog like you deserves to be with a harbinger of misfortune like me!"

Mu Luofei sneered and then decided to run towards a pillar nearby, hoping to end her life by smashing her head against it. However, before she could succeed, the same guard rushed forward and stopped her.

"Do you think you can kill yourself? Dream on! You cannot die without my permission!"

Shin Wang roared furiously before rolling his wheelchair closer to the young woman who was being held by the guard. He reached out and grabbed her chin, saying coldly, "You have done this to me. Don’t even think about dying a good death..."

"Cut out her tongue! Prevent her from biting her tongue and killing herself."

As soon as Shin Wang finished speaking, the guard took out his dagger and forced Mu Luofei’s mouth open. Mu Luofei’s face turned pale when she saw the blade approaching her. The fear from the depths of her heart erupted once again.

"No! Let me go! Get away! No!"

"Ahhh!"

Slash!

Mu Luofei’s tongue was quickly cut out and thrown to the ground like worthless trash. Bright red blood gushed out of her mouth before spilling out. Mu Luofei’s eyes widened in excruciating pain from her severed tongue.

Tears streamed down her face again uncontrollably. She tried to use her hands to fight back and escape the guard’s grip, but in the end, she was no match for him. Shin Wang watched her painful and tormented expression with satisfaction. He reached out and pinched her mouth shut, forcing her to swallow her own blood.

"Mmph mmph mmph."

Mu Luofei continued to cry. She tried to shake her head to escape the grip, but the salty blood kept flowing down her throat, making her feel disgusted. But what was worse was the excruciating pain from her severed tongue that kept attacking her. It hurt so much that she almost fainted.

The memory of her childhood when she was tortured by bandits came back to her mind again. Mu Luofei still remembered the pain of being tortured that time, which made her fear being tortured more than death...

But now, she had to face torture again, and there was no escape!

Mu Luofei’s eyes turned bloodshot like a demon’s. Both the pain she was suffering and the anger she felt erupted continuously. She stared at Shin Wang with murderous eyes. If looks could kill, Shin Wang would have been killed by Mu Luofei’s gaze ten thousand times over.

Mu Luofei struggled against the pain and torment for a while before finally passing out because she had lost too much blood and could no longer bear the pain. When Shin Wang saw this, he let go of Mu Luofei’s mouth, causing the blood in her mouth to flow out in a horrifying manner.

"Drag her to the dungeon..."

Shin Wang ordered coldly before rolling his wheelchair out of the quarters, leaving the guard to drag Mu Luofei’s unconscious body to the dungeon of Shin Wang Palace.

As Shin Wang rolled his wheelchair towards the dungeon, a mysterious smile suddenly appeared on his face. For Mu Luofei...this was just the beginning!

She dared to put him in this state, so he had prepared hundreds of ways to torture her. Since he had to live a life worse than death, Mu Luofei should not even think about living a better life than him...

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