Counterattack of the Concubine’s Invincible Daughter

21. Slap Herself

Translator: Snowball

“Sister Yingxue, Madam and others concubines treated you well, and other sisters like me always gave you what you wanted because we thought you were pitiful. But we didn’t expect that we led you the other way around. You were not well-behaved when you went out and even offended His Highness right now. His Highness is now pissed off, go ahead and apologize!”

Mu Yueli said the above nonstop, self-assured with a strong sense of self-righteousness. Not only did she rebuke Mu Yingxue, but also manifested her position in the mansion. She couldn’t help but feel complacent.

To her surprise, Mu Yingxue refuted blankly and indifferently, “Sister Yueli, what are you talking about? Why don’t I understand?

Mu Yueli was stunned that she would answer the question with another.

She fell ill the day after returning to the mansion. Since all the womenfolk were afraid of the venomous scorpions in her room, she had no idea that Mu Yingxue was no longer the retarded girl she used to be. So, when she got better and heard that Mu Yingxue was in the Moonlight Pavilion, she avoided others and went to her alone for revenge. After all, she thought Mu Yingxue was still an easy target.

Given Mu Yueli wasn’t aware of the fact, she didn’t expect the retarded girl had figured out that she had been the one who had put the scorpions in her room, and returned her “favour”. Mu Yueli had doubted that before, but the fury and the sense of humiliation were so strong that she didn’t even notice anything else.

If she had known that Mu Yingxue  regained her intelligence, and was smart enough to anticipate her ability for being in Moonlight Pavilion, she wouldn’t have been here recklessly.

However, on second thought, she convinced herself that even if the bitch was smarter than before, she was still mentally handicapped. However, it would be embarrassing if she bullied her in front of Xuanyuan Sheng.

After careful thinking, she still made up her mind to punish Mu Yingxue assuming the power of Xuanyuan Sheng, “Prince Sheng, I have no idea how she offended you. But my sister has always been like this for being indulged in my family, and our parents didn’t have the heart to punish her. As her younger sisters, we were not in the right position to judge her for her unruliness. Since you are here, Prince Sheng, it would be the best if you teach her a lesson.”

Xuanyuan Sheng could tell that Mu Yingxue intended to make fun of Mu Yueli, so he played along, “So, what do you think is the best way to teach her a lesson, Miss Yueli?”

Mu Yueli tried her best to hold her excitement back, and barely said calmly, “Well, I don’t know that clearly. But I’ve seen the Madam slapping or caning the servants for punishing. But there is no cane here…”

The way she pretended thinking was quite affected. Xuanyuan Sheng sneered. He didn’t expect this illegitimate girl of the Mu’s Mansion could be both stupid and cruel. How did Yingxue manage to pull through when she was retarded before?

He couldn’t help looking at Mu Yingxue at this time, and felt sorry for her. Then when he saw Mu Yueli’s detestable face, he felt more pissed that the only way to vent his anger was to teach her that lesson instead.

“Why bother? Both ways are beating her indeed. At least slapping is a little bit more decent than caning. But I’ve never slapped anyone before, given my lacking of experience and martial skills, I’m afraid I won’t be able to control my own strength. What if she gets hurt badly? How am I gonna tell the Marquis by then…?

Xuanyuan Sheng observed Mu Yueli’s expression while talking, deliberately emphasizing. As expected, that was exactly what she wanted.

“Your Highness, as a noble prince, it would be inappropriate for you to punish a cheap maid personally. If you don’t mind, I’d like to do it on your behalf.”

Mu Yueli hated Mu Yingxue the most at this time. Seeing that Xuanyuan Sheng had agreed, she couldn’t help laying her intention bare and calling her sister “a cheap maid”. She was startled when she realized that, so she glanced at Xuanyuan Sheng out of guilt.

Xuanyuan Sheng, however, pretended that he didn’t hear that. He fixed his gaze on her, giving her a false impression that she was pitied, “That would be good. Miss Yueli, be careful not to hurt your fair hands just for venting my anger.”

That was quite frivolous for him to say so, but Mu Yueli wasn’t aware of anything abnormal. All she could thought at that time were revenging herself by torturing Mu Yingxue and almost falling for Prince Sheng. She was so excited that her hands even trembled when she finally stood in front of Mu Yingxue.

Xuanyuan Sheng waved his folding fan as he looked at her with a smile, “Don’t be nervous. Just take your time.”

Mu Yueli returned him a screwy smile and showed her ferocious face to Mu Yingxue as she turned around. She had waited long for today. She thought to herself, “Mu Yingxue, you little bitch! I’m gonna beat you to disfigurement!”

Mu Yingxue stepped backwards, as if she was frightened. She took a glance at Xuanyuan Sheng and found him looking at her with confidence. Was she really that capable in his eyes that he was so sure she would not be bullied by this crazy woman? Wouldn’t he be too idle for enjoying the show as a prince?

She despised him inwardly, but the play had to continue. Seeing Mu Yueli approaching, Mu Yingxue stopped after she took two steps back. As soon as Mu Yueli was stunned, she stepped forward and put her hands on the latter’s shoulder, staring at her directly.

“Sister Yueli, what are you doing?”

Mu Yueli wanted to laugh at her for failing to understanding her situation, but under Mu Yingxue’s gaze, her mind went blank and she answered unconsciously, “I’m gonna slap you.”

Mu Yingxue curved her lips upwards as she frowned. But her eyes still focused on hers, “Sister Yueli, I’m frightened. I once heard that being slapped is quite painful.”

Mu Yueli found it strange to be stared like that, but she couldn’t figure that out. She wanted to get rid of her gaze, but was attracted to look further.

“If you make mistakes, you will be punished. Mu Yingxue, it will be superfluous no matter how hard you will resist. Today I will teach you a lesson.”

She tried to recall her original intention in coming here, and say what she wanted to say. However, her monotonous words which were supposed to be menacing failed her, for there was not even the barest hint of cruelty contained therein.

Mu Yueli didn’t know what was wrong with her. Looking at Mu Yingxue’s dark and sharp eyes, she suddenly found her brain no longer functioned as usual. She vaguely heard Mu Yingxue saying, “Yes, if you make mistakes, you will be punished. Is it a mistake to put venomous scorpions into my room secretly? Should you also be punished for that?”

Mu Yueli tried but failed to figure that out, but when she heard the venomous scorpions, the scene of countless poisonous insects crawling around her house almost drove her crazy. Her voice became shrill instantly, “Of course it is, and damn right you should be punished. I’m gonna beat you to death. Bitch, don’t you dare hurt others from now on!”

Then there was Mu Yingxue’s voice echoing in the room, seemingly from the clouds, “Mu Yueli, you ungrateful twat! How dare you put venomous scorpions in Mu Yingxue’s room? Bitch, don’t you dare to hurt others later!”

Mu Yueli was confused as she heard “Mu Yingxue”. Then she heard the venomous scorpions, which stimulated her remaining senses, making her scream all of a sudden. “Slap!” She slapped herself hard.

“Wanker, let’s see if you still have the guts!”

Seeing such a scene, Xuanyuan Sheng suddenly froze. Although he was convinced that Mu Yingxue would deal with Mu Yueli easily, for he had seen her skill, he had never thought that things would turn out this way. Mu Yueli was supposed to slap Mu Yingxue, but in the end she slapped herself.

“Fucking cunt, you’d better reabsorb those disgusting plans back into your doughy body!”

“Slap!”

Mu Yingxue let go of Mu Yueli’s shoulders, sat back at the table and tasted the wine, enjoying Mu Yueli’s monodrama. The entire room was so quiet that they could only hear the slaps of Mu Yueli and her scolding someone as a bitch.

After a while, Xuanyuan Sheng finally started to use his fan again. Observing Mu Yueli, who was concentrated and acted like no one else was present, he suddenly thought of some confusing occult sciences in the Western Regions. He asked Mu Yingxue with great interest, “Is it possible that you can mesmerize others?”

It was just a wild guess, but Mu Yingxue admitted frankly, “Not exactly, but almost the same.”

Intrigued by her answer, Xuanyuan Sheng urged, “Teach me, please, Yingxue, teach me now!” If he could master the mesmerizing skills, he would definitely use it against the crown prince.

Mu Yingxue glanced at him speechlessly, and said, “If it is so easy to learn, everyone will be able to use it on others. Wouldn’t the world fall into chaos by then?”

Xuanyuan Sheng thought what she said made sense. If that was the case, wouldn’t it be very dangerous? If someone practiced it on his father, wouldn’t this country no longer be under the governance of the Xuanyuans? But he was still reluctant to give up, “That being said, learning it for fun would do no harm. Please, just teach me a few tricks.”

Mu Yingxue couldn’t get rid of him, so she had to explain, “It takes at least ten years of practice. Besides, not everyone in this world can easily be manipulated like Mu Yueli. You can only perform it when they are in extreme emotions, or you would get yourself into trouble. You have to know that if you encounter a master of mesmerizing skills, you might even be beat at your own game unconsciously, and the danger of that is unpredictable.”

Xuanyuan Sheng’s expression gradually became strange as he listened to her, and he even said in the end, “Yingxue, you are really a weirdo.”

Mu Yingxue was stunned, and then realized that she had said too much, so she changed the topic, “I am about to go back. Do you want her to continue the play or let her go?”

Xuanyuan Sheng didn’t take it seriously, “It’s your decision to make since she came at you. Why bother to ask me?”

Then the curious baby asked again, “But her cheeks are swollen like buns, and the corners of her mouth are bleeding. Can’t she feel the pain?”

Mu Yingxue felt hopeless. This man always asked her quick questions. She had nothing to say since he was such a studious person.