Counterattack of the Concubine’s Invincible Daughter

44. Brought up the Wrong Daughter

Translator: Snowball

Mu Yingxue shot her a piercing glare and said coldly, “Mu Yueli, watch your mouth. I only slap you to better your life. If you have the guts, go ahead your scold and cry. Believe it or not, I will disfigure you today!”

Mu Yueli’s eyes widened in disbelief. She screeched, “Mu Yingxue, what makes you think that you can reprimand me? Did I say anything wrong? Aren’t you unruly to go against the rules?”

It snowed heavier gradually while snow-flakes turned into goose feathers, falling down from the sky.

Mammy Qiao rushed in hastily, and then held Ouyang Ruo up immediately. She didn’t feel relieved until she found Ouyang Ruo was fine.

Mu Yingxue said, “Mammy Qiao, take good care of my mom.” Then she slowly walked to the bench beside her, where her personal maid, Liu’er, lay on it.

She had a stern expression on her face, and her cold aura seemed to be tangible. The servants who had carried out the punishment just now could not help but step back.

Mu Yingxue took Mu Yueli as nothing, which made her feel like she was slapped by Mu Yingxue once again. Seeing that she was trying to save that bitch on the bench, she immediately yelled at the servants, “Are you all blind or something? Stop her!”

“Who dares to stop me?”

Mu Yingxue shouted coldly. Her gaze was full of killing intent as she looked around, so the servants hesitated and did not dare to step forward.

She stood there proudly. There was a strong aura spread around her small body, as if she had the whole world under her feet and people couldn’t help but worship her.

Mu Yingxue squinted and said, “Mu Yueli, now that you’ve reject the chance I offered, don’t blame me for making it hard for you from now on.”

Mu Yueli found that her hands and feet were limp at this time, but she would not lose to Mu Yingxue, the one who had used to be a fool.

She pretended to be scornful and fearless, “Mu Yingxue, stop your meaningless threats. Go ahead and kill me right here if you can. Otherwise, I won’t believe a word of what you said about making it hard for me.”

Humph, she was sure that Mu Yingxue would not kill her in this place. It would be a joke if anyone dared to kill someone in the Marquis’s Mansion!

Unfortunately, she was wrong. Mu Yingxue had already changed.

“You said it yourself!”

With Mu Yueli’s scream sounded, Mu Yingxue passed by everyone on the spot within a blink, and then pressed the foolish and ignorant evil woman to the ground, causing her to gnaw at the mud beneath the snow.

“Do you believe it now?” She approached her and whispered in her ear with a cold breath.

Mu Yueli was completely defenseless. No, she was actually on her guard, having a scissor hidden in her sleeve. But damn it, how did that bitch Mu Yingxue get close to her so quickly?

She was scared, scared to death. Mu Yingxue’s hand was now like a pair of iron pincers, wrapping around her neck, almost making her unable to breathe. She was afraid from the bottom of her heart that Mu Yingxue would rip off her head ruthlessly.

Mu Yingxue sneered like a hunter, looking at her prey, “Mu Yueli, I should have told you that no matter how cheap your life is, it is still your life, so you should cherish it.”

Mu Yueli’s eyes widened. She could feel the grip on her neck tightening inch by inch.

Mu Yingxue stared at her as if she was looking at a dead person. She asked, “Are you part of this trap? If not, maybe you won’t die suffering.”

Mu Yueli was now in extreme fear. It became increasingly difficult for her to breathe. She wanted to shake her head but she couldn’t move even a little.

Just as she was gasping for air and was on the verge of despair, someone finally yelled, “Stop!”

Mu Yueli breathed heavily, trying to turn her head to take a look. However, how could Mu Yingxue let go of her so easily? She asked, “Sister Shuilan, do you want to help her?”

It was Mu Shuilan who had just shouted.

She took two dignified steps forward, but she still kept a safe distance from Mu Yingxue, saying, “Sister Yingxue, don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to help anyone. It’s just life is valuable, and you should know that you will be sentenced to death if you get her killed. Please give it a second thought.”

Mu Yingxue sneered in her heart. If Mu Shuilan was really so righteous and sensible, she should have stopped her when she caught Mu Yueli. Instead, she waited until now. Mu Shuilan, how desperate did she want to show her influence?

Mu Yingxue’s lips quirked up in a half smile, “You are right, Shuilan, a life for a life. It’s not worth dirtying my hands for this bitch. I’d better break one of her arms first.”

Mu Shuilan was shocked. Just as she was about to say something to stop her, she heard a “crack” sound, as if someone had opened the lock.

Mu Yueli didn’t even have the time to let out a groan before she fainted.

Mu Yingxue wiped her hands on her body and smiled as she stood up. However, her smile didn’t even reach her eyes.

“See? Shuilan, I didn’t kill her. She just fainted.” As she spoke, she spread out her hands, as if to say that she had nothing to do with this.

Watching Mu Yueli lying unconscious on the ground, Mu Shuilan failed to force a smile.

Of course, she was not as mindless as Mu Yueli to believe that Mu Yingxue was a fool who could be bullied easily like she had used to be. However, she did not expect her to be so powerful and ruthless now.

Shock and fear mixed up in her heart. She didn’t even have the time to think deeply. Even if Mu Yingxue was no longer stupid, logically speaking, she wouldn’t have been able to break someone’s arm so easily.

“Thank you for your mercy, Sister Yingxue. I wonder whether the anger in your heart has subsided or not?”

Mu Shuilan spoke very politely. She had a feeling that if she went head to head with her today, her mother and she would not have a good result.

Unfortunately, her mother didn’t think so.

“Mu Yingxue, you are too presumptuous!”

Xu Min stood up and walked to Mu Shuilan with Little Jingle in her arms. She rebuked angrily, “Do you still care about the Mu’s Mansion? Do you still care about me, the matriarch of the family?”

Mu Yingxue looked at her coldly and snorted. She was going to untie Liu’er, but when she turned around, she found that there was no one on the bench.

“Xu Min, what do you want?” She turned around and questioned her.

Xu Min was quite proud. No matter how cruel Mu Yingxue was, she was still a little girl. How could she be qualified to be her opponent? When Mu Yingxue was dealing with Mu Yueli just now, she had already sent Liu’er away.

“What do I want?” Stroking Little Jingle’s fur, she said, “I should be the one asking you this question, Mu Yingxue. You took His Majesty’s reward out in the daytime. So someone accused you of privately pawning the royal treasures. Do you plead guilty?”

Mu Yingxue didn’t answer but asked back, “Who’s this someone? Who told you that I pawned the royal rewards in private? And where is the evidence?”

Xu Min didn’t expect that she could ask her in such a righteous manner, so she sneered, “I have a letter as evidence, saying clearly that when you went to the Predestined Match through Gold and Jade and how you made the deal in it.”

Mu Yingxue refuted, “If a letter can be taken seriously, can I write a letter to His Majesty to accuse you of using illegal punishment for no reason, and then you would be the matriarch who is lack of moral ethics?”

“How dare you!” Xu Min shouted angrily, “How can you compare me to you! If you confess today, I will put in a good word for you and lessen your sufferings in front of the marquis and His Majesty. But if you refuse to admit it, I’m afraid that Liu’er will be at the end of her life.”

Mu Yingxue certainly did not care about her threat, but she had to be cautious since Liu’er was still in her hands.

So she neither admitted nor denied, “If you want me to confess, may I ask who sent the letter and how you got it?”

In fact, she didn’t think that Xu Min would tell her the answer directly, and this question was a bit unnecessary, not to mention that she already knew the answer in her heart. The truth was, even if Xu Min didn’t tell her the answer, it didn’t matter. She just needed to buy some time to look for where Liu’er was hidden through her vision.

It hadn’t been long since she taught Mu Yueli a lesson, so Liu’er couldn’t have been taken far away.

Xu Min was very complacent when she heard this, but she didn’t want to tell the truth, “Why should I tell you that? Besides, that doesn’t even matter.”

Mu Yingxue squinted, concentrating on her vision. But in other people’s eyes, she was dissatisfied with Xu Min’s answer.

Mu Shuilan was obviously more cautious and cunning than her mother. She said, “Sister Yingxue, since you want to know who wrote the letter, I can tell you that.”

Mu Yingxue was surprised to hear this, wondering what Mu Shuilan was plotting. In fact, Mu Shuilan was very afraid of her after witnessing how she had lectured Mu Yueli.

She said, “It’s Miss Mei. She saw you walking in and out of the pawnshop with the royal treasures, so she wrote a letter to Sister Yueli. You know, they are friends.”

As expected, it was Mei Qianqian. Hum, Mu Yueli was indeed part of this incident. It seemed that breaking one arm was too merciful.

Mu Shuilan was curious to notice that Mu Yingxue seemed to be indifferent to her words, so she asked, “Don’t you believe what I said?”

Mu Yingxue said, “Does it make any difference whether I believe you or not?”

Mu Shuilan was stunned, “Didn’t you…”

Before she could finish her question, Mu Yingxue had already rushed to the kitchen with all her strength.

Xu Min was also shocked. She had already been told from the approval of the servant—Mu Yingxue had really found Liu’er’s whereabouts within such a short time. That was simply absurd.

She was about to command the servant to stop them, but it was too late.

Mu Yingxue had already carried Liu’er out and put her beside Ouyang Ruo and Mammy Qiao.

Feeling Liu’er’s pulse, she found that although Liu’er’s breath was a little weak, she was breathing normally. So she said, “Mammy Qiao, please take my mom and Liu’er back first. Apply some medicine for her.”

Mammy Qiao nodded, but Ouyang Ruo was worried about her and refused to go back first.

Xu Min panicked to lose the bargaining chip to hold her down. When she saw Mu Yingxue approaching her step by step, she shouted, “Mu Yingxue, don’t you dare!”

Mu Yingxue stopped and suddenly said, “Xu Min, has anyone told you that your manner of speaking is very similar to that of Mu Yueli? Oh no, it is Mu Yueli who is more like you than Sister Shuilan. I’m really worried you’ve brought up the wrong daughter.”