Reborn Lady: Unparalleled Daughter of Concubine

Chapter 173 Eyes for An Eye, Whole Jaw for a Tooth

Lighted by the sunshine, Xie Ruying was still beautiful and gorgeous, as if she had been a beauty walking out of a painting. No one could tell that her real face had been disfigured.

Walking towards Xie Ruying, Qin Yunuan fired the first shot before she spoke up. “I will keep your secret from others, both there,” Qin Yunuan said coldly and glanced at Xie Ruying’s face. And then she looked down at her belly and continued, “and there. I won’t tell others.”

Qin Yunuan was about to leave when Xie Ruying pulled her sleeve and asked anxiously, “How did you know? I’ve conceived everyone. I even spilled chicken blood on the underwear during my periods. No one has found out, except you, you monster.”

“Miss Xie,” Maner and Ting Xue had kept a distance from them, waiting quietly at the entrance and exit of the slab bridge in case anyone should approach. So, Qin Yunuan did not need to worry about being heard, “Was that your way to beg my help? Really?”

“Who said that I was going to beg you?”

Qin Yunuan glanced at Xie Ruying’s face with her clear and calm eyesight. “Aren’t you intended to ask me who did that to your face?” she sneered.

“Oh, really, was it not you?” Xie Ruying said out of spite.

“Humph,” Qin Yunuan titled, looking at the flaming maple leaves falling to the water, fluttering and causing ripples, “If I had been you, I would first think about who’s the father of the baby.”

Xie Ruying cried out involuntarily, “It was the Second Madam.”

Qin Yunuan raised an eyebrow. She only knew that Xie Ruying was pregnant from Sun Miaoyang. He was a highly skilled doctor indeed. With just one glance, he concluded that Xie Ruying was two months pregnant. So, what Qin Yunuan did not know was the father. Xie Ruying was not a decent person in nature. But to Qin Yunuan’s surprise, she actually had an affair with the Second Master of the West House who was about twenty years older than her. That was a more interesting discovery than what she had expected.

Qin Yunuan remained silent, watching Xie Ruying getting angrier and angrier.

“I know it must be her,” Xie Ruying said to herself, “She always dislike me. Now, she even destroyed my face in such a vicious way. She will have to pay back her whole jaw for a tooth.”

Qin Yunuan titled to avoid eye contact. In a flat tone, she seemed to persuade her, “Revenge doesn’t come cheap. Miss Xie, I’m afraid that you may lose more before paying off those scores. It’s not worth it.”

Xie Ruying glared at Qin Yunuan and then left in a rage after saying that “it was none of your business”.

Watching Xie Ruying walking away, Maner took a silver gown for Qin Yunuan. Bleak and chilly, the weather of the late autumn was getting colder.

“Third Young Madam, why did you do her a favor? Would your warning do any good for us?” Xi’er was too young to figure those things out.

Holding the gown tightly, Qin Yunuan kept walking and then smiled at Xi’er, “First, even though I told her, she does not have the ability to bring down a principal wife. So, her efforts would be in vain. Second, I never said that it was the Second Madam of the West House that did her harm. It was just her own single consent. Besides, she would not dare to drag me into the dirty water even though she had realized that I knew about her baby. Last but not least,” Qin Yunuan fixed her hair and then continued in a flat tone, “The one who harmed her was not the Second Madam.”

“What…?” Now, even Maner was surprised.

The courtyard appeared in a distance. Qin Yunuan slowed down, “The Second Madam of the West House was mean and caustic indeed, but she’s still a shallow person in nature. She doesn’t have the planning or ability to disfigure others. Instead, the most generous and gorgeous one in this mansion is most likely to be the wire puller. Maner, Ting Xue, Xi’er, you are the most trusted people of mine. From now on, remember that you should learn people by their hearts, not their faces.”

They all agreed sincerely. As they had arrived at the gate, they noticed that nurse Liao was not guarding the inner court as usual. Instead, she was waiting by the gate, looking far into the distance anxiously. She came to them at once when she saw Qin Yunuan.

“Why are you so anxious, nurse Liao? Today is the vacation of the Imperial College, isn’t it? Baochuan should be coming back soon. I prepare to make some Green Bean Cookies for him.” Qin Yunuan, who looked exhausted all the way, finally smiled when speaking of Baochuan.