CHAPTER 788: CHAPTER 792: LUCK BAG, NOW ONLINE (27)

The person snorted coldly and said, "Do you really think you are a bearer of good fortune?"

She countered, "Am I not?"

"The heir’s wife of Ningguo Mansion had three births, all girls, and even with a well-known doctor and midwife for the fourth birth, who all said it was another girl, it was I... I said this birth would be a boy. Indeed, a boy was born."

"Moreover, the young miss of the Right Minister’s family had a birthmark on her face and felt too inferior to meet others. After interacting with me for three days, she coincidentally encountered a traveling doctor who cured her chronic condition in one go."

"And there is more..." In order to increase her own value, she recounted all the incidents she could remember, one by one.

Then she said expectantly, "All I wanted to illustrate is that I truly can bring good luck to others."

She still had some confidence in this respect.

If she hadn’t been of value, why would the Eldest Prince and the Second Prince look at her differently?

Even the Emperor, who executed the other members of the Chang family, still couldn’t bear to kill her, making her a noble in the palace.

Despite harboring some misgivings about being previously called a disaster star by this person, she was quite certain that she could persuade him.

Even if his intentions were not good, the fact that he had brought her here meant he must be seeking something.

She waited for him to reveal his purpose.

But this time... she truly was expecting too much.

If he had truly come to seek revenge, there wasn’t the slightest exaggeration in his claim.

He even used the facts to shatter her illusions, utterly destroying everything she had relied on.

She listened as the person sneered, looking at something filthy as he said, "You’ve forgotten that in the palace, you were out of the loop, unaware of many things."

"Only when you mentioned these people did I remember that they are all looking for you."

"The heir’s wife of Ningguo Mansion did give birth to what initially appeared to be a boy, but now... just a few days ago, Ningguo Mansion killed and sold off a batch of servants. Officially, they said these servants were unclean in their actions, but in truth... it was because they knew secrets they shouldn’t have."

"Those people all served close to that precious young master."

"Yet there are no walls without cracks. The more Ningguo Mansion tries to conceal it, the more attention and curiosity it draws from others. It is said that the young master is actually a genderless monster. As he grew, it was discovered by those who served him closely that his body had both male and female characteristics."

"Some say it should have been a girl, according to the original expectation of the lady, and it was because of your involvement... that it turned out to be a genderless monster."

If Su Li were here, she would know that this is what modern times call an intersex person.

Hermaphroditism is a sexual deformity caused by abnormal differentiation during the embryonic development stage. However, in this era, ancient people couldn’t understand it and could only attribute it to the mysterious and supernatural.

The person, seemingly unwilling to let her off, continued to throw explosive topics.

"Furthermore, the young miss of the Right Minister’s family did cure her birthmark, but ended up being seduced by the traveling doctor, secretly becoming pregnant, which almost drove the Right Minister insane. The Right Minister’s Wife blames it all on you, saying that if it weren’t for you, the young miss of the Right Minister’s family would merely have had a small blemish in beauty. When marrying off, what matters is virtue, and for a concubine, beauty. With the status of the Right Minister’s family, their daughter’s marriage prospects would not be ruined by mere appearance."

"Now their young miss is completely ruined, and the Right Minister has made it clear that he will make you pay."

"If I hadn’t taken you away first, you would have fallen into their hands, just imagine how wonderful your end would have been."

In her heart, she knew that these people were merely venting their anger on her because they saw her fall from grace.

If she still held her former status, would they dare to attribute these reasons to her?

"And you..." she asked.

"In the past, I had an older sister who was straightforward and didn’t understand subtlety. Just because she said that you lacked manners at a banquet, she returned with sores in her mouth. She had already settled a marriage, but because she had offended you, rumors of her indecency spread everywhere, and her fiancé canceled the engagement in person. Unable to bear the humiliation, my sister went into the mountains and stayed with the Buddha."

She couldn’t recall who this person in his story was.

Because, over these past few years, she had offended far too many people.

She somewhat couldn’t believe what this person had said...

How could it be like this? It wasn’t supposed to be this way.

"Even if I let you go now, would you dare to leave?"

To tell the truth, she didn’t dare.

Those with power could now crush her with just a flick of their fingers.

What happened later... what happened afterward?

Oh, that person whip-lashed himself for a while but didn’t take her life, only because his sister’s former fiancé had, for some reason, angered the current Emperor, and his family was directly raided and destroyed.

That person also felt very fortunate that his sister hadn’t married into that family; otherwise, her fate would have been even more tragic than it was now.

"The money on you can be seen as an apology gift for my sister."

Then he chased her out.

After she came out, she didn’t dare show her true face. In fact, it wasn’t just the Ningguo Mansion and the Right Minister’s family who were looking for her, but several other families as well.

Some were people she had offended before, while others were in the same situation as the Ningguo Mansion.

For a fragile woman to seek survival in such times was terribly difficult; she truly had enough of the days spent in hiding.

She was already very tired and sometimes thought, if she had gone with the people from the Chang Residence back then, it would have been better.

As she waited for those memories to scatter one by one, she felt that she might be dying.

It is said that only when a person is about to die do they review their life experiences one by one.

If there is a next life, she will surely live an honest life.

But this truth, she understood too late.

The next day, it snowed heavily all night, up to the height of an adult’s lower leg.

When people on the street cleared the snow, a frozen corpse was found among it.

Those who saw it were not surprised; such weather every year claimed lives.

Probably a wanderer without children or a little beggar.

With a toss of turf, she ended up in the burial ground.

Chang Zuojiao’s end was even worse than in her previous life, which was also lamentable.

In her previous life, at least she was the daughter of Duke Zhen’s Mansion in name, and her accidental death was properly handled by Duke Zhen’s Mansion. She didn’t end up a lonely ghost wandering the wild, her body devoured by stray dogs.

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Extra (2)

Mrs. Qiao, no, Ms. Shi now, her newly issued travel permit stated she was a young widow.

Xiangzhang Court was missing a Miss Li, but the world had now gained a Ms. Shi.

Gazing at the city gates that were slowly fading out of sight, Ms. Shi felt thoroughly relieved.

Once she found a secluded place to take in one or two orphans, no one would ever know of her past.