CHAPTER 19: CHAPTER 18: SEVERING TIES WITH THE MARQUIS RESIDENCE

Pei Yuncheng’s tone was strained, "Five years in Tomb Guard City, wasn’t it endured the same way? What did Yunzhi do wrong again? Wasn’t it Pei Yunqi who was wrong? If he hadn’t claimed the blood on his own and said it was Yunzhi’s offering, we wouldn’t have misunderstood her, right? And didn’t she have her own mouth to tell us?"

The pain tugged at his heart as well, but the instinct to protect Pei Yunzhi for so many years still made him speak those words unconsciously.

"Five years in Tomb Guard City?"

Yu Nianzhao’s eyes glinted with cold intent, "Scheming treacheries during the day, entangled by evil spirits at night, and guarding against being sacrificed by companions under the full moon, your description makes living day by day sound so light? Pei Yuncheng, you are even more despicable than Pei Yunqi."

Pei Yuncheng’s face looked grim, and his lowered hand clenched into a fist, "I didn’t mean it like that, I’m just saying... at least you came out alive."

Yu Nianzhao retorted coldly, "Her birth mother coveted wealth and let her enjoy the noble life of a Marquis’s daughter for sixteen years. Why shouldn’t she go to Tomb Guard City? You keep saying everything has passed, but in my heart, this barrier will never pass. My life has long been buried in Tomb Guard City. No amount of your apologies can bring back my life. The moment you sacrificed me, you should have known it was only a matter of time before you lost me. Why put on a facade here, who are you performing for?"

Her words struck truth, yet they were indeed the facts.

Yu Nianzhao’s body had been killed while in Tomb Guard City.

The grievances between her and the Pei Family were completely severed from the moment of her death.

Now she traverses the world using this body, walking her path from the underworld, how does it concern them?

"Wuuu... wuuu..."

Pei Yunzhi sobbed sorrowfully.

Pei Yuncheng felt a stab of pain in his heart as well, lowering his eyes, "Talking about life and death, aren’t you living just fine?"

Ms Lien cried, "Zhaozhao, mother knows she was wrong, can’t you give me a chance to make up for it?"

Pei Yunqing spoke bitterly, "Zhaozhao, as long as you are willing to come home, you can make any request."

Yu Nianzhao casually said, "Including asking Pei Yunzhi to leave the Marquis’s mansion?"

"This..."

Ms Lien hesitated, although she felt pained by Pei Yunzhi’s lies causing estrangement with her biological daughter.

Yet, Pei Yunzhi was raised under her wing for sixteen years, truly make her leave, she couldn’t bear it.

"Wuuu... wuuu... mother, father, elder brother, second brother..."

Pei Yunzhi cried uncontrollably, her sobbing almost choking her.

The members of the Pei Family were not heartless, and all felt compassion.

Yu Nianzhao had been mentally prepared, continued saying, "Don’t make her leave, that’s fine, as long as she can, like me, enter Tomb Guard City for five years, and then come out as the legitimate daughter of the Pei Family, I won’t have any further doubts."

Pei Yunzhi’s crying suddenly stopped.

What a joke!

She would never go to Tomb Guard City!

Otherwise, wouldn’t her previous stratagems be wasted?

"Zhaozhao sister really can’t tolerate me?"

Pei Yunzhi’s tears fell easily, "If only I leave can let our parents reunite the family, then I will leave, for Zhaozhao sister’s sake."

She stepped back to advance, making a stance as if beginning to walk out.

"Yunzhi, don’t leave, mother didn’t mean that."

Ms Lien softened.

"Yunzhi, you will always be my sister, isn’t it just Tomb Guard City? Even if dangerous, what then, Yu Nianzhao wasn’t the only one who came out of it? If forced like this, then I will replace you and venture into Tomb Guard City!"

Pei Yuncheng didn’t want Pei Yunzhi to leave, his words were shocking.

Pei Yunzhi’s eyes showed a trace of joy, this was the desired effect she wanted.

Ms Lien was anxious, "What nonsense are you talking? For now, the Marquis’s mansion doesn’t plan to send anyone to Tomb Guard City, why are you eager to go?"

Pei Yuanzheng frowned, disagreed, "Are you looking to die? I do not agree! This farce should also come to an end."

Pei Yuanzheng, as Marquis Wu’an, still carried authority.

"Zhaozhao, I know you harbor resentment, but what has passed has passed, let it go when possible, for hereafter you will be the legitimate daughter of the Pei Mansion, by then I will announce your status, everything belonging to you will return to your side."

Pei Yunzhi felt indignant, but at this moment, she dared not utter another word.

"No need!"

Yu Nianzhao resolutely refused, her brows coolly indifferent, "I knew it would come to this, today I came to the Marquis’s mansion not to reconcile with you, but following this bloodline, to settle things, I want to officially sever ties with you."

Everyone in the Pei Family’s faces changed collectively.

Pei Yuanzheng angrily said, "Yu Nianzhao, is it necessary? Have you not tired of causing trouble? Must you create chaos throughout the Pei Mansion for you to stop?"

Ms Lien was distressed, "Zhaozhao, stop being so headstrong, mother knows your heart aches, I said, hereafter you will be the eldest legitimate daughter of the Pei Mansion, listen obediently, alright?"

Pei Yuncheng gritted his teeth, "Yu Nianzhao, must you drive sister Yunzhi away before you relent? How can you be so selfish, after she leaves the Pei Mansion, how can she survive?"

Only Pei Yunqing spoke softly, "Zhaozhao is right, her suffering, none of us endured it, so why should we forgive her? Whatever she says, I agree with."

"Elder brother, are you crazy? That’s Yunzhi, our sister we’ve cherished for sixteen years!"

Pei Yuncheng looked at him incredulously, thinking he was brainwashed by Yu Nianzhao.

Pei Yunqing sighed softly, repeating again, "Zhaozhao is our real sister."

Ms Jiang couldn’t stand it anymore, she put her hands on her hips, angrily said, "I spit! What kind of people are you in the Marquis’s mansion? Are you worthy of being Zhaozhao’s family? One talks better than they sing!"

She pointed at Ms Lien and scolded, "Are you worthy of being Zhaozhao’s mother? Have you seen the scars all over her body? A young girl with fair skin, yet covered in various scars. I’ve served in the palace for so many years, and not even prisoners have suffered like Zhaozhao. That’s your daughter you’ve carried for ten months, yet she’s no match for a counterfeit, right? Not to mention she honored you by bleeding and treating your illness when she returned to the mansion, see what you’ve wrecked her into, you’re audacious enough to criticize her here? I’m so mad just hearing it."

"Zhaozhao, is everything she said true? Your body really..."

Ms Lien swayed, pale in her complexion, looked toward Yu Nianzhao’s neck, and actually, if examined closely, scars could already be seen.

Ms Lien felt her heart being sliced.

"Humph, putting on a facade!"

Ms Jiang disdainfully glanced at Ms Lien, turned and drew Yu Nianzhao close, "Zhaozhao, let’s go, Ms Jiang will take you back to Prince Su Mansion. If not welcome here, there’s somewhere else that welcomes us, the Pei Family treats you as grass, but Prince Su Mansion treats you as a treasure."

Yu Nianzhao gave her a slight smile, "Alright, Ms Jiang, let’s go, I’ve long wanted to leave this tormenting place."

Pei Yuanzheng was enraged, "Wait, Yu Nianzhao, if you leave the Marquis’s mansion today, do you truly intend to sever ties with the Marquis’s mansion?"

Yu Nianzhao paused, innocently blinked, "I thought my words were sincere, can’t you see? From start to finish, I have only one aim, which is to sever the ties with the Marquis’s mansion, this is indisputable. Some people labor to obtain what I discard like refuse!"