"Miss…Please wake up! It's all this servant's fault for not taking good care of you…Hurry up and wake up. If anything happens to you, Ah Zhu won't be able to live..."
March of the third year of Kaiyuan, Jinling.
The fifth daughter of the Lin family, Lin Qinghan, had been unconscious for three days because she had fallen off the cliff. Now, she had a high fever again.
The doctors who came to see the patients either shook their heads and said that they were powerless, or prescribed some prescriptions to promote blood circulation and reduce fever for them to recuperate quietly. There were also several doctors who said that if the high fever did not go down, they might become stupid even if they woke up. The doctors changed one after another, but Lin Qinghan never woke up. Instead, her physical condition worsened.
Her personal servant, Ah Zhu, knelt beside Lin Qinghan's bed and held her hand tightly. She looked at Lin Qinghan's pale face and held back the tears in her eyes. Then, she picked up the medicine and fed it to Lin Qinghan one mouthful at a time. Then, she used a soft cloth to gently wipe away the medicine that had not been fed on her face.
The sky outside the window was already bright. The spring breeze of March blew into Jin Ling city, brushing through the windows of everyone. The entire Jin Ling city was full of vitality. Only this house was shrouded in sorrow and anxiety because of Lin Qinghan's fall from the cliff.
The unconscious Lin Qinghan's forehead became hot and her body began to tremble. Ah Zhu quickly covered Lin Qinghan with another blanket. This was already the fifth blanket.
It was all her fault for not taking good care of the young miss. If she had insisted on following the young miss back then, she would not have lost her footing and fallen off the cliff…
She knelt by Lin Qinghan's bed and could no longer hold back her tears.
The unconscious Qinghan's fingertips twitched slightly as her consciousness slowly recovered. She felt as if she had a long, sad dream. At the end of the dream was a sharp pain that swept through her entire body. It was despair and mockery.
Don't... I don't want to die! She struggled desperately, using all her strength to break free from this dream…Finally, a ray of light shone into Lin Qinghan's dark space and she felt a breeze.
"Where am I? Are we in the netherworld?"
Ah Zhu looked at the dazed Miss who had yet to wake up and was full of nonsense. Her eyes widened, and she was both surprised and worried."Miss, why are you talking nonsense from the fever? Why are you going to hell?”
"You lied to me…They all lied to me…Why did you betray me…Let me go... Let me go!"
"Miss, what are you saying? Miss, wake up. Why are you talking nonsense again? Please wake up, the doctor said that if you don't make it through the night, I'm afraid you'll…sob…"
Ah Zhu couldn't be bothered to call the doctors and madams over. Thinking that the young lady who grew up with her and loved her so much might have been burned into a fool, she cried anxiously and called out to Lin Qinghan.
My head hurts…
This was the first thing that came to Qinghan's mind when he opened his eyes. Then, a crying little girl entered his field of vision.
Just now, she was in a hurry to shout for the young miss to wake up. When she really woke up, the little servant girl's mouth was half open. She forgot to cry and forget to speak. Of course, she also forgot the snot and tears that were still hanging on her face.
"Miss, you're really awake!" After confirming that Lin Qinghan had really woken up, the servant girl started to cry.
Lin Qinghan held his forehead in confusion. Didn't he die a bloody death? Wasn't his face cruelly disfigured by his sister with charcoal and a dagger, and then stabbed in the heart by that man with a dagger, dying in pain and despair? At the thought of this, she felt her chest tighten again.
And now, there was only a gentle breeze with the smell of grass, a gauze tent that swayed gently in the wind, and Ah Zhu, who had clearly been killed by those people. There was no pain from burning charcoal, no smell of blood, no burning hatred and pain.
"Ah Zhu, are we still alive?"
Lin Qinghan called out to Zhu and subconsciously touched his face. His face was still intact.
"Miss, you're finally awake. You scared Ah Zhu to death! It's great that you're awake!"
Ah Zhu excitedly jumped around the bed a few times.
The breeze of early spring, the soft gauze curtain, herself who had just woken up after falling off the cliff, and Ah Zhu who was jumping around…
This scene was so familiar…Oh right, I remember now. Wasn't this the year she turned fifteen? That year, she had a coming-of-age ceremony at her maternal grandfather's house in Jinling. In the early spring of March, her father decided to let her stepmother and sister come to Jiangling to bring her back to live in the capital.
His half-sister, Lin Qingxue, was very interested in the scenery of Jiangling. It was March, so she asked her to go on a spring trip three days before returning to the capital to see the beautiful scenery of Jinling.
On the day of the spring outing, Lin Qingxue held Lin Qinghan's hand and laughed happily. The two girls had a good time together, and Lin Qinghan was so happy because he had such a caring sister.
Lin Qingxue used the reason that she couldn't enjoy herself with so many people to stop the servants from following her and went to play. Then she found an excuse to send away their personal maids.
They followed the path to a steep cliff. Before Lin Qinghan could react, he was suddenly pushed down the cliff by his sister.
When she woke up, Lin Qingxue cried and begged, saying that she had tripped on a rock and accidentally knocked her down the cliff. If her mother knew, she would be severely punished. She begged her not to tell her mother. Lin Qinghan believed her sister's words and his heart softened. He told everyone that he had accidentally fallen down when he was walking.
However, immediately after, the entire capital inexplicably spread rumors that the fifth daughter of the Lin family, who had returned from Jinling, had fallen off a cliff and hurt her head. Moreover, before she fell off the cliff, she was an idiot who could not even walk steadily.
Lin Qinghan didn't expect to be reborn at this time, returning to three days before he left Jinling three years ago. She didn't know if she should be happy or sad.
The heavens allowed her to be reborn, but they also preserved the memories of her previous life…
The memories of being deceived for a lifetime, losing brothers and sisters, being betrayed by the people they loved, the grief and helplessness of being unable to resist when they were on the verge of death…
She thought of herself, who was tied to a pillar in a red wedding dress and whipped until her flesh was a mess. In front of her, her sister, who had always been kind and gentle in her heart, was laughing at her." Mother is right. The four of you are idiots.”
With a ripping sound, the skin on her face, which was as thin as a cicada's wing, was torn off by her sister. She herself did not know that there was this on her face.
"You are just like your slut mother. So what if you are as beautiful as a fairy? You still lost to my mother and me."
Lin Qingxue looked at her with a jealous expression. She picked up a piece of charcoal with one hand and a dagger with the other, stabbing it at Lin Qinghan's face.
Amidst a series of painful and desperate screams, the face that had only been revealed for a moment and made his sister jealous to the point of going crazy instantly became a bloody mess. It was neither human nor ghost.
Her body trembled beyond recognition. She used her last bit of strength to gather her weak breath."Today, I am married to the Fifth Prince. If the Fifth Prince finds out that you have harmed me like this, he will definitely not let you off.”
"Hahaha…you're truly worthy of being the son of your stupid mother. You're actually so stupid. Think about it, if it wasn't for the Fifth Prince's instructions, how could I have dared to do this?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a man walked out from the shadows. It was the Fifth Prince."Now that things have come to this, there is no need to hide it from you. How can this prince not like your sister, the number one beauty of the capital, and like you, an extremely stupid fool? Lin Qinghan, since you like me, then die for me.”Before he could finish his words, a dagger stabbed into Lin Qinghan's heart.
Then, he held Lin Qingxue's hand and left.
Lin Qinghan, this is the man you love. He has never loved you, not even once. The dagger stabbed into his heart. It really hurt!
She wanted to scream, but she couldn't make a sound. She wanted to cry, but she couldn't shed any tears. She could only helplessly let out a bitter smile. It was so cold…Her vision gradually blurred. Eighteen years of her life had ended just like that.
"Miss, Miss!"
Ah Zhu's shout brought Lin Qinghan back to reality. She retracted her thoughts and tried to calm herself down.
Ah Zhu tilted her head and thought. Just now, Miss's eyes were dark and seemed to be a little different from before. Perhaps she was frightened by the fall and felt wronged.
Seeing that Miss's eyes had returned to normal, Ah Zhu quickly said,""Miss, the doctor has already seen you. You're fine. That's great! I've already informed Madam and the others. They'll come to see you in a while.”
"Miss, this servant might be thinking too much. Miss Qingxue pushed you off the cliff today and might harm you in the future. You can't not pay attention!"
Lin Qinghan pondered for a moment. Hearing Lin Qingxue's name, she still had a lingering fear.
He recalled that in his previous life, he had been deceived by that mother and daughter. He had treated Ah Zhu's many reminders as gossip and told tales. In the end, Ah Zhu was expelled from the Lin Manor and was secretly killed by that mother and daughter. She was even closer to the mother and daughter, which was why she ended up like this.
"I'll be careful. Ah Zhu, thank you.”
This thank you was slowly filled with guilt and sincerity.
Miss's change in attitude towards this matter made Ah Zhu a little stunned.
Ah Zhu was Lin Qinghan's personal servant girl. They were of similar age and had grown up together. Although they were master and servant, their relationship was like that of family and sisters.
The First Madam of the Minister of Works, Master Lin, had left early, and the current First Madam, Madam Xie, was a concubine. The young lady had lost her mother since she was a child. Her maternal grandfather, the Wang family, was a wealthy merchant in Jinling. He blamed the Lin family for her daughter's early death after marrying into the Lin family. He also felt sorry for the orphan girl, so he took Lin Qinghan back to Jinling to take care of her.
Seeing that Lin Qinghan was already fifteen years old and had reached the age to arrange a marriage, Lin Qinghan's parents had to decide. Although Lin Qinghan had lost her mother when she was young, her father was still alive, so Father Lin had the intention of bringing Lin Qinghan back to the capital.
Although he had the love of his grandparents in Jinling, Lin Qinghan had never experienced motherly love since he was young. After his stepmother came to Jinling and received the love of his stepmother and daughter, Lin Qingxue, he was extremely grateful, so he didn't allow anyone to say anything bad about this mother and daughter.
Every time Ah Zhu reminded Miss to be wary of the stepmother and daughter, she would be scolded by Miss, but today's situation seemed to be different from the past.
"Ah Zhu, since I'm already fine, don't trouble the elders to come over. Let's go over.”
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