“Catch this little beast!”
“Disobedient creatures deserve proper punishment!”
Familiar yet distant voices echoed in her ears, leaving Ye Zhen somewhat bewildered.
Before her was Granny Feng’s vicious, contorted face.
She had already died.
How could this wicked servant chase her all the way to the underworld?
Outrageous!
Absolutely outrageous!
She kicked out with her foot.
But missed?!
Ye Zhen felt utterly weak, pinned to the bed by two burly matrons. Her forcefully kicked leg was caught limply by someone.
Something furry crawled up her trouser leg.
A sharp pain shot through her ankle—claws tearing through skin.
This scene…
Realization dawned on Ye Zhen, sending shockwaves through her heart.
But before she could process it, Granny Feng’s shrill voice pierced the air again.
“I’ll beat you to death, you promiscuous wretch! You cheap harlot, daring to lust around behind your master’s back. Today, this old woman will teach you a proper lesson.”
She wielded a club, violently striking the wild cat trapped in Ye Zhen’s trousers.
Though cursing the cat, her venomous gaze remained fixed on Ye Zhen.
Her eyes gleamed with malicious cruelty!
The beaten cat scrambled in panic inside Ye Zhen’s pant leg, its razor-sharp claws carving deep bloody gashes across her thighs.
The searing pain finally confirmed it: She had been reborn!
Ye Zhen nearly wept with joy, only to be immediately overwhelmed by torrential hatred.
She had been married into the Zhongyong Hou Estate for three years, widowed before even consummating the marriage.
She had strictly observed family rules and feminine virtues, dutifully served her mother-in-law, kindly treated her siblings-in-law, and devoted herself wholeheartedly to being the perfect Xie family wife.
Yet her mother-in-law had deceived her into going to the estate, ordering her confidante Granny Feng to drug her, subject her to cat torture, and destroy her chastity with clubs.
In her previous life, drugged with Suan Jin San and powerless to resist, she had been shredded bloody by the wild cat.
Trapped in the room without medical care, her wounds festered into pus.
Only then did her mother-in-law ostentatiously bring her back to the estate, even hiring a famous female physician from Jingcheng to treat her.
But soon, rumors spread throughout Jingcheng’s streets and alleys that she had contracted a filthy disease, her body rotting away.
A widow with such an illness—the world would only condemn her as unchaste and deserving.
Immediately afterwards, rumors emerged that Ye Zhen had been unchaste before marriage and, fearing discovery by her husband, hired assassins to kill him.
She became known as a wanton woman, a venomous wife in the eyes of society.
Deserving execution by all!
Commoners even gathered outside the estate gates, demanding she be drowned or burned.
Her mother-in-law publicly wept and pleaded for mercy, claiming heaven valued life and she deserved a chance to repent, earning widespread praise for her benevolence.
Privately, she locked Ye Zhen in a dilapidated room, tormenting her endlessly…
Ye Zhen closed her eyes, enduring the leg pain while discreetly prying open the bell on her silver bracelet.
Inside the bell was the Detoxification Pill she had stored for emergencies.
In her past life, she missed the chance to retrieve the antidote—Granny Feng snatched the bracelet, marking the beginning of her tragic fate.
Since heaven granted her a chance to turn the tables, she must not waste it!
But just as she pried open the bell, Granny Feng’s shrewd eyes swept over.
A chill ran down Ye Zhen’s spine!
In her shock from rebirth and fixation on the antidote, she had forgotten to struggle—this abnormality had aroused Granny Feng’s suspicion.
“It hurts! Let me go!”
“I am the young mistress! How dare you treat me like this!”
“When we return to the estate, I will tell my mother-in-law. Servants bullying their master is a capital offense—she will not spare you!”
Ye Zhen feigned furious shouts, wildly thrashing her limbs, though with little strength.
Granny Feng’s doubts vanished, her eyes filled with scorn as she mocked Ye Zhen’s naivety.
Without the madam’s orders, how would she dare treat Ye Zhen this way?
“What is the young madam saying? It’s this wretched little beast who doesn’t know her place, disturbing you. We servants are just teaching the little beast a lesson on your behalf!”
After speaking, she swung her club while stripping all the jewelry from Ye Zhen’s body.
Including that silver bracelet.
Ye Zhen was in so much pain that sweat beaded on her forehead, and she struggled even more fiercely.
Granny Feng watched as Ye Zhen, writhing in agony like a shrimp with its vein removed, arched her entire body and trembled uncontrollably.
Her expression grew peculiarly excited.
“Little beast, struggling is futile. No one can save you today.”
“If you beg for mercy, this old woman might show some compassion and leave you with a bit of strength.”
Having been ordered around as a servant her whole life, finally being able to bully her mistress gave her a strange thrill.
But she failed to notice that Ye Zhen’s arched posture was to secretly slip a pill into her mouth.
Moments later.
The shrimp-like figure suddenly sprang up, kicking Granny Feng flying.
The pain left Granny Feng’s mind blank, unable to react for a long moment.
The two other matrons pinning Ye Zhen down were also stunned.
Seizing the opportunity, Ye Zhen tore her trouser leg and released the wildcat, then strode toward Granny Feng with bloodshot eyes.
“Old beast, now it’s your turn to wonder who can save you today.”
“You… how could you?”
Granny Feng was shocked.
She had personally watched Ye Zhen drink the drugged soup.
That drug was so potent that even a peerless master would become limp and compliant after consuming it.
Ye Zhen had indeed been like that moments before.
“Grab her now!”
She shouted at the two matrons.
It must be a final burst of strength from a dying struggle, and she had been caught off guard.
As she tried to stand up using her hands for support, Ye Zhen quickly circled behind her and delivered another kick to her buttocks.
Thud!
Granny Feng was sent tumbling forward, rolling over before landing heavily face-down.
“Bitch… you slut… ah…”
She screamed, but before she could finish her curses, Ye Zhen brutally snapped one matron’s neck and slammed the obese corpse onto Granny Feng’s waist.
Granny Feng spat out a mouthful of blood as she heard the sound of her lumbar vertebrae and ribs cracking. The pain made her vision flicker black.
The other matron, though seeing Ye Zhen had regained strength, relied on her own martial skills and reached for the dagger at her waist to confront Ye Zhen.
But in a blur of movement, before she could see anything clearly, the dagger had pierced through her own heart.
Ye Zhen decisively eliminated both women.
With her helpers dead, Granny Feng felt fear rising.
“Young madam, don’t kill me! I can tell you a secret about the Second Young Master.”
The Second Young Master she referred to was Ye Zhen’s husband, Xie Yunzhou.
The murderous intent on Ye Zhen’s face didn’t diminish in the slightest. Not daring to beat around the bush, Granny Feng continued, “The Second Young Master isn’t dead. He’ll be returning to the manor soon.”
“I was the Second Young Master’s wet nurse. He has always respected me somewhat. If I put in a good word for you, he’s sure to show you more affection…”
No woman wouldn’t yearn for her husband’s attention, especially Ye Zhen who had been widowed for three years.
She needed to preserve her life to have a chance to seek revenge for today’s humiliation.
However, Ye Zhen merely sneered coldly, dislocated Granny Feng’s jaw, straightened her own clothes, then dragged Granny Feng out the door.
Of course she knew Xie Yunzhou wasn’t dead. She also knew he was currently at this very estate… engaged in passionate affairs with his guards.
He didn’t like women but had married her as camouflage, ultimately going so far as to fake his death to avoid sharing a bed with her.
Now that he wanted to return, he had conspired with the Marquess’s wife to eliminate her.
This way, he could avoid Ye Zhen discovering his bad habits, divert public attention, and then reappear as the victim.
His schemes were so loud even the King of Hell underground could hear them.
In her previous life, Xie Yunzhou had appeared after her ruin. No one questioned the truth of what happened back then; instead, he gained endless sympathy.
Since he enjoyed playing dead, in this life, Ye Zhen would personally send him to report to the underworld!