Outside Fengjing City, at the mass grave.
The night was pitch black and terrifyingly silent. Through the dim shadows, three indistinct figures carried a corpse and walked over.
"That's enough, just dump her here."
"Wild wolf packs often roam here. Is it really okay to just leave her? What if someone discovers her..."
"What are you afraid of? It's the middle of the night, and there isn't a soul for ten li around. If I don't say anything and you don't say anything, who will know?"
"But she is, after all, the Eldest Young Lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion..."
The woman leading them looked down at the female corpse with disdain. "Hmph, what Eldest Young Lady? A foolish good-for-nothing who got pregnant with an illegitimate child by sleeping around. The Prime Minister is eager to be rid of this daughter."
"Enough, you two go wait for me down the mountain."
After sending the two household retainers away, the woman immediately squatted down and rummaged through the female corpse, muttering to herself.
"People die for wealth, birds die for food. I didn't want to harm you, but the Second Young Lady gave too much. If you blame anyone, blame yourself for blocking someone's path. Eldest Young Lady, may you pass on early and be reborn quickly, and in your next life, open your eyes wider and be born into a better family. I served you for a while, so taking some jewelry to support myself isn't too much, right..."
Xiao Hong was diligently searching, completely unaware that the fingers of the female corpse had suddenly twitched.
"I'm rich, I'm rich! I didn't expect this good-for-nothing to be hiding so many valuable things on her..."
Xiao Chun held the jewelry and jade pendant, ecstatic, but failed to notice the female corpse beside her slowly sitting up from the ground.
"Do you like it?"
"Of course, I like it!"
Xiao Chun subconsciously answered aloud, only realizing something was wrong after speaking.
She mechanically and slowly turned her head, only to see that the Eldest Young Lady, who should have been dead for a long time, was now sitting upright, staring directly at her with wide-open eyes.
"Ah—"
"With such little courage, you still dared to plot murder for money?"
Watching the maidservant faint from fright, Mu Ning clicked her tongue lightly, then surveyed her surroundings while absorbing and processing the unfamiliar memories flooding her mind.
A quarter of an hour later, Mu Ning finally understood her predicament.
She had transmigrated.
From a revered Divine Doctor, she had crossed over to another world, becoming the Legitimate Daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Eastern Phoenix Kingdom.
Although the Original Host possessed high status, her actual life was worse than that of a servant. Her biological father didn't love her, her elder brother didn't care for her, and she was schemed against by her stepmother and stepsister, leading to her reputation being ruined and her being betrayed and killed by her own maidservant.
"Awooo—"
Hearing the mournful howl of wolves from a distance, Mu Ning realized she couldn't stay here long. Just as she was about to get up and leave, a large gush of warm fluid suddenly surged from beneath her.
Mu Ning's first reaction was that this body had suffered a severe injury.
But when she lowered her head to check, she was shocked to find that what was flowing out of her body was not blood, but amniotic fluid!
Thank the heavens for this gift—suddenly becoming a mother?!
"Awooo awooo—"
The wolf howls grew from distant to near. Several wild wolves quickly surrounded Mu Ning, baring their pale, sharp fangs, their claws constantly scraping the ground, ready to pounce and tear her to shreds at any moment.
In a flash, Mu Ning thought of something. She flipped her palm, and a dark handgun appeared out of thin air in her hand.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Her marksmanship was good. After emptying a magazine, four wild wolves fell to the ground in response. The remaining two wolves turned and fled unwillingly.
The immediate danger averted, Mu Ning couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, then took out a lidocaine injection from her Space.
Lidocaine is a local anesthetic that relieves pain while keeping the patient conscious.
The anesthetic took effect quickly, and the pain in her abdomen began to subside. Mu Ning saw a clear path and struggled to stand up, preparing to descend the mountain, but just as she stood up, someone grabbed her ankle.
She looked down and saw that the maidservant who had fainted had woken up.
"Eldest Young Lady, save me..."
In the moonlight, Mu Ning noticed a bloody hole on the other person's thigh, from which blood was steadily oozing.
She must have accidentally shot her while firing the gun earlier.
"Awooo—awooo—"
Wolf howls sounded again in the distance, one after another, ceaseless.
It was the alpha wolf summoning the pack!
The situation was critical. Mu Ning lifted her foot, intending to shake off the maidservant's entanglement, but the other person suddenly lunged forward and tightly hugged her leg.
"Eldest Young Lady, if you won't save me, then die here with me!"
Looking at the maidservant's vicious and smug face, Mu Ning sneered, "I've already died once. If you want to die, go die by yourself. I won't accompany you!"
With that, she flipped her palm, and a silver needle shot straight into the other person's Baihui acupoint.
The maidservant collapsed onto the ground as if all strength had drained from her.
Mu Ning bent down and flicked the gleaming silver needle on the maidservant's head. "Those who harm others will eventually harm themselves. Those who commit many injustices will surely perish. Remember my final words: in your next life, be a good person. Bye-bye."
After speaking, Mu Ning stood up and headed down the mountain, cradling her heavy belly.
The maidservant, lying on the ground unable to move, watched her retreating figure and let out a desperate roar.
The wolf pack, drawn by the scent of blood, quickly engulfed the maidservant. Piercing screams, accompanied by vicious tearing sounds, echoed throughout the entire mass grave.
Mu Ning ignored it, instead silently quickening her pace.
From the memories, she learned that this maidservant was the Original Host's only personal attendant, named Xiao Hong.
Although the Original Host was foolish, she treated Xiao Hong with genuine sincerity. When Xiao Hong was bullied or wronged, she often stepped forward to protect her. Yet, this maidservant not only failed to repay kindness but actually colluded to poison the Original Host and then threw her corpse into this mass grave to be fed to wolves—truly unforgivable!
The two household retainers at the foot of the mountain had already fled upon hearing the wolf howls. Mu Ning descended the mountain unimpeded and soon found a dilapidated temple.
She quickly prepared the necessary tools for childbirth and lay down on a blanket, ready to deliver.
In her previous life, she hadn't even dated, and now, upon transmigration, she was immediately giving birth!
Fortunately, her family heirloom, the Medicine King Space, was still with her and hadn't been taken by those who ambushed her.
This Medicine King Space was one of the magical artifacts left in the mortal realm by the Medicine King, the Eastern King Duke. When the Eastern King Duke traveled the world, he encountered the Mu Family's ancestor, who offered free medicine and consultations. Grateful for the Mu Family ancestor's benevolence and dedication to saving all living beings, the Eastern King Duke gifted this artifact to the ancestor. After being passed down through dozens of generations, it finally reached Mu Ning.
Inside the Medicine King Space, besides inexhaustible medicinal herbs of over ten thousand varieties and some of the Eastern King Duke's inheritance, there were also vast amounts of supplies organized by the Mu Family members. With these things at hand, she was well-equipped to thrive in this other world.
The labor pains grew stronger, feeling as if her body was being torn in half. Mu Ning tightly gripped the blanket beneath her.
"Ah—"
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