She was buried alive at the start, but she's determined to smash her ex-husband's head in

"Miss!!! Are you alright!!! Why is there so much blood?"

Chunqi considered herself to have seen a lot of things after being by Pei Zhaoan's side for so many years, but she was still taken aback by Lin Qingwei's appearance at this moment.

The young lady, who had left home clean and tidy, was now covered in dark red bloodstains, with mud splattered under her skirt. She looked as if she had crawled out of a pile of the dead and emitted an unpleasant odor.

Lin Qingwei shook her head and said, "I'm fine. It's not my blood, it's its."

She lifted Xuan Ying's head and placed it on the table, and Chun Qi immediately grabbed the Eight Treasure Duck, looking at Lin Qingwei in shock.

What girl would hold a bloody dog's head in her hand without any expression?!

"You just now..."

"I took care of some personal matters. Don't worry, no one saw me." Lin Qingwei straightened Xuan Ying's head and sat directly in front of it, staring into its fierce eyes.

To overcome fear, you must confront it directly.

So she cut off Xuan Ying's head with a knife. She wanted to watch it day and night, always remembering her recklessness and helplessness that night, and to plan every step carefully, because heaven would not give her another chance.

She had to take it one step at a time, steadily and surely, to reach Zhao Huarong and personally tear off her mask of pretense.

"During the time I was away, did anyone come looking for me?"

Speaking of this, Chunqi was furious. Holding the Eight Treasure Duck, she began to complain: "There really was one! It was the young master of the Duke of Mu's mansion who came to you to break off the engagement. I told him you were asleep, but after I closed the door, I heard them say that they would go to the Lin mansion in person tomorrow!"

Lin Qingwei knew about this. In her previous life, the heir of the Duke of Mu did not like the marriage arranged by his family. He went to the Duke's house to cancel the engagement behind the back of the Duchess, but fell in love with Lin Qingwei's younger sister, Lin Xiuyao, at first sight.

Just then, news spread that Miss Lin had passed away on the estate, and the marriage naturally fell to Lin Xiuyao.

It is said that the two lived in perfect harmony and were extremely loving after their marriage, a rare and beautiful story in the capital.

Lin Qingwei curled her lips into a sarcastic smile, feeling a deep disgust for this prince she had never met before. The fact that he could fall in love with Lin Xiuyao at first sight showed that he had some problems with his eyes and brain.

"Tomorrow will be quite lively."

"Isn't Miss worried?" Chunqi thought that it was already a great humiliation for a woman to be rejected by her fiancé, so how could Miss be so calm?

Lin Qingwei said, "I'm not the one who should be worried."

She wiped the blood off her hands, took off her blood-stained clothes and soaked them in water. The most important thing right now was to return to the Lin family mansion and get a spot to accompany her to the palace so that she could openly and legitimately get close to Zhao Huarong.

Everything else is unimportant...

The next morning, as Lin Zhengwen was dressed in his court robes with Ye's help and prepared to enter the palace, his heart skipped a beat.

He was too tired last night and went to bed early, so he knew nothing about what was happening outside. He only thought that Lin Qingwei had left the capital and returned to the manor in a fit of temper.

An inexplicable surge of paternal love welled up within him, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache as he thought of Lin Qingwei's years of loneliness and hardship outside.

He took Ye's hand and said, "Let's go find Qingwei."

Ye's smiling eyes suddenly turned cold. She leaned her head against Lin Zhengwen's chest and said softly, "She's angry because she can't live in the old courtyard anymore. What is Yao'er supposed to do now? It's not that I don't feel sorry for her, but she hurt Yao'er as soon as she came back. You didn't see how domineering she was."

If you, sir, are truly worried about her, wouldn't it be better to send more maids and servants to the estate to take care of her and report back to you daily on her condition? Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?

Lin Zhengwen thought about it and felt that there was great potential, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you can arrange this matter. We must not let outsiders say that our Lin family is cold-blooded and heartless."

"Yes!"

In the imperial court, Emperor Xuande, his face full of anger, threw the memorial directly at Lin Zhengwen's face. Lin Zhengwen was so frightened that he knelt down with a thud, crawled forward a few steps, and cold sweat dripped down his cheeks.

"Look at what you've done!"

Lin Zhengwen had no idea what was going on. He hurriedly picked up the memorial, opened it, and almost fainted when he saw it!

"Your Majesty is wise! I truly knew nothing of this matter!"

Pei Zhaoan laughed and said, "How could a father not know where his daughter is? Lord Lin, if you're going to try to justify yourself, at least come up with a convincing excuse. The people on Zhuque Street saw it all clearly. You just brought the young lady back home, and then you turned around and kicked her out..."

Because of his childhood experiences and the fact that Princess Huarong had gone missing, Emperor Xuande valued the education and care his ministers showed for their children and severely punished those who were unworthy of being fathers. Today, Lin Zhengwen has run into the line of fire.

He was speechless after being silenced by Pei Zhaoan's words, his face turning red and white in turns, and he was so anxious that he didn't know what to do!

Who would have thought that Lin Qingwei didn't return to the manor at all, but instead moved into Tianxiang Tower? With so many eyes watching, he had no way to explain himself!

What a jinx! She's brought so much trouble to the Lin family since she came back! We should have listened to Madam and disowned this daughter, and driven her out of the capital. Then none of this would have happened!

"I am truly innocent! My daughter was nowhere to be found when I returned home. I assumed she had gone back to the estate in a huff, given her usual temperament. If I had known she had been wronged, I would have certainly stood up for her!"

Emperor Xuande waved his sleeve and pointed at Lin Zhengwen's nose, scolding, "You can't even handle matters of the inner quarters properly, how can I trust you with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites! If you can't give the people a satisfactory answer today, I think your position as Minister of Rites is over!"

Lin Zhengwen collapsed to the ground, feeling as if disaster was imminent, his clothes soaked with cold sweat.

After court, he rushed back to the Lin residence. When Madam Ye saw that he had returned early, she was about to ask him something when she saw Lin Zhengwen slap Lai Mama across the face.

Lai's mother coughed up blood and flew several meters away.

Madam Ye was shocked and grabbed Lin Zhengwen's arm, saying sternly, "What are you doing, sir! Madam Lai is my wet nurse!"

"Who cares about these things now!" Lin Zhengwen lost his temper with Ye Shi for the first time. "His Majesty found out about Qingwei being expelled from the manor, and this morning was filled with memorials impeaching me! How can I explain to His Majesty if I don't punish these unruly servants!"

Madam Ye was somewhat bewildered. What was wrong with Lin Qingwei? Hadn't she already left the capital? What could possibly be wrong with her?

"Then the master can't hurt Madam Lai for her sake!" Madam Ye didn't realize the importance of the problem at all.

Or perhaps, in her view, Lin Qingwei was an insignificant person whom she hated to the core, and not worthy of anyone doing anything for her.

She deserved to die!

Lin Zhengwen's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot: "Don't even mention Granny Lai, everyone in the manor, including you and Yao'er, must come with me to Tianxiang Tower to apologize to Qingwei in person, and then bring her back in a grand manner!"

"This is impossible!"