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

Because of the rumors circulating in the capital and Lin Xiuyao's illness, Lin Qingwei enjoyed a few days of leisure.

Madam Ye was busy taking care of her precious daughter, and Lin Zhengwen didn't come to see Lin Qingwei at all. The servants in the mansion listened to Madam Ye's words on the one hand, and had to pay attention to Lin Zhengwen's orders on the other hand. As a result, they didn't care much about Lin Qingwei.

With no one to bother her, Lin Qingwei was happy to be free and used the next few days to sort out her memories of her past life.

In her previous life, after being buried alive by Xu Hanzhang, she managed to escape and recuperate at a farmer's house at the foot of Beishan Mountain. The next day, she was discovered by Xu Hanzhang and Zhao Huarong and secretly brought into the palace.

She remembered that a major event happened around this time in her previous life.

Crown Prince Zhao Hongjia, drunk and disorderly, forced himself on his cousin, Shen Yushu, the only daughter of the illustrious Prince Yong, who was also the younger brother of the current Empress, at the birthday banquet of the Duchess of Mu.

Prince Yong loved his daughter dearly and, disregarding his sibling relationship with the Empress, filed a lawsuit against the Crown Prince in court. Enraged, Emperor Xuande immediately deposed Zhao Hongjia from his position as Crown Prince.

From then on, the Empress severed all ties with her maternal family and never contacted them again. Zhao Hongjia became increasingly depressed and lost Emperor Xuande's favor. Meanwhile, the Prince Duan's lineage rose to prominence, and with the support of the Consort's maternal family, they gradually reached their zenith.

At that time, she was given a drug to make her mute and worked as a lowly maid in Zhao Huarong's palace. At first, she thought that the Crown Prince's drunkenness had caused all the tragedies to happen.

It wasn't until she overheard a conversation between Zhao Huarong and Xu Hanzhang that she realized Zhao Huarong had long been colluding with Prince Duan to frame the Crown Prince.

In her past life, she could never understand why Zhao Huarong would frame her own brother to help someone else.

But when she saw the character "slave" on Zhao Huarong's shoulder, she understood everything...

Lin Qingwei clenched her fists. In this life, she would not let Zhao Huarong's conspiracy succeed again, she would not let her Crown Prince brother be defeated, and she would not let the Empress and the Shen family fall apart.

It seems she has no choice but to attend the Duchess of Mu's birthday celebration.

When I think of Lady Mu, the image that immediately comes to mind is Qi Yanzhi's smile under the golden sunlight.

Lin Qingwei touched her wrist; Pei Zhaoan had taken the string of beads! Hopefully, Qi Yanzhi won't find out...

She was still lost in thought when suddenly a large rock flew towards her, heading straight for her face. Fortunately, Chunqi reacted quickly and pulled Lin Qingwei away.

Lin Jingxuan's face turned red with anger, his eyes wide open as if he wanted to bite Lin Qingwei to death.

"What did you do to my sister! Why is she staying inside and crying secretly! You must have bullied her!"

Pointing his finger at Lin Qingwei and yelling, Lin Jingxuan felt a pang of heartache when he recalled the soft sobbing he had heard outside Manfangzhai earlier! Although Lin Xiuyao wasn't usually close to him, she was his only sister! He would never allow anyone to bully her!

Lin Qingwei looked at him, then at the large rock on the ground, squatted down to pick it up, and beckoned to Lin Jingxuan.

"Come here, I'll tell you."

Lin Jingxuan, like an angry bird, walked over with his neck stiff, and then Lin Qingwei aimed and smashed a stone hard into his forehead.

This distance is just right.

"Ah! You actually dared to hit me!" Lin Jingxuan felt dizzy and his head was buzzing. He touched it and found a huge bump on his head!

Lin Qingwei brushed the dust off her hands: "You dared to throw stones at me, why wouldn't I dare to hit you? Just because I didn't hold it against you for splashing me with dog blood the day I returned to the manor doesn't mean I've forgotten."

"You, you, what nonsense are you talking about!" Lin Jingxuan's face flushed red, his eyes darting around guiltily. "I didn't mean to target you, I just accidentally touched you!"

"Oh, I just accidentally dropped it."

Lin Jingxuan had never seen such an unreasonable person before, and he was so angry he almost jumped up: "How could you be like this! No wonder Father, Mother, and Sister don't like you! You even took over Sister's yard and stole her fiancé! You're a bad person!"

The twelve-year-old child still had baby fat on his face, and his fair and tender appearance made him look somewhat cute, but what he said was really unpleasant to hear.

Lin Qingwei had turned to leave, but after hearing his words, she turned back, grabbed his ear, and pulled it up.

Lin Jingxuan grimaced in pain, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Let me go!!!"

"I noticed you don't have ears, so I'll manually pull them to help you hear better." Lin Qingwei pulled his ears and sat him down on a small stone bench in the courtyard.

"First of all, the claim that my father and mother do not like me is a complete rumor. If they did not like me, why would they have made such a big fuss to bring me back?"

Secondly, this courtyard originally belonged to me, even before you were born, and even before Lin Xiuyao was born.

Third, I am the one engaged to the Crown Prince. It is your dear sister who is after my fiancé; she is the one trying to steal him from me.

Lin Jingxuan pouted and muttered, "I don't believe you. You're just some random person who appeared out of nowhere."

"I came from wherever you came from." Lin Qing smiled and pinched his round face. "From now on, show some respect to your sister, or I'll hang you up and feed you to the fish."

"Don't try to scare me! I've never even known you existed until the day you returned to the manor! You're not my sister!"

"This only shows that the father and mother are heartless. Who would leave their own daughter alone outside for more than ten years without ever asking about her?"

Lin Jingxuan was taken aback, then quickly pushed Lin Qingwei away, snorted, and ran away, bumping into Granny Lai who had come to deliver the message.

When Lai's mother saw the young master running out of Qinghui Hall with a big bump on his head, she was almost scared to death.

She immediately hugged him and asked with concern, "Ouch!!! Did that bitch inside hurt you? I'll take you to Madam right away to get justice!"

Because of Lin Qingwei, Lai's mother was severely punished and fined a whole year's worth of wages. She had long hated Lin Qingwei.

To everyone's surprise, Lin Jingxuan had a stern face: "How could Aunt Lai call my older sister that! She should be slapped! Also, the injury on my head was from when I accidentally tripped and fell; it has nothing to do with her! Don't go spreading rumors outside!"

Lai's mother was stunned, staring at Lin Jingxuan with her mouth slightly open in disbelief.

What's wrong with the young master? Didn't you dislike the eldest young lady a few days ago, based on what the madam and the second young lady said? Why are you speaking up for her now?

"What are you doing here?"

Madam Lai replied, "Reporting to the young master, it was someone from the Duke of Mu's mansion who sent an invitation to the eldest young lady to attend the Duchess's birthday banquet. The Duchess and Master sent me to summon the eldest young lady to the front hall."

"Oh, then go ahead."

After saying that, Lin Jingxuan covered the large bump on his head and quickly left. Lai's mother composed herself and walked into Qinghui Hall with a smile on her face.