After her transformation and rebirth, she manipulates the innocent and ruthless to overthrow the wor

The moon hangs high in the sky, and insects chirp.

Under the moonlight, two guards sat cross-legged on the ground, chatting and eating melon seeds.

"Do you think we can let that woman out?"

Another guard spat out a handful of sunflower seeds, "Pah, you know how serious this is, she..."

He made a throat-slitting gesture, "I'm afraid it's hopeless."

The guard nodded slightly, then resumed cracking sunflower seeds, his gaze fixed on the layers of gauze hanging above the Tianxiang Pavilion in the distance.

That was the room where the courtesan Hanxiang lived. He and his brother used to gaze at it longingly, hoping that Hanxiang would give them a reproachful look, but they never expected it would end like this...

Hanxiang was also unlucky. She thought that after losing her virginity, she would have a lot of good days ahead of her, but she ended up with this.

He slowly shook his head and spat the sunflower seed shells out of his mouth.

But as he vomited, he noticed someone approaching.

He immediately patted his brother next to him, and the two of them quickly stood up and scrutinized the man.

Xiao Lan walked over with a smile, carrying a basket in her hand.

Upon closer inspection, however, it became apparent that her hands holding the basket seemed somewhat tense.

"Brothers, are you tired from guarding here? Here are some fragrant pears from the village, to quench your thirst..."

The two guards, who were feeling thirsty from eating sunflower seeds, didn't refuse and went over to take the pears and start eating them.

One of them, while munching on his food, said, "Hey, Miss Lan, I'm not trying to be mean, but why do you have to make things difficult for us all the time? Your sister has been confined for so long; if she wanted to be released, she would have been released long ago."

"Exactly, you're always trying to sneak in, what does the madam think? I heard you've started taking customers now, Xiao Lan, tsk tsk tsk, you're still so young."

Xiao Lan curtsied. "Yes, you brothers are right. I came here to apologize to you all after I've figured things out."

"That's more like it," a guard said with satisfaction, his hands still busy as he took a few more pears from Xiao Lan's basket.

Another guard glanced at him sideways and then said, "Alright, you've delivered the goods, so you can leave." He looked around again, "so that the madam won't find out and cause you trouble again."

"Yes, thank you very much, brothers. Please, please put in a good word for the madam."

Xiao Lan bowed and left without looking back.

The guard scoffed; so that's what he was waiting for.

That's true. After all, she's just a young girl. She knows how hard and tiring it is to serve customers, so she wanted to plead with the madam.

But who told her to be so stupid? She was warned once or twice, but she still thought about doing it three or four times.

He shook his head, then sat down on the ground to enjoy the pear that Xiaolan had given him as an apology.

But as soon as he sat down, he suddenly felt uncomfortable in his stomach.

The brother standing next to him spoke first and even ran a few steps outside.

"Brother, my stomach doesn't feel quite right. You stay here and keep watch over me."

Then he ran away in a flash.

But he didn't say "Hurry up, I need to relieve myself too" out loud.

He had no choice but to clutch his stomach and grimace as he guarded the door, after all, this was a place the madam had repeatedly told him to guard well.

But not long after, his idea disappeared.

He really couldn't take it anymore; his stomach was growling, and his eyes were searching for a place to "take care of things right there."

Finally, he saw a clump of bushes not far away. He ran up to it in a few quick steps, unzipped his pants, and relieved himself on the spot.

Just as he closed his eyes in comfort, he seemed to see his great-grandmother.

Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my head, and I heard a loud bang in my ear.

Then his eyes rolled back and he collapsed to the ground.