After Reincarnating, an Evil Consort Only Wants to Torture Scums

Chapter 15: You’re Smart

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lu Xiang smiled lightly. “I’ve been staying at home for a long time and don’t know Miss Qin. It’s just that everyone says that Governor Qin’s youngest daughter is as beautiful as a fairy. Many people have drawn Miss Qin’s portrait, and I’m lucky to have seen one before.” The Qin family was very powerful and was not something the Lu family could compare to. She was not afraid that Lu Mingzhu would anger Qin Shuyan, but she did not want to be implicated.

Lu Xiang did not feel sorry should the Lu family be destroyed, but she could not bear to make her grandmother sad.

Qin Shuyan was delighted by the flattery. She gave Lu Xiang a smile. “You’re smart. Which family are you from?”

“My father is the Magistrate of Yangning.”

“Oh…” Qin Shuyan dragged out the last word and glanced at Lu Mingzhu. “The same family.”

“That’s my illegitimate sister. So sorry that she has embarrassed herself in front of Miss Qin,” Lu Xiang said.

When Qin Shuyan heard this, she looked at Lu Mingzhu with even more disdain. Any child born by a concubine was annoying to her.

When Lu Mingzhu heard the words “Governor Ling’s youngest daughter”, she was so frightened that her face turned pale. Even if Qin Shuyan were to give her a tight slap now, she would not dare to retaliate.

“Miss Qin, I’m… I’m sorry,” Lu Mingzhu apologized with trembling lips.

Qin Shuyan sneered and looked at Lu Xiang. “Alright, I’ll let her off today for your sake.”

Since she was in the temple, it would not be beneficial to her image if this matter blew up. She would definitely teach this little b*tch a lesson the next time.

How dared she compete with her.

On what grounds did she think she could compete against her?

With that, Qin Shuyan turned around and slammed the lot she had drawn on the table. “Master, can you decipher the lot that I have drawn now?”

“Please wait a moment.” The monk gave Lu Xiang a grateful smile and took Qin Shuyan’s lot.

This girl had resolved his dilemma. She was really a kind person.

Lu Xiang turned around and left. Lu Mingzhu lowered her head and bit her lip before following Lu Xiang out. Lu Yue and Lu Qiao hurriedly chased after them.

“Third Sister, do you know Miss Qin?” Lu Qiao asked Lu Xiang innocently.

Lu Xiang looked at the young Sixth Sister with an inexplicable expression. The innocent little face in front of her could not help but overlap with the mean and selfish Lu Qiao in her previous life.

Did time change a person’s personality, or was it Lu Qiao’s true nature that she had learned to hide since she was young?

As her biological mother, was Concubine Lin as timid as everyone thought?

“No, I just saw a portrait of her in the past,” Lu Xiang said lightly.

In her previous life, her death had nothing to do with Lu Yue and Lu Qiao. However, when she was in dire straits, these two people added salt to injury when she was down in order to bootlick Lu Mingzhu. It was destined that she would not get along with them in this life.

Lu Qiao looked a little aggrieved since she was rebuffed.

Lu Yue pulled her to the side and scolded her in a low voice. “Didn’t you know what is she like? Why did you have to approach her and be rebuffed?” Wasn’t that silly of her?

Lu Xiang told Old Madam about the argument between Lu Mingzhu and Qin Shuyan.

“It’s all because Madam Liu didn’t teach her child well. She hasn’t been made an official member of the family yet and she’s already putting on airs as a prefecture magistrate’s daughter. Your father is really obsessed with her. She thought she could be the matriarch with such a lousy attitude.” Although the Old Madam was dissatisfied with Lu Mingzhu’s behavior, she was more tolerant of the children’s behavior. She only felt that Madam Liu, as a mother, didn’t know how to teach her child.

“Grandmother, don’t be angry. Although Miss Qin is arrogant, she’s not an unreasonable person. Since this matter has passed, we won’t harp on it anymore. We’ll just avoid her in the future,” Lu Xiang comforted.

Old Madam patted her in relief. “There’s no need to avoid her deliberately. Although the Qin family is powerful in the capital city, your aunt is the Emperor’s concubine. The Qin family won’t dare to offend us easily. As long as we do things right, we don’t have to be afraid of them. We can’t always take a step back when we’re bullied in the future. That’s not being modest, but foolish.”

She did not want the younger generation to cause trouble or provoke others unnecessarily, but she also did not want them to give in unnecessarily as well.

They would have to decide themselves where’s the sweet spot to be.

Lu Xiang listened obediently and nodded with a smile. “Got it, Grandmother.”

“Let’s stay for another night. We’ll go back tomorrow morning. If we don’t go back soon, we’ll delay your mother’s ritual.” The old lady smiled.

Lu Xiang nodded. “Yes.”

The sun was setting in the west, and the orange-red sunset dyed the sky red.

Lu Mingzhu’s voice suddenly came from outside the room. “Fourth Sister, is Fourth Sister here?”

Lu Xiang, who was washing her hands, suddenly stopped. She seemed to have thought of something and her lips curled into a strange smile. Wu Yue was confused and looked at Lu Mingzhu with disdain. “What is she doing here?”

“Let’s take a look,” Lu Xiang said as she carefully applied rose cream to her clean hands.

“Yes, my lady.”

Wu Yue walked to the door. When she saw Lu Mingzhu’s smiling face, her pitch-black eyes immediately became gloomy. However, because of her identity, she did not show it on her face. Instead, she bowed and said, “Miss Mingzhu, what’s the matter?”

“I’m here to talk to Fourth Sister,” Lu Mingzhu said gently. Her delicate face had a little makeup on, and her pink dress fluttered in the wind. She was beautiful and moving.

Wu Yue couldn’t help but roll her eyes in her heart.

“Who is your Fourth Sister?”

“Miss is ranked third. She is the third daughter of the Lu family. The Master has yet to re-determine the ranking in the family, but you keep calling her your Fourth Sister. Even the real Fourth and Fifth Miss have yet to change their way of greeting each other,” she thought.

After Lu Mingzhu finished speaking, she did not wait for Wu Yue to invite her in. She simply lifted her skirt and walked in.

“It smells so good. What cream did Fourth Sister use? I’ll try it on later,” Lu Mingzhu sat down at the table and said with a smile.

Lu Xiang looked at her with a smile that did not reach her eyes. If one continued to stare into her eyes, one would realize that there was a turbulent vortex in the depths of her eyes seemingly to devour Lu Mingzhu.

How greedy of her. Lu Mingzhu wanted everything she had, even the ointment for her hands.

What was laughable was that in her previous life, she had foolishly thought that Lu Mingzhu was trying to please her. That she had the same preferences as she did because she wanted to get close to her.

Lu Mingzhu saw that Lu Xiang was smiling but did not say a word. She looked embarrassed and quickly adjusted her emotions.

She pointed at the red sandalwood box that her maid, Hua Mei, was holding and said shyly, “Father gave me this ruby hairpin a few days ago. As soon as I got it, I felt that it was compatible with Fourth Sister. Unfortunately, I did not have the chance to pass it to you since you came to the Hua’an Temple with Grandmother. I brought it with me this time. Hope you like it.”

Lu Xiang looked at the familiar hairpin in front of her and laughed suddenly. She laughed so hard that her chest trembled.

Her face was as beautiful as a flower blooming in spring. When she smiled, she was so beautiful that she did not look like a mortal. However, Lu Mingzhu felt a trace of fear when she saw her smile. Lu Xiang’s laughter in her ear was like a demonic voice that wanted to pull her into a bottomless abyss.

Lu Mingzhu felt as if she had fallen into ice and her entire body turned cold.

“What… What are you laughing at?” As soon as she spoke, she realized that her voice was trembling.

Why was this happening?