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Quick Transmigration: She's a Heartbreaker: Ch 88, The Imposter Noble Lady "You can’t, Young Miss, I was wrong." Cen Bi said quickly. Jiang Xun laughed but didn't say a word with a faint expression. Although her face was ashen and she wasn’t energetic, that look in her eyes made Cen Bi's heart cold. Cen Bi continued, "I won't dare to be like that anymore, I definitely will treat you as the mistress." "Speaking without proof, how can I believe you?" Jiang Xun coughed softly, "I have already said what I should say, you can leave out." "Young Miss!" Cen Bi became anxious, "Are you really going to tell them?" Jiang Xun didn't look at her, appearing extremely apathetic. "I… …" Cen Bi thought about it before suddenly kneeling on the ground with her waist straightened and her face resolute, "I vow, if I don't keep my words in the future, let me live a life worse than death.” Jiang Xun stared into her eyes and said slowly, "Really?" "There is absolutely no falsehood." Cen Bi made a vowing gesture. "Okay, then I will believe you one more time. I’m already a person who has died once. If you lie to me, I will bring you down with me at all costs and ensure you die worse than me." Although Jiang Xun was smiling, her tone was ice-cold, making Cen Bi have an ominous feeling. The person in front of her appeared to have returned from the gates of the underworld, tainting with an aura of blood and death. ... Jiang Xun’s body was simply too weak. After negotiating with Cen Bi, she fell deeply asleep again. When she woke up early the next morning, there were maids coming over to serve her. Maybe it was because of the change in soul, her mental power seemed to have become stronger and her body also didn’t seem as weak after some sleep. Ying Qiao stood by the bed and helped her up, "Young Miss, take your time." Jiang Xun raised her head to look at Ying Qiao quietly and let out a faint "En". Ying Qiao froze. She stared at Jiang Xun blankly without moving for a long time. "What's wrong?" Jiang Xun asked. "Young Miss is simply too beautiful, this Servant accidentally got distracted by it… …" Ying Qiao blushed. Jiang Xun smiled, not speaking. She put on her shoes and walked to the dressing table. Before sitting down, she subconsciously glanced at the bronze mirror in front of her. It is said that ancient bronze mirrors were fuzzy, incomparable to modern mirrors. However, this wasn’t true. Ning Dynasty’s craftsmen were so skilled that they have already used other methods to polish the mirrors. Moreover, the items in Cheng Kingdom’s Duke Residence were naturally the best in the entire capital. Therefore, the mirror in front of Jiang Xun was still rather clear. She saw the person in the mirror was wearing a velvet-red silk embroidered spring begonia light tulle dress with green silk satin hanging from her waist. She had a palm-sized face with flawless skin, two thin eyebrows, which seemed to stretch to her forehead like a light mist covering green spring mountains. Underneath the brows laid a pair of water-like eyes. She was innately beautiful with an indescribably sense of gentleness. There was a hint of appreciation in Jiang Xun's gaze. As expected, the water, soil and food in ancient times were more nourishing. In addition, with her arrival, her originally seven-point beauty was now at least eight or nine points. There was more of a natural liveliness decorating her, while an indescribable charm was visible between her brows. "Young Miss, you are so beautiful that you are even more beautiful than a fairy in the paintings." Glancing at her in the mirror, Ying Qiao couldn't help but praise. Jiang Xun was also satisfied with her appearance this time. Her lips curved, "Did you eat honey this morning? Such a sweet mouth." "This Servant is only telling the truth. It is not just me. No one in the Residence won’t say that Young Miss isn’t as beautiful as fairies. Today, This Servant thinks that you seemed to be even more beautiful. Everyone says people get uglier when they are ill. How is it that Young Miss becomes so much more beautiful after your sickness? Seeing you, This Servant can’t even bear to blink." Jiang Xun couldn't help but laugh, "How can your mouth speak so well, praising me so much?" Ying Qiao smiled embarrassedly, "This Servant also does not know what happened today." "Alright, help comb my hair." Jiang Xun pressed on. Because of her age, Old Madame Yan wakes up early. When she heard that Jiang Xun had woken up last night, she rushed over to see her. Before she arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, there was a maid to announce her arrival. Jiang Xun hurriedly came to greet her. The moment she saw Old Madame Yan, her eyes filled with tears. "Grandmother." There was a deep attachment in her voice, which made the Old Madame Yan feel heartbroken. "My sweetheart Xun’er, are you feeling better?" Old Madame Yan lovingly reached out and held her little hand. Jiang Xun nodded obediently, "I’m already much better." "That's good, that's good, let the doctor feel your pulse later." Old Madame Yan was relieved. Mother Huang said, "Young Miss, Old Madame have been so worried about you that she didn't sleep well last night. Then she rushed over to see you early this morning." "It's Xun’er’s fault, worrying Grandmother." Jiang Xun apologized in a guilty tone. "What are you talking about? Don't think such nonsense. It is windy outside, let’s go inside the room." ... After sitting down, Old Madame Yan glanced at the maids serving Jiang Xun and asked, "Where is that maid named Cen Bi?" As soon as her words came out, everyone in the room held their breath as the atmosphere became tense. Ying Qiao answered, "Cen Bi is still in the wood shed." With Old Madame Yan having a cold face, Mother Huang stood up and sternly ordered, "Go bring her over." In a short while, Cen Bi was brought over. Compared with the time Jiang Xun saw her yesterday, her current appearance was even more miserable and pitiful. Not only was her hair all over the place, her face was also dirty. Old Madame Yan frowned, "How did she become like this?" Mother Huang whispered in a low voice, "Maybe because the wood shed is dirty. This maid lay in it for a night, so she became like this." "Kneel down." Old Madame Yan's voice contained an air of authority, putting a lot of pressure on people. Cen Bi knelt on the ground without hesitation. "Do you realize that you are wrong?" Old Madame Yan asked coldly. "This Servant knows she was wrong. This Servant slave did not serve Young Miss well and deserves a million deaths." Cen Bi kowtowed a few times with an appearance of being conscious of her guilt. Her forehead immediately became red and swollen. Jiang Xun laughed internally. She actually remembered all of what she taught her last night and acted rather appropriately. She stood up and faced Old Madame Yan with an unbearable expression. "Grandma, Cen Bi didn't mean it. Cen Bi has served me for so many years and has done her responsibilities to me, please just forgive her this one time." Old Madame Yan stared at Cen Bi. Looking at her dusty head and face, she furrowed her brows at her pitiful appearance, "The Yan Residence doesn't tolerate servants who torment their master. Those who do not serve their master properly can not be allowed to stay." When she paused, everyone's breathing became suppressed. Old Madame Yan glanced at Mama Huang. Mama Huang nodded and continued with a cold look, "Considering your hard work in these past few years, you will be spared this once. If anything happens to Xun Jie’er, you will be given a dozen boards before being driven out of the residence. This time, you will be punished for half a month of hard labor outside the courtyard and deducted another two months' salary to make you remember this lesson. Did everyone else hear this? All of you take good care of Young Miss. If anything like this happens again, you will all be punished." The maids in the room all knelt down in response. Old Old Madame Yan sat for a while. Seeing that Jiang Xun was really much better, the big stone in her heart was released. Once Jiang Xun spoke with her for a bit, Old Madame Yan left after advising her to stay inside her room to recover from her illness and how she can wait until she recovered before she had to pay her respects as well as how she’ll come visit her again another day. Cen Bi was punished to stay in the outer courtyard for half a month. Changing from a personal maid to a maid doing chores, she was unwilling. Yet this was an order from the Old Madame Yan, so she could say nothing against it. This incident truly made her understand Jiang Xun’s and her situation in the residence. Her previous actions could indeed easily kill herself. Therefore in the past half month, she didn’t dare to do anything at all. She worked diligently in the outer courtyard. After just waiting for half a month, Jiang Xun recalled her back. Jiang Xun stayed in Lian Yan Courtyard for ten days and didn’t head out. She knew that the original owner only harmed her body because she didn’t get well during the recuperation period and then suffered the wind and cold, which made the chill penetrate her bones. Since there were no painkillers in this period, Jiang Xun doesn't want to be like her, so she would rather stay in her room. Finally, on the thirteenth day, the doctor came to feel her pulse. Only when he said that she was in good enough health to go out did she go pay respects to Old Madame Yan. At the time of paying respects, she happened to run into the other sisters of Yan's family who were also going to pay their respects. The Yan family didn’t separate their clan. There were a total of five sisters, excluding the youngest who was only seven years old, the other four were about the same age as Jiang Xun. Jiang Xun had just turned fifteen this year and reached a marriageable age. There was only one person in the Yan family who was older than her, she already had an engagement. The other three were either a year younger than Jiang Xun or the same age as Jiang Xun. Because the original owner had only recently arrived and she also felt a little inferior, feeling that she was just a girl from a poor background, she was afraid she would make more mistakes when she spoke. Therefore, she didn’t dare to walk too close with them. Even if they invited her over, she would rarely accept. This caused the original owner’s relationship with them to not be too good. When Jiang Xun saw them this time, she took the initiative to greet them. The sisters have not seen Jiang Xun for a long time. Because they didn’t have a good relationship, although everyone knew that she was sick, they only sent gifts and didn’t go to see her. Now they saw that she was even more beautiful than before, they were all a little surprised and took a few more looks at her. When Jiang Xun greeted them with a smile, they didn't react in time. Since Jiang Xun intended to have a good relationship with them, her movements and expressions in speech were just right so that it made people feel good will, but not too ingratiating. Every sentence she said could make them happy. Plus, they were all still teenage girls. Even if they were clever, compared to Jiang Xun, their minds can be considered to be extremely simple and innocent. Soon, Jiang Xun made a big change in their views of herself and significantly increased their favorability of her . The eldest was Yan Yu Yue, the eldest Di daughter of the Yan Mansion's main wife. She was the most favored in the entire Yan Residence and was also a well-deserved proud daughter of the Heaven. Jiang Xun's unobtrusive compliments for her made her mood improve. Yan Yu Yue fluttered her eyes and said with a smile, "Since Young Sister Xun is already better, then how about going with us on the outing to the Flower Festival tomorrow?" Jiang Xun raised her eyes slightly as she replied softly, "Being sick these few days, I actually forgot tomorrow is February 15th, the day of the Flower Festival. If it weren't for Sister Yue mentioning it, I still wouldn’t have thought of it. With all the sisters going, I will naturally also go to join in with the excitement." Yan Xi Wu, the second girl from the Yan's Residence, said, "This Flower Festival is a time when hundreds of flowers are vying for the view. Every year we all go out to enjoy the flowers." The other two girls also followed suit. Jiang Xun remembered that the original owner had also gone to the Flower Festival. Yet because of her physical weakness, she returned early in the mid-way through, spoiling the fun of the other girls in Yan Residence and gained their annoyance. Especially when the Yan Residence’s girls heard that several princes, wangyes and General Shen appeared after they left, they became even angrier. They didn’t show a good face to the original owner for a long time. The original owner still hadn’t understood why until then she overheard Yan Xi Wu slip before she knew the reason. The princes and wangyes of the Ning Dynasty were all unmarried and handsome, so all the unmarried noble women in the capital wanted to look at them more, especially that General Shen, who was the ideal lover of every noble lady. General Shen’s full name was Shen Xi Tang. He was known as the country’s God of War. Not only was he charismatic and had an extraordinary temperament, his appearance was also unforgettable. "Then Younger Sister Xun will have to get up early tomorrow. The sisters from the Yan and Jiang families will also be going with us. We’ll leave early tomorrow morning." Yan Yu Yue smiled. Jiang Xun nodded, "Okay." Holding herself back for so many days, she had been longing to go out for a while now. The system said that there will be many lucky sons of the Heaven this time, she presumed she’ll be able to meet them tomorrow. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Notes: pay her respects (请安): a tradition for a harem in Ancient China where the concubines and lower positions go greet the official wife, often in the morning but is up to the official wife or all the spouses going to greet their man’s mother Yan (严): just to clarify, the Yan Duke Residence is this 燕, while this Yan refers to another noble family. In the future to differentiate between these two, this Yan, 严, will be italicized
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