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<h5 class="has-text-align-center wp-block-heading">ARC 3 STORY LINE</h5>\n\nDisclaimer: This is an MTL translation that has been edited to make the story flow smoothly which may cause the translation to not be 100% accurate. The Chinese novel: Abused Female Lead And Beautiful Villainess is not owned by me. This is only a fan translation by Idiot Goggle Translations.\n
Chapter 11\n
The woman who came to see He Qingning was Guan Yushanâs wife Xu. It was the summer season when the lotus flowers were blooming. Her intention was to invite He Qingning to enjoy the lotus flowers.\n
âItâs a must to see the magnificent lotus flowers in Yunzhou. If Your Royal Highness doesnât mind, you can go and have a look. In Yunzhou City, you will experience what was said in the verse, âA vast expanse of green are the lotus leaves that spread to the horizon; Unusually red are the flowers in the setting sun.â <sup>1</sup> Xu slightly bowed her head. She held a handkerchief in her hands and clenched it tightly. When He Qingning didnât answer, she continued, âBut the weather these days is very hot, Your Highness. If youâre not used to it, youâd better not go.â\n
Originally, He Qingning and Shen Wan still doubted whether Xu had any purpose. When they were about to refuse, they didnât expect Xu would pause and add such a statement. She obviously came to invite them to admire the flowers. At this time, the weather was hot and He Qingningâs body was delicate. She was afraid that she wouldnât be able to bear the heat, so she persuaded them not to go.\n
He Qingning and Shen Wan glanced at each other. They carefully watched Xu, then He Qingning said, âWeâll go then. I would like to see if the scenery you described is as you said.â\n
After saying these words, they saw Xuâs body trembling. She unconsciously raised her head, then quickly lowered it, âYour Highness, the days this summer season are very hotâŠâ\n
âItâs fine. Shouldnât there be a pavilion where I can enjoy the lotus flowers? Staying in the pavilion by the water wonât make it too hot. If it was really too hot, then even the flowers wouldnât be able to endure it.â\n
He Qingning insisted on going, but Xu seemed as if she didnât want her to go. She didnât want her to, but came here to invite her, which is very telling. Because of this, He Qingning decided to go.\n
Finally, Xu left in disappointment. After returning to their residence, she was stopped by Guan Yushan, âIs it done?â\n
âItâs⊠itâs done. Her Highness has agreed and will go the next day.â Xu replied with a pale face.\n
Guan Yushan was pleased. He pulled Xu by the hand and hugged her in a full embrace. Xu was led reluctantly into the back room. How can she resist? She was married to Guan Yushan. The entire Yunzhou City was controlled by the two; father and son. How can she escape? For the sake of her family, she had to obey.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nâYour Highness, you promised that when you do things like this, youâd discuss it with me first.â After Xu left, Shen Wan brought up a face full of disapproval, âIn case they have plotted something, arenât you like a sheep walking into the mouth of a tiger?â\n
He Qingning grabbed onto Shen Wanâs wrist and ordered, âMake your hand into a fist.â\n
Shen Wan did as she was told.\n
âI believe in your strength. Didnât you say that you can beat an evil manâs head off?â He Qingning said as she pursed her lips into a smile.\n
Being praised by her wife for being powerful had Shen Wanâs heart feeling a giddy. But still, the other woman agreed so easily to go with the bad guys and she wasnât very happy. From Xuâs appearance, there seems to be an agenda hiding behind this. No matter how important this is, it is still not as important as the safety of her little princess.\n
âHave you seen how Yunzhou City is now? All theyâre revealing is how people are living and working in peaceful contentment. How are we supposed to find anything wrong here?â He Qingning asked.\n
Shen Wan sighed and murmured, âAlright. I know that Your Highness wants to lead the snakes out of their hole. Itâs to catch them doing something wrong, right?â\n
âThatâs right. We would need a reason to bright them out in the open. Guan Yujinâs transgressions have already been collected. Since I was the person who came here, heâs brought his guard down a lot. I have stayed here in Yunzhou City for almost ten days. Other than occasionally talking to people around the city, I was indifferent to anything else that was going on in the city, which made him less vigilant. It made it easier for me to arrange people to collect evidence and look into witnesses behind the scenes. My father has been watching this place for a long time and any people investigating here didnât even last for a day or two.\n
âIf I were to show up out of nowhere and say that he was going to be punished, heâd be so afraid that heâd find various reasons to justify himself.â\n
Shen Wan held her expression in, âYour Highness, you are a woman with unparalleled wisdom. No wonder you were able to fool me into selling my life.â\n
âDonât pretend to be stupid in front of me, donât you know this already?â\n
Shen Wan: âYour Highness, if I tell you everything, there wonât be much opportunity for you to shine.â\n
He Qingning only laughed as she heard this. Shen Wan was the boldest person she had ever met. There were countless sentences that sheâs said to offend her every day. The way they were said was obvious, but she was not afraid. Itâs as if Shen Wan knew that she wonât do anything to her. She didnât really plan on dealing with Shen Wan. She already decided to tie this dangerous person to her side for the rest of their lives.\n
On the day they were to meet with Xu, He Qingning and Shen Wan got up early while Xu was late to arrive. Seeing that He Qingning did not change her mind, Xu sighed quietly and accompanied her out of the house.\n
When they arrived at their destination, the lotus flowers and their leaves were indeed as magnificent and beautiful as the poem Xu had mentioned. Xu stared blankly at the full grown lotus, her fingers constantly shifting her handkerchief, feeling very uneasy.\n
âAre you not feeling well?â He Qingning asked, âIf youâre not feeling well, you can go back first and weâll come again tomorrow.â\n
Xu did not expect that the princess would be so approachable. She hurriedly shook her head, indicating that she was not feeling unwell. She regrets doing this, but she has no choice other than regret it. If she does not obey Guan Yushanâs order to invite the princess to the Lotus Garden and view the lotus flowers, Guan Yushan will do unaccountable things to her family.\n
With Guan Yushanâs nature, she fears that he may have taken a fancy to the princessâ beauty. There was a guard <sup>2</sup> in the house constantly watching her, so he didnât dare approach. This is why he had to come up with such a countermeasure.\n
Xu stared at the exquisite pastries and tea on the table. She thought about how Guan Yushan would act and knew that there was something wrong with them.\n
He Qingning knew about this as well, so she went about picking a piece of pastry to eat. Xuâs heart jumped in panic and was one step ahead of He Qingning. She took the pastry He Qingning was about to choose and ate it in two bites.\n
Shen Wan made a deadpan expression and aimed her cold eyes at Xu. Although Xu was being nice, she still wasnât happy about how she stole food from her wife. If her wife did not âeatâ any of the pastries, how would she be able to lead Guan Yushan out?\n
âXu, are you hungry?â\n
Xu nodded quickly, âI woke up late today and I didnât have any time to eat breakfast, so Iâm a little famished.â After she says this, Xu continued to eat the pastries without caring if she offended them or not. She has lived a life of anguish committing herself to Guan Yushan for the sake of her family, but she couldnât bear to hurt the innocent princess. Her Highness looked a few years younger than her. She was at an age when Xu met Guan Yushan and the thought of what happened to her life made her very sad.\n
âEat slowly, thereâs no hurry.â\n
Xu lowered her head, teary-eyed. Itâs been a long time since anyone had spoken to her so gently. Even though she desperately protected her family, they still criticized her saying sheâs cursed and without her none of this would have happened. Guan Yushan only treats her like a toy.\n
She ate and ate until Xu couldnât handle the drugged pastries effects any longer. She felt dizzy and she was about to faint when she saw He Qingning drinking tea. There was a faint smell of flowers in the air. The moment she fell down, she also saw He Qingning and Shen Wan fall. At that time, Xu felt only cold bitterness and despair in her heart.\n
As expected, she couldnât change anything at all.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nWhen He Qingning opened her eyes, she was lying on a soft bed. Incense filled the air in the room and beside a table sat a man playing with a folding fan. Sensing that she was awake, the man turned around and looked at her with an obsessive gleam. âBeauty, I see that youâre awake. I have been waiting for you for a long time.â\n
Guan Yushan was very excited. If he didnât like watching beautiful specimens struggling in his arms, he would have gotten things done already.\n
âWho are you?\n
âWhere is this place?\n
âHow dare you, do you know who I am?â\n
He Qingning read out a series of lines according to what Shen Wan designed for her. She thought that Guan Yushan was really in over his head. Did he think a princess can easily be drugged and kidnapped? Did he really think there was nobody else around to protect her? If she didnât want to lure him out and ordered her guards to back off, this man would have been arrested and had his legs broken easily.\n
âThis place is one of my villas. Who am I? My name is Guan Yushan, Beauty. Are you not Princess Qingning? Haha, if you werenât the princess, then I wouldnât be interested in you.â\n
âSince you know that I am the princess, you should understand the consequences of offending me.â\n
âConsequences?â Guan Yushan smiled as he shook out his fan. He walked lazily beside the soft bed and whispered, âMy beautiful princess, you are truly naĂŻve. Youâve fallen into my clutches and thereâs no escaping from me. In this villa, there are only my servants and my women. Thereâs no princesses here. In a few days, Princess Qingning will leave Yunzhou and encounter mountain bandits in the area around Qingzhou. Sheâll be seriously injured by these bandits and end up losing her life. No one would suspect me nor would they suspect anything happening here in Yunzhou. The emperorâs wrath would be aimed at Qingzhou instead.\n
âBeauty, if you want to scream, you can go ahead. There are very few people around here. Except for me, thereâs no one else in this villa. No matter how loud you scream, of course thereâll be no one to help you, but Iâd dearly love to listen.â\n
After he spoke, Guan Yushan reached out to touch He Qingningâs face. He Qingning raised her hand and slapped him. She raised a foot and kicked him where it hurts the most using all her power. <sup>3</sup> Guan Yushan painfully screamed as he was kicked.\n
Guan Yushan clutched his throbbing lower body and with an infuriated face, he shouted, âEveryone enter and strip her naked. Tie her up and drown her in wine!â\n
The door opened in response to his order. Guan Yushanâs face flushed a deep red despite the pain on his face. He anticipated what will happen next with a lecherous smile.\n
What actually happened, however, dumbfounded him.\n
People came in, but they didnât restrain He Qingning. They tied up Guan Yushan instead. They not only tied him up, they also stripped him, leaving only a pair of pants on. Shen Wan donned her stern face and walked to him in an intimidating manner. She raised her dainty hand and then came the sound of slapping that was especially loud.\n
Shen Wanâs strength was endless. Is there anyone even alive who can endure her seething slaps?\n
Guan Yushan could only scream in pain and was knocked unconscious.\n
Not only did he faint, several of his teeth were knocked off and his face turned swollen.\n
âWake up,â Shen Wan said coldly, her face completely covered with ice. This was the first time He Qingning saw her like this. She always felt that this kind of Shen Wan was a little cute.\n
She kneaded her eyebrows. There must be something wrong with her perception of beauty.\n
Guan Yushan regained consciousness and felt that things were dire. He said faintly, âWhat are you doing? Donât you know who I am?â\n
Shen Wan gave him another slap in the face then lifted his chin, âI do know. Arenât you the only son of the governor, Guan Yushan?â\n
âAnd you still dare toâŠâ\n
âWhatâs there to be afraid of? This is your villa. No matter how loud you scream, no one will come to help you. Come on, scream. The worse it is, the more I like to listen.â\n
<sup>1</sup>T/N:Â Thank you to an official translator-san who translated the poem. ;u;\n
<sup>2</sup>T/N:Â The translation for this word always comes up as âmastersâ but they seem to be acting as guards, so I used professionals, but then just went fuck it and went with guards.\n
<sup>3</sup>T/N: I always like pointing it out. Itâs his dick. His dick got smushed. Hahahaha.\n
T/N:Â I feel really bad for Xu! She tried so hard to protect her family and protect the princess. ;n; Sheâs a wonderful person.\n
T/N2: Didnât I tell you guys that this Guan Yushan is a sick bastard? Sick. Totes deserved to be kicked there.\n
T/N3: I know, Iâm terrible since Iâve been only uploading once a week, but I got addicted to this game called Medieval Dynasty and I canât brush it off easily. I pwomise that if I can take this temporary addiction out, Iâll post faster. Only a little more chaps left!\n