Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback
Chapter 150 Going to Mu Yan’s House

Chapter 150: Chapter 150 Going to Mu Yan’s House

Zhan Lan was always on guard, but she still failed to guard against Lady Li, a woman as weak as a chicken.

A rash move, and Zhan Lan could have easily slaughtered Zhan Xuerou and Lady Li.

But had she really done that, the Zhan Family would never forgive someone who killed a child they had raised for years.

Besides, death without proof is the most pathetic.

Now, with no choice but to accept reality, she could only let the mother and daughter live a little longer.

One day, she would make Lady Li and Zhan Xuerou suffer all the hardships they put her through in her past life, that would be her revenge.

The more they gained now, the more painful it would be when they lost everything in the future.

Zhan Lan turned to Xiao Tao, "Go now, remember the words I’ve just said to you, don’t tell Lady Li. Continue to take good care of her as always, as for any questions about me, play dumb!"

Zhan Lan took out a piece of silver and gave it to Xiao Tao, smiling as she said, "Xiao Tao, you have worked hard recently! Go buy some tasty food."

Xiao Tao happily accepted, nodding earnestly, "Miss, don’t worry, I will definitely keep my lips sealed."

Xiao Tao also sensed the discord between Zhan Lan and Lady Li, but she sided with Zhan Lan, for Lady Li was indeed mean by nature and treated the servants poorly.

She had been taking care of Lady Li for several months, but when Lady Li woke up, she complained that she hadn’t taken care well enough and even scolded her for not washing the bed linen clean.

The truth was, those were new bed linens she had just changed yesterday.

Liu Xi knocked and entered, "Lady Li refuses to let the doctor examine her."

Zhan Lan let out a cold laugh, surely Lady Li was afraid she’d poison her through the doctor!

It seemed that Lady Li was already on guard against her.

If Liu Jinxiu’s death was really Lady Li’s doing, then from now on, their relationship could be described as being on the edge of breaking out into conflict.

Lying in bed, Lady Li was greatly shaken, biting her nails and clenching her fists tightly.

Because she had awakened two days earlier.

Through her people, she heard that Zhan Lan brought someone back from the direction of Phoenix City.

She knew then that Zhan Lan must have suspected her identity!

Large beads of sweat rolled down from Lady Li’s forehead, she didn’t show fear when she saw Zhan Lan a moment ago.

But her heart was pounding violently, almost jumping out of her mouth.

Zhan Lan did not kill her, probably because there wasn’t enough evidence to prove her identity.

Lady Li bit her nails, thinking to herself: as long as Zhan Lan couldn’t find Yu Jinchan, she was powerless against her and Xuerou.

Initially, she had bribed and threatened to get two famous midwives in Phoenix City to help her swap the babies; just-born infants were too wrinkled to distinguish clearly.

It’s said that those who live together will become more alike over time; Zhan Xuerou had also taken on the traits of the Zhan Family, raising no suspicion, fortunately, both the midwives were already dead, another case of death without proof.

However, she didn’t expect that Yu Jinchan, the doctor who once checked her pulse and said the fetus was weak and might not live past three years old, had stumbled upon the truth and used it to blackmail her.

Lady Li pinched her fingers, calculating Yu Jinchan’s age, he was probably already dead!

She hoped that was the case!

Lady Li chanted in her mind, "Bodhisattva bless me, Bodhisattva bless me..."

Having a clear target, if Yu Jinchan was not dead, she had to prevent Zhan Lan from finding him.

...

As Lady Li was contemplating, she suddenly heard a voice outside the door.

"Zhan Lan, come out!"

Lady Li flinched at the sound, listening doubtfully; it was a man’s voice, quite pleasant to hear.

Zhan Lan pushed open her room door and saw Mu Yan standing straight in the courtyard, dressed in a purple robe.

However, that godly handsome face of his had a scab on the lower lip and a hint of purple on his ear.

Zhan Lan approached with curiosity and asked, "Why have you come?"

Mu Yan said coldly, "Come with me!"

Suddenly, Zhan Lan found her wrist grasped by his hand and was dragged along before she could resist.

Her strength was no match for his, and she was eventually pulled onto the carriage.

Lady Li heard the two leaving and called out to the outside, "Xiao Tao, Xiao Tao!"

Xiao Tao was watering the flowers in the courtyard and rushed over upon hearing Lady Li’s voice.

"My lady, are you alright?"

Lady Li asked, "Who was the man who just came?"

Although Xiao Tao had seen Mu Yan, she remembered Zhan Lan’s words—if Lady Li asked anything, play dumb.

So she scratched her head and said, "My lady, I was watering the flowers, I didn’t see clearly."

Disappointed, Lady Li waved her hand, scolding, "With such fine weather, you should be airing the quilts instead of watering flowers; I almost have bedsores now!"

"Oh!" Xiao Tao felt aggrieved inside; she diligently bathed Lady Li every day, how could there be bedsores?

Knowing it was pointless to argue, Xiao Tao could only set down her water dipper and take out the quilts to air them once again.

Lady Li thought to herself that if Zhan Lan had managed to climb up the social ladder, it would be troublesome; thus, she made a covert decision.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhan Lan looked at Lord Mu silently, "Lord Mu, what do you need me for, don’t you have cases to attend to every day?"

She peeked out of the carriage curtain at the sun, wondering which court official would still be wandering outside at this hour.

Lord Mu gaze fixed on Zhan Lan’s eyes, he remained silent.

Zhan Lan tilted her head to look at him, "Did you burn your mouth? What could be so troubling to make Lord Mu so upset?"

Lord Mu sneered, "Who else but you!"

Leaning against the carriage wall, Zhan Lan puzzled over what she could have possibly done to displease Mu Yan that much.

Considering he spoke no more and closed his eyes, not minding her.

It seemed he wanted to wait until they reached their destination to tell her.

After riding through the streets for a quarter of an hour, the carriage finally stopped.

Zhan Lan followed Mu Yan to a residence; the carriage stopped in the middle of the yard, and getting off, Zhan Lan looked up to see the nearby Wangjiang Building.

"Is this your house?" Zhan Lan asked, turning her body towards him.

Actually, she had been here once before on his birthday, although it was at night, but she was taken aback by the exquisite garden-like surroundings of Lord Mu’s mansion.

In daylight, it was even more breathtaking, every scene was a masterpiece of craftsmanship.

But what did Mu Yan want her to do, bringing her to his home?

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