Reborn in Each Other’s Bodies: A Mother and Daughter’s Deadly Revenge - Chapter 108

Sheng Minmin slept very soundly last night.

When she woke up early this morning, a light drizzle was falling outside, but her mood was excellent.

Recently, it seemed like everything she did was divinely aided, going so smoothly.

When Huang Yaning appeared at the Jingzhao Prefecture and claimed to be the Sheng family’s long-lost legitimate daughter, Sheng Minmin knew Huang Yaning didn’t plan to expose her true identity.

Things like rebirth and body swaps were too bizarre. A single misstep could get both of them burned as evil spirits; Huang Yaning wasn’t that stupid.

However, Sheng Minmin had thought Huang Yaning returned to the Sheng mansion as the legitimate daughter to live a life of luxury and, on the side, deal with Tao Niang and Sheng Mingzhu.

She just hadn’t expected Huang Yaning’s attitude towards Sheng Yong and the Sheng brothers to be so strange too.

She showed no regard for Sheng Yong’s face in the public court, beat the two brothers severely last night, and even had the heart to let Sheng Mingjian take an extra ten strokes.

This behavior was nothing like the Huang Yaning of her past life, who loved her husband and doted on her sons obsessively.

Sheng Minmin guessed that perhaps, reborn in her body this lifetime, Huang Yaning was personally experiencing how vile the Sheng men’s attitude towards her was.

You only know what pain truly is when the knife cuts your own flesh! It made sense that she would seize the opportunity to vent her anger by teaching her sons a lesson.

Whatever the reason, Sheng Minmin was happy to see it.

She wasn’t worried about Huang Yaning softening towards the Sheng men and revealing something she shouldn’t.

Leaving aside whether the skeptical natures of the Sheng men (except Sheng Mingbo) would believe Huang Yaning’s words…

Based on her understanding of Sheng Mingjian’s vicious nature, he probably wished Huang Yaning dead right now and would definitely find ways to deal with her.

She wondered if Huang Yaning could withstand her “beloved son’s” “poisonous schemes.”

It was entirely possible she might end up dying by her “own son’s” hand.

That would be the most fatal blow for Huang Yaning.

However, Sheng Minmin still hoped Huang Yaning wouldn’t fall to her sons too early, and would stir up trouble for Sheng Mingzhu and Tao Niang a bit more before she died.

Huang Yaning’s combat prowess was astonishing!

Moreover, Huang Yaning, as the victim, attacking Sheng Mingzhu and Tao Niang would raise the least suspicion.

Of course, if Huang Yaning really did fall into the hands of Sheng Mingjian and the others, Sheng Minmin wouldn’t care either.

Because now one of Sheng Mingzhu’s legs had been completely crippled by Huang Yaning, making it impossible for her to ever become a princess consort in the future.

Without prospects, Sheng Mingzhu had no hope, and thus neither did Tao Niang.

Sheng Mingyi’s current health might not see him reach adulthood; Sheng Mingbo couldn’t learn martial arts and would likely amount to nothing in the future.

That would only leave Sheng Mingjian. How much trouble could he possibly stir up alone?!

Just as she was feeling pleased, Sheng Minmin received the message from Xiong San.

She had no objection to Sheng Mingjian investigating and dealing with Huang Yaning, but him wanting to cure Sheng Mingyi’s health was not good news!

How had Sheng Mingjian become so enlightened?

Had Huang Yaning pushed them so hard that he suddenly saw the light?

After some thought, she sent a message out, asking Uncle Zhao to find that itinerant doctor.

She only vaguely remembered it seemed to be an itinerant doctor who loved his wine. She needed to find him before Sheng Mingjian and send him away…

Outside the mansion, the Sheng family had become thoroughly famous.

The people of the capital were all discussing the Sheng family’s affairs.

Huang Yaning’s lawsuit at the Jingzhao Prefecture had long been known to everyone, even though Magistrate Jiang hadn’t yet made a ruling.

But anyone who had seen Huang Yaning and the Sheng family’s mistress, and wasn’t blind, could tell Huang Yaning was the true legitimate daughter.

Many said this Sheng legitimate young mistress was pitiful. Born for a life of wealth, she was swapped out by a wet nurse, living seven years as a farmer’s daughter.

She was worn down until she was dark and thin, worse off than the rough work maids around the false千金 (thousand gold – precious daughter).

People felt immense sympathy for Huang Yaning and cursed Tao Niang incessantly.

Some women also brought up the old matter of Sheng Yong, saying if he hadn’t doted on his concubine so excessively, the Sheng mistress wouldn’t have been so angry she went to the rural estate while heavily pregnant…

If the mistress hadn’t gone to the estate, the true legitimate daughter naturally couldn’t have been swapped.

But many men hearing this were dissatisfied and accused the Sheng mistress of being overly jealous.

Running off to the estate over a trivial matter! If she hadn’t gone, how could so many things have happened later?

People argued for a long time over who was right and wrong between Sheng Yong and the Sheng mistress.

Later, the matters of Huang Yaning beating up Sheng Mingzhu and “accidentally” injuring her leg, as well as the events in the Sheng ancestral hall, also spread…

Initially, Sheng Yong wanted to keep the affairs inside the mansion secret, but Prince Qi already knew. Seeing Sheng Mingzhu suffer such a great wrong, Prince Qi definitely wouldn’t help conceal it.

Moreover, later, when Sheng Mingjian and the others received their strokes and the mansion’s doctor couldn’t handle it alone, they had to call an outside physician, making it impossible to hide.

Some who heard the news cursed the true legitimate daughter a wild child, crude and ill-mannered!

How could a younger sister raise her hand against her brothers? And the false千金 (thousand gold – precious daughter) didn’t deserve that…

Others said the several legitimate Sheng young masters were too excessive, only caring about the false precious daughter, showing cold-blooded indifference to their biological sister who had narrowly escaped death. They deserved that beating.

Those siding with the true legitimate daughter even told her to be even “wilder” in the future, and never let herself be bullied to death by her biased brothers…

The capital’s populace was divided into many factions, saying all sorts of things. Every member of the main Sheng family line was cursed one by one’.

But overall, the incident had the most negative impact on Sheng Mingzhu, Sheng Yong, and Sheng Mingjian’s brothers.

Right now, everyone was waiting for Magistrate Jiang to investigate the cause and effect of the matter and give a verdict.

But by the afternoon, the court session still hadn’t convened. Some busybody citizens grew restless and used connections to find out the situation.

Rumors said Prince Qi had interceded for mercy, so Master Sheng stopped pursuing the wet nurse’s responsibility. Thus, the constables had to let her go.

The citizens felt collectively like they had starved themselves all day waiting for a sweet, juicy piece of gossip, only to be served a plate of SH*T in the end.

Everyone felt indescribably upset and disgusted. Some hot-tempered people cursed Prince Qi vehemently behind his back.

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Sheng Mingzhu was the first to learn that Tao Niang had been released.

Her feelings towards Tao Niang were now very complex.

Before, she had relied on and trusted this wet nurse of hers.

She felt her wet nurse understood her thoughts better than anyone, knew what she wanted, and would suggest ways to help her get it.

Sheng Mingzhu had once been very fond of her wet nurse.

Now, she knew this wet nurse was actually her biological mother!

Anger, humiliation, and disgust were added to Sheng Mingzhu’s feelings towards her wet nurse.

She absolutely didn’t want to be the wet nurse’s biological daughter!

She refused to be a farmer woman’s daughter!

Since the wet nurse had swapped her out, why did she have to follow her into the mansion?

Wouldn’t it have been better to let her safely enjoy a life of wealth as an official’s daughter?

Why did she take that girl back and raise her for seven years without eliminating the root of the problem?

If the wet nurse hadn’t been so weak, how could that person have escaped to expose her false identity?

Her leg certainly wouldn’t have been smashed and broken by the other party, ruining her chance to become a princess consort!

At that time, Sheng Mingzhu wished she could have Huang Yaning sliced into a thousand pieces and fried in oil!

Later, because Brother Sheng (Prince Qi), Big Brother, and Fifth Brother came to see her and were frightened by her deranged appearance, she jolted awake and hid the madness on her face.

Now, her brothers were injured and couldn’t be relied on. Her father’s attitude towards her wasn’t the same as before. Her mother hadn’t even come to see her, presumably utterly disgusted with her.

Only Brother Sheng was willing to help, helping her rescue the wet nurse.

But Sheng Mingzhu also knew she couldn’t bother Brother Sheng with every trivial matter.

After much thought, the only person she could rely on was the wet nurse.

Although her feelings towards the wet nurse had become extremely complex, Sheng Mingzhu knew the person in this world who would least harm her was still the wet nurse.

Therefore, upon receiving the message from Prince Qi, she sent Xia Zhi out of the mansion, hoping the wet nurse could give her some good advice.