Friday 13 January 2023

ARTTTWLWS Teaser 1

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Chapter 1


"Ah Nuo, Jiao Jiao is my benefactor. When I went to the capital to take the exam, all my travel funds were stolen by a thief just as I entered the capital. It was Jiao Jiao who passed by and called out to get people to get it for me. If it wasn't for Jiao Jiao, I would definitely not be able to stay and study with peace of mind because of travel funds getting stolen. Meaning I would fail the exam. I became the top thesis author this time due to Jiao Jiao. Later, I fell in love with such a kind and beautiful Jiao Jiao. Today, I brought Jiao Jiao back because I hope Ah Nuo can approve of us being together."

"Elder Sister, please be at ease. Although I am a noble daughter and a county lord proclaimed by the deceased emperor, I will not compete with my Elder Sister for the position of legitimate wife as my feelings for Darling Luo are true. I am willing to be an equal wife and serve Darling Luo and Elder Sister for the rest of this life."

"Elder Sister-in-law, approve of Elder Brother and Elder Sister Mu. Look at how sincere Elder Sister Mu is. With such a noble status, she is willing to serve you and Elder Brother as an equal wife."

Her ears were buzzing. Shen Nuo frowned slightly, opened her eyes, and saw a simple brick house.

This should be the main hall. All the furniture in the house was a bit old. Still, it was clean and tidy.

The surrounding environment was very familiar. Apart from these simple pieces of furniture, there were a good few people around her. They were all standing in front of her.

It seemed that she was the only one sitting.

The people in front of her were also familiar. The ones in the front were a young man, a young girl, and a beautiful married woman.

The male’s appearance was handsome. His figure was tall and straight. His face was fair-skinned. He was wearing a straight stone-blue gown with dark purple, cloud-patterned flowers.

The girl on the left side of the man was only about fifteen or sixteen years old. Her features can only be regarded as delicate. But her attire was extremely rich. She was wearing a gold silk embroidered dress embroidered with butterflies playing with narcissus. A thin layer of smoked gauze covering on the outside.covering her wrists. The semi transparent white jade bracelet was on her wrist. She was currently shyly leaning against the man's side.

On the right side of the man was a woman in her thirties. She was slightly chubby but had excellent facial features. Even the slight chubbiness didn't affect her appearance. Instead, she had a different charm.

Cui Luo Shu? Mu Xiu Jiao? Mrs. Yao?

How could it be them?

After seeing them, Shen Nuo knew something was amissed.

A moment ago, she was still refining pills in the alchemy room. But now she appeared here. She might have returned again.

Shen Nuo didn't expect that she would come back after going to the Immortal Realm and cultivate for five hundred years.

Thinking of how these people killed her in her previous life, Shen Nuo wanted to pounce on them, drink their blood, eat their flesh, and gnaw their bones.

Of the three in front of her, the handsome man was her husband, Cui Luo Shu.

Beautiful Wife Mei was the person Cui Luo Shu brought back after taking the exam in the capital and became the top scorer to marry as an equal wife.

And the slightly plump and beautiful married woman,she was Shen Nuo's mother-in-law, Yao Zhuang Qing.

In her previous life, she was also called Shen Nuo and was born in a small town called Shuiyun Village.

Since she was a child, she was a bundle of rosy carved fairness. She was smoothly delivered and her mother gave birth to her in less than an hour.

According to Shen Family, when she was born, the sky was full of rays of light. Everyone said that she would be a person of great fortune in the future.

She had been very well-behaved, obedient and kind-hearted since she was little. Even the sight of a bird with a broken wing on the side of the road would make her cry in sorrow. She would go all out to save the bird.

Later, she became the most beautiful girl in Shuiyun Village. Beautiful appearance, willow eyebrows, and a pair of clear and clean eyes.

Once she grew up, the threshold of Shen Family was almost broken by the matchmakers.

At the age of thirteen, Mother Cui a.k.a Yao Zhuang Qing, came to propose marriage on behalf of her son, Cui Luo Shu.

Cui Luo Shu’s literary talent was the most outstanding in Shuiyun Village. His appearance was the most handsome of all the younger generation. All unmarried girls in Shuiyun Village wanted to marry him.

So Father Shen agreed to the marriage.

Less than half a year after the marriage was set, she married Cui Luo Shu when she just turned fourteen.

It was Yao Zhuang Qing who brought it up.

Back then, Yao Zhuang Qing grinningly spoke, "Luo Shu is going to take the imperial examination this year. So I want to Ah Nuo marry into our Cui Family earlier. Ah Nuo is a blessed person. Maybe our Luo Shu can pass after she marries in. What’s more, Luo Shu kept saying he wanted to marry Ah Nuo sooner. In-law don't worry. Our family will definitely treat Ah Nuo well."

Mrs. Yao was polite and kind. Back then, the betrothal gift was also full of sincerity.

So although Shen Family's parents felt that Ah Nuo was a little young, they still nodded and agreed to let her marry into Cui Family early.

After Shen Nuo married into Cui Family.

Cui Luo Shu didn’t immediately consummate the marriage with her.

It was Mrs. Yao who was being considerate, saying that she was young and her bones hadn't fully grown yet. Consummation now wasn’t good for her body. So the discussion was pushed to two years later.

So after marrying into Cui Family, Shen Nuo had been sleeping with Youngest Sister-in-law. Never with Cui Luo Shu.

Shen Family felt relieved. After all, Shen Family also felt that she was indeed too young.

Shen Nuo had only been married for half a year when Cui Luo Shu achieved top escorted examinee in the provincial examination.

Moreover, Cui Luo Shu had been quite lucky during the exam. During the provincial exam, there were some problems with the water everyone drank. Many candidates suffered from abdominal pain. While Cui Luo Shu was fine and got very good grades in the exam.

After finishing the provincial examination, Cui Luo Shu was about to leave for the capital to take the metropolitan examination.

The night before leaving, Cui Luo Shu asked Shen Nuo to point to an article among his papers.

At that time, Shen Nuo didn't know why Cui Luo Shu did this and randomly pointed to an article.

It was later that Shen Nuo realized that it was a predicting question. The article she casually pointed to was the right bet.

So Cui Luo Shu won top conference examinee in the national examination.

When it came to the imperial examination, he was hand-picked as the top thesis author.

Winning three top scorer in a row shocked the court and the public.

The good news of Cui Luo Shu's three consecutive top scorer success was sent to Shuiyun Village soon.

Cui Family wept with joy. The villagers of Shuiyun Village were also beaming with joy. After all, they were such a small village. It was difficult for them to produce a recommended man, not to mention three consecutive top scorer. Even their entire village gained honor.

Ever since Cui Luo Shu was on the honor roll, the villagers couldn't help but tease Shen Nuo when they saw her.

"Ah Nuo, you’re waiting for your darling top thesis author to come back from the capital and take you to the capital to enjoy the blessing."

Every time Shen Nuo heard this, her tender and white face was as shy and alluring as a crabapple flower.

Shen Family was originally worried about Cui Luo Shu being three consecutive top scorer and feared that Cui Family would look down on their daughter because of this.

Except for Younger Sister-in-law being a little arrogant, Cui Family treated Shen Nuo even better. Especially Mrs. Yao.

Shen Family felt completely relieved.

After waiting for half a year, Cui Luo Shu came back at the beginning of autumn.

Adding it up, it had been a year since he left home.

Cui Luo Shu did return, but he brought back a beautiful delicate wife.

He said that beautiful delicate wife was his benefactor and hoped for Ah Nuo’s approval. Beautiful delicate wife stated that she wouldn’t compete with her for the position of legitimate wife despite being a noble’s daughter. She was willing to be an equal wife to serve Darling Top Thesis Author and her for the rest of her life.

At that time, Shen Nuo was in a state of stupefaction. It was her mother-in-law who persuaded her, saying that even when the county lord married in, she wouldn’t really treat her as a daughter-in-law. Only she was recognized as the daughter-in-law. But the other party was the granddaughter of Cabinet Elder and titled by the deceased emperor as county lord. If they didn’t agree, Cui Family might get into trouble.

Mother-in-law even beat and scolded her son.

In the end, Shen Nuo was persuaded by her mother-in-law to allow Mu Xiu Jiao in. With Cui Family, she followed her husband and Mu Xiu Jiao to the capital.

After arriving in the capital, she watched Cui Luo Shu marry Mu Xiu Jiao in with eight sedan chair. She watched the two of them being lovey dovey with each other and sang in harmony.

Not long after, Cui Luo Shu had wanted to make up for the bridal night with her.

But every time it reached this moment, Mu Xiu Jiao's maid will rush over when Cui Luo Shu enter her room and tell them that Mu Xiu Jiao was uncomfortable here and there. Cui Luo Shu can only apologetically look at her before following the maid to Mu Xiu Jiao's room. And she waited foolishly in the room all night.

Mu Xiu Jiao used this reason to stop Cui Luo Shu and Shen Nuo from consummating their marriage.

Therefore, even when she had been married to Cui Luo Shu for four years, she still couldn't consummate the marriage with him. Naturally it was impossible to have children.

While Mu Xiu Jiao already had given birth to a daughter.

In the first few years, Cui Luo Shu still wanted to find a chance to consummate the marriage with her. Don't know if it was because she was always worried about the housework or being depressed, her appearance gradually became haggard and her body was thin. She was no longer as charming and soft as before.

Seeing her current appearance, Cui Luo Shu never mentioned the consummation again.

The aristocratic ladies in the capital always mocked her behind her back for occupying the position of top thesis author’s legitimate wife that didn't lay eggs.

At these times, Mother-in-law was still protecting her.

Shen Nuo was grateful to Mother-in-law. She gave up the idea of having an heir in the end and concentrated on managing Cui Manor.

In the end, she was still unhappy. Her health became worse and worse. She was always lingering on the sick bed. Before she was thirty, she passed away. At that time, Cui Luo Shu was already the third rank official.

After Shen Nuo died, she didn’t enter reincarnation. Her soul wandered in Cui's house.

She saw Mother-in-law, top thesis author husband, and Mu Xiu Jiao smashing open all her bones. Mutilated into a bloody, she laid in the coffin.

After her body was buried, it was buried in Cui Family's ancestral grave.

Back at the Cui Manor, Mother-in-law had the maids retreat. She told Cui Luo Shu and Mu Xiu Jiao, "She is finally dead now. You two can live a good life in the future. Our Cui Family will only become more and more prosperous. In the future, Luo Shu, you will become the existence of power and opposition. I told you before that she is the daughter of luck and her luck is top notch. She can bring luck to my son before her death. However, her blood and bones were the true essence. After death, she is buried in our Cui Family’s ancestral grave. With her blood and bones, she’ll nourish our Cui Family's luck. That’s why, our Cui Family will have even greater luck in the future."

Mu Xiu Jiao hesitantly spoke, "Mother-in-law, she died only a few days ago. And we secretly poisoned her to make her die. It's better not to mention this in the mansion, lest that we disturb her soul. What if……"

"What’s there to be afraid of? She was a wimp when she was alive. Even when she dead, shel can't make a big storm. If she really dares to come, I will definitely suppress her soul and make her unable to reincarnate forever." Yao Zhuang Qing sneered, "For the sake of nourishing our Cui Family luck, she deserves to die."

Cui Luo Shu didn't say much, only sighed in the end.

Shen Nuo shed blood and tears. So she didn't die of illness.

It turned out that her appearance didn't become ugly because she was overworked.

It was them who secretly poisoned her all this time.

Shen Nuo wished she could pounce on them and tear them apart. But she couldn't touch them.

At this time, Yao Zhuang Qing told her son to leave the room. Then she informed Mu Xiu Jiao, "Luo Shu is soft-hearted and had some true feelings for her. Fortunately, you have been preventing them from consummating. If not, she will have Luo Shu's child. I'm afraid he would be reluctant to let her die then. Now that she's dead, I won't let Luo Shu take a concubine. Nor would I let other women make the manor’s atmosphere messy. As long as you husband and wife are harmonious and open branches and leave for Cui Family, my greatest wish is fulfilled."

After hearing this, Mu Xiu Jiao shyly responded, "Thank you Mother-in-law. In the future, I will serve Mother-in-law well and take care of Husband."

"There was another thing I must instruct you to do." Yao Zhuang Qing looked out of the window, "She had been buried. Send someone to take Shen Family back to Shuiyun Village. Remember to 'treat' Shen Family well. Give them enough money and let them live a good life in Shuiyun Village."

But Mu Xiu Jiao immediately understood what Mother-in-law meant.

Shen Nuo also understood Yao Zhuang Qing's viciousness.

Shen Nuo seemed to feel pain in her heart. She wanted to rush forward and tear Yao Zhuang Qing apart. However, she went straight through Yao Zhuang Qing's body.

Heart in a turmoil, she floated over to report to Shen Family who were still in the Cui Manor. But no matter how much she yelled, Shen Family couldn’t hear her words.

Mu Xiu Jiao came over with ten thousand taels of silver notels and explained to Shen Family, "Elder Sister had managed the house for Cui Family all these years. Husband and I respect Elder Sister very much. When Elder Sister died of illness, the thing she worried the most about was you. This is ten thousand taels of silver notes. If Elder Sister is still here, she hope you can live a good life."

Father Shen directly rejected the ten thousand taels of silver note. After paying homage to his daughter, Father Shen brought Shen Family back to Shuiyun Village heartbroken.

But not long after Shen Family went back, everyone in the capital knew Mu Xiu Jiao's righteousness. Even when Mrs. Shen, who occupied the position of legitimate wife and had no children and refused to step down, died, Cui Family would still be willing to treat Shen Family generously and gave them ten thousand taels of silver notes.

These words naturally reached the ears of the robbers. Money moved people's hearts. These robbers went to Shuiyun Village for money, but didn’t find the ten thousand taels of silver notes in Shen’s house. So the robber slaughtered Shen Family.

Such a vicious heart. She deliberately let everyone know that Shen Family had just received a large sum of money and stimulated the thieves to kill all Shen Family members in search of money.

At that time, Shen Nuo desperately thought, if there really was a next life, she only hoped that she would no longer be stupid, ignorant, kind, and cowardly as this life. And no longer be deceived and poisoned to death by these people. She would definitely wash blood with blood and let them pay for her life.

For the next ten years or so, Shen Nuo always wanted to take revenge, but was unable to. She could only watch her enemy's family be so rich and powerful that they were admired by thousands of people.

Later, Shen Nuo finally entered reincarnation. She didn't see whether these people died or received retribution. She had the next life as she wished, but she was no longer that Ah Nuo from Shuiyun Village. She became a baby of the immortal realm. She was also named Shen Nuo by her family.

This world was completely different from the world in the previous life. Ordinary people can cultivate.

Shen Nuo started to cultivate from a young age and became a medical cultivator that makes elixirs.

In the blink of an eye, it was hundreds of years later. She had become a well-known medical cultivator in the Immortal Realm. All the elixirs she refined were of the highest quality.

Just when Ah Nuo gradually forgot about the past.

Unexpectedly, she saw these people again when she opened her eyes.

At this moment, it should be the moment when Cui Luo Shu became the top thesis author and took Mu Xiu Jiao back to Shuiyun Village.

Shen Nuo's tightly clenched fists slowly loosened.

She didn't know how Yao Zhuang Qing knew in her previous life that she was a daughter of luck. Nor did she know what a daughter of luck was. She only knew that this family killed her and her whole family for those illusory fates. Finally, she got a chance for revenge.

In Immortal Realm, her parents were just mortals. They had already passed away. She was the only one left. So she had nothing tying her back to Immortal Realm.

Shen Nuo slowly raised her head and looked at the few people in front of her. Besides these three people, Younger Sister-in-law, Cui Wen Lan was also present.

In her previous life, she didn't know that Cui Luo Shu and Mu Xiu Jiao had returned last night. When she got up this morning and just made breakfast, she was dragged into the main room and pushed to sit down by Yao Zhuang Qing and Younger Sister-in-law Cui Wen Lan. Then Cui Luo Shu brought Mu Xiu Jiao into the main hall. Then she coaxed her with those words just now.

"Ah Nuo, don't be afraid. Mother will seek justice for you. Even when she enter the door, Mother won’t really treat her as a daughter-in-law. Mother only recognize you. You are the only one Mother likes. But she is the granddaughter of Cabinet Elder after all. On top of that, she was titled the county lord by the deceased emperor. If we don’t agree, I am afraid that Luo Shu will be implicated when he returns to the capital to become an official... Oh, in conclusion, it is Luo Shu’s bad."

This time it was Mother Cui a.k.a Yao Zhuang Qing who spoke. The exact same words as in her previous life.

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