Chapter 263: She Really Is a Reincarnated Person

Meng Qinghe's gut‑wrenching scream reached the courtyard, but the others didn't hear her words clearly, taking it as a cry of pain.

The Jiang Clan felt deep sorrow, clenching their fists and repeatedly wiping tears with a handkerchief.

The old madam's face grew gloomy, and the maid behind her whispered, "Madam, it's late and cold; you should go back."

"Yes, mother, you go back first; once things here settle, the son will come to you."

"Mm." She glanced at Meng Qinghe's bedroom door, then turned and left.

Liu Yiniang was still collapsed on the ground, eyes vacant; only after the old madam had gone far away did she regain her senses, stumbling toward Meng Xiuchi's courtyard.

No one saw the murderous glint in her eyes when she turned.

The old madam, Meng Hui, the Jiang Clan, and the Southern First Young Master, the chief culprit who harmed my son and stood by without saving him.

I won't spare any of them!

I will make them all pay a price ten or a hundred times heavier than my son's suffering!

Chi Nan Yi looked down from his lofty height at the collapsing Meng Qinghe, as if admiring his own masterpiece.

"Chi Nan Yi! You scoundrel!" Meng Qinghe struggled to lunge and grab Chi Nan Yi's face, but she was no match for him.

Chi Nan Yi's body moved nimbly to the side.

The scar on his face ached to the bone, and Meng Qinghe staggered and fell to the ground.

The wound gaped wider; Meng Qinghe pointed and shouted, "Chi Nan Yi, you're nothing but my defeated subordinate! A dog of a ruined family! How dare you fight me? How dare you!"

Chi Nan Yi gave a faint smile, showing no anger, and instead let out a low laugh.

"How dare you? Meng Qinghe, this is a debt you owed me in a past life; this life you must repay me with interest."

"You won't get away with it!" Meng Qinghe trembled all over, glaring viciously, "My father is the Left Minister, my maternal grandfather is one of Jingcheng's foremost wealthy merchants, I am the legitimate daughter of the Left Minister's Residence, the Crown Prince has already agreed to let me enter the residence; if you touch me, they will surely kill you, crush your bones and turn you to ash! I will expose your rebirth to the world, make you a monster in everyone's eyes, and have everyone despise and spurn you!"

"You want to crush my bones and turn me to ash, but you aren't even qualified. I said I will topple your backers one by one, starting today. As for you calling me a monster, what about you? What are you? Who would believe you? They'll just think you've gone mad, slandering me without restraint."

"Chi Nan Yi!"

Meng Qinghe's voice was not low; those three words pierced the door panel and reached everyone's ears.

Chi Nan Yi?

How could she suddenly bring up Chi Nan Yi's name?

At that moment, Jiang Clan felt something stir in her heart.

A familiar pair of brows and eyes and a silhouette flashed through her mind; shocked, Jiang Clan suddenly covered her mouth.

Chi Nan Yi, could it be that the Southern First Young Master is Chi Nan Yi?

This…

Jiang Clan instinctively took a few steps forward, intending to rush into the room to investigate.

Before reaching the doorway, a threatening deep voice came from behind, "Take another step forward, and your life will be forfeit."

Jiang Clan looked toward the direction the voice came from.

Seeing the silver mask that exuded coldness, a nameless dread rose in her heart.

"You… you are…"

Mo Junyan withdrew his gaze, paying her no attention.

His eyes remained fixed on the tightly shut door before him.

He heard it.

Everyone heard it.

She truly is a reborn person!

Recalling her earlier words, it was like a poisoned dagger, stabbing hard into his heart.

Thinking of the humiliation of her death in the previous life, Mo Junyan could not restrain the murderous intent in his heart.

He wished he could crush the bones and turn to ash all who had harmed her.

Meng Family, Crown Prince.

Very well.

Meng Hui felt his throat tighten again, a chill running down his spine.

In the room, Chi Nan Yi looked at Meng Qinghe's face, twisted completely by hatred and poison, and said with a smile, "Shout! Why have you stopped shouting? Weren't you just saying you wanted the whole world to know about the rebirth? Why are you silent now?"

"Chi Nan Yi, what exactly do you want." Meng Qinghe stopped screaming, lifted her eyes to look at him, cold sweat streaming down her body.

Chi Nan Yi was right; regarding the rebirth matter, he could not speak, for if others learned, he would also become a monster in their eyes. His face already looked like this; being treated as a monster again, not to mention marrying into the Crown Prince's Residence, even the Minister's Residence would have no place for him.

"What do you want?" she lowered her voice, body trembling lightly, she was scared—this time she was truly scared: "If you can heal my face, whatever you want, I will help you, really! If you want to return to the Minister's Residence, I will tell father and mother, they will surely agree; mother often says she misses you, can we be sisters again like in the previous life?"

"Meng Family? You think I care?"

"Then what do you want? What exactly do you want!" Meng Qinghe's face was a mix of blood and tears, a mess: "Tell me, tell me! I beg you, you must heal my face."

Seeing her so without backbone, Chi Nan Yi suddenly felt bored.

"Restoring this face to its former state isn't impossible, but it depends on whether you're willing to exchange."

"Exchange what?"

"I want evidence of the Crown Prince's collusion with Yuqin Guo."

Upon hearing this, Meng Qinghe lifted her head abruptly, "What are you saying?"

Chi Nan Yi said nothing, only kept a calm expression as he looked at her.

Realizing she hadn't misheard, Meng Qinghe froze in place, a face full of terror.

How did she know about the Crown Prince's treason?

In her previous life, she had only happened to overhear a snippet outside the study, and at that time Chi Nan Yi had already been sent to the cold palace by her; this life, how did she know?

Treason is a crime punishable by exterminating the entire clan!

"You… how did you know?" her voice trembled, even her breathing grew rapid.

"This is not something you can interfere with." He took out a glass bottle; inside was a pale pink medicinal liquid. Chi Nan Yi looked at her indifferently: "The medicine inside can heal wounds, but it can only last for a month. Once the matter is settled, I will let you fully restore your appearance, even surpassing what it was before. If you fail, you will forever bear this face, living half-human, half-ghost, becoming a monster that everyone avoids."

"The Minister's Residence cannot keep you, and the Crown Prince will not marry a woman whose appearance and reputation are both ruined." He tapped his fingertip lightly on the table, Chi Nan Yi said with a faint smile: "How you want to proceed is up to you, but I don't have that much patience to wait for your reply—I'll give you only ten breaths."

Meng Qinghe was struck as if by lightning, her expression changing instantly.

On one side was the position of Crown Princess she had longed for; on the other side was an abyss from which there is no return.

On one side was wealth and honor; on the other side was the sole chance to restore her appearance.

She bit her lip hard, turmoil and unwillingness surging in her eyes.

"If I agree to you and hand over the evidence, even if I regain my appearance, what good would it do? If the Crown Prince is deposed, I will become a homeless stray! I might even be punished." Meng Qinghe said coldly: "This matter has been a dead end from the very beginning."