4 The Peach Blossom Courtyard Fire

Bai Yuan look naturally at wet nurse Qui while wet nurse Qui keeps looking around trembling from fear. Bai Yuan casually ask, "How's the taste of being beating by those people?"

Wet nurse Qui remembered after the young miss gives her the bag, she was walking around the courtyard showing off when the first and second young miss located her. They said that the things she has were theirs and that she stole it from them. If she doesn't hand it to them, they would beat her up but what can you say, someone like her who has enjoyed a better life than her own young miss, would she hand the pieces of jewelry. No, instead she got cocky about it, thinking 'who would want to hand over something as precious as this', she only got herself to blame. Thinking about the course of events, everything started because she received the bag of jewelry from the young miss. Her old face looks fiercely at Bai Yuan knowing she's (BY) the mastermind.

Bai Yuan rested her head on her palm and with a dark face, she angrily stated, "Why would wet nurse poison her own miss and harm her own miss's child?"

The wet nurse took a step back, very shocked at Bai Yuan's words. She didn't think that the young miss would find out, but what can she (BY) do to her now, now that she's (BY) not marrying the fourth prince. She (BY) got nothing now only this courtyard, sooner or later she'll disappear from this household. She still got the backing of the third madam even if her daughters are rough, it's still better than her young miss who has nothing. The young miss might not even live to adulthood, so what's wrong with a little telling. Wet nurse Qui snorted at Bai Yuan, "So what! What can you do about it? You've been pregnant for about one and a half year now but with the poison added into your food every day, no one would know that you're pregnant. Even you didn't know when it's your own body. That's how effective it is, you've also been drinking different kinds of poison and antidote that there will definitely be more influence on the child. Serve you right! Hahaha!"

Bai Yuan crash her teacup, closing her eyes and taking one deep breath, she picks one very sharp piece of glass from the broken teacup. With a slight finger swing, the glass flew towards wet nurse Qui, piercing close to her chest.

"First of all, I am still your 'young miss' not 'you'. Second, as a maid in this house how can you raise your voice in front of your master. Third, feeding your miss poison is a very big crime, causing you death. Now that wet nurse Qui has quieted done, answer me this, how did I got pregnant and is Lan Wuyou the father..?" wet nurse Qui was whining in pain and staying silent.

"...Guess, wet nurse Qui still want some more," with black lines across her face she holds up another glass piece.

"Wa... Wait! I'll talk young miss! I'll talk! For who the father is, no one knows, but this wet nurse can tell you that it is definitely not the Fourth prince. Everything started when the first and second young miss of the third house took you outside and meet the Fourth prince with you. Figuring out that you're engaged with him, they got jealous, so they make up a plan and told me to be quiet about it if I want to live. Remember that one other time, you went out with everyone and the fourth prince. They got you drunk and took you to the room they have assigned a rich fat man to take your virginity. In the morning they'll show everyone that you've lost your purity, canceling your engagement with the fourth prince. But they also got drunk and make a mistake with the room, so no one knows what happened afterward. When this was all happening the fourth prince was with the third master talking. This wet nurse only knows that after a couple of months the young miss starts showing signs of a pregnant woman. ...Since I have to report everything to the madam, I also reported about your conditions, she told me that young miss should take this Cooling-Pregnancy poison, she specifically prepared if a situation like this happens. She stated that your pregnancy will show up again after you married the fourth prince. This old woman only knows that after taking the poison the miss stop showing signs of pregnancy but would get cold throughout the years. The young miss was still young and knew nothing about relationships between woman and man. So young miss knew nothing about this."

Bai Yuan reflected back, something like going out with everyone did happen. They also added a strong aphrodisiac with her wine. It might not cause a strong effect but it induces her to lose some of her memories that day. What Bai Yuan didn't know was that some of her memories were altered so what she believes were true but not be on that day,

"System, what is the Cooling-Pregnancy poison?" Bai Yuan mentally questioned the system.

[The Cooling-Pregnancy poison is as it means. It cools the body according to the changing of temperature, making the body chill or mild throughout the year. If it goes on like that, it'll kill the mother and child in about 4-6 years even if the mother gives birth to the child. The child would still die young and the mother will die from giving birth or earlier than the child. However, you have taken the poison regularly with your meals so the poison acts faster. The host should've been dead way before the marriage, it's already a miracle that you survived. Maybe it's due to the child or your body. This poison is untraceable but even harder to make, so many don't know about it.]

Bai Yuan traces all the clues she got back to her past life. Lan Wuyou made her abort her child without giving her a reason, meaning that the third madam must've told him something. Maybe it's along the line of 'Fourth prince that child's baby in her belly is definitely going to create trouble for you. It's not even yours, from what I know you haven't even slept with her and she has had the child for so long. I even give her the Cooling-Pregnancy 'pill' but the child is still there. This child is a bad omen, fourth prince. I've known her for so long and you should've seen the things she's done.'. Making Lan Wuyou have doubts in her, he even became harsher on her then he has. But what does she care, she isn't in his control anymore.

"Thanks for everything you've done, wet nurse Qui." Bai Yuan uses her light sword energy to pierce through wet nurse Qui's chest making the glass approach her heart. On Bai Yuan's face wasn't a sad smile or a grin. It's a mixer of both, sad that her wet nurse did everything for herself and glad that she got rude of someone who only uses her for her whole life.

Looking out through the room screen, she can see that her courtyard was on fire. Knowing beforehand that the third master would send assassins to kill her. Seeing a black shadow dash straight at her, she slightly shifts to the side. Covering her hand with Qi, Bai Yuan chop down on the black shadow's neck, knocking the shadow down.

Seeing that she was surrounded on all sides, Bai Yuan didn't panic like they thought she would. She just calmly reach down, grabbing hold of the black man's sword.

"Young miss. Don't blame us for being ruthless. It is the master's order to kill those that don't follow rules," a man's voice sounded. Seeing that all the others were following him, Bai Yuan guess he must be the leader.

About four men jump up on her with swords ready in hand. Bai Yuan didn't look distressed instead she twirls around in a circle staying in a single spot, and with a single swing of her sword, the four men's neck was sliced open before they knew what was going on.

The leader stared wide-eyed at her, he has heard that the young miss is great at martial arts but not to this degree. Assuming that things will end badly if he wastes time, he signaled all his men to attack her at once so that she'll have no way out. As the saying goes if your not powerful enough use number to outnumber your opponent.

She circles around all of them as if she was just dancing. Even if the fire spread into her room, breaking down everything, it seems as if it was avoiding her and only creating a beautiful background for her dance.

Lan Wuyou and the emperor came back to see what was going on when one soldier saw the fire near the Bai household. At first, the fourth prince was the only one going, with a few soldiers but the emperor insisted that he come along, he's the emperor and can't let something happen to his netizens. They thought that this was the work of country spies. They didn't think that they would see a spectacle they never dream of seeing before.

In the firestorm stood a girl in a bloody white robe, eyes as chilling as ice, with a sword full of blood stains. Looking at her, she seems like an azure that came out from the dead. However, half of her face was covered with a veil making her the more mysteries. She raises her sword, cutting down the person on the ground while the flames roar louder, it seems to cover the girl like it was devouring the girl up leaving nothing behind.

The last thing Bai Yuan heard from the assassin's leader's mouth was 'MONSTER!'. The kind of monster that she heard from him. She smiles evilly, whispering, "What's wrong with being a monster, I can be a monster in any of my lifetime."

The peach blossoms that flutter due to the wind and fire mixing turn blood red falling around her surrounding her from the hellfire. Some blast past her with the wind as the lead lifting her veil off of her beautiful face.

Seeing this scene and face, the Emperor was stunned beyond belief. The girl looks just like Ah Cy when he first saw her. She was cloth in flames, fighting off her pursuers, but on her side stood a man with sharp eyes that protected her from everything else and let her let her do what she wants. Though the girl was alone without any protection, she was like a lone star but that just adds to her loveliness.

Bai Yuan felt people watching her, she turns around to see Lan Wuyou. Seeing him didn't make her felt fortunate instead it makes her boil with rage. He was the cause of all her past's problem, he was the one who makes her suffer the most. She felt more disgusted at her old self for being in love with someone like him. He never shows her compassion only pain, even to the point of her death.

Tightening the hold of her sword, she tries to hasten over there and kill him in one slice but the system yelled out, [Mada! Mada! Mada! Host can't kill Lan Wuyou. Please restrain your anger.].

She stops her footwork but instead throws the sword straight at him. The sword flew past his face and losses it's momentum after about 5 second, landing on the ground. She didn't think her action would get her hurt. Inside Bai Yuan's mind, the system was face-palming and cursing out, why it didn't tell its host the consequences and punishment for some actions that its host did. The fire grows stronger as the gale cover her silhouette up.

Seeing her disappearing into the fire, Lan Wuyou motion his horse to run up into the crumbling house enclose in flames. He plunges into the fire, only to see no silhouette of the girl, only the veil that she is always wearing. Lan Wuyou holds onto her veil and with an interesting expression, he slowly said, "Bai Yuan."
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