âMother, where do you think Dong Ruolan (wife) got that phoenix from?â Twirling her eyes as if thinking something, Dong Mu Xueâs (daughter) sounded curious in her tone.
âShe said her father-in-law gave it to her. Such a rare demon beast, as if they would do that? If anything, it wouldâve went to their son instead if itâs true.â
Dong Ruolan isnât even me! I am a royal princess while sheâs but a lowly nobleâs daughter, how can she even compare to me?!
Not only that, she was also married off into another family, and a far one at that! If Old Lord Lan isnât stupid then thereâs no way he wouldâve given the woman such a precious creature. Likely just Dong Ruolan trying to hide her unfortunate life in the Lan House, thatâs why she brought along this phoenix.
âIf it werenât the Lan House giving it to her then where did it come from? It wouldnât beâ¦.â Hurrying to cup her mouth, Dong Mu Xueâs (daughter) meaning was very obvious.
Clicking her tongue in support, Fu Bao Yun (wife) was the same as her daughter: âDonât worry about it, I bet its exactly as you think! Donât you see her appearance? Sheâs way younger looking then the last time she visited. I bet she used her beauty to hook up with some other men and managed to swindle the phoenix off one of her patrons. What âI will never be a concubineâ, to think she was acting all pure and stuff before. Nothing but a dirty slut.â
Opening and closing his lips repeatedly on the side, Dong Ruoqin (husband) really wanted to object to the claim. He knows his sister wasnât like that. Sadly, his timid attitude once again won the better of himâ¦.
âMother,â flickering a light in her eyes, Dong Mu Xue suddenly grew excited. âDo you know where that fire phoenix is? If we can catch it and offer it up to the royal family, then perhaps⦠my uncle the king would finally have a change in attitude towards us.â
She wants to have such a beautiful phoenix, but compared to that desire, she much rather the king treat her better. The reasoning, itâs because thatâs a permanent increase of her interest.
âPerfect, I will go tell my brother the king now. Besides, that fire phoenix shouldâve been ours to begin with. That Dong Ruolan doesnât deserve to possess such a being.â The womanâs eye emulating a beam of conniving greed as she stated this.
Sheâs heard it already, the phoenix can travel thousands of miles per day. That was proven in how fast Dong Ruolan was able to arrive back home. Now, all she has to do was to gift it to her brother then surely he would be touched. By then some Duke title or whatever was a given. A perfect plan to embolden her sonâs influence and power!
âBao Yun,â seeing his wife and daughter getting more and more excessive, Dong Ruoqin can no longer stay silent, âDonât you think thatâs not very good? After all, the phoenix is my big sisterâsâ¦â
Sinking in her expression, the shameless woman immediately went on the offensive: âWhatâs hers?! Its mine you hear me? Everything that enters the Dong family is mine! How dare you help an outsider over me? If you say it one more time then I will divorce you right now!â
Sure enough, the man had lost his backbone the second the word âdivorceâ was brought up.
âReally Father, you justâ¦â Giving a snort, the young girl wasnât all that much better: âWhy are you always siding with that woman? You call her sister, but have she ever done the job of a sister? If she truly cared then she shouldâve become Uncleâs consort back then, not running off to a far off land just to marry a nobleâs son. I will not recognize someone like that as my aunt you hear me?â
Such selfish people isnât worthy to be called my aunt!
Dong Ruoqinâs face had gone white. Although he knows full well his wife and daughter was in the wrong, but his cowardice always got the better of him.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âWeâre leaving,â casting a scornful look at her own husband, Fu Bao Yun didnât even want to waste another word on the man anymore. âCome my daughter, let us go visit your uncle in the palace. Iâm sure he will have some masters strong enough to subdue the phoenix. By then I wonât believe the bird wonât surrender under the test of torture.â