As daybreak approached, news of the Lu family's misfortune soon spread throughout Chu City.

After controlling everyone, Yun Ni politely said to Ning Lan, "Please come in."

Ning Lan hesitated for a moment and pointed at a beautiful woman. "I think she fits the characteristics of a Snow Clan woman very well."

Yun Ni gave a look and the woman was immediately caught. She was taken away in a carriage with Mrs. Lu and locked up in a secret prison.

Jiang Xue Ning was already waiting. Madam Lu looked at her with a look that was as if poisoned. "Your Highness, are you going to kill people to silence them, just because the Lu family didn't obey?"

"Please come here, ma'am. I have something to ask you."

"Madam, have you ever heard of the Snow Tribe?"

Mrs. Lu was stunned for a moment and quickly came back to her senses, "I haven't heard of it. There is no family with the surname Xue in Xiangchu."

The woman next to her looked at the soiled corner of her skirt unhappily. Jiang Xue Ning remembered that Ning Lan had specifically told her that what this concubine Mei cared about most was her stunning beauty.

She really had a beautiful face. She picked up the red-hot iron beside her, approached the woman and threatened, "Has Aunt Mei Niang heard of this?"

"Have not heard…"

She brought the branding iron close to her, and Aunt Mei could even feel the heat coming from it. She leaned back desperately trying to keep some distance.

"If you really haven't heard it, I'll brand you with a mark. Then you'll be an ugly freak."

"Ahhh, I don't want you to be so vicious!" She screamed in fear.

Jiang Xue Ning said in a cold voice with a sharp look, "I'm asking you one last time, have you heard it? Think about it before answering, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"

"Have you ever heard of it..." Aunt Mei glared at her coquettishly, "Put this thing away from me."

Madam Lu on the side said bitterly, "Aunt Mei, watch your mouth."

Aunt Mei snorted coldly, "What a hypocrite."

Then she immediately complained to Jiang Xue Ning with a gloating look, "Her mother is the person in charge of the Snow Clan in Xiangchu, so as a daughter, she naturally has to make things convenient for the Snow Clan."

Madam Lu was from the Liu family, another prominent family in Xiangcheng, and Madam Liu was a woman from the Snow Clan who went down the mountain to gain experience and married into the Liu family many years ago.

Later, when Xiang and Chu rose in power, it was natural for Madam Liu, the chess piece played many years ago, to play a role.

Jiang Xue Ning turned around and ordered, "Go and ask Madam Liu to come and talk."

"Hehe, I am at most half a Snow Clan woman. Aunt Mei is the real Snow Clan descendant." Since she had been exposed anyway, Mrs. Lu immediately bit back.

Aunt Mei puffed out her chest and said nonchalantly, "Xue Mei from the Snow Clan, feel free to ask anything you want to ask. I only have one request, don't touch my face."

What a stupid teammate! Mrs. Lu looked at her as if she wanted to eat her.

Jiang Xue Ning asked someone to bring a chair and sat down, then said to Xue Mei, "I like people who know what's interesting."

Aunt Xue asked to drink half a cup of tea before she slowly spoke, "I came down from the mountain three years ago, and then I was taken to the Lu Mansion to be a concubine. They must be jealous of my beauty."

She has always been indignant about the fact that she, who is so beautiful and young, became Lu Zhen's concubine.

Jiang Xue Ning asked in confusion, "The Lu family already has Madam Lu, why would they want to get involved with you?"

With her beauty, she could obviously marry someone better, so it's unreasonable for her to stay in the Lu family.

Xue Mei rolled her eyes. "The tribe thinks she is hard to control. After all, she grew up outside, so they asked me to assist her."

Of course, the clan hopes that while she can win over Lu Zhen, she can also hook up with other men, such as Lu Chengyuan.

But when hooking up with Lu Chengyuan, there was no place for all the jewellery. She was obsessed with dressing herself up every day and spent a lot of effort on maintaining her appearance.

Madam Lu on the side said calmly, "I live for myself, not for the Snow Clan."

It is obvious that Mrs. Lu, who grew up outside and received a normal education, has her own ideas and does not buy into the Snow Clan's ideas at all.

"Tell me everything you know about the Snow Tribe."

Mrs. Lu remained silent, obviously not intending to confess.

Xue Mei bargained, she said, "If you promise to send me out to sea, I will tell you everything I know."

This Xue Mei was really unexpected. Jiang Xue Ning looked at her half-believingly and half-doubtingly, "You're not going to struggle at all?"

"Hmph, what's there to struggle about? I can't get any good things from the Snow Clan anyway." Xue Mei said fearlessly, "I want to go to Penglai. It is said that there are many beautiful women in Penglai, and the women on the island have the secret to keep their youth."

Her eyes sparkled as she spoke, pursuing an ageless appearance was her lifelong dream, and all other matters, such as men and family, were nothing but clouds.

Mrs. Lu closed her eyes weakly, out of sight, out of mind.

Jiang Xue Ning narrowed her eyes, "As long as what you say is valuable enough, I can agree to it."

Xue Mei, "Can I trust you?"

"You have no choice..."

Xue Mei said without hesitation, "The one who came this time is Xue Xi, the right envoy of the Snow Clan. He is my biological brother."

She betrayed her own brother so readily. Jiang Xue Ning looked at her for a while and said, "Do you hate him?"

Xue Mei wanted to touch her face, but she found that she couldn't move her hands. She just chuckled and said, "What descendants of gods? They are just a bunch of scumbags chasing fame and fortune. It's not easy for men in the Snow Clan to climb up, and beauty is a sin for women."

She was cute and beautiful since she was a child. In order to get the position of Right Envoy, her brother gave her to the previous Right Envoy and tortured her for three years. He climbed up by stepping on her blood and tears. He also brainwashed her. This is normal.

It was because her body was ruined and she couldn't have children that she was sent to the Lu family. With Mrs. Lu's help, Lu Zhen didn't realize that she was not virgin.

Xue Mei said angrily, "I finally got out, why should I go back? If I go back, I will just be used as trash, and I don't want to die. I haven't lived enough, I want to see the outside world."

Mrs. Lu had a complicated expression. She didn't expect that she had such a miserable past.

Jiang Xue Ning said softly, "The Snow Clan is really a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones."

"I have loved beauty since I was a child, but I never thought that this face would ruin it." Pain flashed in Xue Mei's beautiful eyes. "When I knelt down to beg him, he pinched my chin and said that being beautiful is a sin for a woman of the Snow Clan, and told me to accept my fate."

"The more beautiful a woman in the Snow Tribe is, the more likely she is to be sold at a price. But I still hope that my beauty will last forever. I still love my face very much. I never think that beauty is a sin."

After hearing an unpleasant story, Jiang Xue Ning said softly, "Beauty is of course not a sin. What is sinful is the greedy human heart."

Xue Mei smiled with satisfaction, "I have a beautiful face, that's no reason for them to mistreat me."

After breathing the free air and seeing the outside world, she didn't want to go back to the Snow Clan.

If you betray someone, then that's it. If you remain loyal, you will only lose your life.


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