Chapter 1 ROTNDOAHRF

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Rebirth of the Noble Daughter of a High Ranking Family

Chapter 1:

The Absurd End of the Previous Life

Ouyang Nuan was brought to the street.

She still remembered the various scenes from the first time she walked on this street, it was her wedding day. The street was filled with dazzling red, with sedan chairs followed by countless dowries, each adorned with vermilion paint and gold, shining brightly. There were thousands of lanterns hanging, and the streets were bustling with people. Who wouldn't envy such a splendid bridal procession?

Three years later, today, she found herself back on the same street. Looking around, she couldn't help but feel shocked. The street was once again crowded with dense masses of people. Moreover, everyone seemed excited and enthusiastic. They were carrying many baskets filled with rotten vegetables and fruits, as well as numerous pots, bowls, and pans. Many people were holding brooms, dustpans, wooden sticks, and tiles...

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Haha, how could she forget? Now she was no longer the high and mighty Miss Ouyang, but rather the despised "vile woman" whom everyone wanted to attack.

The people from the Su family were also present, not just the grandparents, her husband, but also the maids and servants... all of them were there.

"Don't, Miss..." Hongyu shouted, trying to squeeze her way towards Ouyang Nuan: "Don't touch our Miss!" She shouted at the top of her lungs: "Master, Madam, Young Master, I beg of you, spare Miss!"

But Ouyang Nuan couldn't hear her. She was engulfed by the cacophony of voices. Fang Mama rushed to Ouyang Nuan's side desperately, crying out: "Miss! This is a trap, they're all conspiring against you..."

Ouyang Nuan looked at the hair, white as snow, and the crazed appearance of Fang Mama. Yet in her mind, she remembered the song Fang Mama sang when she got married:

"Ten miles of red wedding attire, ten miles of joy,

The wedding sedan paraded ten miles, exuding wildness.

Happiness spread ten miles sweet,

The scent of old wine carried ten miles of fragrance.

In the daughter's dream, love lasts till old age,

Affectionate and deep, longing enduring,

Only then can the red wedding attire extend for ten miles!"

Affectionate and deep, longing enduring, only then can the red wedding attire extend for ten miles... Now it's all become a joke.

"Still won't confess," Madam Su said coldly, "This is your own lack of discipline, bringing shame to your Ouyang family and sullying the reputation of our Su family!"

At that moment, a man in the crowd shouted, "Look! This is Ouyang Nuan, shameless woman, seizing the opportunity while her husband is away to commit adultery..."

"Evil woman!..."

"Despicable woman! Beat her! Beat her! Beat her to death..."

Amidst these unbearable curses, vegetables, rotten fruits, bricks, and tiles were all thrown at Ouyang Nuan. She was drenched from head to toe, hit by numerous stones, yet she no longer felt the pain. In her mind, she could only think that this scene was akin to "hell" itself!

Before long, her hair was disheveled, her face covered in sewage, sweat, and tears. Hongyu desperately tried to rush forward, but the Su family's people held her back tightly. Hongyu continued to shout desperately at the crowd, "Our Miss is innocent! It's the people from the Su family who framed her!" She screamed in anguish, struggling frantically, breaking free from one side only to be held back again, kicked away from one person only to be firmly pulled back.

Hongyu... Ouyang Nuan watched, her eyes wet with tears.

"Ah..." A brick struck Ouyang Nuan's forehead, and she couldn't help but cry out in pain as blood seeped from her scalp.

Forced to kneel on the ground with her hands tied behind her back, she could only watch helplessly as vegetables and rotten fruits were hurled at her!

Fang Mama desperately stood in front of her, while the captured Hongyu let out a piercing scream. She struggled and broke free from the Su family members, rushing forward as if her life depended on it to shield Ouyang Nuan.

Hongyu knelt before the crowd, crying out, "Miss is innocent! She's been wronged!" She bowed her head to the people, pleading, "Please, have mercy... I'm kowtowing to you! I beg you, please don't hit her anymore..."

She finished kowtowing to the people on her left and turned to those on her right, continuing to bow her head. While doing so, she pleaded, "Please spare our Miss!" However, the crowd didn't pause for this. Countless objects were thrown at Ouyang Nuan, but she remained unresponsive. Yet, at that moment, seeing Hongyu continuously kowtowing to the people around her, her head bloodied from the act, tears gushed from Ouyang Nuan's eyes. She choked up, hoarsely calling out, "Hongyu! Get up! Don't kneel to them! Stand up! Please!"

In the midst of chaos, Ouyang Nuan lifted her eyes. Though blurred, she earnestly looked at each person present, especially those from the Su family standing in the distance.

With the stern father-in-law, Master Su, the affectionate mother-in-law, Madam Su, and her handsome and caring husband, Young Master Su Yulou, Ouyang Nuan's gaze finally fell upon the delicate figure of Ouyang Ke, who had always stood by her husband's side. Memories returned to that humiliating early morning.

She was only awakened by the noisy voices at that time, sitting up from the bed and opening her sleepy eyes. In front of the bed, there were crowds of people, including the furious Master Su, the pale-faced Madam Su, the whispering servants, and her sympathetic younger sister, Ouyang Ke. Covered by a blanket beside her, there lay a man with his body bare.

Ouyang Nuan hadn't reacted yet when the man emerged from the blanket, kneeling before the crowd with a strand of hair not yet on the ground, loudly pleading, "Master, spare me, I'll never dare again!" With just one sentence, he had solidified the evidence of her infidelity!

The eyes of Master and Madam Su seemed to shoot out flames, as if they wanted to burn the blanket covering Ouyang Nuan's shoulders into ashes. Su Yulou's body trembled slightly, and he seemed to close his eyes in extreme disgust, never opening them again to look at Ouyang Nuan! Ouyang Nuan had always been unable to understand why the man who woke up would be sleeping in her bed.

But later she understood. That cup of tea—it was the one her younger sister personally brought to her! Why? Ouyang Ke, have I not been good enough to you? My birth mother passed away early, and your mother is my own maternal aunt. I respected her as if she were my own mother, and I cherished you like a sibling born from the same womb. When you were forced into marriage by the powerful and wealthy in the court, it was I who took you in, regardless of the consequences of offending the powerful.

"Why are you treating me like this?!" Ouyang Nuan exerted all her strength to call out her husband's name: "Yulou, Yulou!"

"Yulou, why don't you believe me! You once said that no matter what happens, you would believe me and protect me! I am innocent!" Locked up for a day and a night, Ouyang Nuan repeated these words, shouted and shouted until her throat was bloody, but no one believed her. Regardless of what others said, Ouyang Nuan didn't care. She only hoped to see her husband and say to him in person: "Yulou, I am innocent, trust me."

However, Su Yulou refused to see her. Even after Hongyu begged and kowtowed outside for a whole day and night, he still didn't come. It wasn't until Ouyang Nuan was bound and ready to be paraded through the streets as an adulteress that he finally appeared. Yet, he stood among the crowd, coldly watching, with her beautiful stepmother and sister Ouyang Ke by his side.

In fact, she had already figured it out. Despite being married into the Su family for three years, she had not gained any favor. Refusing to allow her husband to take concubines had made her a thorn in her mother-in-law's side. Half a month ago, her mother-in-law had suggested that her own sister marry into the Su family as a concubine, but she had rejected the idea herself.

And Ouyang Ke has always secretly loved Yulou. Hongyu even saw them meet in secret several times, but at that time, her foolish self didn't believe it, and even punished the loyal Hongyu repeatedly.

Only by falsely accusing Ouyang Nuan of adultery could Ouyang Ke openly marry into the Su family.

So, the people plotting against her must be more than just Ouyang Ke alone! Could it be that even her husband... her husband...

No! No, she refuses to believe it!

At this moment, she had been escorted to the riverside, with the rolling waves right before her eyes. Fang Mama and Hongyu still stood by Ouyang Nuan's side, unwilling to leave for even a moment!

Master Su's face turned ashen in an instant. With a wave of his hand, five or six people approached her menacingly. Fang Mama and Hongyu were forcefully taken away by them, firmly held in place and unable to move!

Ouyang Nuan laughed up at the sky, "Heaven, open your eyes!"

The wind suddenly picked up, and raindrops began to fall. Ouyang Nuan laughed even more hoarsely, "See, Heaven has opened its eyes. It knows I've been wronged!"

The crowd became restless, and Master Su's face turned even darker. He shouted angrily, "Sink her in the river!"

"Father! Wait!" In the crowd, Young Master Su walked slowly over, his exceptionally handsome face showing signs of fatigue, and his tall figure seemed unsteady. Someone draped a cloak over him, and through teary eyes, Ouyang Nuan looked out to see Ouyang Ke, standing behind her husband in the most serene manner.

No matter how many times she had already said it, she had to say it one more time, Ouyang Nuan looked into Su Yulou's eyes, just as she had done every day in the past, and softly said, "Yulou, I am innocent. Please believe me."

Su Yulou remained silent for a long time. He took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and threw it in front of Ouyang Nuan. His voice was heavy, but his gaze was calm. "You're still trying to argue today. This should have been given to you long ago! A woman like you, even if dead, must be completely severed from the Su family!"

Divorce papers... it was actually divorce papers...

Ouyang Ke approached and picked up the dropped divorce papers. She was exceptionally beautiful and dignified, with a seemingly sorrowful expression. Facing Ouyang Nuan, she softly said, "Sister, don't blame Yulou. It's all because of your mistakes. You can rest assured and leave. I will take good care of everything for you in the future..." She stopped speaking, her face flushed with a blush.

Ouyang Nuan looked at the familiar face before her and murmured, "Ke'er, why..."

Ouyang Ke walked closer, seemingly bidding farewell to her sister, but whispered to Ouyang Nuan in a voice that others couldn't hear, "Do you know that initially it was just a minor injury when you accidentally bumped your forehead? Why did it later leave a scar? It's because my mother had someone tamper with it!"

"Your precious little brother, such a lovely boy, could have inherited everything from the Ouyang family. But unfortunately, he fell into the pond and drowned. In fact, my mother and I were both present. We watched as he was pushed down by someone, then desperately cried for help. The water gradually engulfed him, covering his mouth, nose, and eyes... He drowned alive, solely because of his bad luck, having a mother who died early and a stupid sister as dumb as a pig!"

Ouyang Nuan's expression froze as she looked at Ouyang Ke, her eyes gradually filling with coldness, eventually turning fierce and crazed. Her brother was dead, she was divorced, and the mother and sister she had always believed to be good turned out to be so ambitious and ruthless!

Haha... Hahaha... Madam Lin, you promised our mother on her deathbed to take care of us siblings, but what did you do? What did you do!

Ouyang Nuan slowly closed her eyes, then opened them again, giving Ouyang Ke a gentle smile that was indescribably tender: "Sister, I made mistakes. Come here, I have one last thing to tell you."

Ouyang Ke looked at her, still skeptical that she could come up with anything under everyone's watchful eyes, but took another step closer.

Ouyang Nuan whispered, "After my mother died, she left behind a valuable dowry. Now that I'm about to die, I'll give it all to you. But please, be generous and leave some for Fang Mama and Hongyu..."

Ouyang Ke's eyes lit up. She had indeed heard about the remarkable dowry of Madam Ouyang back then, but it mysteriously disappeared after Ouyang Nuan got married. It seemed it was truly in her possession now...

"Come closer, and I'll tell you..."

If Ouyang Ke hadn't been so greedy, she might not have fallen for it. But she was too confident, too sure of herself, and actually leaned closer to Ouyang Nuan's lips.

The crowd, unaware of what had just happened, suddenly heard Ouyang Ke's piercing scream. They saw her collapse to the ground as if driven mad by pain...

On the ground lay a bloody ear...

Seeing this scene, the onlookers cursed Ouyang Nuan with the most venomous and disdainful words. Ouyang Nuan refused to bow down, despite the bitter tears stinging her eyes, she wouldn't let them fall. Her defiant gaze angered them further, prompting someone to roar and hurl feces at her.

Ouyang Nuan licked the feces off her lips with her tongue, laughing hoarsely. After laughing, she looked at the people by the water, gritting her teeth and speaking word by word, "Heaven and earth as my witness, even if I die wronged and become a vengeful spirit, I will not let you all off the hook!"

"Sink her! Quickly!" Master Su shouted hoarsely. Ouyang Nuan laughed heartily, and the world seemed to spin for a moment. The river water engulfed her, chilling her to the bone.

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