The Gift

After the maidservants had left, she couldn't understand herself when she saw the bed. She suddenly felt extremely tired. Probably, this was due to their long journey to reach the passage.

A few minutes passed, and Muyan was about to go to sleep when she heard footsteps approaching her. She forced herself to open her beautiful eyes and saw the princesses standing at the foot of her room's door, smiling.

"Hello!" Princess Gu Tong greeted Muyan.

They bowed to her to show their fake respect.

"Oh, get inside." Muyan offered.

While Muyan's eyes wandered, she noticed that one of the princesses was hiding a sack behind her back, and Muyan wondered what was inside and why they were hiding it from her.

Curiosity got the better of her. She couldn't help but try to ask the princesses about the sack's contents.

"Hey, why are you hiding the sack? May I know what you put inside?" Muyan asked while looking at the small part of the sack that could be seen in her eyes.

"It's a surprise for you." Princess Gu Yu answered.

Muyan brought an innocent smile to them.

Muyan thought they wanted to give her a nice gift. Little did she know that the princesses had malicious intentions toward her, possibly because of their mother's offer.

Without knowing it, danger lurked in the sack they were hiding in.

Muyan gets up and looks at the princesses with a serene expression.

"I'm sorry for what happened earlier. Don't worry, I am not willing to accept the crown," Muyan apologized.

The three princesses laughed like they were so happy while talking to her. They whispered into each other's ears, which made Muyan feel confused.

Actually, Muyan had much more to say after her apology, but to her surprise, the princesses suddenly removed the sack held by someone named Gu Yu, and without warning, they tied her hands and feet with a rope.

Out of intense jealousy, one of the wicked princesses threw a large rat that had been placed inside the sack towards Muyan.

However, Muyan believed that the princesses had used magic to obtain the rats since it was impossible for rats to inhabit their realm, which was incredibly clean.

Muyan was terrified, recalling how she had nearly died when bitten by a massive rat when she was young.

Fortunately, doctors had managed to heal her.

"Wahhh! Help me!!!" She screamed so loudly.

She really felt an overwhelming fear. Right now, she can't control her emotions.

"Somebody help! I am terrified!" She shouted for help to attract the servants' attention around them.

Several minutes passed; she almost lost her voice from all the screaming, but no one heard her cries for help.

Her tears started flowing down her cheeks.

"Ugly bitch! You look like a rat. I hope that babies of yours will bite you."

Gu Yu insulted her while pointing at the big rats that were still on her lap.

"Muyan, shout all you want. Cry for help more. No one will hear you here because all of them are busy." Gu Yu added while covering her mouth not to burst into laughter.

One of the princesses taunted her while the sack that was once inhabited by rats was placed on the head of the poor Muyan.

Fortunately, the Empress of the Dong Clan happened to be walking towards Muyan's room, wanting to visit her and see how she was doing after her previous offer.

The Empress even brought a princess's dress for Muyan. She's excited to see her transform into a real princess.

Empress Gu Lai had the maidservants wait outside and enter the room alone. However, her children didn't hear her footsteps, as they were solely focused on tormenting Muyan.

When Empress Gu Lai saw her biological children mistreating the new princess, her smile vanished and was replaced by intense anger.

"Servants! Get inside!" The Empress' immediate call to her servants, who had been waiting outside.

The servants ran quickly inside the room as the female ruler of the Dong Clan called them.

"What do you want us to do, Your Majesty?" The brave servant asked in a low tone of voice.

"This is your Empress's order: Seize my children. Bring them to the court for punishment! I want them to realize their mistakes. Inform the army's general to lead their punishment. Hurry up!" The Empress commanded with an angry tone of voice.

Her anger is really obvious if you look at her face. Her face turned red, and her eyebrows began to meet.

The servants quickly grabbed the misbehaving princesses.

"I don't want to go with all of you!" Gu So shouted.

"Mom, don't do this to us!" Princess Gu Yu also shouted while looking at her mom with a shocked face.

"All of you deserve that." The Empress said while looking at them with a cold expression.

"Mom, no! We won't do it again. I'm…"

The other princess didn't finish saying her words because the Empress stopped her.

"All of you will be punished."

The princesses tried to escape.

Gu Yu bit the servant who held her.

"Ouch!" The servant screamed while still holding Princess Gu Yu tightly.

They struggled, but they still failed to escape their firm grip.

Gu Yu dropped her shoulder while looking at her mom with a face that could not believe that she had ordered them to bring them to court.

"Mom, don't do this to us!"

This is the last word that they hear because the servants took them away to be punished.

Empress Gu Lai also removed the rats that were happily playing in Muyan's lap.

She used her powers to put the rats back in the sack and hurl them away.

"Lady Gu Muyan! Are you alright?" She asked with a tone of voice full of concern for the distressed maiden.

Muyan nodded to assure her that she was fine.

"Dear daughter, I hope you will now accept my offer. Would you let one of my children lead our clan? They will only ruin it. I am begging you." The Empress pleaded with her.

She hoped that Muyan would accept her request, as her children had conspired against her earlier.

"I will accept your offer." She said with a smile.

Muyan isn't kind-hearted, so she agreed to become their new ruler.

Those wretched princesses had hurt her before, so now she would inflict pain on them by accepting the position of female leader of the Dong Clan.

The crown would be hers alone, and she planned to stoke jealousy in her new siblings, eventually causing their downfall.

The Empress was delighted that Muyan finally accepted her desire.

"Dear, I am planning to give you my crown as soon as possible. It will happen tonight, so please prepare yourself," Empress Gu Lai told her, which surprised Muyan.

Muyan couldn't help but stifle a secret laugh. She was thrilled that she could finally exact revenge on the three princesses. How lucky she felt at this moment.

While the maiden was still in high spirits, her adoptive mother took her leave. Muyan immediately faced her and bowed as her mother departed.

The Empress hurriedly left to deal with her disobedient children, whom her troops, led by the General, were punishing.