1 Not Good Morning
Tears streaming down to Xisheng face when she regained her consciousness.
The events that supposed to be happy reunion became a bloody scenes. Her sisters– she sat up as soon as possible to seek for answers. Instead of white clean hospital room it's more strange unfamiliar place. However, she dont have time to care about it. Her goal is to find her adoptive sisters.
Immediately Xisheng ran outside the room barefoot. Everything she saw is odd but who cares, she need to know if they're safe at all. In every move she made like sting of a needle pricking to her veins.
Yet, she keep moving forward with the remaining strength.
I need to find them!
"Sān xiǎojiě!..." The head servant of Qin household gasped seeing Xisheng running like a lunatic. Da Fa instantly gone to her young mistress certainly panicked. If the Minister Qin saw his youngest daughter outside barefoot with her sleeping clothes, running her fragile body with venomous poison shortening the life to every moves. It definite that their lowly heads would be rolling to the floor now.
" Sān xiǎojiě what are you doing here?"
" Old Da Fa! Xiǎojiě isn't in her room—xiǎojiě!"
" Changming. How dare you to leave our xān xiǎojiě alone." Da Fa angrily said to the mere servant girl whom shaking miserably while approaching Xisheng with tears. Again, Changming failed to protect her young mistress dignity.
"Where's big sister? Second sis? they're my big sister Shengtian and Jiuyi sis. Please, tell me where they are. Let me see them." Xisheng pleaded to the two unknown individuals in front of her. She remembered the blood that dripping into her sisters heads and how their eyes staring straight to her. It's too unbearable to watched them.
"Sān xiǎojiě please calm your heart and mind. Shengtian da xiǎojiě is sleeping in Liwei quarters and Ér Jiuyi xiǎojiě is in her Peizhi quarters too." Da Fa explained to Xisheng whom starting to have teary eyes. The old woman felt a twiched to her heart seeing her young mistress in distress.
" Yes xiǎojiě , your dà jiějiě are fine, complete fine." Changming added as Xisheng couldn't belived what these two saying. They're completely fine, her adoptive sisters are fairing well. Then everything happened that night is one bad dream right. However, out of sudden a certain memories weren't hers flashed like cinematic movie.
She is. Reincarnated to another body.
Da Fa and Changming saw the horror in their young mistress face. The servants fell into confusion and worry.
"No...No..this isn't real. What the heck, stop the joke now. This isn't funny you know. Please stop the filming now. Let me see my sisters! Big Sis Shengtian! Jiuyi sis! " Xisheng cried out looking for cameras and stuff producers. Ignoring the two servants agitated expression.
"Xiǎojiě! Please stop..." Changming says repeatedly trying to calm Xisheng from breaking down more.
"You! Stop the act now. I want to see my sisters. Please, please..stop this now." It felt like someone crushed their hearts in seeing the youngest mistress crying so pitifully.
"Changming hurry! Inform Master Qīn and the physician."
"But—"
"No buts , I'll take care of sān xiǎojiě "
"Why are you guys keep acting? This isn't funny so please stop! I want to see my sisters." Xisheng tried again as they ignored her plea. The energy in her body, slowly draining out making her unable to keep standing. So, she expectedly fell into the floor. Da Fa double quick caught the young girl in her arms as Xisheng cannot fight the pain anymore and lose her energy to stay conscious.
"Xiǎojiě!"
"Changming! Hurry!"
Changming leave no choice but to ran hasty towards the Guangli Quarters for Minister Qin. It don't take her long enough to see the sillouhette of right hand servant of their master. Gong Lu face darkened hearing the words.
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"Qin dàren, sān xiăojiě heart rate is speeding up more, her skin is getting paler than before. This is.."Physician Li Wen said paused glancing to the furious Minister Qin. His next words are sword that stabbed everyone.
"..San xiaojie only have week left to her life. Qin Daren please forgive me for my incapable skills."
"Please save my xiaojie!" Changming go into her knees in front of the physician as other silently dealt with tragic news.
It no use to fight for, there's no antidote exist in the continent. Even if there's one cure outside of capital. They must have it as soon as possible.
"I'm sorry. "
"All of you get out." Minister Qin voice is filled of rage with hint of grievance. They know how much the high ranked official man loved his children. Knowing one of them is dying. It's painful more than his own death. No father with rightful mind would want his children to die.
Xisheng is aware to everyone voices that going around. She's already awake ever since the physician take her pulse. This is felt like fantasy, look, you cannot see, she's 21st century successful business woman that unfortunately murdered by some terrorist. Now, her soul inside of another eighteen years old girl in this unknown world.
Even her name is like hers, Xisheng, who actually the third daughter and youngest child of Minister Qin Xicheng. She's idiot, weak, talentless and no hope for cultivation. Also she's a dumb girl who's foolishly in love to the seventh prince. Resulting tragic fate for her life by the hands of many unreasonable women. Xisheng pity the former owner's life. However, right now she's also knocking the death ah!
Because the uncurable poison in her body. How pitiful this situation but she don't mind to die again.
"You're such a crybaby."
" A real crybaby."
"Big sis Shengtian...Sis Jiuyi.." Xisheng mumbled. Yes, how could she forget her big sisters. But if they're not here this second life is meaningless. Better to die then but a heartbreaking voice caught her attention.
"A-sheng, fù qin failed you. Please do open your eyes. Look at fù qin,please."
Xisheng gaze to the handsome man in purple robes grasping her hand onto his face. She bet this person is crying as she could see the moist in his eyes.
"A-sheng..."Minister Qin looked to her youngest daughter with relief. Seeing the child awake is blessing already. He cannot accept the fact his daughter is dying, he want her to live a longer life. Xisheng opened her eyes, as far as she know this is the former owner's father. Whom she loved very much.
Since she's inside the deceased owner body. To stay alive for Xisheng father's is what only thing she could do right now.
"A-sheng you must stay strong. Fù qin would find a cure. Don't leave us okay, you want to see your jiejie right. You would see them soon." Minister Qin Xicheng knew the relationship aren't that good between her children. Even Xisheng learns it through memories of the former Xisheng. That is already like a knife stabbing her heart, she and her sisters are so close like real family even they're not related with blood.
"Xi mei?"
"mèi mei.."
Minister Qin Xicheng remaining two daughters came inside the room with no announcement. Qin Shengtian and Qin Jiuyi straightway ran to Xisheng bed. The three pairs of certain colored amethysts eyes met each other. Their longing feelings is visible.
Even Xisheng want to sit up, the body is too weak. Only tears slipping within her eyes tell a lot of unheard words .
"Silly. Later." Shengtian said.
"We're here, we're here."Jiuyi added.
"A-tian, A-yi?" Minister Qin Xicheng don't know what's going on with his children. But he could tell the words are sincere and real. Despite rumors says his children are like water and oil.
"Fu qin, please tell me what's going on to our mèi mei." Shengtian demanded with determination. It put Minister Qin Xicheng to edge, how could he tell to his eldest daughter her sibling is knocking the death's door. However, he noticed his children still wearing their sleeping garments.
"Da Fa!" Minister Qin Xicheng called out more enraged than before. Why his daughters leaving their quarters not wearing any third layer of clothes. He want to see the heads of servants serving his daughters rolling now.
"Qin Daren! Please, let this unworthy servant to explain."
"You!"
"Fu qin our mèi mei need us."Jiuyi reminded the situation. Minister Qin tried to calm himself and giving order to fetch his daughters robes. Later he will deal to every servants or else his beloved daughters dignity would be crushed more.
"A-tian , A-yi please have a seat and listen."
"Yes Fu qin."
Xisheng cannot believe this. The two people she wanted to see is now with her side. Same faces, voices, names and souls. If this is a dream she don't want to wake up anymore. It's better than waking up in real world to find them already gone. Xisheng wouldn't want to close her eyes. Yet, she did fell asleep within seconds.
[NOTES:: ]
Xiǎojiě 小姐 (young woman), Miss: This honorific was originally used to refer to young and unmarried women.
Jiě jie 姐姐 older sister:
mèi mei 妹妹 younger sister:
fù qin 父亲 ( 父親 ) father:
dàren 大人 for a higher ranked official:
[🌑OMAKE🌑]
Changming is crying so hard outside her young mistress room.
"I failed Xiaojie! Please save Xiaojie!"
Da Fa is screaming internally for her head would roll soon. She's not even married yet, despite her passing age.
'I want to get married ah!'
"Xiaojie! Xiaojie!"
"You, Shut up!"
Changming stopped for seconds before crying again. While Gong Lu look towards the close door.
