Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

But would such provocation work on Nan Hua?

"I don't want to trouble you," Nan Hua's answer was cold.

Nan Xin arched her eyebrows as she could sense the coldness that seemed to seep from the bottom of the abyss.

"Sister, do you still dislike me?" Nan Xin asked, her voice sounded soft as if she had been wronged.

Nan Hua glanced at Nan Xin, her eyes reflected nothing but indifference. It was as if she couldn't even care what Nan Xin said and that whatever Nan Xin was saying, it would never affect her in the slightest bit.

That was what Nan Xin felt when she saw Nan Hua's gaze.

However, she gritted her teeth and continued with her little performance. "Sister, why aren't you saying anything? Are you angry because I took mother's affection from you, that's why you don't want to say anything to me? Sister, do you know that if you continue to ignore me, I'll feel sad? Even though Mother cared so much for us, why do you dislike us so much?"

Care?

That word clearly couldn't describe Concubine Qu.

Honestly, Nan Hua had put the matter of Concubine Qu to the back of her mind because she couldn't remember things that happened to the original Nan Hua. However, from time to time, she would dream of the original Nan Hua's past. It allowed her to know some bits and pieces of what happened back then.

And what Concubine Qu did couldn't be said to be caring in the slightest bit.

"Sister, come and join me with Mother. She will be happy if she can talk with you and then we can have some talk about what had happened over the past few years. Since you used to hate us so much, you must not know what had happened for a long time and what had happened…."

As Nan Xin continued to slander her and talked, Nan Hua was calm and indifferent. She knew very well that Nan Xin had said many things about her during the three years she was away. With reputation being one of the most important things for women, it was clear Nan Xin was trying to destroy her reputation.

Honestly, Nan Hua wouldn't care that much if this was in his original world.

But in this world, it was harder to prove one's innocence just based on words. There were many times that money could be used to distort other people's testimony.

Some other noble ladies around were listening and felt strange when they saw Nan Hua was acting as if she didn't know Nan Xin at all. It made the performance even stranger because there was not even any trace of hatred and impatience in Nan Hua's eyes in the slightest bit.

In the end, Nan Xin had to pause because her throat was dry.

"Are you done?" Nan Hua asked when she saw Nan Xin finally stopped. There was only one sentence she said and whatever schemes Nan Xin had concocted shattered. The reaction Nan Hua had was completely different from her expectation.

She thought that Nan Hua would be rushing to explain herself or even do it in slow and deliberate manner. But it seemed as if she didn't even care in the slightest bit about what Nan Xin had said.

"Sister, you…"

"Whether what you say is true or not, you know it well." Nan Hua was still as cold and rigid as ever. She didn't really want to waste time with Nan Xin and threw this woman away as far as possible. But it was impossible.

Nan Xin's face flushed red in anger and embarrassment. Even though Nan Hua only said that one sentence, it caused people to think whether what she said was true or not. Because if what she said was wrong, shouldn't Nan Hua be eager to fix it? And even if it was true, why did she not have any reaction at all?

The script was wrong!

Nan Xin's mouth opened and closed like a koi fish. She really wanted to say something but there was nothing that she could think off. Should she just continue to slander Nan Hua?

Fine, she would continue.

"Sister, what are you saying? Of course, what I said is the truth. Are you saying that I'm a liar?" Nan Xin blinked her eyes coquettishly, looking cute and harmless. As she was younger than Nan Hua, she gave the sense of a little girl that was being oppressed by her older sister.

Seeing that Nan Xin no longer talked, Nan Hua arched her eyebrows. "You're the one who said it."

Nan Xin: "…"

All the script was wrong!

The way Nan Hua said that one sentence seemed as if Nan Xin was the one who proclaimed that she was a liar.

"What are you saying, Sister? I'm only concerned about you because you have been away from the Capital City for a long time and might not know the changes that had occurred here. There are too many people here, so I won't go into detail about what happened at home. Mother miss you greatly and I want you to know that I also still care greatly for you, Sister."

Nan Hua arched her eyebrows. "Since you know it's not suitable to talk in public, why do you still talk about it?"

Nan Xin: "…"

It was simply impossible to argue with Nan Hua.

The moment Nan Hua opened her mouth, she was asking the most fundamental question that many people usually overlooked. Everything that Nan Xin had said seemed to have gone to the drain even before fulfilling their purpose.

The other noble ladies at the other table, who were near enough to hear the conversation, silently lowered their head. They were holding back their laughter.

Who among them didn't know that Nan Xin was a concubine daughter?

Her status was already announced in the open and there were a lot of noble ladies who didn't like the existence of a concubine daughter. They only remained sitting in order to watch the show continued.

*chuckle*

"Who's that?" Nan Xin furrowed her eyebrows when she heard the laughter.