The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort (Chapters 1- 203)

Chapter 191 : The Cause and Effect of the Past Life

Translated by : Minodayz & Dumpling

Edited by : Anks & Ely

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Trigger Warning: dismembered body, mention of the violation and death of a child.

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It felt as though her head was hurting; Jiang Ruan's whole body seemed to be as light as a feather without a trace of strength. She struggled to open her eyes, but did not see the bright sky. Instead, a strangely familiar, damp and somewhat sweet unctuous smell filled her nose. She forced herself to recall what it was and was stunned to realize that it was the scent of blood.

She moved her body and slowly got up from the ground.

It was a dark and damp place and there were black worms crawling all over the ground; they were rotten and disgusting. A thought seemed to flash across her mind but it was gone too fast for her to grasp hold of it. She touched what she thought was a hard object beside her, but it seemed to be covered in some sort of thick and sticky liquid. Then, as she tried hard to raise her head she suddenly heard a 'squeak', followed by a voice. Suddenly, an intense ray of sunlight came in and dazzled her eyes so much that she could hardly open them.

A woman's voice rang out, "Hurry up, the Empress wants to see it with her own eyes. Move faster, must not let the Empress wait for you little wenches."

Immediately, a few maids walked in, but from their expressions, one didn't know whether they were afraid or disgusted. Oddly, they lit the oil lamps in their hands as they walked in, until they stopped at Jiang Ruan's side. However, they seemed to be oblivious to her and instead proceeded to pick up something from the ground. Jiang Ruan frowned slowly, looking at them warily. Those people didn't seem to notice her at all, as if she didn't exist. Jiang Ruan stood up tentatively, but no one stopped her. After some consideration, she lowered her head and followed the maids out.

As soon as she stepped out of the room, she was bathed in dazzling sunlight. It seemed as though she hadn't seen such sunlight for a long time. Turning around, her gaze directly landed on the object carried by one of the palace maids, and she was so startled that she instinctively took two steps back, and almost fell down.

The maid was holding a wooden basin in her hands, and a monster-like thing was lying on its back in it. All four limbs were missing from the body, and all that could be seen was a basin full of blood. By and large, there was hardly any resemblance to an actual human being. If it was placed in front of others, they would not be able to see what it was, but in Jiang Ruan's eyes, it was something that totally unnerved her heart, sending it into a violent and tumultuous upheaval. That thing was not just anything but it was her from the previous life! She was made into a human swine and beaten to death in this very basin!

In the wooden basin right now, that "Jiang Ruan" was already dead, just a cold corpse with no dignity at all. Jiang Ruan stood aside, gritted her teeth and watched the maid carry the corpse. A head maid walked in front, and surprisingly that person was Hu Die.

Hadn't Hu Die been expelled from the Jiang fu by Jiang Su Su long ago, and sold to a brothel- how did she become the current palace lady again? Jiang Ruan looked again and a thought flashed in her mind. In her previous life, she was killed with a stick, and she was reborn when she was in the rural residence. What happened after that remained unknown. Therefore, if her corpse was still here, then her enemies would still remain the same as before. Could it be that the heavens had given her this opportunity to see the final outcome of her previous life?

Hu Die led the maid who was holding the wooden basin all the way to a garden. Jiang Ruan could see clearly that it was the garden behind Kun Ning Palace. Kun Ning Palace, Jiang Ruan's heart trembled, could it be... Sure enough, when they walked to the entrance of the garden, she heard a familiar voice saying, "Bengongis not bothered about anything as long as both of them are never able to be reborn in this world, forever and ever without a chance for reincarnation. What do you think?"