The Cursed Bride

Chapter 4

Cha Mong liked to bath with flower. The maids behind her were all waiting for her order. 

"Just leave me. Just tell me when it will be dinner time." 

The maids were all astonished by her voice, was it always that firm and cold? But that voice only added to her sexiness.

Cha Mong planned to be an annoying and plain girl so they will kill her but now she didn't dare. Now that she had meet them, she needed to know the whole story behind their auras. Why were they the same? If they really were the reincarnation of these persons, then she couldn't leave them alone. It seemed that she needed to chang her plan a little bit. 

She let her body slide until her head was under the water. It seemed that it was impossible for her to die now. 

"Young Mistress."

Cha Mong frowned and get her out from the water, was it already dinner time? Only a few moment passed, she couldn't have fall asleep in the bathtub? 

"Yes?"

"Concubine Hua requested to have dinner with you."

"Concubine Hua?" She tried to recall who it was and failed to do. "Which one?"

"The one who stay in the Shi Er Yue Residence (December Residence)."

Oh, that cold and ruthless girl? "Let her be. Tell her we are having dinner in my courtyard."

"As you wish Young Mistress." 

"Bring me clothes." She said. 

Then a maid quickly came to help her put some clothes. 

"I live flowers, so every night you must put petals on my bed until I can scent their smell."

She remembered that big courtyard that she used to live in, there were always a lot of flowers around it. People thought it was to make the place pretty but she knew that the person behind it didn't hold such warm intention. Since the beginning he planned to make her alone, surrounding her of flowers was drawing indirectly a message, it was like creating a dark forest around her living place. Such a possessive person.

She laughed at that memory. "Dry my hair." 

The maid bowed and did as her mistress asked. Soon after, Concubine Hua came. 

"Greeting the official wife." 

"No need, let's go eat outside." With this weather, it would be a waste if she didn't eat outside.

Hua Banbing smiled at Cha Mong, this woman was definitely not an easy one to deal with. As they sat down, the maids put the meals on the table and quickly removed. 

Concubine was going to talk but was stopped by Cha Mong's hand. After a moment, Cha Mong smiled and said, "You may talk now."

Hua Banbing smile just grew bigger, she knew it, that woman wasn't an easy prey. "We are all woman and humans, so I didn't want to be at odd with each other."

"Why me?"

"Because you are the wife and we are just concubine. And you had the upper authority on everyone."

"Do you really think so? It may be the case in our worlds but these gods didn't seem to care about the power between the women."

"..."

"You saw it too. They don't care about anything."

"Then, what does Wife Cha propose?"

"Just live quietly here."

Hua Banbing couldn't help but laugh in sadness. "My name is Hua Banbing, I was the daughter of an officer. All of my life, I worked hard and fought against everyone in my family to inherit my family business. But as a woman, they said that I couldn't and should only plot in a harem. Then I was married off to an old merchant so when the older said that we needed a sacrifice, I jumped on this occasion."

"Why telling me this?"

"I just wanted to have someone to share this story. Like you said, no one care about status here so I don't have to be afraid that someone will plot against me or my family. Since we are considered as dead, who will dare to plot here?"

"The others."

"I can imagine that." 

"What do you think of our new husband?"

"I am happy."

"Are you?"

Hua Banbing smiled with hatred, "At least he won't treat me as toy or put his disgusting hands on me." 

Cha Mong understood the meaning behind it, the merchant was an old man that forced her several time on the bed. She wanted to say that she wasn't dirty but who was she kidding?

She narrowed her eyes sadly as she remembered a black haired girl lying down helplessly on a bed, her clothes were shattered and tears fell down on her face but she still kept a smile.

"I see."

"How about you?"

"Let's just treat him as a son."

"I agree."

They took their time to enjoy food, as a woman, did they ever have the chance to enjoy a meal?

The following day she was summoned again, but this time by the old man that she wanted to kill.

"All of you are here for a reason, to serve your god. You are now considered as dead in your world but it should be an honour for you to be here."

She took back what she said about that old man, he wasn't a sly fox. He was an idiot pretending to be smart. She wanted to be dead for good not be considered as dead. If it was faking her death, then she could have do that alone.

"W-What do you expect us to do ?" One of the girl said.

If Cha Mong's intuition was correct, that girl was not going to last long. If this was really like the Imperial palace, then the weak will be immediately eliminate. She may entice the boy now but once he had tasted her body, he will immediately lose his interest soon. She will most likely going to be used like a toilet woman. And she wasn't the only one who was thinking that way, the others weren't as stupid as that girl. 

"She is Lin Chen." Hua Banbing murmured to her, "How many time do you think she will survive?"

Cha Mong couldn't help but frown, did she meet that girl before? Why does she always keep coming to talk to her? It felt like she knew her pretty well.

"I don't know but she won't last long."

"I couldn't more agree with you."