Chapter 14: The Disabled Young Lady (Part Fourteen)

Chapter 14: The Crippled Lady (Part Fourteen)

It wasn’t until Green Waist pushed Su Kui out the door that the dazzling sunlight made her blink. In the distance, the palace rose and fell like rolling hills, shrouded in layers of light and shadow, resembling a fairyland.

Even now, Su Kui still felt a faint sense of unreality, as if drifting in a fog. Did this world truly exist, or was it merely a dream before her death?

“Master?”

A soft voice startled Su Kui awake. She snapped her eyes open, the sunlight still brilliant overhead, warm against her skin.

Only then did Su Kui regain a semblance of reality. She murmured in response, “What is it?”

“That young lady over there seems to be coming straight for you...” Green Waist hesitated as she spoke.

In the distance, a girl in a green dress approached with a smile as gentle as spring breezes. If it wasn’t Feng Qingqing, then who else could it be?

She was truly shameless—just moments ago she had been humiliated and had no way to save face, yet now she appeared fully revived.

Su Kui couldn’t help but admire her endurance.

No wonder, in the original story, Feng Qingqing, despite being a concubine’s daughter, stood out among noble ladies and ascended to the throne as empress.

“Good eye, Green Waist. She’s definitely coming for us,” Su Kui said with a playful smile, curious to see what tricks Feng Qingqing would pull next.

Having heard that Su Kui had been selected, Feng Qingqing hurried over to size up the situation. Even before she drew near, her voice carried clearly.

“I heard from the nanny that you were selected too. Congratulations, sister.”

Su Kui forced a smile that didn’t reach her eyes, her words as blunt as ever. “Not at all. I only hope your congratulations come from the heart,” she said, though she suspected Feng Qingqing secretly wished she would perish.

“Of course not!” Feng Qingqing replied cheerfully as she walked closer. “Sister, let me push you. If Ruoyu is eliminated, it will be just the two of us sisters left to rely on each other.”

Su Kui had no expectation of relying on her, only hoping she wouldn’t set traps behind her back.

Pursing her lips, she harbored silent complaints.

“Master?” Green Waist asked.

With a wave of her hand, Su Kui said, “Let her push.” If Feng Qingqing wanted to undertake such a thankless task, what reason did Su Kui have to stop her?

As the saying goes, when the enemy comes, meet force with force; when water comes, use earth to block it.

Let her try first. After all, wheelchairs aren’t easy to push.

Unlike modern times, ancient wheelchairs were heavy and cumbersome, requiring considerable effort to move.

Feng Qingqing soon regretted taking on the task after pushing just a few steps. She hadn’t expected it to be so heavy!

Using all her strength, she managed only a few more steps. She glanced doubtfully at Green Waist, whose movements had seemed effortless earlier.

Had she not appeared so at ease, Feng Qingqing would never have accepted the job.

Now, she found herself in a difficult spot.

After pushing a bit further, utterly exhausted, Feng Qingqing stopped to catch her breath.

Su Kui’s spirits soared, though her brow remained furrowed as she deliberately chided, “Why stop? Hurry up and keep going. This is the palace, not outside where you can come and go as you please. The other talented ladies have probably already reached the Dormitory Pavilion. Are you deliberately holding me back?”

Feng Qingqing’s anger nearly caused her to grind her silver teeth to pieces. After a pause, she forced out a few words with a flattering smile, “Sister, not at all. I’m moving now, right away.”

Her eyes, however, fixated on Su Kui’s slender neck, longing to reach out and squeeze it hard, to watch Su Kui struggle hopelessly in her palm.

But now was not the time.

As they moved on, Feng Qingqing’s gaze caught a few stones carelessly scattered on the path. A cunning plan formed in her mind.

Taking a deep breath, she suddenly surged forward, heading straight toward the stones before Green Waist or her palace maids could react.

The wheelchair jolted violently on the stones, instantly toppling over, and Su Kui was flung forward by the tremendous force.

Yet Su Kui remained unnervingly calm.

She was waiting—

As her body swayed and she was thrown out, the expected pain never came.

(End of chapter)