Chapter 2: Rebirth

“This time you’re really getting off easy. You know what to do, right?”

“Don’t worry, miss. I won’t let you down.”

Voices drifted in from outside. Tang Mi suddenly woke up, her disoriented mind gradually regaining clarity.

Staring at the unfamiliar bed canopy, Tang Mi finally realized something.
This scene was all too familiar. This was a guest room in the Princess Royal’s residence. Six years ago, it was here that she was framed and lost her innocence.

That day was the Princess Royal’s birthday. Her second aunt, Lady Qin, had brought her and a few cousins to offer their birthday wishes. During the banquet, she drank a cup of tea handed to her by her fourth sister, Tang Rong, and started feeling dizzy. Tang Rong then helped her to this very room to rest.

Even then, she vaguely heard voices outside the door in her dazed state and tried to escape through the back window. But she ended up in the wrong room, And still lost her purity.

Because of that incident, her reputation was ruined. She became the laughingstock of the capital.
That was also the reason she struggled to become an apprentice under a master physician, spending six full years honing her medical skills.
And in the end, she was ruthlessly used by Ye Junyu, ultimately meeting such a tragic end.

Could it be… she had been reborn six years ago?

“Remember, I want all the nobles of the capital to see how lowly she truly is.”

“Understood.”

Before she could think further, the voices outside continued.

Gritting her teeth, Tang Mi forced herself to sit up in bed, but she didn’t flee through the back window this time.
Instead, she hid behind the door.

Through the gap in the door, she saw Tang Rong’s sinister face.
Instantly, flames of vengeance ignited in Tang Mi’s eyes.

Everything started because of that woman. If Tang Rong hadn’t harmed her, none of what followed would have happened.

Now that she had a second chance, she absolutely would not live like a joke again.
She would repay eye for eye, tooth for tooth, and make every last one of them pay.

The door creaked open and a man stepped in.
Holding her breath, Tang Mi waited until he entered the room, then suddenly bolted from behind the door, shoved the departing Tang Rong into the room, and quickly shut the door behind her.

Realizing what had happened, Tang Rong rushed to the door and yanked on it, screaming, “Tang Mi, you wretched girl, open the door right now!”

Outside the door, Tang Mi used all her strength to hold it shut, breathing heavily, her voice filled with mocking laughter:
“Tang Rong, long time no see!”

In her past life, Tang Rong had framed her, turning her into the capital’s biggest joke. Yet Tang Rong herself ended up marrying a government official and becoming a noblewoman of the second rank.

Tang Rong, They hadn’t seen each other in three years!

“What are you saying? Tang Mi, are you insane? Open this door right now!” Tang Rong couldn’t understand a word she was saying and just kept trying to pry the door open.

“Didn’t you want to harm me? Then today, you can taste your own poison. Let all the nobles of the capital witness how filthy you really are.”

This was what Tang Mi wanted most right now. She had dreamed of dragging those who harmed her into hell with her.

Hearing Tang Mi’s tone, Tang Rong panicked.

This room had been laced with a potent aphrodisiac. If she couldn’t get out…

Tang Rong couldn’t even bear to imagine what would happen. She desperately pulled at the door.

Tang Mi’s fingers were scraped raw, bleeding, but she still refused to let go.

In her past life, it was Tang Rong who had set her up, who then brought all the nobles to “catch her in the act.”
All her pain had started with Tang Rong.

In this life, Tang Mi swore to make Tang Rong experience every bit of that agony.

Before long, Tang Rong’s strength to pull the door started to weaken.

Only then did Tang Mi release the door.
She wasn’t the slightest bit worried that Tang Rong would be able to get away now.

She knew exactly how strong that drug was, she had experienced its effects herself. Even now, she could feel the heat coursing through her body.

By this point, Tang Rong would have lost all reason. Escape was impossible.

That surging heat almost drove Tang Mi mad.
But she didn’t leave immediately. She pulled out a handkerchief and carefully wiped her bloodstained fingerprints from the latch before finally turning to leave.

Last time, she remembered she had run to the right. This time, to avoid the same fate, she turned left.

Tang Mi’s body felt limp and weak, every step requiring all her effort.
But she had to get out of there as soon as possible, find a way to detox, and return to the banquet.

“Did you see how many noble ladies showed up today? That eldest daughter of the Tang family looks like a fairy.”

“Right? I used to think the second daughter of the Tang family was the capital’s top beauty. Turns out the eldest daughter is even more stunning!”

Voices from the corridor ahead grew louder. Tang Mi had no interest in what they were saying about her, She just urgently needed to hide.

No one could see her in her current state. If they did, she wouldn’t be able to deny her involvement in what happened to Tang Rong.

Footsteps came closer. Tang Mi pressed herself against the side wall, trying to avoid being seen.

But the wall was actually a door.
And it suddenly opened, sending her stumbling into the room.

A pair of black boots stopped in front of her. Tang Mi’s face went pale with fear.

She slowly looked up,
Before she could even get a good look at the man’s face, he bent down and pinned her beneath him.