When General Luo brought a group of servants and hurried to the pond side, he only saw the servant girl, Chun Mei, standing there stunned. Two figures were struggling wildly in the pond, flopping about, ready to sink down deeper soon.

His complexion changed drastically as he glared fiercely at Chun Mei and said angrily. "What are you staring blankly for? Hurry and save people!" Four or five servants rushed forward and jumped into the water, quite busy for a long while. Finally, they saved Luo Qing Shuang and Luo Qing Luan.

Luo Cheng's complexion ashened. He totally didn't expect that he brought some servants outside to bring the Titled Prince of Chu, Nalan Ye, back to the mansion, but instead, he allowed the prince to see such an embarrassing scene. He forced himself to let out a long breath. Fortunately, Fifth Prince was tired and was still resting. Otherwise, it would've been even more disastrous.

"What in the world happened?" Luo Cheng looked at Chun Mei, tone of voice dark and cold.

"Report, reporting to Master......"

Chun Mei, in her panicky and flustered state, barely started to explain, when Luo Qing Luan forestalled her.

Dripping wet from head to foot, her jet-black long hair sticking to her body, a contrast to her snow white skin, made Luo Qing Luan appear even more lovely and pitiful. "Father, it's my fault......I wasn't careful and fell into the water. Fortunately, Older Sister saw and brought Chun Mei to come and save me."

She purposefully snatched away Luo Qing Shuang's chance to speak first. Otherwise, once Father heard Luo Qing Shuang's side of the story, her entire plan would come to nothing.

As she spoke, Luo Qing Luan shot a wide open-eyed glare at Chun Mei.

Appearing both grateful and guilty, she continued. "But...but the side of the pond is too slippery, Sister had just, had just saved me but then she also slipped into the pond. I.....I, once I saw that there's trouble, I forgot......forgot that I can't swim, and jumped into the pond again to save Elder Sister......"

Previously, she was still afraid that Luo Qing Luan would speak about how she wanted to kill her. Upon hearing this response, Luo Qing Shuang opened her eyes barely enough, "Father......I, I'm useless......"

"What nonsense! What a scene! Simply scandalous!"

Luo Cheng looked at his oldest daughter gasping for life and was unable to say anything more. He was extremely angry and was going to open his mouth to scold Luo Qing Luan, but he suddenly recalled that Nalan Ye was still standing there. It's really not too good for him to speak in too biased a manner, so he could only turn to Chun Mei and berate her. "You stupid girl! Is this how you look after your mistress?"

"Master, that's not it, I......"

Chun Mei didn't have a chance to explain before Luo Cheng already shouted, "Someone come! Chun Mei failed to protect her mistress. Drag her away and whip her fiercely ten times!" Scanning the crowd of trembling servants with heads bowed around him, he warned darkly, "You've all seen it. In the future, whoever dares to be careless, Chun Mei will be the result."

Luo Qing Shuang heard Chun Mei begging for mercy as she was dragged away, but she felt too weak all over to do anything, because she felt extremely unwell after swallowing all that water. When she weakly opened her eyes to look at Luo Qing Luan, she saw that her sister's head was lowered while smiling yet not smiling, and was also looking back at her.

Luo Qing Shuang trembled as she recalled her sister's tricks from a moment ago and became so alarmed that she hastened to close her eyes, immediately pretending to have fainted.

[This damned Luo Qing Luan. She actually schemed against her? When she gets better, she must retaliate back. Just wait and see!]

"Your Highness, I must apologize for letting you see this farce......"

Luo Cheng was barely able to control his temper and wanted to give Nalan Ye a few words of explanation. Unexpectedly, Nalan Ye's gaze turned and landed on Luo Qing Luan. "Is this Fifth Prince's fiancee, the second Miss Luo?"

As if she had a bad premonition, Luo Qing Luan couldn't understand what caused this man to pay attention to her at all, but from her body's former owner's memory, she knew that the state of Western Chu had a titled Prince. She just assumed a terrified appearance and didn't even bow her head, "Yes, I am......"

"Impudent! Is there a place for you talk in the presence of His Highness? Still not going back to your room to change? Don't make an exhibition of yourself here."

"Yes, Father......" Luo Qing Luan answered softly, not exposing her sharpness in the slightest.

She was supported by her personal maid Dai Yue and returned to her room. Once she took a bath and changed into clean clothes, Luo Qing Luan then listened to Dai Yue's endless troubled worries while she inspected her own body.

"It's good that My Lady is fine, otherwise.....this servant really don't know what I would've done." Dai Ye's face was full of concern, which was also apparent in her speech. "I'll go cook a bowl of ginger soup for you, alright? Warm yourself up properly to avoid getting sick."

Looking around her room, even though she already had the former owner's memories, now that she's looking with her own eyes, Luo Qing Luan still couldn't help but sneer. As the General's Mansion's second daughter, Luo Cheng's blood related daughter, she didn't expect to be living in this kind of shabby room.

Looking from the outside, there's nothing different about her room. Only after entering was it clear that not only was there no decoration of any kind, even the bedding and pad on her bed were totally worn. Everything had already been used for seven or eight years and hadn't been changed.

Normally, the maids serving her consisted of only Dai Yue. Dai Yue's stature was tiny and not strong, yet not only did she wait upon her, she also did the laundry, sweeping, cleaning, etc. For these ten plus years, the two of them had been truly miserable.

"Mother......" Thinking of her, Luo Qing Luan again couldn't help but feel even more resentment towards this father that she met for the first time.

Luo Cheng used to dote on her mother the most. The day they got married caused a sensation throughout the entire capital. Even the empress came.

However, just because her mother passed away from birthing difficulties on the day she was born, Luo Cheng came to hate her, his own child. If, when she was pregnant, mother didn't make an agreement with the then also pregnant Empress, for her unborn daughter and unborn Fifth Prince Nangong Chen to be engaged, so that Qing Luan already became Fifth Prince's fiancee when she was born, Luo Cheng probably would've already condemned her by now.

They say that even wild beasts look after their young, but for the last ten plus years, Luo Cheng had not been the least bit concerned about her. He merely allowed her to continue barely surviving. How had he fulfilled his responsibility as a father?

This body's former owner had been broken-hearted, had been suffering, but was unable to change anything.

That's not the case anymore.

Luo Qing Luan smiled slightly. Other people don't care about her, she also won't cherish them. From now on, she'll only need to take good care of herself. Even those who're by her side, everyone who treats her well, she'll protect in return. As far as those who hate her, want to kill her......she will similarly also slowly sort each and everyone of them out!