Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback-Chapter 288: This is my home, why should it be dominated by others!

Chapter 288: Chapter 288: This is my home, why should it be dominated by others!

After revealing her true feelings to her daughter, Mrs. Li violently threw herself towards the wall, but Zhan Lan, with her quick reflexes, pulled her back.

Why should Mrs. Li get an easy way out by smashing her head and dying?

Death is too easy!

Once she dies, all her sins are erased, and Zhan Xuerou will be pitied as an orphan.

In your dreams!

Reborn into this life, Zhan Lan learned one profound truth: someone who doesn’t love you, won’t love you even after two lifetimes.

Until her dying breath, Mrs. Li was planning her own daughter’s future.

Unfortunately, her suicide attempt only made Zhan Lan hate her more.

Mrs. Li was still trying to explain to her biological daughter why she had to do this right before her death.

Maternal love is great, but it shouldn’t be built upon her pain.

Mrs. Li looked at Zhan Lan with tears in her eyes, "I’m sorry, I’ve wronged you, just end it quickly for me!"

Zhan Lan sneered, "Death is too easy. You deserve to suffer while living!"

Zhan Lan is someone who must avenge a grudge and wouldn’t go soft because Mrs. Li was willing to give up her life to blot out her past debts.

Zhan Beicang said in a deep voice, "Lan’er, I will send Mrs. Li to the authorities."

Zhan Lan kept silent. According to Nanjin’s laws, Mrs. Li’s act of swapping the legitimate daughter of General Mansion and muddling the lineage of a loyal family was a capital offense.

Zhan Xuerou collapsed on the ground and said, "Mrs. Li, you have a heart of a serpent, you’ll have a terrible death!"

Her eyes filled with hatred as she looked at Mrs. Li, "It’s all your fault, father, mother, Rou’er will always be your daughter, forever!"

Devastated, Zhan Xuerou kneeled and kowtowed to Zhan Beicang and Qin Shuang.

Zhan Beicang and Qin Shuang had complex feelings watching the girl they had raised for eighteen years—who turned out to be not their real daughter.

Especially Zhan Beicang, who had his brother Xue Wei die for him; even if Zhan Xuerou was no longer his daughter, she was still the daughter of his close brother.

His mind was a mess, torn between consoling Zhan Xuerou and feeling guilty towards Zhan Lan.

Zhan Lan looked at Zhan Beicang’s hesitating lips and said without warmth, "Xue Wei’s debt is yours to repay, not mine. Zhan Xuerou must leave General Mansion, or I will never return to this house!"

Seeing the imposing Zhan Lan, Zhan Xuerou cried even harder, "Father, mother, Rou’er is your daughter, where can I go, Lan, my little sister, you can’t take out your anger on me because of Mrs. Li’s mistakes!"

Zhan Lan looked down at Zhan Xuerou, "This is my house, why should I let someone else take it over!"

Zhan Beicang and Qin Shuang remained silent, after all, in their eyes, Zhan Xuerou was innocent. They didn’t know what Zhan Lan had gone through in her past life and thus couldn’t empathize with her.

Zhan Xinzhang looked wearily at Mrs. Li and Zhan Xuerou.

He stood up and said to Zhan Lan, "Lan’er, grandfather is tired, it would be better than anything to have you back home, come have a drink with me."

Zhan Lan nodded, "Grandfather, I will accompany you."

"Mu Yan..." Zhan Lan looked at Mu Yan, who slightly hooked the corner of his mouth and said, "You go ahead. I’ll take Mrs. Li to the Ministry of Justice."

Zhan Lan smiled and nodded, following Zhan Xinzhang to the main house.

After Zhan Xinzhang dismissed the servants, Zhan Lan looked at him and asked, "Grandfather, do you also feel that your granddaughter is too aggressive?"

Zhan Xinzhang let out a sigh, relaxing the hand he had clenched from anger, and said in a stern voice, "Lan’er, you’re not wrong, this is how it should be done."

Zhan Lan’s eyes were red and swollen as she smiled, "Grandfather, did you see through it all along?"

Zhan Xinzhang nodded, "You’ve given grandfather the hints, it’s a pity I didn’t realize how much suffering you’ve been through."

Wiping the tears from her face, Zhan Lan said, "Grandfather, someday you’ll understand why I treated her and her mother this way."

"Lan, grandfather will support you in everything you do, but now is not the best moment for you to reclaim your status as Zhan Family’s legitimate daughter."

Zhan Lan’s eyes darkened as she said, "I understand. Some might say the Zhan Family has an army and abused power by intentionally concealing my identity from the Emperor."

Zhan Xinzhang stroked his fingers and said, "You are a smart child. Your grandfather has never worried about you taking the wrong path."

"Grandfather, I have already thought of countermeasures. I won’t let others fear the strength of the Zhan Family."

Her eyes were resolute as she said, "From now on, every step I take is for the Zhan Family, and also for myself."

Zhan Xinzhang didn’t ask for details, the look in Zhan Lan’s eyes was no longer as pure as when she was fourteen or fifteen. Her vision was never confined to a small courtyard.

At eighteen, her eyes were filled with wisdom, and Zhan Xinzhang also believed that his granddaughter would certainly make a significant achievement.

"Lan’er, take care of yourself, and do whatever you want to do!"

"Yes, Grandfather." Zhan Lan responded with a smile.

...

In front of the General Mansion’s front courtyard, Madame Li was dragged out wailing; Yu Jinchan was also beaten with twenty heavy planks and thrown back into the house.

He was left with only half a life, no one would care about his survival, even if Zhan Lan recognized Little Heye, but Yu Jinchan must pay the price for his greed.

Qin Shuang was being attended by maidservants, finishing her dressing and makeup.

She sat in front of the bronze mirror, listening to Zhan Xuerou’s pleading outside the door.

"Mother, I don’t acknowledge Madame Li, I only acknowledge you." Zhan Xuerou knelt in front of the door, weeping so hard that she nearly fainted.

Qiuyue’s eyes held deep secrets, as she knelt on the ground and saw Zhan Lan walking past them, Zhan Lan gave her a slight nod.

Qiuyue understood, her heart surging with excitement, so it turned out that Zhan Lan was indeed the legitimate daughter of the Zhan Family.

She had truly followed the right person.

The meaning of Miss Zhan Lan just now was to have her continue closely following Zhan Xuerou.

Qiuyue concealed her inner excitement; she hated Zhan Xuerou, and if one day this hypocritically cruel woman could expose her true self and receive even more punishment, even if she had to do menial work in the General Mansion in the future, she would relish it.

Meng Ling was on the side, staring at the back of Zhan Xuerou, who was no longer the legitimate daughter of the General Mansion.

Her master, King Wei, didn’t know about this yet, although Old General Zhan Xinzhang had ordered to keep it quiet for the time being.

However, she had to find a way to tell Si Jun, as Zhan Xuerou was now a useless pawn without any value.

The voice of Zhan Xuerou, weeping and pleading, entered the room.

"Mother, I have been frail since I was a child, and it was you who took care of me day and night, I remember everything."

"Mother, look at Rou’er, I am innocent, I knew nothing, my heart has only you!"

"Since I was young, whatever I wanted to eat, you would make it for me."

"Mother, do you still remember? When I wanted to learn how to ride a horse, and I fell off the horse, you carried me on your back to find a doctor."

Zhan Xuerou became more and more agitated, "Mother, and once when I was bullied by other noble ladies, you confronted and hit her."

"Mother, you love me so much, why do you refuse to see me now..."

Her voice became hoarse, as Zhan Xuerou wanted to awaken Qin Shuang’s maternal love.

Amid the incessant calls from Zhan Xuerou, Qin Shuang recalled all the past memories.

The more she heard what Zhan Xuerou said, the more the voices of Zhan Lan’s accusations against Madame Li echoed in her ears.

She guarded Madame Li with care and affection for the daughter she had raised for eighteen years!

How Madame Li abused her daughter – whipping, scolding, intimidating, torturing...

Thinking of this, Qin Shuang could no longer bring herself to love Zhan Xuerou.

She clenched her fists, even harboring wicked thoughts of inflicting the pain suffered by Zhan Lan onto Zhan Xuerou.

But the goodness in her nature brought her back to tranquility; after all, she was not Madame Li.