"I won't marry! I'd rather die than marry... Sob... If you force me again, I'll smash my head against the wall like that bitch Mu Qingqing!"
Who was crying out? The name Mu Qingqing sounded so familiar...
Of course it was familiar, wasn't she called Mu Qingqing herself!
How could they say she had smashed herself to death?
Mu Qingqing's eyes snapped open. She found herself in a luxurious ancient-style room. In front of her stood three people dressed in brocade robes, an middle-aged couple and a beautiful young girl.
The middle-aged man had a look of utter headache, while the middle-aged woman was full of anxiety. The young girl was in tears.
Mu Qingqing was utterly bewildered. Where was this place? Who were these people?
Was this Hengdian? Were these actors, playing ancient characters?
"Mu Tingting, stop making a scene! Mu Qingqing is dead. Only if you marry Prince Zhan will our entire Duke of the State's mansion not be executed for defying the imperial decree!" The middle-aged man yelled at the girl.
Hearing this, Mu Qingqing became even more confused.
"Mu Tingting" wasn't she the vicious female supporting character from the transmigration novel she had been reading while dodging zombies not long ago...
She remembered! In the book, Mu Tingting had an older cousin named Mu Qingqing.
Hadn't she transmigrated, becoming Mu Tingting's older cousin?
Suddenly, her consciousness churned, and a strange memory surfaced, letting her know her guess was correct.
She, Mu Qingqing, had inexplicably and vaguely transmigrated into the transmigration novel she was reading.
Mmp! Mu Qingqing was so angry she couldn't help but curse inwardly.
Others transmigrated into books, becoming protagonists. Why had she transmigrated into a book and become a nobody, not even a supporting character?
No, strictly speaking, she probably wasn't even a nobody.
Because she was just an extra who only appeared once and got killed off immediately.
In the book, Mu Qingqing's life was more miserable than a withered cabbage.
Although Mu Qingqing was the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Lu's mansion, her father, who inherited the ducal title from her grandfather, died of illness shortly after her birth. A few days later, her mother also died of the plague. She became an orphan, and fortunately, she was raised by her grandmother, the Old Duchess.
But after her father's death, her uncle Mu Dehui, who inherited the ducal title, and his family, were not happy to see her. After her grandmother passed away, they bullied and abused her in various ways.
These were all briefly mentioned in the book.
She remembered that Mu Qingqing's only appearance in the book was when the Emperor decreed a marriage, arranging for the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Lu's mansion to marry Prince Zhan, Feng Yu. Mu Tingting, upon hearing this, immediately threw a fit and refused to marry Feng Yu.
Feng Yu was once the man every woman in the world wanted to marry. But now, no woman in the world was willing to marry him; even a beggar woman on the street wouldn't marry him.
Mu Dehui and his wife also didn't want their beloved daughter Mu Tingting to marry Feng Yu, but the imperial decree could not be defied.
Just as Mu Dehui decided to force his daughter to marry Feng Yu, his usually cunning and sly wife, Madam Bao, thought of a trick with the wording of the imperial decree.
She said that the imperial decree only ordered the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Lu's mansion to marry Feng Yu, and did not specifically name Mu Tingting. Mu Qingqing was also considered the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Lu's mansion, so they should let Mu Qingqing take Mu Tingting's place and marry Feng Yu.
Mu Tingting was overjoyed and immediately brought her parents to pressure Mu Qingqing to marry Feng Yu.
When Mu Qingqing heard that she had to marry Feng Yu, after being tormented by Mu Tingting's family, she, who already wished for death, was completely despairing. She actually smashed her head against the wall and died.
This was Mu Qingqing's only appearance in the book. She was killed off immediately after appearing, which was truly tragic!
The author was truly inhuman to kill off Mu Qingqing so quickly. She should have had her appear a couple more times...
"Look quickly, Mu Qingqing opened her eyes again! She's not dead, she's alive!"
Just as Mu Qingqing was feeling sorry for her character, Madam Bao inadvertently looked at her, her gaze meeting hers.
Madam Bao was startled for a moment, then excitedly pointed at her and shouted.
Mu Dehui and Mu Tingting immediately looked at Mu Qingqing, and then both smiled happily. Mu Tingting was smiling the most joyfully.
"Mu Qingqing, you bitch, you're not dead, that's great... I knew it, people don't die so easily. How could you die from just bumping your head?"
"Father, Mother, since Mu Qingqing is not dead, I don't have to marry Feng Yu. Hurry and get her to agree to marry Feng Yu...
Force her to agree by any means, whether it's torture or drugging her, you must make her agree to marry Feng Yu on my behalf!" Mu Qingqing said to her parents.
Mu Dehui and Madam Bao exchanged glances, and after communicating with their eyes, they both nodded, clearly agreeing with their daughter's words and intending to act accordingly.
Mu Qingqing frowned. This family was truly inhuman. They would surely be punished, and she was their retribution.
She had just felt the existence of her supernatural abilities and her spatial dimension from the apocalypse. Her abilities and spatial dimension had also transmigrated with her.
That's great! Hehe...
Let's see how she would deal with this black-hearted, inhumane family of beasts.
"Mu Qingqing, if you don't want to suffer, then obediently agree to marry Feng Yu, otherwise don't blame me, your uncle, for being ruthless and making you wish you could live, but unable to die."
Mu Dehui walked up to Mu Qingqing, grabbed her as she was getting up from the ground, and was about to reach for her throat.
Mu Qingqing naturally wouldn't let him choke her. She dodged immediately.
Just as Mu Dehui was angered by her dodging and about to fly into a rage, he saw her open her mouth and utter the words that he and his wife and daughter desperately wanted to hear...
"I'll marry Prince Zhan obediently. Please, Uncle, don't hit me!"
Mu Dehui's family of three froze completely, all astonished.
"Didn't you refuse to marry Feng Yu earlier, preferring death? Why do you suddenly agree to marry Feng Yu now?" The family of three, Mu Dehui, Madam Bao, and Mu Tingting, asked in unison, all looking confused.
"I was in so much pain from hitting the pillar earlier that I fainted... When I woke up, I thought about it. Compared to death and pain, marrying Prince Zhan is better!" Mu Qingqing gave a plausible explanation.
In fact, it was because she had read the novel and was a woman holding the script that she was willing to marry Feng Yu.
In the novel, Mu Tingting was a typical villainous female supporting character who always opposed the female protagonist Ye Feixuan, tried various wicked schemes to harm Ye Feixuan, and desperately wanted to kill Ye Feixuan and snatch Ye Feixuan's man, the male protagonist of this book – Crown Prince Feng Shun.
But Ye Feixuan was a typical Mary Sue female protagonist, surrounded by various auras. How could Mu Tingting possibly kill her? In the end, she killed herself.
According to the novel's plot, in no time Mu Tingting would poison Ye Feixuan, but Feng Shun discovered it.
Feng Shun was furious and wanted to kill Mu Tingting and annihilate her entire family. It was Ye Feixuan's kindness that she pleaded for Mu Tingting and her family, which saved their lives.
However, while the death penalty was waived, punishment was unavoidable. Feng Shun ordered the confiscation of the Duke of Lu's mansion and exiled the entire Mu family to a cold and desolate land.
Mu Tingting, being delicate and accustomed to luxury, could not endure the hardship of exile. She died on the way before even reaching the place of exile.
Therefore, to avoid being implicated by Mu Tingting and suffering exile in the future, she decided to marry Feng Yu.
Although marrying Feng Yu was quite miserable, it was definitely not as miserable as exile.
By marrying Feng Yu, she would become part of Prince Zhan's household. If Mu Tingting were to court death and cause the entire Mu family to be exiled, it wouldn't implicate her and cause her to be exiled too.
Speaking of Feng Yu, he seemed even more pathetic than the original host. He was truly a tragic prince, making one feel very sympathetic...
"Hmph! What a cheap bone! You only realized it's better to marry Feng Yu after being in so much pain... If I had known, I would have beaten her up the moment she arrived, made her suffer agonizing pain, and she would have obediently agreed to marry Feng Yu long ago!" Madam Bao said with disdain and contempt.
"Truly cheap! So cheap!" Mu Tingting nodded in agreement, also full of disdain and contempt.
Mu Dehui also nodded, echoing his wife and daughter's words, calling Mu Qingqing a cheap slut, extremely cheap.
Who could tolerate this? A burning rage instantly enveloped Mu Qingqing's entire heart, and a strong killing intent surged within her.
You are the cheap ones, your entire family is the cheapest in the world!
She really wanted to use her abilities right now to kill this family.
But there were only four of them in this room. If this family of three suddenly died, she would be the only one alive, and she would definitely be suspected.
Moreover, for evil people like this family of three, killing them so easily was too lenient. They deserved to be exiled, to suffer enough hardship and torment on the way to exile before dying.
In the book, after Mu Tingting's death, Mu Dehui and Madam Bao could not endure the hardships of exile soon after. Coupled with the bullying and torment from the escorts, they died miserably on the road of exile.
Actually, Mu Tingting's family of three didn't have to die. The Emperor's sudden decree this time to marry Mu Tingting to Feng Yu was at the request of Feng Shun.
Feng Shun wanted to punish Mu Tingting for repeatedly harming Ye Feixuan and to make her give up on him.
If she had obediently married Feng Shun, nothing would have happened, and her entire family could have continued to live. But she stubbornly refused to marry Feng Shun and insisted on forcing Mu Qingqing to marry Feng Yu on her behalf.
After she and her parents forced Mu Qingqing to death, no one could marry Feng Yu on her behalf, and she herself had to marry Feng Yu. She then went mad.
She felt that her misfortune, being decreed to marry Feng Yu, was all Ye Feixuan's fault. It was Ye Feixuan who asked Feng Shun to request the Emperor's decree, so she poisoned Ye Feixuan, but Feng Shun discovered it, confiscated the Duke of Lu's mansion, and exiled her entire family.
It's truly a case of divine retribution being forgivable, but self-inflicted sin being irredeemable.