The life swap begins with Consort Hua becoming Lady Qin.

Langhua paused slightly.

Wang Ruoyu?

What is she here for?

Before she could finish speaking, Wang Ruoyu walked in with a smile.

She seemed unusually amiable today. As soon as she entered, her gaze fell on the gifts on the table that hadn't yet been packed into boxes. Her eyes flickered, but her smile deepened.

"I was wondering what my sister was doing right now. When I came in, she was indeed very busy."

Her tone was excessively warm.

"I never imagined that my sister would become acquainted with the future Crown Princess of Yan."

Langhua looked up at her, and a sense of unease inexplicably arose in her heart.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon,

His face remained calm.

"Sister is joking. It's just a normal visit. After all, you are the Crown Princess, so the gifts you prepared were a bit extravagant, so as not to embarrass our royal family."

As Langhua spoke, she subtly gestured to Yudie, signaling her to walk over to the gifts.

"Ordinary business dealings?" Wang Ruoyu saw it all and wished she could immediately smash these things. They were just some junk; why would she bother to steal them!

Her smile grew even warmer: "This isn't a skill just anyone can have. The orphanage must be spending quite a bit lately, right? The meager earnings from your shop aren't nearly enough. I have some money on hand, how about I lend you some?"

Langhua frowned almost imperceptibly between her brows.

A person cannot suddenly change their nature, and it is even less likely that Wang Ruoyu would suddenly shake hands and make peace with her.

"That's enough," she said calmly. "No need for you to trouble yourself, sister."

"Of course, why shouldn't I?" Wang Ruoyu seemed oblivious to any refusal, continuing with a smile, "We sisters are blood relatives, blood is thicker than water. Even if we go our separate ways and live far apart in the future, we should still help each other."

As she spoke, she took another step forward, sighed, and her expression genuinely showed a hint of regret.

"To be honest, I didn't understand before. I always thought that my sister was coming back to compete with me for our parents, which is why I was so sharp-tongued and always picking on you. In a few days, my sister-in-law will be marrying into the family, and Mother has said that she will find me a husband. Suddenly, I realized that we are both daughters and will eventually leave home. We will have less and less time to live in this house. If I fall out with my sister, I will lose a relative with whom I can speak the truth, which would be a loss for me. I have come here today to apologize and hope that my sister will not hold it against me."

She looked at Langhua with a gentle smile.

Langhua raised her eyes and quietly looked at her for a while.

Wang Ruoyu let her look, a smile playing on her lips, but her eyes were clearly sharp, as if waiting for her reaction, or perhaps searching for something...

She revealed a slight flaw.

Langhua suddenly chuckled softly.

"Sister is right."

She spoke with great magnanimity.

"I never really took it to heart. Just like my sister said, we're all family, there's no such thing as holding a grudge overnight. It's just that my sister used to keep me at arm's length, which made me sad for a long time. Since it was a misunderstanding, it's better to clear things up now."

Wang Ruoyu's smile paused for a moment, then quickly returned.

"Yes, it's my fault as the older sister."

She then had several more items brought up, saying they were for Langhua's use.

Langhua glanced at it and smiled, "In that case, I shall accept it without being impolite."

Seeing that she accepted the gift, a deeper sense of apprehension finally flashed across Wang Ruoyu's eyes. After exchanging a few more casual words, he got up and left.

Only after leaving Zhaoshui Pavilion and walking through the corridor did the smile on his face suddenly disappear.

She practically walked all the way back to her courtyard, and as soon as she closed the door, she couldn't help but mutter a curse under her breath.

"You little bitch!"

Her chest heaved, and her eyes were filled with a gloomy light.

"She really did come back!"

也。

Yes, Wang Ruoyu has also returned, only later than Wang Ruofu!

Just moments before, she was in Sheng Minglan's delivery room, intending to send her and her child to the underworld, when Gu Tingye, that little beast, suddenly returned and pierced her chest with a sword!

When she woke up again, she found herself still in her old boudoir.

At first, she was overjoyed, so overjoyed that she almost trembled.

But in no time, he was doused with a bucket of cold water.

Because she quickly realized that something was wrong with her younger sister!

Wang Ruofu was abandoned in the countryside from a young age and grew up with the manners of a country girl. When she was brought back to the capital, she had dark skin, was uncouth, and had no manners at all, causing countless laughs. Her mother was also ashamed of her, so she simply kept her at home for three years until she had learned some manners before she was allowed to go out and meet people.

But who is this model of a noblewoman who speaks eloquently, behaves elegantly, and excels in everything from tea preparation to incense burning?

In that instant, she understood almost immediately.

I can come back on my own.

Why can't Wang Ruofu come back?

And she, like me, certainly doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes she made in her previous life!

After all, the Sheng family was even more impoverished than the Kang family at the beginning. Even though Wang Ruofu eventually made it to the top, she had suffered for more than a decade in the beginning. During that time, she was suppressed by the concubines and suffered all kinds of grievances. She was very humiliated!

So she wants to marry someone better?

Only then did she put in a lot of effort to learn those rules and dress herself up as a first-class noblewoman in Bianjing.

That makes sense.

So Wang Ruo felt resentment, resenting that she hadn't returned sooner.

If only it had been a little earlier, before marrying Zhao Zongquan of Yuzhou, before Shen Shi, how wonderful that would have been! In another twenty years, she could have become Empress!

Empress!

If she could become empress, the first thing she would do is have Kang Haifeng castrated so that he would be childless!

She also wants that old hag from the Kang family to kneel before the Buddha for eighty-one days to pray for her!

There is also Wang Ruofu.

She absolutely refused to allow her younger sister, who was inferior to her in every way, to continue having the same good fortune as in her previous life.

As her thoughts turned to this point, she suddenly understood!

Why should she care who Wang Ruofu wants to marry in this lifetime?

All she has to do is tell her to marry Kang Haifeng!

Let her taste the bitterness she suffered in her past life!

As for Sheng Hong—

She took it.

In her past life, she was attached to appearances.

They were so focused on Kang Haifeng's better appearance and the Kang family's greater wealth that they completely forgot that Sheng Hong was the only son of the Sheng family and the only hope for the Sheng clan.

The annual supply of 5,000 taels from the eldest branch of the Sheng family alone is better than the combined income of all the estates of the Kang family!

And that old hag, the only daughter of the Marquis of Yongyi, her dowry must be incredibly lavish!

That brat Sheng Minglan had a magnificent wedding procession of ten miles of red bridal attire!

As long as she can please the old woman, she won't have to worry about her children's dowries in the future.

Even if we can't make them happy, so what?

An old woman who doesn't even acknowledge her own family and has no children or grandchildren, what good are all those gold and silver things she keeps?

Naturally, whoever takes care of her in her old age will be the one who benefits.

As for Lin Qinshuang...

As for the Wei family...

A ruthless glint flashed in Wang Ruoyu's eyes as she thought of this.

She's not a fool like Wang Ruofu.

Having endured so many years in the Kang family, I dare not boast of any other skills, but my ability to manipulate those vixens is second to none!

There's also Sheng Minglan.

Don't you remember her wretched mother?

If she is in a good mood, she will allow her to be born.

If you're in a bad mood...

Then send her and her mother to hell as soon as possible!

No, she wants to make them wish they were dead!

And Gu Tingye, this son-in-law from a prestigious family, will surely be her daughter's possession in the future.

The more Wang Ruoyu thought about it, the brighter her eyes became.

She wanted to take away all the benefits Wang Ruofu had received in his previous life.

These should have been hers too!