From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!

Chapter 1523 - 1518: Don’t Hold Him Back

Mu Shuangshuang’s arrogant attitude was yet another blow to Wen Xiaoya.She’d come here entirely to see Mu Shuangshuang kneel and beg her for mercy.

But instead, not only did this woman show no sign of realization, she even looked down on her more than before. How could Wen Xiaoya swallow that?

"Quit putting on airs here. Your little life—I can take it anytime I want!" Wen Xiaoya glared furiously at Mu Shuangshuang.

Hearing Wen Xiaoya’s thoughtless threat, Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t hold it back and burst out laughing.

This woman really did treat Fengzi like some priceless treasure—she’d even kill and burn for Fengzi.

Since she couldn’t pry him away over there, she came to her instead with threats and bribes.

This kind of home‑wrecking mistress, in modern times, would probably get beaten to death!

Or does she actually think that when someone tries to steal Mu Shuangshuang’s man, not only will she not get angry, she’ll smile with delight and hand Fengzi over?

Ha, what a joke!

"What are you laughing at?" Wen Xiaoya glared angrily at Mu Shuangshuang.

Mu Shuangshuang shook her head, her eyes still full of amusement. "I just think Miss Wen can’t win an argument with me, so you resort to killing to force me to submit.

I just don’t know where Miss Wen gets the confidence to think I, Mu Shuangshuang, am some pitiful worm anyone can knead and trample as they please?"

The Wen father and daughter—each one more domineering than the other. Just because Wen Xiaoya has her eye on Lu Yuanfeng, just because Fengzi doesn’t agree, they’ve schemed against him over and over again.

People like that, how are they fit to be the commander of Xing City, the Great General guarding the borders of the Ning Dynasty?

"And you’re not a pitiful worm? My background is better than yours, my horizons broader than yours, and my father is the current Border Defense General.

As for you! You’re nothing but a farm woman. The only reason Lu Yuanfeng chose you is that you grew up together. What he feels for you isn’t love, it’s just responsibility.

You’d better open your damn dog eyes and take a good look at how much hardship Lu Yuanfeng has gone through following you, ending up like this—neither man nor ghost.

Only I, Wen Xiaoya, have the ability to help him soar. Even my father’s general’s rank—so long as he’s with me, it could be his too!

So you’d better be sensible and leave Lu Yuanfeng as soon as possible. Stop dragging him down!"

Wen Xiaoya flaunted everything she had in front of Mu Shuangshuang, proud as could be.

Right now Wen Xiaoya’s face was twisted and hideous—not a trace of a refined lady from a noble family.

Looking at Wen Xiaoya’s twisted expression, Mu Shuangshuang didn’t bother to be polite.

"Wen Xiaoya, you always seem to miss the point. Fengzi is talented, intelligent, and courageous. Even without you, without Wen Nantian, he could still carve out a good future for himself.

It’s actually because of you—because you want to marry him and be his wife—that your father, to fulfill your wish, deliberately had people squeeze him out, forcing him into the kitchens for months.

Then again because of you, he was first forced to go to Ye City. He came back unharmed, but that trip was nine deaths out of ten.

And now, he’s been sent by your father to gather intelligence and almost lost half his life! Wen Xiaoya, search your conscience—if you and your father hadn’t deliberately tripped him up, would Fengzi’s road be this hard?"

Mu Shuangshuang wasn’t anyone to Wen Xiaoya; she had no obligation to pamper her.

She laid out all the truths no one had spoken before, putting them right on the table for Wen Xiaoya to hear.

Wen Xiaoya, however, didn’t seem willing to accept any of it.

"You’re lying. It’s clearly you—no status, no position—who’s dragging Lu Yuanfeng down. If you were someone of rank, would he be like this now?" Wen Xiaoya shouted.

Watching her near‑mad, twisted expression, Mu Shuangshuang spoke bluntly: "Wen Xiaoya, the feelings between Fengzi and me—you can’t wedge yourself in.

You don’t understand him at all. He doesn’t need to rely on a woman; he has his own ability. If you insist on seeing Fengzi as some pretty boy living off women, then let me be honest with you.

If he were that kind of man, I, Mu Shuangshuang, wouldn’t want him either. I like him because he’s different from everyone else.

A forced melon isn’t sweet. You can’t control my thoughts, and you can’t control Fengzi’s. Anyway, I’ve put the ugly truth out there. How you want to think is your business!"

After that last sentence, Mu Shuangshuang didn’t spare Wen Xiaoya another glance.

Wen Xiaoya was stunned by Mu Shuangshuang’s blunt words, muttering under her breath nonstop, "It’s not like that! You’re the one dragging Lu Yuanfeng down, you’re the one..."

Wen Xiaoya kept deceiving herself, and Mu Shuangshuang could no longer be bothered to look.

Just then, Wen Xiaoya ordered the Government Officials to take Mu Shuangshuang to the prison.

Mu Shuangshuang finally regained her freedom.

On the way, a few Government Officials started chatting, completely ignoring Mu Shuangshuang as if she didn’t exist.

"I heard yesterday the court sent some so‑called imperial envoy over, said he’s here to supervise this war."

"Imperial envoy? From the Capital? Can he handle hardship?"

"How should I know? But I heard he’s an Assistant Minister. My guess is the court’s taking this war seriously this time."

"Hey, isn’t that obvious? Xing City is our Northwest border outpost. If Xing City falls, the Wei Kingdom’s troops can march straight south and occupy our Ning Dynasty territory, right?"

"Heh heh, right, I forgot!"

The Government Officials were having a grand time chatting, and Mu Shuangshuang was happy to sit on the sidelines and listen.

This news had come at the perfect time for her.

Since it was an imperial envoy from the court, he must be here to keep an eye on Wen Nantian.

Wen Nantian started it, so she’d finish it—she’d just slap him with a charge for mistreating his subordinates.

Mu Shuangshuang let out a couple of casual laughs, then asked the Officials offhand, "Brothers, seeing how lively you’re talking, do you know when that imperial envoy is arriving?"

"Why are you asking?" One of the Government Officials looked at Mu Shuangshuang warily.

Another one knocked him on the head. "Oh come on, she’s just curious. Telling her won’t cost you a piece of flesh."

"Th‑then fine, you tell her." The Official who’d been knocked nodded.

"That imperial envoy—I heard he’ll arrive in our Xing City in three days!"

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When Mu Shuangshuang was sent back to the prison, Lu Yuanfeng was already on the verge of madness.

The wooden bars were close to being torn apart by his bare hands. He stared at the empty cell opposite his, letting out one hoarse roar after another.

Those screams were terrifying. The Government Officials guarding the prison door outside were all trembling with fear.

Only when Mu Shuangshuang appeared outside the cell unharmed did Lu Yuanfeng finally stop his frenzy.

He looked at Mu Shuangshuang, scrutinizing her over and over, carefully checking.

"Did they do anything to you?" Lu Yuanfeng asked anxiously.

"I’m fine, Fengzi, I’m fine! It was Wen Xiaoya—she called me out for a bit, but she didn’t do anything to me." Mu Shuangshuang said.

Mu Shuangshuang was brought back to the prison; she and Lu Yuanfeng still faced each other with the bars between them.

Seeing Lu Yuanfeng’s bloodshot eyes and the tight, rigid muscles on his face, Mu Shuangshuang’s heart ached in waves.

"I really am fine, don’t worry. I have a feeling the two of us aren’t going to die." Mu Shuangshuang said.

Not for anything else, but because of the imperial envoy’s arrival.

Mu Shuangshuang had a strong sense this was a turning point.