Bai Sheng approached Huang Liansheng alone.
At this moment, Huang Liansheng was tightly bound to a stake, her mouth stuffed with old, smelly socks.
As soon as Bai Sheng took a few steps closer, she was assailed by an indescribable stench of feet.
To be honest, Huang Liansheng had not been beaten; she had genuinely fainted from the overwhelming smell of those socks.
Before she could even curse whose feet were that foul, she had blacked out.
The two soldiers guarding her immediately saluted respectfully upon seeing Bai Sheng, "Greetings, Princess."
Bai Sheng nodded and said sternly, "Hand her over to me, you two may go rest."
"Yes!" The two soldiers bowed to Bai Sheng with clasped fists and turned to leave.
Hearing the voices, Huang Liansheng slowly opened her eyes. In the light of the torch, she recognized Bai Sheng.
"@#%*^%..."
She cried out with agitation, seemingly wanting to say something.
Bai Sheng raised her hand and slapped her hard across the face. "Huang Liansheng, when we were children, I trusted you so much, treating you like a sister. I always saved a portion of anything good for you.
You liked my Blood-Sweating Horse, so I gave it to you; you liked my Cloud Mist Skirt, so I had a seamstress make one for you too; you liked any piece of my jewelry or jade, and I gave it to you without hesitation.
But you? You harbored malicious jealousy, hiding behind my back and framing me multiple times!
As a human being, you are unworthy of anyone's genuine sincerity! You truly are a conniving slut to the bone!
Your mother killed the entire Qinghuang royal family. I will pursue this debt to your mother's homeland and settle it with everyone there!
Huang Liansheng, you must be terribly disappointed. This princess is blessed with great fortune and has survived a desperate situation to return for revenge. Everything that is happening today is your own doing!"
After speaking, Bai Sheng slapped her several more times before extinguishing the torch.
From a karmic perspective, Huang Liansheng owed her too much and was the most suitable candidate for soul transference. After the transference, she would become even more beautiful, while Huang Liansheng would forever bear an ugly face.
Bai Sheng picked up a wooden stick and removed the smelly socks from Huang Liansheng's mouth. After drugging her with a迷药, she moved her into the spatial realm.
Bai Sheng had built a large prison cell in a secluded area of her spatial realm. The hundreds of Great Xia patrol soldiers captured previously were all confined within, their lives sustained by two steamed buns each day.
Once Fengcheng was recaptured, they would be released to work.
Zuo Ye first went to check on the prisoners, throwing in several baskets of steamed buns and a few barrels of water.
Returning to the wooden house by the spiritual spring, Grandma Wu and Bai Sheng were ready for the soul transference.
No disturbances were allowed during the transference, so Zuo Ye sat outside the wooden house with the cubs, quietly waiting.
The transference concluded just before dawn.
Bai Sheng directly sent her master to the carriage where she was resting.
Fortunately, Consort Mei, her aunt, Zuo Hua, and she slept in the same carriage. If it had been anyone else, a person appearing out of nowhere would have surely terrified them.
Grandma Wu had been awake all night and was somewhat tired. Mei Qing made a comfortable spot for her to lie down and sleep.
"Mother, how is Sheng'er's face?" Mei Qing asked with concern.
Grandma Wu closed her eyes and softly replied, "Very good," before drifting off to sleep.
Bai Sheng then returned the disfigured Huang Liansheng to her previous bound position.
After dawn, a commotion arose in the military camp.
A crowd had gathered around Huang Liansheng, all pointing at her face and discussing it.
"Before she went to sleep last night, she looked fine. How did her face become like this overnight?"
"My goodness, looking at it gives me goosebumps. It's too ugly! It's terrifying!"
"I feel like throwing up!"
"Who was on guard duty last night? What exactly happened?"
"It was me and Wang San," a soldier said. "However, Princess arrived later. The Princess said she would take the prisoner, and we were to go rest. We left after that, and I don't know what happened afterward."
Huang Liansheng slowly regained consciousness. Seeing many people gathered around her, all seemingly discussing her face and calling her ugly, she felt a surge of panic.
"My face? What happened to my face?" she panicked, trying to reach up and touch her face, but her hands were bound by ropes, rendering her immobile.
"Huang Liansheng, you want to see your face, right? Just wait, I'll get you a mirror! Let you see it to your heart's content!" The "kind" Tian Guihua turned and headed back to the carriage to find a bronze mirror.
After retrieving the bronze mirror, Tian Guihua enthusiastically held it up before Huang Liansheng's eyes, saying with schadenfreude, "Here, look. See what your face is like, is it nice?"
Upon seeing her monstrously ugly face in the bronze mirror, Huang Liansheng shrieked, "Ah!" and immediately fainted.
Some soldiers reported Huang Liansheng's disfigurement to General Shen and Prince Shi Sheng.
General Shen directly cursed, "What? Huang Liansheng is disfigured? What a trivial matter! Is it necessary to report this to this general? Everything about her is to be handled by the Princess! Whatever the Princess says goes!"
Shi Sheng coldly stated, "Princess elder sister will handle Huang Liansheng's affairs. From now on, whether she lives or dies is irrelevant to this prince. There's no need to report it."
Huang Liansheng's mother had killed his entire family, and she had also caused sister Xue Sheng to become foolish and wander in Great Xia for over ten years. He had no more pity for her.
Such a treacherous, venomous, and manipulative cousin was truly terrifying.
Seeing the soldiers speculating about why Huang Liansheng's face had become ugly overnight, Bai Sheng directly admitted responsibility.
She had transferred her own蠱術 backlash to Huang Liansheng, which was one of Huang Liansheng's punishments.
The soldiers immediately understood. After admiring Huang Liansheng's ugly face, they lost interest and paid her no further attention.
After fainting, Huang Liansheng would awaken only to faint again, unable to accept that her face had become so hideous.
For some women, their face was their empire; without it, everything was lost.
But for some other women, a face was just a face. Regardless of beauty or ugliness, it could not destroy their self-love or their will to live passionately.
Mei Qing and her aunt both felt that Bai Sheng was the second type of woman. Even though her face was ruined, she was only sad for a short while before continuing to live freely and joyfully.
After breakfast, Bai Sheng and her family were packing their belongings. They were to temporarily reside in He City with General Shen.
Captain Jin and the border guards were reluctant to part with the Princess. Captain Jin shamelessly reminded the Princess not to forget their small border camp if she managed to secure provisions.
Bai Sheng assured him that provisions and troops would be sent soon.
Captain Jin, overwhelmed with excitement, hugged and kissed the soldier next to him, causing the soldier to gag and vomit profusely.
Bai Sheng had secretly placed a spatial stone in the border camp last night, allowing her to come and go freely.
The group set off towards He City in grand fashion.
General Shen, Zuo Ye, Shi Sheng, and Prince Yu rode horses, while Bai Sheng, with the four cubs, sat in a carriage, with Yang Ming driving.
After the soul transference, there was still a two-week recovery period, so Bai Sheng had to continue wearing a veil. However, being free from that ugly face made her feel happy, and she hummed a little tune unconsciously.
Huang Liansheng was bound like a zongzi and thrown onto the last carriage, which carried cages of chickens and ducks.