Reborn: The legend of the Phoenix

At that Fusheng just had to give it up to her father, Meixin and Meilan. They really had skills in story telling, to even think of such stories about her. Fusheng looked at the waiter with mixed feelings, all these years she had been locked up inside the mansion and yet her name never left people's mouths, one rumour to the other, She did not even know the Prime Minister's son. Fusheng sighed and asked the waiter "So why exactly is she trending today, don't tell me the entire capital decided to talk about her?"

The waiter shook his head "The Young Master is right, for so many years nobody has actually seen Meng Fusheng, but today it is rumored that she is out, she has even completed her admission process in to the Royal Dragon Academy, this waiter even heard a more bold claim that Meng Fusheng slapped the personal maid of the new Furen."

Fusheng continued "But why do you think the Royal Dragon Academy, still insisted to keep this Meng Fusheng's admission even after all these scandals going around her name?"

The waiter thought for a while before saying "I think it has to do with her grandfather's legacy. But if you ask me, I think it will be more difficult for Meng Fusheng now in the Academy, a lot of people do not think she is worth that admission, she will have to prove herself to a lot of people."

Fusheng said to him again "But have you ever thought about the fact that those rumours are all lies, to damage her reputation. What if she does not even the Prime Minister's son at all."

The waiter nodded and said "The Young Master is right, it is possible, but it is too much of a coincidence that she chose this time to come out of the Mansion to register into the Academy."

Fusheng was confused and asked "Why do you say so?"

The waiter righteously continued "That is because the Prime Minister's son will soon come back to the capital, in a few days."

Fusheng was genuinely irritated and confused, who exactly was this Prime Minister's son that she herself has not seen and yet the entire capital thinks that she is head over heels for him. This was slowly getting on her nerves, and now that she is finally starting the journey of her revenge, they still manage to link it to this Prime Minister's son, it's as if Fate had already decided that she will be enemies with the prime Minister's son.

As the waiter was about to add something else, customers began to enter into the restaurant he had no other choice but to say "I will go and attend to our other customers, enjoy your meal." And left.

Fusheng felt that she had already heard everything she needed to hear, she knew within herself that it is going to be hard and almost pointless to prove her innocence to the people, so she just decided to focus on making herself stronger and getting her revenge, showing everyone just how despicable Meixin, Meilan and her father were.

She calmly finished her food, paid off her bills took her bag and headed off. She did not have a particular destination, she just wanted to familiarize herself with the capital, some places look exactly like they did when she was little, while other places were so different she did not even recognize them. 

Another reason Fusheng was walking around aimlessly was to digest her food and to think of her next step. Thanks to those imposters at her house, she did not have a good reputation in the capital, and who knows even the Crown prince must have also heard these stories about her. She truly felt ashamed, even a little tired. This was her first time tasting just how evil humans can be, she had thought hard and long, she did not find anytime she had ever offended her father and his mistress, in fact she had once ordered the maids and servants in the house to not treat Meilan badly. And now these people did not think that they were they evil doers but rather they spoiled her reputation, her grandfather's legacy was now turned into a plaything.

As she approached the Meng Family House, she stopped by an empty house to change out of her scholars clothes, and since Feilong was not yet out to her turn her face back to normal, she used black ink to make dark spots appear on her face. She knew that stepping into the Meng Family House at this time, was a very dangerous move, but she still had to settle some temporary scores with those imposters. She will definitely not let her guard down in the house, may not even spend her nights there. Because according to her grandfather's teachings, he said "Once someone is desperate they make impulsive decisions, not even regarding the dangers of the decision."

She knows that those imposters might be desperate when they find out she is not in their grasp, so they will take more drastic and impulsive measures against her, such as murdering her outrightly instead of waiting for the poison to finish her off slowly.

Fusheng braced herself up and entered into the Meng Household through the main gate, in the morning she jumped over the wall, but now she walked in through the gates. Surprisingly as she walked through the gates, Feilong that was missing all day materialized in front of her, still keeping his form as a little dragon. He said "Little girl, you have to be extremely careful here, they plan to do something to you."

Fusheng smirked and said "I already know" As soon as Feilong came out, Fusheng no longer felt like she was alone, she felt more safe with Feilong by her side, this made her steps become more confident.

Fusheng had not even taken 5 steps into the house when two guards stopped her and said "Young Miss, the Meng Master demands your presence in the main hall."

Fusheng was not surprised by this order and asked "How long has it been since he issued this order?"

The guards looked at each other awkwardly and said "Since noon time."

Fusheng laughed, not moving an inch from where she stood and asked again "How exactly did he issue this order? He definitely did not tell you people to calmly escort me into the Main hall"

The guards awkwardly replied and said "No Young Miss, he wanted us to..... to pull you to the Hall"

Fusheng smirked and said "That man has surely gotten more bold. So why are both not pulling me?"

The guards looked at their feet then boldly said to Fusheng "That is because, you are still the Young Miss of this Mansion, us servants do not have the right to lay our hands on you."

Fusheng was pleasantly surprised and said to the guards "You knew my grandfather right?"

They both nodded, Fusheng nodded and said "I will definitely remember you both later." Then she let them escort her to the hall. While she was walking Feilong said to her "It seems like all hope is not yet lost, the guards still regard you as the Miss of the Meng House."

Fusheng nodded and said thoughtfully "Yes, now that I think about it the guards has never been to mean on me. Maybe they still know the truth after all."

As she said this, they approached the Main hall, she took a deep breath at the sight of the Hall. She said to herself "Here goes nothing."

Feilong stood on her shoulder and said "Don't worry too much, just focus on what you are doing. I am here, I will not allow anything to happen to you."

Fusheng was grateful for his support. She walked boldly and confidently into the Hall. By now the imposters were already complete, if looks could kill Fusheng would have already dropped dead a million times. Fusheng looked straight ahead and locked eyes with her father. The lousy man on not seeing the cowering Fusheng and especially seeing her dressed in his late wife's attire exploded with anger and said "Kneel!! You unfilial child"

Fusheng did not make any move to kneel, she just kept looking at him without saying anything. 

This only made Meng Wuzhong to get more angry "Oh you dare to disobey me! When I got back from attending to my official duties and heard all that you did in the mansion, I thought maybe they were exaggerated but seeing you look so unrepentant proves the accusations."

Fusheng did not budge, almost as if no one was saying anything, she looked at him with dead eyes. This infuriated Meng Wuzhong so much that he stood up. When Meixin and Meilan saw him stand up, they were so happy. It had been their wish for Fusheng to prove stubborn so that Meng Wuzhong could discipline her by himself, maybe even chase her away from the Meng Family. But whatever that happens today, in their heart it is already certain that Meng Fusheng would not escape death today.

Wuzhong walked straight to Fusheng in anger and raised his hand to slap her across the cheek. Just as everyone thought that Fusheng was going to accept the slap, to everyones surprise Meng Fusheng caught Wuzhong's wrist with her hand. Wuzhong's eyes as well as every other person's eyes widened, because never in their wildest dreams, did they think that Fusheng would fight back. Wuzhong could only utter "You!"

Fusheng held his wrist with disgust and said "Are you done talking? Well it's my own turn." She threw down his hands and asked "How dare you? Just who do you think you are that you think you can raise your hands on me? Even my grandfather never ever raised his hands on me, what makes you think you can do so yourself?"

Meixin was the first to snap out of it and hurriedly rushed to Fusheng thinking she could still intimidate her and said "How dare you? You waste raise your voice at your father?"

Fusheng silenced her with a slap to the face "What makes you a mistress think you have the right to talk to me in that manner, do you need me to slap you again before your memory resets. I did not slap him because I was trying to be filial, but I have no ties with a mistress."

Meilan seeing her mother being slapped could not tolerate it and rushed towards Fusheng trying to use her cultivation powers to get advantage, but before she could even get an advantage over Fusheng, Fusheng rushed to her and gripped her hair, pulling it. Feilong was the only one sane enough to admire Fusheng's nice leg work, even though she lost her cultivation and her martial arts were rusty, her powerful leg work was still there perhaps even stronger than before.

Fusheng said to Meilan "Do not forget that I am the one that taught you Martial arts and the basics of cultivation, I can also defeat you without breaking a sweat."

Everything happened so fast that by the time everyone recovered, Fusheng had already raised her voice at Wuzhong, slapped Meixin and held Meilan's hair in her tight grip. Wuzhong vibrating with anger said "What is the meaning of all these? Do you want to rebel?"

Fusheng on hearing this left Meilan's hair, causing Meilan to fall, if not the maid holding her. Fusheng clapped her hands a few times and said to Wuzhong "You really are impressive, after everything that has happened, you still have the face to stand here and ask me if I want to rebel? What exactly do I want to rebel from?"

Fusheng did not give him a chance to reply and said "Do you remember when I stood in this very Hall asking you to let me go to the Academy, but you stood here and lied that my admission was revoked. You even had this mistress of yours to slap me and later sent her slave to whip me. I still have the scars to this day. What exactly did I do to you group of imposters?"

Wuzhong staggered but put on a brave front and said "If all these is about the Royal Dragon Academy, then I did that so you do not insult your grandfather's legacy. You do not know what people were saying behind your back, so I chose to protect you from all that."

Fusheng was stunned at his shamelessness and said "I really must commend you for always thinking about me. You are really shameless. I wonder what my mother was thinking when she got married to you."

The topic of his marriage was a sour topic for Wuzhong and shouted at Fusheng "Shut your mouth!!"

Fusheng smiled and said "Do you know you that after my mother passed away, the Emperor called me over and asked if I wanted you and your family out of my Meng Family House?" As she said this, she gestured at the group of them.

The three imposters were visibly shaken when they heard about this. Fusheng continued and said "I foolishly believed that we would be able to live in peace and respect at the very least and I told him not to send you all out of the family, that after all you were now a Meng. But what did I get, I was betrayed, you lot spread vicious rumours about me throughout the capital, saying I bullied Meilan, I had indecent relationships with people. Do you not feel ashamed? Did it not occur to you that I am also your daughter, not only Meilan? How you did it while still talking about my grandfather's legacy is very amazing."

Meixin stupidly said "You are not necessarily protecting your grandfather's legacy by acting like a mad dog"

Fusheng once again slapped her and said "You continue to test me. I am yet to show you my madness, and you are already calling me a mad dog. You Wang Wuzhong, did not even care about me when I was a kid, because if you did, you would have realized that grandfather never trained me up to be like those pretentious girls, he brought me up to be a soldier, I have just been acting meek, to find out if we could live respectfully together, well since you did not want that, I just have to show you all my true self."

She looked at each and every one of them and said "I made all of you foreigners, members of the Meng Family. I accepted you all that entered deceitfully in to my family and made you all have the Meng Family name, and believe me when I say this, I will strip you all of everything I ever gave you; Wang Wuzhong, Su Meixin and Wang Meilan don't forget that!"

Author's special scene :

Hahahahahaha *coughs* LET THE FACE SLAPPING COMMENCE!!! 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *coughs, coughs*

Grumbles "ok I am leaving!"