The Royal Reincarnation: A Girl's Journey in Ancient China

Chapter 2: Unleashing Brilliance; Showing Off

I saw Gu Xiang's memory that I'm controlling now. I see and hear harsh words from her maids, guards, even her father and brother, unties, uncles. In short, she's clearly hopeless and doesn't have any allies in the palace. Everyone mistreated her for being weak. Many maids took advantage of her kindness, causing others to a***e her. Gu xiang has an angelic face back then; I saw it in the memory, but when she was not smiling, she looked so mean. I get why others hated her before since she's always smiling, and it seems to irritate the people in her surroundings. She's pushing herself just to have friends or someone to talk to, but no one dared to give back her kindness. I look at the guards and maids, not smiling, just looking at them through their eyes and soul. I look scary; they're not used to Gu Xiang being like this. Well, it's not Gu Xiang anymore who's controlling this body, it is me now. Liviana, the bratty girl. We walk back to the palace. I glared at every maid we walk past; they all are not used to this face of Gu Xiang who's looking so intimidating and looks like she can kill at any second without a second thought. When I got to my room, I close the door and sit down on the bed. I wonder why or how did I get reincarnated in her body. The anime and manhua I'm watching and reading usually involve someone dying or both of them dying. But her body doesn't signify any harm, scratch, or any bleeding.

"Is this poison?"

I said to myself while biting one of my nails. I'm literally clueless now. I need information to keep living and survive. I open the door of my room, and I see maids outside.

"Hey, bring me the books in the library about the ancestors, the late emperor, everything about this."

I said seriously, which made the maids raise one of their eyebrows at me.

"And why do you think we're gonna obey your-"

I didn't let her finish her words and slapped her so hard that made her grasp the floor. I grabbed her hair and made her look into my eyes.

"You f*****g bullshit, son of a b***h, asshole, go get me the books I'm telling you or I'll chop your head into pieces and make you into meatballs and let dogs eat your f*****g organs."

I said to her harshly. They can't believe I just said those words. Gu Xiang didn't even dare to speak back to them back then, but... I'm new, I'm the f*****g Liviana, so don't f*****g get in my way. I let go of her hair and look at all the maids.

"You lowly creatures dared to disobey me? You motherfucking assholes! Go get the book. NOW!"

I shouted, which made them run instantly. I rolled my eyes and waited in my room. After a while, they entered, they put down the books on my desk, their hands were trembling when they put down all the books.

"Is that all?"

I asked, which made them all nod while trembling at the sudden change in my attitude. I'm not like the Gu Xiang back then who can tolerate disrespect. Because I'm the MOTHERFUCKER Liviana, the one who's disrespectful.

"Y-yes, my lady..."

They answered, their whole body trembling with their voice. I just nodded.

"Go get me food. I want mooncakes with dark coffee."

I said in a commanding and still harsh tone. They nodded and bowed so low before they left to get me some food. They returned after a while and put it down beside my desk, full of books.

"Good. Leave me alone."

I said, and they nodded again, still trembling in fear before they closed the door when they left.

I read all the books, I learned about the ancestors, the founders of this palace, the ancient ruler of this palace. I understand why everyone hated me. It's because of my mother. My mother who died when I was born, she was also harsh-tongued. The emperor, my father, hated it. So when my mom died, they put all that anger on me, an innocent child. Many maids, servants, and guards were murmuring in the hall about me, changing, and when they just saw me, they trembled in fear. It's just like how they saw my mother back then, they also trembled in fear of my mother, but mine was scarier. I'm not related by blood to them because I just got reincarnated here. But you already know, I'm Liviana, who has a short temper. I didn't realize the time, it's already dark. I went to the bathroom and took a bath. I saw some bruises, so I applied some ointment to them. After that, I looked at Gu xiang closet.

"f*****g bullshit.... I hated pink. Is there any red or black in here...?"

I said while searching for some red or black clothes, but there's none. It's all colored pink, I hated that color.

"Hell... this will do. I'll just go shopping tomorrow."

I said, and I just picked the white traditional Chinese dress and wore it. I went to my bed and looked at the moon.

"Just where did Gu Xiang soul go, huh? Are you already dead? What happened to my body in the real world? Am I also dead?.... NO! This can't be!.... My Chrome search history... f**k! I forgot to delete those....!"

I said as I put my hand on my head.

"Gosh, I hope they won't look at my phone.... wait- can I really go back to the real world? The animes and manhua I'm reading and watching, they say they came back to their real bodies in the end. But.... can I really escape from here? Well, I like this place. This is peace. No school, just eat, command, sleep, and marry someone - no. I'm not gonna marry some ugly intruder. I want to marry someone like Zoro, Itachi, Sukuna, Bakugo, and many more. Even though they're red flags, it's okay hehe~" (delulu spotted)

I didn't realize the time, and I fell asleep looking at the moon and talking to myself like a crazy bastard. When I woke up, I washed my face, and the maids brought my breakfast. They're still trembling in fear. Then after they brought my breakfast, one of them spoke.

"M-my lady, the emperor said he wanted you to participate in Zhusuan."

The maid said while trembling with her voice and body.

"Zhusuan? Huh?"

I said as I raised one of my eyebrows at her. I just took a deep breath.

"Go away, I'm gonna eat first."

I said, they nodded and left silently. I'm thinking, what is Zhusuan?

"Zhusuan.... Wait... it's familiar. I-its.... yeah, it's the way of counting in ancient times in China. I remember reading about it in our mathematics book. Well, counting is basic. Even a 2-year-old can do that,"

I murmured under my breath and rolled my eyes.

As I continued to eat, I took a bath and changed into another white ancient dress before leaving my room. The maids led me to where I was supposed to take the Zhusuan quiz. They were trembling just by sensing my aura.

"My lady, this is the way," one of the maids said.

I followed her until we reached a room where many women and men were gathered. Some were old, and some were around my age. The atmosphere was tense, and everyone seemed to be deep in thought, preparing themselves for the quiz.

I took a seat among the participants, my eyes scanning the room, observing their expressions. Some looked confident, while others appeared nervous. I couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority, knowing that I possessed knowledge from the modern world.

The quiz began, and the questions were indeed about Zhusuan, the ancient Chinese method of counting and calculating. I found the questions to be rather simple, as they covered basic arithmetic operations and number systems.

As the quiz progressed, I answered each question with ease, feeling a mix of amusement and boredom. It was clear that the others were struggling, their brows furrowed in concentration. I couldn't help but smirk inwardly, reveling in my newfound superiority.

Finally, the quiz came to an end, and the results were announced. I had scored a perfect score, while many others had struggled to answer even half of the questions correctly. The room fell into a hushed silence, and I could feel the eyes of the participants on me, a mixture of awe and disbelief.