Shen Lixue: "..." Being raped by dozens of male beggars is a good thing? Qin Ruoyan's thinking is truly unique.
"What did you do to her?" Shen Lixue didn't believe that Qin Ruoyan had simply dragged Su Yuting here to keep her hanging.
"You're so smart!" Qin Ruoyan pointed at Su Yuting's lower abdomen and said proudly, "Look, doesn't it look like she's pregnant?"
Shen Lixue looked down and saw that Su Yuting's lower abdomen was slightly protruding. At first glance, it did look like she was pregnant: "She has only been missing for a few days, she can't be pregnant so quickly!" Even if she went to jail and was raped, it wouldn't be time for her to show signs of pregnancy.
Qin Ruoyan curled her lips: "She's not carrying a human, so you can't judge her by the growth rate of a baby!"
Shen Lixue narrowed her eyes slightly: "What do you mean?" If it's not a person in her belly, then what could it be?
Qin Ruoyan smiled and said, "I put some small Gu in Su Yuting's belly to help her conceive. For those Gu to grow, they must feed on her. The day the Gu are formed, they will burst out of her body, which will be the day she dies!"
Shen Lixue felt a churning in her chest and quickly covered it with her small hands, secretly using her internal energy to suppress the discomfort. Looking closely at Su Yuting's body, she saw that she was indeed losing weight. Qin Ruoyan was actually using people to raise Gu poison; she was truly a pervert.
"Why did you suddenly think of showing me these?" Shen Lixue raised an eyebrow at Qin Ruoyan. Shen Yingxue and Su Yuting were all people she had some grudges against. Now that they had suffered a defeat and were made to look bad by her, she also had a grudge against Qin Ruoyan.
Qin Ruoyan sighed helplessly: "So many masterpieces, but my brother doesn't appreciate them. I'm getting bored keeping them all to myself, so I'm sharing them with you!"
"Is it really that simple?" Shen Lixue smiled at Qin Ruoyan, but her eyes were icy cold. She felt that Qin Ruoyan was showing off to her, indirectly warning her not to go against Qin Ruoyan, or Qin Ruoyan would definitely not let her off easily.
"Of course!" Qin Ruoyan blinked, her chin slightly raised, her demeanor no longer as arrogant as before: "You are a smart person, and I like to deal with smart people."
"Thank you for your kindness, Princess Qin!" Shen Lixue's lips curled up slightly, a smile that was neither a smile nor a frown.
"Qin Ruoyan, I'll kill you!" Just as Qin Ruoyan was about to say something more, Su Yuting, who had been unconscious, suddenly woke up, her eyes bloodshot, and roared as she lunged at Qin Ruoyan.
With her hands and feet bound, Su Yuting couldn't hit or kick anyone, so she used her mouth to bite Qin Ruoyan hard.
Qin Ruoyan was too smug and didn't expect Su Yuting to wake up so suddenly. She didn't dodge and was bitten squarely by Su Yuting. A sharp pain like needles pricking her face came from her face. She was furious and embarrassed. She grabbed Su Yuting's neck with both hands and shouted angrily, "Let go, let go now!"
Su Yuting's eyes gleamed as she bit Qin Ruoyan's face tightly, blood trickling down her lips.
"Ah!" With a scream, a chunk of flesh was bitten off Qin Ruoyan's face, her mouth full of blood, and she laughed loudly: "Qin Ruoyan, even if I die, you won't get away with it!"
"Su Yuting, I'll kill you, kill you!" Qin Ruoyan's eyes flashed with fury that seemed to burn a person to ashes. She covered her injured face with one hand and kicked Su Yuting hard in the chest.
Su Yuting was powerless to resist. She spat out a mouthful of blood, and her laughter came to an abrupt end!
Shen Lixue shook her head, turned and walked out of the room. Su Yuting knew that she had been poisoned by a curse. Living a life worse than death was torture. Death would be a relief. She bit Qin Ruoyan just now not only for revenge, but also to seek relief in a roundabout way.
She heard kicking and cursing behind her, but she ignored it and slowly walked out of the courtyard. Lanterns were lit in the corridor, and she realized that it was already dark.
Two maids walked by carrying cups and plates, whispering among themselves: "That woman surnamed Jin is shameless. She demanded ten thousand taels of gold from Consort Shen. When she wasn't given it, she refused to leave and threw a tantrum!"
"That's right, most mothers side with their daughters and can't bear to see them suffer. But she treats her daughter like a gold mine, constantly making a scene, as if afraid her daughter isn't embarrassed enough..."
"His surname is Jin, so he likes gold more than his daughter..."
Do you think Consort Shen might give her ten thousand taels of gold?
"Probably not. The most likely scenario is that they'll slip her some money and have her forcibly kicked out. If it were me, I'd be driven mad by a mother like that..."
Shen Lixue smiled gently and walked slowly down the corridor. Aunt Jin's personality was just like that. She liked gold and silver, liked to take advantage of others, and only cared about herself. She never thought about others.
Shen Caiyun is her biological daughter, and she cares for her, even giving her money to live on. If her attitude could soften and she could treat Shen Caiyun better, Shen Caiyun would definitely take care of her in her old age and see her off in death. But now, their relationship is about to break down...
Unbeknownst to her, Shen Lixue arrived at the fork in the road. One path led to the gate of the inn, while the other led to Ye Qianlong's room.
Ye Qianlong injured her arm. She had been taking care of Dongfang Heng for the past five days and hadn't had time to visit him. Now that she had some free time, she could go and check on his injury.
Shen Lixue turned the corner and headed towards Ye Qianlong's room.
Night had already fallen, but there were no lanterns lit in Ye Qianlong's courtyard. It was quiet all around, and there wasn't a single person in sight. The room was also pitch black, without a single ray of light. The whole courtyard gave the impression of being an empty, deserted house.
Shen Lixue frowned. Was Qianlong asleep, or was he not in the room?
As Shen Lixue approached the door, her small hand had barely touched it before the door opened silently before she could even utter a question.
Shen Lixue's gaze sharpened as she peered through the small crack in the door. The room was quiet and dark, with gusts of wind blowing through, creating an eerie atmosphere.
Shen Lixue slightly parted her cherry lips, just about to ask if Ye Qianlong was there: "Whoosh!" Three sharp arrows shot towards her from behind, from the left and right.
Shen Lixue's gaze sharpened, and her slender figure deftly retreated into the room, slamming the door shut behind her.
"Clang, clang, clang!" Three soft sounds rang out, and Shen Lixue knew without looking that three feathered arrows had hit the door.
"Whoosh!" Before Shen Lixue's eyes had fully adjusted to the darkness, several men in black suddenly rushed out of the room, wielding long swords and fiercely stabbing at her. In the dark room, a chilling glint flashed and a sharp gust of wind howled, indicating that the newcomers were highly skilled in martial arts.
Shen Lixue narrowed her eyes, quickly dodged the attacks of several people, jumped to the center of the room, took out a long whip in her small hand, and lashed it fiercely at the man in black.
"Long whip!" The whip lashed through the air with a fierce sound. The men in black gasped in surprise, stopped their attack, and quickly withdrew their weapons, running away one after another.
Shen Lixue was startled. What was going on? She put away her whip, leaped forward, grabbed a man in black by the collar, and ripped off the black mask covering his face. In the dim light, she saw the man's face and exclaimed in surprise, "It's you!"
“Princess!” The man lowered his head.
Shen Lixue didn't know the man's name, but she often saw him at the Holy King's Mansion and knew he was a guard of the Holy King's Mansion: "Were those two from the Holy King's Mansion also from the Holy King's Mansion?"
The man lowered his head and remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.
"What are you doing lying in ambush here?" Shen Lixue asked angrily.
The man kept his head down and remained silent.
Shen Lixue glanced at the dark courtyard, a thoughtful look in her eyes: "You came here to kill Ye Qianlong?"
"No, no!" the guard hurriedly shook his head in denial.