"Clean house? What do you mean?!" Yin Youlan realized how terrifying the woman in front of her was. She always smiled sweetly, but her actions and words were extremely ruthless.
Looking at the pastries in Shen Qianmo's hand, she felt even more flustered.
"It means making them disappear forever," Shen Qianmo said, a smile still playing on her lips.
"You killed them?" Shen Qianyu's voice trembled with disbelief.
“That’s right! They talk too much!” Shen Qianmo frowned, as if she were talking about something perfectly ordinary.
Chapter Twenty-Three: Destroying the Trace
"How dare you! Do you have any respect for the law? You're killing people!" Yin Youlan's eyes bulged when she heard Shen Qianmo's words. She shouted at Shen Qianmo with a mixture of fear and anger.
"Second Auntie talks a lot too!" The smile on her lips slowly froze into a bloodthirsty arc. Shen Qianmo's eyes still held a hint of laziness, but deep in her eyes was a murderous intent.
"You! Is this how you treat your elders! Don't think that just because you're the legitimate daughter you can be disrespectful to your elders! You're a bastard who was born of a mother but not raised by one! A wild child who grew up in the mountains!" Yin Youlan was enraged by Shen Qianmo's words and started yelling at her.
Shen Qianmo's eyes darkened as she watched Yin Youlan, a murderous intent slowly creeping in. Qianqian also emanated a strong killing intent; how dare she speak of her young lady like that?
"Mother, stop talking." Shen Qianyu had already noticed that something was wrong with Shen Qianmo. She had no doubt that if her mother angered Shen Qianmo, Shen Qianmo would kill her without hesitation!
"Shen Qianmo, you, you, you actually..." Looking at the bloodstains on her mother's neck and her eyes that could not rest in peace even in death, Shen Qianyu was both surprised and indignant.
"She asked for it!" Shen Qianmo indifferently retracted the ribbon from her sleeve. She originally only wanted to teach Shen Qianyu and Yin Youlan a lesson, but Yin Youlan dared to slander her mother, which she absolutely could not tolerate.
"How could you do this? She's your stepmother!" Shen Qianyu screamed, her eyes filled with fear and resentment as she looked at Shen Qianmo.
"Does your older sister seem to hate me?" Shen Qianmo's eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at Shen Qianyu with a half-smile.
"No, no." Shen Qianyu was frightened when she saw the coldness in Shen Qianmo's eyes. She forced a smile and said ingratiatingly.
"Second Mother is dead, doesn't Eldest Sister feel sad?" Shen Qianmo looked at Shen Qianyu with feigned confusion, her eyes still seeming to hold the innocence of a child. However, having witnessed Shen Qianmo's methods, Shen Qianyu felt only boundless fear and shuddering.
"Don't be sad, don't be sad. My mother said the wrong thing, she deserves to die, she deserves to die!" Shen Qianyu smiled, but the hatred in her eyes was buried by the fake smile. She looked at Shen Qianmo with a hypocritical expression.
"Does eldest sister really think so?" A hint of mockery flashed in Shen Qianmo's eyes. This is what they call family affection—watching her own mother die in front of her, and still smiling and talking to her enemy.
"Of course! Sister did the right thing! Don't worry, sister, I don't know anything about what happened today, I don't know anything at all!" Shen Qianyu threw Yin Youlan's body aside and ran over to grab Shen Qianmo's hand, but Shen Qianmo nimbly dodged her.
"My hands are too dirty! Hehe!" Shen Qianyu was dodged by Shen Qianmo, a hint of resentment flashed in her eyes, but then she put on a smile and said to Shen Qianmo.
"Indeed! It's too filthy!" Shen Qianmo's tone was icy, and her eyes held even more mockery as she looked at Shen Qianyu. "You deserve to die more than your mother!"
"How dare you! I am the woman Shangguan Che has taken a fancy to. If you kill me, how will you explain it to your father!" Shen Qianyu roared in fear.
The ribbons from her cuffs fluttered down as Shen Qianyu collapsed beside Yin Youlan, her face filled with resentment and disbelief.
"How dare he say his own mother deserves to die!" Qianqian kicked Shen Qianyu's cold corpse a few times in anger, and said angrily.
"If she dies first, Yin Youlan's face will be even more disgusting than hers!" Shen Qianmo said to Qianqian with a calm and somewhat lazy expression, "This is the kinship between the powerful and wealthy."
"Miss, the people here are disgusting. Let's go back to the Demon Palace!" Qianqian said, looking at the two cold corpses on the ground with disgust.
"Going back to the Demon Palace? We'll go back after I've taken care of things here." Shen Qianmo smiled indulgently at Qianqian, then indifferently poured the corpse-dissolving water onto the body.
"I just wanted them to have a taste of my snacks. Now it's fine, it's easier to kill them." Shen Qianmo casually threw the snacks into the corpse-dissolving water.
"Miss, why don't you just kill them all!" A ruthless glint flashed across Qianqian's face.
"Kill them all? That would be too easy on them! Shen Qianxin, Shen Lingyun, Shangguan Che, what they owe me cannot be settled with death!" Shen Qianmo's lips curled into a bloodthirsty and ruthless smile as she left Yin Youlan's room without looking back.
Shen Qianmo and Qianqian stayed in their room for half a day before hearing that chaos had broken out in the Prime Minister's residence.
"What did you say? The Second Madam and the Eldest Miss have disappeared?"
"That's right. Even the two maids guarding the gate have disappeared!"
"You mean Cuiyu and Cuilan? Those two always bully people because they take advantage of the Second Madam's favor!"
Shen Qianmo and Qianqian strolled leisurely, listening to the servants' discussions, their faces calm and composed, as if nothing concerned them.
"Look, that's the Third Miss!"
"Yes, she is such a pitiful child. The First Madam died so young, and she had to go to live in the mountains at such a young age."
"The First Madam is such a kind and gentle person, and she's been so good to us. We must take good care of the Third Miss for her sake!"
Shen Qianmo overheard every whisper of the maids, a gentle smile playing on her lips. Her mother's kindness was still remembered.
"Is this Qianmo?" A gentle and charming voice entered her ears, and Shen Qianmo raised her eyes to look at the person who came.
She was around thirty years old. She wore a gold, tight-fitting petticoat with a peach-pink sheer overlay. Through the sheer overlay, her jade-like skin could be seen, while the tight-fitting petticoat perfectly accentuated her voluptuous figure.
A pair of coffee-colored eyes held a gentle smile, yet also a subtle glint of calculation and ruthlessness. The smile at the corner of her mouth was perfectly timed, carrying a touch of allure that was captivating. Her features bore an eight-tenths resemblance to Shen Qianxin, but she was far more alluring and captivating.
Those who don't know her might mistake her for Shen Qianxin's sister. In fact, she is Shen Qianxin's biological mother, Su Luoyan. This shows how well she maintains her appearance, and it's no wonder Shen Lingyun dotes on her so much.
"Third Sister," Shen Qianmo called out with a light laugh.
Su Luoyan is a deep and calculating person. She appears gentle and harmless on the surface, but she is actually extremely ruthless. Shen Qianxin's personality is very much like her mother's, but she is not as cunning as Su Luoyan.
Speaking of the three pairs of mothers and daughters in the Prime Minister's residence, the daughters all resembled their mothers very much. However, she is no longer Shen Qianmo from her previous life, and she could never be as kind and tolerant as her mother.
Upon hearing Shen Qianmo's words, Qianqian looked at the newcomer with some surprise. This woman didn't seem to be of the young lady's mother's generation at all. So she was actually the young lady's third aunt? The mother of that annoying, pretentious Shen Qianxin?
---Aside---
Since the character for "corpse" is not allowed in the title, I can only use pinyin instead.