Du Qingruo knew very well that she hadn't actually done anything; she was just pretending to be Du Qinglan's sister.

Although the princess said that as long as the eldest prince revealed a flaw, she would consider it a success.

But she knew very well that this could not be equated with ten thousand taels of silver and freedom.

So, could the princess have just been saying it casually?

If the princess doesn't come today, she definitely won't come again.

Du Qingruo felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, and paced back and forth restlessly.

As soon as she turned around, a figure appeared before her eyes. Who else could it be but the princess?

Du Qingruo blinked, thinking she was seeing things.

“I’ll take you away.” Qiao Lian’er stretched out her palm, in which lay a pill.

"Eat this."

Du Qingruo looked at the pill, her face turning pale. Could it be that the plan had succeeded and the princess was going to kill her to silence her?

Footsteps came from outside the garden. Qiao Lian'er frowned: "Quick, someone's coming."

With tears in her eyes and trembling hands, Du Qingruo slowly took the pills.

As expected, once the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked; she could not escape such an end.

But how could she possibly defy the princess?

Taking one pill can bring immediate relief.

Anyway, she ended up in that kind of place because she didn't want to live anymore.

With a firm decision in her mind, Du Qingruo closed her eyes, put the pill in her mouth, and swallowed it.

Qiao Lian'er was puzzled by Du Qingruo's resolute attitude towards death, but she quickly realized that Du Qingruo probably thought she was going to poison her.

Thinking about it that way, it's kind of funny.

The footsteps grew closer. Qiao Lian'er placed Du Qingruo in her spatial dimension, changed into an invisibility cloak, and then went outside.

Several guards came in and thoroughly inspected the small garden.

"That's strange, I clearly heard people talking just now."

"Perhaps I'm hallucinating."

They left again.

Vice General Chen, Qiao Lian'er made preparations at Pang Da's place. She then went to an inn and arranged for Du Qingruo to stay in a room.

When Du Qingruo woke up, she saw an unfamiliar bed and room, and her hand seemed to be pressing on something.

Du Qingruo picked up the item, and her eyes immediately turned red. It was her redemption contract and a silver note worth ten thousand taels.

At this moment, Du Qinglan sat in her small hall, looking at the courtyard decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, with a red carpet laid out and scattered with bits of gold paper.

Her courtyard was small, but it was decorated very grandly. A large red lantern hung under each eave, and the embroidery on the lanterns was intricate and exquisite. Every night, beautiful shadows were cast on the ground.

However, the Qiao family was about to be finished, and all that festive red that caught her eye was nothing but a pipe dream.

It was a happiness she could never achieve in her lifetime.

Do I regret it? Du Qinglan asked herself. Every time this thought crossed her mind, she would think of his parents and her family to suppress it.