Chapter 60 She's leaving this Marquis's mansion!

As Shen Qingci listened to the increasingly sharp accusations and questions from the old lady of the Hou family, she lowered her eyes, and a sad smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.

She died a truly deserved death in her previous life.

The people in this Marquis's mansion are all incredibly skilled at opera, and each one is a master of pretense.

If she hadn't been given a second chance at life and had gradually removed their masks, she probably wouldn't have been able to see their ugly, grotesque, and repulsive true faces!

It's truly awful! Utterly disgusting.

After Shen Qing took a few steps back, she looked at the old lady of the Marquis with a completely unfamiliar gaze: "So, in Mother's eyes, I am so worthless?"

"In my mother's eyes, after my husband died and I became a widow, I became nothing more than a pawn that your Marquis's mansion could manipulate at will, an item that could be used to exchange for wealth and glory, isn't that right?"

She lowered her eyes and chuckled, her voice filled with smugness: "What a pity, I'm afraid I'll never be of any use as a pawn."

"If Huo Yunting had simply sent me to the wrong person, that would be one thing. You could have the audacity to find another way to send me back to the palace to apologize to His Majesty. Perhaps you could atone for your sins and find a way to survive."

"But Huo Yunting infuriated His Majesty to the point that he fainted from anger! Hahaha!"

"If anything were to happen to His Majesty, I reckon not only Huo Yunting, but the entire Marquis's mansion would be finished!"

Shen Qingci smiled faintly, but her eyes held a hint of madness: "However, all of this has nothing to do with me anymore!"

"After all, my husband Huo Yunzhan died on the battlefield! Now I am a widow!"

"The child in my womb was originally connected to your Huo family by blood, but unfortunately, Liu Ruolan killed the child in my womb."

"In this way, I can leave this manor whenever I want!"

"Whether your Huo family lives or dies is none of my concern!"

Shen Qingci ignored the old lady's fascinating face and turned around abruptly, ordering Wanqing beside her in an icy voice: "Wanqing! Come on, let's go back to the courtyard, pack our things! Let's leave this disgusting Yongning Marquis's mansion now!"

Madam Hou was furious, her teeth clenched in fury: "You dare! Shen Qingci, you dare to step out of this door and see what happens!"

Shen Qingci lifted her eyelids slightly: "What wouldn't I dare to do?"

“I have mentioned several times before that I want to leave the Huo family, but you have tried every means to keep me here and make me observe a hundred days of mourning for Huo Yunzhan.”

“But… your Huo family intends to offer me to the emperor during my hundred-day mourning period. It seems you don’t really care that much about observing mourning.”

"If none of you care, why should I care?"

"What am I supposed to do if I stay? Be manipulated, drugged, and given away like an object to other men?"

Shen Qingci scoffed, her eyes icy cold: "Dream on!"

Shen Qingci turned and left: "From this day forward, I sever all ties with the Yongning Marquis's Mansion and have no further connection with you!"

"Guards!" came the old lady's suddenly raised voice from behind: "Take her away..."

Shen Qingci suddenly turned her head, her gaze fixed on the old lady: "Mother, I am only leaving now, and I am willing to handle everything peacefully. If you insist on forcing me and completely breaking ties with me, then... don't blame me for being impolite!"

Old Madam Hou trembled all over, and upon hearing this, she only let out a disdainful sneer: "You dare to be impolite to me? You are just a powerless orphan girl, how can you be impolite to me? Guards! Seize her and lock her in the woodshed!"

Immediately, servants rushed out and reached out to grab Shen Qingci.

Before they could even touch Shen Qingci, several dark figures suddenly leaped out from the shadows like ghosts, instantly surrounding Shen Qingci and Wan Qing. Their gleaming longswords were drawn, the tips pointing directly at the servants of the Marquis's mansion who were rushing towards them!

Old Madam Hou's eyes widened, her face showing disbelief: "These people..."

Shen Qingci looked past the people protecting her and met the eyes of the old lady of the Marquis. She smiled and said, "Mother, my father was also a great general who served three dynasties, led countless troops, and won countless battles!"

"Many generals in the court have served under my father."

"Although the Shen family is gone, Mother, do you really think that with the fall of the tree, the monkeys have scattered, and my father really has no old followers left and has left me nothing?"

"The Marquis and Liu Ruolan have humiliated me in every way. Do you think I really have no power to fight back if I don't retaliate?"

Old Lady Hou's eyes widened; at this moment, there was nothing she didn't understand.

These former members of the Shen family had already been placed in the Marquis's residence by Shen Qingci, and had been hidden for who knows how long!

She grew increasingly furious: "Fine! You were on guard against us all along, weren't you? You...you ungrateful wretch! You never told us any of this from the beginning! You lied to us!"

Shen Qingci took a deep breath. If she had been prepared for them earlier, she wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable state in her previous life.

She trusted them too much and wasn't prepared at all! That's why they deceived her so badly!

These people were all people she had secretly contacted and gradually placed into the Marquis's mansion after her rebirth.

She had already died once, and with her great revenge still unavenged, how could she dare to put herself in danger again?

But she won't take the blame for things she shouldn't.

“Mother only needs to investigate to find out that these people were planted in the Marquis’s mansion by me in the past month or so.”

"Why? Naturally, it's because I was bullied time and time again, lost my child, and almost lost my life."

"I originally placed them in the manor only for my own protection. But I never expected that one day I would need to use them to confront my mother and protect me from leaving this manor."

"This is the last time I will call you Mother. I hope that you and the Marquis will take good care of yourselves."

Shen Qingci took a deep look at the old lady's face, which was twisted with anger, before leaving under the escort of her servants.

Old Madam Hou watched helplessly as Shen Qingci's figure disappeared through the doorway. She paced back and forth in the room, cursing incessantly, "Bitch! Bitch! I should never have let Yun Zhan marry her! She should be dead!"

After her outburst, she slumped back into her chair, her face filled with dejection: "What can we do now? I've completely broken ties with Shen Qingci, and the emperor is unconscious. Sending Shen Qingci to the palace won't help at all."

"The Marquis has been imprisoned in the Imperial Prison, and Shen Qingci has escaped again!"

She stomped her foot abruptly, but a glimmer of hope suddenly flashed in her eyes, as if she had remembered something: "Yes, the most urgent thing now is to wake His Majesty up! I can also find Liu Ruolan and ask her to plead with the Prime Minister!"

Old Madam Hou stood up shakily again and walked out, muttering to herself as she went: "Shen Qingci said her husband is dead, so she can run away. But Liu Ruolan can't run away! She's a member of the Huo family, Yun Ting's wife! If something happens to the Huo family, she won't survive either! She has to help us find a way to get through this difficult time together..."

...

Shen Qingci had already packed her things last night, so she could leave immediately with her belongings.

She and Wanqing came out of the courtyard with their things, just as they saw the old lady of the Hou family hurriedly entering the main courtyard with the steward and her trusted nanny.

He went to find Liu Ruolan to discuss countermeasures!

Shen Qingci's lips curved slightly. Yesterday, Huo Yunzhan probably thought that he could send her to the palace to seek wealth and honor, so he broke off relations with Liu Ruolan and made a very ugly scene.

Now that he himself is imprisoned and his life hangs in the balance, it is unknown what Liu Ruolan's attitude will be if the old lady of the Hou goes to beg her for help again.

However, this family isn't exactly good people either, so let them fight like dogs!

She has absolutely no connection with Shen Qingci anymore!