Lan Linxue had never heard Shuanghua speak so much at once, and she couldn't help but be amazed.

"Frostflower, what you said makes so much sense! I didn't know you were such a cultured person. But why do you always seem so distressed when you say something, as if it's a matter of life and death?"

"Stop trying to steer the conversation away from this! I haven't finished speaking yet!"

Shuanghua looked at Lan Linxue without giving her a friendly look.

Lan Linxue was even more surprised, raising her hand and pointing her finger at her nose: "Are you lecturing me now?"

"Yes! Full of severity and anger!"

Lan Linxue nodded, her gaze lingering on Shuanghua. "Go on!"

“When you died just now, I went to see Qin Kou’er!” Shuanghua said coldly.

Lan Linxue's eyes widened immediately. "What did Kou'er say?"

"Why don't you just die!"

"Frostflower! I've killed someone!"

Shuanghua gave a cold laugh, then immediately pulled up the clothes on her arm: "You want to kill someone? Qin Kou'er wants to kill someone too!"

Lan Linxue immediately noticed the wounds that had just been wrapped up on Shuanghua's body; they were knife wounds, at close range.

"Qin Kou'er did it?"

"Do you think Qin Kou'er will see me so easily after you've done such a beastly thing?" Shuanghua glared at Lan Linxue, then put down her clothes. "Give me two hundred taels of silver later!"

"What do you want?" Lan Linxue hated it most when someone asked her for money the moment she opened her eyes.

Shuanghua glared at her. "Do you know how much I've suffered these past few days because of you? Don't you think there's any compensation at all? You have no idea how terrifying Qin Kou'er looked when she tried to stab me with a knife! Hurry up, stop talking nonsense, and have someone bring the silver to my room in a bit."

Lan Linxue was extremely unwilling and whispered, "If Kou'er wanted to kill someone, wouldn't she have missed the neck with just two stabs?"

"Say it again!" Shuanghua immediately straightened up, looking like she was about to lose her temper.

"Here you go! I'll have someone send it over in a bit. You're nagging me like it's my life! Hurry up and tell me, what did Ke'er say to you? What did she say?"

Lan Linxue was extremely anxious.

"What else can I say! They'll force me to talk at knifepoint!" Shuanghua sighed, leaning back in her chair, and said with a hint of melancholy, "You've dumped such a huge mess on Qin Kou'er all by herself. How can you bear to do this? I told Qin Kou'er that if no one dies, you'll still be alive. But if someone really dies, she'll come to our graves to let us know when she remarries!"

Thinking of Qin Kou'er's roaring reply from inside the house, Shuanghua revealed a slightly amused smile.

"Who gave you permission to say that? Who gave Ke'er permission to remarry?"

Lan Linxue immediately bristled and reached out to throw the bottle in her hand, but after looking at it again, she couldn't bear to, so she turned around and threw the pillow at it instead.

Frost Flower didn't even try to dodge; the pillow just fell down halfway.

"What right do you have to force Ke'er to remarry? She's mine! Lao Zhi isn't dead yet!"

Lan Linxue knew that Shuanghua was a dog who couldn't say anything nice. If he believed that he could persuade Qin Kou'er to come back, he would be seeing a ghost.

"How else can I put it? Am I suggesting that Lan Linxue is willing to sacrifice everyone in the world to complete this plan? Do you know that when I entered the house, there wasn't even a place to step? Qin Kou'er had smashed the house to pieces. If I were to say anything more outrageous, I'm telling you, Qin Kou'er won't let you leave Yangzhou City, do you believe me?"

Lan Linxue's letter!

He hadn't forgotten at all the time when he first met Qin Kou'er, her wicked and cold gaze, and the icy look in her eyes when she said she wanted to be his crown princess with hatred in her voice.

He believed that there was no one in the world that Qin Kou'er wouldn't dare to kill, and no thing that she wouldn't dare to do.

"But if the burden of saving lives falls entirely on Ke'er, it's too much for her!"

Lan Linxue sat on the bed with a hoarse voice and a look of bitterness on her face.

"Pah! Now you feel bad about it! Where did that ruthlessness and determination you had back then go!" Shuanghua couldn't bear to see Lan Linxue like this. "Fortunately, Qin Kou'er is a person who truly does great things! I know that although she hates you, she still cares about you. Don't worry, she won't let you die easily! But! She won't let those common people die either!"

Lan Linxue nodded, sighed, and said, "I told you long ago that her heart is as soft as noodles. She keeps talking about revenge, but she has saved far more people than she has killed!"

At this point, Lan Linxue turned to look at Shuanghua, "You just said that Kou'er cried?"

"She cried! Her eyes are swollen bigger than the peaches on the peach tree outside!"

Lan Linxue felt a pang of pain in her heart. After touching her forehead, she said, "Tell our imperial chef to send Qin Kou'er a different meal every day! It has to be exactly the same as mine, not a single bit different! If things get busy these days, she won't want to eat! Oh, and remember to add plenty of fruit. She likes it chilled, so have it served cool!"

Upon hearing this, Shuanghua turned her head away with a "tsk" sound.

"Also, have all the men under our command, unless they have special business, go and help Qin Kou'er with the arrangements, just make sure no one finds out! Also, those corrupt officials, make them bring me the remaining silver to Qin Tiange by noon the day after tomorrow! Tomorrow, find a time to arrest all those wealthy people in Yangzhou as well. It's such a big project as repairing the dike, and they didn't even ask a question, they didn't give me a single penny of the money for the silk donation, they just stayed home watching the show! Dream on, I have to squeeze silver out of them for Kou'er, this matter cannot be paid for by Qin Tiange's family!"

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