Chapter 18 Qin Yurong drugged her and arranged for a man

Yun Zhaoxue pressed on the chest of the water-choking Lüzhi, and replied, "Qin Yurong, you wanted to kill my maids, and you even threw stones at them and had people guard the shore to prevent them from coming ashore, trying to drown them in the lake. What, are you allowed to abuse others, but others are not allowed to fight back?"

Qin Yurong angrily said, "I can kill those two lowly maids. I'll just give you two more as compensation. I am the third young lady of the Qin family, far more noble than those two lowly maids."

In the past, she couldn't do anything to Yun Zhaoxue.

But now that the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion has fallen into ruin, wouldn't killing her two maids be as easy as crushing an ant?

She even dared to throw stones at her, causing her to fall into the water. She deserves to die!

When Qin Yurong saw the Crown Princess approaching, she immediately cried out to her, "Elder sister, you must stand up for your sister! Yun Zhaoxue dared to throw stones at me, causing us to fall into the lake."

"Yu Rong, tell your elder sister, did the maid offend you?"

After being prompted by her, Qin Yurong was about to nod and agree.

Yun Zhaoxue, however, didn't give her the chance, interrupting her, "Qin Yurong, I have no grudge against you. Why have you repeatedly and deliberately made things difficult for me? My maids are waiting for me in the front hall. What have they done to offend you that you want to kill them?"

She handed the green branch to the red date to take care of, and rushed over to grab the prince's robe.

“Cousin Crown Prince, Miss Qin is so disregardful of human life. She killed my maid today, and she will kill me tomorrow. Please, Cousin Crown Prince, do justice for Xue’er!”

A figure in plain clothes stepped forward before the Crown Prince and helped Yun Zhaoxue up. "Xue'er, get up quickly. Your Majesty, Miss Qin is going too far. Xue'er is a princess and grew up with us. We can't let her be bullied."

Yun Zhaoxue looked at the newcomer, who was dressed in brocade robes, with a handsome face, clear eyebrows and bright eyes, and a pair of affectionate peach blossom eyes with slightly upturned corners. When he smiled, it was like a spring breeze, and he seemed harmless.

If you didn't know him, you would definitely think he was a good person.

He is the Third Prince, the male protagonist of this book.

In order to secure his throne, he murdered his father and brother and framed Xiao Xuance, sending troops to besiege him, making him a villain who will be infamous in history.

The Third Prince wanted to take off his coat and put it on Yun Zhaoxue.

Yun Zhaoxue took a step back and raised her hand to politely refuse, saying, "Third Prince, you've given it to the wrong person. My second sister is still over there."

The smile on the Third Prince's lips froze.

At this moment, Yun Jiaoyue, her arms wrapped around her soaking wet body, walked to his side and whispered, her voice trembling, "Your Highness, I'm so cold..."

The third prince then draped his robe over her back.

Yun Jiaoyue cast a victorious glance at Yun Zhaoxue across from her.

Yun Zhaoxue, "..."

The male and female leads should be locked up and prevented from causing trouble.

The Crown Prince was very dissatisfied with Qin Yurong's ruthless and eccentric behavior.

The Crown Princess noticed the suppressed anger in his eyes and stepped forward to plead, "Your Highness, Rong'er is the youngest in the family and is spoiled. When she returned, she asked her mother to punish her younger sister by confining her to her room to reflect on her mistakes. Rong'er has already been punished. Please forgive her this time, Princess Zhaoxue."

The Crown Princess was also annoyed by Qin Yurong's brainless behavior. She could have killed someone without shedding blood, but she insisted on using the most foolish method, which gave others a handle to use against her, causing trouble for herself and implicating Qin Yurong as well.

"Crown Princess, keep your younger sister in check. She must not misbehave again, or I will not let her off lightly!"

Qin Yurong felt she was the one who had been wronged, and wondered why the other person was blaming her. Feeling resentful, she wanted to argue, "Your Highness..."

"Shut up!" the Crown Princess interrupted her. "Yes, Your Majesty, I will remember this."

"Someone, please ask all the ladies to go to the backyard to change their clothes."

A group of people went to the backyard to change clothes.

Qin Yurong was seething with anger. She had been defeated twice in her confrontations with Yun Zhaoxue and had lost face. Today, she was determined to ruin Yun Zhaoxue's reputation.

He whispered a few instructions in the maid's ear.

The maid looked troubled and was about to advise, "Miss..."

She coldly rebuked, "Then go ahead."

"Yes!" the maid replied and withdrew.

Yun Zhaoxue, who was walking in front, had good hearing. She heard her scolding the maid to do something and knew that she was going to cause trouble again, but she didn't take it seriously. She was both incompetent and loved to play.

This is a third time. After this, you'll never be able to jump up again.

Each of you ladies will have a superior room.

Green Branch and Red Date were assigned to the lowest-class room.

It would be inconvenient for Yun Zhaoxue to bring her maid along when she went to search the Crown Prince's treasury.

Before parting, she asked Hongzao to take care of the injured Lvzhi and stay indoors, not to go out unless necessary, until she came to find her.

As I went inside to change my clothes, a palace maid brought in a dress.

The palace maid put down the clothes and hurriedly said, "Princess, I forgot to bring the shawl. Please wait a moment, I will be right back."

Yun Zhaoxue said, "Go."

"Thank you, Princess."

Her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly as she stared in the direction the palace maid had left. This palace maid had been bribed.

Wearing ancient costumes with layers upon layers of clothing is really difficult without anyone's help.

Forget it, I'll just have to do it myself.

She walked behind the screen, having just taken off her wet clothes and put on her undergarment.

A bamboo stick pierced through the window paper and blew in a smoky haze.

Yun Zhaoxue pretended not to know and continued changing clothes. She drank the spiritual spring water as if it were regular water, and the sleeping potion had no effect on her.

After changing my clothes, I lay down on the bed and pretended to be drugged.

The palace maid who had just brought her clothes pushed the door open again and called out in a low voice, "Princess, Princess Zhaoxue, the shawl is here."

"Princess, why did you faint?"

The person waiting outside heard the coded message and pushed open the door to come in.

The palace maid said, "Third Miss, Princess Zhaoxue has fainted."

Qin Yurong entered with a guard. Seeing the motionless person lying on the bed, she smiled and said, "You did a good job. I'll talk to my elder sister later and promote you to the position of Imperial Guard."

"Miss Xie."

"Hmm, step back. If you dare to reveal even a single word about what happened today, I will make your entire family pay with their lives."

"Don't worry, Miss, I will definitely not tell anyone."

After the palace maid withdrew.

Qin Yurong instructed the guard to give Yun Zhaoxue an aphrodisiac.

The guard is the son of the Crown Princess's personal nanny, a servant of the Qin family, and a spy planted by the Qin family to serve the Crown Prince. He is obedient to the Qin family, has mediocre martial arts skills, lacks ability, and relies entirely on connections.

As the other person approached, Yun Zhaoxue's eyelashes fluttered, and she opened her eyes a crack, looking at him warily. "You, who are you? What do you want to do to this princess?"

He pretended to be scared and shrank back, when suddenly, three silver needles appeared between his fingers and pierced Qin Feng's arm.

Qin Feng suddenly felt dizzy and weak all over.

Yun Zhaoxue rolled over, clutching the blanket, and trembled at the foot of the bed. "Don't come any closer..."

Qin Yurong, annoyed that she hadn't managed to win him over after all this time, cursed impatiently, "Useless! You can't even catch a woman who's been drugged, yet you dare to covet my elder sister? Don't you even look in the mirror? Do you even deserve her?"

Qin Feng was belittled to the point of being worthless. He knew he was not worthy of the rich and noble young lady, but when his humble love was used as a tool for ridicule, he felt resentful.

"Yes, Miss, I'll hold him down right away."

Qin Feng lunged forward, trying to pin him down, but suddenly his body went limp and he collapsed onto the bed, completely powerless. He opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.

Upon seeing this, Qin Yurong cursed, "Useless!"

The confusion in Yun Zhaoxue's eyes vanished, replaced by a chilling glint. She raised her hand, grabbed her neck, and silenced her by pressing her acupoint.

As he spoke, he stuffed two more pills into their mouths.

Yun Zhaoxue said, "This is an aphrodisiac. If you don't have intercourse immediately, you will bleed from all seven orifices and die."

"Your choice is to become the Qin family's son-in-law, rising to great heights in the future, or to become an unnamed corpse in a mass grave."

Just now, she saw intense humiliation, resentment, and anger in Qin Feng's eyes.

The medicine took effect very quickly.

Qin Yurong lost her mind, her eyes were glazed, her red lips were slightly parted, she ripped open her own belt and collar, and then pounced on the man's clothes, tearing the fabric apart to reveal his firm chest.

She gasped for breath, her hair disheveled, her skin flushed an unnatural red. "Hot, so hot, help me, I feel terrible, give it to me, um..."

Qin Feng rolled over and pinned the person beneath him, throwing their clothes off the bed and scattering them all over the floor.

"Ah!" Qin Yurong screamed softly, but Qin Feng covered her mouth before she could finish her cry.

The bed shook violently, and the sounds of a man's heavy breathing and a woman's seductive moans filled the room.