Chapter 46046 She Really Wanted to Poison Him
Yun Sheng paused, her mind was blank, and Xie Qingyuan's words were still echoing in her ears.
Minister Lu is Xie Zhan's man.
Minister Lu is Xie Zhan's man.
She shivered, her face turned pale, and her lips were bloodless.
How could Minister Lu be Xie Zhan's man?
Xie Qingyuan continued angrily, "Shengniang, you understand now, right? Xie Zhan was behind all my gambling. He also deliberately caused our separation. It's clear he's been coveting you from the beginning. It was him...he who took you away from me."
Yun Sheng looked up, forced back the tears in her eyes, turned around and looked at Xie Qingyuan coldly.
Xie Qingyuan tried to grab Yun Sheng's hand, but before he could touch it, she pushed it away in disgust.
"Sheng... Sheng Niang, now that you know everything, how can you still..."
Xie Qingyuan couldn't believe it. Before he could finish his words, Yun Sheng interrupted him hurriedly.
"Yes, he's been wanting to take me from me since the beginning, but what about you? How did you do it? If you weren't so weak-willed, how could you have been lured into gambling? Even if this hadn't happened, wouldn't it be me you and your mother sacrificed if something similar happened again? What am I to you, anyway?"
Yun Sheng's eyes were red and his body was shaking.
Xie Zhan was forcing her to do anything to get her, but what good was Xie Qingyuan?
Yun Sheng can still distinguish right from wrong.
Xie Qingyuan looked grim.
He took two steps forward, his words blurting out in anger: "Sheng Niang, how did you become like this? Are you in love with him?"
Yun Sheng's lips trembled slightly as Xie Qingyuan stared at her intently. She opened her mouth, but before a sound came out of her throat, a sharp arrow whizzed straight through Xie Qingyuan's shoulder.
Xie Qingyuan didn't notice and crawled on the ground in pain.
The cold wind blowing past her ears gradually faded away, and Yun Sheng's hair stuck to the sides of her face. She looked back and saw Xie Zhan standing in the distance with a cold expression, holding the bow and arrow in his hand which he had not yet taken away.
"Ah Sheng, come here."
Yun Sheng's eyelashes trembled and his whole body froze.
Did Xie Zhan's brain get damaged by the wind? What did he call her? Ah Sheng?
Ah Sheng, Ah Sheng, no one has ever called her like this before.
Her name sounded really nice when spoken by Xie Zhan, but he was a person who really made Yun Sheng feel intimidated.
He deceived her and then appeared as a savior, asking her to be grateful to him. In his heart, he must have been mocking her for being stupid and foolish, and extremely pitiful.
How could this person become so bad?
"Shengniang, don't go, don't go over there." Xie Qingyuan covered his shoulder with one hand and stretched out the other hand towards Yun Sheng, looking at her with expectation.
All Yun Sheng left him was a back view without looking back.
Xie Qingyuan pounded her fists on the ground. How could she...how could she run towards the hypocritical man who had taken her away without hesitation?
Xie Zhan stretched out his arms and hugged Yun Sheng tightly.
He glanced at Xie Qingyuan, who was kneeling on the ground in a mess, with his eyes so cold as if he was looking at a dead object.
Yun Sheng was held tightly by Xie Zhan, almost suffocating. She gently pushed him twice and whispered, "My Lord."
Xie Zhan lowered his eyelids and looked at Yun Sheng's slightly open mouth, thinking of the words Xie Qingyuan had just questioned her.
Is she in love with him?
Xie Zhan felt a surge of emotion in his heart, and his heart was inexplicably high.
As soon as she moved her lips, he didn't want to listen anymore, nor did he want to know the answer.
It doesn't matter, none of that matters, as long as she is willing to stay by his side.
Xie Zhan touched Yun Sheng's face, calmed down and asked, "You know everything?"
Yun Sheng resisted the urge to question him and swallowed back all the words in his mind.
She couldn't make trouble with him now. There was always someone guarding Xie Zhan's study, and she had to trick her indenture out of Xie Zhan.
Yun Sheng should have known this long ago. She had refused to obey him at the beginning, so how could he let her go so easily?
She buried her head in Xie Zhan's chest and nodded gently.
Xie Zhan looked at her expression, which was neither fearful nor resentful, but his face was a little complicated for a moment.
Yun Sheng never cried or made a fuss with him?
He lowered his head and kissed the corner of her lips, his warm breath spraying on her neck.
Xie Zhan sighed softly, "If you hadn't started this fight earlier, why would I have gone through all this trouble?"
Yun Sheng curled the corners of his lips. How could the noble Marquis think that he was wrong?
She should be grateful for the good fortune that he likes her. How could she be ungrateful?
Xie Qingyuan was carried out. Xie Yulan knew with her toes that he had angered Xie Zhan because he still had evil intentions towards Yun Sheng.
She felt ashamed and didn't even leave a carriage for Xie Qingyuan, and went back home by herself.
In the freezing snow, Xie Qingyuan wandered the streets in a daze. The next morning, someone from the mansion opened the door and found him lying at the entrance of the alley.
He was carried back by the servants, and a doctor was called in. The doctor shook his head and said that his leg was useless. When Mrs. Qian heard this, she fainted on the ground.
Xie Yulan also slumped down on the chair. Her husband had become a complete waste.
Xie Qingyuan's leg is broken now because he is ill. He will not be able to take the imperial examinations in the future and has no chance of making a complete comeback.
When the news reached the Marquis' Mansion, Ah Xi was accompanying Yun Sheng in the small kitchen, making longevity noodles for Xie Zhan.
She pouted twice, and said with a certain gloating pleasure: "It is true that evil will be punished. This servant is really pleased to hear this."
Ah Xi noticed Yun Sheng's dazed look and asked with concern, "Mrs. Yun, why are you distracted?"
Yun Sheng came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head at her. But upon closer inspection, one could see how forced that smile was.
Xie Qingyuan said yesterday that he would take her away, and today news came back that both his legs were broken. Is this really such a coincidence?
Yun Sheng was absent-minded, staring at the bowl of longevity noodles that had just been cooked.
Ah Xi chuckled and joked, "Madam Yun, why are you staring at that bowl of noodles like that? It's frightening to me. If someone didn't know better, they'd think you wanted to add some toppings to it."
Yun Sheng bit his lips until they turned white.
Adding ingredients? She really wanted to poison him.
When Xie Zhan returned home in the evening, his eyes fell on the bowl of longevity noodles. He tilted his head and looked at Yun Sheng: "Did you cook this for me yourself?"
"Well, it's my birthday gift to the Marquis."
Xie Zhan glanced sideways. He noticed something strange on Yun Sheng's face. After a moment's thought, he asked in surprise, "What are you thinking about, Xie Qingyuan?"
"Yes, Lord Marquis, do you know what I want to ask?" Yun Sheng's heart was slightly lifted.
Xie Zhan sneered: "Are you worried about him?"
Yun Sheng shook her head. She wanted to know what kind of person Xie Zhan was.
Xie Zhan carefully scanned every inch of her expression and said lightly, "He is not worth my attention."
He didn't want to scare her again.
Yun Sheng was obviously relieved and smiled: "The noodles are getting cold, my lord, please eat them while they are hot."
Xie Zhan took the jade chopsticks and looked at the steaming noodles. He felt an unprecedented peace of mind.
His mother died early, his father was a rough man and was busy leading troops in wars, so Xie Zhan only had the chance to eat longevity noodles made by his grandmother when he was a child.
It was different from what the maids made, it tasted like home. Now, after many years, he tasted the same taste again, it was given by Yun Sheng.
Xie Zhan's heart was filled with warmth. He pulled Yun Sheng over and gently stroked her belly: "Give me a child soon."
Yun Sheng's body froze. Ever since her contraceptive use was discovered last time, Xie Zhan had been more reckless than usual at night. It seemed as if he wanted to spread his seeds into the deepest part of the fertile soil.
Fortunately, God was kind to her and Yun Sheng never got pregnant.
She said nothing, and Xie Zhan didn't care. Yun Sheng heard him say, "Your birthday gift is too perfunctory for me. Please make me an inner garment."
"When is your birthday? It's not written on the indenture."
Yun Sheng pursed her lips and said, "May 6th, I celebrated it once when I was coming of age."
Hearing Xie Zhan mention the indenture, she knew it was a good opportunity and asked tentatively, "My Lord, can you let me take another look at my indenture?"
Xie Zhan looked over at him intently and asked in a deep voice, "Why would you want to see this for no reason?"
Yun Sheng held her breath and concentrated, thinking that Xie Zhan was still too sensitive. She was a little impatient after all.
"Nothing, I just heard the Marquis mention his birthday."
Xie Zhan hummed softly, and the two of them moved on from the topic.
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Xie Zhan has been very busy lately and has been in a bad mood all day.
Yun Sheng heard from Chief Steward Bai that the old marquis's trusted deputy general, a man named Uncle Wu, had died.
She thought Xie Zhan was grief-stricken by this man's death, but she didn't know that this man's death was too strange. On the first night when Xie Zhan took him in for interrogation, he accidentally fell and drowned in a well.
Xie Zhan became more and more suspicious about his father's death.
If Emperor Yonghui really launched a military rebellion to usurp the throne, the first group he would need to hold back would be the Dingbei Army led by his father.
Xie Zhan's face looked grim. He just needed enough evidence.
It was not until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that Xie Zhan had some free time.
There is a lantern festival tonight. Nowadays, people are open-minded and the separation between men and women is not very strict. Even engaged girls and boys can meet secretly tonight.
Ah Xi blushed and said, "Many unmarried girls will be there tonight. I heard they are all going there to meet the Duke of Pingyang. The Duke is a filial son and accompanies Princess Shoukang on her outings every year. The girls are all hoping to win his favor so they can marry into the royal family."
Yun Sheng's dazed eyes finally reacted. She recalled what the Duke of Pingyang had said: if she had any difficulties, she could send someone to find him.
Everyone in the mansion is Xie Zhan's people, and even Ah Xi does not have Yun Sheng's full trust, so she doesn't dare to gamble.
Yun Sheng casually asked, "Where does the Duke of Pingyang usually go with the Princess?"
"There are sky lanterns released at night. The Duke of Pingyang accompanies the Princess every year. I guess the Princess releases them for Crown Princess Zhangren."
Yun Sheng immediately had an idea in his mind.
During dinner, she told Xie Zhan that she wanted to go to the Lantern Festival.
"I happen to be free, so I'll go with you."
Xie Zhan still remembered Yun Sheng’s sparkling eyes when he left the house last time.
Yun Sheng's fingertips moved slightly: "My Lord, are you going too? I already made an appointment with Sister Yaoyao this morning."
"What's wrong with that? Just one." Xie Zhan didn't care much.
Yun Sheng was afraid that too much refusal would arouse Xie Zhan's suspicion, so she had to swallow her words back. She would find an opportunity to give the things to the Duke of Pingyang later.
The street was crowded with people. Xie Zhan held Yun Sheng in his arms. Zhao Yaoyao glanced over secretly and suddenly felt that she shouldn't have followed them. She felt that she was a bit of an eyesore.
Yun Sheng was being held by Xie Zhan. She was absent-minded and looked around, afraid that she would miss the Duke of Pingyang tonight.
"What are you looking at? Anything you like?"
Xie Zhan pinched Yun Sheng's palm and asked with his head tilted.
Yun Sheng took a deep breath and pointed to the distance: "I want to release a sky lantern."
"What's so difficult about that?" Xie Zhan chuckled.
The two of them squeezed through the crowd, and suddenly someone bumped into Yun Sheng twice from her left side.
"I'm sorry, my lady. I didn't look at the road. Did I hit you?"
A clear male voice sounded in her ears.
Yun Sheng raised his eyes and asked in surprise, "Duke of Pingyang?"
Her voice trembled slightly, and she tried her best not to let anyone know.
"Madam Yun?" The Duke of Pingyang couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes.
Yun Sheng was pulled behind Xie Zhan. She looked up and saw that Xie Zhan's face was extremely dark.
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The author has something to say: [burst into tears][burst into tears] I’m sorry I’m late, I’m late, I only have time to write now, I’ll definitely write it tomorrow at 8 am
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