Chapter 156 Do You Still Want to Die?
Qu Ling had tea sets prepared and tea brewed in the waterside pavilion.
The scenery is full of green, the breeze is gentle, and it is quiet and leisurely.
"Let me go, let me go. I want to see my brother. I won't get married."
The sharp cry broke the silence of the water pavilion.
Qu Ling didn't even raise his head, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, concentrating on making tea.
Two maids carried Qu Lianting into the pavilion and forced her to kneel in front of Qu Ling.
There were traces of tears on Qu Lianting's face. She looked up at Qu Ling, her eyes full of fear and unwillingness.
"Don't you really want this marriage?" Qu Ling said softly, "Why don't you get married?"
Qu Lianting sobbed and begged, "Big sister, I want to see my brother."
She burst into tears and said, "I want to go back to Changxing to find my mother."
She couldn't stay in this mansion for a moment longer.
Qu Ling finally raised his eyes and looked at her with a half-smile, "Your brother left a long time ago."
As early as the day when Qu Ling made a big fuss in the Duke's Mansion, Zhao Chongxian found Qu Han in the firewood room of the Duke's Mansion.
But both of his hands were chopped off.
The Duke's wife said that he was the one who killed Jiang Yangzong.
I didn't kill him, I just wanted to torture him slowly.
The person who killed his son didn't deserve to die quickly with a single blow.
Later, it was discovered that Jiang Yangzong died of suffocation after accidentally eating something he shouldn't have.
The Duke's wife didn't believe it. She insisted that Qu Han was the one who killed him, and that the thing must have been given to him by Qu Han to eat.
But Jiang Yangzong had so many servants serving him, and Qu Han was not always there.
It cannot be concluded that it was Qu Han who gave it to him.
Qu Ling later asked Wang Linghe, "How did Jiang Yangzong die?"
Wang Linghe winked and said, "I don't know either."
Qu Ling didn't ask any more questions.
Everyone has their own secrets.
As long as the goal is achieved, there is no need to dig into the details.
On that day, Jiang Yanzheng sent Qu Han back to the Dingxiang Marquis Mansion.
"My aunt resorted to lynching, and she will be punished accordingly. The Dali Temple has reached a conclusion. The expenses for Master Qu's injuries will be covered by the Duke's Mansion."
Qu Ling drove him away.
He called Qu Rui over and said, "You and he are brothers. From now on, it will be your responsibility to take care of him."
Qu Rui was frightened to death.
He is young after all.
The so-called plan to harm others is still just a thought in my mind.
I have never seen such a bloody scene.
"Princess, I was wrong. I will never dare to have any thoughts like that again." He knelt in front of Qu Ling and begged for mercy humbly.
A ferocious glint flashed across Qu Ling's eyes. "What are you afraid of? It's not like you lost your hand."
The capital city is really terrible, the marquis's mansion is too terrible, and the princess is too terrible.
Qu Rui ran away overnight.
He wants to go back to Changxing, he wants to be back with his mother.
"Impossible," Qu Lianting struggled, but was held down by the old woman again. "He won't abandon me."
The fragrance of tea filled the water pavilion.
Qu Ling poured himself some tea and said, "Your mother wanted to take you back home, but you refused."
"What happened? One was so scared that he ran away overnight, and the other is now regretting scheming someone else's marriage?"
Qu Lianting looked ferocious for a moment.
She was imprisoned for four months, knowing nothing about the outside world.
Her father who loved her the most died, her mother left, and now even her brother has abandoned her.
Qu Lianting suddenly broke down and burst into tears, "Please let me go, I won't get married."
It’s so nice to be in Changxing.
She is the most precious and respectable girl.
The love of all.
The girl from the squire's family wore the same clothes as her, so she had to come and apologize to her the next day.
That's not enough.
She hung the cloth shopkeeper on a tree and forbade him to set foot in Changxing County again.
"I want to go back to Changxing."
Qu Ling put down the teacup and said, "That won't work."
Her voice was still gentle, but with unquestionable determination, "You must marry."
Qu Lianting raised her head, a fierce look flashing in her eyes, "If you force me, I will die."
This was her usual tactic in Changxing.
When her parents didn't meet her demands, she threatened to commit suicide, and it always worked.
"If I die, let's see how you will explain to the Wang family." She sulked like a child.
"Su Shang, strangle her to death." Qu Ling opened her red lips slightly.
Before Qu Lianting could react, Su Shang stepped forward and strangled her neck with his fingers.
Terror struck.
She wanted to call for help, but no sound came out.
My vision gradually blurred and there was a ringing in my ears.
Just when she was about to lose consciousness, Qu Ling raised his hand and signaled Su Shang to let go.
"Do you still want to die?" Qu Ling asked Qu Lianting who was gasping for breath.
Then she poured the tea in her hand into the pool and said, "Throw it down."
Before Qu Lianting could catch her breath, she was carried and thrown into the water.
“Plop—”
The cold pool water instantly flooded over my head.
Qu Lianting couldn't swim, and she struggled desperately but sank deeper and deeper.
The water poured into my nasal cavity, and it felt hot and spicy.
She saw the sunlight shining on the water, but she couldn't touch it with her hand.
"mother......"
We shouldn't have come to the capital.
Just as she was about to lose consciousness, someone grabbed her hair and pulled her out of the water.
Qu Ling squatted down and gently wiped the water droplets off her face with a handkerchief. "Do you still want to die?"
Qu Lianting shook her head frantically, tears mixing with the pool water flowing down.
Mother said not to provoke the princess.
She finally understood that the princess was more terrifying than she had imagined.
"Very good," Qu Ling stood up and looked down at the trembling Qu Lianting. "In half a month, you will marry into the Wang family in a grand ceremony."
"When the time comes, your mother and your brother will come back to see you."
Qu Lianting looked up suddenly.
She was not filled with joy, but only with panic.
"Why did you call them here?"
Qu Lianting wanted to pounce on Qu Ling, but she didn't have the strength.
He was soaking wet and looked in a terrible state.
"My mother and brother have never provoked you, so why don't you let them go?"
Qu Ling smiled without saying anything, and waved his hand to let the old woman pull her away.
The less she said, the more frightened Qu Lianting became.
"The princess is indeed as foresighted as a god."
Guanqi waited until Qu Lianting was taken away before saying, "You had people keeping an eye on Bai Shuang and deliberately let Qu Rui go because you knew they couldn't survive in Changxing."
Did Qu Rui think he could escape from the Marquis' Mansion by himself?
Of course, he could only leave if the princess was willing to let him go.
"She took half of her second uncle's fortune and thought she could live freely from then on, but she couldn't keep it. She also underestimated the evil in human nature." Qu Ling's eyes were deep.
Bai Shuang had no status, and since Qu Yu was dead, she was not even a widow.
There is always a lot of gossip around a widow, let alone a mistress.
Having such a large amount of money on you will only end up being eaten by others.
"Someone from Changxing sent a message saying that she and Qu Rui are on their way back to Beijing," Guanqi said.
"Don't let her be killed by the Bai family," Qu Ling said calmly, "Also, make the Bai family return the money from the Marquis' Mansion to me."
That's her thing, there's no reason to give it to the Bai family for free.
"The princess wants to save Bai Shuang?"
Qu Ling did not deny it.
Bai Shuang is smarter than Qu Lianting and knows how to adapt to the times.
When he instigated her to kill Qu Yu, he promised to guarantee her safety and give her enough money to live on.
Qu Ling did not break his promise.
But she couldn't protect herself.
Qu Lianting married into the Wang family, but because of her personality, she was soon trampled under the feet of the Ji family.
When Bai Shuang comes and confronts Ji, it will be a big event.
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