Chapter 3: Return to Beijing
The Marquis' Mansion sent someone again.
Qu Sheng was full of resentment and kicked a servant as soon as he entered the door.
Seeing Qu Ling, she was even more dissatisfied. "Grandmother misses you day and night, but you keep asking for favors. How can that be possible?"
Qu Ling glanced at him calmly and asked, "Madame Fang killed my wet nurse. Did father tell me what to do with her?"
"Just beat that old woman to death," Qu Sheng urged, unconcerned. "When are you planning to leave, sister?"
He couldn't let go of the prosperity of the capital, and felt very uncomfortable if he left for a day.
"Bring Nanny Fang here." Qu Ling ordered.
Nanny Fang, tied up and with messy hair, was thrown to the ground, and she was emitting a foul smell.
"The Marquis' Mansion wants to beat you to death," Qu Ling said with a smile, "What should we do?"
Nanny Fang's mouth was blocked and she hummed muffledly.
Qu Sheng was impatient to listen and turned to leave.
But then Qu Ling said, "Did the Madam instruct you to kill me?"
Tingqin walked forward and pulled the handkerchief out of her mouth.
"Yes... yes, Madam," Nanny Fang cried, "Madam said that the eldest girl dared to stab her six years ago. With the eldest princess as her backer, I don't know how she could be so arrogant."
Qu Sheng paused, somewhat incredulous.
My aunt, who is as elegant as a fairy, turns out to be so cruel.
"Then why did you kill Nanny Zhou?" Qu Ling asked.
Nanny Fang continued, "She was bribed by the Madam a long time ago. Over the years, she has encouraged the girl to be jealous of the Marquis and the old lady, and even drugged the girl..."
Qu Sheng looked at Qu Ling in horror.
Seeing Qu Ling's tears falling, "She still won't let me go."
He looked very pitiful.
Tingqin quickly blocked Nanny Fang's mouth again.
"Beat him to death right here. Just watch and see what will happen to those who harm the bloodline of the Marquis's Mansion." Qu Ling's expression was cold and his eyes were icy.
Nanny Fang was pressed to the ground. She struggled to raise her head, her eyes full of fear and despair.
how so?
Last night, Qu Ling went to see her.
Tell her that as long as she says that it was all the Marquis's wife's idea, she will be spared.
Qu Ling even stuffed three thousand taels of silver into her arms.
"Jiangzhou is my place. I'll let you go. If you change your appearance, the Marquis' Mansion will just treat you as dead."
The silver bills in her arms made Nanny Fang's blood boil.
She did whatever Qu Ling said.
The heavy wooden stick was raised and smashed hard on Nanny Fang's back.
The blood stained the handkerchief in her mouth.
Nanny Fang struggled so hard that her nails almost broke.
She was cheated.
The resentful look in his eyes was directed at Qu Ling.
Qu Ling looked down at Nanny Fang, a sneer on his lips and a calm look in his eyes.
Nanny Fang's groans gradually became weaker and finally turned into a weak moan.
Her body fell limply to the ground, blood gushing out of her mouth, nose, and body, staining the floor tiles red and spreading into a glaring pool of red.
Qu Sheng stood aside, his face as pale as paper, his legs weak and he could hardly stand.
He clutched the pillar beside him tightly, his voice trembling with fear, "Sister...isn't this...a little too cruel?"
This dandy boy lived a life of debauchery, and it was the first time I had ever seen such a bloody scene of someone being beaten to death.
All the contempt for Qu Ling in my heart turned into fear at this moment.
My sister kills without blinking an eye!
Qu Ling glanced at him coldly, his voice as cold as ice, "Cruel? Didn't you hear her say, 'It was Madam who wanted to kill me?'"
Qu Sheng opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
Qu Ling’s words lingered in my mind.
The servants in the room all looked pale.
The bloody shock was nauseating, but everyone remembered what Nanny Fang said before she died.
The lady not only bribed the eldest girl's wet nurse, but also poisoned her.
So when the eldest girl stabbed the lady six years ago, was it a self-torture tactic?
Nanny Fang's body was wrapped in a mat and thrown into a mass grave.
Tingqin handed the three thousand taels of silver to Qu Ling, "The silver is back."
The banknote was stained with blood, giving it a strange red color.
Qu Ling sat cross-legged in front of a Buddha statue, his eyes slightly closed, twirling his Buddhist beads, "Donate it to Jishengtang."
Tingqin retreated respectfully.
In the previous life, it was Nanny Fang who came to pick up Qu Ling, and she suffered a lot on the way back to Beijing.
The first thing Qu Ling did when she returned home was to file a complaint and let the Marquis and the old lady make the decision for her.
However, it was lightly covered up by Song's few words, and Qu Ling was given the reputation of being picky and barbaric.
She no longer placed her hopes on the people in the Marquis' Mansion.
She will kill the damned person herself.
It was a sunny day when the carriage drove out of Jiangzhou.
Chi Yuan rode his horse and stood in a pavilion on a distant mountain, watching the carriage gradually go away.
"Sir, it's time for us to return to the capital." The attendant reminded softly.
Chi Yuan thought of the girl who was full of murderous intent in front of the Buddha.
She seemed to recognize him.
"After returning to the capital, send someone to keep an eye on the Dingxiang Marquis's mansion."
He really wanted to know what made the girl so angry.
As soon as Qu Ling arrived in the capital, the Dingxiang Marquis' Mansion received the news.
But no one took it seriously, and no one went to greet her.
The gate of the Marquis' Mansion was closed.
Qu Sheng glanced at Qu Ling and said, "Sister, wait a moment. I'll go knock on the door."
"No thanks," Qu Ling said, "I'm not going in."
Qu Sheng didn't understand. If he didn't go home, where should he go?
"Tingqin, go to the princess's mansion."
In her previous life, the situation was similar, and she was so angry that she smashed the door of the Marquis' Mansion.
The noise attracted many people to come and watch.
In the end, he was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for three days.
She hadn't been home for six years, and was rejected the moment she entered the house. The servants in the mansion were very good at taking advantage of the situation, and she, the eldest daughter of the legitimate family, was completely humiliated.
The eldest princess received the letter and came to the marquis's mansion in person.
He scolded the old lady so badly that she was covered in blood, and also found fault with Marquis Dingxiang in the court.
But Qu Ling's life was not easy.
"What did the Marquis do wrong? It was the eldest girl who caused trouble as soon as she came back, and brought trouble to the Marquis's mansion." Song said to Marquis Dingxiang.
Marquis Dingxiang was so angry that he whipped Qu Ling.
Qu Ling was in great pain, so she took a letter to the princess and asked her to take her away.
Song's daughter, Qu Lianzhi, whispered in the old lady's ear, "Big sister relies on the power of the eldest princess and doesn't even take grandma seriously."
The second wife, Mrs. He, echoed this sentiment, "She didn't grow up in the Marquis's mansion, and we're not close. If she goes out, she might say something unkind, which would bring bad reputation to the Marquis's mansion. The Marquis and the second master might even be reported by the censor for not managing the household properly."
The old lady reported to Queen Song that the eldest princess had interfered in the affairs of the Marquis's Mansion and forcibly seized the girl from the Qu family.
The prince's faction took the opportunity to impeach the eldest princess.
Qu Ling was ultimately unable to leave, and was found drowned in the lotus pond in the backyard of the Marquis's mansion more than a month after he went to report the news.
She cried like crazy.
Nanny Zhou provoked, "If the princess really wanted to do good for you, she would have taken you away regardless of the consequences. At the very least, she should have given you the title of princess. In the final analysis, she still doesn't care about you."
She even hated the eldest princess.
"Miss, we've arrived at the princess's mansion." Tingqin's voice brought Qu Ling back.
She jumped off the carriage, looked up at the high-rise red gate, and twirled the Buddhist beads with her fingers quickly.
Now that I'm back, who should I kill first?
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