Chapter 95: Aphrodisiac Fragrance
"I have you in my heart."
Jiang Susu held Shen Xiunian's hand, her eyes soaked with tears and her words were sincere.
"Otherwise, I would not have left you the letter about Jiang Yan's collaborating with the enemy. With it, you can at least protect yourself. Jiang Yan will be more cautious and will not continue to force you to do things you don't want to do. I, I actually..."
As she was talking, she suddenly couldn't continue.
It seems like nothing I say is of any use or meaning.
"What about now?" Shen Xiunian turned around and looked at her, and asked again: "Why do you appear in front of me again now?"
Jiang Susu pursed her lips for a moment, knowing that she could no longer hide the truth, and finally let it go.
"He fed Huaijun the medicine. If I don't do it, Huaijun will die from the poison."
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Shen Xiu stood up suddenly with a look of panic in his eyes.
"I want to tell you. I'm going to tell you."
Jiang Susu followed suit and stood up, holding Shen Xiunian's hand again.
"Three years ago, the Pei family used a secret letter to expose Jiang Yan's treason. However, after much investigation, they actually traced the case back to a minister in the court. They said that the minister was the one who colluded with the enemy and the letter was forged. The minister wanted to harm Jiang Yan and take his place as prime minister. In the end, Jiang Yan escaped unscathed and even became a victim."
She held Shen Xiunian's hand tighter, her whole body trembling with excitement.
"Jiang Yan will not let the Pei family go this time. He wants me to use the child as a threat to join you to get rid of Uncle Pei. I...I was going to tell you. That day I saw Uncle Pei having a secret meeting with your wife. I thought you would be furious if you knew, and to save your son's life, you would definitely go with me. But who would have thought that you cherished your wife so much that you would refuse to listen to me."
"Xiu Nian..."
She moved closer to him, her tearful face unable to express the pain in her heart.
"I know I've let you down, so I had planned to never appear in front of you again in this life, but the child is my weakness, and I can't watch him die. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
The matter had been made clear, but Shen Xiunian showed no sign of relief.
On the contrary, his gaze became even more complicated and difficult to understand.
His tears had stopped long ago, but the wetness in his heart grew stronger.
"Susu, from now on... don't even think about entering the Shen family."
"I, I know."
"You don't know. Don't blame me. I'm doing this for your own good."
"I won't." Jiang Susu threw herself into his arms, hugging him tightly, as if to make up for all the missed opportunities over the years. "I was wrong, I dare not blame you, I really don't want to bother you anymore, I will leave as far as possible after this matter is over, disappear completely and never destroy your family."
She was in tears and spoke sincerely.
After crying for a while, her tears were not dry yet, but her strength seemed to have been exhausted first, and she felt like she couldn't stand.
But she didn't dare to hug him for too long, thinking that he was a married man now.
So after a brief hug, she let go and took a few steps back to keep some distance from him.
Shen Xiunian swallowed repeatedly, swallowing a mouthful of bitterness.
"Don't do anything to Pei Zhouwu anymore. Let me handle it. I won't let anything happen to Huaijun."
"So, what are you going to do?"
How to do it, Shen Xiunian did not answer, he just looked at Jiang Susu quietly for a long time, seeing tears in his eyes again.
But this time, he held back his tears and didn't let them fall.
"I already knew about Liu Fuying's affairs."
"What?"
"Besides, I was the one who asked her to do it myself. The child is not mine, and I know that too. I know everything, so don't mention it again. Don't take it to heart. My attitude towards her... is not what you think."
After saying this, he turned around and walked out of the yard under Jiang Susu's surprised gaze.
The carriage was still parked outside, but he did not get in. He planned to leave the carriage to Jiang Susu and walk slowly forward.
He could probably guess what Jiang Susu wanted to do by stealing the military token.
It's nothing more than passing on a false military order, and it's not impossible to bribe someone in the army to cooperate in the act.
However, some mistakes are unforgivable even if they are made only once.
How could it happen again a second time?
Over the years, those who knew him said that he was so infatuated with Jiang Susu that he shut himself off from the world. But his sleepless nights were not just because of Jiang Susu. Every midnight, the civilians and soldiers who died tragically in Zhaoxi would break into his dreams, questioning him one by one as to why he could still sleep peacefully.
"It's time to end. It should have ended a long time ago."
The moonlight stretched his shadow very long, and on the deserted street, there was darkness in front and behind him.
It seemed as if he had not lived in the light for a single day during these seven years.
As he walked, he suddenly stopped and looked around for a moment, feeling confused as if he couldn't find the way home.
"Oh."
He couldn't help but chuckle, and his laughter was full of embarrassed self-mockery.
*
Outside the city, hot spring inn.
Liu Fuying had been kidnapped here for some time. Her hands were tied behind her back and she was sweating profusely due to the heat all over her body.
The room was filled with the smell of light incense, and her feeling of heat came from the incense burner.
Although she felt unwell, she was still able to hold on.
Such tricks are really despicable.
She sat there lazily, but she didn't feel afraid in her heart. In fact, she knew who did this without having to guess. She had never made enemies with anyone in Yuquan City. The only ones who had always wanted to get hold of her were her second uncle's family.
Suddenly.
The door was pushed open, and not surprisingly, the person who came in was Pei Zhouwu.
"Ah-Hina!"
"Don't come over here."
Liu Fuying stopped him from getting closer, then looked at the incense burner in the room and said, "Go and smell the incense in there first."
He immediately stopped and turned to look over.
Smoke slowly rose from the incense burner, lingering throughout the room.
“This fragrance…”
"It's an aphrodisiac." Liu Fuying explained to him with a smile.
His eyebrows jumped, and he turned his head to look at Liu Fuying's smiling face, only to be shocked. As he walked towards her, he asked, "Since you knew what kind of fragrance this is, why did you specifically ask me to smell it?"
Just as he squatted down and was about to untie the rope for Liu Fuying, two big men suddenly appeared at the door, pulled the door over and locked it.
Liu Fuying seemed to be just watching the fun, and said as if it had nothing to do with her: "In a little while, someone will come and catch the adulterer."
"Are you bewitched?"
Pei Zhouwu didn't think that the fragrance was aphrodisiac, but rather it seemed to have a bad brain.
"Come on, get up."
He wanted to help Liu Fuying up, but her body was so limp that she couldn't even stand. Just as he was about to carry her on his back, she hooked her arms around his neck to prevent him from moving.
"Azhou, don't worry, I've prepared for this. Just wait and see. Nothing will happen."
"and you……"
"I just want to take a look and see what you look like after being incense-burned."
"you……"
"Would you be more attractive if you were not serious?"
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