Chapter 576 It's time to settle accounts (Bonus chapter for HuHu)
Her face was extremely beautiful, but the words she spoke carried a chilling coldness.
A flicker of panic crossed Manager Liu's eyes, but he immediately said firmly, "What I just said is the truth."
He actually smiled and said coldly, "The person who gave you this probably didn't tell you that this thing can not only kill people silently, but also make them experience what it's like to have ten thousand ants devour their hearts, a living hell, right?"
Manager Li was startled. "I...I don't know what you're talking about."
"Is that so?" He actually twisted the bamboo tube slightly, and several fine needles, almost invisible, shot onto Steward Liu's exposed arm. "You'll experience it soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, he actually struck the spot where the acupuncture needles had been inserted with his palm. In an instant, those needles pierced into Steward Liu's body, flowing upwards along his blood vessels.
In an instant, Manager Liu collapsed to the ground in agony, clutching his arm. He went from screaming and groaning to rolling around, then furiously slamming his arm against the table legs and the wall. Finally, he even began to viciously tear and bite at it, looking as if he wanted to tear the arm off completely...
Everyone was terrified by what they saw.
Is this even human anymore?
This is clearly a beast driven mad by pain!
"What...what did you do to him?" Consort Liu looked at Zhen Huan in horror.
He actually turned to look at Consort Liu, and smiled slightly, "You want to know?"
Consort Liu immediately took several steps back, instinctively trying to hide behind Madam Liu the Second.
Seeing that it was almost time, he squatted down and quickly tapped a few times on Manager Liu's arm to temporarily control the acupuncture needle and prevent it from continuing to move around inside Manager Li's body.
Manager Liu then slowly stopped, instinctively wanting to get away from Zhen Huan as if he had seen a demon.
"Can you tell the truth this time?"
Manager Liu nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes! I'll talk, I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"
"Steward Liu!!" Consort Liu shouted angrily, trying to stop Steward Liu.
But having tasted the bitterness of being unable to live or die, Steward Liu no longer cared about anything else.
He immediately disregarded everything and said, "It's Consort Liu! She learned yesterday that Old Madam Qiao had woken up and guessed that she would definitely return to the Prince's Mansion today."
"So, early in the morning, he instructed me to have my craftsmen stand guard outside the door. No one was allowed to enter!"
"So, I did see Madam Qiao and her entourage arrive, which is why I quickly told someone to close the door."
"I even made an excuse to go in and report something, deliberately preventing anyone from opening the door. I was just waiting for the Qiao family to cause trouble!"
"Consort Liu said she wanted to make a big scene and make Prince Qi completely despise the Qiao family."
"It would be best to make the Qiao family and the Qi Prince's Mansion never see each other again!"
"Shut up! Did you hear me? I told you to shut up!" Consort Liu shouted in a panic, trying to rush over to stop Steward Liu.
However, as soon as she took two steps forward, the bamboo tube hidden weapon was indeed aimed at her.
Startled, she retreated again.
It was indeed appropriate for Manager Liu to say, "Please continue."
Steward Li then poured out his instructions to Consort Liu on how to block the road, how to cause trouble, and how to secretly harm Qiao Qinghe.
Not only that, she also revealed that Consort Liu had ordered someone to make the first move, creating an opportunity for him, and that Consort Liu had spoken rudely to Qiao Qinghe.
Consort Liu's body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground.
"I, I..." Manager Liu looked at Zhen Huan pleadingly, hoping that Zhen Huan could help him remove those acupuncture needles.
He shrugged and sincerely suggested, "Cut off your arm. In a quarter of an hour, the acupuncture needles will start moving around inside you again. After twelve hours, the needles will move from your arm to another part of your body."
"But don't worry, as long as the needle doesn't reach your heart meridian, you won't die."
They will only suffer endless torment, a fate worse than death.
"No! No! I told you everything, I told you everything! How could you lie to me?..." Manager Liu cried out in terror, pleading, before being knocked unconscious by Aqin and thrown outside.
After finishing what he wanted to do, he actually walked back and sat down behind Qiao Qinghe again.
The rest can be left to the old lady.
Qiao Qinghe smiled, and indeed, her style of doing things was as decisive and efficient as ever.
However, when dealing with people like the Liu family, this approach is indeed more effective than Wei Jia's.
"Madam Liu, is there anything else you wish to say?"
Qiao Qinghe looked at the Liu family's second wife, whose face was unpleasant.
Madam Liu the Second wanted to argue a bit more, but was glared at fiercely by Old Madam Liu, who said, "Aren't you ashamed?"
Madam Liu glared at Qiao Qinghe resentfully before shutting her mouth and sitting back down in her original seat.
Old Madam Liu looked at Qiao Qinghe coldly, "Consort Liu is wicked. She first made things difficult for Old Madam Qiao, and then she had ulterior motives towards Old Madam Qiao. She is utterly despicable."
"But in the end, Consort Liu is also a consort of Prince Qi's mansion, and Old Madam Qiao is currently safe and sound."
"It would be better to have the steward who instigated the concubine to cause trouble beaten to death, and then punish the concubine by confining her to her quarters for three years as a warning."
"What does Madam Qiao think?"
Qiao Qinghe scoffed and gave Old Madam Liu a cold look. "Even at this point, Old Madam Liu still wants to save Consort Liu's life?"
Everyone was taken aback by these words.
So, it turns out that Old Madam Qiao came here specifically to kill Consort Liu!?
Consort Liu was also startled. She crawled on her knees to Old Madam Liu, hugged her legs, and looked up at her pleadingly, "Grandmother, save me! I don't want to die!"
Old Mrs. Liu frowned and looked at Qiao Qinghe, "Old Mrs. Qiao, although the concubine intended to harm you, you're still unharmed, aren't you? Isn't it a bit much to say that the concubine should pay with her life?"
Qiao Qinghe clapped her hands and praised, "Old Madam Liu is right. I am indeed fine. It is really too much to make Consort Liu pay with her life for something that didn't happen."
"So, let's talk about what has already happened."
Qiao Qinghe looked coldly at Consort Liu, "Consort Liu, why don't you tell me how my granddaughter, Princess Qi, died!"
"It would be perfect if you distinguished guests could give me a fair judgment."
The implication in those words was so obvious that everyone was taken aback.
Madam Liu, the second wife, was quick to retort, "Madam Qiao, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!"
"Are you implying that Princess Qi was murdered by someone by saying these words in front of all these distinguished guests?"
"Hehe, everyone knows that Princess Qi died during childbirth! There are witnesses and physical evidence!"
"You're spouting nonsense here; you must still be half asleep. I suggest you go back and sleep for a few more days!"
Consort Liu, her face also deathly pale, forced herself to remain calm and echoed, "When Madam Qiao said that Princess Qi was murdered, was she trying to say who murdered Princess Qi?"
"Are you talking about me? I'm just a concubine. Before Princess Qi died, I couldn't even enter her courtyard. How could I possibly have the right to extend my reach into Princess Qi's courtyard?"
"I had no idea I had such great abilities!"
Consort Liu spoke more and more fluently, and her expression changed from initial panic to mockery.
She scoffed, "Or is it that Princess Qi is truly so incompetent? After managing the inner quarters of the Prince's mansion for several years, she actually managed to let someone like me, who has only been in the mansion for a few months, slip through her fingers?"
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