"Xingxiu?" The elder was extremely surprised. "You..."
"I said release her, don't you understand?" Xie Jingrun's gaze swept over the old women holding Rong Qingqing, his voice icy cold.
The old women were startled when his gaze swept over them. They quickly let go of his hands and took a few steps back.
"Xingxiu, this little slut is the one who caused your father's death! How can you let her go?" A busybody woman immediately spoke up.
“That’s right, she’s a jinx. Keeping her around will only bring bad luck to the Marquis’s mansion,” another woman with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face chimed in.
"This is a family matter of the Marquis's household." Xie Jingrun's cold eyes swept over the crowd.
The women shut up, clearly annoyed.
Although they were dissatisfied, they knew all too well how this wolf cub could be, so they dared not voice their grievances.
The same applies to elders.
Now that things have come to this, he has nothing more to say.
Xie Jingrun remained silent until he spoke, and once he did, no one dared to disobey him, or they would face his ruthless retaliation.
Soon, everyone scattered like birds and beasts.
Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if all her strength had been drained, and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Xie Jingrun gave her a warning glance, "You better not be lying to me, otherwise..."
He didn't say it explicitly, but Rong Qingqing knew it.
If she dares to lie to him, her fate will be very, very terrible.
Rong Qingqing didn't dare to question his words at all, and nodded blankly.
Xie Jingrun gave her a chilling look, then turned and left.
Rong Qingqing felt a chill run down her spine from his gaze.
It's truly a case of being caught between a rock and a hard place; you've just escaped one wolf's den only to fall into another!
She knew that Xie Jingrun would not let her go.
I just don't know how he will deal with himself.
Rong Qingqing was feeling dejected when a maidservant ran over, looking disheveled. "Miss, are you alright?"
Qingqing glanced at the newcomer and saw that it was the original owner's personal maid. She was also bruised and looked quite disheveled. It seemed that when the original owner was subdued, this little maid had also suffered a lot.
Seeing the genuine worry on her face, Qingqing couldn't help but feel a little comforted.
She was new to the place and unfamiliar with the environment, so she really needed someone to guide her.
"Xiao Tao, I'm tired. Help me back to my room to rest," she said, utterly exhausted.
"Yes, Miss." Xiao Tao immediately took her arm and led her back to the bridal chamber.
She came to the Marquis's residence yesterday to prepare the young lady's dowry, so she knows the location of the bridal chamber.
Once inside, Xiao Tao quickly fetched water and wiped Qingqing's face.
Seeing her young mistress's face red and swollen from being slapped, Xiao Tao couldn't help but shed tears.
"How could the master be so heartless as to marry you off to this family? You almost..."
"He did this, of course, for his precious daughter," Rong Qingqing said sarcastically as she applied a cold compress to her swollen face with a towel soaked in cold water.
She wasn't the original owner of this body, so she didn't have any feelings towards the Rong family. However, the original owner's experiences made her feel sympathy for them and feel sorry for the original owner.
The Rong family has two daughters, but although the original owner was born to the legal wife, Rong Shiqing favored Rong Yiyi, the daughter of his concubine, who is also the female protagonist of the original book.
In order for Rong Yiyi to replace the original owner and marry the male lead Feng Mo, Rong Shiqing tacitly allowed his concubine to frame the original owner, causing her to suffer a disgraceful end.
Feng Mo is the daughter of the current empress and is expected to become the crown prince. Even though the person Feng Mo is betrothed to is the original owner of the body, how could the empress tolerate a woman with a ruined reputation as her daughter-in-law? So after Chen was promoted to the position of empress, the empress took the initiative to arrange for Rong Yiyi to marry Feng Mo.
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