Chapter 94 Was Huo Yunting killed by Huo Yunzhan?
Chu Jichen stroked the armrest of the wheelchair, and upon hearing Shen Qingci's words, he couldn't help but feel expectant.
"OK."
"Then let Huo Yunzhan leave on our wedding day."
"There are only a few days left."
As soon as Chu Jichen finished speaking, a respectful voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness."
"Come in!"
As soon as Chu Jichen finished speaking, Shen Qingci saw the door open, and the "Emperor Yongming" who was wearing a black brocade robe with dragon patterns walked in quickly from outside.
Chu Jichen lifted his eyelids to look at the newcomer, his gaze icy: "Having your fun insulting me?"
The man immediately removed the human skin mask, revealing the face underneath.
Shen Qingci raised an eyebrow; it was Yuanbao, the bodyguard.
Yuanbao chuckled twice: "What are you saying, Your Highness? I was just trying to make my impersonation of His Majesty more convincing."
"Does it look like it?"
Chu Jichen's eyes darkened: "It does look quite similar."
Chu Jichen looked up at Shen Qingci and said, "Qingci, you should go back first. I still have some things to take care of."
Shen Qingci nodded, glanced at the gold ingot with a hint of sympathy, and then left.
As soon as she disappeared, Chu Jichen's face turned cold: "You set off now and go to Yunshan Temple."
"Huh?" Yuanbao's eyes widened. Yunshan Temple was extremely far from the capital and was built on the top of Yunshan Mountain, which was so high that it would take one or two days to climb up. What was he going there for?
"Go and pray for the king and queen, and ask Buddha to bless the king and queen, so that they may be forever united and grow old together."
"And it will be returned on the day of my and my queen's wedding!"
After Chu Jichen finished speaking, he maneuvered his wheelchair away, leaving Yuanbao trembling, his legs shaking: "What...what did I do? Why is Your Highness being so cruel to me!"
A voice came from the shadows: "Think about what you said when you were impersonating His Majesty."
Immediately, someone began to imitate it perfectly.
"This Shen Qingci does have some good looks."
"If we could get her to come to us willingly..."
"I could certainly play along and have some fun with her!"
Yuanbao felt a chill run down his spine: "I already told you, I only did it to impersonate that damned emperor!"
His face was filled with despair. After a moment of silence, he said, "Fine, I'll just leave now. The sooner I leave, the sooner I'll get there. Waaah..."
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Shen Qingci knew nothing about what had happened after she left. As soon as she returned to the courtyard, Wanqing came to greet her. Seeing that Shen Qingci's face was dark and gloomy, she quickly asked in a low voice what had happened.
Shen Qingci explained the matter in a few words, and Wanqing was indeed furious: "Every time I think Huo Yunzhan has become disgusting to the extreme, he always manages to break my understanding of the word 'disgusting' again and again with some words and some things."
"Miss, you treated him very well before, how did he become like this? How could you do this?"
Shen Qingci smiled, her eyes filled with coldness: "I'm afraid... it won't turn out like that."
"Nine times out of ten, that's just the kind of person he is."
"The kindness shown to me is very likely all an act for some purpose."
"People don't suddenly change completely like that."
Wanqing frowned; this was something she hadn't expected.
But if Huo Yunzhan's true nature is what he looks like now, and his previous appearance was all an act, then that would be even more terrifying.
If a person can pretend for so long and do it so well, it means that he has big ambitions.
Wanqing gritted her teeth: "Then what does Miss plan to do?"
Shen Qingci tapped her fingers lightly on the table, her eyes darkening: "Of course... we should take the initiative. We can't always be the ones taking the hits, can we?"
Shen Qingci sneered: "Since Huo Yunzhan is not here now, it's perfect to target the other members of the Huo family."
Wanqing's eyes lit up: "Who is Miss going to deal with? Liu Ruolan? What are you planning to do?"
Shen Qingci shook his head: "Liu Ruolan... is not easy to deal with for the time being."
“She has no weaknesses. Huo Yunting is dead, and she has no children.”
"She knew perfectly well that Huo Yunting was dead, and that the current Huo Yunting was Huo Yunzhan in disguise, but she pretended not to know."
“I can expose Huo Yunzhan’s impersonation of Huo Yunting and his nightly debauchery with her.”
"But when that time comes, she will definitely insist that she knows nothing, that she was also deceived by Huo Yunzhan, that Huo Yunzhan inexplicably impersonated her husband and slept with her, and that she is also a victim."
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Shen Qingci's eyes: "Besides, now is not the time to completely expose this, and I have no evidence."
"Her only weakness is probably the Liu family. Unless I bring down the Liu family, it will be very difficult to deal with her."
"But the Liu family is not one I can bring down for the time being."
Shen Qingci pursed her lips, already having made up her mind: "My target is Old Madam Huo."
Seeing Wanqing's surprised expression, Shen Qingci explained, "Nowadays, it seems that Liu Ruolan is in charge of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, but in fact, Old Madam Huo is the old Marquis's wife after all. She has been in the Yongning Marquis's Mansion for twenty or thirty years and knows everything about it."
"It depends on whether she's willing to get involved."
"Besides, she is Liu Ruolan's mother-in-law after all. If she wants Liu Ruolan to have a hard time, she can make her have a hard time."
"If she wants Huo Yunzhan to suffer, she can make him suffer."
Wanqing blinked, confused.
So, who is her young lady trying to deal with: Old Madam Huo, Liu Ruolan, or Huo Yunzhan?
"What...does Miss want to do?"
"Deal with Old Madam Huo? But Old Madam Huo doesn't seem to be easy to deal with either."
"How should we deal with this? How about I have someone break into Madam Huo's room and then accuse her of harboring a man?"
Shen Qingci laughed out loud: "Do you think anyone would believe that?"
"Even if she were hiding a man, it's not surprising that Madam Huo has been a widow for many years, is it?"
Shen Qingci's eyes turned cold and sharp: "If I'm going to take action, I certainly won't use such a painless method."
“I have to treat her the way they treated me, specifically targeting the places that hurt the most and that she cares about the most.”
Shen Qingci sneered: "For example, let Old Madam Huo know that Huo Yunting was actually... killed by Huo Yunzhan."
Wan Qing's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in astonishment, "What? Huo Yunting was killed by Huo Yunzhan?"
Shen Qingci raised an eyebrow: "I was just talking nonsense."
"But it's not impossible."
"After all, Huo Yunzhan has clearly been coveting the title of Marquis of Yongning for a long time."
"Although he and Huo Yunting are twins, Huo Yunting was born a moment earlier than him. As long as Huo Yunzhan is alive, he cannot become the Marquis of Yongning."
"Huo Yunzhan once told me that he felt resentful. He felt that he was much better than Huo Yunting in every way, but just because Huo Yunting was born a little earlier than him, he was able to inherit the title of marquis by default."
"Although he only mentioned it once or twice when he was drunk, it was enough to prove that he had harbored resentment towards Huo Yunting for a long time."
“He might have said it to me, and perhaps to others as well.”
"And after Huo Yunting died, he immediately and methodically arranged everything, faked his death, impersonated Huo Yunting to return to the capital, and inherited everything from Huo Yunting, including the title and the women."
"Isn't this... suspicious?"
Shen Qingci narrowed her eyes: "Although I don't have any evidence, I can create some. Whether this matter is true or false, I'll just make it seem true."
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