Chapter 270 Really Don't Know?
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingci's eyes widened in astonishment, and then she couldn't help but click her tongue lightly: "Huo Yunting... he really does have some courage."
Chu Jichen responded with a calm expression, as if everything was within his expectations: "Since he has chosen to come back, he will have to face the mess left by the Huo and Liu families sooner or later."
"Rather than being like Madam Huo today, who was blocked at the palace gate and forced to react in a disheveled manner."
A hint of approval flashed in his eyes. "It would be better to... think of a countermeasure in advance, take the initiative to visit them, and firmly grasp the initiative in your own hands."
Shen Qingci turned her head to look at Chu Jichen, her clear phoenix eyes filled with undisguised anticipation, as if she were enjoying watching a good show.
Chu Jichen looked at her and slowly lowered his eyes, chuckling softly.
“I know you want to see a show,” he said, looking at her with indulgence in his voice. “Go ahead and watch.”
A bright smile instantly spread across Shen Qingci's face!
But then, as if she had thought of something, her smile slowly faded.
“But…” she pouted, a hint of barely perceptible annoyance in her voice, “Didn’t you just say that Huo Yunting’s martial arts skills are not weak? He was able to find me even when I was hiding in the carriage. If I were to hide in the shadows and secretly watch the show, wouldn’t I be… even more easily discovered?”
"Or... let's just forget about it."
Chu Jichen smiled upon hearing this.
“We,” he looked at her, his deep phoenix eyes gleaming with the controlling light unique to an emperor, “won’t peek.”
“We look at it openly and honestly.”
Upright and aboveboard?
Shen Qingci's eyes were filled with confusion: "How can you look at me so openly?"
A calculating smile slowly crept onto Chu Jichen's lips.
“Think about it,” he said slowly, “Liu Wenyuan committed treason, and the entire Liu family is guilty of crimes. They have been surrounded by heavy troops sent by me and are like prisoners.”
"And Huo Yunting," his voice carried a hint of meaning, "is now not only a second-rank Assistant General personally appointed by me, but also... Liu Wenyuan's former son-in-law."
“At this critical juncture, he brazenly broke into the Prime Minister’s residence, which had already been sealed off, disregarding any suspicion. Tell me,” he looked at her, his eyes full of mockery, “shouldn’t I have some doubts and go there myself… to find out what’s going on?”
Shen Qingci's eyes lit up instantly!
"Brilliant!"
...
When Chu Jichen and Shen Qingci's imperial carriage arrived at the Prime Minister's residence in a grand procession, the show inside had already been going on for quite some time.
Under the silent protection of a group of guards, the two arrived at the courtyard where Liu Ruolan lived with ease.
Before they even got close, they could hear Liu Ruolan's sharp screams, full of surprise and excitement, coming from inside!
"Husband! You...you're really not dead?"
The two exchanged a glance and silently went to the window.
Inside the courtyard, Liu Ruolan was gripping Huo Yunting's arm tightly, her face, which had been completely drained of color, filled with the ecstatic joy of surviving a catastrophe!
She looked at him, her eyes, already red and swollen from crying, filled with dependence and expectation!
"My husband! I knew it! I knew you wouldn't die so easily!"
"Take me away! Get me out of this awful place!"
She pointed at the Imperial Guards in black armor around her, her voice filled with deep-seated hatred and resentment, "It's all Huo Yunzhan's fault! He's the one who ruined our Liu family! And that bitch Shen Qingci! It's all their fault! Oh, and that cripple Chu Jichen too!"
“However,” her voice was filled with smugness and boastfulness, “now that you’re back, everything is different!”
"Now that you are a Second-Rank Assistant General personally appointed by His Majesty, then I... then I am the General's wife!"
"They...they dare not keep me locked up here anymore! Please take me out!"
As she spoke, she tried to pull Huo Yunting away forcefully!
Huo Yunting's brows furrowed tightly into a knot!
He looked at the seemingly insane woman before him, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust and coldness.
He suddenly flung his hand away, forcefully throwing her off!
Caught off guard, Liu Ruolan staggered back two steps and fell heavily to the ground!
She looked up in disbelief, her expectant eyes instantly replaced by endless shock and grievance!
"Husband...husband?"
Huo Yunting looked at her, his voice icy cold and full of endless mockery.
"lady?"
"I had no idea," a cruel smile curled at the corner of his lips, "When did I, Huo Yunting,... acquire such a fickle and shameless wife as you?"
Upon hearing his words, Liu Ruolan felt a sudden chill run down her spine!
She immediately knew that Huo Yunting must have heard something!
Ignoring the pain, she scrambled to her feet, clutching his clothes tightly, her voice filled with urgent explanation and grievance:
"Husband! You've misunderstood! I didn't! I really didn't commit promiscuity or shamelessness!"
"It's all Huo Yunzhan's fault! That beast!" Her eyes instantly filled with tears, and she cried out in a hoarse voice, "He impersonated you! He lied to me! I'm a victim too!"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yunting sneered, his laughter filled with endless mockery and contempt.
He slowly squatted down, reached out, pinched her chin, which had already lost all color, and forced her to raise her head and look at him.
"You and I have been married for two years and shared a bed for hundreds of days." His voice was icy cold, like icicles in the dead of winter. "And you actually tell me that you didn't even know your bedmate had changed?"
"Are you truly unaware?" His eyes were filled with utter coldness and indifference, "or did you clearly discover the clues long ago, but chose to pretend not to know in order to protect your position as the Lady of the Marquis?"
“What exactly is it like?” he whispered, his voice even lower, like a ghostly whisper, “only you know best in your heart.”
Liu Ruolan's body suddenly stiffened!
Huo Yunting's voice, like a death knell, continued to ring in her ears:
"And," a cruel smile curved his lips, "you must have known all along, right?"
“After all,” a chilling glint flashed in his eyes, “your good father has long been secretly colluding with Huo Yunzhan and plotting something.”
"The reason why Huo Yunzhan dared to lay such a cruel hand on me at the border, and why he was able to succeed so easily," his voice suddenly turned fierce, filled with deep-seated hatred, "wasn't it precisely because your father was backing him up?"
"Your father knows, how could you... not know?"
“Perhaps,” his eyes were full of mockery and disdain, “that Huo Yunzhan impersonating me and returning to the capital in my name was, from beginning to end, your doing, or that of your good father, the very thing.”
Liu Ruolan's eyes immediately darted away!
His guilty look spoke volumes.
Outside the window, Shen Qingci's heart skipped a beat!
Her eyes widened in disbelief, her face filled with astonishment!
She...she had no idea that there was such a secret behind it all!
She always thought that Liu Ruolan only discovered the truth when Huo Yunzhan impersonated Huo Yunting and returned to the capital, and shared a bed with him. For the sake of power, she chose to keep it a secret.
But unexpectedly...
It turns out that all of this was a scheme orchestrated by the father and daughter long ago!
So it's not a matter of "not knowing" at all!
Liu Ruolan knew everything from the very beginning!
Even the fact that Huo Yunzhan killed Huo Yunting and impersonated him was all orchestrated by her, or rather... by their Liu family!
good!
Very good!
Shen Qingci felt as if the blood in her body had frozen instantly!
She clenched her hands tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force!
She recalled her past life, how her unborn child was forcibly given an abortion pill by this treacherous couple, turning into a pool of blood!
He recalled how the two of them had joined forces to kill him, leaving him with unresolved grievances!
turn out to be……
It turns out that everything she experienced in her past life was actually a... complete conspiracy!
An indescribable feeling of nausea and hatred instantly welled up from the depths of her heart, almost threatening to devour her entirely!
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