Chapter 157 True and False Death Escape
After saying that, Li looked back at Qing Ning and Ning Yu, whose eyes were red, and said, "You two acted quite similarly."
Qing Ning, however, showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and gently pulled Li away from Su Shengsheng, "Madam, please keep quiet."
Li vaguely understood and immediately raised her handkerchief to wipe her tears.
Poor girl, she used to be a tearful person, but today she couldn't shed even a single tear.
Qingning and Ningyu didn't pay any attention to her. They just looked at Su Shengsheng with her eyes closed on the bed, and couldn't help but shed tears.
The young lady said that she had made too many enemies, and if she could root out the person behind the scenes today, she would pretend to be dead and escape.
Taking advantage of this rumor spreading everywhere, I took the opportunity to get away from here... to avoid Tuoba Ye and... General Xie...
If the enemy is too strong to be eliminated...
Just do a death escape...
After the play was over, she told her family that she had unfortunately died of poisoning.
She said she suddenly had a premonition last night and was afraid that she could not be prepared, so she left a suicide note in advance just in case.
Only in this way can the black hand behind the scenes be completely defeated...
And she can support her family from outside the city...
Now, this suicide note is in the hands of the two of them...
next day
The fourth room was talking about the news he heard at the mine.
Ever since Su Nianwei pleaded for them, no one has been looking after them anymore.
At this moment, Su Deyong was drinking two taels of wine and happily telling Su Wenqian and her daughter what he had heard at the mine.
Su Wenqian was secretly delighted when she heard that the Su family had been humiliated. "Su Yuanling was so domineering in the past, but now she has ended up like this." She sneered and said, "I underestimated Su Nianwei. She defeated me one by one."
Upon hearing this, the Fourth Madam did not dare to take it lightly. "Is this news true? Why is there no movement from the Third House?"
Su Deyong had been frightened a few days ago and was now anxious to save face. "How could it be fake? I saw with my own eyes that Su Hengji's eyes were red from crying, and Su Wenxuan and the other two also had tears in their eyes."
The Fourth Lady still had doubts in her heart: "If Su Nianwei really succeeded, why didn't she come looking for us?"
Su Wenqian speculated, "Perhaps the Su family is currently closed to search for the real culprit, and she is unable to split herself up?"
Upon hearing this, Su Deyong quickly agreed, "That must be the case." He put down his wine glass and narrowed his eyes. "If I could see it with my own eyes, I would feel at ease..."
Instead of worrying about it, why not go and see for yourself?
After saying that, he put on his coat and hurried out.
The fourth lady grabbed him and asked, "Where are you going?"
She was afraid that Su Deyong would squander the money he had just earned in the gambling house.
"I'm going to see if Su Shengsheng is really dead. If she is, the Su family will be busy dividing up the family property. If I don't go and make a fuss, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?"
After saying this, he broke free from the Fourth Madam's hand and left in a hurry.
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In the dark night, Su Deyong climbed over the wall and sneaked into the three-bedroom house.
I saw that all the guards of the Su family were sleeping soundly in the house.
Su Deyong approached the main house cautiously, but stopped where the white curtain was set up.
His eyes widened, and then he walked in with a lantern in his hand, overjoyed.
Outside the courtyard wall, Chu Zhao and others took advantage of the negligence of the Su family guards to get close. When they saw the scene in the courtyard, they couldn't help but frown.
"Miss Su, what's going on here?" Mu Ze stared at the woman lying quietly in the coffin in the dim light of the lantern...
Why does she look so much like Miss Su?
The wind was cold and the occasional howling of wolves from the top of the snow-capped mountains blended with the barking of dogs from the nearby houses.
Su Deyong tiptoed, step by step, approaching the sleeping coffin.
His fingers, like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, trembled as they reached out to Su Shengsheng's nostrils.
Time seemed to freeze, one breath, two breaths... until Su Deyong's fingers were almost frozen by the cold.
At this moment, Qing Ning Ningyu, who was taking a nap at the table, suddenly moved. The slight sound was like thunder that shattered Su Deyong's courage.
He was terrified and ran away, with only one thought in his mind: Su Shengsheng, she is really dead!
The flames of revenge burned fiercely in his heart, and Su Deyong lost himself in thought and crawled over the wall.
I don’t know if it was because his luck had finally returned, but he was not caught by anyone and ran back home quickly.
Afterwards, the Su family's house was brightly lit, and the patrol team surrounded the house like a solid wall.
In the darkness, Su Nianwei was blindfolded and led by Qingning and Ningyu to the outer house of the fourth room.
Inside the house, Su Deyong looked like a madman, his eyes bloodshot, "Su Shengsheng is really dead! Haha, I'm really going to get rich! Haha..."
"Really? Did you see it clearly?" The Fourth Madam still couldn't believe that Su Shengsheng, who had been pressing them down so hard that they couldn't raise their heads, had died just like that.
Su Wenqian was also half-believing and half-doubting, while Su Deyong gritted his teeth and said, "I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be false?" He smiled sinisterly, "Good thing they died! Even if the Su family doesn't give us any property, with Su Nianwei's leverage in our hands, we're not afraid that she won't pay us."
The Fourth Madam was not carried away by the situation. "Su Nianwei is really ruthless. Aren't you afraid that she will become desperate and take us as well..."
She made a sweeping motion.
Su Deyong, however, was full of confidence, believing that Su Nianwei had no other choice but to rely on them.
He snorted and took a deep gulp of wine. "She and the Third House have long been at odds. If she wants a good dowry, she has to rely on us to help her."
He was so proud of himself that he didn't worry at all about whether anyone outside might hear him.
Su Nianwei stood outside the window, her mouth tightly wrapped in cloth, her eyes flashing with red anger.
A pair of cold eyes seemed to want to look through the window and see clearly what was going on inside about how to control her fourth wife in the future.
I don’t know how long I waited, but the celebration inside finally came to an end and people started talking about the person behind the scenes.
What Qing Ning never expected was that these four families were actually the group of people she met in the mine.
"Those are all desperate lunatics who kill people like crazy. Don't ask about my affairs in the future." Su Deyong was still complacent.
It was understood that someone had infiltrated the mine and first found the Fourth House, and then used them to find Su Nianwei, but the Fourth House had no idea who was behind it.
Qing Ning couldn't bear it any longer and kicked the door open.
Bao Da immediately rushed in with his men and captured Su Deyong, who was screaming in fear.
As the night deepened, the men of the Su family gathered together again.
The reason for holding the trial at night was, firstly, that it was more convenient to conduct the trial at night, and secondly, that all the male members of the Su family were present, making it easier to make a decision, and Su Deyong was at home.
When Old Master Su heard that this matter originated from the Fourth House and was in collusion with outsiders, he was furious and his face turned ashen. "I am unworthy of being the Emperor's teacher, but I have failed to educate my son..."
Su Nianwei stood aside like a puppet, her face pale and lifeless.
Su Deyong learned from Old Madam Su that Su Shengsheng had only faked her death in order to lure out the person behind it.
He was afraid that Su Shengsheng would be drugged and would confess everything when she came to be questioned.
It wasn't the people who came before, but the ones who came to him later.
As for the story about Su Nianwei's mother dying at the hands of Li, it was all just a fabrication on his part.
The idea was to target something that Su Nianwei didn't dare to question.
One was that there was no evidence to prove the truth, the other was that Su Shengsheng's nanny happened to leave at that time, and Su Nianwei was bothered by her status as a concubine's daughter.
Madam Su looked at Su Nianwei with sorrow: "You still won't confess? Are you still going to continue to be foolish with these beasts and collude with outsiders to harm your sisters?"
Su Nianwei's eyes were hollow, and her voice was filled with indifference. "It's too late to say anything now. On the day we proposed marriage, I circulated the letter written by my grandfather denouncing Qin Qi for his treacherous behavior and abuse of power, which harmed the country. I'm sure it's in the hands of the emperor in the capital by now."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the Su family was shocked and terrified.
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