Chapter 249: Save Her from Fire and Water
Ling Qi held the dagger in his hand, ignoring Xu Chunxue's embarrassment and resistance. His big palm clamped her wrist tightly like an iron clamp, and he grabbed her hand and was about to cut it.
Bang!
A sharp and hard object hit his leg. Ling Qi bent his knees and fell heavily to the ground, his brows furrowed in pain.
Ling Qi suddenly turned his head and saw Su Tan and Prince Chen Lu Zhiheng standing together, surrounded by a large number of royal guards. Duke Xingguo and his wife were standing beside them with a forced smile on their faces, cold sweat oozing from their foreheads.
"Princess Jiayi, Your Highness Prince Chen, this... my son truly deserves death. I'm going to drag him out and give him a beating right now. You two... you two must calm down."
Duke Xingguo looked at Su Tan and Lu Zhiheng with some fear, but compared to the prince Lu Zhiheng, he was more afraid of Su Tan who had the power to kill demons and ghosts.
Seeing Su Tan hitting Ling Qi hard with the silver medal in his hand, Duke Xingguo didn't dare to feel sorry for his son, let alone stand up for the injustice. He just hoped that this group of people would leave quickly after they finished their business.
In the middle of the night, Su Tan and Lu Zhiheng led the Imperial Guards to surround the Ling family. At that moment, Duke Xingguo's heart almost jumped into his throat, thinking that he had committed some crime and his property would be confiscated and his family would be exterminated.
Ling Qi frowned, rubbed his knees and stood up. He took a deep look at Xu Chunxue who was tied up, then his gaze fell on Su Tan and Lu Zhiheng.
"Your Highness and the County Lady, what on earth are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
Su Tan walked towards him, and Ling Qi subconsciously stepped back with a frown on his face. He didn't retreat any further until he was about to speak to Su Tan to remind him to be careful.
Who knew that Su Tan suddenly made a gesture.
The ropes that tied Xu Chunxue suddenly broke. Su Tan bent down and stretched out his hand towards Xu Chunxue.
Xu Chunxue looked at her blankly, then looked at the very thin scar on her wrist.
Just now, if the county lady had not suddenly arrived and stretched out her hand towards Ling Qi, she would probably have been grabbed forcefully and forced to drink a bowl of blood.
Xu Chunxue's eyes were red and she grabbed Su Tanchao tightly. The hand she stretched out was like grabbing a life-saving rope handed to her when she was on the edge of a cliff.
"County Master, thank you very much."
Su Tan shook his head and said nothing more. He just pulled Xu Chunxue and protected her behind him.
Ling Qi's brows twitched fiercely, his eyes were filled with frost, and he stared at Su Tan and Xu Chunxue solemnly.
He suppressed his voice, his tone tinged with deep anger. "Xu Chunxue, I didn't know you were so calculating. When did you manage to get close to Princess Jiayi?"
"So soon after she returned to the capital, she immediately led the Imperial Spirit Army to surround the entire Ling family to rescue you."
To be fair, for Ling Qi, Su Tan can even be considered half his benefactor.
Because of her, Jiang Nian's resentment was calmed down, and Ling Ran and Jiang Rou, who had always been superior to Ling Qi, finally got their retribution and disappeared from this world.
He knew that Su Tan was very powerful.
It was because he understood how terrifying the other party was that he was so angry when he found out that Xu Chunxue had found such a powerful backer for him.
No wonder!
Ling Qi's eyes were deep, and they were fixed on Xu Chunxue. "I don't know where you learned this skill of bullying the weak. No wonder you did such a vicious thing, yet you are so fearless and still dare to shout that you are in the right."
"So you found Princess Jiayi to support you."
It seems that he underestimated Xu Chunxue.
She is no longer the gentle, intelligent and quirky little girl she used to be. Now she has become a scheming and cunning evil woman who loves to play tricks!
Ling Qi felt so disappointed that he couldn't express it.
But Xu Chunxue's disappointment and heartbreak were no less than his.
She stared at Ling Qi intently. Her eyes, which seemed to be filled with stars before, were now suddenly shattered.
The light in her eyes seemed to fade away little by little. She just raised the corners of her lips in self-mockery, and then stared straight at Ling Qi, with a hint of sarcasm in her words.
"Ling Qi, you were not a stupid person before."
"If you have a clear mind, you should know by now that Master Su would never break into the Ling family at night without a reason."
"You said that I found Master Su to back me up, so I was still fearless even after I did something wrong."
Xu Chunxue shook her head, the bitterness and sarcasm between her brows becoming more intense. "But Ling Qi, even if I really have such ability, what makes you think I can convince Master Su to bring the Imperial Guards and His Highness Prince Chen here together?"
"Could it be that the Imperial Guards and His Royal Highness Prince Chen are also people we can order around at will?"
As soon as Ling Qi asked this question, his face turned pale and his expression suddenly became extremely tense.
He subconsciously realized something, but he was unwilling to admit it. He just kept a tense face and stared at Xu Chunxue solemnly, "You are so good at sophistry. I have nothing to say to you!"
Xu Chunxue felt a lump in his heart.
The last bit of hope in her heart was burned to ashes at this moment.
She originally thought that Ling Qi would at least not be unable to distinguish right from wrong.
As long as the truth was before him and there was evidence, he would not have been so blindly convinced until now.
But now, Xu Chunxue suddenly realized that when a person's heart has completely changed, no matter what he does, or even if he does nothing, it will be extremely hateful in the eyes of the other person.
Xu Chunxue closed her eyes.
"Since you insist on saying so, I have nothing to say. I can only tell you that Princess Jiayi is a master who can catch demons and exterminate ghosts. Now that she has suddenly come to your house in the middle of the night, you should think carefully about whether your Duke's Mansion is about to be in great trouble!"
Now that they have fallen out, Xu Chunxue is determined not to continue living with Ling Qi.
She no longer had any concerns and just wanted to let out the anger in her heart.
Ling Qi felt a lump in his heart, not understanding why she was still so stubborn and even spoke ill of the entire Duke's Mansion. She was simply hopeless!
"Xu Chunxue, you are so vicious that it makes me sick!"
Xu Chunxue was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore. She felt tired and sick after talking to him for a few more words.
The Duke's wife frowned and glanced at Ling Qi unhappily, "Princess Jiayi and His Royal Highness Prince Chen are here, how can you be so loud and shouting here? It's so disrespectful!"
"You two have a dispute, but you have to air it in front of the guests, right?"
Family disgrace should not be made public, Ling Qi's number is really embarrassing!
"not to mention--"
The Duke's wife raised an eyebrow, her tone deliberately drawn out. "Besides, I don't think Chunxue is the type to harbor such scheming thoughts. County Lady Jiayi's sudden arrival clearly indicates she's here to rescue Chunxue. I suspect there's something else going on with the alleged poisoning of Miss Yanran."
"There are many women in this world who harm others and then turn the tables. Qi'er, you better be more discerning and don't fall for their tricks."
At this point, she curled the corners of her lips imperceptibly, and there was even a hint of unusual satisfaction between her brows, "Our Duke's Mansion can no longer add another wronged soul."
As she spoke, she seemed to emphasize the word "ghost".
She fixed her eyes on Ling Qi, her tone neither gloomy nor positive, "Since you are your father's most cherished child and have been asked to be named the Crown Prince, you should act like a Crown Prince."
"Chunxue is weak. If she were to be unjustly killed by you and that vicious woman, it would cause a huge disaster."
The Duke's wife couldn't say she liked Xu Chunxue, nor did she dislike her either.
Xu Chunxue was indeed born in the countryside.
She really looked down on the other person's identity.
But after all, the man Xu Chunxue married was not her biological son.
She would only be worried if her concubine's son married a woman of high status.
Her life had been going smoothly, but who would have thought that such a big change would happen suddenly in the past few years, and her only son died.
The Duke even complained about this, saying that the children she taught could not distinguish between good and evil and almost harmed the entire Duke's Mansion.
Even comparing Ling Qi with her Ran'er.
She said countless times that her Ran'er was not even half as good as Ling Qi.
How come now, Ling Qi almost brought disaster to the entire Ling family!
The son whom Duke Xingguo loved the most seemed to be nothing more than this now!
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