Chapter 267: Did you really take revenge?
"Later, that vicious woman Ling Qiu drowned me in the lotus pond, accusing me of colluding with outsiders to harm the Zheng family. At that time, she was sitting in the pavilion, drinking tea and smiling, and told me to open my eyes in my next life and not be a dirty and lowly concubine again."
Yanran finished speaking sarcastically.
He raised his eyebrows again and curved the corners of his lips in a smile.
"Didn't she call me a slut and think I was dirty? So on the day she died, I pinched her mouth and poured a lot of feces into her mouth."
If someone dissected Ling Qiu's body, they would find that her stomach was full of filth.
"She was so high and mighty, boasting of her noble and pure birth, yet she died at my hands, in such a humiliating way. She didn't even have a solitary grave. I wonder if this was retribution for her."
Yanran was tied up with the soul-binding rope, but she looked relaxed.
She even slowly looked at the Duke, "You know, she had just gotten pregnant at that time. But it wasn't even three months old yet, so we couldn't announce it publicly. The doctor said it was most likely a boy, what a pity."
Unfortunately, she killed Ling Qiu when he was at his most proud.
"You know, before she died, she even had a long dream, thinking that she could control the Zheng family with her child, and even hoped that the child would be successful in the future and earn her an imperial title~"
What a pity.
Such a noble lady from a wealthy family died in her hands.
Just thinking about it makes me feel like I have finally gotten my revenge.
"Poisonous woman!"
"You are a vicious woman!"
Duke Xingguo's eyes were bulging, veins were popping out on his forehead, and his eyeballs were filled with creepy red bloodshot. She didn't care about Yanran's life or death. In the fight in the inner house, Yanran lost because of her own stupidity and incompetence.
She should never, ever, humiliate Ling Qiu like this when she is pregnant!
They said Ling Qiu was vicious.
However, Duke Xingguo felt that Yanran was clearly the more vicious one!
The child is innocent!
She is not worthy of being a human being!
Yanran still smiled, "The Duke can also arrange for someone to go to the Zheng family and perform a proper ritual for your niece."
"but……"
Yanran smiled provocatively at him, her eyes filled with contempt and disdain for these wealthy families who seemed to be so harmonious and happy, but were actually filthy and full of bones. "But, my Lord, do you think your niece's soul still remains in this world?"
The Zheng family originally chose to invite the master to calm Ling Qiu's body because they were afraid that she would cause rebellion after her death.
But I don’t know whether it’s because he is guilty or because countless innocent souls are buried in this mansion.
They are afraid to add another touch.
Those who died in the past were all girls who were not taken seriously by this group of people.
The one who died now was the wife of the third young master who was married to them in a formal ceremony.
The Zheng family was really afraid that after Ling Qiu died, she would become a ghost and come to take their lives because they had not buried her body properly.
So he simply found a master to break up Ling Qiu's soul, turning her into ashes and her soul scattering.
Now buried in that cesspool is only a skeleton.
"Even if you perform the Duke's ritual ten thousand times, it will be useless. After all, your niece was killed by the Zheng family long ago."
"Hasn't your Duke's Mansion been thinking about negotiating a marriage with the Zheng family and sending another daughter there? Is the Duke going to delay the future of another niece just to stand up for one who died?"
Yanran kills people and breaks their hearts.
Although Duke Xingguo loves Ling Qiu.
But Ling Qiu is dead after all.
The ties of interest between the Zheng and Ling families are not dead yet.
The two families have been intertwined for many years, like two vines entwined together, leaning on each other and climbing on each other.
Even though Ling Qiu died, there were still thousands of sensible nieces sent there.
He really wouldn't blame the Zheng family for Ling Qiu.
But the fig leaf he had kept for so long was suddenly torn off by Yanran, a lowly female ghost, and Duke Xingguo really couldn't swallow this.
He exuded a deep resentment and suddenly turned his head to look at Su Tan.
"Master Su, didn't the emperor ask you to kill the vengeful ghost?"
"Why don't you kill her right now!"
"If we continue to talk nonsense with this vengeful ghost, who knows how much trouble it will bring. Who knows, her helpers may be right behind us! We must act quickly to prevent any more trouble!"
Su Tan just curled the corners of his mouth calmly.
Her eyes fell on Yanran, her expression was almost too cold, and there was an inhumanity between her brows. "You are very pitiful."
"I sympathize with your situation, too."
"But these are not reasons for you to disregard the lives of others, Yanran. You have committed many evil deeds, and I am now ordered to execute you."
"You brought this upon yourself."
After saying that, Su Tan recited a string of incantations.
The deep soul-binding rope tightened like a snake until it wrapped around Yanran, the female ghost. With a shrill and painful scream, the soul-binding rope exploded like fireworks.
Yanran only had time to glance at Su Tan and Duke Xingguo with eyes full of hatred, and then she was like a handful of fine yellow sand, blown by the wind and disappeared into the dust.
Lu Zhiheng frowned but said nothing.
Su Tan glanced at the Duke of Xingguo indifferently, then put away his sword. His expression was a bit too indifferent. "There are countless wronged souls in the Zheng family. Those who do evil will eventually perish. There are countless bones in the mansion. There will always be a time when the wronged souls will come to claim our lives."
"I hope the Duke will remember these words today and convey them to the Zheng family without missing a word."
Duke Xingguo's face was filled with black lines, but he didn't say anything.
However, the wife of Duke Xingguo still had a graceful smile, as if this lively scene did not come from the Duke Xingguo's Mansion at all.
"I'll see Master Su and His Royal Highness Prince Chen off."
Lu Zhiheng's brows were still tightly knitted. "No need."
Su Tan also put away his sword and declined the Ling family's offer of farewell.
"No need. It's getting late and the dew is heavy. I'm afraid your family will be busy tonight."
After Su Tan finished speaking, he turned and left.
Instead, Ling Qi suddenly stumbled up.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he asked unwillingly and sadly, "Is Chunxue really never coming back?"
Su Tan looked at him and said nothing, but there was endless sarcasm in her eyes.
It wasn't until Ling Qi trembled under her gaze that she slowly glanced at him and said, "You've got what you want. What do you think, my Lord?"
Ling Qi's face suddenly turned pale and he let out a cry of sorrow.
…
After leaving the gate of the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion, Lu Zhiheng and Su Tan parted ways.
Lu Zhiheng looked at her and wanted to ask something, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
Su Tan held the sword and walked all the way to the deserted suburbs. He chanted a string of spells and a figure fell in front of him.
"I thought I was dead. I never expected..."
The person who spoke had a cold and complex tone, with a hint of disbelief.
She was not an ordinary person, but Yanran, who had been killed on the spot by Su Tan in the eyes of everyone in the Duke's Mansion.
Yanran looked at her quietly, her brows slightly knitted, not understanding why Su Tan would let her go. "Don't you think I've done a lot of evil and I should obey your order to kill the vengeful ghost?"
Su Tan glanced at her. The wind was strong at night, and there was no expression on her face. Her hair was swaying in the wind, and her voice was cold and silent. It was hard to tell who was the female ghost between her and Yanran.
"Do you really think you have avenged yourself?"
She looked at Yanran and asked this question.
Yanran's brows immediately knitted together, "What do you mean by that?"
She asked and chuckled again.
"You are a highly praised mystic who loves to eliminate evil for the people. Why are you planning to use me, a vengeful ghost, to eliminate your enemies?"
Su Tan ignored the sarcasm in her words and just quietly wiped the sword. The sound fell into Yanran's ears along with the cold wind.
"In fact, if you really felt that you had avenged your great hatred, that resentment would not have followed you for so long, making you want to kill every woman who was a legal wife in the world."
She looked at Yanran and asked, "Yanran, do you think that the fate you suffered was solely Ling Qiu's fault?"
Yanran frowned slightly, "What do you mean?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
