Chapter 268: Disgusting bloodshed
Su Tan shook her head slowly. The wind was strong at night, and she just held the sword in her hand with an expression that was a little too cold.
"Your life began to spiral downward from the day Zheng Xiu broke into your room until it swallowed up your vibrant life."
"But Yanran, is the hatred in your heart only directed at Ling Qiu?"
Yanran frowned. She was not a smart person.
There is no reason why you would become a ghost and see and hear clearly.
There were many things she couldn't understand when she was a human, and when she became a ghost, she was driven by resentment and felt more and more confused.
Hearing Su Tan's question, she immediately raised her head. She still felt disgusted when Ling Qiu was mentioned. "If it's not this vicious woman, who else could it be?"
"If she hadn't arranged everything, how could Zheng Xiu have gotten in? If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have had to drink that contraceptive soup that nearly killed me."
She hated Ling Qiu to the core.
But Ling Qiu is already dead.
He died in her hands long ago.
But maybe it was because she was too gentle when she attacked, even though Ling Qiu was dead and even his soul had dissipated completely, the anger in her heart not only did not dissipate with Ling Qiu's death, but became more and more difficult to calm down.
That resentment pulled her to kill more people, and it would be best if everyone in the world died at her hands, so that the resentment in her heart could be relieved.
Su Tan shook his head, and after a while, he set his gaze on Yanran.
"What if I tell you that Ling Qiu isn't the only one who caused you to be like this?"
"Ling Qiu was only the one who orchestrated Zheng Xiu's break-in into your house that day. The real person behind the scenes has been hiding in plain sight the entire time."
Yanran suddenly raised her eyes and stared at Su Tan almost intently.
Her long nails dug into her palms, her eyes were crimson, and her tone was cold, "You don't have to play dumb with me. Just tell me what you know."
"I've endured this for too long. No matter who she is, I'm going to make sure she dies without a burial place!"
"Is it Madam Zheng? Or someone else?"
The only person who has more power than Ling Qiu is Madam Zheng.
Upon hearing this, Su Tan simply shook his head and chuckled, "If you think so, it's no wonder Ling Qiu has been plotting against you. Could it be that the only person with more power than Ling Qiu is Madam Zheng?"
"She wants her son to be caught in bed with someone else, to become a laughing stock in favor of a concubine and the last straw. What good does that do for her?"
When Yanran heard her say this, a voice seemed to echo in her mind.
But the voice was separated by a thin layer of mist that was so clear and shallow that it made it difficult to see clearly. Because of the mist, there were some things she wanted to see clearly, but she couldn't see them clearly.
There was an answer on the verge of coming out, but when it came to her lips, she was confused and kept her mouth open for a long time without making any sound.
Until Su Tan’s words fell to the ground.
"It's Zheng Xiu."
"The one who frightened you, yet also made you resign yourself to your fate, twisting yourself into accepting his undignified manipulation and trampling, while deceiving yourself by telling yourself that all women in the world should serve their husbands well, Zheng Xiu."
Yanran is not stupid.
But why didn't she think of this?
It's just that she has been disciplined and worn down, and she has been listening to the same voice since she grew up. Her cage was not built on the day she was forced to become Zheng Xiu's concubine.
From the moment she was born, she entered this world, a prison built specifically for women.
Yanran clenched her palms tightly with her nails, and her spirit body trembled slowly with the wind.
Of course she also hated Zheng Xiu.
But……
But what is more is submission and fear.
Because she had heard people say since she was a child that as a woman, it is her duty to serve her husband.
It is men's nature to be fickle and easily seduced by beauty, and it is also in their bones to get bored with the old and love the new.
She didn't like Zheng Xiu, so Zheng Xiu's later neglect and indifference to her could not cause any waves in her heart.
She even felt thankful for his dislike.
Su Tan randomly found a stone to sit on. She was not preaching. Some things she only understood little by little later.
"Ling Qiu persecuted you. No matter what, she definitely planned that incident and caused you harm. You killed her, and she deserved it."
"But when Zheng Xiu broke into your house, Ling Qiu didn't drug him. He's been wanting to destroy you for a long time. Ling Qiu just took advantage of the situation and created this opportunity for him."
In fact, it was not Ling Qiu's idea to make Yanran a complete tool in the first place.
Su Tan's brows knitted together. "That day, Zheng Xiu went to Ling Qiu to withdraw two hundred taels of silver..."
…
The smile on Ling Qiu's face was almost gone. Five days ago, she took out two hundred taels of silver from her dowry and gave it to Zheng Xiu.
It hasn't been long now, and he's coming to ask for it again!
Although she was feeling depressed, Ling Qiu still had a smile on her face, but her expression was still a little embarrassed. "Husband, you should also save money. Although we have a family business, if we don't save money, even mountains of gold and silver will eventually be emptied."
Zheng Xiu glanced at her and said, "I only take 200 taels of silver, and you are preaching here. The embroiderer named Yanran earns 15 taels a month. If she is asked to embroider more handkerchiefs or to teach the sisters how to embroider, she will be charged extra."
"In my opinion, it would be better to take her in as my chambermaid. This way I can save fifteen taels of silver per month and have her make more embroidery and sell it for money to me."
"And we can ask her to teach you, isn't that great? This way, she can look respectable, have people to serve her every day, and never have to show her face in public again."
Ling Qiu's fingers dug into her palms, and she could barely maintain her gentle expression. "I've inquired indirectly, and it seems that Miss Yanran doesn't want to get married."
Zheng Xiu didn't take it seriously and just sneered, "You believe a girl's angry words about Qiao? Give her some more benefits, I don't believe she won't agree."
"How about this? You go tell her that I am willing to take her as my concubine. That way, she will surely be filled with gratitude."
"I'll leave this matter to you. Don't be like those jealous women who pretend to obey but secretly disobey. They promise to do it on the surface, but drive Yanran out of the house behind her back."
Ling Qiu almost broke his nails.
But she could only force a smile, lowering her eyebrows and looking submissive, "Husband, don't worry, I will definitely do this well!"
…
After Su Tan said this, he just quietly observed Yanran's expression.
Yanran's expression was gloomy, her brows were cold, and her eyes were gloomy, "Adulterous! Husband! Adulterous! Woman!"
"A pair of bitches!"
Yanran had a sinister look on her face and almost squeezed out these words from between her teeth.
Seeing that she had come to her senses, Su Tan no longer hid the truth and continued, "I'll just tell you that you were originally an embroiderer, with a monthly salary and respectability. Every time you embroidered something, it was for yourself."
"But later on, you became Zheng Xiu's concubine, and your fifteen taels of silver were gone. You still had to embroider during the day, but it was no longer for yourself, but for the Zheng family. You even had to take off your clothes to serve him at night."
However, Yanran didn't have to go through all of this.
Su Tan looked at Yanran, and seeing the hatred in her eyes becoming more and more obvious, she said, "Do you know that those merchants in the folk, if they hire an embroiderer for their family and are unwilling to pay her monthly salary, will force her to become a concubine."
In this way, the embroiderers' labor can continue to be exploited.
You can also ask the embroiderer to warm your bed.
This has been the case throughout history.
But people always think that this is the case only for a merchant family that is not presentable.
Ordinary people always have beautiful fantasies about the young masters and daughters born into wealthy families.
I always feel that they are tolerant and compassionate.
But they don’t know that human nature is ugly. The higher you go, the bloodier it becomes and the more unbearable it is to look at.
Yanran's eyes were bloodshot, and she gritted her teeth tightly, "I'm going to kill him!"
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