Chapter 538: The Femme Fatale in the Double Life Story (37)
[Congratulations to the tasker Su Yu, system number 233, this task is a complete success. The points will be settled uniformly after leaving the task world. ]
Su Yu didn't want to hear this reminder at this time.
The system was very happy: [This world is also very simple. ]
Su Yu smiled with a fake smile: [Easy as your mother! ]
The difficult part is yet to come. After dealing with the eldest prince, it is now her turn. Su Yu trembled with fear.
The system is shameless: [I don’t have a mother. If you must say, my mother is the main system. Just think of it as you scolding the main system. ]
Su Yu: [……] It’s another day when I want to defeat the system.
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Xie Qinglan was tall and had long legs. Because of his inexplicable anger, he took big steps. Su Yu was pulled by him and could only stagger behind him.
"Xie Qinglan, slow down..."
Xie Qinglan's face was as cold as ice. He ignored Su Yu, but subconsciously slowed down his pace.
Realizing what he had done, Xie Qinglan's face darkened.
Lan Ying was stunned for a long time before she reacted. She didn't even have time to pack her things and hurriedly followed.
Seeing that team of imperial guards, Lan Ying felt frightened and didn't dare to get close. She followed behind them anxiously.
Outside the Marquis' Mansion, General He was ordered to surround the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion, and not even a mosquito could fly out.
General He was wondering, could it be that the Marquis of Yongchang was also involved in the case of the eldest prince? But wasn't the Marquis of Yongchang the father-in-law of His Highness?
Thinking of this, General He suddenly remembered that Xie Qinglan had been married. Although he married the daughter of a marquis, she was a concubine's daughter. It was okay before, but the prince's background will soon be revealed, and the emperor will never allow a woman of such status to be his principal wife.
Speak of the devil, and he will appear. Seeing a figure from afar, General He went to meet him and said, "Your Highness."
Xie Qinglan tightly grasped Su Yu's wrist and said to General He, "You go back first and report back. I have something else to do. I will personally go over and apologize later."
General He secretly glanced at the woman behind him, and before Xie Qinglan's sharp gaze swept over, he quickly lowered his head and clasped his fists and said, "Yes, I will report the situation to Your Majesty."
Su Yu did not notice General He's address to Xie Qinglan. She had only one thought in her mind: It's over, she is dead.
The cold look that Xie Qinglan inadvertently glanced at her confirmed her idea.
The Zhuangyuan Mansion and the Marquis Mansion were on the same street, not far away. Su Yu was taken back in a daze. When she walked into the gate, she suddenly woke up and stopped.
Xie Qinglan turned around and looked at her.
Su Yu's eyes dodged: "I...I dropped something..."
Xie Qinglan said coldly: "Su Yu, you don't seem to understand your situation yet."
Su Yu was flustered: "I..."
Xie Qinglan tightened his grip, causing Su Yu's arm to ache. He couldn't help but frown and said coldly, "I don't have time to listen to your lies, and don't play any tricks. Be good and I might be able to spare your life."
When Su Yu heard this, she didn't dare to struggle anymore.
Her voice trembled: "Will you kill me?"
Xie Qinglan glanced at her solemnly, did not answer, turned around and continued walking forward.
The servants in the mansion didn't know what was going on, but seeing the unusual atmosphere between the two men and the two guards in armor and holding spears following behind them, they were frightened and retreated to the side in silence.
Lan Ying followed behind and watched Su Yu being brought into the house and the door closed. Xie Qinglan's face was terribly cold, as if he was going to hit someone. Lan Ying was so scared that she followed immediately.
"Miss! Uncle!"
Two guards were standing at the door. When they saw Lan Ying rushing in, they crossed their spears to block her: "Your Highness has ordered that no one is allowed to enter."
Lan Ying was confused: "Your Highness?"
The two guards said nothing, but just diligently stopped the people who were trying to break in.
Inside the house, Xie Qinglan let go of Su Yu's hand as soon as he entered. Su Yu ran away quickly and stood as far away from him as possible, looking at him fearfully.
Except for the wine and food that had been cleared away from the table, the furnishings in the room were no different from when Xie Qinglan left.
Xie Qinglan glanced around calmly, and his eyes fell on Su Yu: "Come here."
Su Yu didn't dare to go over, her lips turned white from biting them.
Xie Qinglan looked at her solemnly: "Now you know you are afraid, what did you do in the beginning?"
Su Yu's face lost color: "I'm sorry..."
Xie Qinglan pulled out a stool and sat down, looking at Su Yu sarcastically. He was not worthy of such an apology. He asked, "Where is the remaining poison?"
Su Yu said in a trembling voice: "Burn, burn."
Su Yu was very good at destroying corpses and covering up traces, so it was impossible for her to keep the poison with her.
Xie Qinglan laughed sarcastically, his voice icy: "Su Yu, you are really smart."
Su Yu felt that this sentence did not sound like a compliment to her.
The handkerchief in her hand was clenched tightly and crumpled. Su Yu lowered her head and saw that Xie Qinglan had no intention of killing her immediately. She gradually regained her senses and after the panic, she began to think of a solution.
"Xie Qinglan, you can't kill me." Su Yu forced herself to stay calm.
Xie Qinglan raised his eyebrows with a cold expression: "Why?"
Xie Qinglan wanted to know what tricks she could come up with.
Su Yu swallowed her saliva. She didn't know why, but Xie Qinglan looked particularly imposing today. He didn't have any of his usual handsome and elegant demeanor. He had a cold face, slightly frowned brows, and wore a dark brocade robe, which made people feel frightened.
She seemed to have never seen Xie Qinglan wearing this outfit before.
A faint smell of blood wafted from him. Su Yu's face turned pale, her throat tightened, and she said, "You have no evidence."
Xie Qinglan stared at her coldly, then suddenly laughed, but the words he said made people feel cold in their hearts: "I want to kill you, and I don't need evidence."
The emperor is feeling guilty about him now, and killing someone is no different from killing a chicken in the eyes of the royal family. For an insignificant person like Su Yu, no one would care whether he has evidence in his hands.
A chill rose from the soles of her feet. Su Yu couldn't help but take a step back, her voice trembling: "Father will not let you go."
"Heh." Xie Qinglan chuckled and said nothing, but the expression on his face clearly told Su Yu——
He doesn't care, and he doesn't need to care.
Su Yu had killed many people directly or indirectly, including the maid who treated her harshly after her aunt's death, the servant who gossiped about her behind her back, the servant who tried to take advantage of her because she was not favored, Madam Tong who was by her mistress' side, and the servant who was beaten to death by her mistress for helping her...
Su Yu couldn’t count them all. At first, she would have nightmares at night, but later on, she felt nothing at all.
Because she knew that if she was not ruthless, she would be the only one who would get hurt in the end.
But when it was her turn, Su Yu realized how terrible the feeling of waiting to die was.
"It was the eldest prince who did it!" The only solution Su Yu could think of now was to push all the faults onto others, as if grasping at the last straw. "Don't you want to know who made me do this? It was the eldest prince. He sent the eldest prince's wife to approach me and forced me to do this."
"I don't want to do this either, but I have no choice. Xie Qinglan, please forgive me for the fact that I have done my best to manage your backyard for the past two years." Su Yu begged.
Xie Qinglan didn't look surprised that it was the eldest prince who did it.
"How did he force you?"
Su Yu didn't care about anything else at this time. She said whatever she thought, whether true or false: "He said that the emperor is dying soon, and he is the eldest son, so he will definitely ascend the throne. You are not on good terms with him. When he ascends the throne, the first thing he will do is to confiscate your property and execute you. I... I just don't want to die..."
The more Xie Qinglan listened, the colder his expression became: "Why didn't you tell me?"
Su Yu was speechless and subconsciously lowered her eyes to avoid his gaze: "I..."
Of course, in addition to coercion, there is also inducement. One hundred thousand taels of silver are still in her dressing box.
"Because of this?"
Xie Qinglan took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve, raised it slightly, and then loosened his hand, and the banknotes fluttered to the ground, as if mocking Su Yu.
Su Yu's breathing stagnated, and she looked up at him in disbelief: "Why is he here..."
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