Chapter 321 Lu Jing
The spectacular mutual destruction that Lady Anping had imagined did not happen. The fire fuse on her body did not ignite. Lady Anping was stunned and couldn't believe it. She looked down at the gunpowder on her body and found that the fire fuse had broken at some point and did not ignite.
Su Qingwan said indifferently, "Since I want you to seek your own death, I will definitely send people to watch your every move. I know exactly what you want to do, and of course I won't shoot myself in the foot. If you want to avenge your daughter, and want to use your own life to clean up the mess, you have to ask my consent!"
Lady Anping was shocked. She glanced at the maids beside her and said, "Who betrayed me? You have been my maids for more than ten years. I have treated you well. Why did you betray me?"
The maids lowered their eyes, no one dared to look at her, and no one knew whether it was out of fear or guilt. Lady Anping was furious and suddenly drew her sword and stabbed a maid beside her.
Su Qingwan's sleeve arrow flew out and hit the wrist of Lady Anping. The long sword fell to the ground, and the maid knelt down and kowtowed, "Madam, it's not me. I have never betrayed you!"
The sleeve arrow shot her wrist, she pulled it out angrily, bleeding profusely, she covered the wound and looked around, the maids knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, Su Qingwan, wearing a lake-colored palace dress, was confident and calm, as if nothing she did could diminish her dignity or shake her position.
Even though she was once Xie Zhaolan, married to Lu Feng, and almost died tragically at the hands of her daughter, she has now transformed herself into the Princess of Huainan, the wife of Lu Jing, and the Regent Princess. Her husband is the most powerful man in Dayuan.
She won. It was a terrible situation, but she won against all odds.
"The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If you want to kill me, then kill me. I have nothing to say." Lady Anping admitted it. What if she didn't admit it? She knew she would die. "You have a strong desire for revenge. Killing my daughter is not enough. You have long wanted to kill everyone in our Li family, right?"
"In fact, killing you is useless. It's just a momentary relief." Su Qingwan was in a heavy mood. She would rather let go of her hatred and save her sister's life, but Li Xueying cut off all her retreat. "I thought that if you didn't make it difficult for me, I could forgive you for the merits of Anping Marquis for the country, but Madam didn't do what I wanted and spread rumors about me and Lu Jing. I was born in Huainan, and I know one thing best: if you don't cut the grass at the root, it will grow again in the spring breeze. Once you make an enemy, it will be a grievance that cannot be resolved for a lifetime. Now that I am in power, you have no choice but to lie dormant, but if one day I lose power and Anping Marquis's Mansion gains power, then your butcher knife will definitely kill me and Lu Jing, leaving no grass alive. Since you have seen through it, of course I will eliminate the trouble forever!"
The wife of the Marquis of Anping laughed. Su Qingwan was right. She thought that the emperor would rule the country one day. The Marquis of Anping's Mansion was a royalist party and would always be valued by the emperor and the eldest princess. A new emperor chooses new ministers. As long as the emperor ruled the country and the Marquis of Anping's Mansion gained power, she would definitely avenge Li Xueying. A gentleman's revenge is never too late, even after ten years.
But Su Qingwan forced her into the trap step by step, and she lost.
"I am nearly twenty years older than you, but I am not as cunning and calculating as you. Xie Zhaolan, you win! I am convinced that I died in your hands, but since you are so smart, why did you let Lu Feng play around with you and didn't even know that he had two hearts? If you could control him and he didn't deliberately seduce her, my daughter would not have been so stubborn. We should have kept to ourselves."
"Li Xueying has evil intentions, and you blame me for it. How ridiculous!" Su Qingwan was too lazy to argue with her any more, and said calmly, "I am not a bloodthirsty person. The crime you committed will naturally be punished by law. I am not like you, who can't wait to kill me with your own hands. You should just stay in the prison of the governor of Kyoto."
"What did you say?" Lady Anping was furious and incredulous. "You don't kill me, but I want to go to jail and be humiliated. Xie Zhaolan, forget it!"
The Lady of Anping came here with the intention of dying together with her. Since she couldn't kill Su Qingwan, she was ready to be killed. She was the Lady of Anping and she absolutely could not accept being imprisoned and humiliated.
If she was killed today, others would speak highly of her, saying that she was at least willing to become an enemy of the Regent in order to avenge her daughter. Her death would also reduce her guilt for sending people to kill Su Qingwan.
The dead are greatest!
Her husband and son would also incite relatives to make decisions for her, and her death would be worthwhile.
Tonight she sent someone to kill Su Qingwan. Whether successful or not, she would definitely die. This was a dead end. She knew it from the beginning and was prepared for it.
If she were alive, arrested, and sent to prison, the ladies of the high-ranking clans in the capital would only think that she was stupid, trying to fight a rock with an egg, and was still alive to bring trouble to the family.
The reputation she had built up throughout her life would be destroyed in an instant.
Her husband and sons would also blame her, asking why she caused unrest in the family and caused them to lose their military power just for the sake of revenge. She would also have to face trial by the prefect of Kyoto.
This is something she absolutely cannot accept.
"You killed me, it's not a personal grudge. First you spread rumors about me and Lu Jing, then sent people to kill me. Lu Jing is the regent. If I killed you, it would be a personal grudge. You wish!" Su Qingwan chuckled, "Madam Li, it's too early to reunite with your daughter."
Lady Anping was provoked and picked up the sword on the ground to commit suicide, but was stopped by Li Yue. The prefect of Kyoto also arrived late with his men. After learning what had happened, he arrested Lady Anping.
Lady Anping lost control and yelled, "Xie Zhaolan, you killed me, you killed me!"
She was seeking death. Lady Anping was well aware of the disaster that her survival would bring to the Li family. She would even drag down the entire Li family, and she had planned to pay for it with her own life!
Su Qingwan stood with her hands behind her back, her expression as cold as the spring breeze, "Sir, Madam Li sent someone to kill me tonight and burned down the farm. The evidence is irrefutable. I hope you can take her into custody. She must not die before the formal interrogation!"
The governor of Kyoto nodded repeatedly. He knew the seriousness of the matter. He had known about it from the beginning. The princess had calculated that the wife of the Marquis of Anping was coming to kill her, and their people just had to wait to arrest her. The evidence of the crime... was indeed ironclad.
"Don't worry, Princess. He is in the prison of Kyoto Prefecture. It is not easy to die. I know what to do."
Su Qingwan nodded. The wife of the Marquis of Anping was too noisy and someone knocked her unconscious. The governor of Kyoto took the person away and the matter came to an end. Su Qingwan also breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, there was the sound of galloping horses. Lu Jing rode against the firelight, followed by a dozen Jinyiwei. He was still wearing the regent's uniform.
Lu Jing jumped off his horse and walked over quickly, unable to hide his anxiety. "The farm is on fire. What happened? Are you injured?"
Su Qingwan, who had wanted to resolve everything before he returned to Beijing, fell silent.
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