Chapter 18 Calculation



After a whole day of music and dancing, the moon was already high in the sky when the party ended. Many people were already drunk and had to stay in the guest house.

Shen Qingqing held the thing in her hand. Today was her last chance. After today, she would be married to a ninth-rank official. She would not have fine clothes and delicious food, and would have to worry about her livelihood every day. She didn't want that!

Today, she must succeed!

"Put it in the sobering soup and bring it to Master Xiao. Tell him that it was given by the Crown Prince's wife."

Everyone in Beijing knew that Xiao Yunyan loved his two sisters, and he would definitely be fooled if Xiao Yunrou was involved. Shen Qingqing kept comforting herself, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the maid sneaking into the front yard with a medicine bag.

Xiao Yunyan also stayed at the Marquis's mansion tonight, but he was not drunk, but was discussing matters with Pei Lingfeng. However, when he walked out of the front hall for entertaining guests, a maid came towards him with a bowl of sobering soup.

"Master, this is the sobering soup that the Crown Prince's wife prepared for you. Please drink it before going to rest."

Xiao Yunyan was somewhat happy to hear this, as his sister still cared about him as always. However, after seeing the maid's face, a faint light flashed in his eyes.

"Are you a servant in the courtyard of the Crown Prince's wife? Why have I never seen you before?"

Xiao Yunyan took the bowl and asked casually. He remembered that the servants around Xiao Yunrou were all servants brought out by the Xiao family. Even if there were a few servants from the marquis's mansion, they could only do some sweeping and cleaning.

Although the maid was anxious that Xiao Yunyan had not yet drunk it, she did not dare to be too presumptuous.

"Yes, I just entered the courtyard of the Crown Prince's wife, so you think I look unfamiliar."

Xiao Yunyan raised his eyebrows, half smiling, and drank the sobering soup under the nervous gaze of the maid. The maid breathed a sigh of relief, took the empty bowl and left quickly, not noticing the water stain on the collar of Xiao Yunyan's outer robe.

Xiao Yunyan originally wanted to ask Chengze to get a set of clothes from the study in the outer courtyard, but after thinking about it, he went back to the guest room. After noticing the figure in the dark outside the room left, he sat down at the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it casually.

"Young Master." Chengze quickly slipped into the house.

"I followed the people over and found that the one who did it was Miss Shen Qingqing from the Marquis's mansion. From what I heard, Miss Shen wanted to make it a done deal with the young master..."

Chengze curled his lips. If anyone dared to plot against his eldest master, he would probably die without knowing how.

"Heh, Shen Qingqing?"

Xiao Yunyan raised his lips to a charming smile that was hard to wipe away, but there was a coldness in his eyes that made Chengze shiver involuntarily.

"I heard that the young master of the Zhong family is also staying at the Marquis' Mansion today?"

As soon as Chengze heard it, he understood what his young master was planning, and since the target was the Zhong family, he worked even harder to bring the person over.

After a moment, Xiao Yunyan curled his lips as he looked at Zhong Hao, who was drunk and unconscious on the bed. While no one was there yet, the master and servant went to the front yard.

In the study, Pei Lingfeng raised his eyebrows at Xiao Yunyan who had just arrived after a long time. Xiao Yunyan did not hide anything and told him everything that had just happened. Pei Lingfeng's face turned gloomy and his forehead was throbbing. He never thought that Shen Qingqing would be so bold as to plot against Xiao Yunyan and trample on the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion.

"I've made a fool of myself in front of my big brother." Pei Lingfeng gritted his teeth after calming down his anger, wishing he could kick Shen Qingqing out right now.

"But this is a good thing. We have never been able to find any evidence against the Zhong family, but now we have a chance."

Although Pei Lingfeng felt that this was not a fair move, Shen Qingqing had fallen into depravity. If this plan succeeded, the Xiao family and the Zhenyuan Marquisate would be a dead end, and his Rou'er would also be alienated from him. In this case, he followed Xiao Yunyan's instructions and made it happen.

"That's what I was thinking. The next thing depends on you." Xiao Yunyan smiled faintly.

Pei Lingfeng nodded, a cold light flashed in his eyes. He called Liufeng in and whispered a few words to him, then retreated as Xiao Yunyan's smile became more and more brilliant.

At this time, Shen Qingqing took advantage of the night to quietly avoid the servants of Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion and slipped into a room. There was no light in the room, and it was filled with a strong fragrance, which was the fingernail-sized aphrodisiac incense that Liufeng put in the incense burner.

Shen Qingqing didn't know that someone had tampered with the house. She took two puffs as soon as she entered. She immediately felt her head getting heavy, but she felt like there was a wild beast roaring in her heart.

Shen Qingqing groped her way to the bed in the dark, and when she reached out her hand, she felt a male body. Thinking of Xiao Yunyan's immortal appearance, her heart couldn't help but beat wildly. She took two deep breaths and called "Mr. Xiao" twice in a low voice. The person on the bed didn't respond at all. Shen Qingqing thought that the drug was too strong, so she gritted her teeth and fumbled to take off the clothes of the person on the bed.

While Zhong Hao was half asleep, he felt as if he was in a sea of ​​fire. He was so hot that he just wanted to vent. Suddenly, a cold little hand touched him, touching his burned skin, bringing a slightly cool feeling that made him sigh unconsciously.

Zhong Hao was not a good citizen. He relied on Concubine Wan in the palace to bully men and women in the capital. Although he was drugged this time, he still felt his body. He suddenly opened his eyes and felt that there was a woman beside him. His body was clamoring to release. He stretched out his hand and pulled Shen Qingqing, who was hesitating beside the bed, onto the bed.

Shen Qingqing gave a short scream, but her clothes turned into rags in an instant. The drug greatly increased Zhong Hao's strength. After he could no longer hear Shen Qingqing's screams, there was only one thought left in his mind, and that was to release the impulse. Nothing could stop him from releasing the impulse.

Shen Qingqing was stunned by Zhong Hao's attitude. She had never thought that Xiao Yunyan was so brave and crazy in bed. Although the pain in her body made her scared and she felt like she was about to die, her obsession with becoming Xiao Yunyan's wife became stronger and stronger. Under the control of the aphrodisiac, she began to sink into this well-planned affair in just a quarter of an hour.

The next day, Xiao Yunrou had just arrived at Zhining Garden to pay her respects and had not even had time to say a few words to Shen when there was a commotion outside.

"Madam, madam, something happened to the young lady." The person who came in to answer was Ying'er, Shen Qingqing's personal maid.

Upon hearing this, Shen asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Ying'er timidly glanced around the room, swallowed her saliva, and then said, "Madam, Madam, our young lady is missing."

When Shen heard this, she almost fainted again. Today was the day Shen Qingqing had agreed to go to the Changning Marquis's residence to propose marriage. How could she get married if this man was missing?

"What do you mean by that? What do you mean by missing? Haven't you been serving her personally? How could your young lady disappear?"

Xiao Yunrou frowned and stared at Ying'er, which made Ying'er's scalp tingle. However, she still said according to what she and Shen Qingqing had agreed on:

"I don't know what happened... Yesterday, the young lady had already gone to bed, so I went to sleep too. When I went to wake her up at the appointed time in the morning, I found that no one was in the room."

Shen was extremely anxious at this moment. Xiao Yunrou looked at Ying'er with sharp eyes. When she could no longer bear it, she stroked her belly and coldly instructed Nanny Su:

"Don't worry, mother. There are still many people in the guest house. Madam Su, take them around to look for him. Don't make any noise."

A mansion like this can't even take good care of a girl. If this gets out, won't they lose face? Xiao Yunrou's eyes turned cold. It would be best if Shen Qingqing didn't do anything weird herself. Otherwise...

"Luyi, go to the front yard and ask the steward to arrange for the guests in the guest house. Make sure this matter doesn't get out."

Xiao Yunrou was still a little worried, so after Nanny Su left, she asked Lvyi to go to the front yard to take care of things.

After more than half an hour, Nanny Su came in with a bad face and reported to Shen and Xiao Yunrou. When the two heard that Shen Qingqing's purse was found at the door of the guest room in the outer courtyard, their faces were very ugly. Shen wanted to go over to see it immediately, and Xiao Yunrou would not miss it.

Nanny Su supported Xiao Yunrou, and when they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Xiao Yunrou's heart was burning with fear when she saw the courtyard. It was she who arranged the courtyard last night, and she remembered clearly that this room was reserved for her eldest brother Xiao Yunyan.

Xiao Yunrou calmed down, took a deep breath, and followed Shen into the room. But just as Shen was about to push the door open, a discordant sound was heard in the room. How could this be? Shen pushed the door open in a rage, and the scene in front of them stunned them all.

Shen widened her eyes and looked at Shen Qingqing, who was lying on a man on the bed, with her shoulders and thighs half naked, and her little face rubbing against his chest with a look of satisfaction. The man was also fully wrapped around her slender waist.

After a moment's silence, Shen rushed forward, pulled Shen Qingqing up, and slapped her hard. The loud slap woke Shen Qingqing up from her drowsiness. She first opened her watery eyes, looked at Madam Wei in front of her dreamily, and called out, "Aunt."

Shen felt the veins on her forehead throbbing. If she were to get out of this matter of being with someone and not coming home all night, the reputation of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion and the Changning Marquis Mansion would be completely lost in the capital. How would she face people in the future?

"Why don't you put on your clothes!" Shen yelled angrily.

Shen Qingqing realized it belatedly. She felt the coldness on her body and screamed loudly. She picked up the torn clothes to cover her body. She looked at Shen with tears in her eyes and a look of panic.

"Aunt, I don't know. I don't know what happened. I was clearly, clearly sleeping in my own room...Aunt, you have to believe me. How could I do such a shameless thing...Someone must want to harm me, it must be...Aunt, you must believe me..."

Shen Qingqing was crying her eyes out, but these people were not blind, and the voices they heard when they came over were not fake, so now they were looking at Shen Qingqing as if she were something dirty.


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