Chapter 644 Gaining Trust
Su Qingqing stared at Jiang Fenghua, the dagger in her hand pressed against Jiang's neck. "You better not lie to me, or I'll make you wish you were dead."
Su Qingqing thought that Su Tingwan had disappeared with the prince of the Hu tribe. At that time, the Hu king had even asked the Su family for her because of this, but she had really disappeared into thin air. Perhaps Wanwan and the prince were still alive.
Jiang Fenghua shrank back in fear. "I swear, if I dare to tell even half a lie, may I be struck by lightning. I am really not Empress Jiang. If I had known that being Empress was so dangerous, I would never have agreed to it."
Su Qingqing led Zhao Jin to the other side, saying, "Wanwan might still be alive. I must save her."
Zhao Jin then asked, "Miss Wan has been missing for so long, is she really still alive? If she is, where is she?"
“Jiang Fenghua must know that finding Jiang Fenghua will definitely lead to finding Wanwan,” Su Qingqing said.
Zhao Jin said, "But we've already been exposed."
“We still have helpers, I can find people to help us.” Su Qingqing thought of the royal family member who sent her out of the city. Xie Shang had genuinely liked Wanwan back then. If it weren’t for Jiang Fenghua’s interference, Wanwan would already be Xie Shang’s empress.
Zhao Jin thought of another person, "Madam, do you still remember Qin Yunyan? She is also in Shengjing now. That day, I originally wanted to take her to meet with Madam, but she escaped. When she saw that Madam was defeated, she wanted to sever ties with us. If I see her again, I will definitely kill her with my own hands."
Su Qingqing felt furious just thinking about Qin Yunyan. She had originally planned to use Qin Yunyan's beauty to win people over, but she never expected that Qin Yunyan would run away.
The two were discussing something else when Jiang Fenghua looked in their direction.
Regarding Su Tingwan, Granny Wang told her that Su Tingwan had disappeared from the palace, and no one knew her whereabouts since. However, Xie Shang never mentioned Su Tingwan's name because Su Tingwan was indeed a woman Xie Shang had loved. She asked Lianye and Hongxiu, and from them, she learned that Su Tingwan was actually dead, but she died outside the palace. Inside the palace, Su Tingwan's disappearance remained a mystery.
At this moment, Su Qingqing walked up to Jiang Fenghua and asked, "Do you want to go home?"
Jiang Fenghua nodded heavily. "After entering the palace, I offended both the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. I want to go home. I miss my grandmother and my brother. Can you really let me go home? You are all good people, aren't you? I didn't know Empress Jiang was so wicked. I don't want to pretend to be her and act as her shield anymore." She said she still had helpers. Who else was helping Su Qingqing?
Su Qingqing sneered, "Do us a favor, and I'll let you go home."
"What kind of help?" Jiang Fenghua asked again, "I wouldn't dare to help you assassinate the emperor. Don't be fooled by his high-profile welcome of me into the palace to become his empress. He said he was doing it on purpose for the world to see. He also said that the Great Zhou Kingdom cannot be without Empress Jiang. I don't know what he means. If he doesn't have Empress Jiang, he can marry another empress. Anyway, so many people want to marry the emperor."
Su Qingqing stared intently at Jiang Fenghua's face. She looked exactly like Jiang Fenghua, but their temperaments were completely different. She said, "Jiang Fenghua is truly an utterly wicked person. We were also harmed by her. I heard that she is a reincarnation of a fox demon. She is a fox demon who harms the people. You know that she has harmed so many concubines."
Jiang Fenghua nodded. "I know."
“You look so much like her, you could totally replace her as the real empress and make the emperor truly fall in love with you. Actually, none of the Jiang family members are good people. Eliminating the Jiang family would remove Jiang Fenghua’s power.” Su Qingqing wanted her to lure out the Jiang family members because the Jiang clan was too cautious and impossible to kill. This only showed how powerful Jiang Fenghua was, protecting the Jiang family so well.
"Would he like me? I'm not the real Empress Jiang. I just want to go home to see my grandmother. I don't want to go to the palace. These past few days, I've been targeted everywhere. They call me vicious. Why should I bear the infamy for Empress Jiang? I don't want to." She maintained an aloof and indifferent attitude, seemingly uninterested in power or profit.
"Untie the ropes binding my hands! They're hurting my wrists so much!"
Zhao Jin glanced at Su Qingqing, who nodded, indicating that she should be untied. Anyway, there were their people all around, so she couldn't escape.
Zhao Jin untied Jiang Fenghua, who stood up from the ground and stretched her limbs. "Thank you, that feels much better. I don't blame you, after all, you kidnapped me without knowing I wasn't the real Empress Jiang!"
“Miss Ah Xian, you can consider my suggestion just now.” Su Qingqing continued to persuade her, “Jiang Fenghua is really bad, just think of it as eliminating evil and promoting good.”
"What will happen if I don't agree?"
Zhao Jin drew his sword and pointed it at her, saying, "Those who have no value should not be left alive."
Jiang Fenghua trembled at the sight of the sword. "I...I didn't say anything!" She instinctively hid behind Su Qingqing, looking timid and frightened. If she dared to make a move, Su Qingqing would be her hostage, but she wouldn't do that now.
"Aunt Zhao, put down your sword." Su Qingqing's voice softened when she saw how timid and frightened she looked. "Miss A-Xian, please don't mind. We've been terribly harmed by the Jiang family. We have no power or influence and can't fight them, so we wanted to ask Miss A-Xian for help."
“I understand Madam’s feelings. Your whole family was killed by Empress Jiang. If it were me, I would also seek revenge. I also want to help Madam, but I don’t know how! I can’t find out where they’ve hidden your niece. The Emperor won’t tell me.” I just don’t know who Su Qingqing’s backers are.
Su Qingqing was also in a dilemma. There must be people looking for them everywhere. Killing a fake Jiang Fenghua would be pointless.
"Where did they hide Wanwan? If she wasn't killed by her, she might be locked up. I wonder how Jiang Fenghua tortured her. My poor Wanwan." Su Qingqing pretended to cry.
Jiang Fenghua suggested, "Madam, you can take me as a hostage and make them hand over your niece. I think Jiang Jinyan will definitely agree, because he asked me to lie to Jiang's parents that I am their daughter."
“Since you’re not really Jiang Fenghua, you’re not that important to them,” she said.
"Why don't you let me go back to the palace? I can go and find out about her for you."
Su Qingqing shook her head, "He's not in the palace. My daughter has already inquired about him." Their people have also searched, but they haven't found him.
"Madam has a daughter! Where is she?"
Su Qingqing said, "She was the Ninth Princess, my daughter with the late Emperor. It's just a pity that she was also driven to her death by Jiang Fenghua."
"Ah! She even harmed the princess!" Jiang Fenghua blurted out, "Empress Jiang is truly wicked!"
Su Qingqing sneered, "Isn't that right? She's a poisonous woman, a vixen, a fox spirit."
Jiang Fenghua was so shocked that her mouth dropped open, and an embarrassed smile appeared on her lips. "The Empress Dowager also cursed her like that. You all hate her. They treat me like Empress Jiang and want to bully me. I'm not afraid of them. Anyway, I have the Emperor backing me up."
Su Qingqing thought of that fool Cheng Langjin again, and her heart ached more and more. Cheng Langjin was still her enemy. She couldn't let her flaunt her power as Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager was now enjoying endless wealth and glory. Back then, she had always been her defeated opponent.
Seeing that her face had turned pale with anger, Jiang Fenghua sighed inwardly. Emperor Huijing's harem was plagued by troublemakers like Su Qingqing and Cheng Langjin, Emperor Shengzu's harem was plagued by troublemakers like the Empress Dowager and Qin Yinshuang, whom she mentioned, and now Xie Shang's harem was plagued by troublemakers like Jiang Fenghua and Su Tingwan. It seems that the harems of emperors throughout history have always been filled with bloodshed and turmoil!
Fortunately, Jiang Fenghua was very capable in the past and defeated them all.
Lin Feng and Ao Xue must have caught up. This place looks like a cave. Could it be that Su Qingqing has been hiding in this cave all along? No wonder they couldn't find her.
Since it's hard to find, it means this place is very hidden.
Jiang Fenghua didn't know where she was. Now that she had fooled them, she couldn't act rashly.
Fortunately, she and Xie Shang had imagined all sorts of situations she might encounter, but unexpectedly, she actually encountered the worst one.
She discreetly surveyed her surroundings; there were even provisions hidden inside, confirming it was indeed their hideout.
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