Fu Rongxin got goosebumps all over her body... What did "everyone is here" mean? What on earth was Aunt Su planning to do?
As if she had seen Fu Rongxin's confusion, Su Mian's deep-lined eyebrows held a ferocious smile, but her voice was filled with tenderness: "Everyone thinks my daughter is born lowly and is destined to pave the way for you, the Fu family, but...she is like a pearl and a treasure in my heart. Even all of you can't compare to her!"
Tears streamed down her face. "Today, I will make every one of you in the Fu family pay for my daughter's life! I want all of you who claim to be noble to die because of a lowly person like me and my daughter who you have discarded like a piece of trash!"
"No..." Fu Rongxin felt cold all over and trembled like a sieve: "You can't do it..."
Su Mian just smiled and said, "I had drugged the water in the Fu residence's kitchen a long time ago. An incense stick ago, when the guards were having dinner, they were already unconscious. I guess most of the Fu family members have also passed out."
Fu Rongxin was so frightened that she burst into tears. This time, she truly felt the fear of death approaching, making her feel deeply desperate. She trembled and said, "But...but if you kill us, you will not be able to escape death! What's more, what happened back then was not my decision, and I am innocent! Hand me over to Prince Cheng, and I can give you as much silver as you want! One hundred taels, one thousand taels, ten thousand taels, any amount is fine! Or you can name an amount, and His Highness can guarantee you a life of wealth and glory for the rest of your life!"
But the last bit of smile on Su Mian's face disappeared: "What does money mean? You always think that money can buy people's lives. Your condescending attitude is really disgusting! Now that things have come to this, I have long been prepared to accompany my daughter!"
Fu Rongxin no longer had any hope for Su Mian. She screamed and wanted to escape, but her weak limbs allowed her to crawl on the ground with difficulty.
“Someone…someone come!”
Seeing her struggling to escape, Su Mian did not stop her. She only said faintly, "Listen, they are coming."
Fu Rongxin stopped screaming and only heard faint moans and cries for help outside the house, mixed with the clashing of swords and the sticky sound of blood splattering.
Su Mian opened the door. Fu Rongxin was lying on the ground, feeling the smell of blood. When she looked up, everything in front of her seemed like hell on earth...
She saw that the Fu residence was already a river of blood. Not far away, staring at her was a head with its eyes open... Fu Wei's head still had an expression of fear on it, lying on the ground, staring in her direction.
"ah--!"
Fu Rongxin's screams were so shrill that it seemed to tear her internal organs apart.
Some people were attracted by her screams and came over. They were several masked men, holding bloody knives in their hands, bowing to Su Mian.
"Ten years ago, old Fu Wei, in order to seize the upper hand in the market, raised the price and caused my brother and his family of eighteen to perish along with the cargo ship. I am grateful to this lady for working with me, and only then was this blood feud avenged. Although the lady is a member of the Fu family, we will not be implicated."
After saying that, he looked at Fu Rongxin lying on the ground and said, "As for the rest of the Fu family, I don't intend to let any of them go!"
"No! No..." Fu Rongxin said hurriedly: "I'm not a member of the Fu family! You can't kill me! My husband is His Royal Highness Prince Cheng. Take me to find him. You can give me any amount of money you want! Otherwise, if His Royal Highness investigates, he will not let you go!"
The man stopped what he was doing and asked, "King Cheng?"
"Yes! He is at the post station now!" Fu Rong was afraid that if she spoke too late, the knife would cut her like it cut Fu Wei's neck.
The man's subordinate said, "Boss, Prince Sheng is indeed in Linzhou these days."
He looked suspicious and asked Su Mian, who was silent beside him, "Is what she said true?"
Su Mian just said woodenly: "I don't know her relationship with Prince Cheng, but she is indeed Fu Wei's adopted daughter Fu Rongxin."
"Fu Rongxin?" The man sneered, "Who in Linzhou hasn't heard of Fu Rongxin? She was once the most talented woman in Linzhou, but later committed murder and was sentenced to death. I didn't expect her to still be alive and well here."
Fu Rongxin shook her head anxiously: "No... no..."
"Do you think I'll listen to you and take you to King Cheng?" The man laughed and said, "We're going to wipe out the entire Fu family tonight. Do we really want to leave ourselves a handle? If I kill you, King Cheng won't let me go. If I keep you, will King Cheng spare my life?"
The man looked at Fu Rongxin carefully. Such a look made her shudder, and she could only shrink back in despair.
"A living dead person, with no identity or official status, is extremely easy to deal with."
"What……"
Fu Rongxin didn't understand what they were going to do for a moment. In just a moment, the man knocked her unconscious and had his men tie her up and take her away.
In the Fu residence where blood flowed like a river, Su Mian was the only living person left. Looking at Fu Wei's angry head, she stepped on it and smiled slowly: "Daughter, mother has avenged you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she pulled out the hairpin on her head and stuck it into her neck without hesitation. Blood gushed out, her body went limp, and she fell to the ground. In the cold winter night, she felt as if she was disappearing bit by bit.
She was finally freed.
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A night passed, and Prince Cheng failed to wait for Fu Rongxin to return. However, on the next day, someone in the city found the Fu residence dead silent, accompanied by the smell of blood. After reporting to the authorities, the officials kicked the door, only to find that the entire Fu family had been wiped out overnight. Except for Fu Jiahui who married out and Fu Zixian who was exiled, no one in the family was spared.
King Cheng thought that Fu Rongxin was in great danger, so he sent people to look for her, but there was no trace of her. If Fu Rongxin had not been so frail, he would have suspected that Fu Rongxin had killed the person.
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