Chapter 307 A Wolf's Den, A Tiger's Butt
The silver hairpin fell onto the white jade brick on the ground with a clang.
Blood splattered all around, like plum blossoms that hadn't yet bloomed.
Then, Su Daiyue seemed to have lost all her strength and collapsed onto the couch, panting.
Ji Qingwu sighed softly, stepped forward to examine Ma Pozi's body, checked her breathing, and said, "She's dead."
A tear slowly rolled down Su Daiyue's cheek: "Do you think I'm heartless?"
Ji Qingwu declined to comment on the dispute between them.
Su Daiyue said to herself, "I am not the legitimate daughter. My birth mother was a concubine. In the Su family, that den of cannibals, if I wanted to survive until now, of course I had to be ruthless."
The Su family...a den of wolves...
Ji Qingwu frowned, but still didn't say anything.
Her silence provided an outlet for Su Daiyue to vent her emotions.
Outsiders all say that I am Su Xiang’s most beloved youngest daughter.
Su Daiyue chuckled: "Tenderness?"
Just as she was about to reveal the secrets of the Su family.
When the door was pushed open, Su Fengyue and Song Wei were both stunned when they saw Ma Pozi lying in a pool of blood on the ground.
Song Wei felt a mixture of shock and elation; this was truly a case of the dead having no way to prove anything.
He strode forward, shaking the old woman's body: "Granny, what's wrong? What happened...?"
Su Fengyue's gaze fell on the silver hairpin. It was an old item, and he knew whose it was.
He calmly said, "Take the body downstairs first."
Song Wei immediately summoned a servant to carry the body away.
The maid at the door carried a bucket and a rag to clean up the bloodstains on the ground. She looked trembling and didn't dare to look up at Su Fengyue.
For a moment, the only sounds in the room were the servants cleaning and tidying up.
The white jade floor was quickly restored to its clean state, and even the bloodstains in the cracks between the bricks were washed away by the water.
After Su Fengyue sat down, his eyes sharpened, and he asked, "Xiaoyue, what's going on?"
At this moment, Su Daiyue had already sat up, her body half-supported by the pillow.
Under Su Fengyue's interrogative gaze, she stammered, "Father, it was this ungrateful shrew who tried to harm me. She's the one who caused my miscarriage."
Before Su Daiyue could explain why Ma Pozi had harmed her...
Song Wei immediately spoke up, saying, "Father-in-law, I just told you that Doctor Huang must have someone behind him, otherwise he wouldn't dare to harm Madam."
"It's just a pity that yesterday, while I was investigating, Doctor Huang committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
After Ji Qingwu sat down at the round table, she didn't move an inch. Her breathing slowed down. Was Huang Zhitang of Qingchuntang already dead?
Just a few days ago, he held up Lexi's medical book and confronted her passionately.
Ji Qingwu pursed her lips and shook her head slightly.
"I never imagined that the one who committed such a heinous act was actually the wet nurse by Madam's side!" Song Wei said with great distress. "Madam is indeed discerning and saw through Mama's malice."
Hearing this blatant lying, Su Daiyue immediately closed her eyes and turned her head away.
Seeing her disgusted expression, Song Wei's eyes showed even more affection.
“Xiaoyue and her child were harmed by villains. Although it is difficult to guard against thieves within the family, I am also to blame. It is normal for Xiaoyue to harbor hatred towards me.”
Song Wei said to Su Fengyue, "It was all my oversight. Please deal with it, Father-in-law."
Su Fengyue remained calm, his face grim, clearly dissatisfied with Song Wei's statement.
He asked, "Xiaoyue, have you suffered any injustices in the Song family? Tell me, and I will seek justice for you."
Upon hearing Su Fengyue's words, Song Wei broke out in a cold sweat and lowered his posture even further.
“Madam, it’s all my fault. I can’t live without you. What will I do if you leave me and go back to the Su family? Please forgive my unintentional mistake.”
He pronounced several words with great emphasis, as if to show his eagerness and sincerity.
Ji Qingwu, who was standing to the side, frowned as he listened.
When men act deeply in love, they can even fool themselves.
If she hadn't known the inside story, she would have really thought Song Wei was a loving husband.
Having served as an official for many years, Su Fengyue naturally wouldn't listen to just one person's opinion, so he asked, "Xiaoyue, have you been wronged?"
Su Daiyue lowered her eyes and said, "No, Song Lang... is very good to me, this is not his fault."
Su Fengyue's gaze swept over the two of them for a long while before he said, "Xiaoyue, even if you get married, you will always have a place in your father's heart. When your father named you, he hoped that you could be as pure and flawless as the moon."
His words conveyed a fatherly affection, but Su Daiyue's throat tightened.
She covered her mouth, arched her back slightly, and endured the intense discomfort.
She said slowly, "Father, I'm fine. Thank you for your concern."
Ji Qingwu carefully observed Su Daiyue's reaction; this was... a post-traumatic stress response.
Su Fengyue withdrew his gaze from his now thin and emaciated daughter and placed it on the woman with slightly furrowed brows and a face like a plump pink peach.
"Madam Wei, I hope I didn't frighten you just now."
Ji Qingwu was still watching the drama unfold between the three of them when she was suddenly called out. She wasn't quite used to being called "Madam Wei" yet.
Seeing Su Fengyue looking at her kindly, Song Wei stared at her thoughtfully.
Ji Qingwu said crisply, "I was startled."
"so--"
She stood up and said, "Please, gentlemen, apologize for the previous slander and defamation against me and the clinic."
*
The area outside Zhaoyang Palace was still surrounded like an iron barrel, so much so that not even a mosquito could fly in.
Inside the hall, the sky outside was obscured, and the warm lights made it as bright as day.
Emperor Wusu held the secret report sent by his secret guard Sihai in his long fingers, while rubbing his temples with his other hand.
Li Yuzong was well-trained. As soon as he saw Emperor Wusu pinching his brow, he knew that the reason for his expression was because of Ji Qingwu.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry."
Zhao Mingyan stated, "She was taken to the Song family."
Chief Steward Li thoughtfully replied, "Lord Duan has already sent his men to report that Lord Lu is on his way to the Song family."
Zhao Mingyan put the secret report in his hand into a hidden compartment and put it away.
He raised an eyebrow and asked, "What was Lu Juan doing there?"
The emperor was not informed of this matter beforehand, and he only found out about it recently.
Li Yuzong observed Emperor Wusu's expression and noticed that he seemed rather unhappy.
He tentatively said, "His Majesty is currently unable to show his face, and this matter concerns Prime Minister Su's daughter. Miss Ji might suffer a loss, so it would be good for Lord Lu to go and help her."
Lu Juan's identity is indeed the most suitable.
First, he and Su Fengyue were both in the Secretariat, so they could be on equal footing. Second, he was Ji Qingwu's brother-in-law.
He used to be a great figure, suitable for any situation.
Zhao Mingyan said coldly, "Who gave him permission to act on his own?"
Li Yuzong secretly glanced at the Emperor.
Did we accidentally slap a tiger's butt?
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