Chapter 313 Dead End
Zhou Qingdai was completely unable to think. What did Gu Ruanci mean just now?
She has deployments in the city, and today she came out to create an alibi. In fact, she wants to kill her mother?
"what are you up to?"
Her tone was much more genuine than the hypocritical one just now.
"Why, your mother could send someone to kill my mother, so why can't I avenge her? I'm being lenient with you, which is already the most righteous thing I can do."
Gu Ruanci's words made Zhou Qingdai lose her mind more and more.
"You can't, you can't do this... Your mother has harmed both us, mother and daughter. She shouldn't have married into the Zhou family and given birth to so many sons. If it weren't for her, our first wife wouldn't have been replaced by the second wife, and I wouldn't have hated myself for not being a man and unable to help mother take everything back. It's all your mother's fault!"
She became increasingly frantic, insisting that she was not wrong.
Gu Ruanci only used one sentence to drive her crazy.
"You can keep deceiving yourself. Your mother is going to die anyway. She should have thought about this day when she mobilized the secret royal army in your aunt's hands."
Zhou Qingdai was completely stunned. She didn't expect that Gu Ruanci really knew everything.
She widened her eyes and stared at Gu Ruanci, as if she wanted to see through her.
"How...how did you know?"
Gu Ruanci chuckled, and there was a hint of sarcasm and indifference in her smile.
"Do you think you and your mother are doing everything perfectly? Don't forget, I'm helping Lu Enyan treat his illness now. He's the prince of the royal palace, so he must be able to find out something that I can't."
Zhou Qingdai's face turned pale in an instant. She finally understood why Gu Ruanci was so confident.
It turned out that she had already obtained all the evidence and was just waiting for today to avenge Ye Hesheng.
"You...you will die a horrible death!"
Zhou Qingdai cursed with gritted teeth, but her voice was trembling.
"Let's see who will die a miserable death first. The city should be preparing to take action now. I will keep you alive and let you see your mother's head placed before your eyes. Then you will go crazy and watch your once glorious life become completely infested with lice. I will make your life a living hell!"
After Gu Ruanci finished speaking, he left.
Zhou Qingdai took a long time to recover. When the maid rushed in, she called her in panic.
She finally reacted and said hurriedly, "Quick, go back to the city, let's go back to the city..."
After saying that, she rushed directly with her maid to the outside of the Five Dragon Palace, in the direction where their carriage was parked.
The mother-in-law who had been waiting outside saw her running forward frantically and thought something big had happened, so she hurried to chase after her.
"Qingdai, what's wrong? Go slower, you're not well yet!"
Zhou Qingdai had no way to explain, she only knew that time was precious.
The mother-in-law was a little angry and scolded directly: "Zhou Qingdai, what are you going to do?"
"Mother-in-law, someone is trying to harm my mother. I must rush back and deliver a letter to her immediately, otherwise it will be too late."
This statement frightened the mother-in-law for a moment, but she soon came to her senses and asked, "How did you know?"
Zhou Qingdai had no way to explain that the person was Gu Ruanci. That would expose what happened that year and would also implicate Concubine Wen.
She had no choice but to say, "I just received a letter via carrier pigeon saying something happened in the city. Mother-in-law, I beg you, please let me go back."
Although her mother-in-law was skeptical this time, she had to nod when she saw her anxious face.
"Okay, I'll go with you. I'll go pack my things."
Zhou Qingdai was very anxious and wanted to leave her here.
Her mother-in-law saw her expression and asked directly, "Are you going to leave me here and go back by yourself? That's your mother, so I'm not your mother-in-law?"
Zhou Qingdai suppressed her anger and anxiety and could only agree.
Princess Duan and Zhuang Hefeng didn't pay attention to their actions. Lu Enyan knew that Gu Ruanci must have said something.
Zhou Qingdai and her mother-in-law hurried down the mountain. Her mother-in-law originally wanted to come over and say hello, but she gave up in the end because Zhou Qingdai was about to cry.
Watching them leave, Wu Yixuan walked to Gu Ruanci.
"They are in such a hurry, but something happened in the city?"
Gu Ruanci's eyes were still following Zhou Qingdai and their carriage, and she said, "If something happens to them, then something will happen to the city."
After saying that, she turned her head and looked at Wu Yixuan.
"Sister-in-law, it's windy here, let's go back to the room."
"Okay."
Wu Yixuan had roughly guessed what Gu Ruanci meant, but he was a little shocked.
Unexpectedly, Gu Ruanci not only did not have a sympathetic heart, but also calmly dealt with the people she wanted to deal with.
Zhuang Hefeng's previous worries were unnecessary.
When Taoist Master Zixu knew that Zhou Qingdai and her family had left, he didn't say anything. He just asked someone to tidy up the room they had used.
The rest of the matter has nothing to do with them anymore.
"I didn't expect soft words to be so decisive and murderous..."
In another room, Princess Duan sighed after hearing the news outside.
Zhuang Hefeng on the opposite side said, "This is the true way of being straightforward. I don't believe that any of those people in the Zhou family are innocent..."
Princess Duan nodded: "If I had her courage to make an exception back then, not to mention Concubine Wen, even Lu Qianzhong would have died many times..."
Zhuang Hefeng was not surprised to hear her calling Prince Duan by his name.
"You haven't been yourself these past few years, but with the prince in such a bad state, no mother could remain sane. Fortunately, now the hardship has finally paid off and things are looking bright."
They drank tea and started talking about other topics.
Some things just need to be understood tacitly.
As for what means Gu Ruanci would use to deal with Wen Zimei, they didn't care and only supported him blindly.
"Qingdai and the others went up the mountain today... I hope this child won't be so coerced by her mother-in-law that she ends up asking for help from Gu Ruanci. Gu Ruanci shows no mercy to anyone in the Zhou family. She bullied Gu Ruanci when she was a child. If she tries to get close to her, she'll only be humiliated."
In the Zhou family's side courtyard, Wen Zimei was still sighing.
The nanny said, "Don't worry, Madam. The young lady is very capable and will definitely have her own plans for dealing with these matters."
Wen Zimei suddenly felt a palpitation, and it was so strong that she had to press it with her hands to relieve it.
"Madam, what's going on?"
Wen Zimei took a long time to recover and said, "I suddenly felt a panic, and it was extremely panic. I'm afraid it's because I have been too mentally exhausted during this period. After all, I'm getting older..."
The nanny quickly said, "That's not right, Madam. The future children born by the young lady will still depend on you for her help in raising them. Now that Young Master Jizhi has arrived, it's perfect timing. The teachers at the academy are all praising him. Madam, there are still more blessings to come."
As soon as they finished speaking, a servant rushed in, without even having time to greet them, and shouted, "Madam, something bad has happened to the girl!"
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