Chapter 318: Already had an affair? Pierced through in broad daylight!

On a carriage whose only remaining part was a single bottom plank, a naked man and woman were engaged in shameless, self-forgetting intercourse.

The carriage planks swayed back and forth.

Creak, groan.

The people on the plank emitted broken moans and low, passionate growls.

They were completely unaware that it was broad daylight, under the gaze of many eyes.

The two had long since utterly lost themselves, drunk and lost in the moment…

All around, there were successive gasps of sucked-in breath.

The crowd that had not yet fully dispersed was drawn back by this lewd public spectacle, unwilling to leave even a step.

When Qu Dao Yuan, who had brought people to kill, saw this scene, his steps froze; instantly it felt as if a massive stone weighing a thousand jin were tied to him, rendering him unable to lift his foot or move forward.

His eyes were like seeing a ghost, bloodshot, pupils constricted as he stared in shock and horror at the scene before him.

His mouth slightly open, he panted heavily; the sword in his hand felt both heavy and light.

Disbelief, furious shock, humiliation and indignation!

In an instant, a thousand kinds of vexed feelings surged up his chest.

A fishy-sweet taste rose in his throat, yet he could only force it down by sheer will.

Behind him came a rustling, as someone began to exclaim in surprise.

Among the populace came various exclamations of astonishment—

"Heavens! Isn't that the Fourth Son of the Qu family?"

"It's true! I recognize him! I studied with him at the same academy—he is Qu Dao Xun, the Fourth Son of the Qu family!"

"Really the Fourth Young Master of the Qu family? But, but I also recognize that lady—she is clearly the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qu family!"

"What? Isn't that Lord Qu's wife?"

"Good heavens, Lord Qu… then aren't they uncle-in-law and sister-in-law?"

"Truly shameless and base! How could they possibly do such a thing? Look, look—they're still so engrossed, forgetting themselves, while all of us are watching… they're still there… I really can't bear to watch!"

"Pah! The younger brother-in-law and sister-in-law committing adultery—why don't they just die?"

"The Qu family actually has such things?"

"Yes, who would have thought the Qu family, which looks splendid on the surface, is actually so sordid and filthy inside. The eldest daughter-in-law has climbed into the younger brother's bed—Lord Qu's reputation is utterly ruined!"

"Not only Lord Qu, I think the whole Qu family has lost all face…"

"Good heavens, how licentious is the Qu family's household conduct? They've even brought it onto a carriage—tsk tsk tsk..."

"What's the big deal? Just now we saw Lord Qu's grandmother and mother naked in the prison, heh… just because of his personal grudge, do you really think we're his family's servants? And you still want us to keep working for him, killing people—on what authority?"

"Exactly, how can someone who cannot manage his own household possibly judge cases and conduct affairs?"

"I quit!"

"Following such a master, what's the point of giving my life?"

"I'm not doing it either—"

The constables behind them threw down their swords and knives one after another.

The crowd also began pointing and gossiping, everyone chattering.

The Qu family's scandal spread like a flood swiftly into the streets and alleys of Jinling City; today's affair likely cannot be covered up or stopped.

Li Qingluo, standing on high ground, watched the scene and slowly curled her lips.

She had plotted this day for a very long time.

Since her grandmother was poisoned and barely escaped death, returning from the gates of hell, she had already sworn in her heart to never let the Qu family off.

Just Qu Dao Xun's little incident at the ruined temple—what does it amount to?

It was merely a minor annoyance.

Even the death of the You clan was wholly deserved.

The Qu family should be torn apart, and also taste the flavor of being schemed against by others!

All the Qu family's ugliness and viciousness ought to be exposed in broad daylight, so that the entirety of Jinling City and all the people of DaLiang can see just how sordid and malign they are!

Li Qingluo knew she herself could no longer be considered a good person.

Her heart is ruthless, her methods vicious.

But what of it?

Even if people point at her nose and curse her, the things she does she never regrets.

She can expose the ugliest, most vicious side of her own parents and even her elder brother Li Kechuan; how could she be courteous toward the Qu family?

In this second life, she only wants to live as she pleases, following her own nature.

She cares only about, cares only for her own people.

She only protects, never abandoning those who are loyal to her.

And those who seek to put her to death, who wish to harm the lives of those she cares about—in this life she will not let a single one of them go.

If there is karmic retribution, let it fall upon the next life!

She looked satisfied at the scene before her, feeling immensely gratified inside.

At this moment, the future head of the Qu family, the current eldest legitimate son and grand master, gazed at the unceasing licentious scene ahead, hearing the mockery, laughter, and ridicule around him, his vision swimming.

His head buzzed.

"Stop, stop…… stop!"

Yet the image on the carriage floor continued without pause.

The wife who once coquettishly writhed in his embrace now lay beneath his own younger brother, writhing in pleasure, her eyes seductive, her cheeks flushed.

From her mouth came repeated moans calling: "My lover…… Fourth Brother, my lover——"

Qu Dao Yuan felt as if his whole body had been struck by lightning!

He was completely dumbstruck, and finally couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

She knew who that was.

She knew that was Si Lang!!

Anyone could see that the two of them, so utterly oblivious, remained unable to sober up and drunkenly indulged in their affair under the public eye—they must have been given a love potion.

But she could still shout out Si Lang's name……

So it turns out they had been having an affair all along?

Qu Dao Yuan had no idea that his rear courtyard had already caught fire.

And all of this begins with his younger brother Qu Dao Xun being defiled by Li Kechuan, Wu Da, and that gang of beggars in the ruined temple, after which he was carried home covered in wounds…

Speaking of Qu Dao Xun, after experiencing that chaotic, filthy defilement in the ruined temple, upon being retrieved by the Qu family he repeatedly wished to die.

Each time he was rescued and brought back, he would fly into a helpless rage, howling and weeping bitterly.

He regretted it deeply; he should not have gone to that ruined temple, nor should he have coveted Luo'er's beauty.

And his eyes began to uncontrollably linger on men.

Upon discovering this, his mother was so frightened she lost three-tenths of her soul on the spot.

"Xun'er, Xun'er, please don't scare Mother——"

After learning of this, He Shi, in order to give Qu Dao Xun a strong dose of medicine to immediately turn him around, bought two prostitutes from the brothel and brought them home.

Previously, Qu Dao Xun's room was clean and empty, with no one around, all because their mother wanted to raise a pure son.

Now, in order to steer Qu Dao Xun back onto the proper path, she continually stuffed those singing swallows—those prostitutes—into his room all day.

But what the Qu family didn't know was that Qu Dao Xun looked down on those prostitutes, and also had no interest in the concubine shoved into his room.

Yet, by a strange twist of fate, he ended up having an affair with his elder sister-in-law.

But how could it be a mere twist of fate?

Li Qingluo merely had De Shu find a way to use money to buy an inconspicuous little maid in Qu Dao Xun's courtyard.

Originally, she only wanted that maid to lure some handsome young servants into Qu Dao Xun's room.

Since he had already tasted that flavor and knew its goodness, how could he easily forget it?

She intentionally wanted to completely ruin Qu Dao Xun.

To ruin a family, you must start with the men.

Who would have known that, in the tussle between the handsome servant and the concubine, Qu Dao Xun panicked and fled in disgrace.

But he had already drunk the warm affection wine.

He fled to his elder brother's courtyard and collided full-on with his elder sister-in-law, who was holding a water-filled pottery jar.

Qu Dao Xun's clothes were soaked through.

His elder sister-in-law saw things she shouldn't have seen.

She should have fled in panic, but instead, by some strange impulse, she let Qu Dao Xun rest in the courtyard……

The elder sister-in-law's cheeks flushed crimson, her chest pounding.

No one in the world knows that she has been lonely for far too long.

Her husband, Qu Dao Yuan, is busy all day with Ministry of Justice affairs, often away from home for days at a time, and goes ten days or half a month without setting foot in her room, being extremely cold toward marital relations.

While this elder sister-in-law appears virtuous and dignified on the surface, inside she is utterly lonely, having been driven to the brink of withering by the Qu family's extremely repressive lifestyle.

So, when a ripple arose, she found herself unable to control herself and ended up doing this improper act.

The elder sister-in-law sent someone to fetch clothes from Qu Dao Xun's place.

Qu Dao Xun, in a sorry state, also knew to avoid suspicion and hid in the woodshed.

The elder sister-in-law said she was worried he'd be embarrassed, sent the servants away, and personally brought him clean clothes.

A pale hand reached into the room; at that moment Qu Dao Xun, under the drug's influence and unable to restrain himself, seized that white hand and pulled it inside.

That day, in a daze, the deed was done in the woodshed.

Qu Dao Xun indeed had his own outstanding qualities.

He could give his sister-in-law pleasure that his elder brother could not.

Although he is short in stature, that particular trait of his is increasingly making the elder sister-in-law addicted to him, unable to extricate herself……

He is gentle and considerate, full of tender affection.

And he too became utterly enamored of his sister-in-law's charming grace and kind-heartedness; under her patient and mature guidance, he finally managed to turn himself completely around.

But they also feared the affair being exposed.

Therefore everything was done with utmost caution, and lately their meetings have become even rarer.

However, what Qu Dao Yuan didn't know was that Qu Dao Xun's so-called lovesickness for Li Qingluo, to the point of being lovesick to death, was not truly for Li Qingluo.

Because the person he truly longs for now is none other than Qu Dao Yuan's principal wife.

But he doesn't know that Li Qingluo knows.

She placed dozens of inconspicuous spies throughout the Qu mansion using large sums of money and silk.

Possibly a cook.

Possibly a floral workshop artisan.

Possibly a menial servant sweeping.

No one would notice, yet they could gather all those trivial sesame-and-mung-bean-like secrets and present them to Li Qingluo.

When these little secrets are gathered together, they become a shocking, scandalous major scandal.

Even upon learning that Qu Dao Xun and her own sister-in-law had such an affair, Li Qingluo couldn't help but burst into loud laughter to the heavens.

Indeed, she hadn't even done anything yet, and the Qu family had already rotted from within.

「Sister-in-law, ah... sister-in-law... 」

「Fourth Lang... my sweetheart hold me... Fourth Lang... 」

Seeing the two still forgetfully immersed before him, hearing their constant moans, Qu Dao yuan could no longer restrain his anger and rushed forward, a sword thrust into the snow-white flesh.

Even if he knows...

She must also have been harmed by that seductress Li Qingluo.

But she has already betrayed him, that is a fact.

「Despicable person! Go die—! 」