Chapter 525: Let what she fears most be known to all under heaven!

Li Qingluo: "Let her go?"

If she still wants to harm me next time, then letting her go today will be my fate.

Que'er: "But the princess already believed her excuse; if that maid is beaten to death, we'll have no evidence."

Li Qingluo: "If the maid really is beaten to death, isn't that solid evidence?"

Que'er and the shopkeeper were both bewildered, wearing clueless expressions.

Li Qingluo: "I only need one person to know this; in his heart he'll know the truth better than anyone."

That's Zhang Tinggui!

Li Qingluo was originally supposed to meet Zhang Tinggui tonight.

What does his own daughter look like, what schemes does she have—how could he not know?

Poisoning the princess, trying to frame me, and finally arranging a fallback to push everything away cleanly.

This method isn't exactly clever, and it's rather stupid.

Because one slip-up, if I don't rescue the princess today, then everyone—including Zhang Tinggui—will suffer misfortune.

He is a smart person.

After hearing it, he'll naturally know how serious it is.

Most importantly, he will then owe Li Qingluo a favor.

And Li Qingluo won't let Changning have it easy.

Today I have already shouted, because she fears I will make noise and expose her secret, also related to the Peaceful Distant Temple; the other young ladies who heard will naturally start to speculate.

Changning's background already has shady rumors.

All I need is to add another spark.

Go. Spread Changning's background even more truthfully!

Is it not because you fear the truth being exposed, so you want me to poison the princess and incur a death sentence?

Then let what you fear most be known to all under heaven.

In that case, if you have the ability, go kill everyone under heaven!

Que'er happily agreed: "Yes!"

Just as she finished speaking, the shop assistant downstairs hurriedly knocked on the door: "Boss, a lady from the Yang family is here to see you."

Jiang Qiniang has arrived.

Li Qingluo rose and went out, seeing Jiang Qiniang take off her veil, standing curiously in the main hall of the Flower Pavilion winehouse, looking around.

From the moment she entered the winehouse, it felt as if she had entered a brand-new world.

Li Qingluo went down to see her, and she said: "Young Lady of the Nangong family, this place is truly not bad."

Li Qingluo: "If you have free time in the future, feel free to come often. I'll treat you to drinks."

Jiang Qiniang shook her head: "No need. I don't like drinking alcohol."

However… if you get tired from going out, you can have a meal here.

Li Qingluo smiled: "I'll host you."

Jiang Qiniang both shook and nodded her head.

Finally she sighed: "Let's go, you're not supposed to go back to the Jiang family with me?"

There's no delay; I'll now take you back.

As she spoke, Jiang Qiniang turned around, twisted her head, and took the veil handed by the maid.

Go now?

Just after the commotion, Li Qingluo's alcohol had already completely worn off.

She also took the veil, bringing only Que'er, followed Jiang Qiniang out of the winehouse, then boarded the Yang family's carriage.

Soon they arrived at the Jiang family residence.

Li Qingluo changed the veil into an inconspicuous mask, showing only her eyes.

After following Jiang Qiniang into the gatehouse, someone immediately noticed her.

Miss Seventh, this is……

Jiang Qiniang: "My mother is ill; this is the female doctor I summoned for her."

Having said that, she led the person straight in without giving the gatekeeper a chance to inspect.

Li Qingluo hurriedly followed; the gatekeeper wanted to say something but stopped, ultimately letting it go.

Now the Jiang mansion is utterly lifeless, even the servants' faces are ashen.

Everyone is shrouded in the shadow and fear of an unknown future.

The second branch is even more deathly silent.

After Jiang Qiniang brought Li Qingluo to the second branch, she turned and said to Li Qingluo: "All I can do is this."

I will have my maid Ling'er take you to my grandmother's courtyard.

Young Lady of the Nangong family, aside from harming lives, for other matters… you decide what to do based on the situation, I won't interfere.

Just one thing: you must also take care of yourself.

This Jiang Qiniang is truly kind-hearted.

Li Qingluo nodded at her gently, then turned and followed Ling'er out through the side door of the second branch.

Ling'er dodged and weaved along the way, but Li Qingluo accompanied her from various concealed spots.

If they encountered anyone on the road, they hurriedly brought Li Qingluo to hide.

In short, after a journey with scares but no danger, they finally reached the vicinity of the Old Lady's courtyard.

Young Lady of the Nangong family, this is the place.

How to get in— you still have to rely on yourself.

Li Qingluo looked at the courtyard with its gate locked tight:?

Jiang Qiniang, you actually still think you just brought her into the Jiang family!

Li Qingluo sighed helplessly: "All right, you may go."

After Ling'er slipped away like oil on the soles of her feet, Li Qingluo and Que'er looked together at the great banyan tree outside Old Lady Jiang's courtyard.

Moments later.

Que'er stayed on the tree to keep watch.

Li Qingluo alone sneaked into the Old Lady's courtyard.

This courtyard was originally rather desolate.

Suddenly a furious shout came from inside the room: "Get the eldest son to come see me!"

This bastard son— does he really have to watch his brother suffer as if facing death, watch his brother go to his death?

He truly has such a vicious heart!!

Now even I, the old woman, am being confined by him here; he is nothing but an unfilial, disobedient beast!! I will personally sue him for mistreating me, actually locking me in this courtyard without seeing daylight!!

Is he even human?

Old Lady Jiang's voice, though not full of vigor, does not match the rumored image of someone gravely ill and unable to rise.

Li Qingluo hid in the corner, listening to the two maidservants guarding outside the door whisper nervously.

The Old Lady is truly muddle-headed; if the master had not originally sent the third master into office, the entire Jiang family would now be implicated and thrown into jail.

After killing so many people, you still want to just let it go— that was plainly seen by everyone; how could you fake it and shift the blame onto someone else?

Being the master is truly difficult as well.

Yes, over these years we have all seen how filial the master has been; on the contrary, the Old Lady has never witnessed it.

The master must also feel cold-hearted, I suppose.

Both maidservants were wiping their tears.

However, Old Lady Jiang inside the house was still scolding Minister Jiang.

Scolding and scolding, she eventually even heaped abuse on the entire main branch.

They will not come to a good end!

With such a vicious father, the entire main branch will never be all right from now on!

His retribution will fall upon his descendants.

The foolish, the short-lived— all will be the fate of Jiang Yanzhi!

Ha ha, ha ha ha ha——

Li Qingluo even muttered a curse under her breath: "Old poisonous woman."

Is that merely the descendants of her eldest son?

That is also her own descendants.

She could actually utter those words— truly biased to the extreme.

Just then, the door creaked open.

The tightly shut gate of the courtyard was unlocked again.

Li Qingluo was about to go around to the back to climb in through the window, but she had to hurriedly hide again.

She heard the servant at the gate shout in panic: "Master, master!"

You, you have come……

Li Qingluo thought to herself: "Oh no!"

If I don't quickly use witchcraft to change this old poisonous woman's mind, once Minister Jiang hears her pleading again, if he cannot bear it and agrees to save the second master, this will become even more complicated!

Li Qingluo was about to simply go into the room first; as long as she didn't open the door, she could use witchcraft to control that old woman first, and then Minister Jiang would not agree to the old woman's unreasonable demands.

However, she heard Minister Jiang say: "Old Lady Jiang's illness is beyond cure, she has become muddle-headed, and is beginning to rave."

This is the medicine given by the Imperial Medical Institute.

Go, give Old Lady Jiang the medicine to take herself.

He stood at the courtyard gate, seemingly not intending to go in himself to see his mother.

He merely had the attendant behind him hand a bowl of blackish medicine to the granny at the gate.