sbdcsierra Chapter 396 What does Xie Nanyuan want to do?
Chapter 396 What does Xie Nanyuan want to do?
In her heart, he was already dead when he allowed Zhou Lingyi to humiliate her and kill her and her mother for the sake of the so-called family.
Zhou Lingfu wiped the tears from her eyes, gathered her composure, looked up at Shen Qionghua, and said, "Thank you so much for coming to tell me this news. Now that my great hatred has been avenged, we, mother and daughter, can live a peaceful and stable life from now on."
Shen Qionghua was very satisfied with Zhou Lingfu's attitude.
She raised her eyebrows and said slowly, "I didn't come here specifically to give you this news."
Under Zhou Lingfu's puzzled gaze, Shen Qionghua continued, "Three days later, after the Earl of Yongning is beheaded, the women of the Zhou family will be taken to the Jiaofang Bureau and the slave house."
"Of course, the old lady, Lin, and Zhou Lingyi are among them."
She slowly approached Zhou Lingfu and stuffed the banknotes from her sleeve into her hands. Her voice seemed to be bewitching, stirring up desire and hatred in people's hearts. "They have harmed you and your mother to this point. Don't you hate them?"
"These banknotes are enough for you to buy them. When that day comes, I will remove all the guards in this mansion, and you will be able to come and go as you please."
"As for whether to do it or not, and how to do it, it all depends on you."
After saying that, Shen Qionghua chuckled and turned to leave.
Zhou Lingfu clenched the banknotes in her hand and watched Shen Qionghua's back as she left, her heart unable to calm down for a long time.
The carriage wobbled as it drove away from the courtyard.
Shaoyao poured a cup of warm tea and handed it to Shen Qionghua, then asked, "Miss, if you want to settle the score with them, we can just buy the person ourselves. Why do we need Zhou Lingfu's help?"
Shen Qionghua took a sip of tea and saw that Shaoyao's brows were about to be knotted. She smiled and was about to speak when she heard shouting outside.
"Miss! Miss! Something bad has happened!"
Shen Qionghua lifted the carriage curtain and saw that it was Fuling. There was blood on her face. Her heart skipped a beat. "Fuling, what's wrong with you? Where are my mother and Ayi?"
Fuling ignored the pain on her face and knelt on the ground with a plop, choking with sobs: "Miss, it's all my fault. It was my negligence."
"I accompanied the Madam and the Young Master to Putuo Temple. As we left the city gate, we were surrounded by men in black. My servant and the secret guards engaged them, but they were numerous and highly skilled, so we could only send two people to escort the Madam and the Young Master away while the rest of us held the men in black hostage."
"When the servants and the secret guards got rid of those men in black and went to look for the Madam and the Young Master, we found the bodies of the two secret guards who had escorted the Madam and the Young Master away. The Madam and the Young Master were nowhere to be found."
"The rest of the secret guards will continue to search for the person, and I will return to report to the young lady."
"Miss! It's all my fault. I'm useless and lost the Madam and the Young Master!" Fuling cried with red eyes.
Shen Qionghua felt dizzy and would have fallen to the ground if Shaoyao had not supported her in time.
Today was an auspicious day specially calculated by Lin Wanru. The family of three had originally agreed to go to Putuo Temple outside the city to burn incense and inform the Buddha of the fate of the Yongning Earl's Mansion, so as to inform the spirit of Shen's father in heaven.
Before leaving, Shen Qionghua received a letter from Luo Xiyao and suddenly changed her mind and decided to come to the courtyard to meet Zhou Lingfu.
Originally, she was planning to go burn incense later, but Lin Wanru couldn't wait any longer. She was eager to tell Shen's father the good news, so she let Shen Qionghua go and take care of his own business. She would take Shen Yi to Putuo Temple first, and then follow Shen Qionghua after he finished his business.
Lin Wanru insisted on doing so, and Shen Qionghua had no choice but to agree. She thought that since the Yongning Marquis' Mansion had been overthrown, the mother and son should not be in any danger. Besides, there were ten secret guards following them, so she agreed.
Who knew something like this would happen.
Who is it! Who wants to kill A Niang and A Yi!
Shen Qionghua asked Shaoyao to get off the carriage and go back to the Shen Mansion first, whether it was to kill people or search people, and bring out all the secret guards in the mansion.
Then he forced himself to speak to Fuling, "Quick! Take me there!"
"Yes!" Fuling immediately sat on the carriage. The driver whipped the horse whip and the carriage sped towards the city gate.
After getting out of the car, he followed Fuling's instructions and headed towards the scene of the incident.
The fast journey made Shen Qionghua's stomach feel like it was churning, but she didn't care about it and just asked the driver to go faster and faster.
Except for the time spent stopping on the road to mark the peonies, we didn't dare to delay for a moment.
Finally arrived at the destination.
Looking at the deserted forest and the blood on the ground, Shen Qionghua's eyes were bloodshot.
Shaoyao was very fast, and since she was riding a horse instead of a carriage, she arrived at the same time as Shen Qionghua.
"It's just the young lady's orders!" Dozens of black shadows knelt on the ground and said in unison, the darkness was overwhelming and extremely oppressive.
Shen Qionghua clenched her teeth, staring intently at the blood on the ground, and said, "Everyone, listen up. You must find my mother and Ayi."
"Yes!"
Their bodies moved with the sound, and dozens of figures dispersed in an instant.
Shen Qionghua also joined in the search. Shaoyao saw that she was not in a good state and quickly stepped forward to persuade her, "Miss, please take a rest for a while. With so many people, we will definitely be able to find the mistress and the young master."
Shen Qionghua brushed her hand away and said, "I'm fine. What's important is finding A Niang and A Yi."
Seeing that Shen Qionghua was determined to do so, Shaoyao could no longer persuade her and could only follow her in the search, praying in her heart that Lin Wanru and Shen Yi were safe.
These secret guards did not dare to stay too far away from Shen Qionghua. The assassination of Lin Wanru and Shen Yi was certainly important, but the main reason they were transferred to the Shen Mansion was to protect Shen Qionghua's safety.
In the current situation, no one knows whether another group of people will emerge to assassinate Shen Qionghua.
Therefore, although he was in a hurry to find someone, he was also keeping an eye on Shen Qionghua while looking for her, so that she was always within the safe protection range.
As a result, the search was naturally slower.
Two quarters of an hour passed, but there was no sign of him. Shen Qionghua's face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Just when she began to wonder whether Lin Wanru and Ayi had been killed, she seemed to hear An Yi's voice.
"Miss Shen! Miss Shen!"
Shen Qionghua looked closely and found that it was really An Yi.
An Yi also followed out this time and was one of the secret guards accompanying Lin Wanru and Shen Yi.
Shen Qionghua's lips moved, and when she was about to ask something, An Yi spoke first.
He said with a look of joy, "Miss Shen! Madam Shen and Young Master Shen have been found. They are with the prince in the thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain!"
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When Shen Qionghua followed An Yi to the thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain.
When she opened the door, what she saw was not the corpse and bright red blood on the ground, nor was it Xie Nanyuan who suddenly looked up at her, but Lin Wanru who was sitting on the stone bench beside her and was still in shock, and Shen Yi who was standing beside her with an indignant look on his face.
"Mom! Ayi!" Shen Qionghua ran over.
"Sister Hua!"
"Sister!"
The three of them hugged each other tightly.
The tears that Shen Qionghua had been holding back finally fell, and then she wiped them away at an extremely fast speed.
She sniffed, let go of Lin Wanru, and asked, "Mom, what's going on?"
Lin Wanru tucked Shen Qionghua's sweaty hair behind her ears and said, "If it weren't for His Royal Highness Prince Rui's rescue, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to see your mother again."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qionghua remembered Xie Nanyuan, turned around and bowed to him, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Xie Nanyuan smiled, "There's no need for this between you and me."
As he said this, he wanted to reach out to help Shen Qionghua.
When he stretched out his hand halfway, he caught a glimpse of Shen Qionghua's suddenly widened eyes, as well as the shocked looks of Lin Wanru and Shen Yi. He seemed to have just realized his slip of the tongue and the inappropriateness of his behavior. He opened his thin lips slightly, and withdrew his hand and hid it behind his back as if trying to cover up his mistake.
Explained: "Ah~ What I meant is that there is no need for us to be so polite to each other, it is too distant~"
It was explained, but it seemed like no explanation at all, making it even more ambiguous.
What does Xie Nanyuan want to do!
Mom and Ayi are still here!