roccoschili Chapter 176: Tooth for tooth, nail for nail, Su Mansion is raided
Chapter 176: Tooth for tooth, nail for nail, Su Mansion is raided
Hearing this, Yu Yuexi struggled again with a distorted expression.
However, the old woman was so strong that she couldn't struggle at all.
"Don't worry," Shen Muxi consoled with a smile, "What you drank wasn't poison. It was just some medicine that would make your nails fall off naturally bit by bit..."
Yu Yuexi's face, which was already pale, turned even grayer.
Shen Muxi leisurely admired her fear.
She seemed to have discovered the pleasure Yu Yuexi had taken in torturing her servants.
Watching the person you hate, crying out to heaven and earth but getting no response, finally lingering in front of you like a dog, begging for mercy...
However, this is no excuse for her to be violent towards others.
"Why, are you scared now? Then when you had your servants pull out other people's nails and crack their teeth, why didn't you consider that the people involved would also be scared?"
Her voice was soft, but it reached Yu Yuexi's ears clearly.
Yu Yuexi was finally certain this time that this woman was out to avenge Gu Xiaoxiao!
"Ah...ah ah..."
She was shocked and frightened, tears could not stop flowing down her face, and she kept shaking her head, trying to avoid the vise of the two old women.
Perhaps the drug was taking effect, she felt the pain in her fingertips spreading inch by inch up her arms, extending to her limbs and bones.
Then, she felt a sharp pain in the little finger of her right hand.
She turned her eyes to the direction of the pain.
I just happened to see the nail of her right little finger falling to the ground with flesh and blood.
Neither of the two maids had time to take action.
She could even see the white bones exposed in the wound.
"what!!"
Another shattering scream.
She rolled her eyes and fainted.
And the nails on her hands were still falling off mercilessly.
The body was constantly convulsing and spasming due to the pain.
Having witnessed Yu Yuexi's cruel abuse of the servants, Xia Chan rarely felt no sympathy for such a vicious girl.
only...
"Should we just let her stay here forever?"
She looked at Shen Muxi in confusion.
"Of course it's impossible," Shen Muxi sneered, "Throw her back to the woodshed in the backyard of Prince Rong's mansion and let her live with Su Liuxi."
Before she came back, the old princess was just interest.
She will not let Su Liuxi and her daughter, who killed them, go.
And Gu Shi...
He is the most damnable of all people.
...
The next day.
Gu Shi was extremely worried because of the affairs of the Su Mansion.
I finally managed to get away and return to Prince Rong's Mansion.
But I heard the news that Su Liuxi suddenly went crazy.
"Don't pay any attention to it, lest she take advantage of the opportunity to escape."
Thanks to the Su family, although the Rong County Prince's Mansion is not implicated by the Su family, its life is not much better.
The Emperor wants to thoroughly investigate his assassination attempt. If he finds anything, his title as Prince of Rong will be over...
"But, Your Majesty, the princess's madness this time is indeed different from her previous ones..."
It was not until the servant's voice sounded again that Gu Shi realized that the old woman who had just reported the news had not left yet.
She looked hesitant, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Gu Shi spoke again impatiently, "No matter how crazy this woman gets, she can't even take a single step out of the woodshed."
After a pause, Gu Shi added, "That woman is good at using the tactic of inflicting pain on herself. Go tell her that unless she dies, she will be locked in the woodshed for the rest of her life."
After saying that, he called Qin Shou, told Qin Shou some daily precautions about Su Liuxi and Yu Yuexi, and then closed the door.
Only when he was alone could Gu Shi put aside his cold and hard disguise.
Now, although Gu Shi has completely seen through Su Liuxi's true double-dealing face, he has lost his Mu Mu and Xiao Xiao forever...
How could she not hate Su Liuxi and her daughter, the two culprits?
Perhaps God felt sorry for him, so he met the Crown Princess Nanyuan, whose demeanor was very similar to Mu Mu's.
As far as he knew, the Crown Prince of Nanyuan was not favored in Nanyuan. If this cooperation was successful, he might be able to use the Crown Princess of Nanyuan as a condition...
When Gu Shi was still dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period.
Su Liuxi in the woodshed was frightened by Yu Yuexi, whose hands had rotted to the level of her arms.
Yu Yuexi was still in a coma at this time.
It was thrown in through the window of the woodshed without a shutter like a rag.
There was also a foul stench coming from his body.
The stench that kept lingering in Su Liuxi's nose inevitably reminded her of the old Princess Rong who had injured her leg at that time.
That arrogant woman.
Before he died, his entire leg fell out and his entire body was covered in blood.
Not to mention that after the fire that day, the entire Rong County Prince's Mansion was filled with a stench like that of a rotting corpse for several days.
A low voice of the old woman was heard outside the door.
Su Liuxi saw through the crack in the door that there was nothing behind the old woman and couldn't help frowning.
"Didn't I tell you to go get a doctor? Why are you back again? Where's the doctor?"
At this time, she no longer dared to approach Yu Yuexi.
After the death of the old princess Kang, all the maids and servants who had served in Ronghui Hall, including those who were close to Kang, were infected with the rash to varying degrees.
The rash spread from person to person for several days until all the servants infected with the rash were sent away, and the source of the rash was finally stopped.
How similar is Yu Yuexi's current situation to when the old princess died?
Su Liuxi was shocked, frightened and worried.
She was horrified that Yu Yuexi had become so miserable, and was afraid that something on Yu Yuexi's body would get on her body and cause her to break out in a rash.
At the same time, he was also worried that if this continued, Yu Yuexi's life would be in danger.
"Speak up, this princess is asking you, didn't I ask you to go get a doctor? Where is he?"
The old woman who had just come to Gu Shi for help stammered, "Princess... The guards in the palace are heavily guarded, and we servants can't get out."
"Where's Gu Shi? Has Gu Shi come back?"
At this time, Su Liuxi was no longer able to think about herself and Gu Shi. Her mind was full of saving Yu Yuexi, otherwise she would die.
"The prince... the prince is back, but... but he won't allow us to get close to the main courtyard."
The old woman didn't dare to tell Su Liuxi what Gu Shi said directly.
He was afraid of making Su Liuxi unhappy, and he would be the one to suffer in the end.
Gu Shi didn't allow her people to get close to the main courtyard?
Su Liuxi obviously sensed something was wrong.
As usual.
Even if Gu Shi disliked her, he would not dare to keep her under house arrest like this.
Because he was afraid of the Su family.
But now, not only did Gu Shi want to put her under house arrest, he also didn't even allow her to hire a doctor.
so...
Is he really planning to deal with the Su family?
No, if the Su family could make Gu Shi afraid, Gu Shi would never have the courage to humiliate her.
Something must have happened in the Su Mansion.
Thinking of this, she continued to instruct the maid, "You, go outside and help me find out if anything big has happened in the past two days."
The old woman was temporarily arranged to take care of Su Liuxi, and it was not as convenient to use her as when Cui'e was used.
But now Su Liuxi has no choice.
The old woman originally wanted to refuse, but Su Liuxi had been the head of the Rongjun Prince's Mansion after all, and her influence was still there.
The old woman finally retreated obediently.
Su Liuxi was no longer in the mood to care about Yu Yuexi's life or death.
If the Su Mansion was gone, not to mention Yu Yuexi, even she would have a bad ending.
In her anxious waiting.
The old woman who followed her advice and went to inquire about the news came back in horror.
"Princess, this is terrible. The Su Mansion has been ransacked. All 126 people in the mansion are to be executed. The execution will take place at 3:45 PM tomorrow."
"what?"
Su Liuxi could no longer sit still.
Without caring about Yu Yuexi's current situation, she tried hard to pull open the chain that locked the woodshed.
But the chain is too strong.
She looked around and actually found a hatchet.
Seeing through the crack in the door what Su Liuxi was about to do, the old woman was horrified and hurriedly tried to persuade her, "Princess, what are you going to do? You can't go out, Princess..."
The old woman howled but did not try to stop him at all.
Soon, Su Liuxi actually cut the chain through the gap in the door.
Not caring that she had been hungry for a day and a night, she opened the door of the woodshed and ran out.
The maids and old women guarding near the woodshed did not dare to stop him, and the guards did not dare to draw their knives, so they actually let Su Liuxi break all the way to the study in the front yard.
Gu Shi was about to go out when he was stopped by Su Liuxi without any warning.
Exhausted, Su Liuxi almost fell to the ground, hugging his thighs.
Gu Shi looked down at Su Liuxi, who looked disheveled.
"What are you here for?"
"My father..."
After just one opening, Gu Shi understood what Su Liuxi wanted to say.
"The evidence is solid that the Su Mansion is colluding with the Huijiang people. In addition, Prince Xian has been putting pressure on them. The fact that the Rongjun Prince Mansion was able to withdraw intact is already a token of the Emperor's goodwill. The Su Mansion should forget about it."
Seeing that Gu Shi was about to lift his leg to leave, Su Liuxi stopped on Gu Shi's leg like a weight.
She raised her eyes and looked at him angrily, "Since you are a royal relative, why don't you protect the Su Mansion?"
Gu Shi smiled.
"Why should I protect the Su Mansion?"
He looked at Su Liuxi coldly, "Do you know what the Su family did to me? Do you know what the Su family has been doing these days?"
Su Liuxi couldn't listen to anything Gu Shi said that was bad about the Su family.
She only knew that the Su family had helped Gu Shi escape from Danyang, and now that Gu Shi had become rich and powerful but ignored the Su family, he was ungrateful.
This was Su Liuxi's deepest thought. She was so excited that she actually told it to Gu Shi.
Gu Shi snorted coldly, his expression slightly more relaxed than before. "Originally, if the Su Mansion had revealed Su Yong's whereabouts in the Golden Palace, there might still be a glimmer of hope, but the people of the Su Mansion are reluctant to let him go. Since they are reluctant to let Su Yong go, then everyone in the Mansion will have to be buried with him."
Hearing this, Su Liuxi seemed to have grasped some information. "Is it true that as long as Su Yong shows up, the Su family will have room to turn things around?"
At this moment, Pei Wang also came out of the study.
"Su Yong is a cunning man. Even if you show up in person, you may not be able to lure him out."
"I can."
Su Liuxi had no time to think about why Pei Wang was there too.
As if she was holding her breath, she looked at Gu Shi with burning eyes.
"I can."
Su Liuxi repeated several times that she could.
It seemed like he was comforting himself, and also like he was reassuring Gu Shi and the others.
Gu Shi did not rush to deny her words, but looked at Pei Wang calmly.
...
“I didn’t expect Su Liuxi to actually think of betraying the fake Su Yong for the sake of the people in the Su Mansion.”
Imperial palace and villa.
After Shen Muxi heard the news brought by Pei Wang, her jaw dropped in shock. "Don't you suspect there's a trick?"
"Perhaps," Pei Wang said calmly, sitting in the guest seat, looking at the smoke curling from the tea in front of him, "Su Liuxi has something to rely on, and is so confident that the fake Su Yong won't be caught?"
Shen Muxi turned his attention back to Pei Wang.
"Do you know the identity of the fake Su Yong?"
"It's just a guess." Pei Wang laughed sarcastically, "Gu Shi has always suspected that the fake Su Yong is from Huijiang, but I am more inclined to believe that the fake Su Yong is from the previous dynasty."
At the very least, the fake Su Yong's figure and size don't look like a Hui person from Xinjiang.
"No matter what, since the Su family will be executed tomorrow, it will be difficult for the fake Su Yong to hold on alone. If you can defeat Gu Shi, your revenge will be avenged, and your wish will be fulfilled soon."
Shen Muxi smiled and said, "I just wonder if Master Pei still has the intention to serve the court by then?"
“If I meet a wise leader, I will inherit my adoptive father’s will and serve the court.” Pei Wang took a sip of tea.
The answer was extremely perfunctory.
Shen Muxi pretended not to understand what he said and raised her teacup towards him.
"Then I would like to congratulate Master Pei in advance and hope that he can get what he wants soon."
A year ago, Shen Muxi never dared to imagine that he could actually chat with the youngest Dali Temple Minister in Beichen.
Shen Muxi also felt fortunate.
If she hadn't died once, allowing her to see Gu Shi's true face clearly, she would probably still be deceived by Gu Shi's self-proclaimed affectionate appearance.
Continue to give to him without regrets.
...
Pei Wang left not long ago.
Then it was time for dinner.
Murong Jingyan just happened to come back.
In summer, it gets dark late.
The weather was just right when Murong Jingyan entered the mansion.
Shen Muxi simply asked the servants to move dinner to the stone table under the big banyan tree in the yard.
Speaking of which, this was the first time the two of them had a meal together since arriving at the palace.
Due to the hot weather, the dishes in the kitchen are mainly light.
Shen Muxi had other questions in his mind, so he ate very slowly.
"Still thinking about the Rongjun Prince's Mansion?"
Murong Jingyan put down the jade chopsticks in his hand, took the tea handed to him by the servant and rinsed his mouth.
Shen Muxi also put down his chopsticks, and curled his lips, thinking that something was better than nothing. "He's just a clown, not worth worrying about."
"If you can move on from the past and carefully observe, you will see that Gu Shi is not as simple as we think. The Su Mansion is just a small hole. The fish behind it is much bigger."
Murong Jingyan sat down and poured himself a cup of tea, and also poured one for Shen Muxi.
Shen Muxi gave Xia Chan a wink, and the latter understood and quickly dismissed the other maids and servants.
When only she and Murong Jingyan were left under the banyan tree, she looked at him with interest and said, "I'd like to hear more about it."
"Why do you think the Su family formed an alliance with Gu Shi?"
Seeing that Shen Muxi didn't speak, Murong Jingyan continued, "The relationships between these wealthy families are all very complicated. If you are not careful, you will be doomed. Therefore, if there is no common interest, no one is willing to wade into these muddy waters.
The entire Su family was executed quickly, and the bigger reason was that the emperor seemed healthy, but in fact, he had already died. And Prince Xian wanted to take advantage of the chaos to achieve his own wishes, so..."
"King Xian is taking advantage of the situation. No, it should be said that he is taking advantage of the east wind, which is more appropriate." Shen Muxi continued Murong Jingyan's words.