Ink Burns

Chapter 119 Called for Water Twice

There are many roles in "Qing Feng": there are suppliers, such as the Cheng family, who rely on accepting posts to complete tasks in order to seek opportunities for advancement; there are also middlemen, such as the Liu family, who are qualified to post posts and can also take on higher-level tasks; there are also receivers, such as Zhao Tingguang, the Nanzhili case inspector who successfully brought her into the Xue family. When the receiver cannot take the post or has a better choice, he will pass the post to the supplier or middleman he thinks can take it; there are also superiors who exchange the resources in their hands for supplies. The resources can be to help people get a higher position in the official position, or to open the door for people to study, or other things.
Of course, these are what Shanyue figured out and concluded on his own.

No one told her.

The Cheng family had no right to know, and Liu Hezhou and Zhu could not tell her either.

Shanyue has always thought that the Xue family is the clear superior: based on the Xue family’s status in the court, how could they be the provider of the task?

Liang Erniang's words opened Shanyue's mind: the Xue family is the superior family, but that does not mean that the entire Xue family is the superior family.

Since Xue Xiao can be arranged with a "Green Phoenix" by his side, why can't Xue Changfeng?
But why does the relationship between Xue Changfeng and Zhu seem so loving and intimate?
Is it because the selected "Qingfeng" are all very good at managing marital relationships?

How did the Zhu family come to the Xue family?
Zhu had said twice that her "background was not prominent", but the Xue family was a long-standing family, and even when she married Xue Xiao, she had to use the name of the Liu family to barely get into the family.

If "Qingfeng" wants to assign identities to people, there are too many options.

Why not give Zhu a prominent background worthy of the Xue family?
She has too little information.

It is currently impossible to come up with a reasonable answer from the existing information.

Shanyue's mind was working quickly, but his face looked obedient and honest. He lowered his head with his hands placed neatly on his knees. From the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a pair of well-maintained slender hands opposite him. The nails were long and smooth, not painted the bright red cardamom color, but instead were painted with a thin layer of shiny nail polish using some unknown method, making him look gentle and calm.

".You said that on the wedding night, you didn't drink the wedding wine that Lin offered?"

The owner of the soft hands asked in a low voice.

Shan Yue hurriedly shook her head: "When the maid came up to serve the wine, she held the lid of the pot without pouring the wine, which aroused Xue Xiao's suspicion. Xue Xiao wanted to call someone in to search him, but as soon as the door was opened, the maid pulled out a dagger and chopped him as if she was possessed by a poison. You also know what happened next. Xue Xiao killed someone, so how could he care about whether the wedding wine was suitable or not? From the look of him, I'm afraid he wants to kill me too!"

Zhu secretly gritted his teeth: It was destroyed here! The mechanism of the Nine Revolutions Linglong Bottle was too clever. Lin forgot about the mechanism in a hurry, and was reluctant to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he could only fight with brute force!
It wouldn’t matter if Lin lost his life, but he brought the “Internal Affairs Department” into the case as well!

He brought her in alive!
He Wuma is still in the Censorate!
Zhu's eyes turned and she continued to ask, "Where is the wine pot? The next day, the maid went to clean up the wedding room and didn't see the wine pot."

Shanyue was confused by the question, and looked at Qiutou for help. Seeing Qiutou was also confused, he could only bite the bullet and continue to shake his head: "I don't know, the people in the yard keep a close eye on everything, and the ordinary entrances are all looked after by Mother Su in the yard herself."

That Mama Su was the wet nurse left behind by the previous Su family.

She will never marry, have no children, and will be Xue Xiao's dog all her life!
Her old eyes are as bright as an eagle's, and no one can take a penny from her!

Most likely it was taken away by that old guy!
As long as it's not exposed and Xue Xiao doesn't get suspicious, there's nothing to worry about if he takes it away.

The Nine-Turn Delicate Bottle has many tricks. If ordinary people don't know about it, they will just think it is a well-made silver wine bottle.
We can only wait until Xue Xiao dies and then get the wine jug back.

Thinking of this, Zhu opened the drawer, took out a jade bottle and handed it to Shanyue, saying in a deep voice: "Three drops a day, when Xue Xiao is not prepared, put it in his food or tea."

Shan Yue didn't dare to answer, and tremblingly looked up at Zhu: "If Xue Xiao died of poisoning, I would not be able to survive, Madam!"

Zhu took a deep breath patiently: "This medicine will not cause sudden death. After taking it for three days, he will not be able to lift his legs. After taking it for five days, he will not be able to open his palms. After taking it for seven days, he will be no different from a walking corpse, with only one breath left to live. Even if Hua Tuo were alive, he would not be able to find the cause of the disease!"

Even she had to be on guard against Xue Xiao's sudden death, and the saint had to thoroughly investigate the cause of death.

Shan Yue still didn't dare to answer.

Zhu lowered her voice and said, "I heard that you have a maidservant who has been with you for a long time. Her surname is Wang? Did she stay at the Cheng family and not come to Beijing?"

Shan Yue shuddered all over.

"Take it!" Zhu said sternly.

Zhu used to be patient, but these days she was getting more and more impatient: He Wuma was detained in the Censorate, and Xue Xiao controlled the Censorate tightly, so she couldn't find out anything! ——She cleaned up all the upstream and downstream businesses that bought into Lin's business, but she couldn't bear to deal with He Wuma!

He Wuma had accompanied her for many years, from Fanlou, to being taken back to the Zhu family, to replacing Xiaokan and marrying into the Xue family. He Wuma knew her journey very clearly. She was confident that He Wuma would not say anything.

But it is definitely not a pleasant feeling to have a knife hanging over your head!

If the knife can't be moved away, then get rid of the person holding the knife as soon as possible!
Zhu's eyes looked like he wanted to eat someone.

Shan Yue's eyes were red, and he reached out to take the jade bottle tremblingly: "I, I will try my best..."

Zhu looked at him coldly: "Don't try too hard, it's a must! Since you are married into the Xue family, no matter whether Xue Xiao is alive or dead, paralyzed or disabled, you are the eldest mistress of the Xue family! You will enjoy the glory and wealth of the Xue family!"

Shan Yue nodded hurriedly: "I know, I know."

Shanyue's obedient and timid appearance made Zhu feel a little better.

"One more thing." Zhu said, "After taking this medicine, people will fall into a 15-hour absolute coma after three hours. The order in the Nan Mansion is not yet clear, and the staff at all levels and departments are not yet fully in place. You take advantage of this opportunity and use this 15 minutes to find the daily confession documents of He Wuma."

Shan Yue subconsciously evaded the question: "I, I, I am not familiar with Xue Xiao. I, I cannot enter his study, and I don't know whether Xue Xiao will take the official documents back home to deal with them."

Zhu's patience has reached its limit!

With a "bang", a slap landed on the table!
Push push push!
I just know how to push everything!

If it wasn't difficult, why would he go through so many roundabout ways to get her to marry into his house!

"That mad dog wants to move all the government offices back to his mansion! Why wouldn't he bring back the unfinished documents?!"

"If you can't get in, find an opportunity! Try to find an opportunity! Seize the opportunity!" Zhu raised her voice, not showing the gentle and kind lady in front of everyone. Her eyes were full of ferocity and cruelty: "You are his wife now! His legal wife! You seduce him and let him take you to the study! It doesn't matter if you make love with him or do something ridiculous in the daytime! You have to find a way to make it happen!"

Shan Yue trembled all over, and almost lost the jade bottle. She cried, "I'm afraid that he will glare at me, as if he wants to take drugs. I can do it, but you, why don't you find someone else in the Nan Mansion to do it."

Zhu wanted to slap Shanyue in the face: "The Nan family just split up, and the wall is higher than the sky! How can I find someone suitable for me!"

If the palace had not been divided, there wouldn't be so much trouble!

Even if she had all the means, she would still be unable to reach the Yifen Mansion!

Can only rely on Liu!

This stupid but actually beautiful Liu Shanyue!

Zhu's eyebrows drooped as she saw Liu comb her hair up into a low bun with a simple peach-shaped bunting. Her face was always whiter than pearls and her lips were redder than rouge. She was wearing simple linen dresses a few days ago, but now she was wearing a satin jacket and pleated skirt in the blue color. She looked like a light willow branch immersed in the green waves - after being dressed like this, her beauty increased by three points.

Zhu exhaled, "On the wedding night, given the character of that mad dog, he didn't push you to the side room, but lived in the same room with you, which means he is very satisfied with you."

The servants reported that after Xue Xiao showed his might in front of her and his father, he returned to the wedding courtyard, tightly closed the doors and windows, and called for water twice. The red candles with dragon and phoenix patterns in the room burned all night long and were all burned out!

It is rare for a man to be able to resist eating such a beautiful thing when it is right in front of his mouth.

Xue Xiao had many bad reputations before him, and he was not a holy monk who would never go to a place with misty willows.

Shanyue has a gentle personality, and his eyes are filled with timidity. He is not calculating, and he doesn't have any scheming.

Faced with such a woman who had nothing but her face, Xue Xiao would only think that she had gone to great lengths to find an idiotic beauty to guard against his marriage to a powerful family, and would not think of anything else - this was exactly the effect she wanted when she was looking for someone.

　Arrived in Chongqing recently, and normal updates will resume tomorrow.

　　(End of this chapter)