noffsinger Chapter 121 Poison
Chapter 121 Poison
Although her back was to Princess Suyun, her arrogant tone made it easy to imagine her smug expression at the moment: "Miss Xuanyuan, what are you talking about? I heard that Miss Xuanyuan is in love with Mr. Xiao, but the truth is hard to predict. If Mr. Xiao is in love with me, it is natural. If we want to get married, Miss Xuanyuan must come to witness it. Now I specially asked you to tell you this good news. Why are you still asking us to leave?"
She covered her mouth with her hands and giggled, then reached out and took Xiao Chenyang's arm, looking very intimate: "Last time, I was ignorant and didn't understand the situation clearly, so I got jealous and ran here to make trouble. But I have already apologized, Mr. Xiao, and Miss Xuanyuan still seems to dislike me."
Xiao Chenyang's voice was cold and distant: "It's okay, let's go."
Seeing this scene, Xuanyuan Qiao'er felt a lump in her nose. She tried hard to suppress the pain in her heart, stood there without saying a word, maintaining the final demeanor of a noble lady.
Princess Suyun rolled her eyes, turned around and was about to leave with Xiao Chenyang in a showy manner. When she turned around, she saw Shen Wanqing and Du Zhijie behind her, and surprise and anger flashed in her eyes.
How could Shen Wanqing be so lucky? Everything was planned out but she still managed to escape by luck and was found by Du Zhijie so quickly.
Shen Wanqing said coldly: "The princess suddenly visited the Prime Minister's residence. I wonder what she is doing here?"
Princess Suyun smiled brilliantly but didn't answer the question directly. "Miss Shen, I was really scared at the racecourse last time. It was also my fault for taking the competition too seriously. If I had run slower and taken better care of you, perhaps nothing would have happened. Fortunately, Miss Shen is very lucky."
Then she turned to Du Zhijie and said meaningfully, "I've heard that people in Kyoto value a woman's chastity the most. No matter what happened the night Miss Shen disappeared, I hope General Du won't pursue it."
This was a deliberate provocation, implying that Shen Wanqing had been raped when she disappeared.
Xuanyuan Qiao'er, upon hearing Princess Suyun's words, no longer cared about being sad. She walked over nervously and looked Shen Wanqing up and down. "Fourth sister, are you okay? I heard you were missing, so I sent many people to look for you. Now that I see you're okay, I'm relieved."
"You're so hypocritical! Why didn't you go look for her yourself?" Princess Suyun exclaimed exaggeratedly, "You did send people to look for her, but Miss Shen was kidnapped by thieves on the way. It's hard to say what happened. It's all thanks to General Du who found her. Otherwise..."
Xuanyuan Qiaoer's face turned pale. She was about to scold him, but Du Zhijie raised his hand to signal her to calm down.
"This general has a question to ask the princess." Du Zhijie stared at Princess Suyun and said.
Princess Suyun curled her lips and said indifferently, "General, please ask whatever you want to ask."
"During the horse race, the princess was running in the front. When I questioned you, you said you knew nothing about what was happening behind you and didn't hear any strange noises. Is that right?"
"Yes, why? Didn't General Du ask this once?"
"In that case, this general will cordon off the place where the incident occurred and simply announce to the public that Qing'er and Miss Zhao's horses were frightened and ran away from the crowd, but they were quickly found. I wonder how you, Princess, knew that they were kidnapped by thieves and disappeared for a night?" Du Zhijie said slowly, staring at Princess Suyun with murderous intent in his eyes.
"This..." Princess Suyun's face froze for a moment. She didn't know how to respond. Her expression no longer had the smugness it had just had, but became a little uneasy.
"Princess, please answer my questions. Otherwise, I have every reason to suspect that you are the one behind this."
"No, it's not." Princess Suyun quickly retorted, her eyes rolling around, and finally she whispered, "My brother told me that. He told me not to tell anyone else. I was also concerned about Miss Shen, so I asked."
"Is that so?" Du Zhijie smiled faintly. "It doesn't matter. We've already caught a thief. I'm sure we'll soon know who the mastermind is."
Princess Suyun widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief.
But she didn't say anything in the end. She pulled Xiao Chenyang and was about to leave. Before leaving, she didn't forget to provoke Shen Wanqing: "Miss Shen, Mr. Xiao has already agreed to marry me. Please come to the ceremony."
Shen Wanqing didn't look at her, but said to Xiao Chenyang calmly: "Master Xiao, don't you have anything to say?"
But Xiao Chenyang didn't answer at all, but left with Princess Suyun.
Xuanyuan Qiaoer's body swayed, and after they left the house, she sat down on a chair inside as if exhausted.
"Qiao'er, what is going on? Why is Mr. Xiao suddenly like this? It's really abnormal!" Shen Wanqing asked hurriedly.
Xuanyuan Qiao'er shook her head and first asked about the racecourse. After confirming that Shen Wanqing was not seriously injured, she felt relieved and said softly, "Princess Suyun only said that they decided to ask the Second Prince to grant the marriage, so they specially asked her to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to tell me the news."
"But that's impossible. Besides, Master Xiao was really strange just now." Shen Wanqing frowned, not understanding why such a sudden change could happen in just a few days. "I've read in books that some poisonous insects can control others. Could this be the case?"
Xiao Chenyang's silent and cold attitude just now seemed like a different person.
Perhaps Xiao Chenyang would act this way towards others, but he would never treat Xuanyuan Qiao'er in this way. Even if he did change his mind, it would be too fast to accept.
Xuanyuan Qiao'er sat there with a heavy look in her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.
Du Zhijie quietly pondered over what had just happened. Judging from Princess Suyun's reaction, the group of men in black were definitely from Ziluo Country. As for Xiao Chenyang...
"Qing'er, if you suspect Xiao Chenyang has been poisoned, we can go to Ji'an Hall and ask your master."
Du Zhijie comforted him, "Don't worry, I don't believe Xiao Chenyang really wants to marry Princess Suyun."
Shen Wanqing nodded, then held Xuanyuan Qiao'er's hand. "Qiao'er, rest in the Prime Minister's Residence for a while. I'll have someone take you back later. Don't think too much about what happened today. Once General Du and I have thoroughly investigated the matter, we'll definitely tell you. There must be something else behind this matter."
Xuanyuan Qiaoer smiled and wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief: "Qing'er, I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me... I believe him."
Shen Wanqing was stunned when she heard this.
"As soon as they arrived, I felt something was wrong. Although I haven't known Xiao Chenyang for too long, how could I not know what kind of person he is?"