Chapter 496: No One Could Stop Her
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The visitor took off her gauze hat when she heard that. The dim candlelight illuminated her beautiful face.
She raised her head slightly and looked at Xiao Shihang, whose eyes were filled with deep affection. She put on a smile, and this smile captivated Xiao Shihang straightaway.
“Young Master, when I work for you, I never ask for anything. I just hope that you can get what you want. Oh, right. I obtained a batch of high-quality cotton from Luo City a few days ago. It will be shipped to the capital city in a few days. Where do you think is a suitable place to sell this batch of cotton, Young Master?”
Xiao Shihang was already deeply moved by Zhou Xiangrong’s words into a daze. Back then, when he had been injured in an accident, if Zhou Xiangrong had not appeared in time, he would have died tragically in the wilderness. Back then, she was still staying in a temple on the outskirts of the city. In the process of interacting with her, he gradually became attracted to her. He also felt that she was completely different from those aristocratic young ladies in the capital city.
Luo City suffered from a drought this year. The cotton merchants in the capital city had long been fretting that it would be difficult to get Luo City’s cotton this year. To his surprise, she managed to obtain this batch of cotton.
“How much do you have?”
“Almost all of Luo City’s cotton production,” Zhou Xiangrong said softly.
Xiao Shihang was even more shocked. “How did you get it?”
Zhou Xiangrong lowered her eyes and said, “Have you forgotten? I cured the plague-infected victims in Luo City. I saved Luo City’s City Guardian Wei Zhongming from the death penalty, so he promised to give me this cotton.” Xiao Shihang looked at Zhou Xiangrong even more fervently.
“Right now, Luo City’s cotton is in very short supply. It won’t be long before winter comes, and the price of cotton will hit its peak. I guarantee that when this batch of cotton is in my hands, I can sell it at a price several times higher than before. When the time comes, you can keep all the profits.”
Zhou Xiangrong did not approve, but Xiao Shihang covered her mouth and refused to let her reject him.
“Just listen to me.”
Zhou Xiangrong pulled his hand away and said, “Then I’ll just treat it as if you’ve left the money with me. It’s not too late to come back and get it when you need it.”
This statement made Xiao Shihang very happy. This proved that Zhou Xiangrong had completely regarded him as one of her own.
“Alright.”
After leaving Jade Fragrance House and returning to the horse carriage, the moment the carriage curtain dropped down, the gentleness on Zhou Xiangrong’s face disappeared completely, leaving only a scheming glint in her eyes.
“Young Miss, will Prime Minister Su really die?” The horse carriage started moving and completely drowned out Xin Yue’s deliberately lowered voice.
However, Zhou Xiangrong heard her.
“He will definitely die.” If Su Yulun did not die, the group of people following him would not cause a ruckus. If they did not cause a ruckus, the Imperial Court would not be thrown into chaos. If the Imperial Court was not chaotic, how could they take advantage of the situation to infiltrate?
When the Imperial Court was in chaos, in order to appease the restless court officials, they would pamper the daughters the officials had sent into the palace. If there were none, they would open up the Imperial harem.
She had to enter the palace at all costs.
No one could stop her!
Three days later, Su Yulun regained consciousness.
Su Ying went to the Prime Minister’s Residence after receiving the news.
Even though he had woken up, Su Yulun was still extremely weak. It was very strenuous for him to just open his mouth and speak.
Su Ying took out a silver needle and inserted it into Su Yulun’s chest.
Su Yulun belatedly felt a strange numbness spread throughout his body. He thought that Su Ying wanted his life, but he soon realized that his energy level seemed to have improved a lot.
“You… you evil daughter! You want to kill me!”
When Su Ying heard that Su Yulun could speak now, she pulled out the silver needle and handed it to Zhou Qing.
“Kill you? If it wasn’t for me, you would have already reported to the Palace of the King of Hell. You still call yourself a high-ranking and powerful Prime Minister, yet you fell into such a deplorable state when someone set you up.”
Su Ying’s sarcastic words made Su Yulun furious, but more than that, he was shocked. “What do you mean by that?”
“Didn’t you feel that you were already a dying person? If not for my medicine, you would have died long ago.”
Of course, Su Yulun noticed the abnormality in his body. However, it was too late when he realized that something was wrong.
He could not move at all. He did not even have the strength to speak. He could only lie on the bed and wait to be slaughtered.
“Are… are you so kind as to save me?” Su Yulun had realized long ago that Su Ying would never think along the same line as him.
Su Ying lowered her chilly almond-shaped eyes as she looked at him. “I’m just curious to know who was it that could make you so sick with such a brilliant method without raising any suspicion.”
Su Yulun also wanted to know!
Now, the food and household needs in the residence were managed by the Old Mistress, who was his biological mother. She still needed to rely on him to enjoy a life of glory and wealth, so the possibility of her making a move on him was almost zero. As for his good-for-nothing younger brother, the position of Prime Minister was not hereditary. If Su Yulun died, it was impossible for this fellow to support the Su family with his unpresentable demeanor. As long as Su Yulun was alive, they were the upper-class aristocratic families in the capital city. Without him, they were nothing, so the possibility of them making a move on him was very small.
“I was poisoned?”
Su Ying shook her head. “I didn’t find any specific toxins, but your internal organs are indeed showing obvious signs of decay.”
“Then what is going on?”
Su Ying gave a scornful sneer. “Perhaps you can ask your beloved daughter.”
Su Yulun’s eyes widened slightly.
Su Ying gestured with her hand, and Zhou Qing dragged Su Yuyan in.
To be honest, Su Ying was not really a patient person. Initially, she wanted to plot a long-term plan to trap the main instigator, but Xiao Jin’s words last night made a lot of sense to her.
He said that if Su Yulun died, what use would Su Yuyan have? How much could she possibly know when she herself was a pawn that would be abandoned soon?
Su Ying felt that these words were very logical, so she sent a message to Zhou Qing that very night. She instructed her to go to Su Yuyan’s room to see if there was anything suspicious. The girl found that Su Yuyan was still holding a wooden hairpin in her hand while she slept.
Su Yuyan was born into a noble family and had seen all kinds of expensive stuff, so why would she care so much about a worthless hairpin? There was only one possibility. This thing was given to her by someone she cared about.
Thus, when Su Ying arrived today, she told Zhou Qing to take Su Yuyan down.
Su Yuyan’s face was filled with rage as she was escorted to Su Ying. “Don’t go overboard, Your Imperial Highness! It’s bad enough that you sealed Father’s courtyard and attempted to murder Father, but you actually hurt the innocent too. What did we do wrong to make Your Imperial Highness treat us like this?”
Su Ying took out the wooden hairpin and played with it carelessly. When Su Yuyan saw the wooden hairpin, she was shocked. She struggled to snatch it back but was firmly held back by the Imperial Guards.
“Su Ying, you bitch! What on earth do you want? Give me back my things!”
Su Ying looked at the jade flower on the wooden hairpin and frowned slightly. “Such exquisite carving. I can tell at a glance that it was done by a skilled craftsman. Surely you don’t believe that someone personally carved this for you, do you?”
“Su Ying, what are you trying to do?”
Su Ying raised her eyes vaguely, her gaze exuding a chilly iciness. “Who gave this to you?”
Su Yuyan pursed her lips tightly and didn’t say anything.
“Xiao Shihang?”
Su Yuyan’s eyes widened abruptly as she raised her head to look at Su Ying in shock..