Chapter 471:I Won’t Harm Others If They Don’t Harm Me
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Gu Zhicheng wouldn’t resort to killing in public.
With a strong will, he restrained his urge to take a life. He regarded Wang Shi with a gaze that suggested she was a fool. “Gu Qingluan is your greatest enemy! Are you out of your mind? Why are you speaking up for her? Do you even realize that without me, the next person she’ll target is your daughter?”
Wang Shi suddenly panicked. “No, that’s impossible. She promised me she’d spare Xue’er!”
Gu Zhicheng’s expression showed understanding.
Indeed, Gu Qingluan had used Xue’er as leverage to manipulate Wang Shi.
What a naive woman!
After all that had happened, couldn’t she see what kind of person Gu Qingluan truly was?
This was the alpha wolf, a cold-blooded and ruthless one!
When dealing with enemies, there would be no mercy; instead, they would ruthlessly tear apart their flesh and skin.
Did Wang Shi actually expect Gu Qingluan to spare Xue’er?
He voiced his thoughts, and Wang Shi’s face turned pale. “No, she swore an oath. If she dares harm my daughter, she’ll go to hell!”
“She might not do it personally, but she can have others do it for her!”
Gu Zhicheng’s words hit Wang Shi like a thunderbolt. She shivered and looked at Gu Qingluan.
“You… You say you absolutely won’t harm Xue’er, nor will you let anyone harm her. Say it!”
Watching Wang Shi lose her composure, Gu Qingluan’s lips curled slightly. “I won’t harm others unless they harm me.”
What Gu Lingxue owed her, she would naturally have Gu Lingxue pay it back.
Wang Shi understood her meaning. Instantly, she looked as if she were about to explode and struggled to rush at her. “You’re lying to me!”
Gu Qingluan had healed her throat but had not restored her entire body.
Therefore, besides her head, Wang Shi remained paralyzed.
Gu Zhicheng wore a mocking smile as he whispered provocations in Wang Shi’s ear. “See, I told you she was deceiving you. Are you going to continue providing false testimony for her?”
Unable to physically harm Gu Qingluan, Gu Zhicheng’s words awakened Wang Shi. She immediately retracted her previous statement.
“Everything you just said was a lie? Then how do you explain these letters?”
“The letters are real, but the Master didn’t have the chance to harm Lady Jun. She died during childbirth, and it’s not anyone else’s fault!”
Shuntian Preference looked at Gu Qingluan with a troubled expression.
If the Guardian Princess of the Nation wanted to deceive Wang Shi, why didn’t she continue lying? With Wang Shi retracting her testimony, the case hit a roadblock once again.
Gu Qingluan stood up and walked towards Wang Shi with slow, deliberate steps.
Wang Shi’s pupils constricted, and fear crept up on her. “What are you trying to do? This is the Shuntian Prefecture Hall; you can’t act recklessly here!”
“If you change your mind, I’ll naturally change mine too.”
Gu Qingluan smiled faintly.
Wang Shi felt a chill running down her spine.
Then, Gu Qingluan pinched her cheeks and forced a poison pill into her mouth.
Wang Shi struggled desperately, making whimpering sounds.
The poison continued to slide down her throat into her body.
Gu Qingluan released her and stepped back.
“Wuwuwu!”
Wang Shi covered her throat with both hands, trying to speak but only producing incoherent sounds.
The hall fell into a deathly silence.
She had actually poisoned Wang Shi in public; that was incredibly audacious!
“Gu Qingluan, do you even know the law?” Gu Zhicheng immediately accused her, reminding Shuntian Prefecture’s magistrate and the Crown Prince. They had all witnessed it; they couldn’t protect Gu Qingluan.
Gu Qingluan smiled faintly. “Poisoning Wang Shi? Wasn’t that done by Patriarch Gu himself? I merely took back the ability 1 granted her to speak.”
She opened her hand, and in her palm lay a crystal ball.
Under Gu Zhicheng’s watchful gaze, she infused it with arcane power and projected the recorded images from the memory stone.
It displayed the scene where Wang Shi had pointed her finger at Gu Zhicheng just moments ago.
The image ended with the Crown Prince’s decision to close the case.
None of Wang Shi’s subsequent actions, including her retraction, were recorded.
What a cunning little brat!
Gu Zhicheng, realizing he had been tricked again, flashed a cold glint in his eyes, rushed forward, and tried to snatch the memory stone..