Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 167

Chapter 167 Yun Xiao Captured
Yun Xiao knew that Brother Han and Rong Ruo would be safe with Qing Mo and Qing Lin, so she was relieved. Just as she entered the private room, the door behind her was shut with a “bang”.

This voice seemed to smash into Yun Xiao’s heart. Her expression was slightly cold. She calmed down, and her expression was indifferent and distant. “I wonder what His Highness the Third Prince wants to say to me when he invites me here?”

“Naturally, it was the apology at the banquet yesterday.” Zhou Jingyan smiled with a spoiled expression and pointed in the opposite direction, indicating for Yun Xiao to walk over. “What do you think of this gift, Fourth Young Lady?”

A bad premonition surged into Yun Xiao’s heart, and she always felt gloomy behind her back.

Yun Xiao’s expression was grim, and she had been beating the drum in her heart. This gift definitely wasn’t very good. However, for the sake of that painting, she still walked over and stopped not far from Zhou Jingyan. She looked in the direction of Zhou Jingyan’s finger.

He discovered that the screen had been opened. A soft couch was revealed behind the screen. On the soft couch lay a beauty. However, at this moment, the beauty’s complexion was green. It was as if a piece of skin had been torn off her face. Not a single part of her neck was intact. The clothes on her body were the same as the clothes she wore at the banquet yesterday.

It was actually Li Qiaolan!

Yun Xiao’s heart was ruthlessly smashed, and she unconsciously took a step back, screamed, and covered her eyes with her hand.

Although Yun Xiao, who had died once, was not afraid of seeing a dead person, she still had some reactions in case she was suspected by Zhou Jingyan. Moreover, the person who was still alive yesterday was lying in front of her in the blink of an eye. If she wasn’t afraid, it would be fake, let alone that Li Qiaolan’s death was directly related to her.

Yesterday, if he hadn’t reacted in time, the banknote would have been poisoned. Perhaps he was the one lying here now, right? Thinking about it, Yun Xiao felt terrifying. Fortunately, she had memories of her previous life.

Just as she took a step back, a warm wall appeared behind her. Warm breathing sprayed on her face again. Yun Xiao felt as if all the bones in her body were stiff.

A pair of big hands was about to land on his waist. Yun Xiao’s eyes were furrowed together. She covered her face with both hands in horror. Her eyes, which were covered with both hands, turned around. Yun Xiao cried out in alarm and retreated again. Her foot ruthlessly stepped on Zhou Jingyan’s foot.

After realizing that she had stepped on someone, Yun Xiao ran forward in panic and couldn’t help but scream again.

Zhou Jingyan originally thought that he would hug Yun Xiao in his arms, but he didn’t expect that the beauty would be trampled on by Yun Xiao. Yun Xiao’s foot was merciless. He snorted and took a step back. He could only watch Yun Xiao run out of his arms.

Yun Xiao’s face was deathly pale. She was not frightened by Li Qiaolan’s corpse, but was frightened by Zhou Jingyan’s attempt to hug her. The scum who had killed her in the previous life actually wanted to get close to her in this life. There was simply nothing more terrifying than this!

However, just as she stepped on that man, for fear that he would lose face, Yun Xiao immediately turned around and looked at him apologetically, “Third Highness, are you alright? I didn’t mean to step on you just now? I really didn’t mean to step on you. Wasn’t Third Highness on the side just now? Why did he suddenly arrive behind me?” She said with a puzzled expression. Seeing that Zhou Jingyan’s face was getting uglier and uglier, she anxiously said, “I really didn’t mean to …”

This explanation was better not to explain. The more Zhou Jingyan listened, the more furious he became. However, Yun Xiao had already apologized so sincerely. If she continued to blame him, it would be her fault. “No problem, it won’t hurt anyway.”

Yun Xiao was still uneasy. She said awkwardly, “Third Highness, why don’t I go out and call a doctor? There’s a doctor in this restaurant.”

Why would Zhou Jingyan let someone who had just been tricked leave like this? He said with an embarrassed expression, “I said no need. Sit down honestly.”

Yun Xiao looked at Zhou Jingyan’s livid face. Her previous nervous mood had become completely happy, but no matter how happy she was, these words had to be held in her heart. She looked at Zhou Jingyan with a pale face and sat down nervously. She did not know where to put her hands and feet.

Seeing Yun Xiao like this, Zhou Jingyan’s anger that he had just been stepped on also disappeared. Zhou Jingyan picked up the teapot and was about to pour tea for the teacup in front of Yun Xiao.

When Yun Xiao saw Zhou Jingyan’s hand quietly spinning on the teapot, her expression changed. Seeing that the teapot was about to reach her teacup, she coughed softly, “Third Highness, your status is noble. How can a maiden trouble you to pour tea? Shall I do it myself?”

Don’t think that she doesn’t know this mandarin duck pot. It doesn’t seem to be different, but there is another world in the pot. It is only because the pot is divided into two parts. These two parts are separated by a net. On one side, normal tea can be placed, while on the other side, tea with ingredients can be placed. As long as you turn the lid of the pot, you can control the tea in the mandarin duck pot.

He didn’t expect that such a precious teapot would actually be used on him.

Zhou Jingyan’s gaze was filled with displeasure. “Didn’t Fourth Young Lady say at the banquet yesterday that the status of a merchant girl is not low. In business, Fourth Young Lady can treat me as an ordinary merchant.”

You are no ordinary businessman, you are my enemy! Yun Xiao quietly added in her heart. She smiled awkwardly and said, “Your Highness the Third Prince is serious. What you said yesterday is just a joke. You can’t be true. Your Highness the Third Prince has a noble status. That would be a disappointment to me.”

After she finished speaking, she flipped the teacup over and the mouth of the bottle fell downwards. Naturally, the things Zhou Jingyan gave her couldn’t be taken anymore.

Zhou Jingyan saw that Yun Xiao had already done this. If he forced her to pour tea, it would arouse Yun Xiao’s suspicion. He brought over the teapot and poured himself some tea.

Yun Xiao looked at Zhou Jingyan apprehensively and carefully said, “Third Highness, wasn’t Mrs. Li still fine yesterday? Why, how could she …”

Before she could finish her sentence, Zhou Jingyan already understood what she meant. “Yesterday at the banquet, Qiao Lan said something frankly that was harmful to the Fourth Young Lady. No matter what the Fourth Young Lady said, she was still my guest. After the guests left, I called Qiao Lan to reprimand her. However, she didn’t want to think about it. She actually took the poison.”

“Poisoned? How could this be? Don’t you have a maidservant beside Mrs. Li?” She looked at Zhou Jingyan with a puzzled and innocent expression. As for how Li Qiaolan died, no one knew better than Yun Xiao.

Zhou Jingyan had suspected that Yun Xiao had made a move. He looked at Yun Xiao for a while, but he didn’t see anything strange in her eyes. The space between her eyebrows was slightly knitted. Could it be that he had guessed wrongly?

“I interrogated the maidservant, but the maidservant said that Qiaolan told her to get a doctor. Before the doctor arrived, she killed herself. I’m afraid she wants to send the maidservant away.”

Her indifferent tone was as if the person who died was a cat or a dog, not a concubine who had served her for so many days. Yun Xiao sneered in her heart. She continued to ask, “So that’s the case. That maid is too incompetent. Will she find another maid to look after Mrs. Li before she leaves? Mrs. Li can’t be that maid, right?”

Zhou Jingyan didn’t seem to see the slightest bit of regret on his face. “That’s why I let someone beat that maid to death.”

Yun Xiao’s heart couldn’t help but tremble. She chuckled awkwardly, but didn’t say anything else.

“Fourth Young Lady, there’s no need to be afraid. Since she was unreasonable to Fourth Young Lady, this is the punishment she deserves.” He smiled and took a sip from the teacup on the table.

Yun Xiao lowered her eyebrows and restrained her eyes. She sneered in her heart. The ancient saying that women were like clothes had been well interpreted by Zhou Jingyan. Li Qiaolan was dead, and he did not have any lingering nostalgia. “Unfortunately, Madam Li was still so young, and she was so fragrant that her beauty was not as good as heaven’s enly jealousy, right?”

After Yun Xiao finished speaking, she hadn’t heard the other party’s response for a long time. She raised her head and saw Zhou Jingyan’s hand reach over. It was only an inch away and was about to land on the back of her hand.

Yun Xiao calmly withdrew her hand and said dryly, “Third Highness, why don’t you speak? If there’s nothing else, can you give me the painting?” If it weren’t for that painting, she wouldn’t have sat with Zhou Jingyan.

Zhou Jingyan stared at Yun Xiao for a long time, and the corner of his mouth slightly raised. “Isn’t Fourth Young Lady afraid?”

Yun Xiao blinked her eyes, her clear eyes carrying a hint of doubt and curiosity, “Afraid?”

He sized up Yun Xiao a few times and used his gaze to signal Yun Xiao to look behind her.

Yun Xiao suddenly felt a gust of dark wind blowing from behind her. Her clothes were calm and spontaneous. She did not forget that there was a corpse not far from her. In her previous life, she did not believe in gods and buddhas, but with the rebirth of herself and county princess Huining in front of her, she could not help but believe it.

Under Zhou Jingyan’s gaze, Yun Xiao slowly looked back and saw Li Qiaolan, who was lying behind the screen, appear behind her.

She was dressed in light pink colored clothes. There were bright blood stains on her clothes. However, at this moment, there were several tearing marks on her clothes. Her beautiful face was blue and purple, and there was a wound on her cheek. These wounds were turning outwards in unison, as if she had been torn off her skin and flesh.

Previously, he couldn’t see clearly from afar, but now he could see clearly. Yun Xiao couldn’t help but feel fear in her heart. That medicine was truly too terrifying.

There were only the corpses of her, Zhou Jingyan, and Li Qiaolan in this room, but why did this corpse appear behind her?

She leaned over and saw that the corpse was less than ten feet away from her. Her eyes were wide open, and a trace of blood flowed out from her pupils. Her feet did not move, but her figure was getting closer and closer to her!

Her face was filled with fear, and her eyes were also filled with panic. She was afraid in her heart. Yun Xiao could not help but scream, “Ah …” She stood up from the chair and was about to run out.

However, when Li Qiaolan’s corpse saw Yun Xiao’s body move, she suddenly accelerated and flew towards Yun Xiao’s direction. Yun Xiao’s expression changed drastically and she could no longer care about running forward. She saw the window not far away from her, so she wanted to jump out of it. Who would have thought that she would just take a step forward and bump into a hard wall head on?

Yun Xiao’s expression changed drastically. She raised her head and saw Zhou Jingyan’s figure above her. There was a trace of undisguised disgust and anger in her eyes. “Let go of me!”

“Fourth Young Lady, don’t worry. I just want to know why Qiao Lan is only flying towards Fourth Young Lady, don’t go there.” Zhou Jingyan smiled faintly, his gaze carrying a faint doubt. His gentle face was somewhat sinister to Yun Xiao, “How would I know? Madam Li wanted me to die when she was alive, but now she probably wants to drag me to die together.”

“Don’t be afraid, Fourth Young Lady. They all say that these ghosts are afraid of the Yang Qi of men. With me here, ghosts won’t dare to get close to them.” After he finished speaking, the corner of his mouth rose, and a pair of big hands were about to land on Yun Xiao’s body again.

Yun Xiao rolled her eyes. Yang Qi? I wonder if Zhou Jingyan can still be called a man? The corner of his eyes shone as he looked back. Sure enough, Li Qiaolan stopped flying this way. Yun Xiao’s expression was so frightened that she wanted to run back. When Zhou Jingyan reached out to stop her, the dagger in her hand was unsheathed and pressed against Zhou Jingyan’s heart. Yun Xiao innocently raised her head and whispered softly, “Third Highness, you’re right. You really don’t dare to get close with ghosts. It’s just that it’s better to be wary of men and women if they don’t kiss each other.”

Just as Yun Xiao finished speaking, a heaven-shaking sound of firecrackers suddenly came from outside the room. Yun Xiao’s hand holding the dagger trembled slightly and her heart trembled slightly. Who would have thought that Zhou Jingyan had already used both of his hands to grasp the blade of the sword and snatched the dagger from Yun Xiao’s hand.

Yun Xiao secretly regretted that she had been caught by Zhou Jingyan because of the series of firecrackers.

Thinking of this, Yun Xiao cursed the series of firecrackers below. She did not know what Zhou Jingyan wanted to do, but Yun Xiao knew that as long as she stalled for a bit longer, the reinforcements would probably arrive. “Third Prince, what exactly do you want? Why don’t you say it first?”

Zhou Jingyan put the dagger against Yun Xiao’s neck. He saw Yun Xiao’s rolling eyes and knew that Yun Xiao was already making up her mind. How could he not see that Yun Xiao was waiting for reinforcements? However, he would not give her this chance. He smiled and said, “Fourth Young Lady, don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.” After he finished speaking, he pointed at Yun Xiao’s acupoint. This acupoint could make Yun Xiao lose her movements and words, so she could only watch without tired of speaking or moving.

Yun Xiao rolled her eyes. There was no need to delay now.

Zhou Jingyan reached out to pick up Yun Xiao and walked out, “Take Li Qiaolan away.” As soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared in the room. That figure was extremely fast, like a ghost.