in2ebook Chapter 172: Angry
Chapter 172: Angry
Upon hearing this, Old Man Xu's expression froze. Looking more closely at the young emperor's features, he realized he didn't resemble himself...
And the more I look at it, the more it resembles that dead dog emperor…
After looking at them for a while, I feel like they're practically identical!
Jiang Qingyan walked to the stone bench, sat down, crossed her legs, and interrogated, "Tell me, did the plague medicine you gave me have any side effects?"
Old Man Xu sneered, "Hmph, you're lucky you can even cure an epidemic! I'd rather it had some aftereffects, tormenting you to the point of wishing you were dead!"
Jiang Qingyan rubbed her chin, speechless, and said, "Is it really necessary? I didn't steal your wife, nor did I jump into the well with your child, so why do you hate me so much?"
Old Man Xu glared at her and said coldly, "You killed my Rui'er, and even if I die, I will avenge her!"
Jiang Qingyan slowly stood up and walked behind Xu Diedie, pulled down her pants, and frowned, saying, "Tsk tsk tsk... Look at this big chrysanthemum, it's loose like a vat, and you still have the mind to think about avenging others? That old hag sent you to sell your asshole, and you're still playing the innocent love game here, are you kidding me?"
Old Man Xu clenched his buttocks tightly, his ears turning bright red with embarrassment. "What are you doing? Put my pants back on! A scholar can be killed but not humiliated! How could you humiliate me like this in public!"
Jiang Qingyan pouted, walked up to Grandpa Xu, and teased, "Tch~ You've been selling your asshole at Qingfeng Pavilion for so many years without feeling ashamed. I just pulled down your pants, I didn't do anything to you, and you're already this embarrassed?"
Grandpa Xu was speechless with anger. He gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and said, "If you want to kill me, then kill me. Stop with the nonsense..."
Jiang Qingyan chuckled lightly, "Killing... I definitely have to kill them~ But... I want to ask you for something..."
Grandpa Xu slowly opened his eyes and asked in confusion, "You want something from me? I'm all alone now, I have nothing but this life."
Jiang Qingyan held up her index finger and shook it in front of him. "No, no, no~ You have a poison that can infect people with the plague~ Give it to me."
Old Man Xu narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "What do you want that thing for? Hmph, you're going to die anyway, why should I grant your wish? I won't give it to you!"
Jiang Qingyan leaned forward, looking mysterious, and said, "Don't you want to know what the old demon wrote in his letter?"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Xu's eyes trembled slightly, still somewhat incredulous. "Her letter... was it really written to me?"
Jiang Qingyan chuckled and raised an eyebrow, saying, "What? Don't you even believe in her love for you?"
Old Man Xu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright... I'll give you the poison, and you give me the letter."
Jiang Qingyan gave an "OK" sign and said with satisfaction, "Deal!"
Mo Ting tapped Xu's chest twice with his fingers, sealing his martial arts and internal energy before releasing him.
Grandpa Xu took a deep breath to calm himself down, then took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Qingyan.
He said in a deep voice, "This is a poison that can induce an epidemic. It can only cause infection if taken orally or if it enters the body through a wound."
Jiang Qingyan stared at the porcelain bottle thoughtfully and said, "No wonder they were never infected despite being by my side every day. It turns out this poison is different from a normal epidemic..."
Old Man Xu lowered his eyes and said, "I had no intention of harming anyone else, which is why I used this poison... I was thinking of finding a chance to sneak it into your food. But I didn't expect that day at the royal cemetery, you suddenly ordered someone to replace the tombstone with a blank one, so I thought I'd try my luck..."
Jiang Qingyan glanced at him. "Looks like you're quite lucky! But... where did you get this poison from?"
After pondering for a moment, Old Man Xu said, "When I first entered the Xia Kingdom, I met a master on the road. I kindly gave him some food, and this poison was his way of repaying me. Oh, right... his name seems to be... Shenlun!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingyan and the other two widened their eyes in shock, realizing they had fallen for that scoundrel!
Why does he always come up with harmful ideas?
No wonder he had a prescription for treating the epidemic!
Grandpa Xu looked up at Jiang Qingyan, his eyes full of expectation, and said, "I've given you what you wanted, my letter..."
Jiang Qingyan's expression froze upon hearing this. "What letter? Who do you want to write it to? Do you need me to get you paper and pen?"
Father Xu frowned and said, "What I want is the letter Rui'er wrote to me!"
Jiang Qingyan scratched his head. "Rui'er? Empress Dowager Rui? What kind of pipe dream are you having? Countless men go in and out of her room every day, all sorts of old, weak, sick, disabled, pregnant... oh no, not pregnant... how could she possibly write a letter just for you?"
Grandpa Xu's eyes grew even redder, and he gritted his teeth and roared, "You lied to me!"
Seeing that Father Xu was angry again, Jiang Qingyan chuckled and said, "When did I lie to you? I only said that the old hag left a letter, I never said it was for you! Why are you panicking! You're so immature and unsteady! How could your Rui'er like you if you act like this?"
Old Man Xu's eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice, "If that letter wasn't written to me, then who was it written to?"
Jiang Qingyan rummaged in her sleeve and pulled out a crumpled envelope after a moment. She handed it to Grandpa Xu and said indifferently, "Here, the letter you wanted. Take your time to read it."
After saying that, he pulled Mo Ting and Xuan Ye to sit down at the stone table.
After carefully smoothing out the envelope, Grandpa Xu slowly took out the letter inside and carefully read every word written on it…
The document clearly recorded the names of each of her lovers, along with the dates they spent time with her in bed…
When he saw the last sheet of letter, Mr. Xu was completely dumbfounded…
The inscription clearly read: "Ning Lang is so mighty that he has made me pregnant again."
His hands trembled uncontrollably, and the letter slowly slipped to the ground…
He originally thought that Rui'er was only pretending to be friendly with some important officials to make things easier for herself in the palace...
But the letters were filled with the densely packed names of men who had served him in bed, including even the most ordinary soldiers and servants…
The most ridiculous thing is that this so-called "playing along" actually went so far as to result in pregnancy...
Thinking about what I've done for her over the past twenty years, the grievances I've suffered... even going so far as to sell my body to those disgusting men...
How ridiculous... his life is a complete joke...
Grandpa Xu suddenly threw his head back and burst into laughter. A short while later, he suffered a stroke, vomited blood, and died…
Xuan Ye bent down and gently smoothed down Xu's wide-open eyelids, saying in a deep voice, "Xu is actually a good person; he just loved the wrong person..."
Jiang Qingyan sighed and said, "Alas, that old hag has caused so much harm..."
At this moment, Ling Feng also arrived. After seeing the two people who were already dead on the ground, he raised an eyebrow and said, "My husband is quite quick to act."
Jiang Qingyan patted Ling Feng on the shoulder and laughed, "We have to thank you for finding the letter; it literally made Father Xu die of anger!"
Lin Zhijie rushed over shortly after, grabbing Jiang Qingyan's hand anxiously and asking, "Husband... are you hurt? It's all my fault for not taking good care of you, making you come to this dangerous place..."