The gambling god's wife in the Duke's Mansion is getting divorced again

Chapter 127 Only one can survive

"Nonsense, his poison has been cured, how could he die?"

Sang Wan gave him a displeased look, saying, "You're such a jinx."

Baili Xi crossed his arms and stared at her meaningfully:

"Is it considered deceiving the emperor to take the remnants of the Tianxuan Sect into the room and conceal them from the emperor?"

"Aren't you his good friend? You..." Sang Wan blushed and was at a loss for words.

"I heard you're going to elope with that scholar? Is he really worth risking everything to follow him?"

"What do you mean by elopement? What you said is so ugly." Sang Wan couldn't help but argue.

She was just accompanying Shi Luochuan to the provincial capital to take the exam, and she still had to leave after arriving at the provincial capital.

Shi Luochuan has his own world, and she has her own life. After all, they are not the same kind of people.

Baili Xi ignored her defense: "Yes and no?"

"How do you know Shi Luochuan?" Sang Wan asked back.

"I know much more than you think." Baili Xi raised his lips and sneered: "Let me ask you, if Pei Jinzhi were to die, would you be willing to stay for him?"

Sang Wanchi's face turned pale, and she avoided his scrutinizing eyes:

"Whether I stay or not has nothing to do with whether he lives or dies. Everyone will die, sooner or later. If you say so, for his own good, I should leave early."

Baili Xi shook his head: "If you stay, he may not survive; but if you leave, he will definitely not survive."

"Baili Xi, are you underestimating your brother? Who is Prince Pei? He's a young general who, at the age of twelve, could defeat ten enemies with one blow. How can a mere common woman like me decide his life or death?"

Sang Wan pressed his forehead and found it quite funny.

Baili Xi's eyes flickered slightly: "Let's make a deal, Sang Wan."

Sang Wan was a little annoyed: "Again? Why do you men always want to make deals?"

"The Princess of Jianing County has sent a secret letter to the capital, accusing Pei Jinzhi of colluding with the Tianxuan Sect. The Imperial Guards are on their way to capture him and will arrive at Fengshui Town the day after tomorrow at the latest." Baili Xi raised his eyebrows. "He willingly died for you. I think you should know this."

Although he loves Sang Wan, his brother's life and death is a matter of great importance, so he must speak out.

"What did you say?" Sang Wan took a step back and hit her back on the round table.

Thinking of the divorce agreement, the house, the banknotes and the deliberate indifference, Sang Wan clutched the table tightly and suddenly realized.

He didn't intentionally send someone to follow her, but he had already arranged everything and wanted to send her away at the right time.

"Whether you believe it or not, the arrow is on the string. I rushed all the way from Guazhou at night just to inform him of this. But he is stubborn and insists on sending you away. If he can't hand over the remnants of the Tianxuan Sect, he will die. He has decided to join the game and perish with the Tianxuan Sect."

"We'll die together." Sang Wan's face turned pale. "He's so stupid. The people of Tianxuan Sect are not worth dying together with him."

"He did this for you, to remove the shackles for you and give you freedom." Baili Xi had his head down, but suddenly he raised it up, looking quite unnatural. He even blew a breath on purpose to hide his unnatural feeling.

Didn't we agree to settle the matter? How come he became so infatuated that he wanted to die? This is like roasting him on the fire.

He asked himself about his feelings for Sang Wan and realized that he couldn't do this.

Sang Wan raised her eyebrows. Baili Xi, under her questioning gaze, flicked his whip in frustration and said dejectedly, "I have to admit that he cares about you more than I thought, Sang Wan."

"Did something happen to you without my knowledge?"

He was really anxious and would not stop asking.

"Don't worry about your own business." Sang Wan averted his eyes guiltily, "We are just doing business."

"Baili Xi, do you want me to surrender myself?"

"Someone has to face it, Sang Wan. It's either you or your accomplices. Tell me honestly, how did Wen Ruo treat you?"

Baili Xi took a step closer, his eyes burning. "I don't want you to die. Tell me, where are your accomplices? Let's work together to lure them out, and I'll keep you safe. How do you do that?"

"Baili Xi, you're forcing me to do something I can't do." Sang Wan was a little annoyed. "Maybe Pei Jinzhi has a foolproof plan."

He keeps everything in his heart and doesn't say anything. If he is so powerful, he should just die.

Sang Wan was so angry that her chest felt tight.

"Wen Ruo is my best brother. Now that he's made his decision, I shouldn't have come looking for you, but I couldn't help it. If you insist on leaving, I won't stop you. If you've made up your mind, feel free to go to the Fugui Casino and someone will contact me for you."

Baili Xi didn't care what she thought. He flew onto the roof again and disappeared without a trace.

Sang Wan sat down on the round stool, feeling cold all over.

During this period of time, she hid under Pei Jinzhi's wings and deliberately ignored Tianxuanmen, but she forgot that the crisis was still hanging on her neck like a knife, and she could not escape.

The tragic death of her family made her depressed and she completely forgot where the pain came from.

The curved corner of the lips became clear again in Sang Wan's mind.

The ghosts of the maidservant and Madam Cheng linger around.

After a while, she calmly called the maid, "Skylark."

Yunque hurried in from outside: "Grandma, what do you want?"

"I'm tired, so I'm going to sleep now. I won't see anyone who comes. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Sang Wan looked tired and rubbed the veins on his forehead.

Yun Que felt sorry for her: "Please get some rest. I have told the guards not to disturb anyone."

Sang Wan nodded lightly, turned around and closed the door.

She gathered the quilt on the bed into a human shape, changed into a nightgown, and flew off the roof.

With almost no effort, she returned to Sang's house.

Sure enough, the shadow behind him also fell down. It was Madam Cheng.

"Oh, I was wondering, how many days do I have to wait before I can see the eldest grandmother of the Pei Mansion?"

Madam Cheng sat on one knee on the stone bench in the yard, looking at her with a forced smile.

There was no light in the yard, but the moonlight was bright enough to make the face look bluish-blue, making it even more creepy; the shadow behind her was baring fangs and spitting out words.

She had long since returned to her original appearance and no longer dressed as a maid.

She remembered the curved corners of her lips that day.

Sang Wan's throat rolled, "It was you who killed Liu Yumei."

Madam Cheng gently raised her hand to check if the nail polish on her ten fingers had faded. The blood-red fingertips made her look like a ghost.

She took out a gold medal from her bosom and smiled:

"She deserves to die. She recognized me and even threatened to report me to the police."

Sang Wan closed her eyes in pain: "She is innocent, and my nephew is also innocent."

Madam Cheng covered her lips and sneered, "You were walking through the market and stepped on an ant. That ant was innocent too. Are you going to take your life for that ant?"

"They are human beings! Not ants!" Sang Wan's eyes turned red and he wanted to kill her.

"Tsk tsk, heaven and earth are cruel. You and I are both ants, what's the difference? But then again, I didn't kill your nephew. That Liu Yumei ran as fast as a rabbit. When I caught up with her, I didn't know where she had hidden that unfortunate child. Wild beasts roamed the deep mountains and old forests, and he was mauled to death. I can only blame it on bad luck."

"Madam Cheng, are you still a human being?"

"Human or ghost, if I don't give you some strong medicine, you'll probably spend your days enjoying the comforts of being your grandmother in the Pei Mansion, forgetting your mission, right?" Madam Cheng sneered at her, "You still want to run away with Shi Luochuan? You're really dreaming, Sang Wan."

"What do you want to do to him?" Sang Wan's whole body was filled with alarm.

"If you hadn't come tonight, I would have been left collecting the body of the great scholar Shi tomorrow morning." Madam Cheng clapped her hands and laughed, "It's a good thing you came. I don't have to attack the scholar anymore."

Sang Wan felt as if drenched in cold water. His hand involuntarily touched the arrow in his sleeve, but then stopped.

"You are really crazy."

"Where's the imperial edict? Stop beating around the bush with me!" Madam Cheng's eyes were stern. "If you can't hand over the imperial edict, Shi Luochuan will be buried with you!"

Sang Wan sank to her knees, "Madam Cheng, please release Shi Luochuan. I know where the imperial edict is hidden, and I will retrieve it and give it to you tomorrow night!"

"Tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrows there are. Your words cannot be trusted."

"This time it's real. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will definitely get the imperial edict. I beg you!"

Sang Wan hit his head and it was bleeding.

Madam Cheng stared at her for a long time, then let out a sigh, "You've angered the young prince. Even if the imperial edict arrives tomorrow, only one of Shi Luochuan and Pei Jinzhi can survive. For the sake of our friendship, you make your choice."

"Choose?" Sang Wan was stunned, seemingly not understanding.

Madam Cheng's silver bell-like laughter sounded like the melody of ghosts in the night:

"Would you rather keep your prince husband, or let your lover brother live?"