Chapter 98 The Cat-and-Mouse Game Has Just Begun

A fifteen-year-old yatou knelt in front of Zi You, watching Zi You leisurely drink tea. Zi You didn't ask her questions or interrogate her. The yatou felt a pressure like she never had before. Cold sweat fell down her face like rain.

She tearfully and anxiously asked, "What does Xiaojie want to do?"

After thirty minutes, Zi You finally put her teacup down. She lazily said, "I wanted to save you. I'm kind and don't like seeing people suffer. The matters today originally had nothing to do with you, but you were beaten, scolded, and sold. Aren't you angry? Don't you feel mistreated?"

Liu Yanhong thought about how her parents, younger brother, and younger sister were still in Née Bai's hands. She could only shake her head and said in a small voice, "It was Nubi who was greedy. Nubi doesn't feel mistreated."

Zi You lightly smiled, as seductively as a black poppy at night. Her voice was gentle like springtime. But all this made Liu Yanhong feel cold from the inside out. "Is that so? Then mother being bitten by a snake is all thanks to you. Okay, then I will throw you into a snake pit. I'll let you experience being bitten by tens of thousands of poisonous snakes. How about it?"

"Don't!" The little yatou shrilly screamed in fear. "Nubi was wrongly accused. Nubi was wrongly accused. Wuu… In fact, Nubi did not know that Eighth Xiaojie and Fifth Shaoye were in Bai Yiniang's bedroom. It was Bai Yiniang who used Nubi's family to threat Nubi and have Nubi lie."

Zi You leaned back in her chair. She looked at this accomplice who harmed her and caused her miserable death in her previous life. She casually played with the weapon in her hands.

She gave this weapon a very pleasant-sounding name: Flying Blood Ring.

A ring with a chain was on her finger. When the ring flew out, the mechanism was triggered. Sixteen blades of knives would fly out. Each blade would slice the target into bloody pieces.

If it was on your head, your body would say goodbye to your head forever.

This had the same premise as Qing Dynasty's Yongzheng Emperor's "Xuedizi [legendary mythical weapon]." But Zi You's Flying Blood Ring was cleverer and more overbearing.

Liu Yanhong did not know martial arts so she did not see how Zi You sent the shiny ring in her hands flying out. She saw a silver flash and a dead mouse whose head was severed from its body fell in front of her. Soon, seven or eight dead mice fell around her, scaring her out of her mind and causing her to urinate over herself.

Zi You's maidservants laughed.

While playing, Zi You asked, "Does your Eighth Xiaojie meet with Fifth Shaoye every time she goes to the fu? What is their relationship?"

Liu Yanhong looked at the smiling girl in front of her as if she was looking at a demon. How could she dare to hide anything? She could only cry in her heart, 'Father, mother, it's not that daughter doesn't care about you. It's that daughter fell into the hands of a female devil. Daughter doesn't want to die."

She then truthfully replied, "Eighth Xiaojie and Fifth Shaoye… long before Eighth Xiaojie married, they already had an intimate relationship… Intimate relationship of the flesh. Eighth Xiaojie can marry your father only due to Eighth Xiaojie, Fifth Shaoye, and Bai Yiniang's scheme. At first, your father liked Eighth Xiaojie, but your grandfather objected so he turned down Eighth Xiaojie. But later Eighth Xiaojie got your father drunk and did… that. Your father had no choice but to ask your grandfather to marry Eighth Xiaojie again. Actually, the virgin blood then was chicken blood. When she was thirteen, Eighth Xiaojie had already… been played with by Fifth Shaoye. Fifth Shaoye and Bai Yiniang also have a relationship. They said that if Nubi reveals the truth, Fifth Shaoye would destroy Nubi's innocence. If Nubi dared to betray them, they would kill Nubi's family. Xiaojie, Nubi did not lie to you. Nubi really had no choice, but to… but to lie."

They were really shameless! Mother and daughter were sluts! Zi You sneered scornfully. She continued to ask, "What is the relationship between Imperial Doctor Qin, mother, and Bai Yiniang?"

Liu Yanhong was startled. She looked up at Zi You to see her lazily reclining on her chair, with a gentle smile on her face. Liu Yanhong didn't know why she felt very scared. She quickly lowered her head and quietly replied, "He is also Bai Yiniang and Eighth Xiaojie's lover. However, Bai Yiniang doesn't know that Eighth Xiaojie and Imperial Doctor Qin had an affair. Nubi also inadvertently found out. Once, Eighth Xiaojie was sick. Laoye invited Imperial Doctor Qin to treat Eighth Xiaojie. Nubi personally saw that while taking her pulse, Imperial Doctor Qin stuffed a note into Eighth Xiaojie's hand. Nubi was suspicious so Nubi paid close attention to Eighth Xiaojie and Imperial Doctor Qin. That's how Nubi discovered their affair."

Zi You couldn't help but want to laugh. She didn't expect that Mu YingRui's beloved furen was so promiscuous and licentious that she made him a cuckold with so many people.

Interesting. But how did that woman not get pregnant from sleeping with so many men?

Come to think of it. Wang Yiping in her previous life seemed to have been taking tonics to nurture her body. Imperial Doctor Qin prescribed the medicines. It seemed like there must be more to the story.

"Your Eighth Xiaojie is not afraid of getting pregnant?" Zi You continued to ask.

Liu Yanhong bit her lips and muttered, "Eighth Xiaojie was always consuming contraceptive medicines. The last time she returned, Eighth Xiaojie asked Imperial Doctor Qin for a solution. She had not gotten pregnant since she was married. Imperial Doctor Qin told her that she consumed the contraceptive medicines for too long and it was inadvisable for her to get pregnant. Eighth Xiaojie was so anxious she started crying. Imperial Doctor Qin had to coax her for a long time and promised to nurture her body before she stopped."

Coax? Onto the bed? Zi You laughed in ridicule. Then she said to Liu Yanhong, "You are my personal maidservant from now on. Don't tell anyone what happened today. Work for me obediently and I will think of a way to rescue your family from Née Bai and reunite you with them. Otherwise, the dead mice in front of you will be your family's ending."

Liu Yanhong shuddered and nodded to show her loyalty. "Nubi will remember Xiaojie's orders."

Zi You lazily nodded. "En. I bought you with the excuse of avenging mother, so I cannot treat you well in the near future. Otherwise, others will be suspicious. You can be a rough-work maidservant and do rougher work."

"Yes, Xiaojie." Liu Yanhong secretly lamented over her unluckiness. She was a first-rank maidservant with Bai Yiniang and had two maidservants who waited on her. She already experienced being waited on. How could she be willing to do rough work?

Zi You saw her lowered head. How could she not know what Liu Yanhong was thinking? She continued slowly, "It's only temporary. After a while, I will promote you to second-rank maidservant. I will think of a way to send you to Furen's [Wang Yiping] side. You must seize the opportunity to catch Laoye's [Mu YingRui] attention. I will find a way for you to become Sixth Yiniang."

Liu Yanhong was very happy. She kowtowed gratefully. "Nubi thank you, Xiaojie!"

Zi You waved her hand and slowly said, "Furen knows about you and is easily jealous. Fifth Yiniang had not officially held a wedding ceremony with my father yet and was tortured half to death by Furen. It is up to you how you get along with Furen later. I hope you won't disappoint me."

Liu Yanhong gritted her teeth and answered, "Rest assured, Xiaojie. Nubi will not let Xiaojie down."

"En. MoYun, take her to her room. After she's settled in, bring her to Furen's for her orders." Zi You walked outside as she talked.

Nanny Luo waited until MoYun left with Liu Yanhong. She couldn't help but ask, "Why doesn't Xiaojie tell Lao TaiYe the matter of Furen's adultery? To think that she wanted to talk about etiquette and rules in front of Xiaojie!"

Since Wang Yiping injured Zi You, Nanny Luo hated Wang Yiping. Now that she heard that she was such a slut, she was even more angered.

Zi You looked her suppressing her anger and lightly smiled. "A cat chasing a mouse wouldn't immediately eat it. It would play for a long time before eating. If we get rid of her, who knows what kind of woman Laoye would bring back? If I have to investigate from the beginning, I rather deal with this one. Don't be angry. Watch how I will take care of her. The cat-and-mouse game has just begun."

Nanny Luo let out a sigh of relief and smiled.

Zi You returned to Hundred Herb Garden. She concocted a medicine that can promote pregnancy. She told ShiYun, "Boil it personally and don't leave. Give it to me when it's done. Throw the dregs away and don't let anyone see."

Slut! The medicine I give you will make you pregnant with Wang Shengmin or Imperial Doctor Qin's child. If Laoye is suspicious, no matter how much you lie, you won't be able to explain.

You accused me of adultery in my previous life. I will return the favor this lifetime. I want the whole world to ridicule you. It's best if you and your lover are stripped naked and drowned in a wicker basket!

Zi You covered up her hatred. She took the medicine ShiYun brought over and took it to Wang Yiping's room.

Zi You didn't use a lot of poison so Wang Yiping was already awake. But dizziness, nausea, and pain from her thigh tormented her miserably.

With a face of concern and sadness, Zi You walked over to her bed and softly asked, "Are you in pain, mother? Daughter brought that darned Liu Yanhong back. She caused you so much suffering. Daughter will definitely avenge you. Daughter will have her kneel in your courtyard for three days and nights."

She then took her pulse. A quarter of an hour later, she clapped her hands. "Thank goodness… the snake venom in mother's body is gone. As long as mother consumes the medicine daughter concocted, you will get better."