The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 100

"Yan'er, don't be afraid, elder brother will protect you." Su Qingyu patted Qingyan on the head.

Qingyan pretended to look scared and hid into Luo Bing's arms. When Su Yun heard these words, he frowned, "Let's go see just what is going on?"

But just before they could even step out of the yard, they caught a whiff of the scent of rotting flesh. Qingyan had already grown accustomed to this smell, and Su Yun and Luo Bing were both veterans of the battlefield, so towards this smell, they were also very familiar with.

However, Deng Yan felt very disgusted when she smelled this scent, and seeing her like that, Qingyan walked up next to her worried, "Yiniang, if you're unwell, how about taking Cong'er and fifth sister back first?" Qingyan patted her hand as she said this, signaling her to not worry.

Deng Yan glanced to Qingyan, and after excusing herself to Su Yun and Luo Bing, she left with Su Qingcong and Su Qingxue.

Qingyan followed Su Yun and walked up next to those corpses. At a glance, she immediately saw granny Ruo's corpse, and she quickly rushed up next to granny Ruo, crying, "Wet nurse, wet nurse, what's wrong? Why did you die here?"

Murong Jingxuan couldn't help but to admire this young girl's performance. This was all schemed by her originally, but in the end, the biggest winner was also her.

Luo Bing walked over next to Qingyan, helping her up, "Yan'er, is this really granny Ruo?" She looked to swollen corpse, frowning, "Why is granny Ruo dead in second sister-in-law's yard?"

"Mother, how come granny Ruo's dead?" Qingyan spoke as she buried her head into Luo Bing's arms.

Granny Ruo, since you were not benevolent, don't blame me for being heartless.

To have come to this today, you only have yourself to blame.

And I'm not afraid of you coming after me as an evil spirit.

But I'm afraid you won't have the chance.

"Yan'er, don't be afraid! This old slave died in second sister-in-law's yard can only mean that she and second sister-in-law have dealings. It's cleaner to be dead." Su Yun looked to granny Ruo and unapologetically scoffed.

"It seems we've embarrassed ourselves in front of the Fourth Prince and Shizi." Qingyan turned her head to look towards Murong Jingxuan and Xuanyuan Yuzhen with an apologetic look.

"No matter, though it really is shocking that the Jingguo Marquis's daughter would actually use this kind of cruel method. I will definitely report this to father tomorrow during the court session."

Hearing Xuanyuan Yuzhen say this, Qingyan curled her lips. This was exactly what she wanted. If when the time comes, the Fourth Prince and Murong Jingxuan can recount such injustices in front of the Emperor, then it would be more convincing than Su Yun saying it himself. At the very least, it would plant a seed of doubt in Hongjia Emperor's mind.

And if some other incidences were to come up, than that would be another story. But whether or not the Jingguo Marquis manor would still exist then, she couldn't say for sure.

When the servants called Ning Siyao over, she'd never thought that something like this would happen. She hadn't been able to find granny Ruo this whole time. And yet, she would've never have thought that granny Ruo had unexpectedly died in this abandoned well.

"Ning Siyao, just what is going on here!?" Su Ming couldn't hold back roaring at Ning Siyao, "Just what is with all these bodies!?"

Ning Siyao looked to Su Ming, momentarily unable explain this matter. But Nianchun, who was by her side, immediately stood out, "My Lord, this matter is unrelated to madam. This was all done by this humble servant." Nianchun knelt down at once when she said this.

Heh. Qingyan coldly laughed.

This Nianchun sure was a loyal servant.

Qingyan looked to her and innocently spoke, "But how could a little servant girl like you possibly murder all these servants in cold blood without being prompted by someone?"

Nianchun looked to Qingyan and spoke, "These people all vainly attempted to betray madam. This humble servant has been with madam since young, so naturally I need to dispose of them for madam."

When she thought of this, she pointed to Nianchun without a second thought, "Then why did you murder granny Ruo? She was my wet nurse, how could you do this to her!?"

When Nianchun heard this name, she coldly laughed, "Fourth miss, did you really think this old hag was still loyal to you? She already sided with our yard, and furthermore, she was taking orders from madam. Did you not know, fourth miss?"

Qingyan shook her head in disbelief, "You're lying! Granny Ruo wouldn't do that to me." She tightly held onto the corner of Luo Bing's clothes.

"If you don't believe me, then search that old hag's room. See if she has accepted things from our second house!" Nianchun still spoke in a solemn tone, "But this old hag actually dared to have crooked ideas about our second house, so of course I had to kill her."

Ning Siyao didn't expect that Nianchun would come out and take the blame for her. Seeing Nianchun facing death, she could only clutch her handkerchief tightly. These things were all her doing, all her doing. She really wanted to stand out and say this, but she didn't have the courage. She still hadn't seen Su Qingyan's end yet, she can't die like this.

"My Lord, these things were all done by me alone, it's unrelated to madam. I also hope my Lord won't blame madam." With that said, Nianchun heavily bowed her head to the ground. She turned to Ning Siyao with a smile, "Madam, if there's a second life, I still wish to serve madam." After she finished speaking, she charged towards a rockery to the side.

Qingyan didn't think Nianchun would come to this. She looked to Nianchun's body lying on the ground, then glanced to Ning Siyao standing to the side. When she glanced over, she just happened to meet with Ning Siyao's eyes, those eyes filled with resentment.

Qingyan looked to her and curved her lip.

"Father, mother, Yan'er's tired. I want to go back and rest." Qingyan looked to Luo Bing and listlessly spoke.

Murong Jingxuan and Xuanyuan Yuzhen looked to the already darkened skies and spoke with a smile, "Since that's the case, we'll also retire."

Su Yun looked to Murong Jingxuan, and afterwards sent them away. When Xuanyuan Yuzhen was turning leave, he gazed to Qingyan and let out a vague smile.

"This girl sure has lots of crafty ideas." Xuanyuan Yuzhen looked to Murong Jingxuan with a smile. "Tonight has really made me open my eyes!"

"Yuzhen, looks like this girl is preparing to take on the Jingguo Marquis. She can also help you get rid of that bothersome old guy." Murong Jingxuan replied smiling.

"That's right, however, I want to know how she plans on taking care of the matter with Xiu Ran and the matter with Su Qingyuan." Xuanyuan Yuzhen said with a smile.

"These things, I think Yan'er has already thought over." The corner of his mouth curled up, "When needed, we can just add fuel to the fire."

Xuanyuan Yuzhen looked to Jingxuan and solemnly nodded, "You're right."

"However, according to the schedule, that Su Qingming should be arriving at the capital soon. I heard he gathered quite a bit of stuff on Su Yun."

"This, I also have heard. However, just exactly what he's learned, I still haven't found out yet. But if it's relating to Su Yun, then father also has his own arrangements as well."