The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 148

Qingyan at this time suddenly recalled Jiang Mengrou's matter that Murong Jingxuan mentioned previously. She turned her gaze towards the serious looking Yaochi standing behind her, "Yaochi, you go and investigate the Su manor's Jiang Mengrou. I want to know what kind of past she has with my daddy."

"Jiang Mengrou?" Yaochi look to Qingyan, who was standing in front of the window, "Could it be...." Yaochi in the end didn't say the suspicions in his heart out loud.

He faintly felt that the Su Qingyan before him really seemed to have become different from the previous incarnation's Qilian Qingyan. This time, Su Qingyan seems to carry a vicious determination that the previous incarnation didn't have. So much so that there even a trace of cruel ruthlessness.

If put in the past, how could she possibly go kill someone in that kind of situation, to directly go take a life. She originally was a gentle woman, who couldn't even bear killing an ant, but in the end she ended with that kind of ending.

"That's right." Qingyan turned her head around to look at Yaochi with a serious expression, "Perhaps she's the one that poisoned me." Qingyan said as she tightly clenched her fist. "So I must know what kind of past exist between Jiang Mengrou and daddy."

"This subordinate understands. I'll go take care of it right away." Yaochi said as he flew out from the window.

Seeing Yaochi's figure leaving, Qingyan's voice faintly sounded, "Fengqing, return to Shizi's side, I have Yaochi and the others to protect me here."

In the next moment, Fengqing appeared before Su Qingyan; he looked to Qingyan with a confused expression and asked, "Master, we're all killers who lack human nature, but why is master able to treat us so open-heartedly."

Fengqing had already been following by Qingyan's side for some time now, so Qingyan's personality he was still very clear about. A seemingly cruel and heartless woman like this yet treated the people by her side with such kindness. So much so that she was able to even take all aspects into consideration for them.

"His Highness, Shizi, doesn't treat you all well?" Qingyan looked to Fengqing and calmly spoke.

"Naturally, no. His Highness treats us also like his own kin." Fengqing looked to Qingyan and replied in seriousness.

"Right. Only a master who can understand others, can have a large number of people following after them. Something that clearly doesn't need to be settled by force, why use force to settle it?" Qingyan said as she lifted up the teacup on the table and slowly began drinking it. "Go back, Shizi's side probably also needs you very much."

Fengqing looked to Qingyan, who was carrying a gentle and warm smile on her face, and nodded at her, "This subordinate understands."

After Fengqing returned to Shizi's manor, he told everything that happened to Murong Jingxuan.

When he heard those words, his lips couldn't help curving into a smile. At least that girl still had in him in her heart.

"Master, Miss Su inherited the Thousand Beast Pavilion just like that. It might not be a good thing for her." Fengluo didn't understand what happened, but hearing Fengqing saying this, he still was a bit worried for Su Qingyan's safety.

"Fengluo, Yan'er's matter you don't need to worry about for now. You also go investigate that Jiang-shi's* matter. I feel the matter this time isn't that simple." Murong Jingxuan looked to Fengluo and spoke in a heavy tone, "Although we have looked into that Jiang-shi's matter previously, but it wasn't really the case."

(*T/N: I've clarified it before but in case it has been too long, 'shi' endings when paired with a suranme roughly translates to 'from clan of' or 'is of surname...')

"This subordinate understands." Fengluo said and disappeared before Murong Jingxuan.

"Master, this subordinate thinks that Shizi Consort probably wants to make a move herself this time." Fengqing looked to Murong Jingxuan with a serious expression.

Murong Jingxuan looked to Fengqing while playing with the teacup in his hand. "How could I not know this? It's just, for some matters, it's still better to have an understanding of. After all, Beilin and Xiyue* are all beginning to stir."

(*T/N: The names of the other two countries aside from Donghe and Nanchen.)

"Master, this subordinate is a bit confused." Fengqing looked to Murong Jingxuan and still decided to ask the questions he's suppressed in his heart for a long time.

"What's the matter?" Murong Jingxuan put down the cup in his hand and looked to Fengqing standing in front of him.

"Shizi Consort seems to be very familiar with the Thousand Beast Pavilion members." Fengqing looked Murong Jingxuan and plainly spoke, "Although Yaochi is an infamous assassin, only when facing Qilian Qingyan would he appear gentle, but this subordinate discovered just now that Yaochi treated Su Qingyan also very well."

"You don't need to know the inside secrets of this. Regardless, having Yaochi and the others at Yan'er's side protecting her, I naturally also feel relieved." Murong Jingxuan said as he tapped the table with rhythm. "But at present, the most important matter should be the matter with Jiang-shi. You also still need to dispatch people to continue secretly observing the Jing Marquis manor."

"This subordinate understands."

While Murong Jingxuan was sitting in his study contemplating, he heard someone report from the outside, saying that Xuanyuan Yuzhen has come. And this time Xuanyuan Yuzhen also brought good news.

Murong Jingxuan didn't expect that by throwing Xiuran's corpse into the desolate wilderness would actually result in this kind of news. However, this news, to them, was naturally a good thing.

"Jingxuan, I really didn't think that Xiuran was actually Jing Marquis's eldest legitimate son. Tsk tsk tsk, this news is really enough for one to digest." Xuanyuan Yuzhen looked to Murong Jingxuan and spoke with a smile.

Murong Jingxuan also looked to him and nodded, "However, this matter, we should be the only ones that know, right?"

Xuanyuan Yuzhen shook his head at Murong Jingxuan, "When I went to investigate earlier, I discovered that someone had already been there. As for who, we're still unable to find out at the moment. However, Xiuran's matter still left a shadow in the old man's heart."

"That's right, this way getting rid of Jing Marquis manor is something that'll happen sooner or later." Murong Jingxuan looked to Xuanyuan Yuzhen and coldly snorted. "But even so, I think Yan'er will also think of other ways to get rid of the Jing Marquis manor. After all, it's already involved the General's manor."

Xuanyuan Yuzhen looked to Murong Jingxuan, "Do you think the people that went to investigate before us were Qingyan's people?"

Murong Jingxuan shook his head, unsure, "I'm not clear. But when the time comes, we'll know."

Xuanyuan Yuzhen was still very reassuring of Su Qingyan's people. If it's Su Qingyan's people, then he won't have to take great lengths to go find that person. After all, they were all on the same boat.

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"Elder brother, I discovered something incredible." Yanmei said as he appeared at Yaochi's side. "It turns out that Xiuran was actually Jing Marquis's eldest legitimate son. Tsk tsk tsk."

When Yaochi heard this news, the corner of his lips perked up, "Second brother, I also have a good news to tell you."

Yanmei saw that Yaochi had a stern expression and spoke with a smile, "Don't tell me that Su Qingyan really is our pavilion master."

Yaochi listened to Yanmei's words and nodded with a smile, "That's right, I've already confirmed. So as of right now, she's our second appointed pavilion master."

Hearing Yaochi's words, Yanmei's lips cracked into a smile, "That's really great, then when can we go to master's side. I really miss master!"

"Miss arranged for us to investigate Su manor's Jiang Mengrou's matter. You go pass on the news, let all our people help investigate. It's best to be able to finish investigating within a day."

Yanmei listened to Yaochi's words and earnestly nodded. After letting out a whistle, a gyrfalcon appeared on the window ledge. He immediately wrote on a slip of paper and placed it into the tube next to the gyrfalcon.

"Go, remember to tell them Miss has returned. They'll naturally also be very happy." Yanmei said as he patted the bird on the head.

After the gyrfalcon flew in a circle around the ceiling beams once, it disappeared out the window before their eyes.