Chapter 670: Killing Oneself (3)
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With a clang, a dagger was thrown in front of her.
Xiao Qirui said, “I admit my mistake, but when you stole the commander’s seal. Did you think about how many people would die in the capital once your master launched a mutiny? You’re innocent, but aren’t the commoners who almost fell into the flames of war because of your selfish desires also innocent?”
“If you don’t want to suffer the pain of being poisoned for seven days, kill yourself.”
With that, Xiao Qirui turned around and left the prison.
“Brother Xiao…” Feng Manman stared at the person who didn’t look back. When her hand touched the cold dagger, she subconsciously shrank back before crying again.
Was she wrong? But what could she do? She didn’t want to die either.
Outside the dungeon, Xiao Tong waited respectfully. When he saw him come out, he leaned over with a smile. “Eldest Young Master, have you been with Young Madam these past few days? Did she say when she would return to the residence? Do you want me to send someone to pick her up?”
Xiao Tong asked three questions in a row, making Xiao Qirui’s face darken.
Meanwhile, Shen Yijia was also asking Yuan Yuwan why Xiao Qirui had come with her.
Yuan Yuwan pursed her lips and said concisely, “We happened to meet, so we traveled together.”
“That’s not true.” You Bai stood up and undermined her young lady. “Madam Song, didn’t I send Young Master back to the general’s residence last time?” Shen Yijia nodded.
Yuan Yuwan was helpless, but seeing Shen Yijia’s curious expression, she did not stop her.
“In the end, a few days later, he went to the manor again. In any case, I definitely couldn’t let him enter and disturb Miss. In the end, guess what happened to him?”
Shen Yijia shook her head in cooperation.
“Young Master built a small wooden house beside the manor to stay,” You Bai said with a smile.
Shen Yijia rolled her eyes, “He bribed you again just because he stayed in a
small wooden house for a few days?”
After Yuan Yuwan’s accident, You Bai had called Xiao Qirui “that person” for a long time. Now, she was calling him Young Master. It was obvious that something was wrong.
“That’s not all. He went up the mountain to hunt every day and asked us to make soup to nourish Miss’s body. He was afraid that Miss would be annoyed, so he specially caught a nest of little rabbits…” You Bai recounted what Xiao Qirui had done. In the end, her face fell. “Miss can’t possibly not return to the Xiao family for the rest of her life, right?”
This was the biggest reason why she would forgive Xiao Qirui.
Shen Yijia was stunned and looked at Yuan Yuwan.
Yuan Yuwan only smiled faintly.
Although she did not say anything, Shen Yijia inexplicably understood.
“Let’s not talk about me. Why did you change your courtyard?” Yuan Yuwan asked. She remembered that Shen Yijia didn’t live in this courtyard before.
Shen Yijia blinked. She was too embarrassed to say that she was at her maiden home.
Early the next morning, Yuan Yuwan went to the city gate with Shen Yijia without waiting for Xiao Qirui.
Back then, the Song family could return to their hometown because of the emperor’s grace. These people were not so lucky. Not only were they not given a carriage, but their feet were also shackled. Everyone’s hands were tied together with a long rope.
With just a glance, Shen Yijia saw Shen Pingxiu and Madam Chen.
It had only been five to six days since they last met. The two of them looked like they had aged by more than ten years. They walked in the crowd with numb expressions.
Shen Yijia was amused. She stuck her head out of the carriage and waved at the two of them. “Hey, I’m here.”
She didn’t even want to call him father anymore.
Everyone turned to look at him.
Shen Pingxiu and Madam Chen were indeed husband and wife. As soon as they saw Shen Yijia, they looked like they wanted to eat her up. They actually wanted to rush over and hit her.
However, before they could even take two steps, they were whipped by the official in charge of escorting them. “Behave yourselves.”
Yuan Yuwan rubbed her forehead and quickly instructed You Bai to settle something.
Only then did the group of people stop. The people from the Yuan family and the Shen family were brought out.
After all, all these people were guilty of treason. Apart from the two of them, there was really no one else who dared to send them off.
“B*tch, how dare you come? If not for you, my Shen family wouldn’t have ended up like this. I should have let you go with your mother back then.” Shen Pingxiu cursed and raised his hand to hit her.
Madam Chen also pounced on her. “It’s all your fault for killing my Yun’er. Why didn’t you die!”
Shen Yijia’s eyes turned cold. Just as she was about to move, a well-defined hand suddenly reached out from behind her. While grabbing Shen Pingxiu, he hugged her waist and spun her around. He raised his leg and kicked Madam Chen away.
Right on the heels of that, there was a crack. Shen Pingxiu screamed in pain, “Let go!”
Song Jingchen ignored him and looked at Shen Yijia aggrievedly. “Why didn’t you tell me you were going out?”
A drop of spiritual liquid had treated his injuries, so Song Jingchen couldn’t pretend to be sick even if he wanted to. He could only pretend to be aggrieved. Shen Yijia pulled out of his arms and snorted. “I’ve told my mother.”
Song Jingchen was speechless..
