Grudge Breaker

Chapter 273: Fighting Openly and Secretly (Part )
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"Sang Pu pays respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess and wishes you good health and happiness."

Song Weichen bowed gracefully, only to see Qin Xueying sitting at the main seat in the main hall of the Venerable Mansion with a radiant look on her face. She didn't look like she was "resting" at all. After Ruan Mianmian led her in, she went to the side seat on the left. Although the seat on the right was empty, it was filled with exquisite tea, fruits and a guqin, which seemed to be reserved specially for her.

Banxia also followed in, lowered her head and took the brocade box from Song Weichen's hand, and put the snacks on exquisite Ru kiln sky blue glaze shallow plates and presented them to the three of them, completely different from her previous appearance.

He clearly knew what was going on inside the palace, but he deliberately blocked the door. His intention was self-evident. Song Weichen's mouth twitched slightly. Some people, after being around power for a long time, think they are power itself.

If she wasn't so anxious to find the murderer, she would definitely teach Banxia a lesson.
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"Miss Sang Pu, please take a seat. I was just talking to Mian Mian about you. She said that she waited for you for a long time but you never showed up. Maybe you were scared by the murder case yesterday."

"That murder case..."

Hearing Qin Xueying bring up the murder case, Song Weichen wanted to ask if there was anything unusual in the mansion, but Ruan Mianmian interrupted him.

"It is said that the murder case was committed by a country girl who was responsible for cleaning up the fallen leaves in the pond. She accidentally fell into the water and drowned. She was washed to the water street and, by coincidence, got stuck on that pleasure boat."

"How careless! Those goldfish are all top-quality species: dragon-eye, Ryukin, pearl, and blue-eyed. I looked carefully at them the day I first arrived at your house. They were all raised for decades, but they were all gone when the gate was opened."

Human life is of paramount importance, but Ruan Mianmian made it sound so lightly, as if a life was not as valuable as two goldfish. Song Weichen's hand holding the teacup could not help but tremble - she wished she could pour all the tea in her hand onto that fake face covered with thick makeup.

"Sister Sang Pu, what's wrong? Why are your hands shaking so badly?"

Qin Xueying noticed that her behavior was different and kindly comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it's all over."

"Look at me. I am not afraid of living in this house where bad things happened. My sister doesn't need to be afraid either."

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Hearing this, Song Weichen's eyes darkened even more - she tried hard to restrain the swear words that were on the tip of her tongue and the urge to walk away. Reason told her that she must not indulge in momentary pleasure and lose the big picture for the sake of small gains.

"Country girl", "unlucky"... It turns out that a girl like Xiao'an is not even as good as a goldfish in the eyes of these so-called "superior people". No wonder the coroner with decades of experience in handling cases could make an autopsy conclusion so easily.

[Because it’s not important at all]

Song Weichen suddenly realized something. If the suspect was not a powerful official, he must be someone who had been around powerful officials for many years. This person knew the thoughts of the "big shots" too well, so he would target someone like Xiao'an.

Because it can make the matter big enough, and at the same time make the case itself ignored and end hastily.

It is very likely that it was not Xiao'an who "saw" something, but the murderer who "saw" Xiao'an.

Anyway, death is death, no one will care who the dead ant is.

All the murderer wanted was the confusion and suspicion that would result.

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After realizing this, Song Weichen became even less interested. She looked at the delicious snacks on the table and felt nauseous - just because you don't treat Xiao'an as a human being doesn't mean that no one will stand up for her.

She secretly swore that she must bring the murderer to justice and give Xiao An an explanation!
Thinking of this, her blood surged and her heart tightened. Afraid of bleeding, she quickly took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth.

This move had a different meaning in Ruan Mianmian's eyes. She stared at Song Weichen's belly with hatred, thinking to herself, "This little bitch, although she has no name or status, is pregnant with Mo Tingfeng's first child after all. Her morning sickness is so obvious, and it must be at least three months. No, I can't let her get there first!"

After he finished reading, he winked at his maid to prepare tea, then looked at Qin Xueying with a sensible look.

"The princess is truly kind-hearted and thoughtful."

"But sister Sang Pu is the one that Lord Si Chen holds in his heart every day. She has never seen such a horrifying scene before, so it is inevitable that she was frightened. I was still thinking last night that brother Tingfeng didn't even come to the Venerable Mansion to visit sister Xueying after such a thing happened. I'm afraid he was busy comforting and taking care of his sister."

She clearly knew that Qin Xueying came in her best attire because of Mo Tingfeng, but she deliberately made such a comparison. It was obvious that she wanted to see a good show between the two of them. No matter who loses, it will be beneficial to her, and it would be best if both of them suffer losses!
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Unexpectedly, Qin Xueying only smiled faintly after hearing this, without any displeasure on her face. How could she not understand the meaning of Ruan Mianmian's words, and how could she not know her selfish intentions? She had seen too many intrigues among the wives and concubines of her father, uncles, and aunts since she was a child, and her heart was almost calloused.

Want to use her as a sharp arrow and reap the benefits yourself? What a joke!

Qin Xueying looked at Ruan Mianmian with a warm smile, and it was impossible to tell what was going on in her mind.

"Sister Mianmian is really thoughtful and considerate."

"Sister Sang Pu has a delicate physique, so Lord Si Chen should naturally take better care of her."

"Not only Lord Si Chen, but even I feel pity for him. It makes me feel distressed."

Just these three sentences reveal the difference in level between him and Ruan Mianmian.
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The two people attacked him openly and secretly, but Song Weichen had no intention of listening to their hidden meaning.

She was busy communicating with the two brothers Yishou about what they had discovered during their exploration of the mansion through telepathy, but the two brothers were so exhausted from avoiding the guards of the Lord's Mansion and the elite resentment-breaking masters who were stationed at the Venerable's Mansion that they were unable to do so. They only found a small piece of bloody gauze in the corner of the cellar where the ice was stored.

"Benboerba, is there any way to collect the strips of cloth into the virtual world and bring them back to Wuqingju?"

"Master, the Void Realm is inaccessible except for puppet spirits and phantom spirits. If you want it, we will collect it and return carefully."

Song Weichen thought about it. The Sichen Mansion was full of masters of breaking grudges. The appearance of the alien hands was not as confusing as Xiaobiezhi's. If they could not be put into the puppet control because of the cloth strips, it would be too risky to let them return to Wuqingju in broad daylight - Mo Tingfeng had repeatedly warned him not to reveal the information that she could control the puppet's energy.

"No need to bring it. Just hide the gauze and go back to the Void Realm. I'll find a chance to get it from the cellar."

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"Sister Sang Pu, what's wrong with you?"

"Like it?"

Qin Xueying's voice brought her back to reality. Song Weichen nodded quickly, wondering in her heart, like, like what? Ah Ba Ah Ba, let's just say that I really don't like you high and mighty "nobles" at all. I like to be distracted, okay...

Qin Xueying saw that Song Weichen had completely ignored what she had just said, but she was not annoyed nor did she point it out. Instead, she took the initiative to stand up and walk to Song Weichen and sit down. She put her hands on the guqin on her desk and plucking the strings lightly. A few sounds like distant mountains and streams emerged. It was indeed a good guqin.

“This zither can enter dreams.”

Song Weichen couldn't help but admire him, and immediately understood what Qin Xueying meant by "like".

"I like it. The princess's strumming is amazing. It's just music, but it makes me smell a strange fragrance."

"This zither is called 'Confusing Heart'. It is made of the finest golden box red sandalwood from the upper realm. A strange fragrance stirs wherever the music reaches. When one note is played, the listener can see the heaven and earth; when two notes are played, the listener can see all living things; when three notes are played, the listener can see himself."

"I have never really touched this zither since I got it, so I don't know if the strings are in tune. You can try it out."

Qin Xueying smiled and moved aside a little to let her play. Song Weichen was not much behind. In the end, the princess came for her piano skills.

I immediately came here casually and tried a quick passage from "Luanpo Chao". Although one or two strings were not in tune, it could not hide the uniqueness of this zither.

As he played, a strange fragrance filled the air, his mind followed the rhythm of the music, and many hallucinations appeared before his eyes.

In a trance, Song Weichen only felt that Qin Xueying, who was sitting opposite him and watching him playing the guqin, gradually became like himself in terms of her features and figure.

I am sitting opposite? Who is playing the guqin at this moment?

Song Weichen subconsciously looked at his hands that were playing the music. He didn't know when they had turned into dry bones, plucking the guqin!

(End of this chapter)