Chapter 140 The Accomplice Behind the Scenes
Probably he didn’t expect Xiao Jinyu to ask this question. Xiao Qin shivered, and glanced at her with fear and disbelief, lowered his head and said: "I really don’t know this, I don’t know... "
"Xiao Qin, in the past ten years, you have repeatedly given advice to Princess Yunyin, and she also regards you as a confidant. Don't you know where this poison came from?"
"Princess Yunyin doesn't understand medicine, let alone poison, so the preparation and use of these poisons should be yours, right?"
When Xiao Jinyu asked, Xiao Yuan looked at Xiao Qin in disbelief, feeling a little excited and losing control.
She suddenly rushed to Xiao Qin, held the girl's shoulders, shook her and asked sternly: "So, it was you, you poisoned my son, right? Ah Qin, I usually I don’t treat you lightly, how could you be so cruel and help Princess Yunyin harm my son?”
Faced with Xiao Yuan's heartache and accusations, Xiao Qin sneered.
"Mother, are you really good to me? If you were really good, you would not kill my biological mother, Aunt Zhao. Aunt Zhao just made a small mistake, but she was betrayed by you. She is just a concubine. , what would happen if she was betrayed, so it was you who caused her to commit suicide!"
"What did you say? Who told you? Who told you?"
"Who else, my father told me, my father said that Aunt Zhao was your dowry maidservant. You were the one who gave it to your father, but you were jealous that he doted on Aunt Zhao and neglected you, so Aunt Zhao was just broken. A piece of porcelain, you have to sell it!"
"He's talking nonsense! Nonsense! Will I compete with a maid for his favor? Compete for his favor? This is so ridiculous, so ridiculous!"
Xiao Yuan laughed at herself and burst into tears. Therefore, from the beginning, Xiao Jian never regarded her children as his own children. From the beginning, he was plotting, and it was not because of Princess Yunyin. The woman was threatening, and she did not hesitate to use the maids around her, and even her own children!
"This has never happened. Your mother, Mrs. Zhao, has been my personal maid since she was a child. She grew up with me. I have a very good relationship with her. It was your father who took her and then you. I will let her be your father's concubine, but after giving birth to you, she has been living with me, but once..."
Xiao Yuan suddenly remembered that one day Zhao ran to her in a panic, as if he wanted to tell her something, but at that time a guest came to the house, so he interrupted what she wanted to say, and then waited for the guests. After leaving, when she went to ask Mrs. Zhao again, she had already fallen into the pond and was dead when she was fished out.
At that time, a servant in the mansion came to report that Mrs. Zhao accidentally fell into the water. Although she had investigated the matter, she found no other abnormalities, so she treated it as an accident. Because of her guilt for Mrs. Zhao, she sent Xiao to the house. She raised Qin under her knees and treated her like her own daughter.
At that time, Princess Yunyin had not yet married into the palace, and Xiao Jian had already begun to plot...
"So, it is Xiao Jian who is using you, using your hatred to deal with me and harm my son... It is you who are poisoning my son. Did Xiao Jian give you those poisons?"
Xiao Qin was also a little confused, confused, and desperate for a moment.
"Using? You said father is using me? He has been lying to me and using me?"
While muttering to himself, he smiled bitterly and shed tears.
"Aqin, tell me, where did the poison come from? Who is their accomplice?"
"I don't know. I just heard them say by chance that this poison is rare in the world and extremely valuable. It comes from a secret organization in Qi State. I heard them mention a noblewoman from Qi State, Mrs. Junjun! "
"Lord Jun?" Xiao Jinyu came over and asked.
Xiao Qin suddenly looked up as if she was awake. It was obvious that her reaction was very familiar with the title of Lord Lu.
"I have poisoned the third brother, but I didn't know about the death of the eldest brother and the second brother. I was forced to poison the third brother by them. I did not want to poison the third brother..."
"But you just did this?" Xiao Jinyu asked coldly.
"Yes, I did it. Under the pressure of Princess Yunyin, I also did a lot of harm to the Xiao family's heirs, but what can I do? If I don't obey, they will send me out and throw me away at will. To be given as a concubine to any old official who is beneficial to them, life and death are not controlled by yourself.
Xiao Jinyu, although you are scolded as an illegitimate daughter, you still have a mother after all. You are ordinary under the love and protection of your mother. When you grew up safely, your mother gave you beauty, wisdom, and talents that others could not match. This gave you endless wealth.
As for me, I lost my biological mother when I was young. Within a few years, my aunt became crazy again, and my father didn't love me. No one in this Xiao family really treats me. That Xiao Yun, in order to vent his animal desires, actually...
I live in trembling fear every day, suffering like hell. Do you think I don’t want to live like a normal person?
Do you think I don’t want to be in harmony with my loved ones and enjoy the joy of family life? I wanted to, but no one paid attention to me. I am just a concubine and have no qualifications..."
Xiao Qin's roaring words made Xiao Yuanshi shocked and silent.
Sixteen years ago, she was often depressed because of Aluan's affairs, and occasionally complained like crazy. She indeed neglected to care for her other children, so it was because of her neglect of discipline and her indifference. Did my mother become like this?
"Aqin, I'm sorry, it was me who raised you instead of teaching you...it was me who ignored your feelings..."
Suddenly hearing Xiao Yuan's words, Xiao Qin's resentful eyes suddenly filled with sadness, and big tears fell down.
She suddenly buried her face in her hands and said with an extremely tired smile: "Kill me! I'm tired, I don't want to fight or rob, so just let me sleep here forever!"
After saying that, she closed her eyes and raised her head as if her heart was filled with despair, as if she was waiting for Bu Qu to kill her with his sword!
But she waited for a long time and did not wait until this moment. When she opened her eyes, all the people in front of her had left. There were no more troops on duty in the entire Xiao Mansion, and even the servants had taken their body deeds. They all fled later.
This family is indeed broken up!
There is nothing left!
Xiao Jinyu did not dare to use the servants who had done dirty things for Princess Yunyin, and did not recommend Xiao Xian to take them in, so he bought some more servants, and then checked the land tenants and houses. , shops, kindergarten and other assets, as well as private soldiers, cleaned all the places where Princess Kumogakure had penetrated.
Due to Princess Yunyin's control over the past ten years or so, these private soldiers have been divided into two factions. One faction is the veterans who are loyal to the direct bloodline of the Xiao family, and the other is the newcomers that Princess Yunyin has replaced over the years.
Xiao Jinyu eliminated these newcomers who were loyal to Princess Yunyin.
After a lot of rectification, the direct lineage of the Lanling Xiao family finally had a new side. Not long after, everyone moved to the new mansion in Wuyi Lane.
"Sister, our new home is so stylish!"
Now for this new Xiao Mansion, Xiao Jinyu also invited people who know Kanyu very well to select the site. There is also a stone unicorn guarding the gate of the mansion. Once the gate of the mansion is opened, the inside is very wide, with patches of sycamores and poplars planted in it, and there are also rockeries. It is decorated with pools, pavilions, and meandering corridors.
Xiao Jinyu looked at the relatives in the hall with happy smiles on their faces, and A Yuan's laughter could be heard in the courtyard, as if she had returned to the old Xie family's house. Looking at it, I couldn't help but feel a little lost.
"Ayu——"
Almost every time she lost consciousness, Xiao Xian could feel the sadness and nostalgia in her heart.
"Ayu, can you tell Uncle Xian truthfully, do you like Prince Lanling?" Xiao Xian suddenly asked.
"I like him. What girl wouldn't like a man as handsome as him, who can also be called a true husband in the world?"
"You know that this is not the kind of love I'm talking about!"
Xiao Xian smiled bitterly.
Only then did Xiao Jinyu raise her eyes, facing the thin haze of the sunset, and looked at Xiao Xian's starry eyes that looked slightly sad but showed concern.
After a pause, he replied: "I don't know. I can't give Uncle Xian an accurate answer. Originally, I no longer believed in another kind of sincerity besides family love, but he made me believe that there might be something else in this world. Such sincerity.”
"So, I want to give it another bold try!"
After saying that, she smiled brightly, and this smile made Xiao Xian's long-standing worries, sorrows, and guilt disappear.
In the end, there was only a faint trace of loss and reluctance left deep in my heart forever.
While the two were chatting, Yuan Rujing suddenly heard a voice in their ears: "Hey, isn't this the Prince of Lanling? Since the Prince is here, why doesn't he enter the mansion?"
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