Chapter 318 - 318: The Jiang Family’s Doings

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

‘What? The general? The culprit is General Qu?’

Meng Xia looked at Qu Yu suspiciously and said coldly, “Miss Qu coincidentally appeared on the busy street today and brought the Eldest Princess here. Her actions are too suspicious…”

Qu Yu frowned. She looked at Wang Qingqiu with a complicated expression on her face and asked, “Qingqiu, did my father really order you to do this? It’s not possible. My father has no reason to harm the Eldest Princess!”

“It was indeed the general’s orders,” Wang Qingqiu said firmly.

Qu Yu fell to her knees immediately and said anxiously, “Eldest Princess, I know my father. You have no enmity with him. He won’t harm you!”

Meng Xia gritted her teeth and said, “How can you be sure, Miss Qu? Your maidservant has already confessed. Your father clearly wants to murder the Eldest Princess because of Princess Chang Ning. The Qu family is really bold. I’m going to enter the palace now and report this to the Emperor Emeritus.” “No, no…” Qu Yu shook her head.

Just as Meng Xia turned to leave, Yu Yunxi called out, “Meng Xia, stop right there.”

“Eldest Princess, I want to enter the palace and report this to the Emperor Emeritus. He’ll definitely seek justice for you and punish the Qu family severely,” Meng Xia said seriously.

Yu Yunxi’s expression was very calm as she asked, “Who said that the Qu family is the culprit?”

‘Huh? What does she mean?’

Everyone was confused.

Yu Yunxi did not explain herself. She walked over and looked down at Wang Qingqiu. Her tone was chilly as she asked, “Is General Qu really the one who ordered you to do this?”

Wang Qingqiu, who was under the effect of the drug, was still in a trance. She kept muttering, “It was the general who ordered me to do his. The general said that the Eldest Princess must die.”

“Eldest Princess…” Qu Yu called out.

Yu Yunxi raised her hand, indicating for Qu Yu not to worry.

At this time, Jiang Ying said solemnly, “Eldest Princess, that pill earlier makes people tell the truth. Perhaps this maidservant is telling the truth.”

If the Qu family really intended to harm Yu Yunxi, then they could not be left alive.

Suddenly, Feng Yili said, The culprit behind this matter may not be the Qu family.”

Everyone turned to look at Feng Yili in unison as soon as his voice fell.

Yu Yunxi could not help but look at him as well.

Feng Yili looked at Yu Yunxi and asked slowly, “The pill you gave her earlier doesn’t make her tell the truth, right?”

‘He really… knows me very well…’

Yu Yunxi looked away and replied lightly, “Indeed. It was just an ordinary pill.”

Yu Yunxi looked at Wang Qingqiu and said in an increasingly cold voice, “You were influenced by my words and were worried about revealing your real master so you kept telling yourself that the culprit was General Qu.

Wang Qingqiu’s face paled immediately. She protested, “No, that’s not it! General Qu is the one who ordered me to do this! It’s true!”

Yu Yunxi smiled and said, “If he’s really the culprit, shouldn’t you try your best to cover for him? After all, earlier, you rather commit suicide than tell me the truth.”

“No, that’s not it…”

Wang Qingqiu still wanted to quibble, but she was flustered and did not know how to explain herself. Her actions completely betrayed her at this moment.

Yu Yunxi turned to Jiang Ying and said, “Jiang Ying, I’ll have to trouble you to continue interrogating her. The person behind her not only wants me dead but also wants to destroy the Qu family.”

In Yu Yunxi’s opinion, since the King of Youshan’s subordinate was so willing to help her, it would be a waste not to use him. After all, Meng Xia was still too rash.

‘The King of Youshan’s people are not bad…’

Jiang Ying was overwhelmed with favor seeing how polite Yu Yunxi was to him.

“Yes, Princess Co… Eldest Princess.”

Then, Yu Yunxi turned to look at Qu Yu with a gentle gaze and helped Qu Yu up. She asked, “Miss Qu, can I call you Qu Yu?”

“Of course. Eldest Princess, my father…” Qu Yu said, still very anxious. She did not care about anything, but her father was the only family she had.

Yu Yunxi said, “Don’t worry. I won’t wrongly accuse the Qu family. I believe that your father is not involved in this matter.”

Qu Yu was stunned, and she did not know how to feel for a moment. “Eldest Princess, you… you believe us?”

“Of course. I trust my own judgment. I don’t think you’d do such a thing. Naturally, your father also wouldn’t do such a thing,” Yu Yunxi said with a smile.

Previously, when Yu Yunxi met Qu Yu at the Lotus Moon Pavilion, she felt that Qu Yu was very good and even felt like befriending Qu Yu.

Wang Qingqiu had been frightened by Yu Yunxi. Coupled with the torture, she finally could no longer endure it. She said weakly, only wanting a quick death now, “I’ll talk, I’ll talk…”

“Tell me then. Who’s the culprit?”

“It’s the Jiang family. Eldest Miss Jiang loves Young Lord Qin. She’s jealous of Miss Qu so she wants to destroy the Qu family. Eldest Miss Jiang was also angered by your actions at the Lotus Moon Pavilion previously. She came up with this method to kill two birds with one stone…” Wang Qingqiu said with great difficulty.

‘Jiang family? Eldest Miss Jiang? Jiang Pei?’

Yu Yunxi quickly recalled the other party. That night when she won the Mountain Dwelling painting at the Lotus Moon Pavilion, she remembered the woman standing next to Yu Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Pei was not considered beautiful. At best, she looked like a pretty girl from a humble family. Among the bright and beautiful noblewomen present that night, she did not stand out at all. As such, Yu Yunxi did not pay much attention to her that night. Unexpectedly, she was so vicious.

Qu Yu said self-deprecatingly, “She’s quite capable. She actually planted such a chess piece next to me…”

Qu Yu looked at Wang Qingqiu and asked in a tone filled with grief and indignation, “Qingqiu, I’ve always treated you well. Is this how you repay me?”

Wang Qingqiu averted her eyes and stammered, “I, I know that you treat me very well. B-but, but Eldest Miss Jiang said that as long as I completed my mission, she’d find me a good family to marry into and that I’d be the legitimate wife.”

“So you betrayed the entire Qu family because of this? If you’d told me that you wanted to get married, based on our relationship, did you think that I would not do the same for you? Didn’t you think that your actions today could get the entire Qu family killed?”

Qu Yu clenched her hands tightly, looking extremely disappointed and sad.

Wang Qingqiu lowered her head silently.

“Take her away,” Feng Yili said to Jiang Ying.

Wang Qingqiu was quickly dragged away, leaving bloodstains on the ground.

There was only one outcome for a traitor like Wang Qingqiu: death!