The Concubine Strikes Back: The Marquis Insists on Me to Be His Wife

Chapter 388 Questioning Meng Zhiyuan

The maid turned around and went in. After a while, she came out and said respectfully, "Madam, please come in. The others can just wait outside."

Su Qing frowned when she heard that. She didn't want to go in alone. God knows what tricks Meng Zhiyuan would play!

"Is this your idea? Or your wife's idea?" Su Qing asked the maid with sharp eyes.

"Madam, this is the order from the Fifth Master. If you want to go in to visit, you can only go in alone." The maid's tone was firm, with no intention of backing down.

Su Qing's temper was immediately ignited, and she shouted angrily: "Ruxue, Rumei!"

Ruxue understood what he meant, and immediately stepped forward and kicked the maid fiercely. With a dull "bang", the maid flew out with a scream and fell heavily to the ground.

Rumei quickly stepped forward to support Su Qing and carefully escorted her into the room. Seeing this, the other maids were eager to make a move and wanted to attack Ruxue.

Ruxue's eyes turned cold, and she suddenly drew out her sword, blocking the doorway, and said coldly: "If you are not afraid of causing trouble for your young general, just come together! Our Marquis is not as easy to talk to as your general, and will never indulge you to do whatever you want! You can try it, who will be unlucky, me or your Fifth Master!"

The maids looked at each other and dared not move forward. One of them ran out, probably to report to Su Jinqi.

Su Qing gently pushed the door open and walked into the room. At a glance, she saw Meng Zhiyuan sitting in front of the window with a melancholy expression, her belly slightly bulging, and her eyes looking out the window blankly. She seemed to have lost her vitality, completely different from her usual appearance.

Su Qing approached slowly, and when her eyes fell on Meng Zhiyuan's neck, her heart tightened. She was surprised to find that there were obvious scars on Meng Zhiyuan's neck, and her wrists were covered with purple bruises. These scars made Su Qing feel distressed and confused at the same time.

"You're finally here? I thought you would wait until your aunt died before coming! Haha..." Meng Zhiyuan suddenly sneered, his tone full of sarcasm.

Su Qing's face turned gloomy. She stared at Meng Zhiyuan with wide eyes and said angrily, "So, you really poisoned my aunt? Why did you poison my aunt? Is it because I didn't help you at the beginning? You can come after me, but why do you attack my aunt?"

She could never have imagined that Meng Zhiyuan would do such a vicious thing. They used to be good sisters who could talk about anything, but now, Meng Zhiyuan has become a scary stranger. Su Qing was filled with disappointment and anger. She felt that she was completely blinded by Meng Zhiyuan and had wrongly trusted this woman.

"Just as you said, I was the one who poisoned your aunt, so what? What can you do to me? If you have the guts, kill me! Come on, take the knife and stab me in the stomach. This way you can get rid of the evil child in my stomach." Meng Zhiyuan's eyes were full of anger and resentment. She stared at Su Qing, as if she wanted to tear her to pieces with her eyes.

"How could you say such a thing! Why on earth did you poison my aunt?" Su Qing widened her eyes, looking at the woman in front of her who had been so close to her in disbelief. Her heart felt as if it was pierced by thousands of needles at the same time, the pain was unbearable.

"Hmph! Do you think I don't want to attack you? It's a pity that I can't reach you. Otherwise, I will definitely poison your child and let you feel the pain of losing a loved one! Hahahaha..." Meng Zhiyuan's laughter was sharp and piercing, echoing in the empty room, creepy.

Su Qing shuddered involuntarily. She couldn't imagine how a person could be so cruel that he wouldn't even spare an innocent child. She felt that she was blind to consider such a vicious woman as a friend.

"I didn't expect you to be so vicious! I was so blind to treat you as a friend!" Su Qing's voice was full of disappointment and heartache. She couldn't help but shake her head repeatedly, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Vicious? Does this count as vicious? If I really wanted to kill your aunt, she would have been dead long ago! Do you understand?" Meng Zhiyuan's tone became increasingly cold and ruthless, and her eyes revealed a hint of madness and determination.

Su Qing laughed, but it was a helpless laugh. She felt like she was listening to a huge joke. "The purpose of your doing this is just to let me have a taste of loss? Just because you failed to marry Li Shang, you put all the blame on me? Why should I bear the consequences of something you couldn't handle yourself?"

"Whatever you say, what? Are you here just to question me? Don't you want to kill me to eliminate future troubles? Aren't you afraid that I will poison your aunt again? The emperor is far away, and you can't reach the general's mansion. Did you see the heavy guards when you came in? Did you see it? I am not even as good as a prisoner! I can be slaughtered by anyone. Tell me, how can I not hate you? If you were willing to help me, why should I live like this?"

"How do you know I didn't help you? Don't you know that the imperial order is difficult? Why don't you abandon your family? Go with Li Shang? If you can't do it, why do you ask others to do it? I don't owe you anything, do you know? The Marquis also tried his best to stop it, but who am I? Who is the Marquis? I am the sixth daughter of the general's mansion, and the Marquis is the son-in-law of the general's mansion. What do you want us to do? Kill my fifth brother Su Jinqi? Or kill the current emperor?"

Faced with Su Qing's questioning, Meng Zhiyuan shed tears. She lowered her head and sobbed softly like a child who had done something wrong.

Seeing Meng Zhiyuan was so sad, Su Qing continued, "Why do you have to put the blame on my aunt? How innocent is she? She was so old and still fell victim to your schemes and almost lost her life."

Meng Zhiyuan changed his previous tough attitude, knelt down, and grabbed Su Qing's skirt, "Su Qing, I beg you, can you take me away? I admit that I was the one who drugged your aunt, but I didn't want her life. I just wanted to lure you here. I have no other choice. If I had to, I would never do such a thing."

She is the legitimate daughter of a duke, such a noble person. Why would she beg like this if she was not forced to do so?