HLnovel Chapter 241 (241 Set of Chapters)
Chapter 241 (241 Set of Chapters)
Chapter 241, 241 sets of platitudes
Meanwhile, Min'er arrived at Master Zhao's door with the "Female Pleasure" poison, intending to enter as usual, but was stopped by the guards outside.
“Ninth Madam, the master forbids anyone from entering, especially women. Please leave.”
Min'er gripped the porcelain bottle tightly, her almond-shaped eyes narrowed slightly, and she said coldly:
"Fools! The woman the master was referring to was a maid in the manor. But I am different. I am the master's closest person. If you dare to stop me, I will make the master teach you a lesson!"
The two guards hesitated upon hearing this. Min'er had indeed been very favored by Master Zhao lately, being taken everywhere with her, and had even served him in this very room three hours ago. Perhaps she was indeed an exception?
Noticing that the guards' expressions had softened, Min'er immediately stepped forward, pushed them aside, and went inside.
When Min'er entered the room, Master Zhao, feeling somewhat tired and relieved to have entrusted the safety of the Zhao family and himself to Wu Er, relaxed and unknowingly fell asleep. But just as he drifted off to sleep, he heard a woman's voice calling his name:
"Master~"
Master Zhao shuddered, his heart pounding with terror. He tried to struggle backward, but he couldn't wake up from the nightmare.
"Who! Who is it! Don't, don't come any closer!" Master Zhao frowned deeply, cold sweat beading on his forehead, and he kept muttering and shouting.
Seeing this, Min'er gritted her teeth, opened the porcelain bottle in her hand, and leaned close to Master Zhao, pretending to cry:
"Waaaah... Master, how come there's so much blood on your back? It breaks my heart..."
He heard the voice again, getting closer and closer. Zhao Yuanwai could almost see a beautiful face approaching him, but when it got close, the face suddenly grinned, revealing a set of sharp teeth, with saliva dripping from its mouth, and its eyes looked at him as if it were looking at a delicious piece of fat.
Master Zhao was terrified and finally woke up from his nightmare. To his surprise, when he opened his eyes, he saw a face very close to him. Her warm breath was on his face, and her smile was eerie and terrifying, which immediately scared Master Zhao out of his wits.
"Get out of my way! Get out of my way! You witch! You're trying to kill me again! Help!"
Master Zhao raised his hand and swung it forcefully, hitting Min'er's hand squarely. The porcelain bottle slipped from her grasp, fell to the ground, and shattered into pieces.
Min'er, already feeling guilty, was startled by his sudden outburst and hurriedly backed away, her heart pounding. She forced a smile and said, "Master, it's Min'er. Min'er has come to see you."
Hearing Master Zhao's cries for help and the commotion inside, the two guards outside immediately burst through the door, drew their knives from their waists, and stood in front of Min'er, shouting angrily:
"You wretch, what did you try to do to the master just now?!"
Seeing that someone had come to the rescue, Master Zhao became even more agitated. He pointed at Min'er and said to the two guards, "Quickly, chop that woman up! Mince her into mincemeat and throw her into the pond to feed the fish!"
Min'er's face changed instantly: "I was only concerned about you, Master, why must you kill me!"
"Witch, don't even think about harming me again! Quick, kill her!" Master Zhao didn't hear what she was saying at all; his mind was only on the scene that had happened in the illusion, and he said with extreme malice.
The two guards were naturally loyal to Master Zhao, and immediately drew their knives and rushed towards Min'er. Min'er did not want to lose her life, so she screamed and ran towards the door.
It was at this moment that Wang Bao arrived with Ye Pianran and Ye Lingyue. Hearing Zhao Yuanwai's roar, he thought Min'er had failed and was extremely anxious. Just as he reached the door, he was bumped into by Min'er, who rushed out of the house.
Min'er looked up and saw it was her. Without thinking twice, she immediately hugged him tightly and cried:
"Good brother, please save me!"
Her call completely exposed her affair with Wang Bao. Upon hearing it, Master Zhao's eyes widened in disbelief, and his teeth clenched so tightly they rattled.
"So, you adulterous couple have been in cahoots all along! Get them and chop them both into mincemeat!"
Ye Pianran hadn't expected to see such a good show upon her return, and she couldn't help but feel a little smug. She gave Ye Lingyue a wink, and Ye Lingyue immediately understood and rushed forward, taking down the two guards with knives in just two moves and rescuing Min'er and Wang Bao.
"The poison in your body has only just been neutralized, and you haven't fully recovered your strength yet. It's best not to get so excited," Ye Pianran said calmly.
Min'er had just escaped death, her soul nearly leaving her body. Clinging tightly to Wang Bao, she spoke to Ye Pianran and Ye Lingyue, still shaken:
"Thank you so much for your help, young lady."
Ye Pianran didn't even glance at her, and strode towards Master Zhao inside the house.
Seeing that not only had the two women, mistress and servant, not been stopped by Wu Er, but had also knocked down the guards protecting him, Master Zhao felt immense fear. Enduring the pain in his back, he trembled and retreated, shouting in a bluffing manner:
"I knew Mr. Green Ivy wouldn't be so kind as to send someone to treat my illness! So you're in cahoots with that adulterous couple! You're all trying to kill me!"
"What are you yelling about? If my young lady hadn't saved you, you would have been meeting the King of Hell long ago! You ungrateful wretch!" He shouted loudly, but Ye Lingyue roared even louder, her voice fierce and intimidating.
The wealthy man surnamed Zhao was indeed startled by her shout and began to sob.
"You...you can have whatever you want, just don't eat me, don't eat me..."
Ye Pianran's heart skipped a beat: "You can have anything you want?"
Master Zhao nodded frantically: "Gold, silver, jewelry, shops—whatever you want, I can give you! Just don't eat me, don't eat me—"
Ye Pianran narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "I want that white jade Guanyin with a bit of red stain on it."
Master Zhao hurriedly opened the hidden compartment on the bed, took out a piece of white jade pendant, and tossed it forward with trembling hands. Ye Lingyue caught the jade pendant in her hand, then immediately unfolded it and handed it to Ye Pianran.
Ye Pianran picked up the jade pendant again and examined it closely in the sunlight, feeling slightly relieved.
that's it.
"I've given you the things, can you let me go now?" Master Zhao asked tremblingly.
Ye Pianran put away the jade pendant and said, "What's the rush? Don't you want to know why you developed such abscesses, and why no amount of medicine has worked, and why it's only getting worse?"
Wang Baoben, who was standing by the door, was still secretly pleased that he and Min'er had escaped a disaster, but he was suddenly asked such a question by Ye Pianran, and he immediately felt that something was wrong.
Master Zhao asked timidly, "Why?"
Wang Bao grabbed Min'er, intending to slip away when no one was paying attention, but as soon as he turned around, he saw Ye Lingyue blocking his way.
Ye Pianran said to Master Zhao, "The reason why you are tormented by that boil day and night is that someone in your household has ill intentions and poisoned you."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Bao and Min'er both stumbled into the doorway and rolled to the front of Zhao Yuanwai.
Master Zhao initially retreated in fear, but then realized what was happening and flew into a rage:
"So it was you adulterous couple! I'll kill you! I'll skin you alive! I'll make sure you suffer a horrible death!"
Wang Bao's eyes darted around, and he feigned tears, crawling towards Master Zhao like a dog, saying, "Master! It's not my fault, it was all this slut who seduced me. I was momentarily bewitched, that's why... that's why..."
"Wang Bao!" Min'er never expected that her lover, who had been embracing her just a moment ago, would suddenly turn against her. Her face was extremely ugly, and her eyes were full of disbelief. "How could you pin all the blame on me! It was clearly you who tried to win me over, saying you couldn't bear to see me marry a fat, rotten old bastard as a concubine, and that you wanted to save me from this misery. Have you forgotten? Were all those vows you made to me just empty words?!"
"You wretch! Stop talking nonsense! I never said those things! Don't make false accusations!" Wang Bao shouted immediately. "I have served the master for so many years and have always been loyal to him. How could I betray him and do such a thing!"
After saying this, Wang Bao crawled two more steps toward Master Zhao: "Master, this vile woman must have used some kind of sorcery to bewitch me. You must believe me!"
Master Zhao already believed that Min'er was a female demon who had come to devour his flesh and blood, and Wang Bao's words reminded him of this. He immediately cried out in terror:
"Guards! Kill that witch! Kill her!"
The guards of the Zhao family were afraid of Ye Lingyue's skills and dared not touch them. However, Min'er was just a weak woman who could not even kill a chicken. They immediately rushed forward, held Min'er down, and wanted to execute her on the spot.
This scene reminded Ye Pianran of her past life. She frowned deeply, and although she knew Min'er was not innocent, she still said:
"Wait a minute. Although she poisoned the master, the poison was not fatal, which shows that she did not intend to kill him, but was just misled. There is a second reason why the boils on the master's back are getting worse."
As soon as she said that, everyone in the room looked at her, and even the two guards stopped what they were doing.
Master Zhao asked in alarm, "What's the reason?"
"The wealthy man nearly died from the poison, all because of that white jade Guanyin pendant."