Madam Feng felt a sharp, stabbing pain in her chest.
With every word that came out of Qi Yuan’s mouth, her face turned a shade paler.
Especially when Qi Yuan began listing off her maternal family members one by one, her temples started throbbing violently.
She began shaking her head like mad.
No, no, no, this was her own mistake. How could she drag her family into this?
She didn’t care about the Feng family anymore.
No, that wasn’t quite true. It wasn’t that she didn’t care at all.
She still had two grandsons!
But now… all of them were going to end up in the imperial prison.
Lai Chenglong was a living Shura.
He wouldn’t show mercy to anyone.
No! This couldn’t be happening!
She stared fixedly at Qi Yuan. “Even if I go to h*ll, I won’t let you off! You’ll die a horrible death! You’ll die a horrible death!”
“How ridiculous,” Qi Yuan snapped impatiently. “When you were alive, even your whole family together couldn’t beat me. What, you think you’ll be stronger dead? If we meet underground, I’ll kill you a second time, a third time!”
Madam Feng finally couldn’t hold on any longer. Her heart pounded like a war drum, faster and faster, until it was out of control.
Just as she was about to speak, pain shot through the back of her head, her chest grew tight and suffocating, she couldn’t breathe. Suddenly, she vomited a mouthful of blood and collapsed, convulsing on the ground.
Everyone held their breath.
Especially the presiding abbot, his face went through all kinds of colors in an instant.
They’d all heard tales of Zhuge Liang angering someone to death on the battlefield.
But they’d never expected to witness it in real life.
This woman, this woman was insane!
Lai Chenglong couldn’t help but lower his head and chuckle lightly.
How could someone be so interesting?
Second Madam Qi’s eyes lit up uncontrollably. Looking at Qi Yuan, she only felt that the girl radiated blinding brilliance.
Just then, Second Master Qi woke up. When he heard the last part of what Qi Yuan had said, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted again.
Second Madam Qi really couldn’t take it anymore. She twisted his ear viciously.
Second Master Qi could only open his eyes nervously and sit up, shaking with fear.
Why had he scolded Qi Yuan again?!
He should’ve thought of this!
Back then, did their old father or older brother ever really look at any of the younger generation?
The juniors all behaved respectfully and obediently in front of them, who dared to act up?
Only Qi Yuan. Old Marquis Qi and Qi Zhen had doted on her beyond belief.
He should’ve seen this coming!
Now he’d truly offended someone powerful!
He clutched his ear and watched Qi Yuan in a cold sweat.
Madam Feng convulsed on the ground. Before long, her eyes stared wide open, she had stopped breathing.
Lai Chenglong stepped forward expressionlessly. He checked her pulse, then her breath, and finally said coolly, “She was too terrified of her own crimes. In the end, she died of fear.”
……
Liujin whispered to Old Zhao, “He’s even better at talking nonsense than I am.”
Utter lies, right to everyone’s faces.
She was obviously scared to death by Young Miss Qi!
But Lord Lai actually said, with a straight face, that Madam Feng was scared of herself and that’s what killed her.
Tsk tsk tsk.
Old Zhao rolled his eyes, nearly unable to tolerate Liujin anymore.
But this wasn’t the time to argue with him.
Because Qi Yuan had already turned to look at the abbot: “Abbot, judging by your expression, it seems like you don’t really care about the monks in this temple. Whether they live or die probably doesn’t matter to you, right?”
Murder!
The abbot’s breathing quickened; he almost couldn’t catch his breath. His chest throbbed with sharp pain.
He understood,, Qi Yuan was killing with words.
But even though he knew that, he still couldn’t breathe from sheer anger. He pointed at Qi Yuan, speechless, unable to say a single word.
Especially because standing behind her was Lai Chenglong.
Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Whatever Qi Yuan said, this Lord Lai just nodded along like a fool, agreeing to everything.
What could he possibly do?
Qi Yuan was trying to kill him!
He swallowed hard, pointed at her, and stammered, “Y-you, you’re making things up!”
“It’s fine. These monks in the temple aren’t related to you, so naturally you wouldn’t care about their lives. You only care about incense money, that’s understandable.” Qi Yuan smiled sweetly. “But the Huang family at the foot of the mountain… I suppose you do care about their lives, hmm?”
She laughed out loud. “After all, one is your biological younger sister, the other your brother-in-law and they’re raising your own son, aren’t they?”
The abbot truly understood what it meant to have his soul torn from his body.
He couldn’t hold it in anymore and burst into tears. “What do you want from me?!”
Second Master Qi gulped nervously and whispered to Second Madam Qi, “Yuan Yuan is sin incarnate…”
She really was! Look how she scared the poor abbot!
Qi Yuan’s expression suddenly darkened.
As soon as her face fell, everyone’s heart skipped a beat.
Second Master Qi quietly turned his head away and hid behind Second Madam Qi.
The abbot clutched his chest and looked at Qi Yuan in terror.
Qi Yuan stood silently for a moment, then finally spoke: “Figure out a way. Find every monk in your temple connected to Qi Wang, I have use for them. Got it?”
The abbot was practically in tears. “I, I only took the silver…”
“I know you only took the silver!” Qi Yuan’s expression turned cold. “Otherwise, you’d already be dead! So I’m telling you now, go find the real operatives. The ones who actually made the arrangements. I need them. If you don’t, I’ll kill you!”
As she spoke, she hooked a sword up off the ground with her foot, caught it midair, and hurled it with force, it nailed itself into the door, still humming with vibration.
The abbot scrambled out, crawling on all fours.
But Qi Yuan called him back.
His legs were shaking so badly he could hardly stand. Trembling, he turned to look at her.
Qi Yuan said coldly, “Act like the temple’s master. Act like the high-and-mighty holy man you were pretending to be earlier. Just say that Madam Feng is dead. Xu Fengqiao is dead too. The plan failed. But we don’t know anything. We think it was Xu Fengqiao and Madam Feng who colluded together. Understood?!”
The abbot whimpered in panic and hurriedly straightened his robe, trying his best to look as composed as he had when he first entered, forcing himself to walk upright as he left.
Behind him, Qi Yuan said slowly: “Oh, and Abbot, don’t forget to hang up the couplet I wrote at the mountain gate. Make sure the show looks good. Otherwise, when I kill your whole family, I won’t make sure that looks good.”
Liujin felt a chill run down his spine.
Putting himself in the abbot’s shoes, if it were him, he’d be begging for death by now.
Miss Qi wasn’t just killing people anymore.
She could kill in every possible way.
She hadn’t even lifted a finger to kill Madam Feng herself!!!
