The Princess Wei Yang

Chapter 106: Quivering With Fear

   

Jiang Yue Lan quickly said: "How would I dare to harm Da Xiaojie! This peony head oil has been custom-made every year in the Jaded Shop. I’ve also distributed it to all the courtyards and even left two bottles in my own courtyard, Weiyang, Changxiao, I’ve also sent them some, right, Wei Yang, I’ve sent over osmanthus, Chang Xiao is jasmine, but how can I place poison in all of these?!"

     Jiang Nan’s face changed. He didn’t expect that the person who sent the oil would be Jiang Yue Lan. This is simply too ridiculous! If it is said that Jiang Yue Lan harmed Li Chang Le, he could never believe this. If Jiang Yue Lan is just a stepmother, she will naturally hate the child left behind by the former wife, for fear that she would steal away her own child's favor and status. But Jiang Yue Lan was from the Jiang family, and her father relied on Jiang Xu's power. If she wants to stand firm in the Li family, it is impossible for her to not form an alliance with Li Chang Le. How could she break her own arms?! So, in other words, someone must have tampered it?! He asked: "Could it have been someone who have tampered it?!"    Jiang Yue Lan’s face became paler and paler. She hurriedly said: “Must be! Someone must have tampered it!”    At this time, Li Xiao Ran also understood, but he couldn’t let Jiang Nan off this easily, so he said coldly: "The peony head oil was bought from the outside, only your people have handled it. Who could have poisoned it?" He said as he watched Jiang Yue Lan with a hint of distrust. Li Wei Yang shook her head and kindly said: "Father, Mother is a kind person, how could she do such a vicious thing? The steward must have been bribed and tampered it. From what I see, why don’t we imprison him and then interrogate him." In this case, it is natural to have her handwriting, first bribe the steward’s mistress and promised her one hundred pounds of gold. Because every time this steward returns to the Jade Shop, he would send the money to his own courtyard and it was during this time that Li Wei Yang sent someone over to switch the head oil. She framed him now mainly because Jiang Yue Lan had him in the palm of her hand. As for his mistress, she has already run away with the money and disappeared without a trace...    Jiang Yue Lan knew that Li Xiao Ran wasn’t suspicious of her but simply wanted to embarrass Jiang Nan. Although she was wronged, but keeping her life is much more important. She only said: "Lao Ye, I am really stupid. I was used by someone and sent the head oil to Da Xiaojie, Lao Ye please punish me."    Jiang Nan certainly didn’t believe the steward tampered it and coldly said: "This steward would naturally be strictly investigated! As for other people's rooms, they must also be searched!"    The Lao Furen coughed aloud and said: "General Wuwei, your third-ranked position would not suffice to search a first-ranked official’s household!" The Lao Furen opened her mouth and everyone’s faces showed strong rejection. Si Yiniang was the first to speak: "Yes, Young Master Jiang, this is not the Jiang family, how could we let you search just because you said to search! You are too arrogant!"    Li Xiao Ran snorted coldly and said: "Of course, if you ask for the imperial edict, then you can do it."
   In this situation, if Jiang Nan must have a fallout, he was afraid that Li Xiao Ran will drag him into the palace to see the Emperor and demand that he be punished for his disrespect! In this stalemate, Jiang Nan’s attitude changed and he suddenly kneeled. His face heavy and said: "Today Jiang Nan has been reckless, Lao Furen please forgive me! But cousin has been innocently harmed, if Jiang Nan didn’t investigate, I’m afraid that I can’t explain to my family! Lao Furen, Cousin is also your biological granddaughter. Now that she had become like this, how can you not do anything? If this leaks it, others may think that the Li family has harmed my cousin!"     Li Wei Yang was extremely surprised that Jiang Nan would actually kneel down to Lao Furen. She felt that he was an overbearing young general. Now it seemed like he was not a coward! Because as long as he softens his attitude and treat Lao Furen as his senior, he is also reminding the Li family that the two families are still relatives.  “A joke! Such a huge joke!” Lao furen coldly spoke: “Jiang Nan, you are going too far!” Right at this moment, Jiang Yue Lan lightly put in: “Oh, Lao Furen, since General Wu Wei wants to investigate, then we should let him do so. If not, what if he leaves telling others that our family is protecting the murderer, then what can we do? Our centuries long reputation cannot withstand such defamation.” Her words seem to be spoken for the Li family and no wrongs could be found from them.
 A hesitant expression flashed across Lao furen’s face. Yes, if Jiang Nan spreads rumor, the Li family would become a place where murderers are protected.
 Li Xiao Ran gave his new wife a glance until she uncomfortably lowered her head. He waved his hand and said: “You all, go search each person’s courtyard. If you see something similar to this dirty thing, bring them forth!” A few supervising Mamas bought their yatous along to search through each room. Li Wei Yang gave Zhao Yue a look and saw that she gently nodded her head. She smiled and then turned her head to ask Lu Gong: “I wonder if Dajie’s appearance would be able to recover?” The expression on Lu Gong’s face was incomprehensible, he bitterly smiled: “This … I can’t do anything to help.”
 Jiang Yue Lan was also anxious: “What, not even a single way?”
 Lu Gong then said: “To be able to save her life is already fortunate enough, how could she recover back to normal?”
 Jiang Yue Lan looked at Li Chang Le who didn’t know of anything as she laid there. Her face revealed indistinguishable pain: “My poor child! What will you do in the future!” She spoke but didn’t dare to go close to the bed. A glance at Li Chang Le’s frightening appearance gave one nightmares. 

 

Jiang Nan wasn’t concerned with Li Chang Le’s appearance. He has seen countless people disfigured on the battlefield so he didn’t care too much about this. He only cared about if he was able to find the evidence in Li Wei Yang’s room. It was well-known that Liu Mama was skilled in this area; with small traces, she is able to follow the clues and seize the culprit. He believed that Li Wei Yang must have left evidence behind! By this time, he had already forgotten about his cousin and instead cared more about victory. He was unwilling to believe that he would lose to an unworldly young maiden! It has been fully an hour and no one in the room had made a single sound. Only in between that Lao Furen had the tea replenished four times, had two rounds of snacks, and spoke a few words with Li Wei Yang. Others didn’t have much mood and only exchanged glances once in a while to express their discomfort and stress. It was a type of stress that made it difficult to breath; yatous and mamas all had their heads down, all afraid to anger whichever master. Jiang Nan observed Li Wei Yang, her face didn’t reveal any trace of guilt or fear nor was there a single trace of discomfort. He had to admire her because he had never seen such a scheming girl that made others fearful. As for his Fifth Brother, the Lu Gong on the side, could only sip tea with his head down. He had seen countless of injuries but he didn’t dare to go look at Li Chang Le’s face. Now, he felt pity for Li Chang Le, with her hideous appearance, how will she get married off? Jiang Yue Lan sat on the side accompanying the solemn Li Xiao Ran, with a face of restraint until Luo Mama came in with a tray in her hands. Jiang Nan immediately revealed a smile, believing that he had seek victory. But Luo Mama actually opened her mouth and said: “We’ve already examined, the fragrance oil in Third Xiaojie’s courtyard also has problems.” With those words spoken, Jiang Nan’s smile was like a hand being bent, momentarily turned extremely monstrous. He looked towards Liu Mama yet she other shook her head, damned, how could it be like this! Li Wei Yang’s expression showed grief: “Lao Furen, I would have never thought that your granddaughter’s fragrance oil also has problems ……” Lao Furen patted her hand and said: “Luckily you don’t usually use this or else you and Chang Le will both become like this today.” Li Wei Yang sighed: “Yes, if it wasn’t because I’ve forgotten to reward it to the maids, I’m afraid Bai Zhi and others wouldn’t have been able to escape this incident!” Her face showed complete ignorance. Jiang Nan incredulously watched as Li Wei Yang acted. He knew perfectly well that this damn girl was acting and that she was the mastermind behind this incident but he couldn’t say anything! He was thinking about how the tactics he used on the battlefield couldn’t be used in this situation so even if he used his tactics, he would still have to overtly fight this battle. But Li Wei Yang, she wasn’t like this, she would dig a hole for herself to jump into. She would sit and watch on the side and then fiercely step on you again to ensure you wouldn’t have the capability to stand up again. That’s right, she was using him from the start. It was him who wanted a full investigation and take advantage of Liu Mama’s meticulous eyes to find evidence yet it provided Li Wei Yang an opportunity to free herself from suspicion. This meant that Li Wei Yang has cleaned up all her traces that even Liu Mama who was such a shrewd and scrupulous person couldn’t do anything to her! Jiang Nan can’t be blamed for having such high expectations on Liu Mama; he thought that way largely because Liu Mama has served as an old maid in the palace for twenty years. Since she was sent over to assist Li Chang Le, she definitely had the brains! Li Chang Xiao was actually frightened, she held onto Fourth Yiniang’s sleeve and said: “Mother, when the head oil was sent over last time, this maid accidentally spilled it or else I will become like Eldest Sister?!” Fourth Yiniang, of course, revealed traces of shock in her expression, since she didn’t even know of this. Jiang Nan bit his teeth and said: “The head oil from Third Miss’ room has poison, this means there are two possibilities. The first is she is the victim. The other possibility is she is the one who had the poison in the first place!” Li Wei Yang frowned and said: “Cousin, watch what you are saying! I didn’t send over this head oil, so how could I poison it?! Are you trying to say I colluded with Mother to poison Eldest Sister?! Or you’re trying to say I’ve bribed the steward to add the poison? If you truly believe so, then why don’t you tie Mother, the steward, and me up to interrogate, and see what results you get! Your suspicion is a joke!”
 Jiang Yue Lan’s expression turned pale. She couldn’t believe that Li Wei Yang also dragged her into this and there was nothing more she could say to clarify since she was the one who sent over the head oil; moreover, the steward was her people?! This was not a secret in the residence! No matter what she says, it wouldn’t help! Jiang Nan fiercely glared at Jiang Yue Lan, blaming her for doing too much. Right when he was about to continue his rage on Li Wei Yang, Li Xiao Ran coldly voiced: “Enough!” Li Xiao Ran didn’t know how this happened but he only felt annoyance. He had already lost a daughter so whether this had anything to do with Li Wei Yang, he had to defend her. Since now that Li Chang Le is ruined, he can’t lose two daughters in the span of a day! So, he coldly stared at Jiang Nan and said: “You’ve already did a search in my residence, now what more trouble do you want to cause! This incident is the Li’s family matter, so if Jiang Xu has any opinions, he can come seek me! Now that Chang Le has been injured, I only wished that she focuses on recuperation, as for other things, we’ll discuss in the future! If you don’t want to leave yet, you can stay in guest room and enjoy some tea. Just don’t let me hear you make wild accusations to implicate others!” Jiang Nan’s expression turned worse because he didn’t expect Li Xiao Ran to be this unyielding but he was also to be blamed for being too arrogant. Now that he was asked to leave, he certainly couldn’t accept it, he coldly said: “Since Uncle wants me to leave, then I would leave. But Li family must give as an explanation on this matter!” After he was done speaking, he gave Lu Gong a warning and then immediately left. Lao Furen stared at his silhouette and revealed a chilled smile. Jiang Xu wouldn’t have dared to play tricks in the Li family; the young ones just couldn’t retain their composures. But, the Jiangs have become more and more arrogant, this way, they will die even faster. She lightly let out a sigh and said: “I’ll leave everything to Lu Gong.” She was ready to return to her room to rest because she really couldn’t stand looking at Li Chang Le’s terrifying face any longer. If she had to look at her for three days, she wouldn’t have the appetite to eat. Li Wei Yang helped her up and said: “I’ll escort you back.” Lao Furen patted her hand and said: “No need, you should return to rest too.” Then she told everyone: “Everyone leave.” Fourth Yiniang and Li Chang Xiao acted as if they were granted amnesty as they hurriedly followed behind Lao Furen. Li Wei Yang gently said: “Father, Mother, both have been exhausted the entire day and should rest, your daughter will leave now.” 

 

Li Xiao Ran looked at Li Wei Yang, seemingly wanted to say something but ultimately didn’t and instead sighed as he watched her leave. Knowing better than one’s teacher, speaking of this merciless daughter of his, she was similar to his young self! Towards blood-related sisters, she didn’t leave her an open path. But he also knew very well that Li Wei Yang must have found out about something that after a long period of holding back, she suddenly exploded, perhaps Min Zhi’s poisoning incident. He gave Li Chang Le who was resting on the bed one last glance, shook his head, and then Jiang Yue Lan softly said: “Lao Ye, I will rest with you.” Li Xiao Ran nodded and then leisurely strolled out. Jiang Yue Lan smiled at Lu Gong, then worriedly gave Li Chang Le a look and followed behind.
 Only Li Chang Le’s maidservants and Lu Gong were left in the room. Lu Gong looked Li Chang Le and couldn’t help but shiver. This face was too horrifying that he had already started to feel fear. If Li Chang Le wakes up, he’s afraid she will turn insane! Nevertheless, avoiding is no use, on the seventh night, Li Chang Le suddenly opened her eyes. Tan Xiang held a bowl of water as she walked in. She suddenly heard Li Chang Le called her name, she was surprised that she quickly stepped inside. Li Chang Le’s beautiful hair was gone and this was difficult to hide from her. But she hasn’t seen her face yet and no one in the room dared to tell her. Even the favored Liu Mama seek out various reasons to stay outside, so Li Chang Le could also shout: “My hair! What happened to my hair!” Tan Xiang could only feel her own scalps turning numb and didn’t dare to look at her face. She could only utter: “Miss, your hair will regrow …… we have Lu Gong!” Li Chang Le only felt pain throughout her body. She looked down and realized numerous parts of her body were wrapped with cloth and on there were traces of blood. She subconsciously said: “Bring me water to wash my face.” Tan Xiang dropped her head as she bought the bowl of water over. But she was three steps away from Li Chang Le and didn’t dare to inch closer. Li Chang Le hollered: “Are you deaf, bring the bowl of water over!” Tan Xiang’s body was trembling and ultimately carried the bowl over as Li Chang Le coldly remarked: “Useless thing!” Without finishing her thought, she subconsciously looked down and saw herself in the water, a face filled with bloodied flesh and scars …… Li Wei Yang arrived at the courtyard’s entrance and heard a horrifying shriek. She turned her ehad and smilingly said to Zhao Yue: “Hold onto the gift, let’s go in.” In the corridor, Lu Gong heard the shriek and felt unease as he paced into the room and bumped into Li Wei Yang at the entrance. At this moment, Lu Gong couldn’t laugh or cry and could only follow behind as they all entered. Li Chang Le saw Li Wei Yang and then crazily ran over from her bed. Tan Xiang held her back and she thoughtlessly gave Tan Xiang a slap. Lu Gong hurried over: “Eldest Miss! You can’t be infuriated! Your wounds will break open!” Li Chang Le didn’t care like she was mentally ill. She yelled: “Li Wei Yang, you bitch! You’ve made me turn into this! You bitch! I want to kill you! I must kill you!” She didn’t even think about this and assumed that Li Wei Yang was the one behind this. The poison was originally used by her! Li Wei Yang coldly said: “Are you all dead? Can’t you see Eldest Miss is mentally unstable, hurry and hold her down!” All the maids looked at one another and frightened that something would happen, they hurried over to hold Li Chang Le. Li Chang Le was held down on the chair by the strong old maids. She struggled to move and both her eyes emitted bloody red murderous expressions as she hatefully stared at Li Wei Yang: “Li Wei Yang, you bitch! You will die a horrible death!” These words were very familiar, Li Wei Yang couldn’t help but revealed a pondering expression. Oh, it was something the former Official Furen had said to her. It seems like she lives a lucky life, no matter what, she wouldn’t die. On the other hand, Li Chang Le had become someone who rather die than to live. Pondering upon this, perhaps the Official Furen was right, she, Li Wei Yang, was brought to this world to cause the dooms for others, particularly the Official Furen and Li Chang Le! As a result, that’s why they’ve become like this! Li Wei Yang stared at Li Chang Le’s unbearable face. Her appearance was only like a deity but now her whole face has been ripped apart by her own doing. The flesh on her cheeks has been rendered bloodied by her own scratching, specifically that pair of crystal eyes. Her face seemed like it had been rotting for more than ten days …… it was an extremely nauseating sight. This face, even if it was treated, was still completely ruined. Li Wei Yang felt gratification and joy but to let this satisfaction reached its peak, she slowly said: “Eldest Sister, don’t be this stirred, I’ve come here today to visit you, Zhao Yue, hang the gift I’ve bought Eldest Sister on the wall.” Zhao Yue answered with a yes and then strolled over to the wall, hung up a painting, and then backed up to the side. Li Chang Le’s eyes gaped open and saw a painting of a beauty on the wall. In a garden of peonies was an alluring beauty with handsome eyes and well-shaped brows. Like a deity, she was wearing a shining attire with flattering crab-apple flowers on the skirt. Her waist was slim, which shows off her fine stature and air similar to that of Zhao Feiyan. With one glance, she knew it was her herself! No, it was her old self! Li Wei Yang harmoniously smiled and sweetly said: “Eldest Sister, I’ve created this painting for you in three sleepless nights. I’ve broken countless of paint brushes to create a painting for you to your satisfaction. I’ve ordered to have this be hung on your wall. Lu Gong said he will seek out everything to help you recover your appearance. But he has never seen your once beautiful appearance so I was thinking he should have an idea. So I’ve created this painting, if your appearance can’t be recovered, then you can cherish memories of it.” Lu Gong couldn’t believe his ideas. He suddenly understood Li Wei Yang’s intentions because at this moment, Li Chang Le had already howled like a pig slayer. She struggled to jump onto Li Wei Yang but these maids used all their strength to hold her down that she couldn’t take one step. So, she could only slap her won face as if she wanted to completely peel it apart. This was such a sympathetic scene. Lu Gong quickly reacted and shouted: “Hold down your Miss! Hurry!” The maids quickly held back Li Chang Le and even used cloths to tie up her hands and feet. Because of her intense struggle, Li Chang Le rolled off from the chair onto the floor. She cried ferociously like a leprosy victim that had been placed under control. Her face seemed like that that even a few maids looked away. They all thought that the Eldest Miss’ face had become this horrifying to look at. It was as if she was an imprisoned beast that had been released after a few days. Li Chang Le’s face was held down with dust gliding over her face. She lifted her face and her venomous eyes stared straight at Li Wei Yang, she loudly cried: “Bitch! I am going to kill you! I will definitely kill you!” At this moment, Li Wei Yang quietly watched her, her expression didn’t show satisfaction nor did it show disgust, only calmness, calmness with depth. Her eyes were like a well with her pupils reflecting Li Chang Le’s dismay and hopelessness. Whereas, it wasn’t showing any of her true expressions, only slight coldness. Lu Gong, no, Jiang Fifth Brother, was standing not too far away as he quietly studied her expression. He couldn’t help but to think that Li Wei Yang’s appearance couldn’t rival Li Chang Le but her scheming was definitely superior to the latter. Right when Li Chang Le was at a complacent position, Li Wei Yang made a ruthless attack, making one shudder at the thought.