Chapter 464: I Will Repay Her Kindness and Avenge Her

Chapter 464: I Will Repay Her Kindness and Avenge Her

Just as Jin-er was about to refuse on behalf of Su Youyue again, Su Youyue suddenly lifted her tranquil eyes.

"I accept your proposal."

Lai Po Zi and Zhu Po Zi’s eyes lit up with joy.

"Miss, are you serious?"

Jin-er's mouth fell open in shock, unable to make a sound.

Su Youyue nodded and glanced at Jin-er, signaling her to stop talking.

"Miss Shen has shown me kindness, and I should indeed repay her. I will repay her kindness, and I will also avenge her."

Lai Po Zi's face was initially filled with joy as she listened, but her expression faltered upon hearing the mention of revenge. The thought of seeking revenge for their young miss had never crossed her mind.

Behind them, Qingluo suddenly lifted her head, and tears, like pearls on a broken string, flowed once more from her dry and swollen eyes.

She thought she had cried all her tears dry.

Yet, hearing this woman—whom she had only met once—pledging to avenge her miss, the warm tears flowed again.

For who in this world could resist the pull of sincere devotion?

Qingluo wanted to avenge her miss too, but she didn't even know who the enemy was. She and her miss had lived on the border for sixteen years, unfamiliar with the Holy City. She had no idea where to begin her investigation. Moreover, with Miss Shen dead, Qingluo feared that the Shen family might blame her and beat her to death.

That would leave her unable to avenge her miss.

Now, with an ally, Qingluo saw a glimmer of hope in the darkness.

She knelt heavily on the ground and kowtowed to Su Youyue. "Thank you, Miss, thank you!"

Though she knew Su Youyue was already married and shouldn't be called a miss, Qingluo continued to address her as such since Su Youyue hadn't mentioned her marital status to the two older women.

Su Youyue gently helped Qingluo to her feet. "Where is your miss buried? We must ensure her funeral is arranged with proper respect. Once we have avenged her, we will bring the head of her enemy to her grave as a final offering."

Qingluo, struggling to hold back her sobs, stood up and prepared to recount the events after today's assassination attempt.

However, Lai Po Zi and Zhu Po Zi, standing nearby, looked stunned.

The idea of bringing a head as an offering suddenly seemed much more real and unsettling…

They were beginning to think that asking this woman to impersonate their young miss might not have been a wise decision… It was only now that they started to have second thoughts. They had assumed these two women were just as vulnerable and helpless as their young miss, making them easy to manipulate. Now, they regretted not inquiring about their identities first…

But it was too late to turn back. The two could only laugh it off and arrange accommodations at the inn for the time being.

As the two left the room, Su Youyue's expression turned cold.

Miss Shen had lived safely away from the Holy City for many years without anyone bothering her. Now that she was about to return to the Holy City, she had been assassinated. How could this not be related to people in the Holy City?

She would certainly avenge her benefactor.

Moreover, this trip to the Holy City was also to confirm whether the youngest son of Princess Pingyang was indeed Xie Yuan.

As long as this remained uncertain, she would not find peace. Each passing day without Xie Yuan was another day of unbearable torment for her.

With Zhe Jing and Zhe Ying by her side, she knew the other shadow guards had arrived. Her safety was thus assured.

She was unlikely to encounter Tuoba Xiao or Prince Bei, since Miss Shen, being about to marry, wouldn’t cross paths with them. If she avoided events they attended, wore a veil at all times, and had Zhe Jing help her with a bit of disguise, she’d be fine.

She planned to uncover who Miss Shen’s enemies were and slip away before things got complicated, avoiding being forced to marry that so-called heir.

Given how the Shen family treated Miss Shen, she really wasn’t worth saving.

They’d be better off dead.

Zhe Ying emerged from behind the curtain, looking puzzled. "My lady, you agreed to their request. Do you have a plan?"

Su Youyue nodded. "Your men have arrived here as well?"

When Zhe Ying confirmed, she continued, "Since that’s the case, call Zhe Jing back. You’ll all follow me secretly. We’ll head to the Holy City together."

Perhaps on this trip, she might also bring back a sample of that divine elixir from her previous life, the one that harmed Xie Yuan, something to study thoroughly.

Though Zhe Ying was confused, as a shadow guard, he didn’t disobey his master’s orders and nodded in response, "Yes, I’ll make the arrangements immediately."

In the next room, Lai Po Zi and Zhu Po Zi had trouble sleeping after settling in.

"Granny Lai, what if the Great Elder Lady gets mad that we acted on our own and had someone take the eldest miss’s place?"

"What’s there to fear? The lady’s most worried about marrying Miss Zhuyu to Lord Meng’s son. Master and the four young masters only care about Miss Zhuyu’s wedding. As long as the eldest miss marries into the Ding’an Houfu as a Shen family daughter and fulfills the imperial marriage decree, it doesn’t matter who she really is.

As long as she’s married off early and disposed of quickly, who in the world will know she’s not the real eldest miss? The eldest miss was sent to the temple with the previous wife while still in the womb. Who in the Holy City would know what she originally looked like?"

The more Lai Po Zi spoke, the more at ease she felt.

"This woman speaks both Dongrong and Great Shen languages with an accent and has a purely Central Plains appearance. It would be hard to find another like her in such a short time. This is practically an opportunity given by heaven."

Hearing this, Zhu Po Zi also felt relieved and smiled, "I was planning to sell them to a brothel for some silver on the way, but the eldest miss refused to let us bring them along. Turns out, this worked out for the best. We’ll take both of them, and we can always sell the maid."

Lai Po Zi laughed, "Alright, we’ll split the silver. Now, let me write a letter to the Great Elder Lady to inform her of what’s happened."

After Zhu Po Zi nodded, she suddenly remembered something strange. Today, an assassin attacked but only targeted the eldest miss. After killing her, they withdrew. Considering that the eldest miss had been unknown for many years, it was odd for her to have such a deadly enemy.

Seeing Lai Po Zi writing the letter and not wanting to disturb her, Zhu Po Zi cursed silently in her heart instead.

The eldest miss must have gotten into trouble by not behaving well, attracting enemies and nearly implicating them. It’s karma, and she deserved to die!

In less than half an hour, Lai Po Zi finished the letter and, seeing that Zhu Po Zi had started snoring, went out to the post station and paid a large sum to send the letter to the Holy City urgently.

What she didn’t know was that shortly after she left, the letter was intercepted and returned to the inn.

"My lady, this is the letter Lai Po Zi sent out." Zhe Ying respectfully handed the letter to Su Youyue.