Chapter 616: Keep Him Locked Up

Chapter 616: Keep Him Locked Up

Suddenly, another woman was escorted in through the entrance.

Both Meng Ziyu and Shen Yuansong recognized her; she was Shen Nan’s personal maid.

When Qingluo saw Meng Ziyu on the ground, she charged at him, her eyes blazing with hatred: "Meng Ziyu, I can finally avenge my lady!"

She lunged at him, striking him wildly in a frenzy. Meng Ziyu, already battered and fragile, endured further agony.

"My lady had no grudge against you. If you didn’t want the Shen family to force her into a substitute marriage, why didn’t you deal with the Shen family? Why did you have to kill my lady? You deserve to die!"

Qingluo poured out her hatred with raw emotion.

A young man with one eye suddenly seized her arm and placed a dagger in her hand.

She froze momentarily, taken aback, then turned to look at Su Youyue.

Seeing Su Youyue nod gently at her, she clenched the dagger and plunged it into her enemy, ending his life.

The heir to the Ding’an Marquisate, a brilliant yet decadent nobleman, never imagined he’d meet his end at the hands of a lowly maid.

To his dying breath, he never laid eyes on the one he yearned for, instead dying in pain and despair.

Once the deed was done, Qingluo regained her composure, unshaken by what she’d done. She laughed and cried: "Miss, can you see? Your maid has finally avenged you!"

After crying for a while, as if struck by a sudden thought, she whirled around and kowtowed deeply to Su Youyue, bowing three times in succession: "My lady, Miss, this humble maid thanks you on behalf of my lady! From this day forward, Qingluo pledges her life to serve you. Whatever you command, I will obey without question!"

Su Youyue helped her up from the ground: "Rise now, don’t weep yourself ill. Tomorrow, I’ll have Ah Ying take you to your lady’s grave to pay your respects."

Qingluo shed another stream of tears: "Thank you, my lady!"

Nearby, Shen Yuansong listened, utterly stunned.

The woman before him wasn’t Shen Nan? The real Shen Nan had been killed by the assassins Meng Ziyu had sent earlier?

And Shen Nan’s personal maid had killed Meng Ziyu with her own hands to avenge her lady!

Who was this woman before him?

Wave after wave of shocking revelations left Shen Yuansong reeling.

When he finally came to his senses, he broke out in a cold sweat. With so many of her secrets laid bare, would she allow him to walk out alive?

Only then did he grasp that she bore no ties to the Shen family at all, so she would show no mercy. He truly began to feel fear.

No wonder she never sought the Shen family’s favor, never cared for the Shen family’s status.

Because she wasn’t Shen Nan at all!

"My lady, what should we do with the Third Young Master Shen?" Qingluo, now calm, noticed Shen Yuansong still present.

Her hands still stained with blood, she spoke with a calm expression, which unnerved the usually intimidating Shen Yuansong into silence.

The woman before him was not the eldest daughter of the Shen family and would show him no mercy!

Su Youyue slowly approached: "Do I frighten you?"

Shen Yuansong stubbornly replied: "How could I be?"

Su Youyue nodded, but he immediately regretted his words. Would this woman kill him without a second thought for his words?

"Out of respect for Xiao Wu from the Shen family, I won't kill you," Su Youyue said, not giving him a chance to relax before continuing, "But I won't let you go either. Every member of the Shen family is complicit in Miss Shen's death. I won't take your lives, but I will bring down the Shen family and ensure each of you regrets your past deeds."

Hearing this, Shen Yuansong grew anxious, "You plan to keep me locked up? Until when?"

Su Youyue did not answer him, using silence to fill him with endless, unknown dread.

"Lock him away."

After saying this, she left with Qingluo, ignoring Shen Yuansong's desperate pleas from behind.

Once out of the dungeon, the evening breeze gently blew, and Qingluo suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of relief.

"Miss, I never imagined you had so many skilled people under your command. From now on, I can worry a little less." She had always been filled with anxiety before, but after tonight, she felt she might not need to worry about the safety of her mistress every day.

"Yes, don't worry too much," Su Youyue looked around at the vast night.

To capture Meng Ziyu tonight, the entire Bai family had laid an inescapable trap.

Since he loved hiring assassins, let him experience their skills firsthand.

The long wait had been worth it.

She even waited until he and Shen Zhuyu were about to get engaged again, arrogantly planning to present his own head as a betrothal gift to Shen Zhuyu!

Let him die in despair and regret; that would not be too lenient.

The night was eerily quiet, as if nothing had transpired. The Bai family had already been relocated to another residence tonight, and when they returned tomorrow, they would find nothing out of place...

As for what would happen to the Ding'an Marquisate and the Shen family, it was beyond her concern. Tonight, those assassins would not dare to leak any information for some time, after all, they were also the murderers of the heir of Ding'an.

A delay would suffice.

She slept soundly that night.

The next morning, Su Youyue took a batch of generous gifts and went to Princess Pingyang's residence.

Princess Pingyang was dressed simply today, as was customary in her own residence.

"Princess, this is Silver Crane tea, sourced from Jiujiang Pass. It is silver-white all over, hence the name Silver Crane. It has a high and lasting fragrance, a fresh and refreshing taste, and is excellent in color, aroma, taste, and shape. It is a new tea variety discovered by tea farmers this year, only one tea tree exists. I was able to buy some because I was once a fellow villager with the tea farmer. Now, I have specially brought it for you to sample."

Princess Pingyang's eyes flickered slightly, then quickly returned to normal, "Oh? A new tea variety, not bad, you are thoughtful. Nanny, go brew a cup for me to taste."

The nanny quickly went to brew a cup. As soon as the tea was brought up, the room was filled with a fresh fragrance. When the tea lid was opened, the snow-white tea leaves stood upright in the porcelain cup, truly like elegant white cranes standing.

Princess Pingyang looked at the tea for a long time before taking a light sip, "Indeed, good tea."

Su Youyue smiled, her eyes narrowing, then she removed her veil, "Princess, my face has almost fully recovered."

After removing the veil, she revealed a beautiful face, sweet and lovely, looking obedient and pleasing.

Princess Pingyang's gaze swept over her face, then she smiled, "Not bad, indeed a beauty, no wonder A Ling can't forget you, saying such things. It's just unfortunate that A Ling is not here now, otherwise I would definitely let you meet."