My elder sister is so noble, this time it's my turn to strike back

Chapter 120: Two corpses, are they all Concubine Qiu’s family members?

Seeing her like this, Gu Li felt inexplicably soft in his heart.

"I'm the Censor Gu Li. You can go and ask around. I never break my promises."

Seeing that the other party took the initiative to introduce himself, Qiu Ning did not act pretentiously and immediately bowed solemnly to Gu Li, and then said:

"Qiu Ning, daughter of Prime Minister Yuanqiu's family, greets His Excellency."

Gu Li's movements suddenly stopped. "Are you a girl from the Qiu family?"

Qiu Ning was confused for a moment, but nodded without hesitation, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Gu Li didn't say anything, her eyes looking strange for a moment, then she said, "It's nothing. Although I haven't been in the capital in recent years, I have heard of Prime Minister Qiu's reputation. It is said that he is highly valued by His Majesty. Don't worry, if your father and brother were really murdered by a traitor, I will report it to the emperor and have the case thoroughly investigated again."

With a "clang", Qiu Ning lost his grip on the teacup and it slipped off his hand.

She jumped up from her chair and asked Gu Li, "Are you serious, sir?"

If I could get Gu Li's help, that would be great. I believe my father and brother will be able to return to Beijing and reunite soon.

Gu Li laughed and said, "Girl, how can I lie to you? But first of all, your father and brother must have been truly wronged. Otherwise, I won't show mercy."

When Qiu Ning heard this, she was deeply moved.

She retracted her previous evaluation of Gu Li. She originally thought that when they were in the Xuanwu Mountains, he had tested her and stood idly by. She also thought that this person was cold and indifferent.

Now it seems that I was wrong.

Gu Li was truly a dignified gentleman, a magnanimous and upright general.

"Master Gu, no! Uncle Gu, please accept my daughter's greetings!"

At this moment, Qiu Ning's heart was filled with gratitude and admiration for Gu Li, and he called out "Uncle" without thinking.

Gu Li's handsome face froze, as if he couldn't believe what he heard. He even started to stutter, "You...what did you call me?"

Qiu Ning raised her head, her eyes glistening with water. "Uh... don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else. This is simply a sign of respect for my elders. If you don't like it, how about I just call you Lord Gu?"

Gu Li was speechless. It seemed that this little girl really treated her as her elder.

If one day she found out that she was still engaged to him, I wonder what expression would appear on this little girl's face.

Gu Li couldn't help but feel a little excited.

……

This side of Prince Yong’s Mansion.

The housekeeper quickly organized the servants to put out the fire. Fortunately, the fire was some distance away from the main courtyard and was not affected.

When the housekeeper led the servants to clean up the scene, they soon discovered two bodies in the woodshed. The housekeeper was terrified and hurriedly reported it to Prince Yong who was seeing off the guests.

After hearing this, King Yong exchanged a few polite words with the frightened guests and quickly turned to the courtyard where the fire had broken out.

"What happened? Who was burned to death?" King Yong questioned the servants in the yard in a stern manner.

At this time, the steward of the backyard stepped forward tremblingly, leaned over and reported: "Your Highness, the people previously imprisoned in the woodshed were none other than Aunt Qiu's mother and sister. Because they made a mistake and angered Concubine Su, so..."

Before the steward could finish his words, King Yong gave him a cold look.

"Are you saying that these two bodies are from Concubine Qiu's family? And her mother?"

If Qiuyao knew about this, she would probably make a scene. She was still pregnant with her own child, so she couldn't afford any mishaps.

All the servants in the yard knelt down and begged for mercy:

"Your Highness, please calm down. This is all ordered by Concubine Su. She said that these two people should be punished severely. I dare not disobey."

Prince Yong's expression suddenly turned ugly.

He never expected that Su Wan'er would be so cruel in private. He had clearly said at the beginning that she would just be given a light punishment and a severe warning, but he had not told her to kill anyone.

In the end, King Yong did not ask the coroner to perform an autopsy. He directly ordered people to clean up the scene and bury the two bodies in a place outside.

He first went to Su Wan'er's yard. No matter what, Su Wan'er had gone too far this time, and she had to give an explanation to the people below her out of both emotion and reason.

At this time, Su Wan'er was lazily leaning on the chaise longue on the side, enjoying the massage from the maid.

The sunlight poured in through the window and fell on her fair skin through the mottled window, making her look even more delicate and beautiful.

The trusted maid handed Su Wan'er a peeled orange and said, "Madam, let's calculate the time. The two people imprisoned in the woodshed should be released today. Should we have the servants release them? I'm worried that if they stay for too long, something bad will happen."

Su Wan'er lazily raised her eyelids, snorted coldly, and said, "Has there been any movement from Qiuyao these days?"

"Your Majesty, apart from a visit to the Princess's courtyard a few days ago, she has been concentrating on her pregnancy in the courtyard since then and has not made any private moves."

Upon hearing this, Su Wan'er couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Huh, he's truly heartless and ungrateful. One is his mother, the other is his sister. They've suffered such a disaster, and he didn't even bother to look at them? Ha!

I think the Qiu family should be grateful to this concubine. After this incident, they have seen Qiu Yao's true face. It is really not worth it for them to come to this palace and suffer for this person."

Several trusted maids looked at each other and agreed with Su Wan'er's words in their hearts.

"Your Majesty is absolutely right. I will go to the woodshed in a moment and tell the mother and daughter personally about Qiuyao's actions over the past few days."

"I'm afraid it's too late!"

As the maid finished her words, a familiar voice suddenly came from the door.

The maids were startled and turned around to see who was coming towards them but King Yong.

"Greetings, Your Highness!" Several maids stood up hurriedly and saluted Prince Yong.

Seeing this, Su Wan'er also stood up from the couch and walked forward with a gentle smile.

"Your Highness is entertaining guests in the front yard. Why is he here at this time?" Su Wan'er didn't notice the hidden anger on Prince Yong's face at all. As usual, she tried to step forward and hold Prince Yong's arm.

Unexpectedly, Prince Yong suddenly turned sideways, not only dodging Su Wan'er's hand, but also slapped Su Wan'er loudly in the face with his backhand.

"Snapped!"

Su Wan'er only felt a burning sensation on her face, and her mind went blank for a moment.

The maids were frightened by the situation and instinctively knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Su Wan'er didn't know what was going on. She turned her head and looked at King Yong in disbelief. But he sneered at her:

"Bitch, didn't we agree that it was just a minor punishment? Why did you kill two people?"