bookcurios Chapter 118: A Lot of Thank You Gifts
Chapter 118: A Lot of Thank You Gifts
The movements of those poisoned by the Gu suddenly stopped, and then they fell down uncontrollably one after another.
The woman who was playing the leaves had never expected it to turn out like this. She couldn't help but look at Su Qingwan, but found that the person who was originally standing there was gone.
Where has she gone?
The woman widened her eyes in panic and looked around for Su Qingwan.
"What are you looking for?"
The voice came from behind her, and she turned around quickly. Su Qingwan was standing behind her, smiling at her. She immediately gathered her energy and continued playing.
"Snapped!"
Su Qingwan raised her hand and slapped the woman loudly, knocking her to the ground. Following the rhythm of her fall, Su Qingwan kicked her in the abdomen again. The woman's facial features twisted in pain. The whole person was kicked out like a rolling gourd. She felt sweet in her mouth and a stream of blood spurted out. The leaf was sprayed out mixed with blood.
"Your folding leaf tune sounds terrible. Don't play it again."
The woman looked at Su Qingwan and wanted to say something, but her throat gurgled a few times, and then a stream of plasma exploded from the monkey's head, and the head just drooped to the side.
Is this...dead?
Su Qingwan frowned. She didn't use that much strength. At most, she just caused some injuries to the other party.
"There are bugs coming out." Li Yuncheng walked over and said.
There was a big hole in the throat of the woman lying on the ground, and many insects crawled out of it and rushed towards the scattered medicine powder.
The other women who were poisoned by the Gu worm also had worms crawling out of them.
But in just a few moments, a large pool of blood appeared where the powder was.
After seeing all the insects turned into blood, Su Qingwan bowed to the Concubine Xian and said:
"Your Highness, the folded leaf tune that the woman played just now has a bewitching effect. These young ladies were influenced by the music and behaved inappropriately in front of you. Please forgive them for their rudeness."
The virtuous concubine was frightened by what happened just now, but she was far away and was blocked by a group of guards behind her, so she did not see the insects.
"So that's how it is. Then send them all to the side hall and call the imperial physician to check on them." said the virtuous concubine.
Aunt Tao took the order and went to make the arrangements.
Li Yuncheng ordered his men to carry away the woman who was playing the leaves. She had just died after her throat was cut.
The mess on the ground was quickly cleaned up, and the woman who had rushed outside in panic was invited back by the palace servants.
This is the palace. If you run around randomly, you will be punished, and it may even bring trouble to your family. However, when they came back, they all looked uneasy.
Seeing this, Concubine Xian knew that the palace banquet could not be held, so she said:
"Let's stop here today and go home. Are you all injured? Let's go back and let the court doctor take a look."
Everyone at the banquet breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, "Farewell, Her Majesty!"
As soon as Concubine Xian left, the other women attending the banquet also prepared to leave.
Han Yue suddenly bowed to Su Qingwan and said very solemnly:
"Sister Qingwan, it's thanks to your timely response that you saved us all. Otherwise, I'm afraid we would all be affected by the music that woman played. If we lose our minds and do something that could get us killed, the consequences would be disastrous."
As soon as these words came out, the women who were about to leave stopped. Some of the more clever ones imitated Han Yue and thanked Su Qingwan:
"Yes! It was all thanks to Miss Su Si."
"A bunch of brainless women. The limelight has been stolen by Su Qingwan, that bitch. Han Yue is obviously trying to take credit for it!"
In the crowd, Zhong Li stared at Su Qingwan unkindly and muttered softly.
Everyone looked at Zhong Li for not saying thank you, so all the unfriendly eyes were immediately focused here.
Zhong Li suddenly felt something was wrong. Su Qingwan was indeed brave and careful, and she had saved everyone. But now she was confronting her head-on, which showed that she didn't know what was good for her.
"Yes, yes, Su Qingwan is really bold and careful."
Zhong Li rolled her eyes and, despite everyone's unfriendly looks, had no choice but to flatter with a forced smile.
She is just a little bitch, the daughter of a merchant. She will only be a vulgar girl all her life. Why is she showing off?
Dong Qinshuang snorted coldly. She suppressed the anger that was about to explode and hated Su Qingwan very much.
If it weren't for Su Qingwan, Jiang Yueling would have been killed long ago. It's such a pity for eldest brother's careful arrangements.
Su Qingwan, you bitch, you ruin my plans time and time again. One day, I will tear you into pieces.
At this moment, Han Yue took off the pair of jade bracelets on her wrists and forced them into Su Qingwan's hands:
"Sister Qingwan, please accept this pair of jade bracelets. I want to use them to represent myself and thank you for your kindness. Please don't despise me because I am a vulgar person. I can't save your life and repay you with my body. I can only give you some small items."
After hearing this, Su Qingwan immediately curled up the corners of her lips and smiled.
Han Yue must have prepared a gift for herself a long time ago, but she gave it to herself at this moment, obviously wanting to show off to other women.
My sister wants to make some money from these noble ladies!
As expected, the one who understands me the best is Sister Yue'er. After being reborn again, I only want to be rich and powerful, not to be depressed and suffer.
Su Qingwan laughed in her heart. Han Yue must have heard a lot of rumors about her in the capital city and knew that she was short of money, so she did this on purpose.
"Since Sister Yue'er has said so, I will accept it. After all, it is your sincere heart, how can I let you be sad?"
Su Qingwan happily put the jade bracelet on her wrist, raised her arm to look at it in the light, and looked like she couldn't let it go.
"Miss Su Si, this is my thank you gift." Jiang Yueling came over and gave Su Qingwan the Hetian jade pendant she was carrying with her.
"You're welcome. I'll accept the thank you gift."
Su Qingwan took the Hetian jade pendant, it was a valuable item.
Jiang Yueling gave gifts, and the other women also gave gifts for the sake of their own face.
Some give earrings, some give hairpins, and some give rings or jade bracelets.
After a while, the tray that Zhenzhu brought was filled with the ladies' "gifts".
Apart from the women in the side hall who were still unconscious and had not given any gifts of thanks, Dong Qinshuang and Zhong Li were the only ones who had not given any gifts.
Jiang Yueling had been keeping an eye on Dong Qinshuang from beginning to end. Seeing her unhappy look, Jiang Yueling was very happy.
"Miss Dong, you are the daughter of the prime minister after all, you should be able to come up with a decent thank-you gift, right?" Jiang Yueling provoked.
Dong Qinshuang had a cold face, pulled out a multi-treasure hairpin from her head, looked at Su Qingwan, raised her eyebrows and gritted her teeth and said:
"Su Qingwan, thank you for today!"
As the words fell, the multi-treasure hairpin was thrown towards Su Qingwan.
Want to thank her?
You’re dreaming. Just think of this hairpin as a way to get rid of beggars.
Zhenzhu raised her hand and grabbed the hairpin that was thrown to her.
"Ms. Dong, next time you can come closer to give your thank-you gift, so that people won't misunderstand that you have bad legs and can't walk well." Su Qingwan said to her sarcastically.
Dong Qinshuang snorted angrily and walked quickly outside.
Jiang Yueling smiled and liked Su Qingwan more and more.
Seeing that Dong Qinshuang had already given a thank-you gift, Zhong Li's face turned unhappy. She reluctantly took off a Hetian jade Buddha pendant from her neck and handed it to Zhenzhu.
I curse you, you black-hearted little bitch, with shackles around your neck and nightmares every day!
Zhong Li shouted coldly and walked away.
Su Qingwan's smile deepened. She really liked seeing these noble ladies who couldn't stand her but couldn't get rid of her, so they could only take out gifts to express their gratitude.
The women all walked out of the palace one after another, including Su Qingwan and Han Yue. But they were stopped by Aunt Tao not long after they walked out.
"Miss Fourth Su, today's matter is all thanks to you. This is a reward from our queen."
Aunt Tao presented the reward.
Su Qingwan took a quick look and all she could see was a set of coral and gemstone head ornaments, a mutton-fat jade pendant, a bucket of pearls, and many gold ingots. Behind them there were palace servants holding several pieces of cloth, which looked like they were not cheap.
"Qing Wan thanks Her Majesty the Concubine for the reward!"
Su Qingwan thanked him respectfully and happily accepted the reward.
Han Yue was also happy. No one else in the Marquis Chengping's Mansion dared to covet the things that were rewarded from the palace.
After leaving the palace, Han Yue and Su Qingwan each got on their own carriages, but they made an appointment to go for an outing outside the city together after some time.
Inside the carriage, Lin Xiang looked at the rewards inside and was completely stunned!
"Miss, the reward from the virtuous concubine is too much."
So many that Linxiang began to wonder if the virtuous Concubine had taken a fancy to her daughter and wanted her to be the Seventh Prince's consort?