inspire-indiana Chapter 209: Jiang Yuyue is the woman who had an affair with Song Jinglan?
Chapter 209: Jiang Yuyue is the woman who had an affair with Song Jinglan?
Such a sudden turn of events at the banquet caused the guests to leave one after another. Li Daocong also boarded the carriage home with his daughter. Thinking about what he had just witnessed, he felt that things were not as simple as they seemed on the surface.
Just as Li Daocong was pondering the reason behind this, he suddenly noticed that Li Shiying's face was unusually pale, and he couldn't help but be startled, "Were you frightened by what just happened?"
Li Shiying pursed her lips and did not answer. Although seeing a blood-soaked corpse was indeed a bit horrifying, what bothered her more was Song Jinglan's ambiguous attitude when he was questioned earlier.
If Prince Jing truly had no dealings with other women outside, he could have openly denied it when Prince Ning asked him about it, instead of suddenly turning dark and issuing a warning. This gave Li Shiying an ominous premonition.
Could it be that His Highness Prince Jing... truly already has someone he loves?!
This thought made her face even paler. For so many years, marrying Song Jinglan had been her only hope, but she never expected that someone would suddenly interfere!
Li Daocong frowned when he saw that his daughter did not answer, but he did not think much of it, assuming that she was frightened by the bloody scene just now, and put his arm around her shoulder to comfort her.
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Song Jinglan's carriage quickly returned to the Jingwang Mansion. Feng Ling stepped forward to greet him, but Song Jinglan's face was gloomy, and he immediately asked about the details of the matter.
"what is going on?"
Feng Ling immediately replied, "Your Highness, I spared one person's life. He has been taken to the torture chamber and is being severely tortured. However, I didn't expect him to be so stubborn. He hasn't uttered anything yet."
Hard-spoken?
Song Jinglan curled her lips indifferently, stepped directly into the torture chamber, and as soon as the door opened, she smelled a strong stench of blood.
The interrogation by the secret guards was bound to be merciless. The man in front of them had been tortured to the point of being unrecognizable, but he still gritted his teeth and refused to speak. However, when he heard a noise and tried to look up, he found that it was Song Jinglan kissing him. His body involuntarily tensed up a bit.
"You are indeed a loyal servant who protects his master."
Song Jinglan glanced at him, "But to think that you can cause trouble on my territory with so few people, Song Yunming's methods are not very clever."
Upon hearing Song Jinglan mention the name of Prince Ning, the man's expression changed in surprise, while Song Jinglan scoffed.
"What, do you think I don't know who your master is? Now that you're in my hands, the best option is to obediently tell me the purpose of your trip."
“Song Yunming is already at his limit. Even if you don’t tell me, I can guess his purpose for coming here. But if you do tell me, I might spare your whole family’s lives.”
Although the man looked unwilling, besides being loyal to his master, his purpose in becoming a suicide squad member was to obtain a lot of money to support his family. Seeing that everything about him had been exposed, he no longer needed to hide it.
"Prince Ning...sent us here to...capture Jiang Yuyue..."
The man's jaw had been broken, and he was in excruciating pain all over his body, making it extremely difficult for him to speak. As soon as he said this, Song Jinglan's face turned ashen.
They originally thought Song Yunming had come to destroy the evidence, but they never expected that they would set their sights on Jiang Yuyue.
Song Jinglan's face was filled with anger, but then he let out a cold laugh. It seemed that the most dangerous place had indeed become the safest place. Song Yunming thought he had hidden the person in the mansion, but little did he know that Jiang Yuyue was not here at all.
"Save his dog's life."
Song Jinglan coldly ordered, "Don't let him die. He'll still be useful when we identify Song Yunming tomorrow."
"Yes!"
Originally, Song Jinglan planned to take action against him in a few days, but he didn't expect Song Yunming to seek death on his own, so he couldn't be blamed.
At this moment, Xie Yunqi was also feeling quite troubled by the current situation. The failure of this plan meant that Song Jinglan would protect people even better, and they probably would no longer be able to easily find Jiang Yuyue's whereabouts. However, he would never sit idly by and wait for death.
But what if we can't break through Jiang Yuyue's body?
Xie Yunqi looked flustered and, without any clue, started flipping through the guest list for today's banquet. When his eyes fell on the name Li Daocong, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him.
Song Jinglan's biggest support in the court is Li Daocong, and the reason why Li Daocong is of one mind with Song Jinglan is very likely because his daughter was once engaged to Song Jinglan.
Li Daocong dotes on his only daughter. If Li Shiying finds out that Song Jinglan secretly picked up Xie Yunqi's old shoes and still refuses to marry her, wouldn't that be slapping her in the face in front of everyone in the capital?
As long as Li Shiying makes a scene, Li Daocong will still follow Song Jinglan wholeheartedly.
The thought of this filled Xie Yunqi with a malicious pleasure, and he immediately summoned his servant to help deliver the message.
Since returning home, Li Shiying had been absent-minded. Li Daozong assumed she was just frightened and instructed the kitchen to prepare a calming soup before letting her go back to her room to rest. However, Li Shiying kept replaying Song Jinglan's words in her mind, feeling extremely confused.
Just then, Li Shiying's maid, Zhuye, came in with a letter and said, "Miss, someone just delivered this letter outside. It insists that you open it yourself, saying that it contains the information you most want to know right now."
Such a mysterious letter made Li Shiying frown, but thinking about this so-called "most wanted information," she couldn't help but be startled. Could it refer to...?
Upon thinking of this, Li Shiying quickly took the letter, opened it, and found only three large characters inside: Jiang Yuyue.
Jiang Yuyue? Who is Jiang Yuyue?
The letter arrived out of the blue, but Li Shiying knew that it was not a name given out of nowhere. The messenger said that this was what she wanted to know most. Could it be that this Jiang Yuyue was the woman who had an affair with Song Jinglan?
Li Shiying tightened her grip on the letter, her expression quite complicated, but she quickly came up with a reason to comfort herself.
The name Jiang Yuyue was completely unfamiliar to Li Shiying. What Li Shiying was certain of was that it was definitely not the name of a noble lady from a prominent family in the capital.
Moreover, this is a critical time, and it's possible that someone fabricated such a name out of thin air to sow discord.
Li Shiying tried to convince herself, but the name still left a question in her heart. However, she couldn't go and question Song Jinglan in person, so she could only suppress her thoughts for the time being.