A strong wind blew, lightning split the sky, and thunder fell. It rained heavily, and the sky was dark and unclear.
Under the curtain of rain, the cold night was like a man-eating beast that could tear people into pieces in an instant and devour their lower abdomen.
The sharp wind whistled through the dilapidated wooden windows carved with complicated patterns and reverberated in the room, making people tremble uncontrollably.
The woman in embroidered clothes in the corner had a look of fear on her face as she looked at the man who was approaching her. Her originally beautiful face was no longer as charming as before. All that was left was his pale and powerless hands and feet that were constantly trembling.
"Don't kill me, I don't know anything. It wasn't me, it really wasn't me.”Lu Zhen kept cowering in the corner, his face pale. Her cries were mixed with pleading. Large drops of tears rolled down her face as she looked at the man with pleading eyes.
"Do you think this king is a fool? I should have taken your life long ago! This king was careless for a moment, and you actually took advantage of the loophole and colluded with the outside world to almost ruin this king's plans.”The man's large palm suddenly grabbed the woman's neck.
"Gu Qingcang, you'll die a horrible death! You've helped the evildoers to commit crimes, killing innocent people indiscriminately. You're heartless. Sooner or later, someone will take your cheap life! If you dare to touch me, my clansmen will avenge me. Our Lu Clan will not let you off!”
"Now that things have come to this, you're still trying to be brave. It can be seen that what others say is right. You really don't repent.”Gu Qingcang's voice was even colder than the rain. His expression blended into the darkness as he clenched his fists tightly.
Lu Zhen glared fiercely at the man who took her life and shouted hoarsely," I will watch you die a horrible death. I will watch the heavens take you in sooner or later. Serves you right for a butcher like you to be paired with a good-for-nothing like Shen Yueli. Do you know why I did this? The current Emperor is cruel and heartless and only a lackey like you still works for him…You work for him but he is still afraid of you and gave you a marriage that would make people laugh. If you turn back in time, I can still…"
With a crisp crack, all the words were drowned in Gu Qingcang's palm. Lu Zhen could not close his eyes even before he died.
Gu Qingcang looked at the lifeless corpse on the ground and stood there quietly. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled outside the window as if it was going to tear the world apart.
His eyes were as dark as ink and as cold as ice. They were as calm as waves. In the blink of an eye, he had already walked out of the house and disappeared into the dark night.
The dead were always more reliable than the living!
"Did you hear that the Emperor betrothed the Eldest Young Lady of the Shen family to Prince Zhongxin.”
"I heard that this Eldest Young Lady of the Shen family has a weak personality and is as timid as a mouse. She cannot speak clearly when she sees people and even the External family does not like her gradually cutting off contact. Sigh, a man as heroic as King Zhongxin wanted to marry such a woman. It was truly a man without a good wife.”
"What do you know? This Eldest Miss of the Shen family's birth mother died early and lived with her stepmother. What good reputation can she have?”
"Didn't you say that this Little Shen Furen is kind and generous, has a kind personality, pities the old and cherishes the poor, and has a very good reputation?”
"As the saying goes, a good man does not have a good wife.”A person's teasing voice was particularly sharp in the crowd. It was filled with mockery as it floated in the air.
Gu Qingcang sat upright in the carriage and listened to the discussions of the people on the roadside. There was no joy or sorrow on his perfect face, as if the people outside the window were talking about someone else.
The Eldest Miss of the Shen family?
She was only related to him by a marriage contract.
Be obedient and keep it.
If she didn't listen, he had many ways to make her disappear without a trace!
At this moment, the Shen family's Eldest Young Miss, who was the topic of conversation, was struggling on the line of life and death, experiencing the strangest thing in her life.#
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