The Fourth Lady

Chapter 117 Deng Yan's Death II

Deng Yan knew Qingyan was someone with ideas; she looked to Qingyan earnestly nodding, "I'm

willing, I'm willing to believe fourth miss."

"Alright, since you're willing to believe..." Qingyan took out a pill, "Then eat this pill, I guarantee you will

die tomorrow."

Deng Yan looked to Qingyan, although not understanding why Qingyan was doing this, she still

accepted the pill from Qingyan's hand.

"Yiniang, after swallowing this pill, you can no longer be Deng Yan, are you willing to do this?" Qingyan

looked to Deng Yan, still with a calm tone.

Deng Yan listened to Qingyan's words and seemed to have understood what Qingyan was thinking.

Her method was to use death to help her leave the Su manor, but after this, the person Deng Yan will

no longer exist in the world.

"Yiniang, you have to think carefully. Our General's manor can adopt fifth sister and Cong'er, but if you

were to overtly move in like this, it'll be unavoidable for others to gossip. But if you were to die, and

enter the General's manor with another identity, I can save you.

As she listened to Qingyan, Deng Yan let out a bitter smile. She looked to Qingyan, slowing reaching

her hand towards the skin mask on her face, and underneath that mask was a shocking appearance.

Qingyan once saw this face before when she was touring Yundian with Weisheng Junmo.

Yundian was a part of Donghe, yet had the appearance of being cut off from the rest of the world. And

within the borders of Yundian, exists an ancient village that had a flourishing civilization. It's said that

this ancient village has been passed down from a long long time ago.

For generations, the people there believed in Nuwa*. Some say they were from the netherworld, some

say they were from the celestial realm, yet they exist outside the realms of the three world*.

(*T/N: Nuwa - creator of humans in Chinese mythology; three worlds - refer to the heaven, mortal, and

underworld)

They were precisely the Gu* Clan. It's said that the Gu Clan were completely wiped out by a natural

disaster, but their priestess----Muhu Luja had mysteriously disappeared without a trace.

(*T/N: The name can mean witchcraft or to bewitch.)

Qingyan never thought that she would once again see this shocking appearance here, and that she

would be Su Yan's concubine, Deng Yan.

"You're the Gu Clan priestess Muhu Luja?" Qingyan asked in surprise.

Hearing the words Qingyan said, Deng Yan looked to her and nodded, "I really never thought that

fourth miss would even about the Gu Clan Priestess. I thought that in this world, there was no longer

anyone that would remember my village."

Qingyan looked to her and patted her shoulder, "Since that's the case, then let's start moving. As for

your past, we can slowly talk about it in detail after you move into our General's manor."

Deng Yan nodded, and afterwards, returned to her usual appearance once again. She glanced to Su

Qingxue on the side and patted her head, "Xue'er, believe in your fourth sister." Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

Su Qingxue looked to Deng Yan and nodded in seriousness, "Naturally I believe in fourth sister." She

grasped Deng Yan's hand, "Mother, you must properly protect yourself."

"Fifth sister, don't worry. Yiniang will be fine." Qingyan looked to Su Qingxue with a smile.

After glancing at Qingyan, Deng Yan swallowed the pill. Less than a while later, Deng Yan dizzily

passed out.

Seeing the passed out Deng Yan, Qingyan went over next to her and tied all the rope back on. Seeing

Qingyan's movements, Su Qingxue was utterly confused.

"Fourth sister, what is this for?"

Qingyan turned her head to Su Qingxue and smirked, "This way, it'll look like Yiniang was beaten to

death."

Su Qingxue listened to Qingyan and nodded. "Then tomorrow, when the news of your mother's death

comes out, you need to tell the capital's Magistrate that your mother used her life to get you out of

there to come find me."

Su Qingxue listened carefully and nodded, "Then big sister, where do I go now?"

"Fengqing, take fifth sister and return to the General's manor with me." Qingyan turned to Fengqing

behind her and spoke, "And you're not allowed to carry her over your shoulder."

Seeing the petite young girl standing before him, Fengqing thought of Qingyan's words and could only

carry Su Qingxue princess style. As for Su Qingxue, her cheeks inevitably reddened.

Qingyan directly let Fengqing bring Su Qingxue to the room where Su Qingcong was resting in, and

she also directly returned to her room.

When she returned to her room, she saw Murong Jingxuan's uninvited appearance. She pulled down

her mask and helplessly said, "Shizi, idle and easy going, can you not always come in my personal

room?"

Murong Jingxuan saw Qingyan's outfit, and at once, grabbed her waist, "Yan'er, how about I take you to

steal something?"

Qingyan lifted her head and looked to him in suspicion, "Steal something? Stealing something from the

the Jingguo Marquis manor?"

Murong Jingxuan looked to her and shook his head, "A night pearl from the Second Prince's manor.

Said he was going to use it during the Dragon Gate Banquet to propose to you."

Listening to Murong Jingxuan's words, Qingyan suddenly became interested. "Xuanyuan Yufan sure is

relentless of his evil ways! That night pearl should be the one previously sent from Nanchen. I didn't

think that Xuanyuan Yufan would use this kind of underhanded method."

On the contrary, while Murong Jingxuan didn't know what this night pearl was used for, he still clearly

knew that it was produced from Nanchen.

Seeing Murong Jingxuan's surprised looked, Qingyan helplessly shook her head, "You probably don't

know the usefulness of that night pearl, right?"

Murong Jingxuan looked to her, shaking his head, "What other use is there for that night pearl?"

"It has an aphrodisiac affect. If under the prerequisite of just two people, one will unconsciously try to

pleasure the other party. And this is precisely the Nanchen's, one of two, Joyous Harmony Night Pearl."

"What!" Murong Jingxuan immediately smashed his hand against Qingyan's room's wall. "So that was

what the Second Prince was planning to do."

"Murong Jingxuan, this night pearl we certainly need to steal, but why don't we beat him at his own

game?" Qingyan raised her head to look at the unpleasant expression on Murong Jingxuan's face, "We

can use it to damage eldest sister, how about it?"

"You're saying...?" Murong Jingxuan looked to Qingyan, suddenly thinking this was a good idea too.

"However, with eldest sister's body, I reckon she won't be able to endure that kind of act. So she'll

definitely die without a doubt. Then, when the Emperor comes down with the blame, tsk tsk tsk, it'll

really be a beautiful scene."

"That's right! This way, not only will it take care of Second Prince, it can dispose a Su Qingyuan for

you."

Qingyan looked to Murong Jingxuan, curving her lips, "But at present, the most important thing is I

need to get Deng Yan out of the Su manor."

"That concubine of Su Yan?"

Qingyan nodded, "You probably don't know, but she's Gu Clan's Priestess, Muhu Luja. Really never

thought I'd still be able to see this peerless beauty in this lifetime again."

"You know this Gu Clan Priestess?" Murong Jingxuan had only heard of the name Muhu Luja before.

Because at the time, the entire Gu Clan had already perished in a sea of fire. As for specifically who's

the culprit, until now it is still unknown.