Love sickness? Suicidal intent?
Qin Qing was still wailing inside, and Chun Ping saw that Tang Rao had finally entered the room. She thought to herself that Dong Qi was still inside helping to cover up, while she knelt outside the door, acting out the full play. But if Tang Rao looked closely at her again, he would notice that Chun Ping's eyes had lost the pity they once held, replaced by triumph.
What Qin Qing did was a capital offense. Once Tang Rao knew what Qin Qing had done, how could she possibly have a chance at survival?
From the ti Old Master Qin had sent Chun Ping and Dong Qi to Qin Qing's side, they had been prepared to sacrifice themselves for her. Qin Qing couldn't handle many matters herself, so Chun Ping and Dong Qi took care of them. If Qin Qing fell, the two maids wouldn't have a good life either.
Chun Ping had served beside Old Master Qin for so many years, she had beco quite cunning. Even if there was the slightest chance of survival, she would seize it, just like now. Even if it ant not letting Tang Rao suspect Qin Qing, they would hang themselves in a performance of street theatre.
"Let die. What's the difference between living like this and dying? You might as well let die!"
Qin Qing was dressed entirely in white, even her usual embroidered shoes were replaced with pure white.
A full white outfit, white shoes, with a stool beneath her white cloth shoes, and her neck already hung on Bai Ling. As long as she kicked the stool away, her life would instantly fall into her own hands.
"You want to die? Then die quietly. Must you wail so that everyone in the Kao Shan Sect hears?"
Tang Rao's anger flared up instantly.
He had never been so angry at anyone before.
Unlike Tang Rao with his burning anger, Qin Qing was chilled by Tang Rao's words.
"Tang Rao, I am your wife. Do you really want to watch die before your eyes?"
Qin Qing admitted she had only colluded against Tang Rao because she listened to her family's arrangents. But contrary actions aside, she did have feelings for Tang Rao.
Why was it that she felt for Tang Rao, yet he had no affection for her? What did her previous efforts for Tang Rao an to him?
"It's not that I want to watch you die, it's that you're determined to die. Whatever the won around like to do, whatever they want to do, I have always agreed and satisfied. Whatever you want to do, that's your freedom. At most, it ans one less woman around , especially one I'm not particularly fond of!"
Not particularly fond of?
In Tang Rao's heart, Qin Qing was just a woman he didn't particularly like?
So, even if Qin Qing died, it would have no effect on Tang Rao.
"Tang Rao, do you really have no feeling for at all?"
Qin Qing asked repeatedly, many tis, but aside from the sentence Tang Rao had just said, he was too lazy to say anything else to Qin Qing.
At this ti, the crying inside the room grew louder. Apart from Qin Qing determined to die, Dong Qi was also kneeling on the ground, holding Qin Qing's feet, for fear that Qin Qing might really follow through and hang herself in the room.
"Miss, no matter whether the master has feelings for you or not, your feelings for him are what count. Why seek death, bringing yourself misery? If we live well ourselves in the future, isn't that good? Why can't you see that? Why are you determined to seek death?"
Dong Qi's crying was louder than Chun Ping's, her acting better than Chun Ping's, at least the sorrow in her eyes was deeper than in Chun Ping's, almost making Tang Rao choke up.
"That's right, you haven't even completed your task. Aren't you afraid that after you die, the Zhou Family and the Qin Family might join forces against you? Aren't you afraid that after death, the Qin Family won't let go of your soul or your body? Although you die in Zijing City, I will have your body sent back to the Qin Family. What they do with it then is the Qin Family's problem."
Qin Qing wasn't dead yet, but Tang Rao had already planned her funeral, even saying he would have her body sent to the Qin Family.
Whether in the Land of Immortals or the Divine Realm, the marriage rules were the sa. Once married, if a woman dies, her body is presented in the man's family and is buried by them for peace. Only those who dishonor their marriage or commit acts against the way of heaven have their bodies sent to their maiden family.
But those sent back, even after death, would have no good end.
So many eyes watched, so many mouths spoke. The Qin Family knew the cris Qin Qing committed clearly, and once the storytellers wrote about them, not just Tingzhou, but the entire North Island would know clearly.
Imagine, the man's family risking disgrace to send the woman back, it's like the woman's family produced a useless offspring, losing all utility, and then spending money to bury her well is embarrassing them.
They might think little of it, but others may gossip behind their backs, mocking them.
Qin Qing hadn't thought much of that, she was focused on seeking comfort from Tang Rao, desiring his sympathy. Otherwise, why would she create such drama?
She never expected that what she thought was a successful performance turned out to be like this halfway through. Even now, ntioning the Zhou and Qin Family, even the skilled perforr Qin Qing couldn't maintain her composure.
"What Qin Family, what Zhou Family, what are you saying? I hardly understand a word of it."
Qin Qing's voice was still sobbing, but compared to earlier cries, Tang Rao preferred to see her quiet.
"You don't understand? Then how do you explain the disruption of the array in Zijing City?"
Without a shred of evidence, Tang Rao was purely guessing. He acted as if he had proof.
Anyone guilty will feel guilty, once soone is guilty, they will certainly leave a flaw, with a flaw, conclusions can be drawn.
This technique is often used by detectives and psychologists, but Tang Rao didn't usually employ such thods.
"What's wrong with the array in Zijing City? Why are you involving ? What's it got to do with ?"
Qin Qing firmly denied, anything concerning the array, she discarded behind her.
"How could it not be related? It is very much related. I thought you were just naive, but it turns out you're just as cunning as your grandfather. I thought you were a woman beside , but you too pretended to be ignorant."
Tang Rao sighed deeply, no one knew what his sigh ant, only the things swirling in his heart he understood.
Only Qin Qing, her heart kept racing, the uneasy feeling lingering.
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