bookrandom Chapter 197: The Soul of the Tragic Concubine Who Was Granted Death (4)
Chapter 197: The Soul of the Tragic Concubine Who Was Granted Death (4)
Along the way, they stayed in inns if there were any, and lived in the wilderness if there were no inns.
Those maids acted one way in front of Su Li and another behind his back. They behaved very nicely in front of Su Li, feeding him food and giving him water!
Once on the carriage, he insulted and cursed Su Peihong!
Su Li pretended not to know and let the maids do whatever they wanted!
Maids who had worked in large houses knew very well the ways of torturing people, which could leave no marks but cause extreme pain.
As a result, Su Peihong, who already had pain in his limbs, suffered from their torture and felt like his days were numbered as years, and finally arrived in the capital in a daze!
"Master, you are back?"
"Master, you have worked hard!"
As soon as Su Li entered the mansion, Su Peihong's wives and concubines got the news and came out to greet him!
"Master, how is the matter going?" Mrs. Su asked, looking at "Su Qingqing" behind Su Li.
"Hey!" Su Li pretended to sigh, shook her sleeves and ordered the servants following behind her, "Take him to the backyard and settle him down. Send two maids to serve him!"
After saying that, she walked towards the study!
The group of wives and concubines who had been waiting for wealth and glory for a long time were suddenly dumbfounded.
Madam Su looked at the servant who had followed Su Peihong to Quanzhou and was still standing there. "What's going on?"
"Madam, I don't know what happened, but the Su residence caught fire before Master Su's coffin was even buried! Everything was burned, and only Miss Qingqing was brought back!" A servant replied hurriedly.
"What? Everything is gone?" A concubine was shocked. "The master's expenses for going to Quanzhou were raised with my jewelry!"
"That's right! Isn't it a waste of time for us to draw water with a bamboo basket?"
Several concubines were chattering and wiping their tears with their handkerchiefs, feeling sad that their personal money was gone just like that!
"Shut up!" Madam Su scolded them and looked at "Su Qingqing" who was carried by the maid.
"What's wrong with her?" Mrs. Su's eyes were filled with slight anger.
"Madam, the young lady has been traumatized. She can't speak or take care of herself!" The maids reported with their heads down.
"What! Not only did you not bring back what you should have brought, but you also brought back a piece of trash?" A beautiful concubine screamed again regardless of Madam Su's warning.
Madam Su listened to the harsh voice and rubbed her forehead unconsciously. "Well, let's do as the master said. Send her to the side yard in the backyard and assign a maid to take care of her. She will be given three meals a day!"
Although it is said to be remote, it is actually just a separate house with a yard next to the back garden, with only two rooms.
Su Peihong was just a minor official of the seventh rank in the capital. If it weren't for the help of Su's father, they wouldn't be able to live in this large house with three courtyards and a back garden!
In this way, Su Peihong was sent by the maid to the side yard full of weeds and dust, and a maid with a dissatisfied look on her face was also sent there.
She was wiping the tables, chairs and benches with a basin of water and a towel, while complaining to Su Peihong who was thrown casually on the bed, "This life is really unbearable! I don't get any good jobs, but I get this job of serving waste!"
Su Peihong slowly woke up and heard the maid's complaints. He knew that he might not have a good life anymore!
Sure enough, in the following days, the maid who called herself Cuiyun placed three meals a day in front of him and then turned and left.
Actually, this is still considered good. He has difficulty in moving and has no way of going to the toilet by himself, so he ends up filling the house with a foul smell.
The maidservant found some straw and dragged him to the ground with disgust to avoid the need to change and wash him every day.
As time went by, the side yard became more and more like a toilet!
Su Li had already guessed how Su Peihong would be treated, so she didn't ask.
Her main goal now is to destroy the Su family!
It would be too boring to kill them all by herself, so she wants to kill three birds with one stone and capture the Su family, Prince Mao and the current emperor Xiao Tianlong in one fell swoop!
Of course, when arriving in this prosperous capital city, the first thing to do is to search!
Everything that belongs to Prince Mao and the Imperial Palace must be looted!
That night, news of the treasury being stolen spread from the palace, but this news was only known among officials, and they dared not make it public for fear that other countries would get to know and directly send troops to attack!
Su Peihong was a seventh-rank official, and although his position was too low, those people still let the Su family know about this!
After searching the entire capital city thoroughly, almost digging deep underground, as expected, the real culprit was still not found.
Su Li didn't care. Anyway, these treasures were in her companion space and no one could take them away!
After two days of understanding, it was found that although the current Emperor Xiao Tianlong had three thousand concubines in his harem, when he was young, he only loved his Concubine Lan Shu!
There were countless struggles in the harem at that time. Although he had more than a dozen princes, now there are only the second prince with disabled legs, the fourth prince who became a monk, the seventh prince who traveled around the world and was born to the previous queen, and the cowardly and incompetent ninth prince!
Xiao Tianlong didn't want to hand over his throne to any of these princes, so he tried his best to collect beauties from the people, hoping to give birth to a suitable heir!
Unfortunately, he was nearly fifty years old and physically exhausted. No matter how hard he tried, there would be no more children in his harem!
After Su Li learned about the royal gossip, she quickly came up with an idea!
"System, you should have some pills or something like that, right?" Su Li called the system.
[What kind of elixir does the host want? This system can ask the system's Tongzi in Xiuxian. ] The system appeared quickly.
"It's the tiger and wolf elixir that can make people temporarily full of energy!" Su Li felt that the system understood what he meant.
Sure enough, the system understood instantly, [Host, this system knows that thing, it is not made of spiritual medicine at all, but is made of cinnabar and sulfur, with ginseng, deer antler and other tonics. It can temporarily make people feel 20 years younger, but if taken for a long time, they will be poisoned by cinnabar and fall into a coma! ]
"Well, it's okay. Just find some for me! I can use them!" Su Li showed an expectant smile on his face.
[Okay, host! Please wait a moment, I will contact other masters!] The system responded and said nothing more.
After about a quarter of an hour, the system spoke again, [Host, I found it! But it's not the world of immortal cultivation, but the ruler of another world! The emperor of that world loves alchemy, so there are a lot of tiger and wolf pills, but you need to spend money to buy them! ]
"Silver? I have plenty, just buy it!" Su Li waved her hand and took out several boxes of gold and silver from the companion space.
[Okay, host! I will arrange it for you right away!] The system teased Su Li, and the gold and silver on the ground disappeared.
Within the time it took to burn an incense stick, a sandalwood box appeared on the desk in front of Su Li. When he opened the box, he saw exquisite porcelain bottles filled with pills.
[Host, there are a total of 120 pills here. Take one pill every ten days. You will become addicted after two months. You must take it all the time!] The system said softly.
"Okay, I understand. You can leave now!" Su Li looked at the wooden box in front of him with interest and waved his hand.