bookrandom Chapter 161 Cutting out the roots
Chapter 161 Cutting out the roots
As soon as Ye Qinghao returned to the Ye residence, Ye Qing'an received the news: "He's back in the main courtyard?"
"No, he went directly to Liu Xueying's courtyard. And I saw that the master's face was extremely bad at the time, as if he was suppressing his anger."
Ye Qing'an nodded, not particularly surprised.
"okay, I get it."
Once the maid left, Ye Qing'an went to find Jiu Xiao: "Go to Liu Xueying's courtyard."
"..." Jiuxiao rolled his eyes: "Are you treating me like a carriage?"
Despite complaining like this, he first went to Liu Xueying's courtyard to check the situation, and then summoned Ye Qing'an to the clean room in Liu Xueying's house, which was only separated from the bedroom by a wall.
Ye Qing'an had practiced assassination techniques in her previous life and was extremely skilled at concealment, so she subconsciously held her breath and focused her mind.
Only Liu Xueying and Ye Qinghao were in the room. Veins bulged on Ye Qinghao's forehead: "Think about it carefully. Who knew about the murder of Su Wan back then? Did you really deal with everyone?"
Liu Xueying thought the matter was over, but she never expected this turn of events. Her face turned deathly pale, and she shook her head repeatedly, saying, "Master, I really didn't kill Madam."
Ye Qinghao raised his hand and grabbed Liu Xueying by the neck: "I said before that I would not pursue what happened before, but if you don't clean up your mess and implicate me, don't blame me for being impolite."
"Su Yusheng has already presented all the evidence to the Emperor. If you figure it out, I can quickly deal with the people and things that need to be dealt with..."
Liu Xueying bit her lip and thought through everything carefully, but she still couldn't figure out where the problem was.
She planned that incident for several months, confirming every detail and every person involved, and eventually handled everything properly.
She never trusted anyone except the dead, and those people were all long gone.
Liu Xueying's mind raced: "Master, Lord Su, did you really hand over the evidence to the Emperor? Did the Emperor mention what the evidence was?"
When Liu Xueying asked him this question, Ye Qinghao was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then carefully thought through his conversation with the Emperor after entering the palace.
While I was in the palace, I didn't feel anything was wrong, but now that I think back, I suddenly feel that something is amiss.
From beginning to end, the Emperor never mentioned that Su Yusheng had complained to him. On the contrary, he was too anxious at the time and blurted out a lot of things.
What was the Emperor's reaction after he said those words?
Ye Qinghao frowned, seemingly surprised, puzzled, and then his expression turned to one of tentative consideration.
Ye Qinghao pieced together all of the Emperor's reactions and suddenly came to his senses.
"Su Yusheng!"
Su Yusheng had absolutely no evidence; he did it on purpose! He didn't say a word!
He deliberately provoked him to reveal his true colors in front of the Emperor. Given the Emperor's temperament, after hearing what he said, he would definitely try to send people to investigate what he was talking about and to investigate what happened back then.
Su Yusheng was actually using the Emperor to investigate the cause of Su Wan's death back then.
Perhaps it wasn't just the Emperor's hand.
Ye Qinghao gritted his teeth. In this Wangjing City, there were quite a few people waiting for him to get into trouble and for the Ye family to fall.
Once they find out and suspect that there was something fishy about Su Wan's death, just the fact that they can pin the crime of favoring a concubine over his wife on him will likely attract a lot of people to try to investigate.
Su Yusheng has such a deep mind!
Ye Qinghao's expression changed several times before he finally turned and left the bedroom.
After Ye Qinghao left, Liu Xueying suddenly collapsed to the ground as if all her strength had been drained away.
Someone rushed in from outside; it was Li Mama, Liu Xueying's maid.
"Oh dear, what's wrong, Madam?" Granny Li hurriedly helped Liu Xueying up and sat her down on the edge of the bed. "Has the master found out something?"
Liu Xueying pursed her lips: "In this Ye mansion, if Master doesn't want Su Wan to die, I will never find an opportunity to do so. Su Wan is no longer of any use to Master. Master is just using me to get rid of Su Wan."
Granny Li was taken aback: "If that's the case, why does the master still..."
"Because although it was through my hands, the one who actually killed Su Wan was still me. If nothing goes wrong, that's fine, but if something goes wrong, the only one who will be dragged out to take the fall is me."
Liu Xueying was clear-headed. She simply closed her eyes and suppressed the panic in her heart: "I have finally come this far, and I must not let anyone have the opportunity to drag me down."
Liu Xueying gritted her teeth: "I was quite certain before that I had dealt with all the people who knew about this matter and were involved in it. But now, with that old bastard from the Su family causing such a commotion, I feel a little uneasy again."
Liu Xueying was silent for a moment: "Go and get me paper and a pen."
Granny Li quickly fetched paper and pen, which Liu Xueying took. She picked up the pen and wrote down a series of names: "Go, find someone to check if any of these people are still alive. Not just them, but also their relatives... find out everything for me."
"Instead of living in fear and anxiety, it's better to nip it in the bud."
Upon hearing Liu Xueying's words, Granny Li knew what she wanted to do.
Granny Li's hand holding the paper trembled slightly, but she only lowered her eyes and remained silent.
"Go down and handle this matter as soon as possible. Also, have someone keep a close eye on the Su residence, watching their every move. Report to me immediately if there is the slightest disturbance."
"Give them more money and have them get things done properly for me."
"If anything goes wrong, you'll be asked to come back with your head."
As soon as Granny Li left, Ye Qing'an and Jiu Xiao also left.
Before Ye Qing'an could give any instructions, Jiu Xiao raised his hand: "Okay, I understand. I'll go in a bit and try to remember what's on that piece of paper in Granny Li's hand."
Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "Okay."
Then he remembered something else: "Also, go and help me acquire some spiritual herbs of grade five or higher."
Jiuxiao paused, "Spiritual herbs of grade five or higher? Those are not cheap. Didn't you tell me to use the money from selling spiritual pills to cultivate my power and acquire businesses? If I use it to buy spiritual herbs, then I won't have enough money to cultivate my power and acquire businesses."
"Buy it." Ye Qing'an said without hesitation, "Buy the spiritual medicine first."
But in his heart, he thought that relying solely on selling elixirs, the money seemed to be going too quickly...
She needs to find a way to get some money.
This thought reminded her of something else: right, she did have some money...