CHAPTER 571: CHAPTER 184 THE CONSPIRACY RISES AGAIN_4

Where there’s a will to blame, there’s a word to harm.

She really couldn’t muster the energy to explain.

After all, Song Yanqing didn’t believe her.

"So, you just want a man that badly?" Song Yanqing raised an eyebrow.

Xie Ruotong remained silent.

What to say.

Naturally, Song Yanqing wouldn’t be pleased regardless.

"I thought those few days had taught you a lesson," Song Yanqing said coldly.

So he knew as well.

How badly she was hurt by him those two times.

"Xie Ruotong, I will never, ever like you!" Song Yanqing enunciated each word.

After uttering such cruel and detached words,

he pinned her down onto the bed.

Xie Ruotong sometimes wondered.

If Song Yanqing disliked her so much,

why was he so impatient with her?

In the brothel,

one always learns a thing or two.

Naturally, the courtesans were not modest; bedroom matters became the most common post-meal chit-chat.

She heard a lot.

And came to know a lot.

Knew too well Song Yanqing’s reactions.

They were completely different from his aloofness.

"Song Yanqing." Xie Ruotong called out to him.

Song Yanqing ignored her.

"Do you want it to be more pleasurable?" Xie Ruotong asked.

Song Yanqing’s eyes tightened.

"Let me..."

Xie Ruotong’s initiative

was not because she wanted to please Song Yanqing.

But because

she needed to protect her own body.

Some pains were truly unbearable.

That night,

Song Yanqing was calm for a very long time.

Staring at Xie Ruotong’s body, he was lost in thought for an extended period.

"Who taught you that?" Song Yanqing asked.

He asked Xie Ruotong.

"A prostitute."

"No wonder it’s so dirty," Song Yanqing said sarcastically.

Xie Ruotong saw the disgust in the depth of his eyes.

So.

The one who just enjoyed himself so much,

who exactly was it?

Song Yanqing left.

He would leave immediately after doing the deed.

Of course, Xie Ruotong would not ask him to stay.

With him around, she wouldn’t be able to sleep well anyway.

After Song Yanqing left, as usual, he would send Mu Dong with the birth control soup.

Of course, she would drink it every time.

Without resistance.

Mu Dong, carrying the empty cup of birth control soup, went back to report to Song Yanqing, "Young Master, the young madam has taken it."

Song Yanqing nodded slightly.

"Aren’t you going back to your aunt’s room? It’s late, and the night is freezing; you might catch a cold," Mu Dong said with concern.

"Mm," Song Yanqing responded.

And then he dismissed Mu Dong.

Mu Dong left.

The pretense of coldness in Song Yanqing’s eyes dissolved away.

He unconsciously pursed his lips.

Even now,

he seemed to still be reliving the pleasure that Xie Ruotong had just brought him...

...

The following day, early morning.

Xie Ruotong left the house with Ming Yufang.

Fortunately, last night.

Was relatively harmonious.

So there was no pain like the few times before,

which would make it hard to get out of bed.

She accompanied Ming Yufang to pray at the Guanyin Temple.

Ming Yufang prayed for many things.

But Xie Ruotong had only one wish.

That her grandmother would live a long, hundred-year life.

She closed her eyes and prayed earnestly.

As soon as she closed her eyes,

she suddenly felt tired and weary,

and her body seemed a bit weak and limp.

Was it because she didn’t sleep well last night?

It couldn’t be that Song Yanqing was that bad,

but also not to this extent.

Xie Ruotong secretly used her Inner Strength to keep herself awake.

"Ruotong," Ming Yufang called her from the side.

Xie Ruotong instantly dispersed her Inner Strength.

Today, for some reason, she felt powerless,

and her body seemed a bit suspicious.

She pretended nothing was wrong, "Mother."

"I’ve been calling for you for quite a while, what prayer has you so absorbed?" Ming Yufang said with some dissatisfaction.

"I simply wish to bring offspring to the Song Family," Xie Ruotong made up an excuse on the spot.

Ming Yufang listened and did not inquire further.

"I have an appointment with the abbot of the temple. You wander around here, don’t go far; we will return in half an hour," Ming Yufang said.

"Yes," Xie Ruotong replied respectfully.

Xie Ruotong watched Ming Yufang leave.

Her eyes,

suddenly tensed up.

In her heart, she became more guarded.

She stood up and walked into the crowd.

The temple fair, held once a year, was naturally bustling with excitement.

Xie Ruotong, appearing to wander without care, was actually very tense.

"Fei Cui," Xie Ruotong called her maid following her.

"Yes, young madam," Fei Cui was clearly panicking today, even as she tried to suppress it.

Xie Ruotong quickly reviewed the events of the morning until now; she got up too early and had no appetite, only having a sip of hot tea.

Could it be that there was something wrong with the tea?!

Fei Cui’s head was bowed, her fingers trembling with restraint.

"Go and buy a sugar figurine from over there for me," Xie Ruotong instructed.

As if she had discovered nothing.

"Yes." Fei Cui hastily went to the side.

Feeling terrified the entire way.

Last night, while the young master and young madam were engaged in marital activities, she went to the concubine’s room; the concubine told her to drug the young madam today, and she did as she was told.

Now she was constantly quivering with fear, afraid of being discovered.

Fei Cui returned with a sugar figurine and turned her head only to discover that the young madam was nowhere to be seen.

Her face turned pale immediately, and she hurriedly started searching.

Of course, Xie Ruotong intentionally avoided Fei Cui, having noticed the discomfort in her body. She looked around to make sure no one was nearby before giving a note she had written while praying to a stranger, "Give this to Gu Xingchuan, the owner of the Ancient Medical Hall."

Then she handed over a bag of money.

"If you deliver it to Gu Xingchuan, Gu Xingchuan will give you the same amount of Silver Taels."

The stranger, holding the weighty bag of money, quickly agreed and departed.

After Xie Ruotong finished giving instructions,

she looked around once more and turned to walk away, planning to return earlier without waiting for Ming Yufang.

However, she had only taken a few steps,

when her pace suddenly halted.

As expected, it was Qin Shuyang.

Seeing him today, and feeling the anomaly in her body, she instantly became alert to the irregularity.

At this moment, of course, she was completely on guard.

"What a coincidence, Miss Xiang Qin!" Qin Shuyang’s smile was lecherously wide!