Princess Consort With Deadly Destiny

CHAPTER 22 :

Madam Lu was not surprised at all and said, “When you get to the imperial city, I will have Uncle Xie discipline him. I'm just his stepmother, so I can't say much.”

“Bu, Xie Qiao won't dare to bother you.” Pei Wanyue laughed and curled up beside Madam Lu. “Although Uncle Xie had married two wives before, the first was an ugly bandit woman, and the second wife was a woman from a mountain fortress. Both women do not have good family backgrounds. How can they compare to you? You are a woman from a fine family, and you raised a child for Uncle Xie. The children of the Xie family should thank you.”

Madam Lu sighed.

These words gave him comfort.

'Even though he did not give birth to a son or daughter for the Xie family, he did raise the children of his previous wife? !'

“Now I am away from home, and the townspeople treat me badly. Everything will be fine again when I return to the imperial city.” Madam Lu thought for a moment and said.

“Bu, her sisters... Are they close to you?” Pei Wanyue asked.

Madam Lu smiled.

“I can't say it for your older brother. Her emotions were strange and she did not speak more than pleasantries to me. But, he usually treats me with respect.” Lady Lu thought for a moment and said, “I have two other children and I have been taking care of them for five years. It's only natural that they treat me like their birth mother.”

Therefore, Pei Wanyue let out a sigh of relief.

His mother has no real children. If the children are not close to him, his life will be difficult.

Fortunately, there were two young people who could be manipulated.

“Bu, I.. want to see what's inside my sister's package.” Pei Wanyue muttered.

Madam Lu looked at her in surprise.

“It's just her knick-knacks jumbled up. Why are you so deep?” said Madam Lu.

“I think his behavior is a bit strange. This package is even heavier than a bamboo box. I don't know what he's hiding. I think it's something illegal.” Pei Wanyue said seriously.

The local town was a jade producing area, and the quality control of the jade here was relatively strict.

The words of Pei Wanyue undoubtedly told Madam Lu that Xie Qiao's package might contain jade materials that could not be circulated among ordinary citizens!

Madam Lu's heart beat fast.

“He's not that brave, right?” Madam Lu said in shock.

“But the older sister keeps hiding it. Obviously, he just didn't want others to see him? If it wasn't something illegal, why would he behave like that?” Pei Wanyue said confusedly, “What if you wait for your older sister to come back and ask her?”

“If it's something illegal, how can he admit it?” Madam Lu was startled and stood frozen for a moment.

After a while, he held Pei Wanyue's hand: “You and I will go and see him. If it's something illegal, we'll handle it privately. If it is not something illegal, we will pretend nothing happened.”

“Is my sister going to be upset?” Pei Wanyue asked.

“If it is something illegal, even if he is angry, he should still be scolded until he regains consciousness. His father was a bandit for many years and was finally on the right path. If he drags her down, this won't be good for everyone in the family.” Madam Lu said firmly.

After finishing his words, he brought Pei Wanyue to the next room.

Grandma Wan and Chun Er had been sent to buy something by Xie Qiao, and they were not there at the moment.

Madam Lu directly ordered the maid to open the door.

Even though the maid knew Xie Qiao, Madam Lu was Xie Qiao's mother. If he wanted to enter his room, the maid had no reason to stop him.

Fortunately, he knew that Xie Qiao was going shopping, so he immediately found someone to message him.

Miss Xie hates people touching her stuff without her permission.

Pei Wanyue was shocked the moment he entered the room.

The furniture in Xieqiao's room was nicer than the room they were staying in. It's not too big, but the tents and blankets here look new, and there are fresh pastries on the table!

“Bu, it's there.” Pei Wanyue pointed at the package in the corner.

Madam Lu immediately grabbed her daughter and walked over.

“Then... should we open it and see it?” Madam Lu's heart was pounding fiercely in her chest.

As he said this, a chill ran through his entire body. He could not help but shudder.

The same thing happened to Pei Wanyue. He even asked, “Xie Qiao, could there be ice stored in this house? It was much cooler than our house. What's wrong with the staff serving? We still paid for the room, but how could he give us such unfair treatment.”

“If you feel hot, contact the serving staff back to put ice in our place also.” Madam Lu is very generous.

“You spoil me, Mother.” Pei Wanyue smiled mischievously.

The ghoul exploded in anger.

His head extended to Pei Wanyue's neck. How he wanted to split that neck in two.

What a pity, Pei Wanyue paid no attention to anything.

He crouched down then slowly opened the package, bit by bit.

One corner of the cloth was opened.

And another angle followed…

"Th-"

A voice rang out, almost crushing his ears.

Pei Wanyue fell backwards as she stumbled backwards. In an instant, cold sweat poured from him while taking a bath. His trembling hands pointed towards the bare white bones. She can't stop shaking. “t...t...bone.”.

It was a complete set of human bones. From the skull to the toes, every inch and every part of it is still intact.

Scary and terrible, especially the two eye sockets in the skull. There is still land in it. For some reason, this felt even scarier than usual.

Pei Wanyue nearly fainted, his entire body ice-cold.

The two ghostly hands were clenched around his neck.

He just felt his heart was going to beat. He was so scared that he could barely breathe.

Madam Lu was also frozen in place from fear.

“M... Die... Somebody died!” Pei Wanyue stopped shouting even before his earlier shout was extinguished.

Madam Lu heard and immediately ran over to shut her daughter up. But it's too late.

With such a skeleton, how could he possibly die recently?

But just as he was thinking so, Madam Lu suddenly got an idea. Except…

This was the victim of Xie Qiao's murder in the past, and now he wanted to bring her back to the imperial city?

But it doesn't make sense…

Courage to keep the skeletons of the dead in the house. What kind of good woman would do something like this!?

It was too late, Madam Lu could only help comfort her daughter.

The people in the inn rushed over.

When the Zhou Imperial Guards received the order, he also brought some people to surround the area. Then he came in and asked, “Who is yelling here? What the hell's been going on?"

Pei Wanyue's pea-sized tears could not stop flowing, splashing onto the floor. He said as he sobbed, “M... M.. My brother's package has a corpse in it..”.

The Zhou Imperial Guards looked in that direction.

Uh…

He's dumbfounded.

“Your sister is Miss Xie, right?” The Zhou Imperial Guards were extremely calm. After all, this was not the first time he had seen a skeleton.

The ghost's eyes glowed blood red with anger.

Cold air blew all over the area.

“It... It's Xie Qiao... He... Does he kill someone. Really scary!” Pei Wanyue stuttered as she buried her head into Lu's embrace.

The Zhou imperial guard rubbed his head. “This... She didn't kill him. It was just an unnamed corpse on the side of the road. Miss Xie brought her back so she could find a suitable place to bury her properly.”

They had seen Xie Qiao digging up the corpse with his own eyes yesterday.

“Not... unnamed body?” Pei Wanyue was stunned, tears still soaking his face.

He's a sad sight.

But the Zhou Imperial Guards felt that this feeble appearance was nothing compared to the Half-Eternal Xie.

That Half-Eternal Xie did not shed a single tear, nor did he grumble. But when he lowered his head slightly, producing a tired and poignant look it could make anyone's heart melt.

The key was, even though the Half-Eternal Xie looked weak, he still exuded an aura of intimidation.