The Stunning Mad Empress: The Useless Third Miss - Chapter 16

Xiao Qingxue gritted her teeth, trembling with anger: “You!”

Xiao Qingcheng glanced at Xiao Qingxue, who was pointing at her, and let out a cold laugh: “Is pointing at me going to do any good?”

“Who on earth are you? Everyone within a thousand li of Xiao Family Town who knows medicine and poison is a guest scholar in my Xiao residence. Where on earth are you from? What is your purpose? Are you trying to harm Yu?”

Xiao Qingxue restrained herself and questioned.

“Who I am has nothing to do with you,” Xiao Qingcheng snorted coldly and walked away with her hands behind her back.

Xiao Qingxue suddenly stepped forward and fiercely grabbed Xiao Qingcheng’s sleeve: “It seems you don’t have any background either, or you wouldn’t keep quiet. Since that’s the case, don’t blame me for being ruthless. If you offend me, Xiao Qingxue, you deserve to die!”

With that, Xiao Qingxue suddenly pushed her hand forward.

Xiao Qingcheng, who had just walked to the edge of the pit, lost her balance and almost fell in.

“Whoa! Master!” Xiao Zhenzhen reacted extremely quickly, immediately wrapping her small tail around a tree branch, ready to pull Xiao Qingcheng up.

“Master, quickly gather your energy.”

Xiao Qingcheng, who had lost her balance and leaned backward, paused in mid-air for a second.

It was this second that gave her a chance to catch her breath.

With a neat backward flip, Xiao Qingcheng turned towards Xiao Qingxue.

Xiao Qingxue, startled, happened to see the guards from the Xiao residence rushing over.

“Miss, what are you doing?” the guards shouted in alarm.

Xiao Qingxue shouted anxiously: “Quick! Help me push this wretch down! Hurry up!”

The surprised guards from the Xiao residence, taking advantage of the moment before Nan Gongyu arrived, directly blocked Xiao Qingcheng’s way out for Xiao Qingxue.

“Quick! Use your inner strength to strike her! Hit her hard!” Xiao Qingxue’s face was twisted with malice and arrogance.

At this moment, Xiao Qingcheng, who had gathered all her primal energy, was trying extremely hard to find an opening.

“Master, move a little to the right. Don’t let them hit you. Master, stop holding onto the cliff wall with your right hand. Use your left hand instead; it’s better for fighting. Master, be careful, quickly dodge,” Xiao Zhenzhen kept a close eye on Xiao Qingxue and her group while giving Xiao Qingcheng suggestions.

Xiao Qingxue, standing at the edge of the pit, watched as Xiao Qingcheng was about to climb back up by clinging to the cliff wall.

Suddenly, she pulled out the long whip from her back and lashed out at Xiao Qingcheng with a strong gust of wind.

“Master, be careful, it’s a spiritual weapon!” Xiao Zhenzhen, sensing something was wrong, instinctively shouted in alarm.

Xiao Qingcheng quickly dodged and simultaneously gathered all her inner strength to counterattack.

With a “bang!”, Xiao Qingcheng was instantly knocked flying into the air by the powerful force.

The butterfly mask on her face was also swept away by the gale and shattered instantly.

At that moment, Nan Gongyu, along with several of his guards, just happened to catch up.

“Miss Qingcheng!”

Nan Gongyu was astonished to see Xiao Qingcheng flying out in a parabola.

Especially when he saw her stunningly beautiful face, he was so taken aback that he was frozen from head to toe.

“Goodness me! How can Miss Qingcheng be so beautiful?” The guards from the Xiao residence, who were following Xiao Qingxue, also saw Xiao Qingcheng’s true appearance without exception.

Xiao Qingxue, who was surrounded, clenched her teeth tightly, and a flicker of darkness flashed in her eyes: You’d better die from the fall; otherwise… I’ll brutally torture you next time.

“Qingxue, what’s going on here?”

Nan Gongyu, who was thoroughly furious, flew over and immediately started questioning.

The hand that was stopped in mid-air showed that he really wanted to slap Xiao Qingxue hard at the moment.

But considering Xiao Qingxue’s significant status in the Xiao family, Nan Gongyu still restrained himself.

Xiao Qingxue naturally understood Nan Gongyu’s thoughts, pursed her lips, and said with tears in her eyes, pretending to be wronged:

“It was Miss Qingcheng who tried to push me down. I swung my whip to defend myself. And… and Miss Qingcheng fell into the pit because of me. Yu, you have to believe me. I really wanted to get along with her.”

The guards from the Xiao residence, who were following Xiao Qingxue, also nodded in agreement:

“Yes, what the young miss said is true.”

“Young Master Nan Gong, the young miss is really being framed.”

Nan Gongyu was not foolish; he naturally saw through Xiao Qingxue’s scheme.

He glanced sideways at the bottomless pit below.

Falling from such a height, even with primal energy, one would be smashed to pieces.

Even if one miraculously survived, they would lose all their cultivation.

Thinking of this, Nan Gongyu shook his head and sighed.

His previous thoughts had all gone down the drain.

It was just a pity about the ten thousand taels of silver.

Xiao Qingxue, standing beside Nan Gongyu, saw his inscrutable expression.

She tentatively stepped forward and said: “Yu, if Miss Qingcheng dies, then the contract naturally becomes void. Don’t worry, I can definitely get you the dowry of that wretched Xiao Qingcheng’s mother.”

Nan Gongyu narrowed his eyes and glanced back at Xiao Qingxue beside him.

He reached out and pulled Xiao Qingxue into his arms, looking together at the fog below: “Qingxue, you understand me the most. Who else but you could be the future mistress of the Nan Gong family?”

Xiao Qingxue curled her lips, seemingly shyly lowering her eyes, and leaned into Nan Gongyu’s embrace.

At this moment, on the other side, Xiao Qingcheng, who had been knocked flying by Xiao Qingxue’s whip, was rapidly falling through the air.

“Master, what are we going to do? It’s so high up here; there’s no way you can land safely,” Xiao Zhenzhen, lying in Xiao Qingcheng’s arms, was so anxious that she was speaking incoherently.

Xiao Qingcheng’s expression was calm, showing no sign of panic.

She tilted her head, glanced down, and then spoke: “Xiao Zhenzhen, can you fly down safely?”

Xiao Zhenzhen was startled for a moment before nodding: “I’ll be fine.”

Xiao Qingcheng nodded: “That’s good. You fly down first and see if there are any vines or ponds down there for me.”

With that, Xiao Qingcheng suddenly hooked her foot and pulled a piece of rubble from the cliff wall.

“Hold onto the stone and go down first. I’ll catch up later!”

“Okay, Master!” Soothed by Xiao Qingcheng’s calmness, Xiao Zhenzhen immediately followed her instructions obediently.

After watching Xiao Zhenzhen leave, Xiao Qingcheng tried to stand upright and make an effort to climb the steep cliff wall.

She clenched her teeth tightly, exerting all her strength, and tried three or four times.

Finally, Xiao Qingcheng managed to adjust the direction of her body.

She stretched out her arms, her hands clawing at the cliff wall, trying hard to climb.

But the huge inertia was something Xiao Qingcheng couldn’t resist with her bare hands.

The further down she went, the stronger she could feel a strange suction force from the bottom of the pit.

Looking at the glaring bloodstains left on the cliff wall,

Xiao Qingcheng narrowed her eyes, still trying continuously.

She had to slow herself down; otherwise, she would really die from the fall.

“Master, there are some intertwined green vines below you,” Xiao Zhenzhen’s voice came into her mind, and a glimmer of light quickly flashed in Xiao Qingcheng’s eyes.