The Stunning Mad Empress: The Useless Third Miss - Chapter 40

A gust of wind blew!

The gauze curtains fluttered,

revealing the couple still entwined on the bed.

The man… was naturally Nan Gongyu.

And the woman… was…

“This can’t be! This isn’t Qingxue! You must have mistaken someone!”

Lin Fen, seeing Xiao Qingxue lying flushed beneath, screamed in shock.

Xiao Feng, standing nearby, suddenly raised his hand and slapped Lin Fen: “Look at the mess you’ve caused!”

Lin Fen, covering her swollen cheek, sat on the ground, stunned.

“Ha! So it really is Miss Xiao! Now it makes sense why Mr. and Mrs. Xiao were acting so strangely,” Nan Gong Feng added insult to injury.

In the distance, a gust of wind blew, and Xiao Qingcheng, looking up subconsciously, saw Gong San flitting by as expected.

“Master, master, what’s going on?”

Xiao Qingcheng replied with a smile, “It must have been Gong San who tampered with things.”

And Xiao Qingcheng was indeed correct in her guess.

Gong San, who had been guarding the wing’s rooftop, knocked Xiao Qingxue unconscious again the moment she climbed out of the window.

Then he swiftly entered the room and switched the woman on the bed with Xiao Qingxue.

The room still had a faint scent of Hehuan powder,

and it was only natural that Xiao Qingxue and Nan Gongyu would end up entwined again.

“Ahhhhhh!”

A scream brought Xiao Qingcheng back to her senses.

With the wing destroyed and the evening breeze blowing,

the Hehuan powder dissipated completely.

Xiao Qingxue and Nan Gongyu, regaining their senses, glanced at each other and then saw the crowd of onlookers around them.

Nan Gongyu, being a man and of extremely high status,

didn’t feel wronged even if he was seen so openly.

However… Xiao Qingxue was in a state of panic.

“What’s going on? How could this happen? I was clearly sleeping in the courtyard. Why… why am I in Yu’s bed?”

Xiao Qingxue, wrapped in a blanket, cried her heart out.

Nan Gongyu, who had come to his senses, immediately followed with: “Ugh… My head hurts so much. Who drugged me? Someone! Investigate! I demand an explanation.”

“Second brother, the show is over. Go clean up. I’ll wait for you in the main hall,” Nan Gong Feng said calmly, causing Nan Gongyu to look up sharply.

But when he saw Xiao Qingcheng standing beside Nan Gong Feng, he instinctively exclaimed: “Miss Qingcheng?”

Xiao Qingxue, who had been cowering on the bed, also looked over.

Just one glance, and she was shocked on the spot.

“This can’t be! Didn’t she fall into the pit in the eastern suburbs? How could she still be alive?”

Xiao Qingxue’s words piqued Nan Gong Feng’s interest.

He turned back and looked at Xiao Qingcheng with a playful smile, saying: “Junior sister, you are really mischievous!”

“Junior sister? You are Master Gui Du’s disciple? No wonder your medical skills are so superb!” Nan Gongyu exclaimed in great surprise.

And Xiao Qingqing, who had followed from a distance, also overheard this.

“Miss Qingcheng? Qingcheng… Qingcheng… something feels off,” she muttered.

Beside her, Xiao Bi chimed in: “Second Miss, let’s hurry over and see what’s happening!”

Xiao Qingqing nodded and quickly made her way towards the pile of rubble.

“Do you also call yourself Qingcheng?”

Xiao Feng, standing nearby with a gloomy expression, looked at Xiao Qingcheng’s masked face with suspicion.

Xiao Qingcheng let out a cold laugh: “What? Does everyone named Qingcheng in this world deserve to be bullied by you?”

Her words instantly silenced the surroundings.

“Miss Qingcheng, you really didn’t die. That’s great. Qingxue and I were searching for you everywhere that day,” Nan Gongyu hastily wrapped himself in his robe, ignoring his current disheveled state, and anxiously said to Xiao Qingcheng.

Xiao Qingcheng glanced at the unsightly Nan Gongyu and Xiao Qingxue,

and smiled indifferently: “Young Master Nan Gong is too busy to remember me. Just remember… to hand over the hundred thousand taels of dowry for Miss Xiao to me.”

“What? A hundred thousand taels of dowry?”

Lin Fen, who had been stunned, suddenly shouted.

“Of course! Originally, to save Miss Xiao, Young Master Nan Gong personally promised and wrote a contract. And Miss Xiao also signed it.

Of course, if the Xiao residence can directly come up with a hundred thousand taels for this young lady, Miss Xiao’s dowry is also irrelevant. As long as it’s of equal value, it can be exchanged.”

Xiao Qingcheng folded her arms, looking at the stunned Lin Fen with a half-smile.

Xiao Feng, with a gloomy face, took three steps as if they were two, stepped forward, and slapped the barely clothed Xiao Qingxue fiercely.

“Wretched girl! Wretched girl! Do you have to ruin our Xiao family?”

Xiao Qingxue covered her cheek with her hand. She had never been so embarrassed in her life, nor had she ever been treated this way by her father.

For a moment, still not reacting, Xiao Qingxue just stared blankly at Xiao Feng.

Her eyes were filled with grievance, tears, reluctance, and anger…

“Eldest sister, is this true? Did you really gamble away Miss Qingcheng’s mother’s dowry money?”

Xiao Qingqing’s well-timed question made the atmosphere even more awkward.

“What do you mean gamble away? It was Miss Qingcheng who used her medical skills to save Qingxue. Using this money to buy Qingxue’s life is not excessive.

Mr. Xiao, choose a day to transfer all the dowry under Miss Qingcheng’s name to Miss Qingcheng,” Nan Gongyu, who had become more sober, spoke up.

Just this one sentence made Xiao Feng and Lin Fen stare in disbelief.

“Young Master Nan Gong, this money is Qingxue’s dowry for marrying you. How could you?”

Xiao Feng frowned, his face pale as paper.

The pleading in his words showed his inner denial and astonishment.

“Qingxue is the most outstanding eldest miss of the Xiao family. Naturally, Qingxue should have her own dowry to bring into the Nan Gong family. And this money, since it belongs to Miss Xiao, giving it to Miss Qingcheng here is also fate.

Mr. Xiao, let’s settle this matter,” Nan Gongyu concluded, adjusted his robe, and turned towards the dark colonnade.

Nan Gong Feng, standing beside Xiao Qingcheng, spoke: “Junior sister, let’s go wait for my second brother in the main hall.”

He paused for a moment, then glanced back at Xiao Qingxue with a mocking look: “And Miss Xiao needs time to tidy up her appearance.”

Xiao Qingcheng let out a chuckle: “Miss Xiao really keeps refreshing my curiosity. However, Second Miss Xiao also left a very deep impression on me.”

Xiao Qingcheng specifically glanced at Xiao Qingqing, whose face was dark and unpredictable.

Xiao Qingqing gritted her teeth, clutching her handkerchief tightly, and glared at Xiao Qingcheng’s masked face: “Miss Qingcheng, have you seen my third sister?”

“If you mean the legitimate Miss Xiao of the Xiao family, Xiao Qingcheng, I have indeed seen her. As for the third sister of Second Miss Xiao, I’m afraid I don’t know of such a person.”