The Stunning Mad Empress: The Useless Third Miss - Chapter 9

“Qincheng, your mother’s cash has long been turned into estates and shops. Transferring the deeds to your name will also take quite some time. Come on, listen to your father, sign the documents first, and I’ll give all these to you later,” Xiao Feng changed his tone from threatening to coaxing.

“Boohoo, I don’t care. I dreamed of my mother last night, and she said I must get back the dowry money, or she won’t agree to the divorce. If you force me, I… I’ll go out and tell everyone,” Xiao Qincheng, pretending to be foolish, suddenly raised her hand and delivered a fierce punch to Xiao Feng’s forehead.

Lin Fen, who was standing behind Xiao Feng, lost her balance and fell to the ground along with him. Xiao Qingxue, who was limping, was grabbed by Lin Fen out of instinct, and Nan Gongyu had no choice but to reach out and support Xiao Qingxue with both hands. Xiao Qingqing, who had been trying to stay out of sight, wanted to take the opportunity to hit Xiao Qincheng but had to help Lin Fen up at that moment.

Xiao Qincheng, listening to the cries of pain behind her, had a cold smile on the corner of her mouth. The next second, she ran out of the ancestral hall, following the route she remembered straight to Xiao Ze’s courtyard.

“Master, are you just going to run away like this? What about the plan to deal with them? What about making Nan Gongyu feel the pain?” Xiao Zhenzhen, who had been hiding in her sleeve, couldn’t sit still anymore. She crawled onto Xiao Qincheng’s shoulder and said anxiously.

Xiao Qincheng, while searching for Xiao Ze’s figure in the deserted and dilapidated courtyard, replied, “Don’t worry, they’ve all been poisoned.”

“When did you do that? How did you have poison powder, Master?”

Xiao Zhenzhen, who had been closely watching Xiao Qincheng, exclaimed in surprise.

“When Xiao Qingqing tried to stab me, I casually grabbed some. I sprinkled it when I left the ancestral hall just now.”

“What about the divorce?”

“Don’t worry, Nan Gongyu will definitely try to get the divorce paper from me by offering money to Xiao Feng and Xiao Qingxue.”

As she spoke, a fierce look flashed in Xiao Qincheng’s eyes. If Nan Gongyu didn’t divorce her, this “waste,” how could he control the Xiao family?

She paused for a moment and continued, “But before that, I have to do something else.”

“What are you going to do?”

Xiao Zhenzhen, perched on Xiao Qincheng’s shoulder, asked curiously.

Xiao Qincheng found Xiao Ze, who was still unconscious, in the inner room. After feeding him the antidote, she quickly turned and left.

“Go spread some rumors. Make Lin Fen feel the pain and give back my mother’s money.”

With that, Xiao Qincheng moved like a shadow, quickly climbing over the wall of the Xiao residence’s backyard and turning into a lane towards the bustling street.

The sky was clear and bright, with golden sunlight shining down. Facing the morning sun, Xiao Qincheng walked with her hands behind her back through the noisy and busy crowd. Carriages and horses passed by, and a gentle breeze blew. In the distance, pavilions and towers were arranged in an orderly manner, high and low.

“Wow, delicious food!”

Xiao Zhenzhen, with her particularly sensitive nose, flew out of Xiao Qincheng’s sleeve in a flash.

Xiao Qincheng reached up and touched her nose, then sighed helplessly. She turned around, climbed over the wall with her hands behind her back, and entered a ready-made clothing shop. She glanced at the young man dozing at the counter and quickly took a few pieces of clothing and a white butterfly mask made of glass.

Hiding in the alley behind the shop, Xiao Qincheng quickly changed her clothes and took out a wormwood leaf from her herbal pouch, crushing it and wiping her face. The originally disproportionate features on her face, caused by the poison, began to subtly change as she wiped.

“Huh? What happened to your face, Master?”

Xiao Zhenzhen, holding a bun and rushing back, stopped just two meters away from Xiao Qincheng. Her big, round eyes were full of surprise as she looked at Xiao Qincheng’s delicate and fair face.

“It’s wormwood leaf. I added a little bit of mandrake petal to it, which can remove most of the toxins from my face. How do I look? Is my face still presentable?”

Xiao Qincheng reached out to adjust her newly changed purple, waist-cinched dress and tied her smooth, long hair with a ribbon.

“Well… you see for yourself!”

As she spoke, the bun in Xiao Zhenzhen’s arms rolled to the ground. Xiao Zhenzhen somehow pulled out a small mirror from somewhere.

Xiao Qincheng raised an eyebrow and bent down slightly to look into it. Just one glance, and she was stunned on the spot.

Willow-like eyebrows and phoenix-like eyes, full of spirit. Bright red lips and white teeth. Cheeks like fresh lychees, and a nose smooth as goose fat.

A palm-sized face with exquisitely delicate features.

Her fair skin seemed breakable at a touch, and her red lips added three more parts of charm.

“Well, no wonder you’re called Xiao Qincheng. This face truly has the power to topple cities and overturn states.”

Xiao Zhenzhen, holding up the small mirror with effort and looking at the beautiful face in front of her, sighed in admiration.

“But the toxins are not completely gone yet; there should still be a small part left. Technically, this is not my peak appearance!”

Xiao Qincheng opened her mouth wide in surprise.

“Well, okay. I admit that besides the Honored One, you are the most beautiful person I’ve seen. Xiao Qingxue doesn’t stand a chance compared to your face.”

Xiao Zhenzhen pouted, raised her round face, and said in a proud manner.

“Well, this mask was the right choice then.”

Xiao Zhenzhen watched as Xiao Qincheng casually put on the butterfly mask she was holding. She sighed inwardly: It was clearly stolen because there was no money, but she insisted on calling it “taking.” However, this cunning and deceitful mind was a bit like the Honored One.

With that, Xiao Qincheng quickly packed the dresses piled beside her into a bundle, turned around, and lifted Xiao Zhenzhen onto her shoulder.

“Alright, let’s go and take care of the real business.”

Xiao Zhenzhen glanced back at the awkward-looking bundle on Xiao Qincheng’s back.

“Master, why are you carrying this pile of junk?”

“We’ll need these clothes when we go back to the Xiao residence later.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhenzhen slightly waved her claws, and the items on Xiao Qincheng’s shoulder disappeared.

“Huh? Where did the stuff go?”

Xiao Qincheng turned her head, raised an eyebrow through the butterfly mask, and looked at Xiao Zhenzhen.

“I’ve put them into my personal space.”

“Is there such a thing?”

Xiao Zhenzhen proudly raised her little head: “Of course. I can do anything, loved by everyone, incredibly handsome…”

Xiao Qincheng shook her head helplessly at Xiao Zhenzhen’s self-praise and walked down the main street with her hands behind her back.

She found a decent herbal shop, waved her hand, and took out a bottle of poison powder from her sleeve.

“Selling medicine!”

Fifteen minutes later, Xiao Qincheng walked out of the herbal shop with a gold ingot in her pocket.

Xiao Zhenzhen lay on her shoulder, speechless: “Is it really okay to sell the poison powder that you casually took?”

“Since there was some left after sprinkling it on Xiao Qingqing and the others, it’s only natural to make good use of it. The quality of the poison powder made by Xiao Qingqing is too poor. It can only be used to get some small change around the Xiao family town.”