Tao Yong wasn’t afraid that Su Lingqing might not be asleep. Hidden in his sleeve was a handkerchief soaked with a sleeping drug.
As long as he lifted the blanket and pressed it over her face!
After that… everything would fall into place. This great beauty would have no choice but to let him do whatever he wanted thinking about it already made him feel ecstatic!
He tugged at his collar and strode forward.
The person under the blanket seemed to hear the noise and stirred, sitting up to check.
Tao Yong’s mind was already foggy. He shook his head and looked at the girl who had risen.
“Who are you?” she asked, her voice cool and calm. Hearing it only made Tao Yong’s blood surge with heat.
“Dear cousin, I’m your cousin and your future husband. None of that matters. What matters is that tonight we’ll complete the deed of husband and wife in advance!”
His obscene voice rang out with a lewd laugh. His wandering hands reached forward as he lunged, eager to pull Su Lingqing into his arms.
Su Lingqing looked at the man before her, his expression dazed. His flushed cheeks carried a lascivious air.
The girl’s pale lips curved slightly as she actually stepped closer to Tao Yong.
“Why are you in such a hurry, cousin? Someone will soon come to guard outside my door. If we do such a thing now, we’ll be discovered before we even begin.”
Tao Yong smelled the cold fragrance coming from her and suppressed the explosive pleasure surging through his body. In a hoarse voice he asked, “Th-then… what does cousin want to do?”
Su Lingqing walked to the side and beckoned him.
“Come, cousin, follow me. The inner room is more secluded. No one will discover us there.”
Tao Yong’s vision was already clouded with white mist the drug had reached its peak.
Half-conscious, he followed Su Lingqing inside. When he looked again, he saw a figure lying on the bed ahead, clearly someone beneath the blanket.
Tao Yong tore open his clothes and pounced forward with a ferocious grin.
“My wife! I’m coming!”
…
The moonlight was dim as the cold wind howled with bits of snow.
Before long it was nearly the hour of Hai. The lights in every courtyard of the Shangshu residence had gone out, and many people had already fallen asleep.
Inside Fusheng Courtyard, Su Yaoyao curled up in bed, her eyes wide open, faintly reflecting light.
They looked like the eyes of a wolf in the deep mountains, gleaming with excitement as it watched its prey walk into a trap.
Su Lingqing, couldn’t you have just stayed weak and obedient? Why did you have to oppose me like this!
At this hour, Tao Yong was probably sweating away on that bitch’s bed!
Su Yaoyao laughed so hard her body trembled. She had originally planned to expose the scandal in the middle of the night so everyone would know, but after thinking about it, she realized she had no good reason to go to Weirui Pavilion at such an hour.
If she forced her way in and dragged them out, Father and Mother might be too shocked at first to think much of it but afterward they would certainly realize something was wrong.
But tomorrow morning she could go see Su Lingqing with perfect justification!
She would enter under the excuse of apologizing, then naturally push things along…
Su Yaoyao snorted coldly.
“Hmph! You should thank me! At least Tao Yong is young and strong, and not that ugly. After all the trouble I went through, this young lady is just too soft-hearted!”
She talked to herself for quite a while before finally falling asleep around midnight.
The next morning, when the sky was only just beginning to brighten, Zheng Rui had just risen to wash up when Su Yaoyao was already fully dressed and ready to go out.
Su Huai would leave for court in half an hour she had to hurry and finish things quickly.
“Yaoyao? Where are you going so early?” Zheng Rui asked quickly.
Without turning back, the girl hurried away.
“I have something urgent to do. You’ll know soon enough!”
Seeing her like this, Zheng Rui’s heart skipped a beat. In the blink of an eye, Su Yaoyao had already left the courtyard.
The woman quickly finished washing, got dressed, and went to find her daughter.
Su Yaoyao sped up again and again along the way. When she reached the entrance of Weirui Pavilion, she pushed the door open and walked straight in.
Not a single person stopped her. The maids didn’t dare approach and only lowered their heads, pretending not to see.
“Second Miss, please stop!” Jingzhe stepped forward with a frown to block her path.
Su Yaoyao behaved unusually gentle, her voice soft.
“Jingzhe, I came to apologize to Sister. After Father punished me, I realized my mistake. I deliberately got up early today to apologize!”
Her words sounded flawless. To the other servants listening, the Second Miss seemed as kind as a fairy.
But Jingzhe didn’t move aside.
“Second Miss, the Eldest Miss hasn’t woken up yet. Even if she had, she couldn’t meet you while disheveled. Why not come back after breakfast?”
Her hands were tightly twisted together in nervousness.
Su Yaoyao noticed her tension and became even more convinced that last night’s plan had succeeded!
It seemed this wretched maid was afraid the truth would be exposed, so she was trying to send her away!
“I… I finally came here! How can you drive me away so easily? Could it be… Sister is still angry with me?”
Pretending to wipe her tears, Su Yaoyao took the chance to force her way inside.
Hearing the noise, Jianjia quickly rushed over as well, standing together with Jingzhe to block Su Yaoyao.
The two guarded the door firmly, refusing to let her pass no matter what.
After the commotion went on for a while, there was still no sound from inside the room probably because the activity last night had been so intense that they couldn’t wake up.
Disdain and disgust flashed through Su Yaoyao’s eyes.
Finally she shouted loudly:
“Sister! Sister, are you still asleep? It’s Yaoyao! I came to apologize to you!”
Zheng Rui arrived at Weirui Pavilion just in time to hear her daughter shouting.
“Yaoyao!” she hurried forward.
But Su Yaoyao didn’t turn back, determined to wake Su Lingqing better yet, to hear screams and crying from inside!
Zheng Rui grabbed her daughter.
“Yaoyao, what are you doing? What kind of behavior is this early in the morning!”
By now Zheng Rui had already guessed most of her daughter’s plan. She had probably done something behind her back and was now eager to reveal it.
But Yaoyao was still young. If there were too many flaws, it might implicate her as well.
Zheng Rui wanted to calm her down and leave for now, then discuss it slowly later before Su Huai noticed anything.
But Su Yaoyao had finally succeeded once and would never leave obediently. She even broke free from Zheng Rui and rushed inside.
Amid the chaos, a somewhat authoritative male voice sounded from behind:
“What are you all doing?!”
By now the sky was fully bright and the sun was rising.
Su Huai approached with a frown, Zhou Jianyue beside him.
The moment Zheng Rui saw Zhou Jianyue, she immediately turned her head away in disgust.
Su Huai was already dressed in his official robes clearly he had come over after being disturbed by the noise.
When Su Yaoyao saw her father, her eyes lit up and she ran to his side.
“Father! Yaoyao came to apologize to Sister! But Sister refuses to see me and even had these maids block me!”
Hearing that she wanted to apologize to Su Lingqing, and recalling how he had punished this daughter the night before, Su Huai felt a little guilty.
“Good girl, Yaoyao. You’ve grown sensible,” he comforted her.
Then he stepped forward and swept Jingzhe and Jianjia aside with a wave!
“How outrageous! Two servants daring to block their masters like this!”
Seeing this, Jingzhe and Jianjia turned pale and could only kneel silently to the side.
Su Huai was about to scold them further when suddenly an angry shout erupted from inside the room!
“Get lost! Don’t disturb this lord’s sleep!”
Hearing this, everyone present froze in shock.
That… that was a man’s voice!
How could a man’s voice come from the Eldest Miss’s room?!