Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 339 Towards the Golden Palace (43)

Xue Lin's investigators quickly returned with the results, recounting the events of Xie Yuanzhen and Cheng Qingshuang from thirty years ago to Yan Zhen.

After listening, Yan Zhen made a plan in his mind.

She arranged to meet Meng Zhenyue at Jinyu Tower, where she told her everything about Xie Zhao's secret plan to send Cheng Qingshuang out of the mansion to find Xie Yuanzhen, as well as Xie Zhao's background.

Upon hearing this, Meng Zhenyue frowned deeply.

"I have heard of Xie Yuanzhen. He holds the rank of Lieutenant General, but his performance has been mediocre over the years. However, his wife, Li, is a formidable character. The Xie family's current status is entirely due to Li."

As Meng Zhenyue spoke, a worried look appeared on her face. "If Xie Yuanzhen really gets involved, I might not be able to do anything to Xie Zhao."

Out of respect for the Xie family, she could not continue to drug Xie Zhao.

Yan Zhen smiled and said, "Not necessarily."

Upon hearing this, Meng Zhenyue knew that she already had a strategy, and quickly asked, "What's your plan?"

"Since Cheng Qingshuang has gone to Xie Yuanzhen, Xie Yuanzhen probably already knows about this. Why don't we strike first and tell Li about Xie Zhao and his mother before Xie Yuanzhen gets involved?"

Meng Zhenyue instantly understood what she wanted to do.

More than a decade ago, the Li family regarded Xie Zhao and his mother as a thorn in their side and were willing to risk breaking the law to send people to hunt them down.

Now that Xie Zhao has returned to the capital, if Madam Li knew that Cheng Qing Shuang had gone to Xie Yuan Zhen to ask for Xie Zhao's help, she, being as strong as she is, would certainly not stand idly by.

Yan Zhen looked directly into Meng Zhenyue's eyes and asked, "Do you want Xie Zhao dead?"

Meng Zhenyue nodded without hesitation: "Yes!"

She hated this man to the core.

"This is an opportunity to use someone else to do the dirty work."

The Li family will either ignore it or, once they take action, they will definitely eliminate Xie Zhao completely.

In this way, he could both use Li's hand to get rid of Xie Zhao and extricate himself from the matter completely.

Meng Zhenyue hesitated for a long time, then her eyes slowly hardened: "Okay, I know what to do."

After leaving Jin Yu Lou, Yan Zhen instructed Xue Lin: "Since Madam Meng has agreed, find a way to tell Madam Li that Cheng Qing Shuang went to see Xie Yuan Zhen."

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Xie Mansion.

After meeting Xie Yuanzhen, Cheng Qingshuang quietly returned to the Xie family.

In the afternoon, taking advantage of the fact that the room was unattended, Cheng Qingshuang went to see Xie Zhao.

"So, did you see your father?"

Cheng Qingshuang stammered, "I did see him, but..."

"What did Father say?"

Cheng Qingshuang did not answer immediately.

Xie Zhao sensed an ominous atmosphere from her silence: "He doesn't want to save us?"

Cheng Qingshuang quickly said, "No, he didn't say that. He just... said that he's not in charge of the Xie family anymore, and if the Li family finds out about this..."

"Why not just keep it from the Li family!" Xie Zhao said irritably. "Back then, he was able to hide my mother and me from the Li family for so many years. Now, what's so difficult about him finding a few skilled thugs to take the four of us away under the cover of night?"

Cheng Qingshuang: "..."

"I think he's not powerless, nor is he worried about Li finding out; rather, he knows I've lost my official position and is unwilling to save this useless cripple!" Xie Zhao felt increasingly disheartened as he thought about it.

Even his own father wouldn't save him, so it seems that if he wants to survive, he has no choice but to risk everything to save himself.

Xie Zhao clenched his fist repeatedly on his knees, pondered for a long time, and then whispered, "Mother, let's run away."

Cheng Qingshuang was stunned: "W-how do we escape?"

Xie Zhao told Cheng Qingshuang about his plan—

Although Meng Zhenyue placed Xie Zhaolin and Xie Wanfang under house arrest, she did not take any action against them. Perhaps this was to cover up the truth and create the illusion that the Xie family was still harmonious. The two children were still taken to school by servants every day.

Xie Zhaolin was clever. As long as he could find a way to escape from the school and go to Tianji Pavilion to find an old acquaintance with whom he had traded many times, he could buy sleeping pills from him.

Cheng Qingshuang was then responsible for putting the medicine into the Xie family's food. Once the medicine took effect, the four of them, grandfather, grandmother, and grandson, could secretly leave.

After hearing Xie Zhao's plan, Cheng Qingshuang became anxious: "But where can we go if we leave here?"

Xie Zhaolin and Xie Wanfang are still young, and Xie Zhao is blind, so the only one who can handle things is Cheng Qingshuang herself.

If they were to flee thousands of miles away this time, just like when they were hunted down by the Li family thirteen years ago, there would be no other Luo Yun to command them.

The thought of leaving the capital and having to shoulder the entire burden of raising her grandchildren and son filled Cheng Qingshuang with deep worry that the four of them might never be able to leave the capital.

She couldn't bear the thought of four people's lives being lost.

"Maybe, maybe you're overthinking it. Meng Zhenyue wouldn't be so heartless as to kill you. She's just angry and can't think straight, so she wants to teach you a lesson. Let's wait and see, and she'll calm down soon..."

Hearing his mother's words, Xie Zhao felt both annoyed and anxious: "Meng Zhenyue already knows that I gave her a drug that would prevent her from having children. Don't forget who came up with this idea. If she finds out the whole truth, do you think you, the one who came up with the idea and even bought the drug from Ningzhou and brought it over, will die first, or me, the one who gave her the drug?"

"..." Cheng Qing Shuang was so shocked that her face turned pale.

Recalling how she had gone to great lengths to belittle and suppress Meng Zhenyue over the past three years by using her infertility as a reason, Cheng Qingshuang's last bit of wishful thinking that "maybe she doesn't want to kill us" vanished completely.

She made a quick decision: "Let's go! We have to get out of here!"

Not only do we have to leave, we have to leave as soon as possible!

After leaving Xie Zhao's courtyard that day, Cheng Qingshuang immediately went to find Xie Zhaolin, secretly slipped him some money, and told him to skip class to buy medicine.

Xie Zhaolin did not disappoint Xie Zhao and Cheng Qingshuang's expectations, and brought back the sleeping potion from outside the next day.

Cheng Qingshuang dared not delay, and taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention in the kitchen, she secretly put the sleeping pill into the food.

At midnight, Cheng Qingshuang confirmed that everyone in the mansion had been drugged and knocked out. She packed her valuables and, along with Xie Zhaolin, Xie Wanfang, and Xie Zhao, secretly left through the side gate.

The four members of the family left the Xie residence without making a sound, quickening their pace and fleeing for their lives.

Having left the Xie family mansion far behind, Xie Zhao and Cheng Qingshuang both breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, all they had to do was arrive at the city gate before dawn, and once the gate opened, they could leave the city, buy a carriage outside the city, and head south.

In the vast sea of ​​people, it would be difficult for Meng Zhenyue to find them again.

The thought of survival gave them courage and hope. The group sneaked around the curfew patrolling soldiers, and just as they were about to reach the city gate after going around the next street, suddenly several figures floated down from the rooftops above them like ghosts.

Before Cheng Qingshuang could react, a gust of wind swept past her, and her hand went empty.

Xie Zhao, who had been supported by her all the way, didn't even have time to cry for help before she was kidnapped by two figures and quickly disappeared before her eyes.