Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 518 - 269: The Fall of Qingzhou!

Chapter 518: Chapter 269: The Fall of Qingzhou!

"If you don’t like her, I’ll help you kill her."

The woman with silvery-grey hair appeared behind Li Nanshuang like a ghost, silently, her pale hand placed before the girl’s throat.

And all this, Li Nanshuang didn’t notice.

She looked puzzled at Ran Qingchen, who suddenly turned pale and clutched her chest, asking with concern, "Mugua, are you okay? It didn’t seem like I hurt you just now, did your injury relapse?"

Ran Qingchen felt an unbearable twisting pain in her chest, which brought on a convulsion-like shudder.

Gazing at the vague figure behind Li Nanshuang, she wanted to warn her, but was unable to speak.

The silver-haired woman’s lips curled into a bloodthirsty cold smile as she eerily said:

"These people are all hypocritical fraudsters, pretending to have your best interests at heart, but actually wanting to get rid of you to meet with your husband privately. You think she really cares about you?

Ha, she wishes you were dead, wishes your husband would kick you out!

Ran Qingchen, let me kill her. Once she’s gone, no one will compete with you for men ever again. What’s meant to be yours will be yours; no one else has the right to snatch it..."

The silver-haired woman’s voice was seductive, slowly tightening around Li Nanshuang’s neck.

"Get out of the way!"

Ran Qingchen, gathering all her strength, rushed forward to push Li Nanshuang away, and swung her sword at the silver-haired woman.

But her sword struck nothing.

Ran Qingchen looked up in astonishment, but there was no silver-haired woman in front of her, just Li Nanshuang staring at her strangely.

A hallucination?

Ran Qingchen gasped for breath, completely bewildered.

At this moment, she struggled to distinguish between illusion and reality.

"Mugua, what... what happened to you?"

Li Nanshuang asked cautiously.

For some reason, she felt that Ran Qingchen seemed to exude an evil aura, appearing more foreign than before.

Ran Qingchen gradually calmed her emotions and shook her head, "I’m fine, probably just too tired."

"Oh, then you should rest well, I won’t disturb you anymore."

Considering they both had been on the move for several days and that Ran Qingchen was even more injured, Li Nanshuang couldn’t help feeling a deep sense of guilt, "I’m sorry, Mugua, I just thought Bai Mian was right, maybe it’s best if we leave Qingzhou first."

"If you want to leave, leave. I won’t," Ran Qingchen remained stubborn.

Li Nanshuang said, "If you don’t leave, I won’t leave either." After speaking, she left the room.

Ran Qingchen closed the door and gently covered her chest.

She turned and looked into a dark corner, lost in thought for a long time, murmuring, "My feelings are my own to control, no one else can dictate them."

...

Yuan Anjiang returned to his residence late at night, under a cloud-covered sky devoid of stars, dark and oppressive.

Unable to sleep, he lit a candle and sat at the table, drinking cold tea while pondering the current situation in Qingzhou.

For some reason, his heart was racing.

Everything that could be safeguarded had been, and he could think of no other oversights.

But he felt uneasy, as if something had been overlooked.

Yuan Anjiang took out a confidential letter sent by the court, read it several times, and grew increasingly irritable.

"Where did it go wrong?"

Yuan Anjiang slowly rubbed his thumb, staring blankly at the candlelight.

After hesitating for a while, he put on his coat and stepped out of the house.

He went to the gate of the small courtyard where Ran Qingchen was staying and had a maid wake her up.

Ran Qingchen, who was meditating for healing, was puzzled to hear from the maid that Yuan Anjiang was looking for her, but she got dressed and left the house immediately.

"Sorry to disturb your rest, Lord Ran," Yuan Anjiang apologized.

Ran Qingchen straightened her hair, shook her head with a smile, "It’s fine, I couldn’t sleep anyway. I’m sorry for making things difficult for Mr. Yuan in the study earlier."

Yuan Anjiang shook his head, "It was nothing. Lord Ran, could you take me to meet Jiang Mo?"

"Meet Jiang Mo?"

Ran Qingchen was startled.

Yuan Anjiang sighed, "I feel somewhat restless, I have some questions to ask him. I know Lord Ran knows where Jiang Mo is currently hiding, but if it’s inconvenient, then never mind."

Ran Qingchen indeed knew where Jiang Mo was staying and also knew that he was currently using the alias Jiang Yi.

On the way there, Jiang Mo had told her about the recent events.

But if she rashly led someone there during such a sensitive time, it would be troublesome if someone with malicious intent discovered them.

Ran Qingchen intended to refuse, but seeing Yuan Anjiang’s fatigued appearance from several nights without proper rest, she ultimately agreed, "Alright, I’ll take you to meet Jiang Mo, but Mr. Yuan, you had better disguise yourself."

In either the Capital or Qingzhou, Yuan Anjiang was trustworthy.

She wasn’t worried that he would inform the imperial guards.

...

Half an hour later, Ran Qingchen and Yuan Anjiang quietly arrived at the small courtyard where Jiang Shouzhong lived.

Yuan Anjiang had changed into a set of plain black clothes.

He didn’t attract any attention in the night.

Ran Qingchen did not knock on the door, signaling Yuan Anjiang to wait outside while she herself scaled the wall and leapt into the courtyard.

However, just as she landed and before she could even speak, a powerful force suddenly attacked her, binding her entire body firmly, immobilizing her as though her roots were planted deep like an ancient tree.

This overwhelming pressure came from the main house on the right.

It was the room where Dugu Luoxue slept.

But the next moment, the mysterious restraining force suddenly vanished.

"He’s in the next room," the cold voice of Dugu Luoxue emerged from the main house.

With her freedom restored, Ran Qingchen gasped for air, her heart pounding loudly in her chest.

Such powerful cultivation.

She understood that Dugu Luoxue had recognized her and therefore released her from the restraint. While she was shocked by the other’s profound cultivation, she also felt strangely apprehensive.

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