Tearing the Prince's Clothes after Withdrawing Marriage
Chapter 285 - 284: Must Eliminate the Daughter of Long Qianyue

Chapter 285: Chapter 284: Must Eliminate the Daughter of Long Qianyue

With a loud thud, Qin Liuyan’s forehead struck the stove.

No one had expected that she would suddenly attempt to take her own life.

Han Zhan wanted to stop her, but it was too late, in the end, he only managed to grasp a piece of her sleeve.

Qin Liuyan collapsed to the ground, blood flowing profusely from her forehead.

As she looked at Chu Huaiyu, her vision gradually blurred.

"Lili... Mother can only... help you this far. You must, you must eliminate the daughter of Long Qianyue... you must... rise above all..."

Her last words were so faint that they were almost inaudible.

Qin Liuyan’s eyes also closed.

Everyone was at a loss, for a moment, they didn’t know what to do.

To eliminate the daughter of Long Qianyue... Was she telling Chu Qianli to remove Chu Huaiyu?

But the cause and effect of all this was very strange indeed!

The plan was discussed and decided by Chu Qianli and Butler Han, yet in the end, it seemed as if Qin Liuyan was taking the blame for Chu Qianli.

How could this be?

Chu Qianli quickly approached to check on Qin Liuyan’s condition.

Chu Huaiyu suddenly burst forth like a madman, lunging to push her away forcefully.

"Don’t touch Aunt Qin! You murderer! You killed your own mother! How could you be so venomous?"

"Huaiyu, things aren’t like this!" Han Zhan immediately said.

Yet Chu Qianli still didn’t utter a word, instead pushing back and moving Chu Huaiyu away.

Her hand rested on Qin Liuyan’s neck, her gaze slightly darkening.

Her long fingers slowly traced Qin Liuyan’s neck.

"What more do you want?" Chu Huaiyu cried out, her eyes fixed on Qin Liuyan’s neck.

She too wanted to see if there was still a pulse.

Only then did Butler Han come to his senses, asking anxiously, "Miss Lili, how is she?"

"Don’t let her look! She will kill to silence others!" Chu Huaiyu looked at Chu Hongtao, "Father!"

Chu Hongtao also suddenly awoke from a great shock, "Doctor, quickly check on her!"

Taking another glance at Qin Liuyan’s still-bleeding wound, a pang of discomfort hit him.

After all, she had been the woman by his side for so many years...

The doctor hurried over and felt for a pulse, then he shook his head immediately.

There was no pulse any longer.

Chu Huaiyu finally got up, looking coldly at Chu Qianli.

"Aunt Qin took her own life to protect you, do you feel any guilt at all?"

Chu Qianli also stood up, her gaze coldly sweeping across Qin Liuyan’s body, and finally, she turned to Butler Han.

"Qin Liuyan poisoned our grandfather, a crime most heinous. Order her body to be thrown into the Mass Burial Mound."

Butler Han hesitated, at a loss for words.

In the end, he just nodded, "Someone come."

"Uncle Han!" Chu Huaiyu’s face darkened, she said unhappily, "Didn’t you hear what Aunt Qin just said? She did it to protect Chu Qianli. Are you not going to pursue Chu Qianli’s crimes?"

After some thought, Chu Hongtao also felt that what Chu Huaiyu said made sense.

He immediately said, "Although Chu Qianli is my daughter..."

"Sorry, I really doubt if I am indeed your daughter." Chu Qianli sneered.

Chu Hongtao immediately became furious, "You wretched girl, what did you say? Dare to say that again!"

"What is all this noise about?" Suddenly, a deep voice came from the entrance of the medicine room.

Everyone turned around and their eyes widened in shock, "Master!"

"Father!"

"Grandfather!"

"My lord!"

How did he get here?

He wasn’t poisoned and bedridden with illness?

At that moment, supported by his servants, the man entering from outside was none other than Duke Chu Buqu.

"Xiaoqi, come and help your grandfather," Duke Chu Buqu called out.

Chu Qianli immediately went over to support him.

He had called Chu Qianli Xiaoqi!

Chu Huaiyu’s face immediately turned very ugly, "Grandfather, I am actually..."

"It’s just a habit that I don’t wish to change, besides, it’s just a name. Huaiyu, do you mind?"

Duke Chu Buqu was full of vigor, not at all looking like someone who had been poisoned and gravely ill.

Chu Huaiyu bit her lip. How could she object?

She could only bow her head and whisper softly, "Yes, Grandfather is right. Even if my fifth sister is the daughter of Aunt Qin, and I am the daughter of Long Qianyue, it doesn’t matter. It’s only a name after all."

Duke Chu Buqu didn’t pay her any more attention as if this matter wasn’t important.

He glanced at Qin Liuyan, who lay on the ground, then at Chu Qianli.

Chu Qianli said indifferently, "She tried to poison Grandfather, deserving a thousand deaths. However, if this were to get out, it would not reflect well on our Duke Residence."

"Therefore, Xiaoqi wants to have her body thrown into the Mass Burial Mound, and with that, consider the matter in the past," she added.

Upon hearing this, everyone else felt very complicated.

How could this be just brushed aside?

Wasn’t there a real culprit behind the scenes?

Even the second master couldn’t help but say, "Father, just before Aunt Qin took her own life, she implied she was taking the blame for Chu Qianli..."

"Are you stupid, or is she? As a mother, how could she frame her own daughter this way? Unless, she isn’t Xiaoqi’s mother," Duke Chu Buqu huffed coldly.

Upon hearing this, Chu Huaiyu and Chu Hongtao immediately felt a chill in their hearts.

Anxious, Chu Hongtao said, "This lowly woman did it, it has nothing to do with anyone else. She was just spouting nonsense because she couldn’t bear to implicate her own daughter, Qianli."

He took a step forward and said, "Father, I have failed as a son for marrying such a woman..."

Duke Chu Buqu waved his hand, seemingly impatient to listen any further.

Chu Qianli glanced at Fu Ning behind her, "Throw her body into the Mass Burial Mound."

"Yes!" Fu Ning quickly stepped forward, hoisting Qin Liuyan’s body over his shoulder.

A young girl, carrying a corpse without a hint of fear.

She walked briskly, swiftly disappearing from view.

"My lord..."

"Grandfather, I am a bit tired, let’s go back," Chu Qianli interrupted the others.

Duke Chu Buqu nodded, "Alright, Xiaoqi, help your grandfather back."

Just like that, the two of them left, leaving behind a group of people with mixed emotions.

Chu Qianli’s own mother had died, and she hadn’t shed a single tear.

This daughter was less affectionate than Chu Huaiyu!

At least Chu Huaiyu had cried so sadly.

But what about the words Qin Liuyan said before she died: Was everyone really going to act as if they hadn’t heard them?

She clearly had a point, she was obviously covering for Chu Qianli’s wrongdoing!

And now, the master listens to everything Chu Qianli says!

If Chu Qianli truly harbors ill intentions, wouldn’t the master be in great danger?

...After taking Duke Chu Buqu back to his room and exchanging a few words, Chu Qianli left.

She did not return to her own bedroom but instead turned towards the back gate of the Duke Residence.

It led directly to the mountains behind, an area that was desolate and frightful after nightfall, one which most people were reluctant to even glance at.

The Mass Burial Mound was also located there.

Chu Qianli left through the back gate, barely entering the dense forest behind the mountain when suddenly a cold wind attacked from behind.

A shadowy figure, ghostly in appearance, arrived behind her in the blink of an eye.

With a chilling and fearsome aura carrying a cold fierceness, it pressed down on her back in an instant...