Chapter 119: Will Kill You
“All those things you did before, didn’t you ever think of this outcome? You’d better save your strength. All the things you’ve done in the Lin Family over these years will bring disaster to your descendants. Now in this place where the Lin Family ancestors are enshrined, they will slowly settle accounts with you.”
After speaking, a chilling wind blew in through the broken window of the Ancestral Hall, making one’s back involuntarily cool.
Madam Zhou was already timid by nature, and now after being told this by Jiang Ruanxi, she subconsciously looked around. Below the enshrined spirit tablets, incense smoke curled faintly, and in the haze, those spirit tablets seemed to start distorting.
Madam Zhou’s hair stood on end instantly, her face turning ghastly pale with fright, but she still stubbornly held on. Only her voice betrayed her fear, “You, you don’t think scaring me will make me afraid of you. I’m not afraid at all.”
“Bring the thing here.”
Shugen and Hong Ye came out from behind the Mourning Hall. Seeing the black medicinal juice in Hong Ye’s hand, Madam Zhou’s face filled with horror. She stretched out her hand, trembling as she pointed at Jiang Ruanxi, “You, what are you going to do?”
“You didn’t think that after hearing what I said, you could get away unscathed, did you?”
Madam Zhou’s face changed drastically with shock. Feeling uneasy in her heart, she stood up and quickly ran toward the door, shouting, “Help! Jiang Ruanxi is going to kill someone!”
But she had only taken one step when Shugen grabbed her by the collar. Then her hands were twisted behind her back by Shugen, and after her mouth opened in terror, Shugen pinched it shut forcefully.
“Jiang, Ruan, xi, what do you want to do?” Her eyes were full of terror.
“Take your life.” Jiang Ruanxi said gloomily.
Madam Zhou was so frightened that her legs went soft, but being held up by Shugen, she could only stand.
Hong Ye stepped forward and poured all the medicine into Madam Zhou’s mouth.
Madam Zhou struggled violently, but still, half of it flowed into her stomach and half came out.
After force-feeding it, Hong Ye came to Jiang Ruanxi with a smiling face, “Madam, it’s all been poured in, not a single drop wasted.”
Jiang Ruanxi nodded and smiled, “Good job.”
Hong Ye straightened her body proudly, her face full of pride.
She had long disliked Madam Zhou, and now with this opportunity, she was of course willing to do it.
Seeing the person who used to bully her get revenge, her heart felt immensely refreshed.
After Shugen released her, Madam Zhou felt her throat tighten. She desperately stuck her fingers into her mouth to try to vomit out what she had just swallowed, but after a long time, she only dry-heaved.
“What exactly did you make me swallow?” she said in a hoarse voice.
“Don’t worry, I won’t do anything illegal. Wasn’t your mouth very sharp? From now on, you won’t speak. Only dead people don’t talk nonsense, but I’m a law-abiding person, so I had to poison you mute. You should be grateful for my kindness.”
“You”
But before she could finish, Jiang Ruanxi interrupted her and instructed Hong Ye on the side, “Hong Ye, go tell Third Miss about how the Old Madam was locked in the Ancestral Hall.”
“Jiang Ruanxi, what are you trying to do?”
Jiang Ruanxi smiled faintly, “Someone has to take the blame for Mother’s poisoning, right?”
Madam Zhou immediately understood that this was to make her daughter take the blame.
Madam Zhou wished she could kill her, but now she didn’t dare act rashly, because the current Jiang Ruanxi was no longer the former Jiang Ruanxi. The current Jiang Ruanxi was a devil.
But still unable to vent her anger, Madam Zhou raised her finger and pointed at her furiously, “You, you have such a poisonous heart…”
She had always thought Jiang Ruanxi was someone she could control, but she never expected the current Jiang Ruanxi to have become so terrifying.
“Compared to the Lin Family seizing my dowry to pave the way and then burning the bridge after crossing it, what I did is nothing.”
Jiang Ruanxi smiled lightly. Mottled light from the window fell on her face. Her bright smile was as beautiful as a demon, but to Madam Zhou, she now seemed like a demon crawling out of hell, baring its fangs to take her life.
“Mother, rest well here. Best to sincerely pray for blessings for Elder Brother. Maybe in three to five years, Elder Brother will really top the imperial exam as Top Scholar, and then he can come pick you up to enjoy life.”
“Jiang Ruanxi, you poisonous woman, you will face retribution…”
“The ancestors are all watching. Mother, just enjoy your retribution properly.”
As her words fell, a chilling wind blew, and one spirit tablet fell over. Madam Zhou jumped in fright, her scalp tingling. Turning to look, a crooked spirit tablet was falling toward her, as if a pair of eyes were really staring at her.
Madam Zhou was so afraid that goosebumps rose all over her.
She didn’t want to be here; she wanted to get out.
Jiang Ruanxi was angry now, but as long as she softened like before, she would surely relent. Madam Zhou was still naively fantasizing, but when she turned her head, Jiang Ruanxi was no longer there.
Only a “bang” was heard as the Ancestral Hall’s door was heavily closed. Inside the room, only a few scattered candles were lit, giving off faint light.
A gloomy aura hit her in the face.
She quickly went to pound on the door.
“Let me out! I don’t want to be here. Jiang Ruanxi, open the door for me!”
“Jiang Ruanxi, you little bitch, if you don’t open the door for me, my son won’t let you go!”
“Jiang Ruanxi, I really know I was wrong. As long as you let me out, you can do whatever you want. Let me out quickly!”
From arrogant to submissive, Madam Zhou kept shouting and begging.
But no matter how she shouted, even if she screamed until her throat broke, the door did not open.
Soon, a burst of miserable cries came from inside the Ancestral Hall.
Outside the Ancestral Hall.
The Clan Leader and Lin Feng were both waiting outside.
He Sheng and Lin Feng had already left.
“What exactly happened?” Hearing the miserable cries from inside, Lin Runkun was curious about what Jiang Ruanxi and Madam Zhou had said earlier, and what had happened.
Why had Madam Zhou’s emotions changed so drastically.
Jiang Ruanxi smiled reassuringly at him, “Clan Leader, don’t worry. Mother is probably deeply feeling that she has let down the ancestors and is repenting inside.”
The Clan Leader, “…”
If Madam Zhou were truly repentant, she wouldn’t have shouted and yelled like a madwoman just now. If she knew she was being locked in, she wouldn’t have done so many acts of resistance.
Knowing Jiang Ruanxi didn’t want to say, he also didn’t want to pursue it.
Because now they were grasshoppers on the same boat.
“What do you plan to do next?”
Jiang Ruanxi looked at him with a half-smile, “You are the Lin Family Clan Leader. Since Mother has committed a wrong, just handle it according to the clan rules. Clan Leader, are you asking me this because you intend to show favoritism?”
Lin Runkun paused.
He had never intended to let Zhou’s third daughter go anyway; he just didn’t know Jiang Ruanxi’s plans and feared acting on his own would anger her.
After all, the current Jiang Ruanxi was no longer the Jiang Ruanxi who could be bullied by anyone.
Not to mention her title of Imperial Decree of Nobility Madam, after these events, he also knew Jiang Ruanxi was deeply scheming, ruthless, and cruel.
