74: Chapter 74: Catching a Turtle in a Jar!
74: Chapter 74: Catching a Turtle in a Jar!
Zuihong Building.
Old Master Luo invited a group of imperial relatives and aristocratic family heads from Dongli Country to drink here, celebrating Luo Qingtong's safe return.
Everyone knew about Luo Qingtong's marriage arrangement with the Fifth Prince of the Tianyu Empire; originally, they thought that if something happened to Luo Qingtong, the marriage would be called off!
Unexpectedly, Luo Qingtong, blessed with good fortune, returned alive.
At this time, it was only natural to pay respects to Old Master Luo.
A group of people all accepted the invitation and came.
What Old Master Luo booked was the best private room in the entire Zuihong Building.
Since it was a private banquet, the invited guests were not many, but each one was a person of significant influence in Dongli Country!
Just then, a report about the city gate incident came, and Old Master Luo was furious!
At a moment when everyone was quiet, the door of the adjacent room was suddenly flung open from the outside.
Old Master Luo and other guests were separated from the adjacent room by a gigantic screen, dividing it into the inner and the outer room.
When the inside is silent, those outside do not know there are people inside.
While everyone was wondering who had come in, they suddenly heard an agitated female voice from outside.
"Seventh Princess!
Didn't I tell you before?
That I would handle everything!
Why are you intervening so abruptly?
Is that female corpse at the city gate your doing?
How do you expect me to clean up this mess now?!"
Luo Xinning, furious, pushed the door open and upon seeing a young girl sitting with her head down beside the screen, immediately confronted her!
Luo Qingtong was sitting in the outer room beside the screen, her head slightly bowed, concealing most of her face.
Hearing Luo Xinning's voice, the corners of her lips curled slightly.
The fish has taken the bait.
Seventh Princess?
A female corpse at the city gate?
The people at the banquet were about to scold the one who entered the private room, but when they suddenly heard her blurt out such information, they were taken aback.
They glanced at Old Master Luo quietly and looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what was going on.
At that moment, another lower-pitched female voice came from outside.
"What did you handle properly?
Luo Xinning, I really don't know what you're talking about."
Surprised by the voice, everyone was shocked, is someone else outside?
But soon they realized.
The person outside was none other than Luo Qingtong.
Just now someone came to report an issue concerning the Luo family, and Luo Qingtong, feeling miserable and awkward at the banquet, said she wanted to go outside to calm down!
Was this her disguised voice?
Was she trying to draw words out of Luo Xinning?
With that thought, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up!
There was definitely something going on!
The guests' interest was completely piqued.
The banquet room fell silent as everyone wanted to see what kind of explosive information would emerge from this drama within the Luo family!
What followed from Luo Xinning, though, was something they had never anticipated!
"You don't know anything?
Hah!
Yu Wenxue, are you planning to cross the river and tear down the bridge?"
Luo Xinning was almost driven to laughter by rage!
She was so disturbed by the previous incidents that she didn't notice the difference in the voice of the person across from her.
Moreover, she had never raised her head from the beginning to the end.
Hearing the other party seemingly wanting to push all the blame onto her and ignoring it, Luo Xinning lost her rationale completely.
"You really don't know what I did?!
I lured Luo Qingtong to Jiuyu Mountain for her breakthrough, destroyed her cultivation, blinded her eyes with poison, and left her to be ravaged by a bunch of men!"
"If it wasn't for the sudden upheaval at Jiuyu Mountain, I would never have failed!
Moreover, it's not just my responsibility!
Didn't you also say you sent someone to oversee it?
Where are they?!
How did Luo Qingtong come back unharmed!"