112Bury them alive!
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Chapter 112 Buried Alive!
Her Highness Consort Su walked to a nearby tavern and saw Chen Qiang and Green eating and drinking.
She walked over with a grim face and said coldly,
"Stop eating and come with me."
Chen Qiang snorted, "Why leave when we haven't finished eating? If you want to go, go by yourself!"
Consort Su took out a knife from her sleeve and swung it forcefully.
With a 'poof' sound,
the blade sliced across Chen Qiang's face, instantly opening a gash.
Chen Qiang was terrified; Her Highness Consort Su's movements were too fast, and he had no defense whatsoever.
He covered his face and retreated a few steps, "You, what do you want to do?"
Consort Su held the knife to her own neck and said coldly,
"If I were to die, do you think both of you would be exterminated with your nine generations?"
It was then that both of them noticed Her Highness Consort Su's disheveled appearance; her clothes were tattered, and her hair was messy.
Chen Qiang and Green knelt on the ground, their faces instantly showing panic.
"Your Highness, don't be agitated! This Servant knows his mistake!"
Consort Su put down the knife and said indifferently, "Let's go, follow me home."
Consort Su quickly walked back, and Chen Qiang and Green hurried to follow.
After arriving home and entering the door, Graduate Zhang and Madam Zhang Liu were both startled.
"Why is our daughter back?"
So many people were chasing her; how could she escape from them?
Consort Su said calmly, "I have already paid back the money for you. Your IOU is here."
Consort Su took out Juren Zhang's (Graduate Zhang) IOU and threw it in front of him.
Graduate Zhang picked up the IOU, instantly overjoyed.
"Our daughter is truly capable!"
"I knew you had money, why didn't you take it out sooner?"
Madam Zhang Liu also said with a resentful expression.
"Exactly! If you had money, you should have honored us sooner. We asked you to find a way to save your brother; when will you do it?"
Consort Su said lightly, "I will naturally find a way once I return to the palace. You two cook some food; I'm hungry."
"Alright, alright, as long as you can find a way to save your brother, that's all that matters. Whatever happens to you isn't important; your brother is the root of our Old Zhang family.
You finally became a Consort, our family can't still be so miserable, can it?"
Consort Su's lips curled into a cold smile. If her father hadn't always gone to the gambling den, would their family have ended up like this?
Consort Su looked at Chen Qiang and said, "You two go and cook the dried mushrooms I brought back. Remember, do not cook them for more than a quarter of an hour."
"Yes!"
The two Servants were also intimidated by Consort Su. Although she was not favored, she was still a Consort. Bullying her was acceptable, but they didn't dare to go too far.
The two quickly took the dried mushrooms to boil water and cook.
After a quarter of an hour, the family of three sat at the dining table.
Aside from that bowl of dried mushrooms, the rest were leftovers.
Consort Su ate a few bites simply, while Graduate Zhang and Madam Zhang Liu ate a lot of mushrooms.
After dinner, Graduate Zhang said,
"Daughter, find a way to get me another hundred taels. My luck has been terrible these past few days. When I go to the gambling den, I'll surely make a killing..."
Graduate Zhang hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. His face instantly changed drastically.
Then he felt that the things in front of him had changed shape; these gray tables and chairs had turned into colorful mushrooms.
The ground beneath his feet also became soft and springy.
As soon as he stood up, he fell to the ground with a thud.
Madam Zhang Liu was also the same, falling to the ground almost at the same time, then crawling like a worm on the ground, feeling only dizziness.
A moment later, both of them began to vomit and have difficulty breathing.
The two Servants nearby were startled, "What, what's going on?"
Consort Su said coldly,
"You two dog Servants, how dare you poison my Parents! Do you know this is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations!"
No matter how useless Graduate Zhang was, he was still the Emperor's father-in-law. If the two Servants were to bear such a crime, they would be finished.
Chen Qiang and Green fell to their knees with a thud, their eyes filled with panic.
"Your Highness, we didn't poison them!"
Consort Su said lightly, "This kind of mushroom must be cooked for at least two quarters of an hour before it can be eaten. You only cooked it for one quarter of an hour and gave it to my Parents. Wasn't that intentionally harming them?"
This was what Yulou (Shen Yulou) had told Consort Su before she left, and she hadn't expected it to be true.
She thought that when Consort Wan gave her these mushrooms, she hadn't had any good intentions!
Chen Qiang said in a panic, "Your Highness, you told us to cook it for a quarter of an hour!"
Consort Su slapped him across the face!
Slap!
"Are you saying I would poison my own Parents?"
"Who do you think would believe you?"
The two Servants completely panicked and repeatedly kowtowed to Consort Su.
"Your Highness, spare our lives, Your Highness, spare our lives!"
Consort Su stood up, walked to her Parents, and kicked them with her foot.
Both of them still had a breath.
Consort Su said, "As long as you two listen to me, I will let you live."
"This Servant will obey Your Highness's commands!"
These two were already in a state of panic, so they naturally obeyed Consort Su's every word now.
They really couldn't imagine how the most useless Consort in the palace usually could be so terrifying when she got ruthless?
To lay such a poisonous hand on her own Parents, this was too ruthless, wasn't it?
Consort Su said, "My poor Parents mistakenly ate mushrooms and were poisoned to death. They lived in this house all their lives, so now they will be buried on the spot.
You two go dig a pit in the backyard."
Chen Qiang and Green were startled.
Graduate Zhang and Madam Zhang Liu were still breathing; was Her Highness Consort Su going to bury them alive?
They increasingly felt how terrifying this Consort in front of them was.
The two picked up shovels in the yard and dug a large pit in the backyard. Then, under Consort Su's direction, they threw Graduate Zhang and Madam Zhang Liu into the large pit.
"Your Highness, are we really going to bury them alive...?"
Consort Su gave him a cold look, "What do you think?"
Chen Qiang and Green swallowed, a hint of fear in their eyes, then quickly picked up their shovels and filled the pit with dirt, shovel by shovel.
Graduate Zhang and his wife had eaten the mushrooms and were now full of hallucinations, dazed, feeling only as if they were lying on a particularly comfortable sofa, with a blanket covering them.
Only, this blanket became heavier and heavier, and their heads became dizzier and dizzier.
After burying Graduate Zhang and his wife, Consort Su found a wooden board in the courtyard and wrote her Parents' names with charcoal from the stove.
Looking at the makeshift grave, Consort Su knelt on the ground and cried.
"Father, Mother, rest in peace. Your daughter is unfilial..."
Hearing Consort Su's words, the two Servants only felt their bodies tremble and a chill run down their spines.
This wasn't unfilial; this was too filial!
After crying, Consort Su stood up and said coldly,
"Let's return to the palace. You know what to say when we get back, right?"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
"From now on, you two will follow me. As long as you are obedient, I will not treat you unfairly."
"Yes!"
The two had bitter expressions. They were now in Consort Su's hands and couldn't disobey even if they wanted to.
After leaving home, they walked for a while.
Consort Su looked back at her former dilapidated home, a hint of indifference in her eyes.
It was time for her to live a different life