The Princess Agents Want a Divorce

Chapter 14 It’s rude to come and not return.

Night quietly fell, and a dark figure moved through the courtyard of General Gu's mansion. It stopped in front of the gate of a small, exquisitely decorated courtyard.

Plum Garden, this is it! Humph! As expected of Plum Garden, it's even more luxurious than the mistress's courtyard.

It seems that over the years, Mother's neglect of her duties has only emboldened these concubines. However, their good days are probably numbered. To provoke Ling Xi is simply courting death. Ling Xi tiptoed and lightly leaped over the courtyard wall, arriving at a spot in the main house where she hid herself in the darkness.

A gentle night breeze blew, the candlelight flickered, and two shadows, one standing and one sitting, were cast in the window. Aunt Mei rubbed her aching temples as she watched Gu Yuting pacing back and forth. "Alright, Ting'er, sit down and rest. Walking around like this won't help! It's giving me a headache!"

Mother, please think of something! How can that little bitch be so tough? She survived being hit by a flowerpot! She dodged the assassination attempt, and she even survived falling off a cliff. I can't rest easy until she's dead! When I saw that little bitch again today, something felt off. She exudes an evil aura from her words to her actions. Mother, do you think she might be possessed by some kind of ghost?

Sigh! All we can do now is wait. She drank the tonic soup today; we just need to wait three to five days and we'll see results.

Hahaha, that will be her death day. No one can save her. Her dream of marrying Prince Li is simply wishful thinking.

Gu Lingxi sneered inwardly. Sure enough, the original owner's death wasn't simple; it was all the work of that venomous mother and daughter. She habitually stroked her chin with her right hand, her brows furrowed in deep thought.

Who is this Miss Gongsun that Gu Yuting inadvertently mentioned yesterday? Someone who could make Gu Yuting willingly become a concubine must be of extraordinary status. Could the person who wants to harm her be connected to this Miss Gongsun? Or is Miss Gongsun the mastermind behind it all?

The current wife of Prince Li is herself, so if this so-called Miss Gongsun wants to become the wife, she must first get rid of her. Based on this reasoning, her guess is most likely correct.

Gu Lingxi couldn't help but feel sorry for the original owner of the body who had died unjustly. This was truly an undeserved disaster. And that damned Prince Li was simply a troublemaker. She hadn't even met him in person, yet he had already caused her one romantic entanglement after another!

However, now that she has taken over this body, she will absolutely not allow anyone to harm her in the slightest. Her nature is such that she would rather betray the whole world than let the world betray her; vengeance is not in Gu Lingxi's style. Nor would it do justice to her former title as the Dark Night Asura!

A wicked smile crept across her lips. "Hehe, an eye for an eye, right? Since you've given me such a generous gift, it would be a shame not to return it. I hope you won't let my good intentions go to waste!"

Her fingers gently toyed with a porcelain-white jade bottle, her mind racing with thoughts of who she would be most amused to poison! Hehe, Gu Lingxi admitted that the mischievous little devil lurking within her was getting restless again. Anyway, she had nothing better to do, so she decided to take her time and play around.

Gu Lingxi lightly leaped onto the roof, lifted a small piece of rubble, and looked down at Aunt Mei and her daughter. Gu Lingxi smiled eerily. A wisp of spiritual energy silently enveloped two barely perceptible drops of transparent liquid, which were then slowly dripped into two cups of steaming tea.

The two people inside were completely unaware. Aunt Mei picked up a cup of hot tea, took a few sips, and pushed another cup of hot tea in front of Gu Yuting, saying gently, "Ting'er, you were too reckless today. You almost ruined our plans. It would be bad if that little slut noticed anything."

Mother and daughter were so angry with her today that they lost their composure and spoke so recklessly in a moment of panic. It won't happen again next time.

Oh! I'm not blaming you, but I'm afraid that if we move Miss Gongsun out, she'll take her anger out on us and we won't get any advantage. We might even lose everything. Forget about the position of concubine, we might not even be able to keep our lives.

Mother, is Miss Gongsun really such a cruel person, as you say? I find her to be humble and gentle, and she has taken good care of me several times. Could it be that you are overthinking things, Mother?

Sigh! Ting'er, you're still too naive. A woman like her, who can kill without making a sound, is the most terrifying person in the backyard!

From her initial strategizing to her assassination attempt, and now this poison, which of these actions doesn't reveal her ruthlessness and viciousness? The fact that she could devise such a meticulous plan demonstrates her deep cunning, and that she could spend a fortune to hire more than a dozen assassins from the Dark Abyss Palace shows her strength and influence.

And this poison, do you think it's just an ordinary poison? Judging from Gongsun Ruo's methods, this is exactly in line with her style, making people die silently without warning and washing her hands of the whole thing!

Mother, since you already know that Gongsun Rui is using us, why are you still helping her?

You think we still have a choice? Hey Ting'er, you're too naive and think things are too simple. If we hesitate even for a moment and don't cooperate with her, we can only wait to be silenced!

If you agree, there's still a glimmer of hope. I doubt she'll be so ruthless; she might even remember our kindness in helping her and grant you the title of concubine.

So no matter what, Gu Lingxi must die, otherwise neither of us will have a place to stand.

Gu Lingxi will probably die without ever knowing who harmed her. Therefore, if Ting'er ever enters the Li Prince's mansion, she must remember not to become his enemy.

After hearing these words, Gu Yuting felt a little relieved. Fortunately, she had not offended Gongsun Ruier. Otherwise, with Gongsun Ruier's methods or any force behind her, killing her would have been a piece of cake. She picked up her teacup and drank it in big gulps to calm her lingering fear.

Watching the two of them drink the spiked tea, Gu Lingxi curled her lips. She had really learned something new. The word "innocent" was an insult to the word "innocent" for two such venomous creatures.

Looking at the porcelain bottle, only three-fifths of the poison remained. "Hmph, you two got off easy," she thought. She didn't even know if such a small amount could kill someone; her main objective was to sow discord. Since this poison came from that Miss Gongsun, she wanted to see if their alliance would remain so strong after being poisoned.

Gongsun Rui? Very well, if I don't personally strangle you, you white lotus flower, I'm not Gu Lingxi. You can just stay home and wait. After dealing with the venomous mother and daughter at home, I'll deal with the little vixen outside. And that Prince Li, whom I've never even met, has inexplicably attracted a whole bunch of rotten romantic entanglements. What a troublemaker! I cursed them all in my mind.

Gently covering the roof tiles, Gu Lingxi silently slipped into the side courtyard. This should be where Wanxiang lived. Huaying had told her that Wanxiang had bullied the two of them, mistress and servant, quite a bit in the past. She had pulled their hair, deliberately pushed Huaying down, put scorpions on Huaying's clothes, and even forcibly stolen the original owner's jewelry and clothes.

She listened to Huaying's rambling all afternoon, which gave her a terrible headache, and she kept despising the original owner's cowardice.

With such a doting brother and mother, she never complained but only tolerated everything. And her general father seemed quite nice, even though she hadn't spoken much to him. But with her keen intuition, she sensed that this father truly loved the original owner. Moreover, she was the legitimate daughter. She truly didn't understand why, with so many advantages, the original owner lived such a pathetic life; it was simply speechless. In the end, she even died from her cowardice.

Sigh! If it were her, I wouldn't care whether the software or hardware was complete or not. Even if it wasn't, if she fell into Gu Lingxi's hands, I would make her cry for her parents, which would be a disservice to my precious little heart!

This Wanxiang is an accomplice to evil, a wicked servant who bullies her master. If she doesn't punish her, she'll be doing a disservice to her calloused ears. Thinking of Huaying, who'd been nagging all afternoon, she shuddered. Once she gets to know this girl, she never stops. Sigh, have I spoiled her too much? Oh well, why bother arguing? It's my own girl, who else would I spoil if not her?

He reached Wanxiang's bedside, swiftly pressed her pressure point to put her to sleep, and without any hesitation, pinched Wanxiang's mouth shut, pouring all the remaining poison from the jade bottle into her mouth.

Hmph, you got off too easily, dying so easily. You and your servant deserve to die a thousand deaths to appease the original owner. You'll have to apologize to the original owner yourself after you reunite in the underworld!