Favoring the concubine and killing the wife? She divorced the concubine and lived with her concubine

Su Ze's face was full of tenderness, but when he heard the voice outside, his expression instantly turned cold. He frowned, but still whispered to Xiao Lan, "Would you like some tea?"

Xiao Lan raised her head and turned away in an instant, wiping away the tears that were still on her face with her hands without hesitation.

"Go down, I'll stay by myself for a while."

Su Ze naturally didn't want to do that. He was about to say something when the curtain was lifted.

"Sister Xiao, I'm sorry for being frightened. Let's have a drink. My cousin is a man after all, and he's not as careful as me. How about I take care of you?"

Pan Yingqiu actually brought a tray of tea into this chaotic place. She had prepared the tea in their carriage earlier.

"It's only warm now, but a drink will make you feel better."

Although they were far away when they were attacked just now, for safety reasons, Su Ze still asked the coachman and servant to take Pan Yingqiu to the woods to hide.

Pan Yingqiu ignored the maid's urging and stole closer to Su Ze. She watched him draw his bow and shoot an arrow, his face filled with worry and murderous intent. How could she not be moved by that look?

She just stared at it in fascination, imagining that all of Su Ze's emotions were caused by her, and that the murderous intent in every arrow was caused by the danger she was in... rather than the clumsy, incompetent, and helpless Xiao Lan on the road.

"Hey? Let me drink!" Fang Qingqing came back at some point, climbed onto the carriage, picked up the teapot and took a sip. "I'm a woman too, and I'm careful too, so you don't have to worry about it."

The carriage for four people was really cramped. Su Ze felt relieved when he saw Fang Qingqing coming back to accompany Xiao Lan.

"I'll go see if there's anything wrong with the carriage. I'll leave when Liu Hu comes back." Su Ze looked at Xiao Lan, but Xiao Lan didn't respond.

Fang Qingqing nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, okay, let's go quickly, it's not safe here!"

Su Ze looked at Xiao Lan deeply again and got off the carriage.

"You come down too."

"Yes, cousin." Pan Yingqiu left the tea tray. "Sister Xiao, I'll come see you later."

Finally, Fang Qingqing and Xiao Lan were the only ones left in the carriage. Xiao Lan finally turned around, her face full of tear marks, and her lips pouting as if she was acting coquettishly.

"I feel like life is so hard." She finally said what she had been holding back. "I want to go home. I want to take a bath. I don't want to suffer here. I'm in so much pain... I want to go to the hospital for a check-up to see if any bones are broken... My hair has been pulled out..." She reached out and touched the stinging spot on her head again, and felt out the fishy and sticky stuff to show Fang Qingqing.

As she spoke, tears began to flow uncontrollably. Fang Qingqing was instantly moved by her. Although she appeared relaxed, she had been terrified in the carriage just now. Her heart was pounding with anxiety when she saw Xiao Lan being pulled out of the carriage, but she was also frightened by the large knife outside the carriage. There was nothing they could do except scream and wail.

Xiao Lan rarely showed weakness in front of Fang Qingqing; she was used to holding her own. Especially since Fang Qingqing was much younger than her and always giggled like a little girl, she'd always been used to being the older sister. But no good older sister could handle such a dangerous situation. She still couldn't adapt to the cruelty and gore of the place, the constant brandishing of swords and knives. The helplessness and fear she felt in such scenes were truly draining.

"I'm all bald. It's so hard to grow some hair at this age..." Fang Qingqing curled her lips, her eyes turned red, and tears as big as beans fell down.

The two sisters in the carriage were crying together, and they didn't notice that Su Ze, who had sent Pan Yingqiu back to the carriage, was checking the wheels of the carriage outside and heard everything they said.

Although he felt it was inappropriate, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. It turned out that Xiao Lan could also cry out in pain.

He squatted beside the wheel, touched the knife mark with his hand, and wondered if he could continue to move forward.

"That should be fine. I'll drive and protect your good cousin."

Liu Hu said in a muffled voice that he didn't find a horse and didn't dare to leave for too long, so he came back empty-handed.

Su Ze stood up, dusted off his hands, and brushed off his long gown. "If you're still hiding something, it's best to tell her as soon as possible. Don't lose your judgment and hurt her."

"Didn't you notice it either?" He knew that this was his fault. If he hadn't been imagining things, they wouldn't be so passive. But he still insisted, not wanting Su Ze to scold him.

"But you found out." Su Ze said coldly, glancing at the blood-soaked bandage on Liu Hu's arm. "If we had been prepared, this might not have happened."

Liu Hu knew that Xiao Lan must have told Su Ze about his stupidity. He felt embarrassed for a moment and said angrily, "None of your business!"

"Do you know that your brother is following the third prince?" Su Ze suddenly asked.

Liu Hu was stunned by his question and retorted, "We were recommended by the Third Prince to join the army. What? Can't we do that? Are you afraid of my powerful backing?"

"The reason Liu Yu asked you to be a bandit is so that you can use the name of a bandit to eliminate those who oppose the Third Prince."

"..." Liu Hu's expression showed that he had no idea about this matter, and Su Ze could see it.

"You are responsible for so many lives. Now that the truth has been revealed, you will be the scapegoat. If you are still involved with him, I am afraid that Xiao Lan will be implicated for no reason in the future." Su Ze said in a deep voice.

Before Liu Hu could answer, Su Ze had already walked towards the person behind him.

"Thank you, Lord Su, for your help!" Old Yu supported Li Si and walked to the two of them, staggering and bowing.

"No need to be so polite. Brother Li Si, you should get in the car and rest. It's not convenient to stay here for long. It's best to get on the road as soon as possible." Su Zexu gave him a hand.

"Yes, we'll ask the young master and young lady to move the carriage. We'll go slowly and we should be able to reach the inn by nightfall." Old Yu said as he looked at Xin'er and Jiye who were climbing down from the carriage.

"Ask Mother Xu to take the children in our car. The wheels are damaged. It will be unsafe if they bear too much weight." Su Ze pointed at the wheel, but saw that Liu Hu had already come over with Xin'er and Jiye, followed by Mother Xu and Xiaobai.

Mother Xu was still in shock and refused to leave Xiao Lan, insisting she would take Xin'er with her. Xiao Bai agreed to ride in Su Ze's carriage with Sun Jiye. Fang Qingqing, fearing Pan Yingqiu would embarrass them, volunteered to take on the task.

She pulled Sun Jiye along and boarded Xiao Lan's carriage. This carriage was the one that Su's parents rode in. It was quite large and comfortable to sit in.

Old Yu and Liu Hu buried the two murdered grooms hastily and shallowly, waiting to return and bury them again.

Su Ze carefully looked at the masked man's clothes and weapons, but had no clues, so he could only drag the man to the side of the road.

This was still the southern part of the city, and it was impossible for him to go back and ignore Xiao Lan. So he planned to wait until he got to the inn, and asked the servant to buy a fast horse to go back to the south city, and let Xue Wu deal with it first.

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Cui You opened the small secret letter in his hand and curled his lips after reading it. "It's quite interesting. There are quite a few people here."