Quick Transmigration: The Green Tea Mistress's Guide to Seduction - A Master's Handbook

At this moment, Qin Shenzhi seemed to have completely forgotten that he was the one who asked Xie Qingyu whether she wanted to stay in the Marquis's mansion or go back to her parents' home.

He immediately said, "How could Minister Xie possibly remember you, his daughter? When the Marquis's mansion was in trouble, he stood by and watched without any intention of getting involved, and he didn't think of you at all."

This happened during the morning court session.

When Qin Shenzhi noticed it, he only muttered "old fox" to himself.

After all, even someone like Prime Minister Wang could become somewhat irrational for the sake of his daughter, while the Minister of Rites remained completely unaffected.

At that time, Qin Shenzhi only had one thought that flashed through his mind, but now he said it out loud in front of Xie Qingyu.

People often say things they are unaware of when they are in a hurry.

Qin Shenzhi was even more extreme.

He even leaned forward, getting close to Xie Qingyu who was sitting on the quilt, wanting to see clearly what she was thinking.

Xie Qingyu used one hand to support her body backward and the other hand to block Qin Shenzhi from getting closer.

After all, you can feel the low morale emanating from Qin Shenzhi without even looking at him.

Xie Qingyu cleared her throat, her tone carrying her usual feigned composure, "Let me think about it."

There was a three-second silence in the room.

Then Qin Shenzhi spoke up, "Have you thought it through?"

Xie Qingyu stared at him in disbelief, only to realize that he was asking seriously.

"I haven't thought about it yet!"

"Then hurry up."

"Can my word count?"

Qin Shenzhi paused for a moment as if he had suddenly realized something, and the oppressive atmosphere around him slowly dissipated. He slightly curled his lips and said, "It doesn't count."

After Qin Shenzhi finished speaking, he stood up and looked down at Xie Qingyu, "You can think about it again, but the final outcome is uncertain."

Xie Qingyu sat there watching Qin Shenzhi leave in a good mood, even thoughtfully telling her to rest well and that he would come back in an hour.

Although the conditions were simple, these two quilts were really soft.

Xie Qingyu, who barely slept the night before, can finally lie here and get some proper rest.

Qin Shenzhi, however, went directly to the interrogation cell next door.

Looking at the person tied to the rack in the middle of the cell, Qin Shenzhi remained expressionless.

However, Gu Qinglian, who was tied up, saw Qin Shenzhi as if she had seen a lifeline and immediately began to struggle.

"Second cousin! I'm innocent! I don't know anything! Please tell them to let me go!" Gu Qinglian cried her heart out.

The nails on two of her fingers have been pulled out, and the pain is unbearable.

Qin Shenzhi first picked up the statement written down by the person recording it and looked at it. As he thought, there was almost nothing useful in the statement.

Gu Qinglian was still somewhat wary.

Qin Shenzhi waved for the interrogators to leave, leaving only himself inside.

Gu Qinglian watched those people leave, her expression agitated. "Second cousin, second cousin, save me!"

Qin Shenzhi slowly approached her, "Cousin, what happened to you? It's really quite a tragic situation. I want to help you, but I'm powerless to do so."

Gu Qinglian's expression became noticeably excited when she heard the first half of Qin Shen's words, but when she heard the latter part, her expression turned as if she had been doused with cold water.

That's right, Qin Shenzhi now is not yet the future close minister of the emperor and commander of the Imperial Guard, so his words don't carry that much weight yet.

She just really didn't want to be tortured anymore. For some reason, these people seemed to believe that she had a relationship with Qin Lingrong.

"We haven't been able to find anything out about my elder brother's matter for a long time, and His Majesty is already dissatisfied with me..." Qin Shenzhi said while looking at Gu Qinglian's expression.

As expected, Gu Qinglian paused for a moment after listening, then suddenly spoke, "I do know a little about my elder brother's affairs..."

Qin Shenzhi's eyes flickered. "What does my cousin mean?"

Gu Qinglian lowered her eyes as if she had made up her mind, and spoke, "The Cold Food Powder for my elder brother and the others was a prescription given by a high monk from Baiyun Temple."

Gu Qinglian's opening remarks were a bombshell.

Qin Shenzhi's gaze was fixed on Gu Qinglian's face, observing her expression.

This news was just received by Qin Shenzhi this morning. It took a lot of manpower to find out, and there is absolutely no way that Gu Qinglian, who is in prison, knows about it.

Even those people didn't know who made Hanshi San (Cold Food Powder).

Gu Qinglian blurted it out without hesitation.

"And the first two girls they defiled, they didn't manage to commit suicide properly, but the second girl survived after being thrown into a mass grave and is now living in Daqing Village outside the city," Gu Qinglian added.

This is information that Qin Shenzhi could not find.

"Is this girl married now?" Qin Shenzhi chose the least defensive question to ask, trying to get information out of Gu Qinglian step by step.

Whether it was because the interrogation she had just experienced was too painful and made Gu Qinglian eager to get rid of it, or because she trusted Qin Shenzhi, under Qin Shenzhi's guidance, she kept revealing what she knew.

Qin Shenzhi remained calm and composed, acting as a good listener and guiding the conversation with questions, without interrupting Gu Qinglian's story.

Through Gu Qinglian's answers, Qin Shenzhi gradually pieced together the whole story.

Although Gu Qinglian concealed some issues quite obviously, it is not difficult to see from the angle and details of her account that she must have been Qin Lingrong's concubine.

Qin Shenzhi didn't even know if this guess was correct, but Gu Qinglian's behavior from the beginning made people unable to help but speculate, and now it was almost certain—she seemed to have lived two lives.

Qin Shenzhi could deduce that in her previous life, Qin Lingrong had acted in the same way, and that Gu Qinglian, as Qin Lingrong's concubine, must have been taken by Qin Lingrong to be played with by others in the same way.

For this very reason, Gu Qinglian desperately wanted to avoid becoming Qin Lingrong's concubine in this lifetime.

Moreover, her words seemed to indicate that she already knew Qin Shenzhi was not as he appeared in the Marquis's mansion, and that he would become a person of high status in the future, which was why Gu Qinglian kept trying to curry favor with him.

But these are not the most important things. Qin Shenzhi even deduced from Gu Qinglian's words that Qin Lingrong in his previous life had the same thoughts about Xie Qingyu.

The difference is that the idea came much later. By then, Gu Qinglian had already been trained by them, to the point that she took the initiative to help them bring Xie Qingyu to the temple under the guise of worshipping Buddha. Xie Qingyu then directly hit her head against the wall and died.

The veins on the back of Qin Shenzhi's hand bulged, and he even felt murderous intent as he looked at Gu Qinglian in front of him.

He didn't expect that.

How dare she? Qin Shenzhi didn't know why he hadn't made a move in his previous life.

Qin Shenzhi gave Gu Qinglian a deep look before striding out of the room.

He was afraid that if he lingered for even a second longer, he wouldn't be able to hold back.

After Qin Shenzhi came out, he pushed open the door of the interrogation cell next to him without stopping.