The Mute Wife Who Brings Prosperity-Chapter 644 - 607: Exile (First Update)
Lu Pingzhou, upon hearing this, let out an ambiguous "oh" and looked at Su Yi, "So, you mean to say I have wronged you two?"
"I dare not."
"I dare not."
Both of them spoke almost in unison, then looked at each other. Qi Hai quickly lowered his head, and Su Yi also withdrew her gaze, but her face still retained a look of terror, especially when Lu Pingzhou looked in her direction. Su Yi felt even more terrified, as if those eyes could devour her whole at any moment.
Lu Pingzhou remained silent for a long time, tapping his fingers on the zitan stone table. The sound made the two with guilty consciences feel uneasy, with cold sweat continuously forming on their backs.
Su Yi couldn’t help but look up. The man’s face was stern, devoid of any warmth. It seemed as though he was contemplating how to deal with her.
Whenever he showed such an expression, it always frightened Su Yi to her core, causing her calves to shake. But she still bit her lip tightly.
She must not admit it, absolutely must not, otherwise she would have no way out.
Having already lost her maternal family, the marriage granted by the Empress Dowager was her last shield. As long as she didn’t confess, Lu Pingzhou wouldn’t dare to dismiss her. Even if it was in name only, she was still the heir’s wife of this mansion, the master whom the servants had to respect and look up to. Once she lost her title, she would be worse off than a street beggar.
Thinking of this, Su Yi took a deep breath. As long as Lu Pingzhou didn’t bring it up, she would pretend to be ignorant. Anyway, she hadn’t officially met those women. At worst, let Qi Hai be the scapegoat.
This psychological battle dragged on for some time, and just when Qi Hai was about to give in, Lu Pingzhou finally spoke, "This farce has helped the Lu Family find their granddaughter who had been lost for years. You two have done a commendable service. Madam has been busy these past days and must be exhausted. So, I’ll have a manor in Suzhou arranged for you. After the New Year, you’ll be sent there to recuperate."
Su Yi’s vision went dark. Suzhou was a barren land, sending her there was no different than exile. To let her live out her days in such a place alone, it would be better if they ended her life right now.
But she didn’t want to die!
Su Yi immediately burst into tears, no longer able to hold back. She knelt before Lu Pingzhou, "Master, I beg you, let me go to the villa in the suburb, as long as I don’t have to go to Suzhou?"
Lu Pingzhou picked up his teacup and took a light sip.
Seeing that the man was unmoved, Su Yi cried even louder, "I was bestowed upon you by the late Empress Dowager. What you’re doing is akin to discarding a wife. Even if you’re displeased, you should think of the Lu Family, of Brother Bin and Qiao. If I go to Suzhou, and if Aunt Wen cannot be straightened out, how will Qiao fare in the Yongding Marquis Mansion without a legitimate mother to back her up?"
Lu Pingzhou’s eyes grew darker, and he then sneered, "You do know how to consider yourself important."
Su Yi paused her crying, "Master..."
"The matter of going to Suzhou will not change. Make the best out of it."
After saying this, Lu Pingzhou stood up and strode out.
Su Yi collapsed weakly on the floor, her eyes filled with despair.
Seeing this, Qi Hai said, compassionately, "Madam, if not, please let me accompany you to Suzhou?"
Hearing his voice, Su Yi stood up, her eyes red with anger, and kicked Qi Hai’s face hard, "Useless! I ask you to do one thing, and this is how you do it?"
Qi Hai groaned in pain, not even uttering a word before Su Yi kicked him twice more in a vital spot, crying and scolding, "Useless wretch, it’s all your fault, you ruined me, you ruined me, give me back my chastity..."
Originally, the plan was to use this incident to ensure that vile Zhao Xunyin could never rise again, but unexpectedly, they backfired, and the Lu Family found their genuine granddaughter, leaving her with the fate of being exiled to Suzhou.
At this moment, Su Yi regretted so deeply that her intestines turned blue. She only hated that when she drugged Zhao Xunyin back then, she wasn’t more ruthless and killed her outright; otherwise, how would there have been all these troubles later?
Qi Hai had already been incapacitated with drugs by Lu Pingzhou’s order before. Now being kicked again, he was curled up on the ground for half a day, unable to make a sound from the pain.
The two maidservants outside heard Su Yi’s voice and were scared out of their wits, yet didn’t dare to enter. They could only pretend to know nothing, continuing to act like wooden posts, but inside, they were already stirred by huge waves of shock.
The heir’s wife was so bold to have dared to blatantly cheat on the Young Master. No wonder she was to be exiled to Suzhou. Had it not been for the marriage bestowed by the Empress Dowager, she might have been killed, and that would have been a light punishment.
