The transmigrated wife is crazy and ruthless.

Chapter 98 I'll treat you to steamed buns

After Yun Feiyang left, Qi Yuxuan sat alone in his study, deep in thought.

He remembered the Tao family jade plaque that his father had mentioned in the note.

However, during the last sword and zither competition, he took back Qiu Ziyue's jade flute, while Qiu Ziyue took the jade pendant.

"The martial arts competition is over. Shouldn't we return that jade flute to the female demon? The jade token originally belonged to her, so let's just leave it as it is."

Qi Yuxuan muttered to himself, then got up and went to the hidden compartment of the bookshelf to find the jade flute.

Qi Yuxuan carefully and gently turned a button on the bookshelf. With a soft "click," part of the bookshelf slowly moved aside, revealing a hidden compartment.

Qi Yuxuan held his breath and reached into the hidden compartment.

However, when he reached in, he found it empty except for a small note.

Qi Yuxuan felt a pang of disappointment. He took out the note, unfolded it, and saw a line of neat handwriting written on it:

Qi Da Bingkuai:

The jade flute has been taken! Don't worry, thank you for keeping it safe for me during this time.

Oh, by the way, if you want the storage fee, I'll pay you back later.

However, I don't have any money. How about this, I'll treat you to ten big steamed buns when I have time. Just go to the steamed bun shop in the east of the city, and the waiter there will give you a basket. I've already agreed!

Goodbye, no, goodbye forever!

— Qiu Ziyue

After reading the note, Qi Yuxuan felt a surge of speechless anger welling up inside him.

He crumpled the note into a ball, threw it on the ground, and shouted, "Qiu Ziyue, you're being completely unreasonable! Who wants to eat meat buns?"

Qi Yuxuan felt he had been tricked again, so he shouted loudly, "Xiao Mei, Xiao Mei!"

But there was no response.

A moment later, another unfamiliar maid entered.

Qi Yuxuan frowned and asked the maid in a low voice, "Where did Xiaomei go? I haven't seen her all day. Make me a cup of tea."

The maid bowed her head respectfully and replied, "Reporting to the young master, Miss Xiaomei has already left the mansion. It is said that she has important matters to attend to."

Qi Yuxuan's heart sank. Ever since Qi Yushuang's poison was cured, Xiaomei had never appeared in front of him again.

A moment later, the maidservant carefully handed a steaming cup of tea to Qi Yuxuan.

"Young master, please have some tea."

Qi Yuxuan took the teacup, but felt a void in his heart. The tea still tasted mellow, but it lacked that familiar warmth.

He couldn't help but recall the scene when Qiu Ziyue disguised herself as Xiaomei and was by his side. Although she was ugly, her thoughtfulness, consideration, and gentle smile were all so clear and distant.

"You go down."

Qi Yuxuan waved his hand, signaling the maid to leave.

He sat at his desk, but his gaze remained fixed on the moonlight outside the window.

The study was quiet, broken only by the occasional chirping of insects outside the window.

He stood up, walked to the window, gazed at the moonlight outside, and wondered to himself, "Xiaomei, where have you gone?"

Since reading the note his father wrote to him, Qi Yuxuan has become more dependent on Qiu Ziyue.

But he knew that once Xiaomei left, she might never come back.

Especially recently, he has done many excessive things. He has deviated from the norm of a gentleman, doing things like choking Qiu Ziyue, calling her a female demon, and showing a hint of anger, all of which would chill that woman's heart.

What she didn't know was that Qiu Ziyue decided to leave completely after seeing Qi Yushuang nestled in his arms.

After returning to Luming Tower from the Qi residence, Qiu Ziyue changed out of Xiaomei's clothes and reverted to her original appearance.

She recounted the process of detoxifying Qi Yushuang to her three senior brothers.

"Junior sister, do we still need to go to court with Zhao Wanqing?" Qiu Langyu asked.

Qiu Ziyue said calmly, "There are so many disputes, but justice and truth reside in people's hearts. Why bother arguing about so many right and wrong issues? Let her be."

Qiu Wentian asked his junior sister what she planned to do in the future.

Qiu Ziyue sighed and continued, "Let's see what my godfather says. If there's nothing else, the Qin-Sword Competition is over, and it would be best if we could go back to the Valley of Passion."

"Then why don't you marry that Qi Mu Tou?" Qiu Wenfeng said.

"Forget it, forget it, this is pointless. I'm not playing anymore. Let him marry Qi Yushuang. Why make things difficult for her?"

"I'll write a letter to my godfather later. We don't need to ask for that imperial decree anymore. Let's just go back to the Valley of Passion," Qiu Ziyue added.

"Then what about Zhao Wanqing, junior sister?" Qiu Langyu asked.

"Oh right, we also need to take care of these odds and ends. Let's take a look together in a bit."

Next, Qiu Ziyue, disguised as a woman in black, went to the confinement room with her three senior brothers. She gave Zhao Wanqing the antidote for the muscle-softening powder, but then gave her a poison—the face-aging pill.

Although this poison is temporarily painless and harmless to those who ingest it, it will cause premature aging over time, and then Zhao Wanqing was released.

Qiu Ziyue made this move to control Zhao Wanqing and prevent her from causing trouble again after returning home.

Zhao Wanqing returned to her residence looking dejected.

Zhao Wanqing took a bath first. Although she had suffered some humiliation, she was still glad that she was alive.

But she hated Lu Yuanchangming and Qiu Ziyue to the core.

"Hahaha, that's great! I love him but he doesn't love me. What's wrong with me? Why doesn't he like me..." Zhao Wanqing laughed as she took a bath.

The maid who was heating water for Zhao Wanqing's bath was terrified and accidentally added too much cold water. The maid thought that their Miss Zhao had lost her mind after returning home.

"How could you do this job? Men, drag him out and beat him to death with sticks!"

Zhao Wanqing was unhappy, so she directly made fun of the person.

"How is Qiu Ziyue doing lately? That witch is full of tricks. Someone, come here!" Zhao Wanqing gave another order after taking a bath.

"What are your orders, Miss?" the servant asked.

"Where has my Xiao Wan gone? Call her here," Zhao Wanqing commanded.

“Miss, Xiao Wan followed you to your appointment that day and never came back,” the servant said.

Zhao Wanqing said angrily, "What? This little Wan ran home, and still met with misfortune?"

As Zhao Wanqing lay in bed, she thought of Qiu Ziyue. The name Qiu Ziyue was like a thorn, deeply embedded in her heart.

So Zhao Wanqing wrote a letter to her godfather.

It is said that Zhao Wanqing's adoptive father, Yang Fugong, was originally a eunuch. Because of his merit in supporting Emperor Zhaozong's ascension to the throne, he was appointed as the General of the Golden Guard.

Ever since he took a liking to Zhao Wanqing, he wanted to take her as his concubine.

Zhao Wanqing was cunning and scheming. She wanted to feign agreement to delay the process so that she could take advantage of Yang Fugong's power to bully others.

Yang Fugong was not unaware of Zhao Wanqing's intentions, but he pretended to be confused and usually doted on Zhao Wanqing as her godfather, treating her as his own daughter.

After receiving the secret letter, Yang Fugong's face turned unusually gloomy.

"This Qiu Ziyue actually dared to hurt Wanqing and block her way!" Yang Fugong said angrily.

He knew all too well what Zhao Wanqing had gone through in the sword and zither duel, and his heart was already filled with anger towards Qiu Ziyue.

Yang Fugong immediately summoned his trusted generals and ordered, "Go, relay my orders: assemble an elite force, find the Valley of Passion, and destroy it completely!"

The generals looked at each other, but soon understood Yang Fugong's determination.

They responded in unison, "Yes, sir!"

To be continued in the next chapter.