The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 107

Seeing Su Qingyuan like that, Ning Siyao felt as if she was getting struck by lighting.

It was as if she'd already predicted what had happened that night, and that it wasn't as simple as it appeared on the surface.

In the end, the bitter fruit planted by oneself, still needed to be repaid.

Just as the line: 'Heaven sins, yet can live; self sins, cannot live.'*

Perhaps, is referring to people like Ning Siyao.

(*T/N: Originally comes from the Classic of History, Shangshu, by Confucius; however, the author seemed to have written one of the character wrongs, unsure if intentional or not. The intended meaning I'm fairly sure is the same though. Instead of 'live', in the original, it's the word 'avoid' in the first part. It means along the lines of, you can avoid natural disasters brought by heaven, but you can't escape from disasters brought about by yourself.)

Su Qingyuan's scream spread to every corner of the courtyard. When Chai Yiyun arrived at Su Qingwen's room, she found Su Qingwen lying on the bed, that appearance looked very pitiful.

"Wenwen, what's wrong?" Chai Yiyun walked up next to Su Qingwen and worryingly asked, even pulling her into her arms. That appearance certainly looked like a good mother.

"Mother, just what do you think is wrong with big sister?" Su Qingwen carefully asked as she hugged Chai Yiyun. "Big sister seemed to have changed into another person."

Chai Yiyun didn't know just what was wrong with Su Qingyuan either, or rather what Ning Siyao had done, but this matter seemed to have exceeded their expectations. Perhaps, none of them were able to bear the consequences.

"Wenwen, don't worry. You have mother here, I won't let you be harmed." Chai Yiyun patted Su Qingwen's back as she spoke in a soft voice.

Now that Su Yun's returned, she needed to think of other ways to deal with Su Qingyan. But just what ways can she deal with Su Qingyan?

Chai Yiyun suddenly thought of a person she could use, and that was Su Ming's concubine. That concubine, called Ye Jiqing, has a son. But this son was ignorant and incompetent; eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling*, not one he didn't touch. And Ye Jiqing would always not be able to do anything about this son.

(*T/N: An alternative or simplified translation of this idiom would be 'to live a life of debauchery'.)

If she can use Ye Jiqing to deal with Su Qingyan, then perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea. She had heard that Ye Jiqing was skilled with incenses. If she wanted to use this kind of method to harm someone, for the most part it should be feasible.

At that time, Su Qingyan will die unknowingly, and no one will know it was them who did it either. And if that doesn't work, then she'll just push out Ye Jiqing. Either way, it won't have anything to do with her; she can just sit and reap the rewards.

"Mother, I really think fourth sister is too scary." Su Qingwen mumbled while hugging Chai Yiyun.

"Silly child, you're the future Empress, what are you worried about? Mother will protect you." Chai Yiyun said as she tightly held on to Su Qingwen, hoping to give her a bit of warmth.

Su Qingwen's mood gradually was eased by Chai Yiyun. When she looked to Chai Yiyun, she spoke with a smile, "Mother, your daughter thanks you for your concern."

Chai Yiyun looked to Su Qingwen and endearingly held her hand, "Silly child, what nonsense are you saying. These are all things mother ought to do for you."

Looking at Su Qingwen's appearance, Chai Yiyun's heart ached the more she thought about it. But she didn't know what to do right now either. Furthermore, the situation's development seems to be increasingly exceeding her expectations.

When Chai Yiyun returned to her yard, her servant Meixue told her an interesting piece of information as a joke.

That was, the storyteller said: 'Recently, there's a noble family's daughter that became a prostitute that slept with a thousand men. Some say this was of this noble family's miss's own accord; some also say whoever's family ends up with this kind of a daughter would be considered a rather disgraceful* thing.'