Chapter 249: Where is Divine Doctor Su from in the Great Zhou?

Lady Liu’s expression changed drastically. The glaring white light streamed through the lattice window and fell on her face, making her complexion deathly pale. Her pupils were filled with panic as she exclaimed, “What should we do? Gu Huaizhi is in Xiliang, and he’s even in the imperial palace. What if they meet? What will happen then?”

Her hands trembled as she desperately clutched Qin Yang’s hands, as though holding onto a life-saving straw. “You can’t just stand by! If the prince learns the truth, you’ll be done for too!”

Qin Yang’s brows furrowed tightly, his expression filled with loathing toward Lady Liu.

If this matter didn’t implicate him as well, Qin Yang wouldn’t have wanted to get involved at all.

“Don’t panic, I’ll think of a way.”

Ever since lying and deceiving Gu Qingsong, Qin Yang had begun to regret his actions.

Lady Liu had claimed they were even, but the mistake had already been made. Betraying Gu Qingsong’s trust again would only compound the error. By now, he had long fallen into the web woven by Lady Liu, with no way out.

How could there be any talk of being “even”?

If, in the beginning, he had confessed to Gu Qingsong and sought forgiveness, perhaps he wouldn’t have ended up in this predicament, caught between a rock and a hard place.

And who was Lady Liu? A master manipulator.

Seeing Qin Yang lost in thought, she immediately sensed that something was wrong.

“Don’t think you can walk away now, Qin Yang. From the day you slept with me, there was no turning back for you. If we live, we live together; if we die…” Lady Liu’s face twisted with hatred as she gritted her teeth and said, “Even if I go to hell, I’ll drag you down with me!”

Qin Yang’s expression darkened. Back then, he had risked his life alongside Gu Qingsong, even taking a blade for him, saving Gu Qingsong’s life. They had trusted each other enough to entrust their lives to the other’s protection.

But one night, drunk and stumbling back to the estate, he went straight to his wife’s courtyard. Seeing someone lying in bed, their back facing the outside, he climbed onto the bed, embraced the person, and pressed them beneath him as he fell asleep.

The person beneath him had been struggling the entire time, but his drunkenness made him think it added to the excitement, so he became even more forceful.

Halfway through, it seemed the person beneath him was crying. The slight clarity brought on by the sound sobered him up a little. He turned the person over, only to see Lady Liu’s tear-streaked face. The sight frightened Qin Yang so much that he fell off the bed.

Upon questioning, he learned that Lady Liu had come to his wife’s quarters to learn embroidery. Feeling unwell, she had lain down on the bed to rest.

When Qin Yang sobered up, Lady Liu, trembling, put her clothes back on and said through her tears, “I’ll pretend this never happened today. But if word gets out, I’ll hang myself with a rope immediately. And you can forget about being brothers with Gu Qingsong ever again.”

Qin Yang was flustered and panicked. After Lady Liu left, he vented his anger on his wife, Lady Qian. He wanted to confess to Gu Qingsong, but Lady Qian knelt on the ground, crying and begging him.

“Husband, even if you don’t think of me, you must think of the children. If it were anything else, Gu Qingsong might forgive you. But sleeping with his woman? That’s a humiliation he cannot bear. In his rage, he might kill you with a single sword strike. What will become of us then-me and the children?”

Qin Yang, blinded by his own folly, chose to keep it a secret and gradually buried it deep in his heart.

When Gu Qingsong later asked him to go to the Great Zhou to find someone, Qin Yang, driven by guilt, was determined to fulfill the task for Gu Qingsong. However, just as he was about to proceed, Lady Liu came looking for him, and he made the same mistake once again.

Seeing Qin Yang’s face alternating between pale and livid, yet remaining silent, Lady Liu began to panic. “Qin Yang, do you really have a death wish? If it were just that you slept with me, Gu Qingsong might have forgiven you. But you deceived him, and his wife and child died because of it, leaving him separated from his family all these years. Do you think he’ll still forgive you?”

Qin Yang’s expression shifted drastically. “Then what do you suggest? He’s already arrived in Xiliang.”

“Then make the lie a reality,” Lady Liu said, a ruthless glint flashing in her eyes.