Mo Lingxi: "...I can do many things, I won't just stand there."
Tao Lengshuang chuckled upon hearing this, "May I ask Prince Mingrui, what things can you do?"
Mo Lingxi counted on his fingers the things he could do, which made Tao Lengshuang and Madam Sheng laugh incessantly.
After everyone had rested, they took a carriage back to the Eastern Capital. On the way, Tao Lengshuang pondered how to plan the mountain and what crops to plant.
Just thinking about it made her excited.
From now on, she too would be a landlady with her own land and mountains. She believed that the future days would be even better.
As soon as they returned to the entrance of the courtyard and got off the carriage, Tao Lengshuang heard a familiar yet crazed roar.
"Tao Lengshuang!"
Tao Lengshuang turned her head and saw Sheng Li, thin and standing not far away. She was quite surprised but reacted quickly, ordering the hidden guards to seize her: "Catch her!"
"Tao Lengshuang, if you dare to arrest me, I'll blow this place up!" Sheng Li threw open her outer garment, revealing gunpowder all over her body. She frantically lit a fire starter.
Tao Lengshuang quickly told the hidden guards to stop. Then, she, Madam Sheng, and Xiao Feng were shielded behind Mo Lingxi.
Sheng Li laughed maniacally, "Hahaha~~ Look, look, you are all afraid of death, all of you are afraid of death. I am not afraid of death, and I will drag you all to die with me."
Tao Lengshuang's eyes darkened slightly, and she said calmly, "You are not afraid of death? Are you sure? If you really ignite the gunpowder, you will be blown into countless pieces, and not even a complete corpse can be pieced together."
"More importantly, after you die, you won't be able to enjoy a good life. Think about those honorable good days... Light it, light it, I'll wait for you to ignite the gunpowder. It would be best if you blew us all up."
Sheng Li's hands trembled several times. She swallowed with fear, her hand holding the fire starter shaking, "You... Tao Lengshuang, I'm telling you, if you don't do as I say today, I will ignite the gunpowder and perish with you."
Yes, yes, she couldn't die, absolutely couldn't die. Once she died, she wouldn't be able to continue enjoying the honorable good days, nor would she be able to step on Tao Lengshuang.
Tao Lengshuang guessed, "What do you want me to do?"
Sheng Li roared, "Cure me, cure me, you must cure me!"
Tao Lengshuang looked carefully at Sheng Li's sickly and haggard face and smiled knowingly, "Your condition is very serious. No wonder you would risk danger to come find me for treatment."
From Sheng Li's appearance alone, it was clear she was already beyond saving.
The scythe of death seemed to be constantly at Sheng Li's neck, facing death at any moment, making her extremely fearful, "Cure me, cure me, you must cure me!"
Her tone shifted from commanding to pleading.
Tao Lengshuang chuckled, "If you want me to treat you, what benefits can you give me?"
Sheng Li's pupils dilated, and she looked around frantically, "I know many things, I know a lot, a lot of things. I can tell you everything, as long as you help me cure my illness."
Tao Lengshuang crossed her arms leisurely, "I don't want to know many things, and what I want to know, you might not know. For example, you don't know who helped you and the Tao family."
Sheng Li indeed didn't know this, "I can investigate, I can help you find out who it is. Please cure me, only you can cure me."
Since she woke up, she had seen many doctors, and all of them said she was terminally ill and wouldn't live long, and no one could cure her.
Tao Lengshuang might be able to cure Sheng Li, "Do you think I will cure you? Sheng Li, you have harmed me many times, and you even sent people to snatch Xiao Feng. If it weren't for someone helping, I can't imagine what would have happened to Xiao Feng."
"That's what you deserve!"
Sheng Li roared with a ferocious expression, "You low-class wretches, daring to damage my reputation and make me a laughingstock in the circle. If I don't kill you two贱东西, my hatred will not be appeased."
"You are the one who deserves to end up like this!" Madam Sheng was furious, truly wishing she could strangle Sheng Li herself, "I really regret not killing you sooner, letting you almost harm my daughter and grandson."
Sheng Li looked at her in despair, "Mother, I am your daughter."
She pointed at Tao Lengshuang and continued to Madam Sheng, "She is an imposter, she is after our family's assets. Mother, don't be deceived."
Madam Sheng looked at Sheng Li with such disgust that she didn't want to look at her again, "You are not my daughter, you told me this yourself. Also, you are not worthy of the surname Sheng, you should be surnamed Tao."
"Tao Li, if you dare to insult my daughter and grandson again, I will make sure you have no place to be buried."
The name Tao Li made Sheng Li clutch her head fiercely, refusing to admit it, "I am not, I am not the daughter of the Tao family. I am the only daughter of the Sheng family. How can I be the daughter of the lowly Tao family..."
Suddenly, a hidden guard, taking advantage of her inattention, pinned Sheng Li to the ground and threw the fire starter far away. His companion quickly stomped out the fire starter.
"Let go of me, you dog, let go of me!" Sheng Li struggled but couldn't break free, and spat out a mouthful of black blood.
"Tao Li, you are truly foolish." Tao Lengshuang walked up to her and looked down at her from a commanding height.
"I am not Tao Li, my name is Sheng Li, the only child of the Sheng family!" Sheng Li roared with a hideous expression.
Tao Lengshuang stepped on her face with her foot and ground it down a few times, "What you call yourself is not important, after all, you are the youngest daughter of the Tao family. This fact cannot be changed."
"Alright, now it's time for us to settle the final score."
Sheng Li struggled to lift her head and look up at her, "You can't! You are not allowed to!"
Tao Lengshuang asked Madam Sheng and Xiao Feng to go back first, while Mo Lingxi stayed to protect Tao Lengshuang.
"What right do you have to say that?" Tao Lengshuang looked at Sheng Li as if she were an ant, "I must remind you of one thing: you have nothing, and you are a fugitive."
She emphasized the word fugitive.
"I am not a fugitive, I am not without anything." Sheng Li argued desperately, "I have the Sheng family, with the Sheng family as my backing. I cannot be a fugitive. The fugitive is you, Tao Lengshuang, you low-class... Ah!"
Mo Lingxi stomped and crushed Sheng Li's right hand.
The cracking sound sent chills down Sheng Li's spine, and her screams grew louder, "No, no, no! Prince Mingrui, you can't do this to me. I am the daughter of the Sheng family, with the Sheng family as my backing."
Mo Lingxi's eyes were devoid of warmth, "The Sheng family as backing? Your fantasy is quite beautiful."
Facing the terrifying Mo Lingxi, Sheng Li couldn't speak. In fact, she knew very well that since she was not a daughter of the Sheng family, the Sheng family would no longer help her. But she had to continue to be a daughter of the Sheng family to enjoy honorable good days.
"Why talk so much to her?" Tao Lengshuang sneered, "Drag Sheng Li away and interrogate her properly."