Chapter 718 - 378: Qiu Zhihe’s Maidservants
Chapter 718: Chapter 378: Qiu Zhihe’s Maidservants
Su Xin followed Lin Qingchou to the courtyard where Qin Gengyun and others were staying.
Standing in front of the room of Qin Gengyun and Qiu Zhihe, Lin Qingchou said to Su Xin, "Senior Sister Su, please enter."
Su Xin immediately became alert, "Though I’ve been forced to obey Qiu Zhihe, I will never allow myself to be humiliated!"
Lin Qingchou laughed, "Senior Sister Su, don’t worry, the master is very possessive and wouldn’t let anyone come between her and her husband."
Only then did Su Xin slightly relax, following Lin Qingchou into the room, though she remained ready to escape if anything seemed amiss.
Though she was destined to have no chance with Ming Hu, it didn’t mean she would casually tarnish her purity.
Her mind was in a whirl, but when she saw the situation in the room, Su Xin was taken aback.
"Junior Sister Ye? Jiang Yin?"
"You are also..."
Inside, Ruo Mei was calmly seated, while Ye Xiyue and Jiang Yin stood respectfully beside her, one looking like the empress and the other like an obedient concubine.
Seeing Su Xin enter, Jian Yue approached, affectionately taking her arm, "Ninth Sister, you’re here? Big Madam, Eighth Sister, and I have been waiting for you for a long time."
"Ninth Sister?"
Jian Yue giggled, "Don’t you know? Qin already has seven wives and concubines, including you and Sister Jiang, that makes nine. Since you joined after Sister Jiang, you’ll have to be the ninth."
Qiu Zhihe snorted coldly, "Talk nonsense again and don’t expect my husband to detoxify you next time."
Jian Yue chuckled and said to Su Xin, "I was just joking, Senior Sister Su, the Big Madam called us here tonight so that we could get to know each other to avoid any mishaps in tomorrow’s action."
Su Xin finally understood, looking in disbelief at Qiu Zhihe, "So Junior Sister Ye and Junior Sister Jiang are just like me, already under your control?"
Qiu Zhihe looked at Su Xin plainly, "They, like you, seek my help, there’s no coercion."
Su Xin hesitated; indeed, as Qiu Zhihe said, she volunteered to become a servant for three years to atone for the Zhenyang Sect and save her mother.
Su Xin looked at Jian Yue, Jiang Yin, and Lin Qingchou; could they be the same?
Su Xin said to Qiu Zhihe, "If that’s the case, what do you want us to do tomorrow?"
Qiu Zhihe said calmly, "No rush, someone else hasn’t arrived yet."
"Someone else?"
Su Xin was bewildered, and at that moment someone else pushed the door open and entered.
"Junior Sister Wei, Junior Sister Xu?"
Wei Wan and Xu Caihe entered, the former looking calm, the latter looking bewildered, as if she hadn’t fully woken up.
Wei Wan said, "Senior Sister Su, I’m sorry, I volunteered to help Taoist Friend Qiu and Taoist Friend Qin."
Xu Caihe rubbed her sleepy eyes, "I-I don’t know anything, I was grabbed by Senior Sister Wei while I was sleeping."
Su Xin was still in shock when a bird entered from outside the door.
The Phoenix Bird Beast, while walking, flashed with light and quickly transformed back into human form.
"Celestial Phoenix Maiden?!"
Su Xin was shocked; she had been to Celestial Phoenix Mountain and naturally knew the Celestial Phoenix Maiden. Only then did she finally realize that the one Qin Gengyun had been riding was the Celestial Phoenix Maiden!
But how had the proud and powerful Celestial Phoenix Maiden been subdued by Qin Gengyun?
"What’s going on here?"
Jiang Yin had never seen the Celestial Phoenix Maiden, and seeing He Zhiqiu’s mount transform into a beautiful woman, she was completely bewildered.
"Boo hoo, don’t kill me to silence me!"
At this moment, the last person entered, but it was the tearful Zhou Ling’Er.
Like Xu Caihe, she had been grabbed while sleeping.
Seeing the setup in the room, she immediately understood that Qiu Zhihe was going to do something big.
Having seen such a confidential matter, wouldn’t she be silenced?
"Shut up!"
Qiu Zhihe said, and Xu Caihe hastily covered Zhou Ling’Er’s mouth.
The two young girls looked pitifully at Qiu Zhihe.
"Tomorrow, at the end of the Immortal Ascension Ceremony, you will follow me to storm the Western Emperor Palace. When chaos erupts in West Imperial City, you only need to block disciples of the Three Great Sects for me, and the rest will not concern you."
"After the event, I will fulfill your wishes."
Jian Yue giggled, "Big Madam, then you must help me leave Ye Xiyue’s body, then send Ye Xiyue to the largest brothel in West Imperial City!"
"Sure." Qiu Zhihe answered calmly, then looked at the others.
Lin Qingchou chuckled, "I’ve already gained Senior Brother Chun, that’s enough for me."
Wei Wan remained calm, "I just want to kill Chen Qingmo, and you must protect Xiaowu."
Qiu Zhihe said, "Our goals have always been aligned."
Wei Wan nodded, and the Celestial Phoenix Maiden beside her snorted coldly, "Next time you and your husband ride me, can you be a bit quieter?"
This remark left all the women staring at Qiu Zhihe in astonishment.
Qiu Zhihe’s face flushed slightly, and she gave the Celestial Phoenix Maiden a fierce glare, making her immediately lower her head, not daring to speak again.
Su Xin said, "I’ve already stated my condition."
She only wished to protect her mother.
Qiu Zhihe nodded, "Since I promised you, I will not go back on my word."
Jiang Yin sat down, crossing one leg over a chair, and pulled a chicken leg from under her skirt, munching on it as she said:
"Anyway, just help me kill Bai Liu, and I’ll do whatever you want."
All the women looked at her in surprise.
Was this the refined and elegant Fairy Yaoqin?
"Ling’Er, it seems everyone has another side to them in private!"
"Only we are the poor little things, both in front and in back."
"Yes, boo hoo."
Xu Caihe and Zhou Ling’Er were whispering, but found everyone was looking at them, and the two girls whimpered, "Boo hoo, I want to go home!"
Qiu Zhihe hummed lightly, and the two immediately covered their mouths, leaving just their tearful eyes blinking.
"Oh, the empress and concubines are all here?"
Another person entered, cheerfully, it was Liu Su, who said to Qiu Zhihe:
"Miss, the master is worried about you and sent me to check on you."
Qiu Zhihe glanced at her and said to the women, "Alright, you all may leave, I need to rest with my husband."
The women excused themselves and left the room.
The events of the night left a huge impact on Su Xin, and she couldn’t help pulling Jian Yue aside to ask:
"Junior Sister Ye, how were you coerced by Qiu Zhihe?"
Jian Yue giggled, "The Big Madam fed me a Soul-devouring Pill."
Su Xin nodded, "So you were the same, people from the Demon Sect always act like this, exploiting people’s weaknesses and using poison for control."
Jian Yue looked her up and down and suddenly said, "Do you think you’re controlled by the Soul-devouring Pill too?"
Su Xin said, "Of course, that night I took the Soul-devouring Pill in front of Qiu Zhihe."
Jian Yue laughed, "Did you ever experience the pain of having your bones eroded?"
Su Xin was stunned and shook her head.
Jian Yue chuckled, "The Soul-devouring Pill requires the master to infuse spiritual power into the pill to control the one who ingested it. Check carefully, do you have the Big Madam’s spiritual power within you?"
Su Xin quickly circulated her spiritual power to search thoroughly, and found that there was no trace of anyone else’s spiritual power within her.
The Soul-devouring Pill she swallowed that night had long disappeared, leaving no trace in her meridians or her Spirit Field.
Su Xin stood in a daze, murmuring:
"Isn’t Qiu Zhihe from the Demon Sect? Why didn’t she take the opportunity to control me?"