She loses if she divorces, the reborn mistress only divorces her husband

"Yan'er, I don't recognize you anymore." Zhao Yunying slowly raised her head, with a strange confusion in her eyes, "Who are you?"

She always thought that although Song Qingyan was brought up in pampered love, she was not just a spoiled girl after all. She would naturally mature after she got married and became the head of the family.

Who would have thought that she would actually hire someone to kill her own grandmother!

Song Qingyan smiled, "Mom, I am naturally your daughter."

"I am incompetent and cannot teach you to be so cruel..." She paused, then said with determination, "Murderer..."

Song Qingyan put away her smile.

"Mom, if you hate me, go report to the authorities now. Go to Yingtian Prefecture, the Dali Temple, or the Li family and tell the truth. I will never stop you."

"Go tell the world that I killed Lin. I killed her because I wanted to hide the fact that you are her biological daughter from you."

"I didn't ask you to kill her." Zhao Yunying's face was fierce, but the tears that burst out of her eyes revealed her fragility. "Even if I don't recognize her, I never wanted to hurt her."

Song Qingyan nodded, "Okay, I did everything anyway. Then go ahead and expose me."

Zhao Yunying didn't move, she couldn't do it.

Once this matter is exposed to the world, Song Qingyan will be finished, and she will be finished too.

The Zhao and Song families will also be implicated.

She didn't dare.

Song Qingyan naturally knew that Zhao Yunying didn't dare to do that, and all this was part of her calculations.

Victory is guaranteed.

Zhao Yunying couldn't stand being in the same room with her, so she got up and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Song Qingyan.

"Mom, you can't leave yet. There is still something to do."

"What else do you want to do?" Zhao Yunying asked, "Killing... her is not enough?"

Although Song Qingyan was sitting and looking up at her, Zhao Yunying felt uncomfortable as if she was being looked down upon.

"Mom, do you remember that night at the hot spring villa, when I mentioned 'Aconitum'?"

Zhao Yunying shook her head cautiously.

"They are a killer organization." Song Qingyan said lightly, "The two people who helped me today are Wutou's killers. It took me a lot of effort to contact them."

"They want a high reward. I have already taken out all my savings and even pawned my jewelry to raise the money to get rid of Lin."

Zhao Yunying sensed something fishy in her words, and her eyes became more alert. "What exactly do you want to do?"

This time Song Qingyan answered, "There is someone who must also be eliminated."

"Who?"

"Li Jingwan." Song Qingyan slowly uttered these three words, with ferocity in her eyes.

"She must die, too."

"Are you crazy?!" Zhao Yunying was shocked. "She has no grudge against you, why are you..."

"Because of the Lin family." Song Qingyan interrupted her.

"Li Jingwan has been helping Lin find her daughter. She knows too much. Even if Lin is dead, there is no guarantee that Li Jingwan will not continue to investigate. She is the knife hanging over our heads, and we don't know when it will fall."

"Mom." Song Qingyan stood up and walked in front of her. "Mom, Wutou is willing to send an assassin to kill her, but he needs a higher reward. I have no money, so I can only rely on you."

"No! Absolutely not!" Zhao Yunying flatly refused, very disappointed, "Yan'er, why are you so cruel? You've already killed someone, and you still won't stop?"

"I'm cruel?" Song Qingyan suddenly smiled softly, "Mom, you're not a child, don't you know that this is how the world works?"

"Take our mansion for example. Even though you are the mistress now and a relative of the Imperial Concubine, my father still keeps taking concubines just because I am not his son."

"If you keep this evil Li Jingwan, and one day she reveals your background, even if the Song Mansion can keep you, you will only be trampled under the feet of those lowly concubines and their lowly offspring."

Zhao Yunying was a little shaken by what she said, but still shook her head, "Yan'er, you can't make the same mistake again. Lin is already... dead, and this matter ends here."

"Mother, why are you just..." Song Qingyan was so angry that her voice became sharp, "As long as Li Jingwan is not dead, this matter will never be resolved!"

She said impatiently, "You only have two choices today, either work with me to get rid of Li Jingwan, or go out and report to the police to have me arrested. As long as Li Jingwan is still here, I will never let her go."

As she spoke, she moved to the side to make way for Zhao Yunying, "Go, go now. From now on, whether I live or die has nothing to do with you."

But Zhao Yunying didn't move.

She was raised and pampered by the Zhong family since she was a child. Even after she got married, there were maids arranged by the Zhong family to help her deal with the affairs of the mansion, so she didn't need to worry about anything.

Apart from taking a concubine into the mansion, she had few worries.

In addition, her introverted personality made her hesitant and unable to handle things on her own. She was actually very fragile and always had to rely on Zhong, the maids around her, and even Song Qingyan to help her with ideas.

Now, she had no one to rely on and didn't know what to do. She just shed tears, showing her weakness.

Song Qingyan then changed her strategy and softened her voice.

"Mom, please think about me. From childhood to adulthood, you are the only one I can rely on. We are in the same boat and we will suffer together."

She walked to Zhao Yunying's side, as submissive and dependent as ever.

"If you are neglected, your daughter will become a plague that others avoid. Grandma will always leave first, and then you can only rely on me. How can I protect you if I am affected and marry poorly?"

"Although Lin is dead, you recognized her before she died, so she has no regrets. Even if Lin knew about my plan, she would support it because she also wants you and me to live well, right?"

Zhao Yunying was even more shaken by her words.

She wanted to speak, but on one side was her and her daughter's fate, and on the other side was Li Jingwan, who had done a favor to the Lin family. She didn't know what to say.

Song Qingyan had been paying attention to her mood changes and decided to add fuel to the fire.

"Mom, once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. The assassin sent by Wutou to kill Li Jingwan should be arriving in Tacheng."

"Ah——?" Zhao Yunying lost her voice, "Didn't you say you didn't have any money?"

"I only have enough money to pay a small part. The rest must be paid within ten days after signing and signing. Wutou knows my identity, so they are not worried that I won't pay."

"How could you reveal your identity!" Zhao Yunying was furious. "If they know your situation, wouldn't it be difficult if something goes wrong in the future..."

"Mom, no." Song Qingyan suddenly held her hand, "Don't worry, they would never dare to leak secrets in this business, otherwise they wouldn't have existed for so long."

Zhao Yunying wanted to break free, but Song Qingyan held her tighter, "Mom, I promise, as long as Li Jingwan is eliminated, I won't do anything else. From now on, I will get married, take care of my husband and children, and be filial to you and grandma."

"Mom, please believe me, okay?" Song Qingyan pleaded with an innocent look in her eyes, as if she had no choice but to do all this.

"I will keep these things to myself and never mention them again. Let's live a good life in the capital."

Zhao Yunying still couldn't speak.

She lowered her head and looked at the hand held by Song Qingyan, which was still stained with the black blood that Lin had vomited.

After a while, she finally dropped her shoulders, like a surrendered prisoner, and stopped resisting.

A victorious smile appeared on Song Qingyan's lips.

She knew very well that Zhao Yunying had a cowardly nature, and sure enough, things were going as she expected.

There was another reason for getting rid of Li Jingwan that she didn't mention.

Chu Tingyu's relationship with the Li family is too close.

Li Jingwan was already a free person and was of the same age as Chu Tingyu. They went to the northwest together and spent a long time together.

She would not allow any obstacles on her way to becoming the Princess of Jing.

-

At the border market where Tacheng and Xirong traded, there was already a long queue outside the Shunchang shop before it even opened. There were people from not only the Sheng Dynasty but also many foreigners.

Most of the goods brought by the caravan this time were high-quality products from the capital, and the quantity was not small either. People flocked to buy them.

Li Jingwan and Xiang Mingfang came out of a house not far from the store, took a look at the grand scene of people queuing at the front door, and then went in through the back door of the store.

The shopkeeper was arranging the waiter's tasks for the day, and when he saw the two of them, he quickly bowed and greeted them.

"Why are there only three waiters?" Xiang Mingfang asked, "Weren't there five yesterday?"

"The two men ran away." The shopkeeper explained, "Yesterday I found out that they were up to no good and were hiding the goods in the store. I caught them red-handed. I wanted to hand them over to the authorities, but they ran away."

This is not the first time this has happened. Xiang Mingfang sighed, "It's true that I don't trust them when they are not my own."

Thinking of the large number of customers waiting outside the door, Li Jingwan reminded the shopkeeper.

"Today is a market day, and there are many people coming. We are not able to handle the crowds in the store, and something bad is bound to happen. Send someone to the escort agency now and ask Coach Zhu to borrow a few escorts to maintain order and prevent any trouble."

The border market is a mixed bag, and their goods are like lambs that the wolves have their eyes on, so we have to be on guard against them.

"Yes." The shopkeeper quickly agreed, admiring the eldest daughter of the boss family from the bottom of his heart.

A few days ago, Li Jingwan came to Tacheng and regained her female body. The shopkeeper thought she just came to Tacheng out of curiosity, but he didn't expect that she had a good business mind.

It took only two or three days to understand the situation of the shops and border markets, and also put forward a lot of good suggestions.

With a tall and strong bodyguard in charge, the store was in good order after it opened and nothing went wrong.

Li Jingwan left with peace of mind, and went around the market with Xiang Mingfang again, asking carefully about the conditions of some shops and stalls, and asking very detailed questions.

Xiang Mingfang thought she was looking for business opportunities, but in fact Li Jingwan was thinking about how to find her brother.

Tacheng is not just a city. The northwest covers a vast area, and the area covered by Tacheng is not small.

There are many villages outside Tacheng, which are also under the jurisdiction of Tacheng.

But these villages are very scattered, and many are located in remote areas.

In addition, Tacheng borders Xirong, and people of different ethnic groups frequently travel between them, so it is difficult to find Li Dingzheng among the vast crowd.

What makes Li Jingwan even more worried is that she came to Tacheng almost ten years earlier in this life, and perhaps Li Dingzheng is not in Tacheng.

The Northwest is very large, and there is not only Tacheng, but also other cities.

To be precise, she was looking for her brother in the northwest, which was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

It is relatively easy to find people in Tacheng because the population is concentrated and can be searched in different areas.

The difficulty lies in the scattered villages around. She must find a way to get into every corner of each village without attracting the attention of outsiders.

The investigation over the past few days gave her an idea.

Wolfberries are produced in the Northwest, and the best kind is the black wolfberry, which is only available in the Northwest and is expensive.

But the yield of black wolfberry is very low, only one out of a hundred plants can produce a small amount of black wolfberry.

According to Li Jingwan's observation, there are no farmers in Tacheng who specialize in growing wolfberries. All farmers grow some themselves or pick them from wild wolfberry trees.

After accumulating a certain amount after the harvest, most people take them to the market to sell, and the rest wait for the medicinal herb dealers to come and collect them.

Li Jingwan planned to start from this point and arrange people to go to various villages to purchase black wolfberries, so that she would have a legitimate reason.

He collected black wolfberries openly, but looked for his younger brother in private.

Even if she has to search village after village and put in a lot of effort, she will persist.

Now that I have figured out a solution, there is something more important.

She must tell Xiang Mingfang and Zhu Gaozhi about her search for Li Dingzheng.

Since it was impossible for her to go to every village, she could only ask the people who purchased wolfberries to find them.

However, it was not convenient to talk about it on the street now, so Li Jingwan decided to wait until she returned home in the evening and talk to them in detail.

After making up her mind, Li Jingwan stopped shopping at the market, "Uncle Xiang, let's go now, don't let Prince Jing wait for us."

Yesterday, Chu Tingyu sent someone to deliver a message, asking them to meet at a teahouse in Tacheng at noon today.

He had been busy dealing with military affairs these days and was finally able to come out to meet her. Li Jingwan felt inexplicably happy.

The two walked towards the agreed restaurant. The road was bustling with people coming and going.

When passing by a market, Xiang Mingfang stopped and looked inside.

Li Jingwan also looked over.

There were a lot of people in the market, but I didn't see any stalls, so it didn't look like a place for business.

"Uncle Xiang, what is going on inside?" Li Jingwan asked.

Xiang Mingfang had been here before, "Miss, this market doesn't sell anything, it only trades in people."

Li Jingwan understood, "Buying and selling servants?"

"Yes." Xiang Mingfang nodded, thinking of the waiter who was fired.

"Miss, it's still early, why don't we go in and take a look? The waiters in the shop are all temporary workers, not our own people."

"If there are suitable ones, we can buy a few to be domestic slaves. After all, we will continue to do business in the northwest in the future, and we must have trustworthy people."

"Okay, let's go." Li Jingwan thought it made sense and was also a little curious, so she wanted to go and take a look.

Xiang Mingfang introduced as he walked.

"The people here are just like those in the capital. They all have difficulties in their families and can only sell themselves into slavery. Most of them are from the Sheng Dynasty, but there are also some foreigners. We can do business on the border and buy one or two foreign servants, but we have to ensure that their backgrounds are clean."

The person waiting to be bought kneeled on the ground with his head lowered, with a board in front of him with his age and place of birth written on it.

Most of them are thin, dressed in rags and are dirty. You can tell at a glance that they cannot make a living and have to come here.

Li Jingwan saw a foreign woman in front of her just stood up and was whipped by a strong man next to her. She fell to the ground in pain and couldn't help frowning.

"Xiang Bo, are these people all volunteers?"

"Some are not." Xiang Mingfang lowered his voice, "Some were kidnapped and there are human traffickers watching them. Miss, let's not get involved in this. We can't afford to offend the people behind these human traffickers."

Li Jingwan nodded slightly and could only look away.

As an outsider, she didn't dare to cause trouble.

The two continued walking forward, not noticing that two strange men were following them.