Phoniex Requiem
Chapter 90: Conspiracy

Chapter 90: Conspiracy

“Mother, I am here to salute you,” Yun Ruoyu announced before stepping into the page.

Madam An, Yun Ruoyao, and Yi Qianying looked at each other, surprised by Yun Ruoyu's sudden arrival.

Yi Qianying was not there to witness Yun Ruoyu's injury. However, the servants told him the story so clearly that he felt as if he was present.

“Mother, how could you invite my sister for tea but forget me?” Yun Ruoyu smiled as she walked forward. She was wearing a red dress with gold frills, and she specifically put on makeup to cover up how pale her skin was.

He looked excited and energetic, as if he was not injured or under house arrest at all.

"Ruoyu, hurry, come here." Madam An immediately stood up and gestured to her, before instructing the servants to add another chair and teacup for her.

Yun Ruoyu sat down and sipped her tea in satisfaction. "Mother, how could you not call me to drink such delicious tea?"

When Yun Ruoyu entered the courtyard, the three of them specifically examined her neck. Her tall dress collar hid most of her exposed skin, but one could still see some red meat growth marks underneath.

Why was Ruoyu not more agitated? Yun Ruoyao glanced at her unusual little sister ..normal behavior and wondered.

Yi Qianying sneered mentally at her cousin. What kind of fool would laugh even with a wound like this? But then she recalled her own experience at the flower viewing party, and her shallow smile quickly became forced. The more he looked at Yun Ruoyu's smiling face, the more he was reminded of his own incompetence towards Yun Ruoyan, and he became even more irritated.

"Ruoyu, are you feeling better?" Madam An asked. “Matriark Yun placed you under house arrest myself, so it was inconvenient for me to go and visit you. I heard Doctor Liu say that your life is not in danger and relaxed, but I do not expect you to recover so quickly."

Madam An was fully aware of how ferocious the poison he had given Yun Ruoyu was. Even if Yun Ruoyu's injuries weren't life-threatening, she would have thought she wouldn't meet anyone for at least six months. However, the girl had already run around in less than a month!

He was very surprised.

“Yes, I am much better,” Yun Ruoyu smiled and said as she sipped tea again. “Dad gave me medicine, and Lady Qin made me a medicinal ointment. I'll be like new within a week.”

"Dad gave you medicine?" Yun Ruoyao was slightly surprised, matriarch Yun was the one who placed Yun Ruoyu under house arrest, and neither matriarch Yun nor Yun Lan knew the extent of her injuries.

Madam An's fingers turned white as she gripped her teacup. “I'm sure Lady Qin is the one who asked her master for help, she still loves you very much, you know. It has been a long time since I saw Lady Qin. How about we invite her to tea too?”

"No need, ma'am," sighed Yun Ruoyu, making a sad expression. “She went straight back to her cottage. I'm sure he planned on devoting his entire life to Buddha, if it wasn't for the fact that I was about to die, he wouldn't have left his cabin at all! Mom, am I really her biological daughter?!”

Madam An put down her teacup before smiling without feeling it. “Already, already,” she comforts, “That's what Lady Qin is. Don't you still have me and your two sisters?”

"Yes!" Yun Ruoyu nodded. “I'm so lucky you're here, Mom, or I'll be the saddest kid alive.”

“Omong empty, Brother,” Yi Qianying also sighed, “If anyone receives that dubious honor, it's me. Fortunately, the Yun family was willing to accept me, and my aunt and two cousins treated me very well

As he spoke, Yi Qianying's voice suddenly shook. Huge and fat tears streamed down her face, and Madam An immediately got up to comfort her. “Qianying, don't cry! You're getting married. Remember, the Yun family will always be there for you, ”Mrs An stated firmly while patting Yi Qianying on the back.

Yun Ruoyu was not present for the flower viewing party, but everyone had long heard about what happened.

Even Yun Ruoyu, who was still under house arrest, had known about it. She never expected that her dear crown prince would actually marry Yi Qianying!

She looked at Yi Qianying's petite and petite face, so attractive and eye-catching. Instead, his body was full of scars. All sorts of complicated emotions flashed across his heart.

Yun Ruoyu suppressed her overwhelming jealousy and forced herself to smile. “Heard you were going to marry the crown prince yourself, brother? Congratulations!"

Yi Qianying knew that Yun Ruoyu had a crush on the crown prince. His sudden, perverted frustration, made Yi Qianying feel somewhat better, at least she was not the only one suffering!

“Thank you, Brother,” he replied.

Regardless of the Sisters' negative feelings towards each other, the tea party would appear harmonious in the eyes of outsiders.

Madam An was originally worried that Yun Ruoyu would hold a grudge against him because of his scar, but now it was no longer. The girl grew up by his side, and was closer to him than his real mother. Moreover, even if she really held a grudge, Madam An was confident she could handle whatever the girl was trying to throw at her!

As soon as the others heard Yi Qianying's words, they stopped drinking tea and looked at her as a single entity.

“What secrets? Qianying, tell us!” Yun Ruoyu.

“True, Qianying, let us know now while everyone is still here,” Yun Ruoyao agrees.

With a severe expression, Yi Qianying subconsciously lowered her voice and said, "I suspect Yun Ruoyan is not the same Yun Ruoyan as before!"

“Sister Qianying, what do you mean?”

"If Yun Ruoyan was not Yun Ruoyan, who was she?"

But Madame An tapped her finger on the table while thinking. “His personality has undergone significant changes..”.

“Ruoyao sister, Qianying sister, don't you remember how Yun Ruoyan actually killed that young master of the Yue royal Wang family?”

The Sisters kept this a secret from outsiders, but Lady An was not a stranger to them.

Yun Ruoyao and Yi Qianying nodded, but they still did not understand what Yi Qianying meant.

“That day in the greenhouse, I suddenly felt Yun Ruoyan looking at me in a very strange way. He did not laugh at my misery, but he also did not look on with indifference. Instead, his gaze was arrogant and haughty, as if I was just an insect in his eyes, ” explained Yi Qianying. “I suddenly remembered that, just before Young Master Wang died, he shouted that Yun Ruoyan was not a human, but a demon.”

Yun Ruoyao and Yun Ruoyu recalled the events of the day before considering Yun Ruoyan's dramatic change in a new point of view. It was a warm summer day, but the backs of the three sisters grew cold.

"Qianying," Madam An sat up straight and looked at Yi Qianying attentively. "Are you claiming that Ruoyan is actually a demon ?!"

Yi Qianying nodded before shaking her head. “More precisely, I'm sure he's possessed by a demon.” He leaned forward, his eyes widened. “How else can you explain his sudden increase in strength? How could he be so difficult to deal with all of a sudden ?! ”

"You must be right!" Yun Ruoyu stood up. “No wonder he won't drink the tea I gave him! He must have smelled poison in it! And when he poured tea into my body, it must have been intentional too! He must be a demon!”

He placed his hands on the table and continued urgently, hatefully, “Don't you remember how he lured the crown prince the day he came to visit? I'm sure it's the fox demon!”

“No wonder he could always win against those stronger than him in battle. “First, as a third level sword master, he managed to defeat Wang Kuang. Then, during the flower viewing party, he defeated rank six Rong Yuehong. No ordinary human could raise his cultivation so quickly. Moreover, he even hid his cultivation from Father.”.

Madam An slammed her palm on the table. “There really is no other explanation for such an unusual occurrence. Qianying's suspicion may be right!”

“Then, let's tell Father and Grandma about this,” Yun Ruoyu continued in a hurry. "Let them take care of him!"

"Ruoyu, we can't do that." Yun Ruoyao shook her head. “We have no evidence that she was possessed by a demon. If we really made such a claim, Father and Grandmother would not only not trust us, they might even reprimand us for trying to cause conflict within the household."

“Then what should we do? Are we going to let Ruoyan run rampant around the house?!”

Everyone frowned, and an uncomfortable silence descended. A moment later, Madam An's eyes suddenly brightened. “I know something that could force the devil to take his original form!”

"What?" Yun Ruoyao, Yun Ruoyu, and Yi Qianying exclaimed together.

“Original egg. I once saw a daoist set up a trap for a demon when I was young. Demons with low-level cultivation would immediately show themselves for what they were when they touched even a drop of wine."

Yun Ruoyu's eyes were also bright. “Mother, you mean spraying her with wine like that when she doesn't notice? That's easy!"

Madam An shook her head. “Based on your description, he might be a high-ranking demon. It may not be enough just to spray it with wine, he may have to be forced to drink it.”

“But he was always very careful! Even with all of us there, we can't force her to drink that cup of tea, so how do we make her drink wine?”

Madam An placed her teacup on the table as she drew up a plan. As the three girls looked at him anxiously, he took a sip of tea and finally said, "It seems like it's time to do one of my pawns."