Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife Chapter 107

~ EVERYTHING’S GONE ~ 

In the middle of the night, the entire Jingling City was quiet. Suddenly, a streak of fiery light rose into the sky, staining the night with red. 

The officials patrolling the streets were startled awake by the ringing of a gong. They put on their clothes and looked towards the fire. When they saw it, they turned pale with fright. “Isn’t that the direction of Ni Yun Fang?” 

Very quickly, most Jingling City citizens awakened. Cao Yunnian didn’t have time to put on his clothes properly before running to Ni Yun Fang. 

People were already fighting the fire, but it was not easy to put it out. 

Cao Yunnian broke out in cold sweat, “Where is Miss Mu? Is there anyone struck inside Ni Yun Fang?” 

“The door seems to be locked. There shouldn’t be anyone inside …” The person who spoke was not sure either. Since many things happened recently, Miss Mu and the rest didn’t stay in Ni Yun Fang.” 

“No one is good, no one is good …” Before he could finish wiping his sweat, he heard a cry for help from upstairs. 

“Help! Help!”

Cao Yunnian suddenly raised his head and saw that the third floor was full of people. Suddenly, the building’s windows opened, and one blanket after another was hurled down, followed by a cloth rope falling down from the windows. 

Cao Yunnian’s face turned pale. He had just received the Emperor’s rewards, and if something were to happen to Mu Yunyao at this time, then he might not be able to keep his position. He immediately commanded the guards below: “Quickly save them. Don’t let the cloth rope burn down quickly!” 

Mu Yunyao supported Su Qing, “Mother, don’t be afraid. Just climb down with a cloth rope. You won’t get hurt because there is a quilt underneath you.” 

“Yao’er, you go first! 

“Mother, hurry up. Stop dawdling.” Mu Yunyao pushed the rope into Su Qing’s hands and then pushed her out of the window, “Si Qin, you’re second. Protect my mother well.” 

“Yes, Miss, don’t worry.” Si Qin nodded vigorously, then followed Su Qing’s footsteps down the rope.” 

Seeing that Su Qing had safely landed on the ground, Mu Yunyao sighed in relief and ordered Jin Lan and the others to go down. 

“Miss, you go first!” 

“I’m fine. You guys hurry up and leave.” 

When Su Qingwu rode his horse to Ni Yun Fang, the fire had not stopped. 

Cao Yunnian’s face turned pale, and his body was soaked by cold sweat. He shouted to the people upstairs, “Miss Mu, come down quickly!” 

As Mu Yunyao was the last to leave Ni Yun Fang, she had no choice but to splash water on herself because the fire was too fierce. After that, she quickly slid down along the cloth rope, occasionally causing sparks to fall from the sky. The wound on her palm abraded, and terrible pain struck her. The cloth rope began to burn, and it quickly swept forward. 

Su Qing was so scared that she almost fainted. She screamed. “Yao’er!” 

“Miss Mu!” 

“Miss, be careful!” 

Mu Yunyao lowered her head to look at the ground, fiercely bit her lips, and released her hand to descend. 

She tightly shut her eyes, trying to curl up, not letting herself fall too severely. Just as she was about to receive the pain, she suddenly fell into an embrace filled with a cold fragrance. 

Su Qingwu got off his horse and saw the endangering scene of Mu Yunyao hanging in the air. Without too much thought, he quickly ran down to see the cloth rope burning. Just as he was about to step forward to save her, he saw Mu Yunyao release her grip and jump down! Fortunately, he reacted in time and reached his hand to catch her. Otherwise, she would have lost her life. 

“Miss Mu, are you alright?” 

Mu Yunyao opened her eyes and coughed twice. She immediately fainted after confirming that Su Qing and the rest were safe and sound. 

Su Qingwu’s hands tightened. The person in his embrace was miserable, with water stains on her body and her cheeks dyed with black ash, but he didn’t care at all and only felt waves of warmth and softness. Her figure was slender and petite, but she seemed boneless. Now that she suddenly fainted and her entire body’s weight fell into his arms, the strange feeling in his heart suddenly deepened. 

Jin Lan and Jin Qiao hurriedly stepped forward to take over Mu Yunyao and whispered to her, “Miss, Miss, are you awake?” 

Seeing that Mu Yunyao’s life was not in danger, Cao Yunnian heaved a sigh of relief. The anger in his heart was even more intense than the flame in front of him now. 

When the weight on his arms suddenly disappeared, Su Qingwu lowered his hand and clenched his fist tightly. His gaze landed on the door of Ni Yun Fang, which had not collapsed yet. He could faintly see the big lock on the door through the firelight, which made his face suddenly sink. 

He came this time to escort The Emperor’s reward. He had just sent it into Ni Yun Fang in the morning, yet it had completely burned down at night. How could he report back to the Capital like this? 

Governor Zhang also hurriedly rushed over. Seeing Ni Yun Fang, which had engulfed in flames before his eyes, his vision went dark, and he almost fell to the ground. 

Su Qingwu turned his head to look at him, and his tone couldn’t help but carry a trace of coercion. “Governor Zhang, you must investigate this matter thoroughly. If not, I could not report this matter to the Emperor.”

“Don’t worry, Lord Su. This matter will be investigated thoroughly by this lowly official,” Governor Zhang gritted his teeth in anger and immediately sent people to search around to see if any clues were left behind. 

When Mu Yunyao woke again, she was already home, with Su Qing crying beside her. 

“Mother …” 

Su Qing trembled, immediately wiped the tears away,  and remarked with a joyful surprise: “Yao’er, you’re awake? That’s great. Mother was worried to death.” 

Mu Yunyao sat up and touched the bed surface with her palm. It was so painful that she silently inhaled a breath of cold water. 

“You have wounds on your hands and body. Don’t move. If you want to do something, Mother will help you.”

Mu Yunyao insisted on sitting up and snuggled up to Su Qing’s chest. She ignored the wound on her hand and held on tightly to the front of her robe. “Mother, I’m sorry!” 

Su Qing was stunned momentarily, and her tears fell even more violently. “Silly child, it’s good that you’re safe and sound. Don’t be afraid. You don’t have to be afraid anymore.” 

Mu Yunyao only cried and did not speak. She kept apologizing to Su Qing but could not tell her mother that she initiated the fire. There was no way to make her mother not worry about her, so she could only use this method to ease the guilt in her heart. 

Su Qing held her in her arms and patted her back like when she was young, “It’s alright. It’s fine now....” 

After a while, Mu Yunyao finally regained control of her emotions. “Mother, how is Ni Yun Fang?” 

“The fire burned everything.” Su Qing had previously felt heartache, but now that she saw Mu Yunyao safe and sound, she no longer cared about those worldly possessions. Instead, she comforted her, “Yao’er, Ni Yun Fang is gone. Let’s start again. Don’t be too sad.” 

Mu Yunyao nodded, “I understand. Please don’t be sad, Mother. I’ll certainly open an even better embroidery workshop for you in the future.” 

“Fine, whatever Yao’er says is fine.” 

Mu Yunyao rubbed herself against Su Qing’s bosom. “I want to sleep with Mother tonight.” 

Su Qing caressed her hair and smiled gently, “Alright, let’s sleep together.” She was also afraid, so she hugged Mu Yunyao to ease her mind. 

Mu Yunyao snuggled up to Su Qing. The light in her eyes dimmed, and an unlimited coldness emerged. Mother, don’t worry. We will soon rebuild Ni Yun Fang! 

After about an hour, Mu Yunyao’s breathing stabilized. Only then did Su Qing slowly open her eyes and slightly turn her head to look at her daughter’s peaceful sleeping face. Her eyes flashed with intense heartache. After a long while, she helped her cover up the quilt on her body and accompanied her to sleep.

Edited by Little Kitty on 09/06/20

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