What... Lian Shiya abruptly raised her head to look at Feng Qianyue —
"Your Highness, no, we can't …"
Feng Qianyue's slightly cold gaze fell on her as he leisurely said, "This is the best arrangement this duke has given you."
Why would he want to accept her for two months? He hurriedly said, "Your Highness, for this unfilial woman to commit such a crime, she should be severely punished, but considering that she is already a person of Your Highness' residence, just like her mother, you can just beat her thirty times with a board."
Feng Qianyue's gaze slightly glanced at Lian Yanqing, who hurriedly nodded. "Your Highness …"
Feng Qianyue stood up, and his gaze vaguely swept over Lian Meng Yue's body as he said, "Let's beat each other up. Then this prince will take his leave."
"I am sending you off, Fourth Prince."
"Your Highness, Your Highness, you cannot ignore me. I am your person, I am your person …" As he watched Feng Qianyue's cold and hard figure walk off into the distance, Lian Shiya crawled over to chase after him, but he didn't even look back.
"Father, father, daughter is begging you, I won't dare to do it again. Father is my fault, it's all my fault, I was already beaten up once last year, and at that time my body fell sick. Daughter, daughter can't take this beating anymore …"
"Men, drag this fight down to thirty boards. There won't even be one less. After the fight is over, quietly return to the Duke of Yue's mansion. No one is allowed to spread the news." Lian Yanqing ordered.
"No! Father! Father!" Lian Shiya was dragged down, and as the board fell on her body, her wails followed one after another.
Lian Ruyue passed by her — —
Lian Shiya, your husband doesn't care. You've already tasted the feeling of your father not caring at all. How does it feel?
After Aunt Xiao was knocked out, who knew how long she slept. In her daze, she saw two figures outside the door swaying. She could faintly hear them discussing in a low voice:
"She's beaten to this state yet you still didn't send a doctor? Tell me, is the old master not planning on saving her?"
"It's good that the old master didn't kill her when she did such evil deeds, and he even sent a doctor?"
Aunt Xiao secretly clenched her fists as her whole body trembled. Fear flashed in her eyes — —
Lian Yanqing was planning to kill her?
If she thought about it carefully, that she had been exposed for having done such a thing. With Lian Yanqing's temper, thinking about how he had personally executed her two aunts, a chill went up her spine — —
No, she couldn't die. She was still alive and well, so how could she die? Even if he died, he would bring Rong Xue with him!
Back then, she was also her direct daughter, while Rong Xue was her legal wife, but she could only be her concubine! She wasn't willing to die just like that after so many decades.
She had to stay alive!
"Creak." The door opened and she quickly closed her eyes. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a woman carrying food in. She closed the door and walked out without saying a word.
She opened her eyes. The food was only two cold steamed buns.
She moved over, her hands trembling as she touched the steamed bun, and ate it forcefully. After finishing the ungulping of the steamed bun, her eyes searched the woodshed. Finally, she found a blunt knife in the corner.
She held back the pain in her body, gritted her teeth and crawled over while hiding the blunt blade behind her back.
For three days in a row, someone came to deliver food on time. Every time someone came back, her heart would be in her mouth and her hands would be touching the dull knife behind her back.
On the fourth day's night, just as she was suffering from waves of pain from the place where she had been reprimanded by the staff, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, the door opened.
She suddenly raised her head to see the old woman holding a bowl of medicine in her hands. "Auntie Xiao, this is the lord's favor. Find a doctor to prescribe medicine for you, you'll gradually recover from your injuries after drinking it."
Auntie Xiao looked at the bowl of black medicine and turned her head away. "My injuries will recover. I don't need to drink any medicine. Take it back."
"This is the lord's decision. Let's just treat it to Lady Xiao's drink. This servant will act like the lord's order." This old woman suddenly pressed down on Aunt Xiao's shoulder and poured the medicine into her mouth.
"Wu, let go, let go, I'm not drinking …" She struggled to keep her mouth shut, but her hand found the blunt knife again in her panic.
"Humph!" The old woman sneered, "Aunty Xiao, your servant will tell you the truth. If the prime minister wants you dead, you'll have to drink it, even if you don't. If you don't drink it today, you'll drink it tomorrow, too.
"He really does want my life." Aunt Xiao's heart sank as her face revealed a desperate expression. "He forgot, he forgot my good points, forgot that I've been gentle with him for more than ten years …"
"Aunt Xiao, these words, you can go speak with that Black and White Impermanence on the Road to the Yellow Springs. If the Lord wants your life, then …" "Ugh …"
She had purposely said something just now to divert her attention. While she was distracted, she had mercilessly used the blade to strike this mama in the head. Her body tilted to the side and fell to the ground, causing bright red blood to flow out of her head.
"Clank …" Lady Xiao tossed away the blade in her hand, took off this mama's clothes, and put them on for herself. Then, she hid the blunt blade on her body, and left the woodshed while it was still dark.
This mama was right. If Lian Yanqing wanted her dead, she wouldn't be able to live.
However, she could not just die in vain. She wanted to drag Rong Xue down with her!
"Rongxue, even if I die, I won't let you go. You and your son can go to the Road to River Styx to accompany me!"
Aunt Xiao clenched her teeth. She was very familiar with the layout of the back courtyard, so she had purposely bypassed many places with eyes and ears. She knew that there was a place where they could go straight to Fuan Courtyard.
"Bang …" At this moment, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a rumble of thunder and a torrential downpour.
"Ah …" The first lady suddenly woke up with a start, beads of sweat dripping down her forehead.
"Madame, what's the matter?" When Zhou mama, who was standing guard outside, heard the commotion, she hurriedly walked in.
"Where's my Yan'er?" the First Lady asked hurriedly.
"Young Master Yan is sleeping soundly. It's raining heavily again just now." Zhou mama quickly took a handkerchief and wiped away the sweat on the head madam's forehead.
"Go and carry them over for me to take a look." The First Lady felt a little flustered, and an ominous premonition enveloped her.
"Yes, this old servant will go now."
Senior Servant Zhou turned around and left. Not long later, she carried Lian Yan, who was sleeping soundly, to the bedside. The first wife took the child from her hands.