Chapter 204: Beating

When Yuan Qilei returned to the main room, Zuo was leaning on the Luohan bed in the inner room, still sulking.

"Your servant greets the master!" Seeing Yuan Qilei coming back, Qiu Hua hurriedly bowed to Yuan Qilei.

Zuo looked up at Yuan Qilei, then turned away angrily: "Humph!"

Yuan Qilei's anger with Chen Yan had almost subsided, but when he saw Zuo's behavior, he was furious again. He pointed at Zuo and scolded her, "You are such a powerful mistress, and now you are showing off your power in front of me!"

Upon hearing this, Zuo Shi sat up immediately. "Master, are your words really heartbreaking? That vixen schemed against me in every possible way, and you even helped her bully me. Do you expect me to smile back at you?"

"You're such a master at putting the blame on someone else!" Yuan Qilei snorted coldly. Just now, when he was with Chen Yan, he had already determined that it was Zuo Shi who was torturing Chen Yan. "Yan'er just kept saying that it was all her fault, trying to excuse you. But you are so good, slandering Chen Yan like this. What are you thinking? Yan'er is such a kind person, how could she meet such a cruel mistress like you?"

"What am I up to?" Zuo snorted. "Why don't you go ask that vixen what she's up to? Humph, I'm vicious, but no matter how vicious I am, I can't compare to that vixen."

"You're talking nonsense! What a vixen! Yan'er is my legitimate concubine!" Yuan Qilei glared, took a few steps forward, came to Zuo's front, looked down at her and said: "How did Yan'er offend you? You can't tolerate her? Today, you tortured her to the point that she fainted. I saw it, and I don't know how you harm others!"

"You...you..." Zuo was so angry that her chest hurt. She pointed at Yuan Qi and said angrily, "What a great Master Yuan who favors his concubine over his wife!"

Yuan Qilei hated these four words the most. He couldn't hold back his anger for a moment and slapped Zuo's face again!

"Ah!" Zuo was caught off guard and fell heavily on the Arhat bed!

Qiu Hua exclaimed, and hurried forward to help Zuo up: "Madam!"

"Get out!" Yuan Qilei was angry with Zuo, and he also had a bad face towards Qiu Hua. When he saw Qiu Hua was about to go forward to help Zuo, he kicked her in the heart.

"Ah!" Qiu Hua was caught off guard and was kicked by Yuan Qilei. She fell to the ground and cried out in pain.

"Yuan Qi Lei!" Seeing Qiu Hua being kicked, Zuo Shi was even more furious. She grabbed the teacup on the kang table and threw it at Yuan Qi Lei. "I've only been married for a few days, and you're already helping that bitch to scheme against me and humiliate me. Are you still human?"

The teacup was thrown a little low and hit Yuan Qilei's chest. The unfinished tea in the teacup spilled all over Yuan Qilei.

Yuan Qilei was furious upon seeing this. He stepped forward and kicked Zuo several times. "You bitch, how dare you fight back? You're just a slut born of a concubine. You're lucky to be able to marry into my Yuan family and become the mistress. Instead of staying put, you dare to challenge me. Where do you get the guts to do that? If you really piss me off, I'll divorce you and send you home. Let's see how you still have the nerve to live!"

As he spoke, he kicked Zuo hard, making her scream in pain!

When Zuo was at home, she was just a girl in the boudoir. Although she was a concubine's daughter, she was raised by slaves and had no martial arts skills. Even if Yuan Qilei was a weak scholar, how could Zuo withstand the beating from a grown man like him?

After a while, I no longer had the strength to fight back.

Seeing this, Qiu Hua cried and struggled to get up, wanting to help Zuo Shi block Yuan Qi Lei's punches and kicks: "Master, Master, Madam knows she is wrong, please show mercy!"

As he was speaking, Qiu Hua blocked two kicks for Zuo Shi, which made Qiu Hua feel excruciating pain. It was obvious that Yuan Qi Lei was determined to kill her.

After a while, Yuan Qilei got tired of kicking and stopped!

Looking at the master and servant lying in a mess on the Arhat bed, he said in a cold voice: "I will spare you today. Since you are the mistress of my Yuan family, you should be more generous. If you are so jealous next time, I will divorce you for the seven grounds for divorce!"

Suddenly thinking of the palace banquet the day after tomorrow, he looked at the wound on Zuo's face and said, "The day after tomorrow is the day to go to the palace for the banquet. Don't embarrass me. If anyone sees your injury, I will not forgive you!"

After saying that, he strode out of the house.

"Madam, madam, how are you!" After Yuan Qilei left, Qiu Hua helped Zuo up while crying, and hurriedly found medicinal wine to rub Zuo's body.

Zuo was helped up by Qiu Hua and leaned against the kang table. The kang table was now bare, and the teacups and teapots that had been placed on it before were now smashed to pieces on the ground.

"I never thought that he was such a heartless person!" Zuo said with tears in her eyes.

Yuan Qi Lei was nearly twenty years older than her, and she had originally married with injustice. However, Yuan Qi Lei's gentleness in the past few days made her mistakenly believe that she could get Yuan Qi Lei's pity and respect, and she felt more at ease.

However, today's beating from Yuan Qi Lei made her completely understand that Yuan Qi Lei was not a good man at all. He actually beat her so cruelly for a concubine.

However, if Yuan Qilei really divorced her and sent her back home, she would definitely not have a good ending!

Given her stepmother's attitude and hatred towards her, the outcome would certainly be a hundred times more miserable than it is now, and her aunt couldn't help her at all.

Thinking about it, Zuo Shi was filled with sorrow. She was only nineteen years old now. Was she going to have to endure this forever? When would this end?

"Madam!" Qiu Hua couldn't help crying when she saw Zuo's tears. "Madam, please relax. That Concubine Yan is not a simple person. We have all been tricked by her today. The master has already determined that you deliberately tortured Concubine Yan. We can't explain it even if we have a hundred mouths. Just don't take it to heart, otherwise you will be the one suffering."

"Relax! How can I relax?" Zuo wiped her tears and sobbed, "I don't know what tricks that vixen used to make the master believe that I am cruel and ruthless. I can't swallow this anger."

"Madam!" Qiu Hua said as she applied medicine to Zuo, "That Concubine Yan has been with the Master for much longer than you have. Judging from her appearance, I'm afraid she's also quite capable of using tricks. You don't have those dirty thoughts, so you're no match for her."

"What should we do then?" Zuo gritted his teeth.

"Madam!" Qiu Hua whispered, "If I were to tell you, it would be best if you submit to the master. For now, the best thing to do is to let the master know your kindness and cherish you."

Zuo turned to look at Qiu Hua, narrowed her eyes, and sighed, "Master has been bewitched by that vixen, how could he see the good in me?"

Qiu Hua hurriedly said, "Madam, didn't the master tell you not to be jealous of Concubine Yan? You didn't see Concubine Yan before, and today Concubine Yan stood in our yard for over an hour and got a heat stroke. I'm afraid that's why the master is angry with you. Why don't you show the grace of a mistress and show some concern for Concubine Yan first, and then make plans later!"

(End of this chapter)