Inside the bamboo house, Sun Zhongshi looked at her daughter's appearance and kept wiping away tears, crying her eyes out. The makeup she had spent half a day putting on was completely ruined.

"Mother, don't cry, I did it myself." Sun Si said irritably, her heart was pounding, and Sun Zhongshi's crying only made her more upset.

Sun Zhongshi wiped away her tears and said angrily, "My dear child, what are you doing? Why are you stabbing yourself? Who forced you? Was it that Sun Liu? Don't worry, I'll go and make that slut apologize to you right now! I'll stab her too and see what happens!"

Sun Si sighed. His mother was good in every way, but she was brainless. If it weren't for his grandmother's constant protection and favoritism, their branch of the family would have been completely devoured by the other branches long ago.

"Mother!" Sun Si screamed, screaming so hard that she was sweating profusely from the pain.

Sun Zhongshi stopped crying immediately after being yelled at. She ordered everyone around her to leave, and then asked in a low voice, "Jiao'er, tell your mother, what's wrong? Why are you torturing yourself like this?" She looked at Sun Si's pale face and burst into tears again.

“That assassin… defiled my daughter.” After saying this, Sun Si turned his head away, tears welling up in his eyes, and he was so heartbroken that he could no longer make a sound.

Madam Sun Zhong was shocked. She covered her mouth, glanced around, and only felt slightly relieved after confirming that no one was there. "Wasn't it supposed to be that the Fourth Prince would watch Sun Yun being defiled today? Why was it you who was chosen? Does the Fourth Prince know about this?"

After saying that, she looked at Sun Si silently shedding tears, looking heartbroken, and her heart softened. She didn't want to scold him anymore, so she hugged Sun Si and cried with him.

Women can be ruthless, foolish, anything goes, but a woman who loves herself will never allow anyone other than the man she loves to touch her body. They all come from scholarly families, they are educated, and they are faithful!

As a woman herself, Sun Zhongshi understood the grief of women, and at this moment, no words were enough to comfort Sun Si.

She felt genuinely dirty and filthy, and from the bottom of her heart, she looked down on herself. She felt inferior to Sun Yun in terms of temperament and felt inferior in front of the person she loved. So she frantically believed that Zhao Bi loved Sun Yun.

After that encounter at Huguo Temple, she went to great lengths to marry Zhao Bi, bringing with her a generous dowry. Her marriage caused a sensation throughout the capital. She thought she was finally happy and had achieved her wish.

But she could sense that the man lying next to her was gentle and caring, but not loving, so she panicked.

When Sun Yun returned from Guanzhou, she found that Sun Yun was even more beautiful, so beautiful that she felt ashamed of herself. She was jealous and uneasy, always feeling that this cousin would steal everything from her.

So, she first had Xie Jinhuan perform a seductive stunt in front of Sun Yun and Zhao Shu to bewitch them, while secretly using deer incense. This deer incense was a secret recipe of the Sun family, which, when combined with the fragrance of a hundred flowers and green bamboo wine, could make people lose their senses and desire pleasure.

The effect of deer incense cannot be achieved by smelling it once; it must be repeated so that the deer can smell it repeatedly, and the time intervals must be carefully controlled to achieve the desired effect.

She still couldn't understand how Sun Yun had changed the water in the water clock. She had just sent someone to check it, and there was nothing wrong with the water clock.

"Does Your Highness know?" Madam Sun asked again, her heart aching.

Sun Si shook her head with tears in her eyes, "But Sun Yun knows, and Princess Jun of the Yongwang Mansion also knows. Mother, Princess Jun wants Jingxin Garden, and Sun Yun wants 50% of the Sun family's assets. Mother, you must help your daughter. This matter cannot be known to His Highness. Mother..." She hugged Sun Zhongshi and finally broke down in tears.

"Fifty percent?" Madam Sun was startled. "She's asking for an exorbitant amount! You agreed?" Even the old lady couldn't decide on fifty percent of the Sun family's assets, so how could she?

"Does Mother think I can refuse?" Sun Si's face was ashen. To this day, she still doesn't understand why she has been so utterly defeated.

Madam Sun sighed and hugged her tightly, patting her gently as if she were a child. "Mother will think of a way for you. Promise me you won't act impulsively next time, understand?"

"Mother, it will be within three days. After three days, you may only see your daughter's corpse." She burst into tears again, not because she was heartbroken over the loss of half of the business, but because she was heartbroken over her body that had been defiled for no reason.

"Alright, Mother will do whatever you say." Although she said this, she felt bitter inside. How could she save her daughter?

Zhao Shu and Sun Yun sat in the carriage in silence. Zhao Shu was thinking about what had happened that day. In fact, none of it had anything to do with her. She had inexplicably acquired a courtyard. Happiness had come too suddenly, and she was a little unaccustomed to it.

To be honest, she had made many plans before she went there. For example, she wanted to find Jiang Jingzhan to avenge Xinwei, but she didn't see him. She also wanted to dig a pit for the Sun family and make the old party members step down. Her teacher was going to enter the court, but there were no high-ranking official positions available. If he wanted to be ranked above the second rank as soon as he entered the court, someone had to step down.

She naturally wouldn't let the new party members step down, but there were too many old party members, so they should give way a little.

For example, she might want to meet Gu Chongxuan to see if he is indeed "unappreciated despite his talent," so that she can relieve her recent frustration and, incidentally, give him a blow to his confidence.

But it seems her heroic talents have no place to be used...

It seems that ever since she entered Jingxin Garden, she has had nothing to do. If she does have any opportunities, someone helps her from behind, and she doesn't even have a chance to unleash her ultimate move.

"Ah Jun, tonight, the Prince's mansion is likely to be in turmoil. I'm sorry to have disturbed your peace," Sun Yun said apologetically.

Zhao Shu took out medicine from the hidden compartment of the carriage, took her hand, removed the white cloth from her fingers, and slowly applied the medicine to her. "No need for polite words. Didn't you give me a Jingxin Garden today? It's just a little unsettled, nothing serious."

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