Chapter 378 The Devil in the World

Wei Shijun felt that she had been fooled again.

When she returned to her room in a daze with the seal and jade beads, Wei Qingyan was waiting for her in the room.

"Did you go to see Lin Lanting?" Wei Qingyan smiled gently.

Wei Shijun hummed, "What do you want to ask?"

Qingyan came here probably because of what the assassin leader said last night.

The sisters have been together for so long, and Qingyan had long noticed her strange habit of not being able to sleep at night, but he never asked about it. She knew that it was not that Qingyan did not care about her, but that he respected her privacy.

It was because of Qingyan's respect that she felt more comfortable getting along with her.

Qingyan came today probably because she was really worried, so she didn't want to beat around the bush with her sister.

Wei Qingyan sat down next to her, "Is it Lu Chengren?"

Lu Chengren is the name of my second brother-in-law.

"Um."

Wei Shijun's voice was very low, but it made Wei Qingyan's heart tighten.

"Why don't you tell Father and Grandmother?"

When my third sister was twelve years old, my father was still alive. He loved his children very much and would definitely not let Lu Chengren go if he knew.

"My father was anxiously trying to repel Wudan, and my grandmother was not in good health at the time. Even if I told them, it wouldn't have changed anything. I can avenge my own vengeance myself."

Wei Shijun sneered, "Why haven't the Lu family had any more children in all these years? Because I castrated him."

"Third sister, what can I do for you?"

Wei Qingyan put his arm around her shoulders, a fire rising in his heart.

The third sister didn't make a big deal out of it, probably for another reason, which was to preserve the reputation of the Wei family. If the third sister's uncleanness were to spread, the marriages of all unmarried men and women in the Wei family would be affected, including her and Wanyi.

"If you really want to do something, then use your privilege as the Crown Princess to make his career in the government hopeless."

Wei Shijun leaned on Wei Qingyan's shoulder and said, "They went to the capital, hoping to let the Lu family's children inherit the General's Mansion. Qingyan, I don't want to."

"Okay, I'll write to my father later and check his past political achievements."

Few officials can withstand scrutiny.

Besides, how good could a bastard be if he attacked his sister-in-law, who hadn't even reached the age of marriage yet? No matter how talented he was, he wasn't fit to be an official.

Wei Shijun looked up and smiled, "Are you really going to abuse your private power for me?"

"This isn't abuse of power; it's the retribution he deserves. Third sister, from now on, I won't let anyone bully you. If anyone dares to die, tell me and I'll avenge you."

When she was twelve years old, Wei Shijun dreamed of hearing such words.

Can.

"Wei Shiyao said that I was restless and seduced her man.

In the middle of the night, he fell drunk at the gate of my courtyard. Seeing that there was no servant with him, I wanted to ask my maid to call someone to send him back.

He said Wei Shiyao was most annoyed by his drinking, and after disturbing her, she would inevitably quarrel with him for a long time. He asked me and the maid to help him to the study, where incense had already been lit..."

Wei Qingyan's belated support made Wei Shijun's years of accumulated grievances burst out suddenly. With red eyes, she said in a hoarse voice, "I woke up unconscious, and the person sitting beside the bed was Wei Shiyao.

When I realized what happened, I wanted to settle the score with him, but Wei Shiyao slapped me first.

She said that if anyone was to blame, it was my own fault for not being tactful enough to avoid suspicion with my brother-in-law, which led to Lu having evil thoughts about me.

She said, fortunately, he liked me, which was better than him liking someone else. Since ancient times, it was not uncommon for Ehuang and Nvying to share a husband. Three years later, when I reached the age of 15, she would decide for me to marry into the Lu family as a concubine.

I have been playful since I was young, unlike other girls who stay at home in the inner chamber, but I also have a sense of shame, and I have never had any private contact with him.

I have always respected him as my own brother, and in my heart I am still a child, so how could I seduce him?"

Wei Shijun hugged her sister, letting her tears fall, and choked up, "Because it was the middle of the night, the servants had all gone to bed, and my maid was with him, I just sent him back. But how could I know that he was pretending to be drunk and had already bribed my maid.

How could I have known that my second sister, whom I once trusted so much, would help her husband plot against her own younger sister in order to please him.

If Wei Shiyao hadn't invited me, how could I have stayed at the Lu family, and how could I have been plotted against by them? I thought about making a big deal out of it regardless of the consequences.

But Wei Shiyao is despicable and has already figured out how to control me.

She said that if she made the matter public, it would only put her father and grandmother in a difficult position. Should they protect me, whose reputation had been ruined, or punish Lu Chengren, ruin her marriage, and let her live with her two young sons, ridiculed by the world?

She said that the incident happened at the Lu family, in Lu Chengren's study. If it were to be made public, people would only believe that I was shameless and had an affair with my brother-in-law, thus ruining the reputation of the entire Wei family.

By then, the Wei family might ask my grandmother to send me to a temple, where I could live out my life in seclusion.

She said that her father already felt guilty about her mother's death, and if he knew that something happened to me, he would feel even more guilty for not being able to take good care of me.

Seeing that I stopped making a fuss, Wei Shiyao thought that those words had taken control of me, so she pretended that nothing had happened and sent me back home.

A few days later, she personally took me to Lu's house on the pretext that the child missed her aunt. My grandmother did not doubt it and agreed.

The first night, I thought he would go, so I sat there holding the dagger all night. At dawn, I wanted to go home, but they drugged me and made me sleep for the whole day.

At night, Lu Chengren sneaked into my house in the dark. They thought they had taken my dagger, and I was powerless to resist. However, they didn’t know that I also had a soft blade hidden at my waist. I castrated him and then wanted to commit suicide…”

Wei Shijun paused and remained silent for a long time before asking Wei Qingyan, "Do you know what Wei Shiyao said?"

Without Wei Qingyan's reply, she continued, "She said that I was her beloved sister and that she loved me more than herself. All men in the world have three wives and four concubines, and there is no daughter-in-law who does not suffer from the torture of the mother-in-law. She couldn't bear to let me go to another family and suffer. Since Mr. Lu liked me, she took the opportunity to keep me by her side and protect me for the rest of my life.

She said that Lu Chengren didn't come on the first night because she felt sorry for my young age and couldn't bear it, so she stopped Lu Chengren... I was disgusted by her. She was just afraid that I would really die in the Lu family and couldn't withstand my father's investigation.

But it was her disgusting words that woke me up. I just trusted my sister wrongly. I just kindly sent the drunk man back to the house. I did nothing wrong. They were wrong. Why should I lose my life?

I also cut Wei Shiyao's back with a knife and warned her that if she tried to target me again, I would kill her entire family. Perhaps these words frightened her.

After that, I practiced martial arts even more diligently, traveled around the world, and formed a guard. As my skills grew, they began to fear me and no longer dared to mention the past, and I didn't want to mention it anymore..."

But the shadow of this incident has accompanied her for more than ten years.

Wei Qingyan hugged her and said, "Thank you, and I'm sorry."

Thank you for believing in me even after going through Wei Shiyao's betrayal. I'm sorry that I didn't do anything in time even though I knew what you might have experienced.

After pouring out all the bitterness in her heart, Wei Shijun felt much more relaxed. "You are you. In those years, I had the ability to kill them, but I didn't do it. Do you think I am a coward?"

"They're not worth your dirty hands."

But Wei Qingyan had already made up his mind to make those two pay the price they deserved without involving his third sister.

Wei Qingyan didn't ask his third sister what choice she made after returning from Lin Lanting. After experiencing something like that, it was her right to be strong or to escape.

It is her right to choose happiness. All she can do is give her third sister the right to cry cowardly in front of her.

As for the Queen, she had to find a way to shut them up. The fact that her third sister went to see Lin Lanting with injuries today showed that she cared about her. She couldn't let her third sister be hurt again by the rumors.

The two sisters talked about some personal matters, and Wei Qingyan returned to his room thoughtfully.

Shi Yu roughly knew what had happened to Wei Shijun, but since it concerned a woman's reputation, he didn't ask a single question even in front of his wife.

He just said, "Xiao Yan, the Queen used live burial to pay for the life of the living dead. She treats human life as worthless. She is no different from Su Mao and Shi Dehou, and is even more cruel.

Such a person, sitting in a high position, will sooner or later cause the world to suffer for his own selfish interests. I need to control Feng Zhao as soon as possible."

Qingyan was plotted against this time, and the Queen may not let it go. He needs to be strong to protect her and the people of Fengzhao.

Wei Qingyan expected Shi Yu to want to fight for the throne, and he also understood the reason for his idea. He nodded and said, "Da Wei and I will help you."

Husband and wife don't need to say much. Shi Yu knew what Wei Qingyan was worried about. "Shall we go meet Shi Dehou?"

Perhaps Shi Dehou knew who the leader of the assassins that night was. Only by knowing who the other party was could he try to stop the rumors from spreading.