Chapter 7: Whipping Her Twenty-Three Times

Everything happened in a flash. No one expected that Wei Qingyan would be so brutal... and directly broke Guan Yuer's hand.

This is not the end.

Wei Qingyan held the child in his arms with one hand and took out a whip with the other.

Before Guan Yuer could open her mouth to curse, she heard another "pop" sound, and then a burning pain came from her back.

"Ah...you vicious woman, how dare you...I'm going to tell the Marquis...and have him kill you..."

The pain made her voice distorted and sharp.

The maid wanted to protect Guan Yu'er, but when she met Wei Qingyan's cold eyes, she was so frightened that she trembled and rushed out of the yard.

She wants to find the old lady to save the young lady.

No, that's not right. The old lady is in a coma and she can't save the young lady. She can only ask the Marquis for help.

A Lu also came back to his senses from the shock and hesitated whether to help Guan Yuer. After all, compared to Miss Chang, whose origins were unknown, Guan Yuer was a relative of the old lady.

However, the hesitation was only for a moment, as the Marquis told him not to neglect Miss Chang.

He would not admit how happy he felt watching Miss Chang beat Guan Yuer.

The Anyuan Marquis Mansion has been in turmoil these years. The masters have passed away one after another, and now only the old lady, the marquis, and the eldest daughter are left.

After the Marquis returned to Beijing, the old lady said that she had no children, so she took her niece's granddaughter from her mother's family to live with her.

In the past, Guan Yuer pretended to be virtuous and polite in front of the Marquis and the old lady, but privately she relied on the old lady's power to show off in the mansion.

Not only did Xiao Xiang not say anything, he even hit the child.

If it's true, he deserves a beating.

"Snap." Another whip.

When Wei Qingyan was about to raise her hand again, someone grabbed her clothes. The child, who she thought would be scared, was looking up at her.

Wei Qingyan lowered his eyes and released his arm that was covering her ears. "Aren't you afraid?"

"She is a bad person." The child's eyes were still timid, but there was a hint of satisfaction on his face.

Wei Qingyan raised her eyes to the sky and tossed the child in her arms upwards. "Xiaoxiao is right. She is a bad person. Then you should take a good look at how your aunt helps you fight back."

She whipped Guan Yuer twenty-three times.

While washing the child's back, she clearly counted the new and old scars on the thin back, a total of twenty-three.

Guan Yuer fainted from the pain.

Wei Qingyan looked at A Lu, "Take her out and tell Du Xueyi that I whipped her for Xiao Xiao as well as for him."

Fang's resentment was lingering in the air, even more intense than yesterday. If she didn't vent her anger for Xiaoxiao, the resentment would soon bring disaster to Du Xueyi.

Having been contaminated by a life beyond the law of cause and effect, the Fang family will never be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation again.

A Lu looked at Wei Qingyan who turned around and went back to the house, opened his mouth, but said nothing in the end. He signaled a few frightened maids who were hiding nearby to carry Guan Yuer away.

He didn't understand what Miss Chang meant, but the Marquis must have understood.

When Guan Yuer's maid saw Du Xueyi, he was working as the steward of the Marquis Shen's Mansion.

The butler, who used to be very popular in front of the old lady and whose status was like that of half a master, was beaten until his body was covered in blood.

The Marquis's face was gloomy and terrifying, as if he was about to send the butler to death in the next moment.

The maidservant didn't dare to explain her purpose.

She had a very bad premonition in her heart, and always felt that what happened today was very unfavorable to her young lady.

Just as he was about to turn around and look for Guan Yuer, he heard Du Xueyi's gloomy voice, "Catch her."

…

When Du Xueyi walked into Fengxiaoyuan, Wei Qingyan had coaxed Xiaoxiao to sleep and was meditating with his eyes closed.

"Miss Chang, could you please come out for a moment?"

Wei Qingyan opened his eyes, glanced at the sleeping child, and stepped out.

Just as he turned around and closed the door, a palm wind attacked him from behind. Wei Qingyan narrowed his eyes slightly, dodged it, and used his lightness skills to go to the empty house next to him.

Du Xueyi followed, not forgetting to instruct A Lu behind him, "Guard it, don't let anyone in."

When he caught up with Wei Qingyan, she was standing in the room with her hands behind her back, looking at him calmly.

No one spoke, and Du Xueyi made his move directly.

A Lu, who was guarding outside, could only hear the sounds of fighting in the house. After a while, the noise disappeared. He was worried, so he looked out and saw that his master was being stepped on by Miss Chang.

He was about to draw his sword and move forward, but Du Xueyi shouted, "Back off."

After a brief hesitation, he heard his master say, "Leave the courtyard."

Hearing the sound of A Lu walking away, Du Xueyi fell to the ground with tears in his eyes.

After a long pause, she choked out a sob, "My grandmother planned all of this. She bribed Fang's maid, promised her the position of Anyuan Marquis's concubine, and helped create the illusion that Fang had pawned her dowry and eloped with someone.

He hid it from the Fang family and from me.

The Fang family is a merchant family. They had hoped that Fang's marriage to the Marquis' Mansion would help her family prosper. However, she did something that wronged the Mansion. Fearing that they would be implicated, the Fang family was too busy distancing themselves from her to verify the truth of the matter.

After I returned to Beijing, my father-in-law scolded Fang bitterly and blamed himself for not raising his daughter well, which made me believe more and more that the story was true.

I was too stupid, I didn't have any man at all, and now all the dowries have been converted into silver and locked in my grandmother's storehouse. Why did my grandmother do this?"

Why do this?

Wei Qingyan didn't respond.

Since Du Xueyi was able to find out all this, how could he not find out Mrs. Du's purpose?

Although the Marquis's Mansion has a title, it is not rich.

"I thought she really admired Fang's character, but it turns out she was just after her dowry. For all these years, my Du family has relied on Fang's dowry to survive."

Fang was filial and always put her grandmother first in everything. She was supported by mountains of gold and silver, but this also fostered her greed.

Not only did she suck Fang's blood, she also gave money to her natal family every year, and even had the idea of ​​promising her niece's granddaughter to him as his concubine.

Unexpectedly, Fang, who had always been obedient in everything, refused this time.

She then had evil intentions and wanted to kill for money.

If he hadn't heard these words from the housekeeper and several servants who were sent letters by his grandmother, he would never have believed that his grandmother, who used to have a kind face, could be so... so shameless and vicious.

"I was stupid. I was stupid enough to believe her words. I was stupid enough to not even recognize my own child. I almost let her be harmed by the treacherous person."

Du Xueyi raised his head, tears streaming down his face, "But, General, how could I have imagined that she had such evil intentions so early.

I never thought that a random doctor I found on the street could be bribed to replace my contraceptive pills with tonics."

Otherwise, how could he suspect that Xiaoxiao was not his child.

The word "General" made Wei Qingyan loosen his grip.

Back then, she hid a tempting treasure in Magnolia Mountain. Among the people who knew about it and were still alive, the only one who knew about it was Du Xueyi.

Before leaving for Beijing, she sent people to Magnolia Mountain to check for the treasure.

The pigeon message she received at the inn told her that the treasure was still there.

Wudan is not far from Magnolia Mountain. After her death, Du Xueyi stayed there for several years but did not touch the treasure, which made her decide to trust him.

She also needs an identity in Beijing.

When she saw Fengxiaoyuan, which had been uninhabited for many years and was as clean as if it had been cleaned every day, she knew that her decision was right.

He is still the same Du Xueyi who always respects her and values ​​friendship and loyalty.

Seeing that she didn't deny it, Du Xueyi hugged her feet and curled up on the ground, crying uncontrollably...

He made a very big mistake, and he didn't know how to make it up to Fang and the children, or some people would never have the chance to make it up to them.

Although the general is one year younger than him, he is both his teacher and friend. He has always been his backbone and now he is his last hope.