"Oh? I bullied you?"
Xie Qingrao looked at Lu Yan with interest, and smiled: "In that case, I can't let your kindness down. Come here."
Xie Qing raised his hand slightly, and two guards emerged from the shadows. He pointed at Lu Yan and said, "Marquis Pingyang said I bullied him. I'll show him how I bully others."
"Marquis Pingyang, you have disobeyed your superiors. The punishment is ten lashes. You will kneel outside."
"Your Highness!"
Lu Yan refused to accept, but two knives were already on his neck.
Aunt Jia and Jia Yue quickly begged for mercy: "Your Highness! No!"
Xie Qing snorted coldly: "No? If he didn't hold such an important position, these ten whips should be ten military sticks."
After Xie Qing finished speaking, he ignored them and said to Qin Wan gently, "It's getting late, go back to your room and rest."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Qin Wan knelt down and bowed, then turned and went back to her room.
In the army, the ten lashes were given after the clothes were taken off. Qin Wan was not interested in watching it, but some people felt very distressed when watching it.
Aunt Jia cried, "It's so hot, how can I bear it with my husband like this? I'm going to go talk to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Jiayue held her back and said, "Why are you arguing with His Highness? His Highness is the monarch, and the Marquis is the subject. Are you trying to disobey the Crown Prince?"
"Don't forget who you belong to!" Aunt Jia glared at Jia Yue angrily with tears in her eyes, "You actually want to listen to the prince?"
Seeing that she was no longer rational, Jiayue let go of her hand and said, "If you want to go, go ahead. You and I are just spies of the Fourth Prince. You must understand your status and mission!"
"What's the point of going to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to beg for mercy now? Are you trying to see if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has truly broken with the Marquis, or is it just a test to see if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Marquis are secretly working together?"
After a few words, Aunt Jia calmed down. As long as they didn't talk about love, she was still very rational: "He married Miss Wu, and now he's taking us both in as his concubines. How can he still be so fickle?"
Jiayue snorted softly, "Why not? You and I are following him now, and we're just helping the Fourth Prince keep an eye on him. We have no favor, no children, and no trust from him. If something really goes wrong, do you think he'll execute us or keep us?"
Aunt Jia suddenly stopped talking. In this world, where could there be a spy who could be discovered and still be alive?
She looked at Lu Yan, who was kneeling in the yard and being tortured, and calmed herself down. "Are you saying that he just performed that act for us on purpose?"
Jiayue shook her head: "We'll have to wait and see. No one knows his loyalty to the Fourth Prince until something happens. What we have to do is..."
A ruthless look flashed in Jiayue's eyes. "First, you must protect your own safety. As for Marquis Lu, your nominal husband, don't worry about him. If he is loyal to the Fourth Prince, you and I will die of old age in the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion. If he dares to have any other intentions towards the Fourth Prince, your mission and mine is to eliminate him."
Looking at Aunt Jia's increasingly pale face, Jia Yue whispered, "Fourth Prince, I will always arrange other removals for you and me. As for the rest, don't worry too much."
Jiayue broke down the whole thing and told Aunt Jia everything, but Aunt Jia listened to it. However, as soon as she thought about Lu Yan's death, her heart began to waver again.
Turning around and seeing Lu Yan being tortured, Aunt Jia felt even more distressed. However, she didn't dare say anything more to Jia Yue. She just held her hand and said, "You're right. It's best for us to just keep things superficial. Let's go back to the room first. I'll wipe the Marquis' sweat off his face and bring him a bowl of water."
Seeing that she listened to the advice, Jiayue felt a little relieved and followed Aunt Jia back to the room to pack. Lu Yan only brought the two of them on this trip, so it was naturally not convenient to bring other people to serve him. Therefore, no matter what happened, the two of them had to do it themselves.
Aunt Jia was sweating all over after packing just one or two pieces of clothes, and she couldn't help but think of Lu Yan kneeling in the yard.
It was such a hot day, even at night it was sweltering. How could he possibly endure the exhaustion of such a long journey? Furthermore, he had been flogged, and the wounds, soaked with sweat, would surely hurt even more.
While Jiayue was not paying attention, Aunt Jia pretended to fetch some water and left the room.
Jiayue looked at her back and sighed softly. In the end, she couldn't stop her.
Qin Wan had just returned to her room to rest when someone knocked on the door.
Yijia went to open the door and saw that it was Aunt Jia. She asked in confusion, "Aunt, what brings you here?"
Aunt Jia glanced around the room arrogantly. She had to maintain her attitude. In the mansion, Bai Wanyi had been warned by the Fourth Prince not to offend him, and Wu Ziya's father was the Fourth Prince's man, so she couldn't touch him either.
Aunt Qi had a child, but what did she have? She had nothing.
Concubine Jia originally wanted to take advantage of this disaster relief to enhance their relationship, but she didn't expect that she would follow Jia Yue. That would be fine, but now the Marquis is still obsessed with Qin Wan!
Jiayue was right. They had no favorite and no children, so they couldn't let Qin Wan enter the house!
Thinking of this, Aunt Jia's words were somewhat provocative. "We already have a mistress and a concubine in the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion. Even though Miss Qin was once the wife of the Pingyang Marquis, she is now a divorced wife. If she wants to enter the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion again, she will be a concubine. Besides, I will enter first, and Miss Qin will become my younger sister. Is it not too much for me to call her younger sister?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she was slapped in the face.
Tao Yao shook her hurt hand and snorted coldly, "Who do you think you are? How dare you call our young lady your sister? Go back and tell your master that our young lady doesn't like him!"
"If it weren't for your Pingyang Marquis' grandfather's meritorious service before his death that persuaded His Majesty to agree to the marriage, do you think our Marquis would have allowed our daughter to marry your Marquis? Pah!"
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