Chapter 36 Chapter 36 "Third sister, you're full, it's time to go...
Zhao Qingyi took a deep breath, "Prince..."
If she didn't speak up, the dagger would cut her skin.
Is that her voice?
Chu Yuanhe froze for a moment and quickly moved away from her. "Sorry, I thought it was an assassin..."
His breathing was a little disordered, and he staggered because he stood up too quickly. Fortunately, Zhao Qingyi helped him up in time.
The scorching temperature penetrated through the brocade clothes and burned Zhao Qingyi's palms.
That's not a normal human body temperature.
After she recovered, she smelled a strange fragrance that made her dizzy for a moment.
Zhao Qingyi's heart skipped a beat. She found the fire starter again and lit several candles in the room. In the dim light, she saw Li Heng lying not far away, and a copper gilt incense burner with cloud and crane patterns fell beside him.
A faint white smoke rose from the stove.
Zhao Qingyi hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, picked up a pot of tea and quickly poured it into the incense burner to completely extinguish the incense inside, and opened all the closed doors and windows for ventilation.
Chu Yuanhe leaned against the door and struggled to hold on. The air that entered the room was not enough to extinguish the heat in his body.
But Zhao Qingyi still came over and asked, "Prince, are you okay?"
Sweat was dripping down the corner of Chu Yuanhe's forehead. His vision was blurred and he could only vaguely make out two bright red lips.
"Prince?" After what happened with Li Heng, Zhao Qingyi was still cautious and didn't get too close.
But we can't just watch Chu Yuanhe suffer.
"I'll get you a basin of cold water."
But to go out, she had to pass by Chu Yuanhe, so Zhao Qingyi almost stuck to the door frame on the other side to go out.
Despite this, the cool breeze still carried her body fragrance, invading Chu Yuanhe's five senses, and the distance between them was still very close.
...It's really terrible.
In order to avoid losing control, Chu Yuanhe had to cut his palm with a dagger to keep the pain at bay.
This time there was light, and Zhao Qingyi saw clearly that the dagger he was holding was exactly the same as the one she carried. She subconsciously reached for her waist, but it was gone.
Perhaps the dagger was snatched away by the other party as soon as she entered the door.
"Feel sorry."
Chu Yuanhe's voice was hoarse, and his body was trembling slightly as he leaned against the door. "Everything I did just now was just an instinct for self-preservation. I didn't mean to hurt you..."
When Li Heng was intoxicated by the fragrance, the feelings buried deep in his heart were brought out. Chu Yuanhe was also intoxicated by the fragrance and had feelings, but he was more cautious, so he attacked Zhao Qingyi who rashly broke in.
He wiped the blood off the dagger with his sleeve, then walked towards Li Heng again and kicked him. "How are you going to deal with this man?"
Zhao Qingyi was silent for a moment and said, "He is my nominal brother-in-law. I have to take him back."
"Heh." Chu Yuanhe sneered, his voice slightly hoarse. "You must know what this kid has in mind for you, right? That incense can amplify people's desires. You should know exactly what he wants to do."
The incense was extremely effective. Even a battle-hardened man like Chu Yuanhe was harmed by it after just holding it for a while when he came out of Lanyue Pavilion. This showed that the person who lit the incense had a vicious mind.
Li Heng fell in love with Zhao Qingyi again, and it was possible that he was directing and acting this out himself, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity.
It was the first time that Zhao Qingyi heard sarcasm in Chu Yuanhe's words.
Her silence made Chu Yuanhe laugh again, "Can't make up your mind? In my opinion, it's better to kill someone with such evil intentions and ulterior motives."
Although he was smiling, his charming face was filled with murderous intent.
The dagger was about to stab.
“No!”
Zhao Qingyi said without hesitation, "He and I have no grudges against each other, and I still have something to ask him."
Seeing that Chu Yuanhe refused to give in, she continued, "The prince is now aggressive. Can I think that you are also plotting something bad? If so, when the prince lost control just now, could I also..."
The rest of her words were too disrespectful, so she didn't say any more.
"Didn't you think about this when you brought the dagger?" Chu Yuanhe sneered, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
After being exposed, Zhao Qingyi did not panic or feel guilty, but just looked at him calmly.
Chu Yuanhe said that he attacked her out of self-protection, so she was a weak woman who came alone with a dagger to protect herself, which was not wrong.
The two of them faced each other, and Chu Yuanhe suddenly raised his head and smiled. Under Zhao Qingyi's puzzled gaze, he sheathed the cleaned dagger and threw it back to her, "I was just teasing you."
Zhao Qingyi was not attracted to him, so it was normal for her to be wary of him. He shouldn't have any emotions.
Chu Yuanhe comforted himself and kicked Li Heng again.
"The prince has helped me tonight. I am deeply grateful for this. I will report it to you tomorrow. I will take the person back first." Zhao Qingyi bowed slightly and walked past him to Li Heng.
Zhao Qingyi tried to help the man up, but Chu Yuanhe didn't control his strength. Li Heng was hit hard and couldn't wake up for a while. It was really difficult for her to bring an unconscious man back by herself.
She had no choice but to soften her tone, "...I still ask the prince for help."
"Then wait a moment." He was unable to walk in his current condition.
Chu Yuanhe didn't explain too much. He went out and came back about an incense stick later. When he came back, the blush on his face had faded a lot, and he even changed into clean and neat clothes.
There is no time to find a doctor in such a short time.
Zhao Qingyi, who is always calm, now has a subtle flush on her face.
After the relief, Chu Yuanhe's breathing became much more stable. He picked up Li Heng with one hand and walked to the foot of the wall. "Let's go. I'll take you back together."
Zhao Qingyi had just picked up the incense burner and was about to say she didn't need it, but Chu Yuanhe had already put his other hand around her, with his palm against her waist. She subconsciously tried to dodge.
Chu Yuanhe's deep eyes swept over, without a trace of emotion in his eyes, "..."
If the two of them weren't so close, his expression would have been quite decent.
But Zhao Qingyi couldn't ignore his big hand on her waist, and unspeakable thoughts were flying in her mind.
Chu Yuanhe asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Zhao Qingyi didn't dare to ask about such private matters. She just prayed that he didn't use this hand to relieve himself. "No, nothing..."
In the moonlight, the tips of her ears were red.
Chu Yuanhe seemed to see through her thoughts, and said helplessly and innocently, "...I have washed it."
There was nothing that could be done about it. He was addicted to the scent, so he had no choice but to rely on himself instead of looking for women or doctors. Afterwards, he took a careful bath and his body still smelled of scented soap.
Zhao Qingyi should be thankful that he didn't inhale much aphrodisiac fragrance, otherwise tonight would probably be difficult to end.
Chu Yuanhe felt that he had done nothing wrong and was frighteningly calm.
Zhao Qingyi was so ashamed and angry that he didn't need to explain!
Such an explanation would only confirm her suspicion!
Zhao Qingyi couldn't look the other person in the eye at all, and forced herself to look away and no longer look at the man who was so close to her.
Before she could suppress the emotions surging in her heart, the next moment, she was lifted into the air, and a strong wind blew past her ears.
Zhao Qingyi was startled and instinctively wrapped her arms around Chu Yuanhe's thin waist, fearing that she would fall.
But the strange thing was that, in such a tense situation, her mind was still full of random thoughts, and her first thought was...
His abs.
Through several layers of clothes, the strong and distinct muscles underneath feel firm to the touch, making people blush and their heart beat faster for some unknown reason.
“…”
Zhao Qingyi felt that she was almost hopeless. Could it be that she was also poisoned by the incense?
She closed her eyes in frustration, letting the wind whistle in her ears and blow away her inappropriate thoughts.
But before she could adapt to this situation, she landed safely on the ground.
In the blink of an eye, she returned to her yard.
Chu Yuanhe let go of her, picked up Li Heng and disappeared after a few more jumps without even saying hello.
“…”
Zhao Qingyi couldn't help but wonder, could it be that her disdain just now was too obvious, making the other party unhappy?
She felt a little guilty. After all, Chu Yuanhe accidentally got into trouble because he was trying to help her. What happened afterwards... was understandable. Her attitude made her seem pretentious.
Not only is he hypocritical, but he is also ungrateful and ungrateful.
Zhao Qingyi held his forehead and sighed, thinking that he would find a chance to thank her properly tomorrow.
—
Back at Lanyue Pavilion, the two maids were still asleep. Tan Yue reported, "Grandma, I just sent someone to the master's courtyard to inquire about him. When he woke up and learned about his illness, he got very angry in the house."
Zhao Qingyi was still holding the incense burner in his hand.
Because of what was in the incense burner, she actually guessed that Zhao Manyi and Li Susu were planning what would happen tonight.
Li Susu is about to get married, and she will have her own hardships to endure, so she can deal with them later. As for Zhao Manyi, he originally thought that if she was obedient, he could keep her as a concubine to prolong her life, but now, Zhao Manyi has changed her mind.
"Since you are angry, I don't mind adding fuel to the fire." She has always liked to repay in kind, and she couldn't swallow this grudge.
Zhao Qingyi gathered together the filthy things that Xing Mama had found earlier, and when it was daybreak, she instructed the housekeeper to deliver the things to Li Che.
Although Li Che knew that the culprit was Zhao Manyi, it was not enough. She wanted to present the evidence and let Li Che recall the source of his pain carefully again.
Not only did she want to cripple Li Che, she also wanted him to know clearly how he was crippled and by whom. As long as he recalled it over and over in his mind, his hatred for Zhao Manyi would deepen.
Tan Yue said, "After all, Aunt Zhao is the daughter of the Zhao family. No matter how angry the master is, he will not easily touch her."
This was also Luo's original concern. If he could really do whatever he wanted, with Luo's temper, he would have eaten Zhao Manyi alive.
Zhao Qingyi smiled. "Of course, this isn't enough, but what if things get out of hand?"
If everyone in the capital knew about the Li family's dirty deeds, and Li Che and Zhao Manyi became the laughing stock of the people, and the second branch of the Zhao family was shamed because of Zhao Manyi...
Will the Li family and the Zhao family choose to keep Zhao Manyi?
The moment the sky began to brighten, the first rays of morning light leaked in through the carved window lattice, reflected in the bronze mirror and then reflected on Zhao Qingyi's delicate and fair face. She sat in front of her dressing table, playing with her cascading black hair with her bare hands.
Tan Yue suddenly understood. She was almost proficient in this kind of thing. "I will go and tell the young master the message right away."
Before leaving, Zhao Qingyi called her back and asked her to find out the rare treasures in the warehouse, pack them up and send them to the Prince of Pingxi's Mansion.
Although the other party has no shortage of these things, Zhao Qingyi can only express his gratitude in this way.
Tan Yue went down to do it, but the gift was not sent out because the doorman of the palace said that the prince was not in the house.
Zhao Qingyi couldn't help but wonder again, was Chu Yuanhe really not at home, or was he angry and avoiding her?
Thinking of this, Zhao Qingyi sighed again.
However, although her gift was not delivered, the news was still delivered to Chu Yuanhe. At that time, he had returned to the palace and was busy reviewing the piles of memorials.
Hearing that Zhao Qingyi sent her trusted maid to give him a gift to express her gratitude, he curled up his thin lips and was in a good mood.
At least she has a conscience.
Fugui teased, "Your Majesty, why don't you accept Miss Zhao's gift?"
Chu Yuanhe put down the imperial edict and looked at his bandaged palm. "If I accept it, she will feel at ease."
Love is a hunt. Without chasing and pulling, there will never be communication. He doesn't want to become a stranger to her anymore.
He had tested it before, and the hunter's posture would make her alert, but what about the other way around?
That bit of aphrodisiac fragrance was not enough to control his body and mind, but showing weakness could always make people relax their guard inadvertently. Look, Zhao Qingyi already felt indebted to him.
Even though she knew he had some intentions towards her, she still chose to make amends, becoming entangled with him. If the compensation failed once, there would be a second time, and a third time...
After going back and forth, can Zhao Qingyi still hold on to her heart and not waver?
—
With Meng Jiawen's instigation, the little secrets that the Li family had kept hidden spread quietly throughout the capital that day.
Aunt Fang learned from the servants' conversation that Zhao Manyi was locked up in the woodshed, so she hurriedly brought people to the house, but this time she didn't get any advantage. She was even driven out by the doorman before she even entered the door.
Aunt Fang went back to beg Zhao Huailiang for help. Usually, as long as she whispered in his ear, Zhao Huailiang would agree to her.
But this time, she didn't see anyone after returning home. She sent her servants to inquire and found out that Zhao Huailiang had gone to accompany Feng.
Li Che's request for the imperial physician in the middle of the night was a secret, and even though His Majesty later rewarded and compensated the Li family for this, no one suspected anything. But the problem lay in this: some servant saw that His Majesty's reward was actually a pot of deer blood wine, and spread the news.
Deer blood wine is an extremely yang substance. Your Majesty specially gave it to Li Che as a reward, which confirmed that Li Che was impotent.
The news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, with details and details being given, and in just half a day, the whole capital knew about the embarrassing thing Li Che had done.
If we dig deeper along this line, we can no longer hide the fact that Zhao Manyi drugged Li Che in order to win his favor. The rumors intensified and became a hot topic. Everyone started to laugh at the jokes of the Zhao and Li families.
It especially affects the second wife.
Zhao Manyi is the daughter of the second wife. She causes a lot of trouble and has a great impact on Feng's unmarried daughter. It is already difficult for her to get married due to her age, and this makes the situation even worse.
Zhao Huailiang could only coax Feng first, how could he dare to meet Aunt Fang?
Feng refused to give in. "The current situation is very unfavorable to our Second House. If you don't remove that concubine's daughter from the family, our Wen Yi will be criticized for the rest of her life!"
"Mrs. Fang gave birth to your daughter, so the one I gave birth to is not your daughter anymore, right?"
Feng's years of accumulated resentment suddenly erupted, "If you don't resolve this matter properly, expect the Censorate to accuse you of favoring a concubine over your wife!"
The four words "favoring the concubine and killing the wife" struck Zhao Huailiang's heart heavily.
He was horrified, and after a long while, he finally made up his mind to build a clan temple to clear the name of the second branch. This was a righteous act, and from now on, Zhao Manyi's life and death, honor and disgrace, would have nothing to do with the Zhao family.
As a result, the imperial censors who were ready to take action were unable to speak, which saved the reputation of the second house.
This was exactly what Zhao Qingyi wanted. Without losing a single soldier, Zhao Manyi would be expelled. Without the protection of the Zhao family, she would be a discarded pawn in the eyes of the Luo family and could be dealt with at will.
"How could I not tell my good sister about this good news?" After Zhao Qingyi received the news from the Zhao family, he asked someone to prepare some wine and food and send them to the woodshed.
The woodshed was locked. As soon as the door was opened, Zhao Manyi, who was lying on the haystack, got up. She thought it was Li Che who came, and there was a smile on her lips. But the moment she saw who it was, the smile faded.
"What? Are you here to laugh at me?" The first sentence was full of sarcasm, without even looking at Zhao Qingyi.
To this day she still doesn't know that she has been tricked.
Of course Zhao Qingyi would not tell her the truth, "You and I are sisters after all, I'm here to see you off."
Zhao Manyi's expression finally changed. "What do you mean?"
"My mother-in-law has made a plan. She wants to send you to a nunnery and punish you to spend the rest of your life there eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures. You must sincerely repent. From now on, the nunnery will be your final resting place."
"impossible!"
Zhao Manyi didn't believe it. "Even if that old hag wanted to harm me, my mother would come to save me!"
"Mrs. Fang can't save you because you tried so hard to marry Li Che, bringing shame to the family and disgracing your parents and relatives."
Zhao Qingyi came over carrying a food box and spoke gently, "Now you have caused your husband to have no descendants. Your parents are ashamed of you. Today, we will open the ancestral hall to expel you, this vicious woman. From now on, you are no longer a daughter of the Zhao family and are no longer worthy of the family's protection."
She spoke slowly, "Neither the Zhao family nor Aunt Fang can protect you."
Zhao Manyi felt a chill penetrate the soles of her feet, piercing her internal organs and making them tremble. "Impossible, impossible..."
She kept shaking her head, tears streaming down her face, "You lied to me..."
Her mother was the most favored concubine. Even her stepmother could not overshadow her. Her father always favored her more over the years and ignored her stepmother.
How could her parents, who loved her so much, just give up on her and expel her from the clan?
Zhao Qingyi must be up to some trick again!
"It's you, it must be you who is behind all this!"
"It's me." Zhao Qingyi smiled brightly, recognizing her calmly. "Originally, I still had some sisterly feelings in mind, and didn't want to kill you completely. I wanted to leave you, a lowly concubine, to linger on. One day, it won't be too late to send you and the Li family to hell together. But why are you so stubborn that you teamed up with that brainless Li Susu to frame me?"
Zhao Manyi was stunned and denied it flatly, "I didn't!"
"You don't have one? Then what is this?"
Zhao Qingyi pulled out a note from the inside of the lunch box. "You used Jun'er to pretend to be close to Jiao'er, stole my calligraphy from Jiao'er, and copied my handwriting to secretly send a letter to Li Heng. It's okay if you deny it, but do you want me to capture Jun'er and confront him together?"
When she mentioned Jun Ge'er, Zhao Manyi almost couldn't control herself. She avoided looking at Zhao Qingyi.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Jun'er is still so young, how could he do such a thing? What's more, he is just an adopted son, don't think you can threaten me with him."
Zhao Manyi thought that this would clear her of any connection.
Zhao Qingyi smiled but didn't respond. Instead, she arranged the food in the lunch box one by one and changed the subject. "Today's meal has meat and vegetables, all made by me. Third sister, please eat it while it's hot."
"I'm full, time to go."
Zhao Qingyi spoke with a sweet smile, but the words she uttered were like a sharp blade of ice, which frightened Zhao Manyi so much that her face turned pale.
She looked at the colorful dishes on the ground and kicked them away, "I don't want to eat them!"
"You want to harm me, but I won't let you succeed!" Zhao Manyi suddenly went crazy, running around the room, trying to find a safe place to hide.
Zhao Qingyi picked up the intact pot of wine and watched her go crazy quietly, "Sister, why are you panicking?"
"Stop being so hypocritical!"
Zhao Manyi pointed at her nose, then at the spilled food, "Do you dare to say there's no poison in this?"
It's no wonder that Zhao Manyi was scared. As the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. But she had done too many bad things, and when she heard Zhao Qingyi's words "send her to death", she was scared out of her wits.
Zhao Qingyi played with the wine pot and smiled faintly, "Third sister, you are wrong to blame me. There is indeed no poison in this food. It is just something I have eaten before."
She spread her arms and spun around. "Look, I've been eating this for three years straight, and I'm still alive and well."
The door of the woodshed had been closed at some point, and in the dim and cramped room, there were only the two sisters.
Zhao Manyi looked at the dignified and gentle woman in front of him, and staggered backward until his back was against the wall, with nowhere to retreat.
She shook her head, "Impossible...you..."
"Third sister, are you trying to say that I couldn't possibly know that you and Li Che were plotting against my life behind my back?"
Zhao Qingyi raised an eyebrow and took two steps closer. "But I heard it clearly at the time. It was you, Third Sister, who said... you wanted to increase the dosage and poison me to death directly."
As she got closer, the light and shadow surrounding her gradually dimmed. When she walked up to Zhao Manyi and their eyes met, her gentle and beautiful face was filled with gloom.
"Sister, do you know how cold my heart was at that time? One of you is my bedmate, and the other is my good cousin. I was terrified when I heard that, so I changed my mind and decided to take the initiative."
"I want to keep you under my nose and make good use of you. I want to see both you and Li Che suffer losses. Now, you are in my hands." Zhao Qingyi smiled with his eyes, and his smile was crazy and terrifying.
The blood drained from Zhao Manyi's lips as she suddenly realized, "So, the dandy who broke into the private room and caused trouble that day...was it you who arranged it?"
Her voice trembled at the end, she was in disbelief.
She always thought that Luo and Li Che had conspired against her, forcing her to marry into the Li family as a concubine.
Zhao Qingyi affirmed her, "Not too stupid."
"you……"
Zhao Manyi felt a chill all over her body and was so angry that she gritted her teeth, "So it was you who was plotting against me!" She pretended to strangle Zhao Qingyi's neck to vent her anger.
Zhao Qingyi was one step ahead of her. He raised his hand and slapped her across the face, his fake smile completely gone. "Scheming? If you were innocent and didn't come to harm me, how could I scheme against you?"
Zhao Qingyi had always hidden those emotions very well, but now they suddenly erupted. She kicked over the food box on the ground, and the food box flew up and hit the wall, making a loud clanging noise.
Her heart, which had been fluctuating briefly, calmed down in the blink of an eye. Zhao Qingyi regained her usual gentle voice and raised her hand to tidy up Zhao Manyi's hair. "Don't worry, Third Sister. After you leave, I will take good care of Jun Ge'er for you."
"After all, he's not only my illegitimate son, but also my good nephew. With such a close relationship, how could I possibly treat him harshly? I'll make sure his every wish comes true. If he doesn't want to study, I'll let him go out and play, and have fun."
"I will tell him that my greatest wish is for him to be happy. I will also give him money, let him eat, drink, gamble, and be proficient in everything, and I will never force him to do anything he doesn't want to do."
Zhao Manyi's heart tightened instantly.
So many things have happened in the past few days. She has been nervous, frightened, and even afraid of death, but it was not until this moment that she understood what it meant to kill someone and destroy their heart.
At this point, not only was her affair with Li Che exposed, but everything about her, including her so-called secrets and the poisoning, was known to Jun Ge'er and Zhao Qingyi.
Zhao Manyi didn't dare to think about it any further. How long had the other party endured before scheming her step by step into the Li family's cage? How would he scheme against her Jun Ge'er?
If she were to be brought up like Zhao Qingyi, her brother Jun would grow up to be a waste! A complete waste!
Then all her hopes in this life would be destroyed, her only son would be ruined, and she would have no hope anymore.
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Manyi thought about it with horror and breathed rapidly.
She stared at the gentle and harmless face in front of her and burst into a hysterical roar, "What are you going to do to my Jun brother? You are not allowed to hurt him!"
The shrill roar pierced Zhao Qingyi's eardrums, making her ears buzz. She waited patiently, waiting for Zhao Manyi to go from shock to anger, and then little by little to fear.
She leaned close to Zhao Manyi's ear and whispered softly, "Hasn't Third Sister always hoped that Jun-ge'er could be adopted by me? Although it hasn't happened yet, I will definitely raise him well. From now on, he will only recognize me as his legal mother. That way, you will be satisfied."
Zhao Manyi was extremely frightened. As expected, a biting dog never barks. Zhao Qingyi was silent, but she had planned so many evil things to harm her!
She suddenly regretted why she had provoked this crazy woman.
Zhao Qingyi looked up and let out a long sigh. Her patience had run out.
"Don't worry about Jun, Third Sister. This pot of wine is for you!"
After saying the last word, Zhao Qingyi suddenly clamped her jaw, forcing her to open her mouth, and poured all the wine into her mouth.
"No... I don't want to drink... Ouch!" Zhao Manyi struggled frantically, trying to spit out all the wine in her mouth.
Zhao Qingyi threw away the wine jug, covered her mouth and nose tightly with both hands, and forced her to swallow all the wine in her mouth, his eyes full of crazy pleasure.
"Drink it! Drink it!"
A strong feeling of suffocation instantly enveloped her whole body. Zhao Manyi rolled her eyes and struggled, but the wine still went down her throat. The spicy burning sensation went all the way down to her lungs.
Only then did Zhao Qingyi let her go and took off the silk handkerchief from her waist to wipe her hands.
Zhao Manyi grabbed her throat and tried desperately to vomit, but it was no use. Her frail body leaned against the wall and she collapsed helplessly.
She angrily slapped the ground and cried, "Zhao Qingyi...what did you give me to drink! You dare to kill me...my parents will not let you go!"
"Third sister, you're overthinking it. It's just some minor poison. As time goes by, it will slowly erode your internal organs. After a few years, it will cause your intestines to rot..."
Zhao Qingyi laughed, "I won't let you die easily. Isn't this too easy for you?"
She also wanted Zhao Manyi to see Jun Ge'er grow up, to see Jun Ge'er grow crooked little by little, to see Jun Ge'er become heartless and ungrateful, so that Zhao Manyi could also taste the feeling of being bitten by an ungrateful person.
Nothing can make a mother more heartbroken than seeing her father and son killing each other, or her mother and son killing each other.
“Hehehe…”
After laughing, Zhao Qingyi turned around and left gracefully. When Zhao Manyi caught up with her and wanted to fight with her, the door of the woodshed slammed shut again.
She was left alone, yelling and screaming like a madman.
"Zhao Qingyi! You vicious woman! Bitch! If you dare to touch my Jun brother, you will die!"
Qiao Yue locked the door, walked to the window and spat, "Shameless thing, let's see who will die first."
The window was nailed shut with wooden bars. Zhao Manyi pressed her face against it, staring at the people outside with her holey eyes, cursing non-stop.
Zhao Qingyi straightened her sleeves and resumed her gentle and dignified demeanor in front of others. She left with only a string of happy chuckles and walked away.
That night, Mrs. Luo prepared a carriage, but they had to send the person away as soon as it got dark. At that time, several masters of the family were there. Li Che had a blank look in his eyes and a deathly pale face, while Zhao Qingyi and Yuxiu stood aside, watching what would happen.
After a while, Zhao Manyi was brought in by two servants. She was disheveled, her hands were tied behind her back, and a rag was stuffed in her mouth.
When she saw Zhao Qingyi, her eyes were fierce, she was whimpering, and she was very excited.
Luo Shi's face was expressionless. "Take it away."
Mrs. Luo had everything planned out. Once Zhao Manyi went to the nunnery, someone would take action to cause her to die from an accidental illness, putting an end to it once and for all.
“Hmm!”
Zhao Manyi seemed to sense the crisis and struggled frantically all the way. She pushed aside the servants beside her and ran towards Zhao Qingyi. After being stopped by Luo Mama and others, she sobbed incessantly, tears streaming down her face, and was extremely resentful.
Now that she had become an abandoned child and had lost Li Che's favor, the servants became rude and, seeing that they could not control her, Mother Luo raised her hand and slapped her in the face.
Only then did Zhao Manyi behave herself and was pushed into the carriage.
Just as the carriage was about to leave, Jun Ge'er, who had been asleep, ran over. It was freezing cold, and he was only wearing thin pajamas and barefoot. He ran while crying, "Don't drive my mother away! Don't drive my mother away!"
Jun'er's background was a secret, yet he called Zhao Manyi "mother." Luo quickly covered his mouth, "What nonsense are you talking about, you little bastard? She only took care of you for a few days, and you dare to claim her as your mother?"
Luo pulled and scolded him, then turned around and smiled apologetically at Zhao Qingyi.
Jun Ge'er refused and struggled desperately.
Li Che subconsciously glanced sideways to observe Zhao Qingyi's reaction, then strode forward and squeezed the child's arm hard, "Jun brother!"
The cold rebuke frightened Jun Ge'er so much that he trembled.
"You only have one mother, your stepmother." Zhao Manyi is an abandoned child, and he cannot offend Zhao Qingyi again.
"It's all that bitch's fault. You haven't even formally met your stepmother yet." Mrs. Luo echoed, urging Mother Luo to send the person away quickly with her eyes. Then she dragged the reluctant Jun'er to Zhao Qingyi.
"Be good and greet your stepmother!"
In the distance, Zhao Manyi was crying heart-wrenchingly, her sobs as shrill as a night owl.
That was her son! The son she had carried for ten months and given birth to!
Before Zhao Qingyi discovered the truth, she hoped day and night that the other party would recognize Jun'er as the eldest son, but now she deeply regrets it.
Zhao Qingyi is not as gentle and kind as she appears on the surface. She will only teach Jun Ge'er to become a waste! You can't give the child to her!
Zhao Manyi was extremely anxious and sobbed desperately to remind him, but her mouth was blocked and she couldn't say a word.
Jun Ge'er was sandwiched between Luo Shi and Li Che, especially his arm, which was pinched by Li Che so hard that it hurt. He burst into tears instantly and was forced to kneel on the ground and kowtow to Zhao Qingyi.
He sobbed and cried, "Son, son, greets mother... greets mother."
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