"Bear with it." Shen Hanshan squatted down beside her, carefully lifted her wrist, and twisted it hard. With a heart-wrenching cry of pain from Zhao Zhi, the pain in her wrist finally subsided.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhao Zhi picked up his outer robe from the ground, put it on with difficulty, and then said, "Let's begin. I saw Your Highness holding a branding iron just now; you must be planning to start with my face?"
Shen Hanshan shook his head.
“I find those clamps to be very exquisitely made. Why don’t we start with my ten fingers? Doesn’t Your Highness suspect that I’ve tampered with that box?”
Shen Hanshan gritted his teeth, suddenly stood up, grabbed Zhao Zhi's shoulder, his eyes bloodshot, "Zhao Zhizhi, which of your words are true and which are false?"
With tears welling in her eyes, Zhao Zhi looked directly into his gaze. "If Your Highness believes me, every word I say is true. If Your Highness does not believe me, no matter how much I explain, you will still think I am just trying to justify myself and that my words are not credible!"
Shen Hanshan looked at Zhao Zhi, feeling conflicted.
He released his grip, turned and sat down in a chair. After a moment of silence, he said, "Fine, I wouldn't stoop to lay a hand on a wounded man." With that, he gestured for Su Mu to take Zhao Zhi back.
After thinking it over, he realized that Zhao Zhi was injured, and it would be inconvenient for Su Mu to take her there. So he walked to Zhao Zhi's side, picked her up, and carried her back to the Zhao residence.
After returning Zhao Zhi to his bed, Shen Hanshan tossed and turned, wondering if he had truly misunderstood Zhao Zhi. But where had the contents of that box gone?
He sent people to secretly monitor Zhao Zhi's every move, and at the same time learned that Zhao Zhi was injured because he had forcibly kept her in the Prince's mansion, and Zhao Shouzhen had used family discipline to beat her.
Shen Hanshan slammed his fist on the table. "You, Zhao Shouzhen! Even tigers don't eat their cubs! She's just your own daughter, how could you be so cruel to her?!"
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