Chapter 89: Theory of Exterminating the Heart

Wen Zhiheng's face turned pale when he heard this. Madam Wen was also shocked and turned to look at the kneeling Madam Liao.

Pomegranate said with tears in her eyes.

"Madame Liao is right. During the few days in Yueyingxuan, insults were often heard. Yes, that's right. But the insults were made by the nanny that Madame Liao found. They beat and insulted the girl under the pretext of teaching her good manners. They pressed her head and forced her to kneel on the bluestone slab for two hours. The girl's knees were bleeding from kneeling. The invisible parts of her body were blue and purple. There was not a single spot left."

Wen Zhiheng's whole body trembled as he heard this, and he finally managed to utter a few words.

"Why didn't you come to find me?"

The sound of the pomegranate suddenly became louder.

"I did. Why didn't I find you? Yunshan said that the Ministry of Revenue had something going on and you hadn't been in the mansion for the past few days. The girl asked how to contact you, but Yunshan said that he didn't know where you were. Later, the girl went to look for the young lady, but she found out that she had gone to her grandparents' house."

The time you spent in the Ministry of Household Affairs?

Yes.

Wen Zhiheng remembered that when he came back, Eleven was lying on the bed with a pale face, and she showed no joy at the pearls he had so attentively presented to her.

How can there be a look of joy? How can there be a look of joy?

She was injured and had to take care of her own emotions.

Oh!

I was such an ignorant fool at that time.

When Madam Liao heard that all these things had been revealed, she began to explain eagerly.

"Miss Eleven was very vicious. She stabbed the nanny with a dagger..."

Pomegranate quickly argued.

"The girl is isolated and helpless. Can she let you bully her? You can just beat and scold her. Can't she resist?"

"That's enough. You, a little maid, actually yelled at my nanny. Do you have any manners? In the whole mansion, who doesn't know Chen Shiyi's willful behavior? Every day, someone here says that Chen Shiyi is spoiled, or someone else complains that Chen Shiyi is unreasonable. So many people are talking about her, not just one or two people. Could it be that she is wronged?"

Shi Liu was very scared when she heard this and grabbed the corner of Wen Zhiheng's clothes.

"Sir, I will not lie. I am telling the truth."

After saying that, she rolled up her sleeves. Her arms were covered with pinch marks and whip marks, crisscrossing each other, looking very creepy.

"Madame Liao has been threatening me not to tell you about the young lady, but the young lady was very kind to me. Those evil people tied me up to threaten the young lady, and the young lady took it all on her own in order to prevent me from getting hurt."

"Why? Why didn't she tell me all this?"

Pomegranate sobbed and her shoulders shook.

"The girl said she was picking up something."

"What are you collecting?"

"disappointment."

"What?"

"She said that once she had enough disappointment, she could leave without any distractions."

When Mrs. Wen heard this, she seemed to have found an excuse.

"Heng'er, listen to this. She has been planning to leave you since the beginning."

"What's going on? Why the noise?"

The Marquis walked in from outside the courtyard, glanced at the people around him with a sharp look, and then sat down in the main seat.

At this moment, the house was very quiet and no one dared to speak in front of the most powerful person in the mansion.

Wen Zhiheng's eyes were deep, his palms were clenched tightly, and his face was unusually calm.

"Father, is that you?"

The Marquis was silent for a while, then tapped his fingers on the table a few times in a very gentle manner.

"It's me."

"You allowed the servants in the mansion to abuse Eleven at will. You instructed Madam Liao to target Eleven and ordered Yunshan to pretend to obey me but secretly disobey me, causing a rift between me and Eleven. Even the conversation in the study and Eleven's smooth exit from the mansion were all arranged by you, right?"

"yes."

"Are you still the father I know? You used all means to deal with a weak woman who was powerless. What's more, that woman is the benefactor of our mansion and the lover of me, Wen Zhiheng..."

Mrs. Wen shouted fiercely at the side.

“Is this what you say on behalf of the Son of Man?”

The Marquis raised his hand, signaling Madam Wen not to speak.

"You are only in your twenties. I understand that you value love more. When you are older, you will understand that power, wealth, and status are the backbone of a man. I am an experienced person and also your father. I cannot watch you go further and further down this road of no return. Eleven, you can pamper her and love her, but you cannot marry her."

"I originally wanted to let Eleven be wronged, at least talk to you about it, and then you can follow the clues and find out that it was me who did it. I also wanted to see how you would deal with the dilemma between your lover, your family, and your future. I didn't expect that Eleven would be so tough and so good at forbearing, saving you from those painful choices. I didn't expect that she would choose to leave the Marquis' Mansion and give up the wealth and protection that was within her reach. It is really admirable."

Wen Zhiheng laughed at himself.

"I don't know what the future holds. I only know that when you're 20, you should do things that you should do when you're 20, and when you're 30, you should make decisions that you should make when you're 30. Father, even if what you said is right, it still can't shake the only belief that I have in my heart right now."

After hearing this, Lord Hou just smiled calmly.

"You are the eldest son of the Marquisate, and you are the one that the entire Marquisate and even the entire Wen family have high hopes for. You should shoulder the responsibilities and burdens that you should shoulder. You can't enjoy the glory of the Marquisate while secretly marrying a maid whose status and position cannot match yours. You must remember that you must give as much as you gain."

Wen Zhiheng's eyes were unspeakably cold.

"Father, you live so clearly and lucidly. Have you ever felt that there is always something in your life that becomes an irreparable regret in your life? Is there? Look, you live so clearly and lucidly, can't I take a different path?"

"Heng'er, don't take that narrow road. It may seem heroic and fearless, but it actually requires a lot of blood to pave the way. Besides, Eleven's heart is not on you. In the end, you will ruin your originally brilliant path for an unrealistic fantasy. When that day comes, you will be extremely desperate!"

"Father did all this, what does he want me to do now?"

"I have already agreed to the marriage proposal from the Xiangfu, and it will be held on the day you and Eleven were supposed to get married."

Wen Zhiheng sneered.

"Father, you are trying to destroy my heart!"

Lord Hou narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Eleven has done a favor to our mansion, and that can only be a favor. With a contract of sale and two thousand taels of silver, the favor is repaid. From the beginning to the end, you are the only one who has been obsessed with this matter. Heng'er, let it go!"