The horses' hooves clattered, kicking up dust, and the crowd that had been laughing and watching earlier, fearing they would be caught in the blast, had already retreated to the side.
Song Shaohuai never expected that Shen Zhiyi would do this, as the horse drew closer and closer...
His body stiffened, his legs as if they were frozen in place.
My mind went blank, and my legs felt like they were filled with lead, so I couldn't move them for a moment.
Until the horse's hoof was almost stepping on his face...
He instinctively cried out in surprise!
"Ah—" With a scream, Shen Zhiyi tightened the reins. Song Shaohuai could almost feel the dust splashed off the horse's hooves landing on his face. The horse stopped almost right next to him, and when it neighed, its breath sprayed on his face.
The horse's face was almost touching him, which terrified him so much that his face turned deathly pale, his body trembled uncontrollably, and his heart pounded wildly...
Instinctively, I stepped back, staggering!
He fell flat on his backside.
Shen Zhiyi had already dismounted, whip in hand, and strode over to Song Shaohuai, looking down at him with a haughty gaze: "What were you saying just now?"
In the past, when he was in the Marquis's mansion, Shen Zhiyi, as his sister-in-law, took good care of him and always treated him with great courtesy when they met.
Now, his eyes seem to be covered with a layer of frost, which makes people feel scared.
“Sister.” Shen Qi’an had already run to Shen Zhiyi’s side. “I didn’t provoke him, but he deliberately said those nasty things.”
Shen Zhiyi turned to check on her younger brother, "Are you hurt?"
"No."
Song Shaohuai had already gotten up from the ground. "I... what I said wasn't wrong."
His legs were still weak, but he was still stubborn.
Shen Zhiyi reached out to help her younger brother tidy his clothes.
"You've been sleeping with my brother for two years, and you still say you're innocent? Who would believe that..."
Before she could finish speaking, Shen Zhiyi suddenly turned around and raised the horsewhip in her hand.
Just pull it out—
He was dressed lightly in the summer, and the whip tore his clothes, leaving a bloody welt that made him wince in pain.
"You..." He looked at Shen Zhiyi, his eyes filled with disbelief, "You hit me?"
Is this still the kind sister-in-law he used to know?
"Try saying that again!" Shen Zhiyi gripped the whip tightly in her hand.
Eye warning:
If you dare say a word, I'll slap you!
Song Shaohuai covered the spot where he had been slapped, too afraid to say another word.
“Now, apologize to my brother.” Shen Zhiyi stared intently at him.
“I didn’t say anything wrong, you are…” Before Song Shaohuai could finish speaking, Shen Zhiyi lashed out with her whip, striking him repeatedly and making him jump around.
"Shen Zhiyi, have you gone mad? This is royal territory! Not only are you riding your horse recklessly, but you also dare to hit people!"
"You insulted me first, and then you bullied my brother. If you feel wronged, we can confront His Majesty!"
Shen Zhiyi's eyes were cold and sharp: "I hit you, so what?"
That expression was downright arrogant!
Song Shaohuai dared not do so, and could only grit his teeth in annoyance.
Then Shen Zhiyi lashed out with her whip again, yelling, "Apologize!"
"I'm sorry, I apologize, please stop hitting me."
After Song Shaohuai finished speaking, Shen Zhiyi stopped what she was doing, gripped the whip tightly, and stared at him intently. "Song Shaohuai, if you ever run into my brother again, take a detour, or you'll regret it!"
His whole body was burning and stinging from the whipping, yet he dared not speak out in anger.
Shen Zhiyi's gaze swept over the crowd that had just gathered, and everyone fell silent, not daring to meet her eyes.
"Let's go home." Shen Zhiyi looked at her younger brother, her expression softening slightly.
"good."
Shen Qi'an hopped and skipped as he took the riding whip from his older sister's hand. "Sister, get on the horse, I'll help you hold the reins."
Shen Zhiyi simply smiled and patted his hair. As the siblings prepared to leave, Song Shaohuai, seemingly having lost face that day, was furious. He clutched his sore spot and gritted his teeth, saying fiercely:
"Shen Zhiyi, you're just relying on the power of the Duke's mansion. Let's see how long you can be so smug!"
She suddenly turned around, her gaze fixed on him.
Song Shaohuai was so frightened that his legs went weak.
Say it again!
"..."
He was intimidated and dared not utter any more words. He could only watch helplessly as the siblings left, his face turning ashen with anger.
The people around them also laughed.
They laughed at his overestimation of his abilities, daring to provoke the Duke's mansion.
——
On the way home, Shen Qi'an told his sister what had happened that day.
The royal private school and the library were not far apart. Since he returned to the capital, he had been going in and out of the library and had met Song Shaohuai several times.
“You have divorced from the Song family and have no relationship with them, so I have never spoken to him before, and I don’t know why he suddenly came up to cause trouble today.”
Shen Zhiyi knew her younger brother's personality; unlike her second brother, he was very obedient.
"What he said was so awful that I couldn't help but argue with him." Shen Qi'an was still very angry when he thought about it now.
"Okay, don't be angry. I'll take you to a restaurant and we'll eat something delicious."
"real?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Qi'an smiled broadly. Soon, Hongrui and Lühe met with them and their entourage. While her younger brother went to wash his hands, she instructed Hongrui, "Go and investigate whether there has been anything unusual at the Marquis's residence recently."
Since the divorce, she hasn't paid much attention to the affairs of the Marquis's mansion.
With Song Yuxiu arrested, Cui Lan absconding with the money, and the servants scattered, the Marquis's mansion must be too busy taking care of itself to do anything. How could Song Shaohuai dare to provoke them at this time?
And his last words...
Does he know something?
When she returned to the mansion with her younger brother, her second brother, Shen Muzhi, heard about it and was so enraged that he drew his knife and tried to kill his way out.
"What kind of family is that Song family! After bullying my sister, they've now turned their attention to my brother. Do they really think our Shen family is easy to bully? They've really given them a hard time!"
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