Hearing Madam Pei's hypocritical words, Shen Qingtang's lips curled into a half-smile, her eyes full of mockery: "Madam Pei is kind-hearted, thinking Lin Peirou shouldn't be punished. Then I'd like to ask, if you were the one who was drugged and violated by Fatty Lin, would you still be so 'lenient'? Would you still think she 'should be handed over to the officials'?"
Before Madam Pei could object, Shen Qingtang suddenly turned and walked out of the inn. A moment later, she returned, dragging a ragged beggar with her.
He was also holding a bottle of clear medicine in his hand.
She walked up to Madam Pei, her eyes icy: "Since you sympathize so much with the perpetrator, why don't you experience Wei Yao's pain for yourself?"
As she spoke, Shen Qingtang reached out and grabbed at Madam Pei's clothes, her movements swift and ruthless.
Madam Pei screamed in terror, struggling desperately: "You're insane! Shen Qingtang, you're a madman! Let me go!"
But she was no match for Shen Qingtang's strength, and her clothes were quickly torn.
Shen Qingtang then splashed the medicinal liquid in her hand onto Madam Pei. This medicinal liquid was made by her using herbs from her spatial storage, and it could stimulate a person's instinctive desires. For Madam Pei, who had been widowed for many years and had been suppressing her desires for a long time, it was particularly effective.
The effects are even more remarkable.
The medication took effect quickly.
Madam Pei's eyes became glazed over, and her body moved uncontrollably toward the beggar, uttering soft, shameful moans.
"Mother!" "Madam!" Upon seeing this, Pei's father and second uncle were terrified and rushed forward to pull Madam Pei away, desperately separating her from the beggar.
The beggar was so frightened by the scene that he stood frozen in place, while the people around him stared in disbelief.
No one expected that Shen Qingtang would actually dare to be so ruthless towards Madam Pei.
The second prince stood on the outskirts of the crowd, watching the chaotic and shameful scene before him, his heart filled with shock. He had always known that Shen Qingtang was ruthless, but he had never expected her to be so "vicious".
They dared to treat someone of Madam Pei's status like this!
Looking at Shen Qingtang's indifferent profile, his apprehension deepened, and he felt even more strongly that this woman could not be allowed to live.
Madam Pei was held down firmly by her father, and the effects of the medicine gradually wore off.
After regaining her senses, she realized how humiliated she had been and felt both ashamed and angry. Pointing at Shen Qingtang, she yelled, "Shen Qingtang! You shameless, wicked woman! I'm going to kill you!"
She was so angry that she trembled all over, her face as pale as paper, and there was no trace of her previous "kind and benevolent" appearance.
"You'll never know the pain until you've been stabbed yourself," Shen Qingtang said coldly, interrupting Madam Pei's curses. "If you haven't experienced Wei Yao's suffering, don't stand on your moral high ground to criticize others. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I won't be so 'lenient'."
Seeing this, Su Lingyu was both frightened and angry, and couldn't help but speak up in her defense: "Shen Qingtang, you've gone too far! Even if Old Madam Pei said something wrong, you can't treat her like this! You're simply..."
"What do you want to say about me?" Shen Qingtang turned to look at Su Lingyu, her eyes suddenly turning sharp, and at the same time took out a brocade box from her spatial storage.
Upon opening it, a black worm, exactly the same as the one that had been inside Wei Yao's body, was found crawling inside.
She reached out and grabbed the Gu worm, walking step by step towards Su Lingyu: "Since you like to stand up for others so much, why don't you try what it's like to have your mind eaten away by a Gu worm? I happen to have one left, how about I give it to you?"
Su Lingyu stared at the wriggling black worm in Shen Qingtang's hand, her face turning deathly pale. She retreated hastily, no longer daring to utter another word: "No...no! I was wrong! Shen Qingtang, I was wrong! I'll never do it again!"
She retreated while begging for mercy, tears streaming down her face, her previous arrogance completely gone.
Shen Qingtang looked at her cowardly appearance, sneered, and casually threw the Gu worm back into the brocade box: "Get lost, and don't let me see you meddling in other people's business again."
Su Lingyu felt as if she had been granted a pardon, and quickly pulled Old Master Su behind the crowd, not daring to show her face again.
Pei Wuwang stood beside Shen Qingtang the entire time, watching everything expressionlessly, his face calm as if the chaos before him had nothing to do with him.
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