Chapter 239: Toes Cut Off
"No, I don't believe it. It can't be Shen Ningyuan. How could she be so smart as to plot against the entire Ji family?"
"What's more, I am her husband. How can she benefit herself by plotting against me like this?"
At this moment, Ji Yunchuan was immersed in his own world and did not notice at all that Xie Yumin's face was getting colder and colder.
"You should know now how much of an impact your rash exposure of your identity will have on me, right?" Xie Yumin said with a cold expression.
Hearing this, Ji Yunchuan trembled with fear. He propped himself up and knelt in front of Xie Yumin.
"My Lord, I know I was wrong, please forgive me this time!"
"Let you go?" Xie Yumin said in a cold tone, "Ji Yunchuan, you ruined my plan, why should I let you go?"
Ji Yunchuan looked even more flustered. "Your Highness, you know, I did it unintentionally. I did all this because I was worried that the Ji family's title would be taken away. I didn't do it on purpose!"
"Whether it was intentional or not, you have affected my plan. You can escape the death penalty, but you cannot escape the punishment of life!"
"Someone, cut off his toes!" Xie Yumin ordered coldly.
When Ji Yunchuan heard this, his face became even more flustered and his eyes were full of despair.
"Your Majesty! No!"
Ji Yunchuan hugged Xie Yumin's thigh and begged bitterly.
But no matter how he begged, Xie Yumin remained unmoved and kicked Ji Yunchuan away.
Then, a man in black came in with a long sword in his hand and swung it towards Ji Yunchuan's feet without saying a word.
He raised his hand and swung the knife, chopping off Ji Yunchuan's toes with one stroke.
"ah!!!"
The moment his toes were separated, Ji Yunchuan let out a shrill scream.
Xie Yumin gave a wink to the man in black, who grabbed a handful of lime from the bag around his waist and smeared it on Ji Yunchuan's broken foot.
“Ah, no!”
Ji Yunchuan's screams became more intense.
Seeing this, Xie Yumin reminded him coldly: "You'd better bear with it. If people know that your foot was chopped off, you won't even have a chance to enter the official career!"
After saying that, Xie Yumin turned around and left the room without waiting for Ji Yunchuan's response.
At this time, Ji Yunchuan was already numb from the pain, with beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.
Looking down at his foot that was bleeding profusely, Ji Yunchuan felt a wave of despair.
At this moment, he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to conspire with Xie Yumin to harm the Shen family and Shen Ningyuan.
If he can live a good life with Shen Ningyuan, his career should not be bad with the support of the Shen family.
Thinking of this, Ji Yunchuan gritted his teeth, enduring the severe pain in his feet and the regret in his heart.
"The bleeding has stopped." The man in black looked at Ji Yunchuan and whispered, "The toes can no longer be reattached. I... will take you back."
After saying that, the man in black picked up Ji Yunchuan and carried him out of the door.
Along the way, Ji Yunchuan's feet were dripping with blood.
About an incense stick of time later, the man in black sent Ji Yunchuan back to the Ji family.
At the same time, Shen Ningyuan also got the news.
He immediately asked in surprise, "Is it true as Chen Moer said, that Ji Yunchuan's toes were cut off?"
"That's right." Yi Ge nodded and said, "I saw it clearly, there was blood dripping all the way, and Ji Yunchuan's leg was obviously broken."
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan was even more surprised. "In the current situation, Xie Yumin should still need Ji Yunchuan to stabilize me and the Shen family, so why did he cut off his toes? Aren't you afraid that Ji Yunchuan will jump off the wall in desperation?"
Shen Ningyuan was puzzled.
Yi Ge didn't care much about this, and said lightly: "What's there to be afraid of? It's just for the superiors. If the people below have any disobedient behavior, they will be killed without mercy."
"It was precisely because he still needed Ji Yunchuan to stabilize the young lady and the Shen family that he didn't kill him, but only cut off his toes as a punishment."
"As for being afraid that Ji Yunchuan will do something desperate, that is even more impossible. As a person in a higher position, how could Xie Yumin not have leverage over Ji Yunchuan?"
Yi Ge slowly analyzed it.
After thinking for a moment, Shen Ningyuan felt embarrassed and felt that what Yi Ge said made sense.
Chen Ningyuan looked at Yi Ge, his eyes full of deep thought.
Then he said, "Yi Ge, you are quite strategic. Isn't it a waste of your talent to be a death warrior in the Shen family?"
"Miss, are you doubting me?" Yi Ge asked instead of answering.
"Of course not, I'm just curious. How do you know all this?" Shen Ningyuan said in a light tone.
Yi Ge said nothing, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked up at Chen Ningyuan.
"Miss, I won't tell you what you want to know for now. But you just need to know that I won't harm you or the Shen family."
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan did not respond.
But his eyes were always fixed on Yi Ge, as if to confirm the truthfulness of her words.
Finally, Shen Ningyuan nodded and said softly: "Of course I trust you. It's not too late to tell me whenever you want to."
Yi Ge nodded, looked at Chen Ningyuan deeply, and then said no more.
Before leaving, Yi Ge suddenly asked, "Miss, when did you realize that something was wrong with me?"
“When you first came, you were silent and uncommunicative, and I didn’t notice anything wrong.” Shen Ningyuan said truthfully.
"What happened next? How did he start to suspect me?" Yi Ge asked in surprise.
"Xie Wanzhou often comes to my room in the middle of the night. You know about this, right?"
“…”
After a moment of silence, Yi Ge nodded and said, "I know."
“Ever since Xie Wanzhou started coming to me in the middle of the night and you didn’t react at all, I started to doubt you.” Shen Ningyuan said pointedly.
Yi Ge lowered his head, froze for a moment, and said hesitantly, "So that's how it is."
"I said, I hid it very well, how could the lady find out that something was wrong with me?"
"Don't worry, I won't force you to ask. Just tell me whenever you want to. I believe you won't hurt me."
After saying that, Shen Ningyuan added, “The people behind you won’t harm me either.”
"Miss……"
Yi Ge's pupils shrank and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.
But soon, he returned to normal, nodded to Shen Ningyuan, and quickly disappeared from her sight.
After Yi Ge left, Chen Ningyuan suddenly thought of something and smiled meaningfully.
"Ji Yunchuan's toe was cut off. I should go visit him."
After saying that, Shen Ningyuan lifted her skirt and walked towards Ji Yunchuan's yard.
At the same time, Ji Yunchuan was thrown back to the yard by the man in black, but he was not put back on the bed.
Because of his injured feet, Ji Yunchuan couldn't walk normally and could only crawl all the way to the room.
When he finally climbed onto the bed and was about to clean his wound, there was a sudden knock on the door.
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