Chapter 45: No Way to Run
Shen Yuexi didn't know how she got back to the house.
Leng Shuang's miserable condition was deeply imprinted in her mind. Now the idea of escaping was half gone.
This prince of Qi was so cruel to his servants. Leng Shuang received such a cruel punishment simply for not keeping an eye on her.
If she ran away, would she be punished in the same way?
Is Xiao Beiheng killing the chicken to scare the monkey?
Thinking of this, the originally comfortable room suddenly became cold and terrifying. The deep red sandalwood furniture in the room seemed to be stained with blood.
She sat in the chair woodenly until the door suddenly opened.
Shen Yuexi seemed to be frightened. She jumped up suddenly and stepped back in panic, even knocking over the chair.
Leng Shuang pushed the door open and stood there looking at her. Her eyes were complicated, and it was hard to tell if it was hatred or fear. Or maybe both.
Her face was pale, and she was biting her lips tightly. Her left wrist was wrapped in a thick white cloth, with a faint hint of dark red at the end.
Shen Yuexi didn't know how to deal with her for a moment.
She didn't want to be imprisoned by Xiao Beiheng, and didn't think that her escape was wrong. But Leng Shuang's hand was chopped off because of her escape. Now Leng Shuang was standing in front of her, her left hand was gone.
Will Leng Shuang just pounce on her and strangle her to death with her right hand?
But the two looked at each other in silence for a moment, and Leng Shuang spoke first.
She closed the door with her right hand and whispered, "Doctor Lin has treated my wound."
Shen Yuexi still stood firmly against the wall.
Leng Shuang seemed to see her panic and forced a smile, saying, "You are the guest of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I won't do anything to you. You don't have to be so scared."
Shen Yuexi's lips trembled, she shook her head and said, "He...he is too cruel."
Just for such a trivial matter, a man's hand was cut off. If he were to whip someone, the wound would heal, but how could a severed limb be regenerated?
Leng Shuang remained silent as she walked to the table and habitually reached out to support the fallen chair, but the wound on her left hand pierced the chair. She immediately revealed a look of pain and quickly covered her mouth with her right hand.
Seeing her sweat dripping from her body due to the pain, Shen Yuexi didn't care about anything else and quickly walked over to her, holding her arm and said:
"Don't bother, I'll do it."
Leng Shuang moved her shoulders as if trying to throw her off, but she finally held on to him.
Shen Yuexi helped her sit down on the bed and took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off her forehead. Leng Shuang shook her head and said, "I can do it myself. You are the guest of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Don't talk about guests," Shen Yuexi said with a wry smile, "I'm just a prisoner of his."
"Imprisonment?" Leng Shuang laughed softly, frowning as he laughed.
Shen Yuexi didn't think she had said anything wrong. Losing her freedom was like being imprisoned in her eyes. So she asked, "Why are you laughing?"
Leng Shuang did not answer, but stood up and suddenly knelt on the ground.
Shen Yuexi didn't understand what was going on, so she quickly went to help Leng Shuang up and said, "If you have anything to say, just stand up and talk. No need to kneel."
Leng Shuang refused to obey, raised her eyes and stared at her and said:
"Madam Pei, I know you're trying to escape. But I beg you, I have no grudge against you, please leave me a way out."
Leng Shuang's voice choked.
A way out?
Shen Yuexi could already sense the seriousness of the situation and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
Leng Shuang nodded: "Just don't run away. If you run away again, I will cut off one of my hands, and then my feet. Until you have no hands or feet left, with Doctor Lin's medical skills, you can't die even if you want to..."
Shen Yuexi felt a chill run down her spine when she heard this: "Are you talking about Doctor Lin..."
Without waiting for Leng Shuang's response, she collapsed on the bed.
This Prince Qi was a handsome man, but I had never expected him to be so cruel and ruthless at such a young age. She was in his hands, a guest now. Perhaps tomorrow he would turn against her and chop off her hands and feet as well...
When she thought of such a tragic ending, her desire to escape not only did not completely die out, but instead burned even more.
Working under such a terrifying person, life is worse than death. After all, death is just a matter of closing your eyes. But Xiao Beiheng chopped off people's hands and feet, making their lives worse than death.
No, she absolutely had to escape. She couldn't stay here for another day.
But seeing Leng Shuang's miserable appearance, she couldn't bear it.
Leng Shuang was right. They didn't even know each other, let alone have any grudges against each other. Is there a way to have the best of both worlds, to save Leng Shuang's hands and feet, and to escape smoothly?
She sat there frowning and thinking hard about what to do.
Leng Shuang said to her, "Madam Pei, it's late, go to bed quickly. His Royal Highness said that we will leave here and return to our fiefdom at noon tomorrow."
Leaving tomorrow?
She didn't expect Xiao Beiheng to move so quickly that Shen Yuexi's head started to hurt.
She stared at Leng Shuang's broken wrist and suddenly came up with an idea.
Xiao Beiheng arranged for Leng Shuang to monitor her, but also to serve her. If she said she was hungry, Leng Shuang would arrange for her to eat. This was a solution.
The next morning, Shen Yuexi pretended to lose her temper and chased Leng Shuang with the feather duster in the house. Lin Kui was passing by and came in to check.
It turned out that Shen Yuexi suddenly wanted to eat hot pot that morning, so Leng Shuang arranged for the servants to prepare it. After Shen Yuexi took a few bites, she became interested and asked Leng Shuang to move the hot pot to the window. Leng Shuang only had one hand and could not hold it steadily, so she dropped the hot pot, and the water spilled on Shen Yuexi's clothes.
"This maid only has one hand and can't do anything right! I don't want her anymore."
Shen Yuexi had a cold face, threw the feather duster aside, and complained to Lin Kui impatiently.
Lin Kui looked at the red oil soup spilled on the ground, then looked at Leng Shuang, whose face was covered with blood from being beaten. He shook his head and angrily said to Leng Shuang:
"Even if the master lets you serve Madam Pei alone, you can't do it!"
Leng Shuang lowered her head and shivered, not daring to respond.
"Doctor Lin, send this girl away now. She gets so angry if I look at her for even one second. Look at my clothes!"
As Shen Yuexi spoke, she pretended to be aggrieved and showed Lin Kui her clothes that were stained with red oil.
Lin Kui sighed and said, "This maid is really useless. But His Royal Highness arranged for her to take care of Madam Pei, and I..."
Shen Yuexi knew that Lin Kui felt that this was Xiao Beiheng's decision and that he had no say in it. But she also knew that Lin Kui was not the kind of person who would just do whatever his master said, otherwise he would not have "taken the initiative and bought the prescription for his master."
The most important thing is that although Lin Kui acted on his own, Xiao Beiheng did not cut off his hand.
This was Shen Yuexi's plan: to use Lin Kui as the unlucky guy, and at most Lin Kui would be scolded.
"Doctor Lin, look, His Royal Highness arranged for this girl to take care of me. He must want to make me feel comfortable, right?"
"His Royal Highness did say that Madam Pei must be made comfortable."
"But I'm not feeling well now!" Shen Yuexi put her hands on her hips and shouted, "Doctor Lin, what do you think we should do?"
Lin Kui lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said to Leng Shuang:
"You don't have to take care of Madam Pei anymore. I'll arrange for another maid to come. When His Royal Highness wakes up, I will report to him."
Leng Shuang's face was gloomy. She bowed to Lin Kui and said, "I obey your command."
Turning back and taking a deep look at Shen Yuexi, Leng Shuang quickly walked out of the house.
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