Snap!
A crisp crack of the whip rang out as the rough, sturdy leather whip lashed fiercely across the thin, bony back.
The young man was knocked to the ground and desperately curled up to protect his more vulnerable and soft abdomen.
The whip struck his body, and he instinctively let out a painful groan.
"Serves you right for being stubborn! Serves you right for not obeying! You dare to be so defiant even after coming to my Yuezhou camp!"
"Today I'm going to teach you a lesson with this whip, so you'll know who's in charge here!"
The man wielding the whip was tall and strong, with a face full of flesh and triangular eyes that exuded ferocity.
He vigorously swung the whip, again and again.
The young man lying on the ground was groaning weaker and weaker.
"No! I have to go save my brother!"
"Waaah, it's all my fault! It's all my fault! If I hadn't offended Captain Xiong, he wouldn't have taken his anger out on my brother!"
In a nearby thatched hut, a girl of about ten years old was sobbing uncontrollably.
She desperately tried to rush over.
She wanted to kowtow to Commander Xiong and confess her guilt, begging him not to find any more excuses to punish her elder brother.
"Little sister, don't go! This has nothing to do with you!"
Fifteen-year-old Zheng Yurong was exceptionally beautiful; even with an ugly character tattooed on her forehead, it did not detract from her appearance.
However, it was precisely this beauty that brought her and her family a devastating disaster!
That man surnamed Xiong wasn't angry because his sister had offended him; he clearly wanted to force Zheng Yurong to submit to him, that's why—
She was the daughter of the prestigious Zheng family, with unyielding integrity. Even when she was exiled and became a lowly military household, she never wanted to become someone's concubine.
Therefore, when Xiong Dazhuang, the captain in charge of their camp, hinted that he wanted to take her as a concubine, Zheng Yurong refused without even thinking about it.
As it turned out, Xiong Dazhuang was indeed not a magnanimous person.
He is a petty person who holds grudges and likes to take his anger out on others.
Seeing her brother almost beaten to death by Commandant Xiong, Zheng Yurong was filled with self-blame and a sense of resentment that had nowhere to be vented!
She was a woman from the Zheng family. Because her grandfather had distinguished himself in military affairs, he was feared by powerful officials and was framed.
Their entire family was exiled to Lingnan, and the men were even forced to serve as military households.
Exile and military service are different.
If it were just exile, his family could still live the life of ordinary people in Lingnan.
Once conscripted into the army and becoming a lowly military household, one's descendants would never be able to escape poverty.
Unless their descendants are successful, achieve military merits, and receive the emperor's favor to escape their lowly status, the Zheng family will be completely relegated to the lowest rung of society!
"I'll go beg that guy surnamed Xiong!"
So what if she becomes his concubine? As long as she can save her brother, what does it matter if Zheng Yurong gives up her life?
Zheng Yurong pulled her sister back, but she herself wanted to rush forward.
"No! Big sister, you can't go!"
A woman in her forties grabbed Zheng Yurong by the waist and cried, "That...that man surnamed Xiong is inhuman! He loves to torment women!"
"It's only been a few months, and he's already brought out four or five concubines from his backyard."
They were all exiles or family members of military households, and they had all been daughters of high-ranking officials.
Once knocked down to the dust, he was tortured beyond recognition by butchers like Xiong Dazhuang, and was tortured to death.
Her eldest sister was also once the daughter of a general's family, and she cannot be trampled on like this.
Zheng's mother cried uncontrollably.
She also felt sorry for her son and was even more unwilling to let him be beaten to death.
But what about the daughter?
Sigh, both are my children, how should I choose?!
"God, please, please leave us a way to live!"
In despair, Zheng's mother began to pray to Heaven.
But if Heaven has eyes, how could it allow the Zheng family to suffer injustice?
Zheng Yurong didn't believe in these things, but now that she was in this situation, she couldn't help but plead in her heart—
"Someone save us! Someone save us!"
"Waaah, if anyone can help me, I, Zheng Yurong, swear that I will serve my benefactor like a slave!"
Just then, a voice as beautiful as heavenly music suddenly rang out—
"The Heavenly King himself? Oh! I really didn't expect there to be such a distinguished person in Yuezhou!"
"Quickly! Let this princess see who is so arrogant as to call himself 'Heavenly King'?"
"What? Is this an attempt to declare oneself king and establish a separatist regime?"
That hat is way too big.
If things go wrong, you could be charged with the serious crime of "treason".
Captain Xiong was so frightened that he dropped the whip in his hand.
He certainly wouldn't care if someone else said that.
In the Yuezhou military camp, Xiong Dazhuang was the local tyrant.
However, Captain Xiong looked burly and strong, like a bear.
But his hearing is extremely sharp.
He listened carefully; the woman seemed to refer to herself as "this princess"!
Princess Consort of Yue!
It must be her!
When the low-ranking military officer, who considered himself a local tyrant, encountered a true member of the imperial family, Lieutenant Xiong had no choice but to back down.
Thus, Xie Yuan easily took the Zheng family away.
"Your name is Zheng Yurong? You are General Zheng's eldest granddaughter?"
Xie Yuan sat in the oxcart, looking the slender yet spirited woman in front of him up and down.
“Reporting to Your Highness, this servant is Zheng Yurong, fifteen years old. Her grandfather is Zheng Linghe, the former General of the Northwest.”
Zheng Yurong has excellent manners.
With an upright posture, clear eyes, and a charming yet refined face, she was filled with gratitude towards Xie Yuan.
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