Before the man could even utter the words "I'll stay with you," he was called away by Mo Shu, who had rushed over.
Su Yujiao stared at Lu Ziqian's hurriedly departing figure, knowing full well that he couldn't hear her, but still obediently said "okay".
When Chen Yunniang saw that Lu Ziqian had actually kept her, she couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I thought he loved you so much, but he's nothing special."
"He should have known in his heart that if he kept you here, he wouldn't let you have an easy time, but he still kept you here."
"Does this prove that he's already tired of you?"
Su Yujiao looked at her expressionlessly, without saying a word.
"Xiaohe, unwrap her gauze and re-bandage your cousin Jiaojiao."
Xiaohe's eyes lit up, and she instantly understood what Chen Yunniang meant.
Xiaohe called Yunlan to hold Su Yujiao down and gag her with a strip of cloth to prevent her from shouting and attracting Lu Ziqian's attention.
She used a dagger to cut open the gauze on her hand, cutting very deep, not only tearing the gauze but also creating a long gash in her palm.
Chen Yunniang glanced at her hand subconsciously. Although her palm was a little sore, there were no marks, except for the wound she had inflicted with the hairpin.
Xiaohe took a clean porcelain bowl and pressed hard on Su Yujiao's wound, causing bright red blood to flow continuously into the bowl from her palm.
Yunlan remained expressionless. She knew this was a jealous rivalry between two women, and she had also heard that Su Yujiao had stolen the man who originally belonged to the Holy Maiden.
Therefore, it's normal for the saintess to take the opportunity to retaliate against her!
I didn't find Xiaohe's blood-drawing behavior unusual at all!
Xiao He left the tent with a bowl of blood. Chen Yunniang asked unhurriedly, "Yunlan, do you have any insects that like to suck human blood?"
“This servant does not have such insects here, but there is a kind of poisonous bee that can cause excruciating pain if stung.”
Chen Yunniang smiled and said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's give it a try to my cousin."
"I suppose those poisonous insects and snakes would love a beautiful girl like my cousin with her delicate skin."
"By the way, she won't die, will she? I'm counting on her to help me with my pregnancy."
"No, it will just hurt. It's said to be more painful than childbirth. The pain will last for two hours, and then the poison will naturally dissipate."
"Interesting, let's get started."
Lu Ziqian shouldn't be back for two hours!
Su Yujiao struggled violently, but Yun Lan still held her hands down and dragged her into the wooden box. The intense fear made her face turn pale.
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her fingertip, as if pricked by a needle. The pain made her shudder. Then, it wasn't just her finger that hurt; the venom seemed to spread rapidly throughout her body.
Su Yujiao lay on the ground, writhing in agony; the pain was unbearable for her.
Almost instantly, her clothes were soaked, her hair was wet with sweat, and she kept hitting her head on the ground in pain.
She has given birth before and knows what kind of pain childbirth is.
The pain I'm experiencing now is definitely more intense than childbirth.
Seeing her in so much pain that she wanted to hurt herself, Chen Yunniang endured her own discomfort and shouted, "Quick, tie her to the chair, don't let her hurt herself."
"Don't let her faint; I want her to clearly experience the feeling of pain."
Yunlan used soft cloth strips to tie Su Yujiao to the chair. She could neither move nor cry out, and could only silently endure the endless physical and mental torment.
During this time, she fainted from the pain many times, and each time Xiaohe splashed water on her to wake her up, and then she could clearly feel the even more intense pain.
Two hours finally passed, and the pain in her body gradually disappeared until it was completely gone.
Su Yujiao endured two hours of inhuman torture, leaving her extremely weak and unable to stand up from her kneeling position.
"Su Yujiao, you've finally met your match?"
"How does pain feel?"
"From now on, I'll make you feel pain every day and thoroughly wear down your sense of superiority."
After leaving the Crown Prince's place, Lu Ziqian hurriedly went to Chen Yunniang's tent.
Although she knew Chen Yunniang wouldn't hurt her, after all, if she hurt Jiaojiao, she would also get hurt.
But he was still a little worried, afraid that Su Yujiao would be angered by Chen Yunniang's words again.
When he entered the tent, he saw Su Yujiao kneeling on the ground, soaking wet, her head touching the ground, as if she were kowtowing to Chen Yunniang.
The man's face changed, and he roared like a mad beast, "What did you do to her?"
He quickly picked her up. Her face was deathly pale, her forehead was covered in blood and fine dirt, and the gauze in her palm was completely stained blood red.
She was completely broken, like a rag doll that had been deliberately damaged.
Looking at her broken state, Lu Ziqian felt an overwhelming pang of heartache, and an indescribable emotion choked him, preventing him from speaking.
"Jiaojiao..." His voice trembled.
When Su Yujiao saw it was him, she trembled all over, clutching her head. Her watery eyes were filled with terror and helplessness as she murmured in a daze, "I...I'm sorry...I was wrong...It hurts so much, please let me go..."
Looking at Su Yujiao's terrified and dazed expression, and listening to her repeated pleas for forgiveness and admission of wrongdoing, Lu Ziqian's face was clouded with gloom, and his back was as taut as a bowstring stretched to its limit.
He held her tenderly in his arms, stroking her head and soothingly whispering, his voice hoarse and choked with emotion: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Su Yujiao gradually calmed down in his arms, then her eyes welled up with tears, and her voice broke into fragments: "Lu Ziqian, let me go, please stop torturing me... I beg you..."
Lu Ziqian's back stiffened. Looking at her broken and pleading expression, he couldn't bring himself to refuse her: "Mm."
As soon as the man uttered that single word, Su Yujiao's long-held tears instantly streamed down her face, burning hot, and soaked his chest.
Lu Ziqian carried her away and had Physician Zhou bandage her wounds.
After putting her to sleep, he went to settle accounts with Chen Yunniang.
What did she do to her to drive her to such a state of mental confusion?
No sooner had Lu Ziqian left than Su Yujiao suddenly opened her eyes and went straight to the Crown Prince's tent.
The Crown Prince was half asleep when he heard that Su Yujiao had come to see him. He suppressed his displeasure and invited her in.
"Sister-in-law, it's so late, is there something you need from me?"
Su Yujiao suddenly knelt down and kowtowed frantically, startling the Crown Prince, who rushed forward to help her up.
"Sister-in-law, let's talk this out. What are you doing?"
"Please, Your Highness, send me away immediately!"
The crown prince looked puzzled: "What happened?"
"These injuries on you...were inflicted by your cousin?"
Su Yujiao nodded, tears instantly streaming down her face: "Please, Your Highness, send me back. I don't want to die at his hands."
"This...this...how could my cousin bear to hit you?"
"He risked his life to save you by single-handedly storming into the Jin army camp."
Su Yujiao's voice choked with emotion: "People's hearts can change."
"He can love me today, and he can love someone else tomorrow."
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