However, she had already squandered all the gold and silver she had been given as a reward, and she originally wanted to borrow some from Lu Ziqian to pay it back first.
However, the eunuch in the palace who read the imperial edict did not give her a chance to borrow money, and even said that the Crown Prince Rende would repay the gold and silver for her.
She won't have to pay back the money in the future; she just needs to remember today's lesson and watch her mouth from now on.
A slap is worth an ounce of gold; the young eunuch slapped her mouth a hundred times in public with an iron plate.
Chen Yunniang's face was beaten until it was a bloody mess. Finally, she coughed up a mouthful of blood, the dark red blood mixed with two teeth.
She lay on the ground, struggling to touch her front teeth. Luckily, they weren't her front teeth, or she would have been disfigured.
Inside the General's Mansion, Su Yujiao was tending to the flowers and plants in the garden.
In the warm spring of March, life is in full bloom, and the flowers and plants in the yard are budding and ready to bloom, looking delicate and beautiful.
Su Yujiao was in a great mood, humming a little tune as she trimmed the flowers and plants.
Suddenly, she was enveloped in a shadow, and she knew without guessing who was behind her.
She didn't turn around, and continued picking flowers and removing leaves.
"In a good mood?" The man's voice was deep, revealing no emotion.
She turned around, her beautiful eyes crinkling into a bright smile, then tucked a small pink flower behind her ear: "It's really nice!"
Why are you in a good mood?
"Shouldn't I be in a good mood when that bitch gets what she deserves?" She looked directly at him, her beautiful eyes clear as a mountain spring.
Lu Ziqian choked on his words, looking into her smiling eyes, but the smile still didn't reach her eyes.
"You orchestrated all of this!"
He was so certain!
"yes!"
"What, are you feeling sorry for him?"
Lu Ziqian stared at her in silence for a long time: "Does this have to be the way things are between us?"
"Can't you be normal?"
She blinked. "What's wrong with me?"
Was my tone not nice enough?
The man felt frustrated. When did she become a smiling tiger? She speaks softly and calmly, yet she can make him feel suffocated and short of breath.
"If you scheme against her today, will you scheme against me tomorrow?"
Su Yujiao plucked the small flower from behind her ear and waved it on her head, saying, "How could that be? You are my husband, how could I scheme against you?"
"Can't you see that I'm helping you, my husband?"
"If this matter is kept hidden, it won't be so easily forgotten when the Third Prince exposes it in the future."
Isn't this the best outcome?
"Now that you and the Crown Prince have no leverage over each other, and Chen Yunniang has repaid what was not hers, I feel much better."
"Isn't it good?"
"What's wrong, my husband?"
"Could it be that you're angry because I ruined Chen Yunniang's title of county princess?"
"But that never belonged to her."
“If my husband truly cares for her, he should ask the Empress to adopt her as her goddaughter and bestow upon her the title of princess. A princess is far more prestigious than a county princess.”
Every word Su Yujiao said was a knife he had once used to stab her with, and now she was returning it to him, word by word.
Why have you become so calculating?
The woman looked up at him, her eyes bright: "Haven't I always been like this?"
Lu Ziqian sighed: "Jiaojiao, I know you're angry. Now that you've gotten your revenge and your anger has subsided, can we stop here?"
"Yunniang is no match for you in anything. All she wants is to live a peaceful life. Please let her go."
"What are you saying, my husband? When have I ever not let her go? It's her who won't let me go!"
"They didn't spare our children either."
Hearing her mention the child, Lu Ziqian, who had been holding back his anger, finally couldn't hold back any longer.
"How long are you going to keep framing her?"
"It's obvious that you drank the infertility drug yourself and then framed Yunniang."
"Your desire for a divorce has never changed!"
“I’ve already had Mo Shu investigate. After you asked me to buy sour apricots, Xiao Tao brought in a bowl of medicine. How do you explain that?”
Su Yujiao's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Mo Shu had been secretly monitoring her all along?
Lu Ziqian stared intently at her, not missing any change in her expression; that expression just now clearly showed she was guilty.
"It really was you!"
"Su Yujiao, how could you be so vicious!"
All of the man's reason and restraint vanished in an instant, his eyes turning bloodshot and terrifying, as if he had become a beast devoid of human emotion!
He gripped her neck, tightening his grip as if he could snap it if he used more force.
"You killed my child so you could leave me!"
"Cough cough... cough cough cough..." Her survival instinct made her struggle and thrash herself.
He gripped her fragile neck, her breath grew thinner and thinner, and her strength seemed to be drained away, leaving her powerless little by little.
Hearing the commotion, Zhou came over and saw Lu Ziqian grabbing Su Yujiao's neck like a madman, his eyes filled with a terrifying murderous intent.
"Seventh Brother, are you crazy? Let go!"
"Let go! Let go!"
His hands were as hard as a copper wall or an iron wall, and no matter how Zhou patted them, it was useless.
Helpless, Zhou could only bite his hand hard.
Lu Ziqian suddenly released his grip, throwing her hard to the ground. Su Yujiao instinctively protected her stomach.
Zhou immediately went to help him up, angrily questioning, "You brat, what are you doing?"
"You asked her what she did?!" Lu Ziqian's eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth in hatred.
He had never seen such a ruthless person.
Seeing that her son was not behaving properly, Zhou felt a little flustered. Could it be that Jiaojiao had really done something unforgivable?
"Jiaojiao, what exactly happened?"
"You were all fine this morning, how did things suddenly turn into this?"
Su Yujiao's face turned pale, and she only said three words: "I didn't."
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