Zhou Shiying, preoccupied with her younger brother's safety, had no idea that her seemingly good-for-nothing brother had already turned the tables on her, nor did she know that the Marquis of Pingyang's purpose in taking her to the capital was actually to deliver her to Emperor Yan.
They took her to the capital as leverage to threaten the Zhou family.
Before leaving, the Marquis of Pingyang didn't bother to count his men. Instead, he took his maid and changed course to a separate courtyard.
Upon entering,
Marquis Pingyang suddenly embraced the shy maid, grabbed her slender waist with both hands, and sat her down on the table: "Do you really think that I would ruin the future of the Marquis's mansion for that slut?"
"How could Zhou Zhenguang's mere 100,000 troops possibly defeat the 500,000-strong army stationed in the south!"
"So what if they have a weapon? I don't believe that damn weapon is that powerful. It's just bluffing and bragging!"
The maidservant wrapped her arms around the Marquis of Pingyang's neck and said charmingly, "I think so too. How could the Zhou family possibly fight against the imperial court? But Marquis... are you really going to take her to the capital as a hostage?"
Why not?
“Zhou Shiying has been married to me for two years. Every time, she just lies flat on the bed like a dead fish. She doesn’t even make a sound. She doesn’t feel anything. It’s such a waste of her face.”
"It's still what I, the Marquis, truly desire."
"Only when I'm with you can I truly feel the intimacy of fish and water..."
The maid gave a coy, hesitant laugh: "Marquis... what about what you promised me before?"
"rest assured."
"Once I've escorted that slut to the capital and presented her to His Majesty as a hostage, I'll marry you and bring you into the family in grand style! It's an honor for that slut to have brought me a promotion!"
"Then, Marquis, what about the child in her womb?"
"How could I allow a lowly woman to bear my blood? My child can only be born to you... Hahahaha..."
The desk was moving.
The room was filled with laughter.
He pretended to be a loving and devoted husband to Zhou Shiying, calling himself the Marquis of Pingyang who would give everything for her, but behind her back, he was doing things to kill her.
In the two years since I married and moved far away.
Zhou Shiying also regretted it, regretting that she shouldn't have been so impulsive as to slap Lin Jiaoyun, and shouldn't have been unable to control her fiery temper, putting Zhou Cheng in a dilemma.
That was her younger brother, whom she had doted on for twenty years.
My younger brother, whom I cherished and protected since he was little, always afraid of him falling or getting hurt.
She herself wouldn't even utter a single harsh word against Zhou Cheng, yet Lin Jiaoyun humiliated and degraded him so blatantly...
That's enough.
It's all over now.
As long as her fourth brother is safe, Zhou Shiying will never throw a tantrum at him again.
Meanwhile, on the other side...
Inside Jiangling City.
Zhou Cheng, whom Zhou Shiying had been thinking about, not only escaped the siege of the Imperial Guards in the capital, but also reunited with Zhou Zhenguang unharmed.
And, she has a beautiful woman in her arms.
Points are accumulating rapidly.
"Did the person sent by the Marquis of Pingyang confess? Did he say he came to Jiangling City to find Father, and what his purpose was?"
"And what about the eldest sister? How much did he reveal?" Zhou Cheng sat by the bed, carefully applying medicine to Cheng Xianyi's palm while asking Black Rat about the progress of the interrogation.
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