Chapter 110 Wan Miaoniang helps Li Yanei do despicable things
The next second.
Lu Zhaoruo suddenly slammed the heavy brocade box in her hand hard towards his face!
Li Yanei hurriedly dodged to the side, but the corner of the box still slammed heavily onto the instep of his foot, causing him to howl in pain. He clutched his foot and hopped on one leg, hissing, "You slut! You dare hit me? I'll kill you later!"
Ignoring his screams, Lu Zhaoruo pounded on the door even harder, a sharp pain shooting through her palms: "Help! Help! Help me!"
"Shout! Shout all you want!"
As the excruciating pain subsided, Li Yanei grinned maliciously, his face contorted. "This courtyard is very secluded. Even if you scream your lungs out, no one will hear you, and no one will dare to come to your rescue!"
He limped closer again: "Madam Lu, I advise you to be smart and give in. Anyway, your body is no longer pure, and you're a divorced woman. In this Jizhou city, who would dare to marry you properly in the future? Come with me, be my mistress, and I guarantee you'll be adorned with gold and silver, and have no worries about food or clothing..."
His gaze locked onto her greedily as he uttered his final words: "Wouldn't it be better for you to be happy every night than to be alone in that empty boudoir, unable to bear the loneliness?"
Knowing she couldn't just sit and wait to die, Lu Zhaoruo's eyes flashed with cold light as she suddenly lunged forward! Although she only knew a few moves of martial arts, she was agile and her precise strikes hit Li Yanei's joints hard.
Caught off guard, Li Yanei cried out in pain, "Ouch!"
Finally, she knocked him to the ground, leaving him in a sorry state.
"What are you still hiding for? Are you all dead? Come out now!"
He collapsed to the ground, roaring in shock and rage into the darkness of the courtyard.
He knew she was no ordinary, weak woman when he saw her taming a wild horse in the street that day. Therefore, he specially brought several skilled and strong-willed attendants with him to prevent her from struggling and resisting like this.
In an instant, four dark figures darted out from behind the corridor and into the side rooms, instantly surrounding Lu Zhaoruo.
While it's possible for Lu Zhaoruo to deal with the gluttonous and lazy Li Yanei, he certainly wouldn't be a match for four strong men...
"Bang!"
One of his attendants kicked Lu Zhaoruo hard in the chest!
The kick was extremely powerful, causing her vision to go black, her blood to surge, and her body to stagger backward several steps.
On the other hand, the attendant seized the opportunity and kicked her in the back.
She fell heavily to the ground, her face drained of color from the pain, and she curled up, coughing violently.
"You bastard!"
Seeing this, Li Yanei scrambled to his feet and slammed his fan hard on the attendant's head, yelling, "Who told you to hit him so hard! If you hurt him, how can I enjoy myself?"
Then, glaring at the other attendant, he said, "And you! Go away, get the hell out of here!"
After scolding his attendant, he knelt down in front of Lu Zhaoruo, looking at her pale and pained face, and softened his tone: "Zhaoruo, why are you doing this to yourself? Just submit to me obediently, why suffer this pain? I promise to treat you well from now on..."
Despite the excruciating pain, Lu Zhaoruo mustered her last bit of strength and spat fiercely into his face.
Enraged by the spit, Li Yanei stood up and glared at her fiercely: "You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences!"
He suddenly pulled a paper packet from his sleeve and quickly threw it at her face!
I almost forgot about the medicine powder my younger sister, Li Nian'er, prepared!
A pungent smell of powder hit her face. Before Lu Zhaoruo could even hold her breath, a wave of weakness and soreness washed over her. The intense pain from before seemed to fade, and she could no longer muster any strength in her limbs...
Li Yanei glanced at Lu Zhaoruo, who had collapsed on the ground due to the effects of the drug, then coldly swept his gaze over the four attendants, and impatiently waved his hand: "Stand guard outside! No one is allowed to come in without my permission!"
He bent down and easily picked Lu Zhaoruo up in his arms, carrying her straight to the inner room.
The door slammed shut behind him.
In the side room separated by only one wall, Wan Miaoniang was curled up in the corner of the bed, her arms tightly hugging her knees. Her exposed arms were covered with a shocking mix of old and new bruises.
Gui'er stood to the side, her face pale, her hands nervously twisting the hem of her clothes, her eyes filled with anxiety.
Finally, Gui'er couldn't help but speak in a trembling voice, "My lady...aren't we being too unfair to Madam Lu? She...she's such a good person..."
Wan Miaoniang suddenly raised her head, her eyes red and tears streaming down her face: "But what can I do? Young Master Li is threatening me with my sister! He said... he said if I don't listen to him, he'll defile my sister! She's turning 18 in a few days... how can I... how can I..."
Her voice choked with sobs as she looked desperately out the door, "Madam Lu... I'm so sorry... I really had no choice..."
Gui'er's lips trembled: "But, Madam Lu is such a strong-willed person. She finally managed to jump out of that fire pit, and now we...we're going to push her into another fire pit...isn't this going to force her to her death?"
"What can I do? Tell me what I can do?"
Wan Miaoniang suddenly let out a low growl, tears streaming down her face.
Her nails dug deep into the bruises on her arm. "That's my own sister! Li Yanei is a beast... He'll not only ruin my sister, he'll beat me to death! I can't die now... I haven't saved enough money yet..."
She suddenly grabbed Gui'er's wrist, her eyes unfocused as she murmured, "Once this matter is settled, Young Master Li will reward me with a thousand taels. Once I get the money, I can settle my sister and my family, and then I'll go to Lady Lu to kowtow and apologize..."
She forced a smile: "I...I'll give my life for her...She...she probably won't blame me, will she?"
As if convincing herself, she continued incoherently, "She still has the Embroidery Pavilion, her doting brother, and powerful figures like Master Gu and General Xiao to back her up. She can survive even if she loses her innocence... But what about me? I have nothing. All I have is this body and this worthless life..."
Gui'er wiped away her tears as she cried.
She felt sorry for her wife and also felt sorry for Lady Lu.
Wan Miaoniang seemed to have all her strength drained away. She staggered off the bed, her bare feet touching the cold floor. She abruptly ripped open one side of her clothes, revealing a patch of unsightly red rashes and festering sores below her collarbone...
She chuckled softly: "Gui'er, tell me, isn't my body completely rotten?"
Gui'er stared in horror at the festering sores, shaking her head frantically, "My wife isn't festering...it's not..."
Wan Miaoniang mocked herself, "This is what I got in return for all my fawning and flattery... This is my retribution!"
"But..."
She looked out the door, her eyes filled with endless resentment: "When has God ever been fair? Why was I born to rot in the mud, and even my death is unclean!"
“Look at Lu Zhaoruo…”
Her voice suddenly became shrill, filled with undisguised jealousy and hatred, "She lost her chastity and is now a woman of impurity just like me! Yet she was able to marry into the Shen family as their principal wife, and even went so far as to sue her husband's entire family in court. In the end, she even opened a brothel in a grand and glorious manner and became the Lu family's owner, praised by everyone!"
"Even figures like Master Gu and General Xiao are willing to back her up... Why?"
She pounded on the door, "Look at my life! Besides being beaten, getting this filthy disease, and doing this despicable thing for that beast..."
All her strength seemed to have been drained away, and she slid softly to the ground against the door, her voice hollow: "I've long since decided to give up... Once I get the money and settle my little sister in... I'll find a secluded ditch and end my life, so that this filthy body won't... disgrace the family and frighten others..."
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