Chapter 22 Madman (Part 2) Everyone Sees Blood
These three words made Yang Yan's eyebrows jump, and even the muscles on his face trembled. Chai Heng rarely saw such a vivid expression on his face, and a sense of pleasure inexplicably surged in his heart.
The words he said before finally came back like a boomerang. Yang Yan didn't expect that she could really remember every word he said, and she actually took those angry words he said seriously.
"I know you're not entirely happy with what happened this time. You're treating me like a wolf or a tiger, and that's not entirely unreasonable. How can we make this matter go away? You decide for yourself."
Yang Yan gave Chai Heng the right to choose.
Chai Heng thought, it wasn't that she couldn't get over it. She just saw through him and had long since given up on any expectations of him.
"I want to go back to my villa outside Beijing."
"I want you to never appear in front of me again, and you are not allowed to touch my senior brother."
Chai Heng raised his head and spoke seriously.
Yang Yan: "Then you are dreaming."
"Then what nonsense are you talking about?"
Yang Yan looked at her. He could agree to anything else, but if he let her go back to her villa outside the capital, she would never come back.
She wouldn't miss him one bit.
They won't miss any of the good times they had together.
Soon, maybe I will forget him completely.
Whenever such a thought crossed his mind, he would feel as if he didn't know how to get through his life.
Yang Yan had seen how she looked when she liked someone, so he naturally knew how she looked when she didn't like someone. He had done too many self-deceptions in his life. At this moment, looking at her expressionless face that didn't want to talk to him, he knew that she must be very annoyed with him.
At this moment, Zhou Jiu was standing outside the door again. He hesitated to speak, but finally said, "Sir, Miss Xue is here."
Yang Yan glanced at Chai Heng, trying to find a crack in her expression, but there was none. She just turned her lifeless face away and gently closed her eyes, as if she felt that the surroundings were a little noisy.
"I've put the medicine here for you. It's not poisoned. Remember to drink it." Seeing that she didn't want to pay attention to him, he was silent for a moment and added, "I'll come see you later."
*
In the flower hall, Xue Ruyue sat anxiously. That day, after leaving the Ministry of Justice, soldiers had stormed into their home again, taking her brother Xue Congli, who had just been released from prison and was still in shock. Everyone in the mansion was shocked. This time, when she went to Liang Yuanjing again, he simply closed the door and refused to see her. She paid a small fortune to go to the Ministry of Justice prison to see how her brother was doing, but she found him in the cell, bruised and trembling. When he saw her, he burst into tears.
Her father Xue Huaiyuan is now away on a work assignment and cannot take care of family matters.
Her biological mother died young, and her stepmother didn't treat her well. She only showed some kindness when she needed her to do something. The last time she brought Xue Congli out of jail, her stepmother's expression brightened considerably, praising her as the most useful young woman in the family. But this time, she was taken away again, and she'd been subjected to a lot of harsh treatment at home for the past two days.
Xue Ruyue is not a stupid person. After thinking about it carefully, she naturally knows the reason.
A husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace. She shouldn't have led Liang Yuanjing to cause trouble for Chai Heng. Especially when blood was involved, it would be difficult to resolve the situation peacefully.
But now Liang Yuanjing treated her like a plague god when he saw her. She had no choice but to turn to Yang Yan for help again.
Because she guessed that she might not be able to come alone this time, she thought about it and went to the Chai family to invite Mrs. Chai over. As for the cause and effect of the matter, Chai Heng was not there, so she naturally only talked to Mrs. Chai about the things that were beneficial to her. Holding on to a glimmer of hope, she actually invited Mrs. Chai over.
When Yang Yan saw his mother-in-law in the flower hall, he was stunned at first, and then he understood that Xue Ruyue wanted to use all the means she had used to put pressure on Chai Heng on him.
"Mother-in-law."
Yang Yan's expression remained unchanged. He pursed his lips and called out respectfully.
Mrs. Chai was dressed elegantly and luxuriously. Although she was nearly fifty years old, she looked like a woman in her early thirties, with long eyebrows reaching her temples. Upon closer inspection, Chai Heng actually looked most like her among all of Mrs. Chai's children.
"Where's Ah Heng?"
"She's been injured and isn't feeling well. She can't come out to see anyone right now. I hope mother will forgive me."
Whether it was because she was not feeling well or she just didn't want to see her, Mrs. Chai knew it all too well. She had never had a close relationship with her daughter, and she had disciplined her too harshly in the past, which had caused her to always want to be close to her but not dare to. These days, she had actually been wondering if she had been too harsh on her in the past, causing her to fear her more than she loved her. So, she took this opportunity to come here, just to see her, and to pave a way for the relationship between mother and daughter.
But that’s a story for later. Right now, she looked up at her son-in-law Yang Yan, no, it should be her ex-son-in-law.
"Ruyue came to me today and told me about her brother. She said Ah Heng had entered the Jingwei Division and was arresting people indiscriminately. The Ministry of Justice had originally released him, but later arrested him again for unknown reasons. The Xue family and ours are old friends. I have watched Congli grow up. The prison in the Ministry of Justice is damp and cold, and Ruyue is worried that her brother's health can't withstand it. So she came to me and wanted me to talk to you again with the Ministry of Justice to see if Congli can be released again."
Mrs. Chai went straight to the point without beating around the bush.
Yang Yan immediately guessed that Xue Ruyue definitely did not tell Mrs. Chai everything.
"If Xue Congli has not committed any crime, the Ministry of Justice will naturally release him. Mother, don't worry about that."
"Da Qi has its own laws. If you show favoritism, innocent people will inevitably be punished. Ah Heng received five lashes for this matter a few days ago, and each lash drew blood. She is still unable to get out of bed. Mother, you know she is not in good health. The doctor said she almost died. Are you sure you still want to show favoritism?"
There was a hint of smile on Yang Yan's lips, and he looked very oppressive.
The doctor did not say that five lashes would be fatal, but in order to make Mrs. Chai think more clearly, Yang Yan decided to exaggerate.
There is no mother in the world who would really want her daughter to die because of an outsider. Hearing this, Mrs. Chai couldn't help but look at Xue Ruyue suspiciously:
"Ruyue, why didn't you tell me this?"
Xue Ruyue: "The situation is urgent, so I naturally took the most severe measures and didn't tell you everything." As she spoke, she shed a few more tears.
"Ah Heng was injured this time because I failed to stop Lord Liang in time. I was wrong. But my brother is timid. Xingzhi, could you please talk to Lord Liang again for my mother's sake? Ah Heng has always been tolerant. This matter is over and she won't remember it forever."
Yang Yan thought, of course, Chai Heng wouldn't always hold a grudge against Xue Ruyue, since they didn't see each other often. But he wanted to see Chai Heng more often, so she would remember his grudge. Especially when Chai Heng had used the three words "I dare not" to choke him not long ago, he realized how vindictive she was.
As for the kindness of Aunt Xue.
Yang Yan said, "Ruyue, I've taken great care of you over the past decade or so, all because of Aunt Xue. But one can't always hold onto a favor and repay it."
The words "repaying a favor" were too heavy, like a heavy hammer hitting Xue Ruyue's heart. She wanted to ask Yang Yan something, but it was not appropriate to ask in front of Madam Chai, so she had to send her away.
"Aunt, I want to talk to the prince about my brother's affairs. Do you want to go see Ah Heng?"
Mrs. Chai really wanted to go, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.
It would be best if she couldn't wipe her face, anyway Chai Heng didn't want to see her at the moment.
"Mother just needs to watch for a few seconds by the window. She has just rested and taken her medicine. If we go in at this time, it might delay her recovery." Yang Yan said.
Madam Chai nodded and left with her maids.
After Madam Chai left, Xue Ruyue finally wiped away her tears and looked at Yang Yan: "Have all these years been my one-sided wishful thinking, Yang Yan?"
Yang Yan: "What else?"
These three short words made Xue Ruyue feel like she was falling into an ice cellar: "But we have been getting along very happily these days, and you really took care of me in the past."
Yang Yan: "That's what you think."
Xue Ruyue felt that her dignity was being trampled on. Although her mother died early and her situation at home was not that good, she had been brought up as a lady from a wealthy family since she was a child. Naturally, she was devastated by her passion for the cause.
"But when we were young, my father wanted to marry your father. You knew that, and you clearly agreed at that time. You didn't like me, so why didn't you refuse?" She suppressed the urge to scream at this man, and tears welled up in her eyes again.
She looked pitiful when she cried.
But Yang Yan couldn't muster the slightest bit of sympathy.
He only felt a pang of pain in his heart when he thought of Chai Heng, and the way she silently endured it, obviously sad but never showing it.
"My father can't arrange my marriage. From the beginning, my marriage has been decided by me alone. Why should I bother with this?" He looked at her with a smile, and there was a coldness in his eyes that had been frozen for a long time.
Xue Ruyue knew that Yang Yan was a cold person, but she never thought he would be so cold.
"If you don't like me, then who do you like? Chai Heng?"
"But she won't like you anymore."
Xue Ruyue's defense broke down and she began to attack him: "No one in the world would like someone who always bullies them. You took advantage of her liking you, so you kept bullying her. Now that she doesn't like you anymore, you lock her up and try to cling to her. Yang Yan, are you a jerk?"
So cheap.
Of course he knows that he is cheap, otherwise how could he have come to this point today?
Yang Yan asked her, "Do you know why Liang Yuanjing refused to see you? He felt bad for acting on his own initiative, so he asked for ten lashes."
"If it weren't for my neglect, things wouldn't have gotten to this point. Now that she's awake, she doesn't need my care. I'll go to the Ministry of Justice to ask for punishment myself this afternoon."
"As for you," Yang Yan paused, "you know full well whether you were deliberately making things difficult for her. This morning, before you came, I had already sent someone to the Xue family to inform your stepmother. If you hadn't acted on your own, Xue Congli wouldn't have been punished twice. Your stepmother has already set up the rack at home, waiting for you."
He downplayed it as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing.
Xue Huaiyuan's second wife was known for using cunning tactics to torture his concubines and illegitimate children. Xue Ruyue had relied on her cleverness, understanding, and shrewdness to live a stable life under her. She didn't know what awaited her when she returned home today.
"Since you like seeing blood, how about we all see some blood this time?"
Xue Ruyue looked at Yang Yan's calm lips and suddenly took two steps back: "You lunatic!"
*
Chai Heng lay sprawled on the bed, the wound on her back twitching with every movement. The Imperial Guards still had much to say, and she couldn't help but call Xiang Qiao over.
"During the time I was in a coma, did anyone come to the Marquis' Mansion to look for me?"
"Yes, Master Cui came to see you, and I asked for ten days' leave for you. Master Cui blushed and tried to argue with me, but I was able to talk him out of it."
Bitch.
Chai Heng cursed Yang Yan in his heart.
Then he thought again: "Has my senior come to see me?"
Speaking of Lu Shichu, Xiang Qiao carefully looked around and made sure that there were no spies of Yang Yan. Then she stealthily took out two letters from her sleeve.
"Luckily, there's a wall in the small kitchen that faces the street. Although I can't go out, I can still communicate with the outside world. Miss, Master Lu knew about your imprisonment by your brother-in-law as soon as you were there. He handed me a letter through the wall in the small kitchen. He handed me one the day before yesterday and another this morning, asking me to give it to you when you wake up. I've been so busy these past few days that I almost forgot about it."
Chai Heng took the two letters. On each letter was written in neat small regular script: "From my junior sister."
Just as Chai Heng was about to open it, there was a sudden noise outside. Chai Heng hurriedly stuffed the new one under the pillow. Xiang Qiao glanced out the window alertly and saw a familiar figure.
"It seems to be Mrs. Chai."
Xiangqiao stammered, "What... should I do?"
Chai Heng closed his eyes and decided to pretend to be asleep.
Mrs. Chai stayed at the door for a while. She hadn't figured out how to communicate with her daughter yet. It was not good to discipline her daughter with a ruler, just like when she was little. But when it came to being nice to Chai Heng, she couldn't change her attitude.
She stood at the door for a while and then left. Xiangqiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Luckily you didn't come in. This room is in such a mess right now, and your sword is still there. If someone had seen you, they would have definitely given you another round of scolding."
Xiangqiao doesn't want calluses on her ears.
Seeing the man leave, Chai Heng breathed a sigh of relief and tried to take out the letter her senior brother gave her. However, this time, just as she took it out, she heard footsteps outside again.
Is it ever going to end?
"Who is it this time?"
Chai Heng stuffed the letter back in her pocket. She was lying down and couldn't see behind her, so she could only ask Xiangqiao softly.
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