He Yinxue's words were so high-sounding that even Shen Liyue laughed.
She really wanted to know how He Yinxue had the courage to say this.
"The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit? That depends on whether you have equal confidence." Shen Liyue looked at He Yinxue and said word by word.
Seeing Shen Liyue, He Yinxue became even angrier. Shen Liyue stood far away from her, and He Yinxue spat on the ground viciously.
Seeing this, Shen Liyue walked forward and slapped He Yinxue.
He Yinxue was caught off guard and was slapped by Shen Liyue: "You dare to hit me?"
"Why not?" Shen Liyue wiped her hands with a handkerchief, "Beating you is still too light."
He Yinxue's eyes were filled with resentment. "What gives you the right? You're just from a better family than me, and you married a better wife than me. You looked down on me in the Shen family before, and now you've become a phoenix on the treetops. Does that mean you can let us be humiliated by you at will?"
Chen Liyue sneered, "You also know that it's the Shen family. You stayed at the Shen family, but you didn't show any respect at all. When you were at the Shen family, you instigated all kinds of things. I'm afraid that you also contributed to Chen Liyue's current situation."
"Besides, who humiliated you? You humiliated yourself." Shen Liyue said coldly.
"Do you dare to say that you had no hand in what happened at the Hairpin Flower Banquet that day?" He Yinxue knew clearly that she and Chen Lijiao had conspired to tarnish Chen Liyue's innocence that day, but in the end, she was seen in bed with Fang Zhiran. The inside story must be related to Chen Liyue.
But she had married into the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion after all. Although she was a concubine, Fang Zhiran was now the only one by his side.
"Yes." Shen Liyue admitted it openly, not afraid that Lu Xingzhou would hear it, because she had already told Lu Xingzhou about this matter.
"What? You wanted a servant to ruin my innocence? I gave you Fang Zhiran, and you don't even know how to thank me?" Chen Liyue asked. "You!" He Yinxue's chest heaved with anger.
Chen Liyue continued, "If you hadn't plotted against me first, how could I have ended up like this? I was just giving you a taste of your own medicine."
He Yinxue pointed at Shen Liyue, her fingertips trembling, "You will be punished!"
Shen Liyue chuckled, "Then let's see who will suffer retribution first."
After Shen Liyue finished speaking, she sat aside and ignored He Yinxue.
He Yinxue glared at Shen Liyue, but Lu Xingzhou didn’t indulge her.
"Come here, start the punishment!" Lu Xingzhou ordered the guards coldly.
The guards hung He Yinxue on a rack and put finger clamps on her ten fingers.
"Use torture first, and talk about it later when you're done." Lu Xingzhou ordered.
After hearing what Lu Xingzhou said, the guard tightened the rope in his hand, and He Yinxue screamed in pain.
"Is that enough? If not, add more." Lu Xingzhou's face was full of anger, and he couldn't show a good face to He Yinxue.
He Yinxue still maintained a stubborn attitude, her face was pale, but she kept her lips tightly closed and refused to speak.
"Go on!" Lu Xingzhou said coldly.
The guard tightened the rope again, and He Yinxue fainted from the pain.
Lu Xingzhou had seen this kind of scene many times. With a wink, he sent a guard forward and poured a bucket of ice water over He Yinxue's head.
Chili peppers were added to the ice water. After drinking a bucket of water, He Yinxue woke up, but she couldn't open her eyes and her whole face was red.
"Can you speak now?" Lu Xingzhou asked.
"You...you are...confessing under torture!" He Yinxue was choked by the pepper spray and coughed violently, her speech was intermittent.
"Yeah." Lu Xingzhou nodded. "A confession forced into a confession is still a confession."
Lu Xingzhou ordered the guards to take the whip and whip He Yinxue again and again. The whip seemed to have eyes and was specifically aimed at He Yinxue's face.
In a short while, He Yinxue's face was rotten.
He Yinxue was already dying. Lu Xingzhou waved his hand and told the guards to stop. "Let's stop here for now. Keep her here for now and we'll talk about it in a few days. Keep an eye on her and save her life."
"Yes!" The guard agreed with a fist salute and dragged the dying He Yinxue away.
He Yinxue was thrown into a cell, which was dark and cold. The guards did not give her a blanket or food, but only brought her water once every three hours, keeping her alive.
There was no place to relieve herself in the cell. If He Yinxue wanted to go to the toilet, she could only do so in that small space.
By the third day, He Yinxue finally couldn't stand it anymore.
Lu Xingzhou was afraid that He Yinxue’s filth would dirty Shen Liyue’s eyes, so he specially asked the guards to fetch water and let He Yinxue wash clean before being taken to the interrogation room.
When I saw He Yinxue again today, she no longer had the toughness she had a few days ago. Her whole face was rotten and her body was covered with scars from the beating that day.
"Are you willing to tell me now?" Lu Xingzhou said coldly.
He Yinxue said weakly, "You torture me like this, you might as well let me die."
"Die? Not that easy." Lu Xingzhou sneered. "Even if you want to die, explain everything clearly before you die."
He Yinxue looked up at Lu Xingzhou and Chen Liyue, with deep hatred in her eyes, but this hatred did not scare Lu Xingzhou and Chen Liyue. They both knew that He Yinxue was now just a grasshopper after autumn.
Lu Xingzhou still asked a civil servant to record the conversation while he personally interrogated He Yinxue.
"Tell me, how do you know Shi Nan?" Lu Xingzhou's voice was cold, as if it came from far away.
"I went to the Fahua Temple to burn incense. I begged the Buddha to open his eyes and take a good look at you two evil people. May he bless you to die soon!" He Yinxue said viciously.
With a "snap", before He Yinxue could finish her words, the guard whipped her.
He Yinxue was frightened by the beating. She curled up into a ball, trembling and not daring to say anything.
"Speak nicely." Lu Xingzhou said.
He Yinxue then slowly spoke, "I... I went to the Fahua Temple to burn incense, and it was that monk Shi Nan who found me himself. He said he could help me contact the Second Prince."
"Why do you want to contact the second prince?" Lu Xingzhou asked.
He Yinxue looked up at Lu Xingzhou and said, "It's you. I knew that you were highly valued by the Marquis of Zhenbei, but since you came, the Marquis of Zhenbei has been listening to you in everything. Even so, if we had signed an alliance with the Jin Kingdom earlier, we could have returned to Wangjing to claim our achievements. But you kept delaying the signing and forced us to suffer in this bitter cold land."
"If you don't sign, there are plenty of people who will! You're a prince, and so is the Second Prince! If the Second Prince can sign an alliance with the Jin Kingdom, Zhiran will be the first to receive the credit! You can imagine the wealth and glory he will enjoy after returning to Wangjing!"
Lu Xingzhou nodded. So that's how it was. "Then why would Shi Nan help you contact the Second Prince? What benefits would it bring to him?"
Hearing Lu Xingzhou's question, He Yinxue closed her eyes, but this made her look even more ferocious.
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