At this time, two maids had already held Yao up. Fearing that her crying would attract people, they stuffed her mouth tightly with a cloth, and did the same to Chen Yan.
Stick after stick was hit on Chen Yan mercilessly. Apart from the sharp sound of pain coming from her mouth, she could not make any other sound.
Yao was being held captive and couldn't do anything.
Liu Zhiyue clenched her fists, feeling conflicted. This little sister had also followed her older siblings when they were little, and when they went out together, she was looked down upon and called stupid. This little sister felt ashamed and began to look down on her, joining the others in bullying her.
If she saved them, the Shen family might become a burden to her. If she didn't save them, these people were once her closest relatives.
When the stick hit her for the eighth time, Liu Zhiyue finally took a step forward. The maids who had been beaten to death before died because they could not endure the thirty sticks. Unexpectedly, her hand was grabbed by Chen Heng.
"What are you doing?" Liu Zhiyue said in an annoyed voice.
"If you don't want Chen Yan to drown in the pond or do something else outrageous that will drag you down, then wait a little longer." Chen Heng said. She knew how much Liu Zhiyue was suffering. Not to mention that the Shen family wasn't completely bad, even if they were so bad that Liu Zhiyue no longer had any affection for them, they were still family members after all, and she couldn't bear to see them die.
She also didn't want to see anyone die. Seeing someone die made her feel terrible, but for some people, certain means were still needed to suppress them.
Only after the sixteenth stroke did Shen Heng let go of Liu Zhiyue's hand: "I'm fine."
Liu Zhiyue was stunned: "What?"
"If you do, Princess Ning will think that I asked you to come out and will only blame me. Liu Zhiyue, remember your identity and must only do what your identity should do. From now on, don't implicate me again." Shen Heng closed her eyes, gritted her teeth and rushed out.
What a bad fate.
Everyone was startled when Shen Heng came out from behind the screen.
"Princess, please forgive my sister. After this lesson, she will never dare to do such a thing again." Shen Heng knelt down and begged for mercy. Alas, she had never thought that one day she would kneel down for the Shen family.
Her kneeling was really of no use.
Princess Ning sat upright on a chair, drinking tea, looking down at the kneeling person without saying a word.
Madam Liao scolded, "Madam Chen, have you forgotten what I said just now? If you beg for mercy, you can forget about getting out of this tent." As she spoke, she winked at her desperately. She and Madam Feng were old sisters, and she didn't want Madam Chen to get involved.
Shen Heng understood Madam Liao's intentions, but if she didn't show up, Liu Zhiyue would have to, which would make things even more complicated. Furthermore, Shen Yan's crime didn't deserve death. She choked up and said, "Seven sisters among flowers, twins from the same stem, joined again. She is my sister after all. Even if I treated her badly in the past, I can't ignore her life or death. Please, Princess, show mercy and spare her life."
"Spare her life?" Liu Zhiyue slowly walked out from behind the screen and sneered at Shen Heng: "The Shen family is greedy and insatiable. What's the point of keeping such people around?"
Mother Shen pushed away the maid's restraints, threw the cloth in her mouth to the ground, and knelt in front of Liu Zhiyue: "Please spare my life, Miss Di, please spare my life."
Liu Zhiyue's eyes suddenly widened, then quickly closed again. She turned around and walked to the side of Princess Ning.
Seeing her daughter's indifferent expression, Princess Ning nodded. She was about to become a wife of aristocratic family, so she had to be cruel when necessary. She was very satisfied with Zhiyue's performance at this moment.
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